Senator Bridges seeks halt on goods to Yugoslavia
Senator Bridges demands the State Department halt shipments of American goods to Yugoslavia and other nations blocking world peace. He cites UNRRA rails diverted from China to Yugoslavia and accuses a Yugoslav UNRRA official of ordering the reuse of $337,348 worth of rails and related equipment despite prior plans for China.
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Washington
Bridges
R-N
Tito
Yugoslavia
China
Europe
UNRRA
F. H. LaGuardia
New Diet Aids Convalescents at Chicago Meeting
At an American Chemical Society gathering in Chicago Dr Herbert Pollack former army chief medical consultant said a high protein diet using powdered milk and eggs offers rapid nutritive rehabilitation. He claimed convalescent time could drop by about one third after tests on wounded soldiers in Europe and 92000 prisoners freed from German camps.
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Chicago
INS
American Chemical Society
Herbert Pollack
Europe
G I Yule Packages Can Be Mailed Later
Washington AP Christmas packages for soldiers overseas may be mailed without request slips from October 15 to November 15, a month later than in war years. Maj. Gen. Edward F. Witsell said overseas numbers are smaller and movements less frequent, allowing the change. Postal officers urged that distant destinations like Korea still use October mailing.
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Washington
Edward F. Witsell
Army Adjutant General
Korea
Flood warning issued for north central Iowa
The Weather Bureau warns of rising rivers Cedar and Wapsipinicon in north central and northeast Iowa. Heavy rain expected 24 to 48 hours could raise Cedar, Wapsipinicon, Maquoketa and Turkey rivers to new peaks. Protective measures advised as lowland overflows likely. Water levels show Cedar River at 4.2 feet in Cedar Rapids with normal 3-4 feet. Temperatures range from mid 60s to mid 80s with no significant change expected.
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Cedar Rapids
North Central
Iowa
Walter Dick
United States Weather Bureau
River District Center
Davenport
Gazette
Cedar
Wapsipinicon
Maquoketa
Turkey
Cedar River
Northwestern
Inwood
Lyon County
Mason City
Stocks Take New Tumble in Monday Selloff
New York stocks fell sharply as the market endured two hectic selling waves. Averages dropped to 1946 lows signaling the end of a four year bull run amid strikes, world uncertainties, and weak industrial demand.
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New York
INS
Morrell Plant Lays Off 2,000 Workers
OTTUMWA INL report states John Morrell and company laid off all employees except office staff and 100 maintenance workers as the plant stops operations due to lack of livestock. CIO business agent E L Filliman said a planned strike will be postponed until operations resume.
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Ottumwa
INL
John Morrell and Company
E. L. Filliman
CIO
Morrell
Seeing Eye founder Mrs. Darby dies in New York
Mrs Darby H Eustis, founder of Seeing Eye, Inc., which has supplied 1 300 dogs to sightless persons, died at her New York home Sunday. She started the agency at Morristown New Jersey in 1929.
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New York
Darby H. Eustis
The
Seeing Eye, Inc
Morristown
N. J
Story Behind Hotel Clerk Who Was French Marquis
An elderly hotel night clerk in Chicago is revealed to be a French nobleman, Marquis Pierre Marie Lebout de Chauteau Thierry Beaumanoir, who left his title for an American girl. After decades in the U S, he died heart illness in county hospital, with his life rich in letters, war bonds, and charitable deeds. Funeral plans proceed in her family plot.
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Chicago
Terry
A. Terry
Marquis Pierre Marie Ayman Lebout de
France
Marquis
Livestock National Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Frank Knox
The
Navy
Chicago Daily News
Jack Rubin
Free French Movement
Ludlow WWII veterans die in car crash collision
Three World War II veterans were killed and three others critically injured when their car struck a tree Monday in Ludlow Massachusetts. The crash followed the veterans returning from a gathering their names and the exact location were not disclosed by police.
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Ludlow
Mass
Ins
Struck by Car Claims Life of Oscar Thurvold in Cedar Rapids
Oscar Thurvold aged 53 of 720 Third Street SW died at Mercy hospital at 8 04 a m Monday from injuries after being struck by an automobile in front of his home about 12 20 a m Sunday. Driver Theodore Croy 18 of 415 Thirty second Street NE fled the scene but was later arrested and charged with manslaughter to be arraigned Monday. The accident marked Cedar Rapids seventh traffic death of 1946. Thurvold had been talking with Philip Frasher when struck and his body was thrown about 34 feet. Croy borrowed the car from Sidney G Batten and said he thought he struck something but did not know what. Thurvold employed at Penick and Ford was born near Northwood March 17 1893. funeral plans are pending.
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Cedar Rapidx
Oscar Thurvold
Third Street
Mercy Hospital
Theodore Croy
W J .Kudina
Croy
Justice of the Peace
W. A. Rall
William W. Crissman
Solon
Cedar Rapids
Thurvold
Philip Frasher
B Avenue
Seventh Avenue
Linn County
John Kuba
Murphy Davis
Sidney G. Batten
Penick and Ford
Northwood
Brush Chapel
Bank Bandit Loots City Bank and Is Captured Nearby
A bandit about 25 looted a downtown Oklahoma City national bank of about 50 000 dollars in mid afternoon Monday and was captured within four blocks. All loot recovered. The man claimed to live in Denver.
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Oklahoma City
National Bank
Cat
Denver
Rightists Do Well in Red Zone Voting
In the Soviet occupied zones Saxony and Thuringia the Socialist Unity party won a large majority with 1,986,516 votes. Voter turnout topped 95 percent in Saxony and over 91 percent in Thuringia, while more than 500,000 ballots were voided amid dissatisfaction with Soviet influence. Conservative groups credited Byrnes speech for gains, and observers noted heavy propaganda and newsprint support for the Social Unity party. American reporters observed no disorder, though one incident showed Soviet officers removing Social Unity propaganda from a voting booth.
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Berlin
INS
Socialist Unity Party
Liberal Democrats
Christian Democratic Union
SUP
Saxony
Thuringia
Soviet Unity Party
Stuttgart
Byrnes
Red Army
Social Unity
British Renounce Reparations Claim Against Italy
Paris AP report states Britain told the Italian economic commission it renounces about 11 billion dollars in reparations from Italy. Britain reserves Article 69 rights to seize Italian assets in the UK and colonies to satisfy war damage claims. Some British sources value Italy assets at no more than 10 million dollars. The stance aims to show support for Italian reconstruction and gratitude for Allied contributions.
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Paris
Great Britain
Italian Economic Commission
Italy
United Kingdom
Yanks Nab Six Slavs At Trieste
Six Yugoslav soldiers were arrested by the American 88th division after a six pound dynamite bomb exploded in Trieste. That blast injured 22 people, including seven Americans, as violence flared amid pro Yugoslav demonstrations.
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Trieste
88Th
Foreign Ministers Seek One-Month Delay For UN Gathering
Paris AP report says the foreign ministers council, led by Russia, asked the United Nations general assembly to postpone its Sept. 23 session in New York by one month to avoid clashing with the Paris peace conference. They plan to meet in New York next month to present peace treaties for Italy Romania Hungary Bulgaria and Finland and begin drafting for Germany and Austria. The United States did not object while Britain joined provisionally. France backed the move along with China and Belgium. The call was relayed to UN secretary general Trygve Lie from Paul Henri Spaak. Byrnes insisted the assembly should meet on schedule to protect its prestige.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Russia
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Italy
Romania
Hungary
Bulgaria
Finland
Germany
Austria
United States
Britain
A. V. Alexander
Bevin
London
Palestine
France
China
Belgium
Byrnes
Paul Henri Spaak
Trygve' Lie
USN
Lie
Lake Success
Assembly
Portal Pay Bid Mapped By Murray
CHICAGO (UP) President Philp Murray of the CIO planned to press for portal to portal pay in all industries at a regional CIO meeting. He said the CIO would sever ties with the ILO and denounced AFL leader William Green as mentally decrepit while criticizing Truman over ILO representation and Schwellenbach’s decisions.
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Chicago
Philp Murray
CIO
Murray
United Steel Workers
International Labor Organization
William Green
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
AFL
United Mine Workers
Supreme Court
CIO Chemical
Michigan
Truman
Schwellenbach
ILO
Blue
New York
Dewey
Yanks Roar Over Athens
In Athens the US carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt staged a massive air show with 73 planes spelling FDR in bold at 2,000 feet as thousands watched from the streets and harbor. The Roosevelt, heading to Malta and North Africa, threaded minefields before launching fighters and bombers and later abandoned the air display due to program crowding and political concerns.
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Athens
Greece
FDR
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Malta
Algiers
Tangier
Casablanca
Naval Attache
Lincoln McVeagh
Kansas City Child Found Safe in Indiana Farmhouse
Madeline Tobias, 3, was found unharmed in a Terre Haute farmhouse Monday. Milaved King, the Kansas City maid who abducted her, was arrested by Chief of Detectives Fox Vance after she admitted taking the child to Terre Haute and leaving her with several families during five days of disappearance. The child slept in three homes. King claimed the child was hers and offered adoption to those who sheltered her.
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Associated Press
Katherine van Alst
Arkansas Hills
Philip Tobias
Kansas City
Madeline
Katherine
Terre Haute
Ind
Tobias
Madeline Tobias
Fox
Vance
Milaved King
Tomas
Mus King
Beraie
Alec Irving
Bobby Sax
Funkhouser
Ane
Mildred Everett
Good Will Industries
Clora Moore
Mrs. Funkhouser
Mead To Resign As Prober Chief
Washington AP Senator Mead of New York announces resignation as chairman of the senate war investigating committee effective by Oct 1. He suggests Senator Kilgore of West Virginia as successor, noting Connally is next in seniority but chairs foreign relations, with Kilgore likely to assume the post.
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Washington
Mead
D-Ny
Senate War Investigating Committee
Kilgore
D-W Va
New York
Truman
Sen. Connally
Dtexas
Ehrecke Inquest Set for Thursday
Davenport AP reports an inquest into the death of Edward C. Ehrecke 42 found slain in the trunk of his car on a dirt road near Maysville August 29 will be held Thursday night Coroner Frank C Keppy announced Monday.
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Davenport
Edward C. Ehrecke
Maysville
Frank C. Keppy
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