UN Compromises on War Propaganda at Lake Success
The 57 nation United Nations committee approved a universal condemnation of propaganda likely to threaten peace or spur war, rejecting Russia's bid to label the U S Greece and Turkey as warmongers. The United States joined the tally though opposed, while Soviet efforts to curb press freedom were softened but not accepted. A separate push for a small year-round UN assembly faced U S resistance over requiring two thirds votes.
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Russia
United States
Greece
Turkey
Andrei Vishinsky
Australia
France
Canada
Warren Austin
Austin
U.N. Assembly
U. N. Security Council
Little Assembly
De Gaulle Calls for New Legislature in France
Paris AP Charles de Gaulle urged dissolution of the national assembly and new general elections. He cited municipal results as proof parliament no longer represents the people and pressed for new voting laws to ensure a coherent majority. Communists accused him of seeking personal power amid cabinet crisis and strike threats. Communities in the runoff elections showed the Rally of the French People leading in cities last week but lagging in smaller towns.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
National Assembly
de Gaulle
Florimond Bonte
Communist Party
Paul Ramadier
General Confederation of Labor
Ramadier
Rally of
43 Die in European Air Crash
Emergency crews reached a rugged Greek mountain crash site find all aboard dead. The Swedish Airlines DC-4 carried at least 43 people including two Americans and passengers from Greece Turkey and Sweden on a Istanbul to Rome route with a 7 p.m. Athens stopover. A flash was seen after the 9,000 foot approach as the craft vanished.
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Athens
Wenner
Brush
Istanbul
Rome
Stadium bids exceed estimates on Cedar Rapids stadium
Bids from four sections total $248,569.52, over 20 percent above the $200,670 estimate, delaying action. Memorial Commission chair Nevin Nichols said funds are short and trimming would require more than $40,000. Bids were sent to How ard R. Green Co engineers for review as officials plan further meetings and studies before a decision.
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Cedar Rapids
Memorial Commission
Nevin Nichols
The
Howard R. Green Company
Commission Council
Nichols
Commission
Lawson Contempt Cited For Refusing Communist Answer
Washington. House un American Activities subcommittee cites film writer John Howard Lawson for contempt after he refused to say whether he is a communist. The record accuses him as one of Hollywood’s most active Communists. A quorum issue left the citation as the subcommittee action. He faced cross examination and shouted for the right to read his statement before Capitol Police intervened.
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Washington
House
John Howard Lawson
UN American Activities
Lawson
Hollywood
Louis J. Russell
House of Representatives
Capitol
Autopsy Ordered On C R Woman Who Died in Bed
Cedar Rapids coroner ordered an autopsy to determine if the death of 25 year old Mrs Hubert Tobin was from natural causes or self action after she reportedly ingested medicines from a chest while partially intoxicated. Tobin found her dead at 6 am in their home on Sixth Street SE.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert Brosh
Hubert Tobin
Aan
Tobin
Ae Ee
GE Abandons Profit Sharing Plan in Major Policy Shift
General Electric announced the abolition of its profit sharing plan that distributed 3 million among 160,000 employees earlier this year. President Charles E. Wilson said the plan no longer served its purpose for production workers, though the executive extra compensation program would remain as an incentive. The CIO United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers protested, arguing the move deprives workers of funds amid record profits and high prices.
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New York
INS
General Electric Company
Charles E. Wilson
General Electric
Wilson
CIO
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
Cominform Open To All Communist Parties Says Duclos
Paris AP reports Cominform formed in Poland is open to any Communist party worldwide including British and American parties. Jacques Duclos, French Party secretary, announced the policy Monday night.
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Paris
Poland
Jacques Duclos
Community Chest Fund Still Short of 178 900 Quota
Cedar Rapids 1947 drive aims to raise 178 900 for 12 Chest agencies ending Tuesday after reaching 100 000 by Saturday. Lee Winterberg reports residential returns rising and two teams near quota as Davenport tops 199 000 and Sioux City 257 768. Merit certificates awarded to firms and employees meeting quotas. auditors and volunteers from cost accountants group and Business and Professional Women’s Club credited. Gene Phillips served as banker.
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Cedar Rapids
Community Chest
Drive
Lee Winterberg
Iowa
Davenport
Sioux City
Electric Light & Power
A. N. Palmer Company
Earl B. Bickel Company
Ogden Lumber
Tip ‘Lop Distributing
Blahnik & Berger
Midland Sales
Eddy Paper Corporation
May Drug Company
L. B. Price Mercantile
Sears Roebuck
Powell Roofing
McNall Machinery and Supply
C. W. Hiscrote
Arthur Clauss
Frank McCarthy
Fred Mossman
William Redmond
Clarence Reinert
Glenn Turner
Leslie Wiles
Joe Holec
Gerald A. Hiland
Clifford Davis
Lester Wright
National Association of Cost Accountants
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Lillian Faires
Alice Bethel
Lena Nelson
Alice Brown
Inez Murray
Josephine Hexdall
Olivene Hahn
Muriel Gahen
Gene Phillips
Clear and Warmer Weather Forecast
The forecast calls for clearing and warmer conditions on Tuesday. Eastern Iowa remains damp from intermittent rain at 2 30 p m Monday with Cedar Rapids at 50 degrees and a drizzle. A cool night with scattered frost is possible in some areas and the region has recorded 0 57 inch of rain since Saturday noon.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Kay Thompson Sizzles as MGM Alumnae Jealousy Rival
Hollywood report on Kay Thompson the lanky singing sensation who left MGM after coaching stars like Judy Garland and Kathryn Grayson. After divorce and a Las Vegas stint she now headlines at Ciro's, drawing crowd after crowd while MGM stars mutter in salute and envy.
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Hollywood
Ciro’s
Kay Thompson
Miss Thompson
Judy Garland
Kathryn Grayson
Margaret Whiting
Dinah Shore
Betty Hutton
Kay
MGM
June Allyson
Las Vegas
Williams Brothers
H. D. Hover
Bank Teller Held for $50,000 Shortage in Kansas City
Robert L. Cummings, 38, a teller at Missouri Bank and Trust Company, was held by federal authorities for falsifying accounts. An incomplete audit indicated a loss of about $50,000 since 1938, largely confined to internal records. cashiers said customer accounts were not affected. The shortage was found by other staff during his vacation and he was arrested on Sunday.
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Annette
Annette Field
Ketchikan
A. N. Monsen
Juneau
Alaska
Pan American
Monsen
Kansas City
INS
Robert L. Cummings
Teller
Missouri Bank and Trust Company
Dwight Brantley
FBI
Cummings
Watt Webb
Hog Prices Hit Three Month Low In Chicago Market
Chicago market prices for live hogs dropped to their lowest level in three months as weak consumer demand at retail and wholesale levels combined with heavy weekly livestock receipts. Cattle prices rose up to fifty cents per hundredweight despite the hog decline.
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Chicago
Protestant Film Premiere Set Across North America
NEW YORK AP The first feature length motion picture sponsored by 19 Protestant denominations will premiere November 10 in 100 cities in the United States and Canada. Beyond Our Own, with a Hollywood cast and crew, was announced by Paul F Heard executive secretary of the Protestant film commission. The film, offered as a substitute for sermons and for use in jails courts and factories, will be distributed by the Religious Film Association. The joint commission plans to sponsor about six more films to promote visual religious education.
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New York
United States
Canada
Beyond Our Own
Hollywood
Paul F. Heard
Protestant Film Commission
Religious’ Film Association
Joint Protestant Commission
Sioux City native among Alaska plane missing list
Bostrom Robert of Cheyenne is among the people aboard the plane missing in Alaska. His Sioux City parents say he was on a vacation trip to Alaska with his mother confirming the details.
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Sioux City
Robert Bostrom
Cheyenne
Alaska
A. R. Bostrom
Jap Denounces Purge by Allies
Tokyo based former finance minister Tanzan Ishibashi publicly condemned Allied purges while releasing an eighty page refutation of his removal from government. He named Brig. Gen Courtney Whitney as directly responsible and General MacArthur as indirectly responsible, saying the act threatens democracy and that he was purged for being a liberal.
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Tokyo
Japan
Allied
Tanzan Ishibashi
Finance
Ishibashi
Courtney W. Whitney
Ger MacArthur
Ishibashi Sai
War crimes court sentences SS man to hang
United States war crimes court on Monday sentenced former SS Corporal Wladislaw Dopierala, found guilty of taking part in a three day murder orgy at Gusen concentration camp, to be hanged. The case underscores postwar justice actions against Nazi crimes.
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Dachau
Germany
Gusen
Cpl
Wladislaus Dopierala
Second Injunction Is Filed Against Commonwealth
A second injunction motion seeks a preliminary order to halt alleged overcharges at the Commonwealth Apartments. Affidavits from 12 residents support action against the building and Boss Hotels. The case targets rent limits under the 1947 Housing Act with refunds and tenant protections. Eric Johnston, head of the Motion Picture Association, defended industry freedom before Congress, warning against coercion and the McCarthy era label of Communists.
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Cedar Rapids News
Office of
The
U. S. Housing
Commonwealth
Second Avenue SE
Edwin A. Boss
Boss Hotels Company
Commonwealth Apartments
Chicago
Huss Company
T. J. Wilkinson
Cedar Rapids
Frank R. Creedon
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