Virginia Wiley Dies in Cedar Rapids Plane Crash
Cedar Rapids area reports a fatal plane crash near Lenox farm killing Virginia Wiley 34 of Cedar Rapids and Blaine Tomlin 37 of Peoria Heights. Wiley, an employee of Collins Radio, and Tomlin were killed when the single engine craft lost control during approach. Inspectors from Des Moines and Kansas City planned to investigate. services for Wiley set for Springville.
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Lenox
Cedar Rapids
Here
Virginia Wiley
Thirteenth Street SE
Collins Radio Company
R. F. Wiley
Springville
Blaine Tomlin
Peoria Heights
Forest Whipp
Miss Wiley
Tomlin
Hunter Flying Service
George Monts
Monts
Kansas City
Bedford
Conway
Civil Aeronautics Bureau
Des Moines
Peoria
Hunte
Weldon
Winifred Davidson
Davenport
Cee
Ill
Wiley
Hunterfield
Lowan Gets 20 Years For Slaying His Wife
Clarinda Iowa AP Frank Edward Gordon 25 a navy veteran pleaded guilty to second degree murder for slaying his estranged wife Mildred 22 at her parents Shenandoah home March 27 she had filed for divorce that day Gordon received a 20 year term in the Anamosa reformatory from District Judge Harold Davidson The grand jury had charged first degree murder earlier and Page County Attorney James Howard noted Gordon said she married another serviceman without divorcing him
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Clarinda
Frank Edward Gordon
Harold Davidson
Anamosa
Gordon
Mildred
Shenandoah
Page County
James Howard
Soviet Press Highlights Halsey Fleet Remark
Moscow reports cite Admiral William D. Halsey saying it is nobody's business where the U S Navy goes. Tass headlines boast Preten sions of an American admiral as Soviet papers feature the remark. The Daily Worker and Washington Post texts are noted in the dispatch.
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Moscow
William D. Halsey
Tass
Daily Worker
Washington
Chambers Inskeep Company Sold to Des Moines Firm
Cedar Rapids news reports the sale of the wholesale and retail optical firm Chambers Inskeep, a weather data supplier since 1914, to Des Moines optometrist J. N. McFadden and partners. The weather station will continue under the Inskeep name, with McFadden as manager. price not disclosed.
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Cedar Rapids
C. Chambers Inskeep Company
The
Gazette
Harry F. Tisher
J. N. McFadden
Des Moines Optometrist
McFadden
Tisher
Inskeep
Charles Chambers Inskeep
First Avenue
Second Street
Charles Chandler
Will Dunshee
Charles Shepard
John Leasure
Shepard
Paul W. Tisher
New Britain
Third Street SE
Second Street SE
200000 Will Vote On Packing Strike
CIO United Packinghouse Workers say 200000 members at 229 meat plants will vote next week on striking. Affected plants include Swift Armour Cudahy Wilson Morrell. Negotiations began July 24 with strike notices filed Aug 23 to labor department and NLBR.
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Chicago
CIO United Packinghouse
Swift
Armour
Cudahy, Wilson and
Morrell
Labor Department
National Labor Relations Board
Wage Stabilization Board
Wyatt Halfway to Vet Housing Goal
Boston United Press report quotes Housing Expediter Wilson Wyatt saying the halfway mark is reached toward 41,200,000 veteran homes this year. He warns a tough winter ahead for the housing emergency and notes by August 1 over 600,000 new veteran homes and apartments had been started. He did not state if the 1,200,000 target would be met.
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Boston
Wilson W. Wyatt
Veterans Foreign Wars
Nelson Says Army Virtually Gained Control of Economy
Washington AP reports former War Production Board chairman Donald Nelson accuses the army of trying to seize control of the U S economy during World War II and notes this hampered reconversion. He cites clashes with James F Byrnes and Bernard Baruch, and criticizes postwar military influence on policy. An Eisenhower rebuttal from Boston says the army seeks no domination and defends the U S system.
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Nelson
Washington (Ap
Donald
War Production Board
Army
Navy
James
F. Byrnes
Imake Bernard Baruch
War Department
Brehon Somervell
WPB
Roosevelt
Baruch
Ferdinand Eberstadt
Eberstadt
New York
Army-Navy Munitions Board
America
Germany
Japan
Wilson
J. A. Krug
Secretary of the Interior
Boston
Eisenhower
Donald M. Nelson
Weekend Traffic Deaths Top 300
Weekend Labor Day holiday yields at least 306 violent deaths, including 217 traffic fatalities, across the United States. California leads with 29 fatalities and New York reports 24, with 19 in traffic. North Dakota records no violent deaths.
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National Safety Council
Council
North Dakota
California
New York
Girl Claims She Set 12 Fires To Harass Parents
HOLLYWOOD INS reports Jo an Falk 23 daughter of wealthy New York attorney E A Falk jailed on arson suspicion for setting 12 fires to embarrass her parents. She allegedly targeted eight cars in Hollywood plus a telephone booth cafe washroom office building and hotel room threatening more fires before being arrested. Police note her warnings caused many fire crews to respond though damage was minor.
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Hollywood
INS
Joan, Falk
E. A. Falk
New York
Miss Falk
Ship Strike On Thursday by AFL Seamen
NEW YORK AP says an estimated 94 000 to 100 000 AFL seamen will strike Thursday over a Wage Stabilization Board decision. John Hawk, vice president of the Seafarers International Union, said plans call to tie up all shipping along the Atlantic Pacific and Gulf coasts. WSB Aug. 29 rejected pay increases negotiated by the S L U and S U P with shipowners. The unions seek support from maritime workers regardless of affiliation. Hawk says over 99 percent of S L U S U P members favored a strike.
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New York
AFL
Wagel Stabilization Board
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf Coast
John Hawk
Seafarers International Union
Hawk
WSB
S.10
Sailors’ Union of the Pacific
S.L.U S.U.P
Sentry Kills Russian Sergeant at US Depot Entrance
Berlin dispatch says an American sentry fatally shot a Russian sergeant when the auto he rode failed to halt at the entrance to a United States army ammunition depot. The incident occurred Monday. the sentry was Pvt. William Hicks of Delmar, Alabama, in the Third Infantry Regiment.
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Berlin
William Hicks
Delmar
Ala
Third Infantry Regiment
Yugoslavia asks U S guarantees to end flights over
Belgrade says Yugoslav government delivered Aug 30 note to Washington seeking a pledge that American planes will cease unauthorized overflights. It cites multiple incidents since Aug 10 and 19, says US must offer remedies and assurances. Yugoslavia refuses responsibility for the loss of two transports and stresses its duty to guard inviolability and sovereignty.
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Belgrade
United States State Department
Washington
Yugoslavia
United States
Veterans of Foreign Wars to press trial for Yugoslav airmen
Boston AP report states the Veterans of Foreign Wars resolutions committee drafted a demand to bring Yugoslav airmen who shot down American fliers to an international tribunal. The plan seeks reparations for families and includes two other unanimous resolutions denouncing the Ku Klux Klan and the U.S. court martial system. Basil Stockbridge of Atlanta sponsored the Klan resolution.
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Boston
Veterans of Foreign Wars
James M. Hayes
Winston-Salem
N. C
United States
Hayes
V. F. W. North Carolina Department
Ku Klux Klan
Basil Stockbridge
Atanta
Fertilizer Plant Fire in Cleveland Causes 75000 Damage
A Tuesday fire at an American Agricultural and Chemical plant in Cleveland caused about 75000 dollars in damage. The facility produces fertilizers and was severely damaged by the blaze.
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Cleveland
INS
American Agricultural and Chemical Company
Stock Market Off as Much As 14 Points
New York heavy post holiday selling pushed many stocks down between $1 and $14, marking one of the sharpest relapses in recent years. Volume neared 2.6 million shares as traders cited disgust with the postwar outlook, Yugoslavian and Greek turmoil, potential wage demands, and unemployment concerns. Leaders fell with Du Pont down 14 points, Allied Chemical 10, American Telephone hit a new 1946 low, and rails and steels also posted losses.
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New York
Wall Street
Yugoslavia
Greece
United States
du Pont
Allied Chemical
American Telephone
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Santa Fe
Bethlehem
United States Steel
Youngstown
Chrysler
Ellis Park Golf Course Seeks 50,000 Bond for 9-Hole Extension
Preparations were made for a 50 thousand dollar bond issue to fund initial work on extending Ellis Park Golf Course from nine to eighteen holes. City Attorney Don Hines to draft the bond. Parks Commissioner Dick Jones says the project would grade, water lines, and add 60 acres north and south of Zika avenue NW. Original 1940 estimate was 138 thousand dollars for nine holes. total cost may now reach 150 thousand due to higher materials and labor. Construction plans aim to extend without disturbing current holes to keep revenue flowing.
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Cedar Rounds
Ellis Park
Don Hines
Dick Jones
Jones
Zika ‘Avenue NW
Jap Chief at Hongkong Is Sentenced to Death
In Shanghai AP, Lt. Gen Hisakasa Tanaka governor general of Hongkong during the Japanese occupation and Maj. Gen Fukuchi chief of staff were sentenced to death by a four officer U S military commission. They were convicted of unlawfully trying and executing Maj. David Houck a 14th Air Force pilot from Baltimore.
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Shanghai
Hisakasa Tanaka
Hongkong
Fukuchi
United States Military ‘Commission
14Th Air Force
David Houck
Baltimore
Truman Returns to Desk After 18 Day Cruise
Washington AP Truman returns from an 18 day vacation aboard the Williamsburg rested and refreshed. He plans a quick drive to the White House as his daughter Margaret joins him later. The trip included New England waters Bermuda and talks with advisers on economic and political issues.
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Washington
Truman
Navy Yard
White House
Williamsburg
Potomac
United States
Bermuda
Robert E. Hannegan
John R. Steelman
Price
Paul Porter
Clinton P. Anderson
Commission
Tragedy in Iowa City: mother drowns three children then dies
Iowa City coroner Dr. Frank L. Love reports Mrs. Thomas A. Kelley, 32, drowned her three children Joyce 15, Tommy 4, Johnny 8 months in a bathtub before killing herself with a 12 gauge shotgun. The husband, a repair shop owner, found the scene after a maid raised the alarm. The note read This is the way out. Bodies taken to Hohenschuh mortuary.
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Iowa City
Frank L. Love
Johnson County
Thomas A. Kelley
Kelley
Joyce
Tommy
Johnny
Hurley denounces U S policy as cowardly appeasement
Patrick J Hurley former ambassador to China denounces U S foreign policy as cowardly appeasement surrendering to Russia in Europe and Asia He blames leftist career diplomats for a dismal appeasement record since Yalta and questions Sen Hatch's courage in criticizing the policy He says the State Department appeases Europe and Russia to dominate China and Asia
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Washington
Patrick J Hurley
China
United States
Russia
Europe
Asia
United States Senate
New Mexico
Yalta
Sen. Hatch
D-N. M
Hurley
Hatch
Istate
Republic of China
Cool Weather Forecast Extends Into Weekend
A weatherboy predicts continued cool weather for the period from Tuesday through Sunday with temperatures averaging three to four degrees below normal. The normal is 68 degrees. Cedar Rapids reported 75 degrees at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, with Monday high 68 and various readings throughout the day.
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Cedar Rapids
Chambers
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