Indian Troops Invade Hyderabad to Restore Order
Indian forces launched a multi front invasion of the princely state of Hyderabad aided by tanks armored cars and air support. A government statement said the operation aims to restore order and prepare for a plebiscite on Hyderabads future with India.
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New Delhi
Hyderabad
Dominion
Madras
India
Mir Osman Ali Khan
Mahomed Ali Jinnah
Pakistan
Jinnah
Maharaja Shri Rajendrasinhji
Hyderbad
Bermuda Hit By Full Force Tropical Gale
A tropical hurricane struck Bermuda with winds near 140 mph. Center located 65 miles west, moving northwest at 16 mph. Evacuations ordered for navy ships and planes. Mindoro led a 12 ship task force to leave early. All service personnel called to duty. resorts boarded up and boats secured as storm strengthens.
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Miami
INS
Bermuda
Atlantic
Miami Weather Bureau
Mindoro
United States
South Atlantic
Puerto Rico
Linn Caravan for Dewey Is Planned
Iowa Republicans plan a Linn county caravan to greet Gov. Thomas E. Dewey when he opens his presidential campaign in Des Moines. State headquarters urged county quotas with a minimum of 500 participants traveling from Linn county. Ted Birdsall to organize details and announce plans soon.
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Cedar Rapids
Thomas E. Dewey
Des Moines
Iowa
Whitney Gillilland
Linn County
David M. Elderkin
Gillilland
Two U S Jets Crash in Germany
Two United States F-80 jets crashed near Kaufbeuren while en route to England for Battle of Britain day. A third F-80 was missing briefly but landed safely in France. All three pilots are believed killed. cause undetermined. Eight jets took off from Fuerstenfeldbruck, Bavaria. five landed at Manston, England. A second eight-jet formation arrived at Manston without incident.
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Frankfurt
United States
Kaufbeuren
England
Manston
Fuerstenfeldbruck
Royall cites Reds in arms demand
Army Secretary Royall, speaking to the North Carolina American Legion, implied Russia maintains a force exceeding four million under arms and urged the United States to keep adequate military strength for defense and rights protection. He canceled a personal appearance due to circumstances beyond control.
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Asheville
N. C
Royall
Russia
American Legion
Postmasters Convene in Cedar Rapids Iowa Chapter Meet
Cedar Rapids hosts three day Iowa chapter convention of the National Association of Postmasters with 150 registrants. U S Postmaster General Jesse M Donaldson is slated to speak at Union Station Tuesday afternoon. Local officials C H Kemler and Logan B Ulice lead organizing efforts including a first postmasters corn contest exhibit to ship to New York.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
National Association of Postmasters
Jesse M. Donaldson
United States
Union Station
C. H. Kemler
Marshalltown
State
Logan B. Ulice
Vinton
New York
Montrose Hotel
Frank Baldwin
Frank K. Hahn
Ruth Stoltz
Ottumwa
Alfred Goddall
Thor
Baldwin
Postmasters’ Organization
Linn
Benton
King George Praises U S Help to Europe
King George VI praised United States aid to Western Europe as far sighted and generous in a speech read in Parliament. He and the queen planned a state drive to Westminster to open a special session as Europe’s recovery program began under the five power treaty with Belgium France Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
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London
George VI
United States
Europe
Houses of Commons
Lords
Westminster
Britain
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Netherlands
North Western Rail Wreck Near Clinton
Nineteen cars of an eastbound North Western freight derailed on the main line at Low Moor twelve miles west of Clinton. No injuries were reported as the line was blocked for hours and trains were detoured via Milwaukee tracks. The derailment tore up hundreds of feet of track and involved cars carrying corn barley grain raisins and dishes. An investigation was started to determine the cause.
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Clinton
North Western Railroad
Low Moor
North Western
Mass of Cool Air Moving into Iowa
A Canadian air mass is forecast to drop Iowa temperatures by up to 20 degrees from Sunday to Monday. Lows in the fifties expected overnight. Cedar Rapids peaked at 84 from 1 to 5 pm while Sioux City reached 93. Monday morning low around 60 with 2:30 pm reading near 82.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Canada
Dakotas
Minnesota
Sioux City
Spinster Leaves 5687 to Cats Under Will
Minnie Elizabeth Barron of Niles died February 16 and left 5687 to ensure her cats Ma-Cat and Yellow Boy have a happy old age. Probate Judge Malcolm Hatfield ordered the funds paid to her sister Mrs Mabel Barron Fischer of Columbus Ohio for care of the cats.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Minnie Elizabeth Barron
Malcolm Hatfield
Mabel Barron Fischer
Columbus
Ohio
Niles
Girl Bewildered As Family Drove Off Without Her
Pat Parsons a 16 year old girl from Grand Rapids said her parents in a trailer headed to Portland left her behind in Mitchell park after fixing a flat tire. Police have searched four days and do not know the parents location. She is staying with a Mitchell police officer family while officers notify leads between Mitchell and Portland.
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Mitchell
S. D
Pat Parsons
Grand Rapids
Portland
Pat
Mitchell Park
Robert H. Kneeland
Here
Big Four Meet Over Italy Colonies Disposition
Paris AP reports the Big Four foreign ministers council met at the foreign ministry for a final attempt to settle Italy's colonies. If no agreement by Wednesday, the issue moves to the United Nations under the peace treaty terms. Schuman presided with Douglas, McNeil, and Vishinsky in attendance.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Council
Foreign Ministry
Italy
United Nations
Robert Schuman
Lewis Douglas
London
United States
Hector McNeil
Andrei Vishinsky
Schuman
Venetian Blind Cord Fatal to Baby in Minneapolis
A one year old girl named Sandra Sullivan died after a venetian blind cord wrapped around her neck. Coroner Dr. Russell Heim said the child became entangled while playing on the floor as her parents slept.
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Minneapolis
Sandra Sullivan
Russell Heim
Judge uses Aesop to shape teen thieves case in Detroit
In Detroit Judge Joseph A Gillis shields four affluent teens from punishment by sending them to the library to memorize the Aesop fable A Thief and His Mother. The youths Henry Woodhouse John Hooker George Whitehead and Joseph Sherer were charged with drunkenness rowdiness and stealing a flashlight a blackjack and a police cap. The judge told them to return and recite the tale before a verdict.
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Detroit
Joseph A. Gillis
Gillis
Henry Woodhouse
Yale
John Hooker
Wayne University
George Booth Whitehead
Joseph Stolt Sherer
Brown University
Aesop
Ownership of Linn County Iron Lung Clarified
The Linn County iron lung used for polio patients was traced to the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City. County officials dispute responsibility for its move and who had jurisdiction, noting no county funds or direct action, with the 470 pound device purchased in 1939 by Linn County’s chapter of the American Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
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Linn County
University Hospital
Iowa City
State Hospital
the Gazette
SUI Hospital
Gerhard Hartman
Linn Board of Supervisors
The
American Foundation For
Seventh Victim of polio in Cedar Rapids
Three year old Lee Kemp of Cedar Rapids was named the citys seventh polio victim of 1948. Son of Mr and Mrs John A Kemp of 1153 C avenue NW the boy was in fairly good condition at Mercy hospital after becoming ill Sunday morning No paralysis has yet set in though he has some stiffness in the neck Doctors were undecided about transfer to University hospital in Iowa City.
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Lee Kemp
Cedar Rapids
John A. Kemp
C Avenue NW
Mercy Hospital
Beeson Debates County Control Over Polio Respirator
Beeson argued no presentation or county acceptance of the respirator had occurred and no title passed. Cedar Rapids' Paul Huston said Linn County never owned the device, noting it was bought by the local chapter and given to hospitals for patient use. Hospitals would decide who holds custody, with St. Luke's and Mercy claiming jurisdiction. officials will review the situation as polio emergency continues.
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Clare Petty
Springville
Petty
Beeson
Foundation
Linn County
Paul Huston
Cedar Rapids
Huston
St. Luke’s and
Mercy
Lowa
Veterans Association Elects J E Kelly President
J E Kelly of Minneapolis was elected president of the 34th Division Association at its first annual convention in Des Moines. The Minneapolis delegation named the 1949 convention.
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DES Moines
J. E. Kelly
Minneapolis
34Th Division Association
Kaiser Sues Otis and Company for 38 Million Damages
Kaiser-Frazer Corp files a counter claim in federal court seeking 38.55 million dollars from Otis and Company, James Masterson, and David Martin over a stock market deal involving 900000 Kaiser-Frazer shares. The suit cites general and special damages and notes SEC scrutiny of the deal.
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Detroit
Kaiser- Frazer Corporation
Otis and Company
Cleveland
James F. Masterson
Philadelphia
David V. Martin
Kaiser-Frazer
Masterson
Kaiser- Frazer
Securities and Exchange Commission
Masterson and
Martin
Westwood Water Extension Would Cost $115,739
Cedar Rapids waterworks chief H. F. Blomquist told the city council the Westwood district expansion would cost about 115 739 dollars. He cited high material prices and large plots, noting the project would require heavy pipes a pumping station and an elevated tank to serve 140 homes with an 812 dollar per consumer investment.
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Westwood
Cedar Rapids
H. F. Blomquist
West Side
Blomquist
Soviet plan to seize Berlin power after U.S. elections
Soviet leaders allegedly drew up action squads to seize power in Berlin soon after the American elections, aiming to present themselves as guardians of order. Reports say the move would echo Czechoslovakia’s seizure and would involve airlift harassment, barrage balloons, searchlights, and pretext of maintaining order. European and American officials downplayed the threats as minor annoyances while continuing the airlift.
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Berlin
Montags Echo
Communist Party
Russia
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Wiesbaden
Curtis E. Lemay
Europe
Lemay
William H. Tunner
Airlift
Tunner
DDT Urged To Fight Flies In Polio Era
Cedar Rapids health officers urge immediate use of DDT to kill flies as cooler weather increases insect persistence. Home and business spray containers are affordable, and DDT on screens and containers should be applied every few weeks. Wash fruit before eating.
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Cedar Rapids
American Plane Missing in Wilds
Seven Royal Canadian Air Force planes hunted a United States navy Beechcraft missing in the Canadian wilds with five or six aboard. Weather hampered the search with rain and fog from Fort Churchill to the Pas. Radio equipped crew included Capt. Ben Scott Custer, U S naval attache, and Capt. Sir Sterling Hamilton, UK liaison officer, returning to Ottawa aboard the navy C 45 after a cruise of two destroyers.
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INS
Royal Canadian Air Force
Fort Churchill
Pas
Ben Scott Custer
United States
Ottawa
Sir Sterling Hamilton
United Kingdom
Twostroyers
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