Truman Sees World Peace Hope After Midwest Campaign
President Truman returned from a 3700 mile Midwest swing hopeful that the world situation and Russian attitude have improved. He spoke aboard his campaign train at Union Station urging confidence in eventual peace. He cited the Paris United Nations meeting as proof nations can talk. He projected a defense budget near 14.4 billion dollars and noted the world tone has shifted while Republicans face political critique for pushing tax cuts.
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Uncle Lee Osborn Rescues Friend From Fire
Lee Osborn of 929 Hull avenue SE who walks with a cane rescued George Kacena from a smoke filled house at 1713 Tenth street SE. Kacena who is cast in a left leg was lighting a cigarette when a spark ignited a curtain and set the Davenport alight. Osborn heard cries, entered the house, helped Kacena outside and pulled him away when he attempted to reenter. Firemen from stations 4 and 6 and the quad extinguished the blaze with minimal damage. Osborn, known as Uncle Lee, is a Cedar Rapids supervisor at Sinclair playground and active in local civic groups. Two other fires were caused by a cold snap as furnace backdrafts and chimney sparks sparked blazes on Sixth and Eighth avenues SE.
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Wagner Sen Robert Wagner Reported Missing In Amnesia Spell
BAY SHORE N Y AP Sen Robert F Wagner 71 father of the New Deal labor relations act was reported missing from his son Islip Long Island home. His family said he wandered off possibly suffering temporary amnesia and police traced sightings on Long Island trains and in Jamaica Freeport and at Penn Station before alerting New York City police. The senator wore a brown hat brown overcoat tweed suit and horn rim glasses with a flower in his lapel and had little money on him.
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Truce Upset as Israeli Push Near Gaza Amid Egyptian Offense
AP reports Saturday night reliable informants said an Israeli motorized column with air support moved within miles of Gaza’s principal Egyptian base. Cairo claimed Egyptian troops killed over 500 Jews in repelling the attack and said Egyptian planes downed two Jewish fighters near El Arish. Egypt fire set on Jewish tanks. panic spread among Israelis as 500 dead reportedly. Israel rejected UN cease fire, pressing a land and air offensive toward Negev settlements. An Israeli spokeman said fighting on the southern front had died down after 36 hours. Preliminary reports said Jews hit Egypt’s supply line between Faluja and Magdal, near the coast north of Gaza.
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Victory Dinner Wednesday for Chest Workers
Campaign chairman B. D. Silliman says a Victory dinner will be held Wednesday at 6 30 p m in the Roosevelt hotel for all 1 206 Community Chest workers. Funds will not cover the meal, and workers must solicit and report by telephone to their leaders for a final count before D Day next Wednesday.
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Montrose
St Louis Housewife Wins Program Jackpot
St Louis woman Mildred Liermann won the Ralph Edwards radio show Truth or Consequences jackpot by correctly identifying Moss Hart and Kitty Carlisle as Mr and Mrs Hush. Her prizes included a 2500 dollar mink coat a wrist watch a television set and a furniture suite.
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France Devalues Franc To Align With Western Currencies
Paris in a Sunday move devalued the franc to 264 per US dollar for foreign trade, tying the rate to the dollar average and IMF parities. The action follows a Brussels pact ministers conference and aims to reflect rising French prices and synchronize with Western counterparts.
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One Dead Four Hurt In South Independence Crash
Elmer Kirchman 29 of Waterloo was killed instantly in a two-vehicle crash four miles south of Independence just before 8 p.m. Saturday. A light car driven by Kirchman and a truck driven by Francis Manhart of Caledonia Minnesota sideswiped. Three other Waterloo men in Kirchman’s car were injured and taken to Peoples Hospital in Independence: J C Gordon Jacobs 24 minor cuts, Herbert H Nagel 26 minor injuries, and Gerald Nagel Nagel’s brother serious facial wounds and possible head injuries. All residents of Waterloo.
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Beckman Conditon Reported Critical in 72 Year Old Archbishop
CHICAGO RP The Most Rev Francis J L Beckman 72 former Roman Catholic archbishop of the Dubuque Iowa archdiocese is in a coma and in critical condition at Alexian Brothers hospital Attendants say he is sinking rapidly and that his condition is very critical He was admitted Oct 4 and lapsed into a coma The nature of his illness was not disclosed Archbishop Beckman was appointed to the Dubuque diocese in 1930 and resigned two years ago He went to Dubuque after serving as bishop of Lincoln Nebraska
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Dewey Urges Merger of Social Units
Dewey arrives in Owosso birthplace amid warm hometown welcome. The GOP nominee back from Rensselaer Indiana proposes folding 10 federal social agencies into a single department of social progress to improve public health and welfare under one roof. He spoke to about 4,500 at St. Joseph College fieldhouse, stressing national security and welfare.
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Dewey pledges voice in foreign policy before inauguration
Thomas E. Dewey would demand a voice in foreign policy and budget affairs during the transition before his January 20 inauguration if elected president in November. Republicans say he will seek to share foreign policy and budget responsibilities promptly after a win.
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Dewey calls for cabinet-level consolidation of welfare services
In a speech, Dewey lambasted scattered government agencies from coast to coast and urged unifying unemployment compensation, old age assistance, public health, minimum wage enforcement, and federal study of a guaranteed annual wage under a single cabinet officer. He said consolidation would cut costs and improve efficiency, calling the current system tragic. He equated welfare services with other major cabinet responsibilities and emphasized aid to the aged and unemployed.
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NLRB Rules Strikers Ineligible If Replaced Permanently
The National Labor Relations Board held that strikers cannot vote in plant elections when their jobs are permanently filled by others. The decision applies to economic strikes, not unfair labor practice walksouts, and centers on five circumstances surrounding 71 Cleveland Pipe Machinery workers who went on strike February 17, 1947.
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Cleveland
City Voters Race to Register Before Deadline
Cedar Rapids voters face final six day rush to sign up for the November 2 election. City Clerk Maude Krebs will keep her third floor office open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily through Oct. 23. Registration may occur even if age 21 is not reached until after Nov. 2, provided age 21 by then. Voters must meet 21 years, 60 day Linn County residency, and 6 months in Iowa. Rural residents vote without registering before election day.
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Linn County
Plan for Western Europe defense alliance expands
The state and defense departments map a broad program of military support for Western Europe beyond peacetime lend lease. Officials propose a Western defense system linking North America with non Communist Europe, aiming to end reliance on aid as Europe builds self sufficiency. Cost estimates range from 2.0 billion dollars yearly for three to five years, but hinges on European arms capability. The Western Union nations Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg set up a joint command under Montgom ery. U S forces may join if coordinated with European troops, with final approval uncertain until a new administration.
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First Cold Snaggo Nicks Fuel Pile
Autumn's first cold snap spreads across the northern plains with a front pushing toward the Atlantic coast. Motorists urged to add anti freeze as hard freezes threaten crops and temperatures fall to near freezing in Cedar Rapids with scattered flurries forecast for the upper Great Lakes region.
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Progressive party wins injunction to run trucks in Gary
A federal judge granted a mercenary injunction Saturday in Hammond Indiana upholding the Progressive party's right to operate trucks in Gary. The ruling centers on free speech arguments as the party asserts its right to public presence and campaigning vehicles amid controversy.
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