Dollar Crisis Faces Britain As It Tries To Rebuild
Rex Conn reports from London on Britain's postwar dollar crisis. Britain cannot feed itself, relies on imports, and faces a receding loan from the United States as it struggles to restore civilian production and expand exports while the pound loses value. The public mood shows fatigue and cautious hope for external aid, with calls for renewed effort domestically.
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Rex Coun
the Gazette
London
Britain
Coe to Open Chapel Fund Immediately
Coe college will start an urgent drive for 150000 to replace Sinclair Memorial chapel destroyed by fire last Thursday. President Hollinshead said the board authorized the campaign set for two weeks to push small gifts with 100000 expected from insurance and 275000 total loss.
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Cedar Rapids
Coe College
Sinclair Memorial
Byron Hollinshead
Coe Board of Trustees
Hollinshead
Question of Court Jurisdiction Halts Schoonover Case
A federal court in Cedar Rapids halted the Schoonover case over Metropolitan Supply Company as attorney T M Ingersoll challenged the defendants residency and federal jurisdiction. The dispute centers on whether George and Helen Schoonover are Iowa residents, potentially limiting diversity. A hearing on September 22 will address residence and adding Elizabeth Beems Isett as co-defendant before the fall term begins September 23.
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Cedar Rapids
Schoonover-Beems
Metropolitan Supply Company
Schoonover
Henry N. Graven
T M. Ingersoll
Griffith Beems
George
Helen Schoonover
Iowa
Florida
Ingersoll
George Schoonover
Mary Schoonover
California
Elizabeth Beems Isett
Peron to Sign Law Extending Vote to Argentine Women
President Juan D. Peron is set to sign a bill granting about 3 million Argentine women the right to vote for the first time. The measure won final approval in the chamber of deputies Tuesday night.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Chamber of Deputies
Taft-Hartley Backer Wins Test Election in Pa District
In Allentown Pennsylvania Franklin H. Lichtenwalter 37 a Republican and state house speaker won a decisive victory over Philip H. Storch 36 CIO newspaperman backed by major unions in a special congressional race in Pennsylvania's Eighth District. Final counts from 198 of 214 precincts: Lichtenwalter 44065 Storch 27884. The race tested public sentiment on the Taft Hartley labor law following the death of Rep. Charles Gerlach last May.
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Allentown
Pennsylvania
Franklin H. Lichtenwalter
State Assembly
Philip H. Storch
CIO
Organized Labor
Lichtenwalter
Storch
Storeh
Congress
Charles L. Ger~lach
Jail Chief Seeks San Diego Transfer Over Inmate
LAS VEGAS AP. Police Chief George Thompson says a prisoner, William Kme teiz, 28, pried loose springs from a cell, swallowed them, shattered a light fixture, and ate glass. He was treated and returned to his cell, then hospitalized, with non serious condition. Thompson urged San Diego authorities to take him soon to avoid further damage to the jail.
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Las Vegas
George Thompson
San Diego
Thompson
William Kme
Teiz
Kmeretz
Emeteiz
Immediate Freight Rate Hike Blocked
The Interstate Commerce Commission halted an immediate 27 percent freight rate increase sought by railroads, with a 10 percent emergency portion paused as shippers contest the measure. hearings will precede any action.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Marshall in Hint Solons To Get Call
Secretary of State Marshall said Europe needs temporary aid this year and only Congress can authorize it. He indicated a special session is likely in late October or early November to establish a temporary aid fund while awaiting Truman's final word.
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U. S
Truman
Brazil
Congress
Marshall
Solons
Washington
Europe
State Department
London
United States
Britain
Germany
Grain Quotations Hit New Highs Across Corn Oats Wheat
Chicago AP reports new record highs as corn for September rose to 2.64 and oats to 1.231 within the first hour. Wheat jumped toward the daily limit with December delivery at 2.84 as soybeans and lard also strengthened in active trading.
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Chicago
Cooler Weather Signals End Of Sept Heat Wave In Iowa
An early cool front is moving into eastern Iowa from the west as a September heat wave breaks. Cedar Rapids hit 92 at 2:30 pm, Des Moines 100, and many cities report school closures due to high temperatures. Rainfall was reported in Onawa and Charles City, with thunder showers forecast for the north and west.
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Cedar Rapidx
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Onawa
Inwood
Charles City
Des Moines
Newton
Centerville
Red Oak
Mason City
Davenport
Waterloo
Atlantic
Clinton
Ottumwa
Chambers
Corn yield estimate drops as 1947 crop seen shrinking
The U S agriculture department projected the 1947 drought hit corn crop at 2.403 billion bushels, down about 34 million from August. Wheat output was forecast at 1.409 billion bushels, with little change expected in remaining harvests.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Europe
Iowa corn crop forecast falls short of mid-August estimate
Iowa on Sept 1 projected 1947 corn output at 347,340,000 bushels, about 40,000,000 below the Aug forecast. Yield seen at 35 bushels per acre, down from 39 in mid August, ranking Iowa second to Illinois in production.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Illinois
America
Treaties to be ratified in Paris and Moscow Sept. 15
The British foreign office said the Allied peace treaties with Finland Bulgaria Romania Hungary Italy would be ratified on Sept. 15 in simultaneous ceremonies in Paris and Moscow. Russia France and the United States agreed to deposit instruments of ratification at Paris and the Kremlin with ambassadors in attendance.
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London
Paris
Moscow
Foreign Office
Russia
France
United States
Finland
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Kremlin
Bequest of 300000 From Employer Changes Chauffeur Life
CHICAGO (UP) James Mattalina a 53 year old chauffeur on 35 a week received a fortune after the death of Miss Anne Craig 83. The will leaves him nearly the entire estate worth about 300000 with possible 500000 in stocks bonds farms and oil wells. He plans a banquet for family and friends and says his first duty is to care for his son Sam shell shocked and unable to work.
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Chicago
James Mattalina
Mattalina
Jon
Anne Craig
Miss Craig
George 'B. Smith
Former Cedar Rapids man to head VFW
Ray H Brannaman, longtime Cedar Rapids resident, named national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at the national encampment in Cleveland. He moves up from senior vice commander in chief as Lyall T Beggs of Madison was elected senior vice commander in chief.
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Ray H Brannaman
Cedar Rapids
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Cleveland
Brannaman
VFW
Lyall T Beggs
Madison
Wis
Denver
Lisbon
Old Adams School
Washington High School
Washington
Colorado A and M College
Coe
Ithe
Iowa State Reformatory
Anamosa
John L. Miller
Velma Taylor
Twenty-first Avenue
Colorado
Colorado A
Colorado State College of Education
Greeley
Colorado Public Schools
Colorado Industrial Commission
Colorado Good Roads Association
Patschke Agrees To Send Children To Rural School
Marion dispute over where Donald Patschke’s three children will attend school ends with Luella to be transported to Concord school. Marion Rural Independent School District and state handicapped program share $1 per day transport cost, split equally. Superintendent Walter Shupp confirms arrangement after talks with attorney D H Smith and state official W A Winterstein.
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Donald Patschke
Marion
Walter Shupp
Shupp
Ivan Gillmore
Marion Rural Independent School
Patschke
Luella
Concord
Luella Patschke
D. H. Smith
Marion Rural Independent
State
W. A. Winterstein
State Department of Public Instruction
Cavein at Lead Mine Kills Two Men in Poplar Bluff
In Poplar Bluff Missouri two men died and at least one person was critically injured after a cavein at a lead mine on Wednesday. Emergency crews responded to the site and were working to determine the exact cause and identify the victims.
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Poplar Bluff
Franklin Is Dismissed by Phone Call
An anonymous caller claiming to work for the board of education ordered Franklin school's 1,212 pupils dismissed at 10 am for heat. Superintendent Parker denounced the call as unauthorized and sabotage, causing bus delays and disrupted bus routes while police traced the origin.
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Franklin
Cedar Rounds
Franklin School
Board of Education
Malcolm Scott Hallman
Clyde Parker
Hallman
Parker
E. W. Lundquist
Loretta Yeats
Gazette
Nellie Williams
Gillette Urges U S Help for World Relief
Former U S Senator Guy M Gillette told Democratic leaders in Sioux City relief for the hungry worldwide must come from private pockets as a gift He also urged loans for foreign industry rehabilitation with safeguards against waste Democrats should better sell the party to voters Earlier district workers urged a 1948 Senate bid.
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Sioux City
U. S
Guy M. Gillette
Gillette
Eighth Congressional District Party
Senate
Gillette to Speak at Bever Park Pavilion Cedar Rapids
Gillette will address attendees at the Bever park pavilion in Cedar Rapids tonight at 7 after a 6 PM Linn county Democrats picnic. Republicans and Democrats are invited to attend and hear him.
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Gillette
Bever Park
Cedar Rapids
Linn County
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