Soviet Envoy Attacks Argentina in UN Steering Row
At the United Nations Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky challenged Argentina and warned the UN may become the disunited nations if certain policies continue. The skirmish occurred as coalition seating and veto power over membership applications dominated debate, with the US and Britain pressing for a united front on Berlin.
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United Nations
Argentina
All Nations
Security Council
Russia
Poland
Assembly
Soviet Union
Vishinsky
Truman Urges West to Back His Victory Theme
President Truman pressed western voters to fire the Republican Congress on a campaign train stop in Reno. He praised his irrigation and power program as the path to a wealthy secure West, contrasting it with Republican “massbacks” and singling out Taber over reclamation funding. He drew large crowds in Salt Lake City and Reno and planned speeches in Oakland and San Francisco, signaling a broad push through Nevada and California.
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California
Salt Lake City
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San Francisco
Tabernacle
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Taber
R-N.y
House Appropriations Committee
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White House
Republican Congress
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Dewey
Imlay
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Los Angeles Bans Comic Books With Violent Subjects
Los Angeles County supervisors adopt an ordinance banning comic books depicting murder burglary kidnapping arson and weapons assault. Violators face a 500 fine or six months in jail. County Counsel Harold Kennedy says the rule targets magazines sold to children.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Harold Kennedy
English Earl Jailed Over Maintenance Payment
The Earl of Craven, 31, was ordered imprisoned until he pays maintenance for his estranged actress wife and eight year old daughter. He did not appear in court and faced charges of disregarding a court order from last July to pay 1,480 for family maintenance. The countess has acted in minor British film roles since the separation.
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London
Earl of Craven
Countess of Craven
Diarrhea Held Responsible in Infant Deaths
A brief outbreak of infant diarrhea at Mercy hospital Cedar Rapids led to four infant deaths among twelve affected babies. Spokesmen Dr. Morgan Foster and Dr. Jerald Greenblatt said only two deaths were directly due to diarrhea, with two others involving pneumonia or other conditions. A temporary nursery was established and a permanent facility planned. no public warning was issued initially, per hospital comment.
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Cedar Rapids
Mercy Hospital
Morgan Foster
Jerald Greenblatt
Pediatrics
Brake Lining Makers Fined and Dissolved in Anti Trust Case
Federal Judge Edward A. Conger fined the Brake Lining Manufacturers Association Inc New York and 26 members a total of 152000 after they pled no contest to three criminal anti trust indictments The association was dissolved and defendants agreed to abandon the alleged illegal practices The indictments charged three conspiracies to fix prices discounts classifications for customers and terms and conditions of sales on replacement brake linings and clutch facings The case involved a nationwide industry with 96 percent under a controlled price structure affecting vehicle and equipment users.
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Edward A. Conger
Brake Lining Manufacturers Association, Inc
Theyithdrew
Francis Hayden
Anti-Trust
Department of Justice
New York City
Ray Martin, 49, Nominated for Linn County Sheriff
Ray Martin, a Cedar Rapids sanitation department employee, was announced as the Democratic candidate for Linn County sheriff to replace William Krumbholz. Born in Gainesville Georgia on March 4 1898 he moved to Cedar Rapids in 1932 and has worked in sanitation for about two years after stints at LaPlant Choate and Wilson and Company. He lives with his wife at 1149 Eighteenth Avenue SW and belongs to Z C B J and the Eagles.
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Ray Martin
Linn County
Martin
Democratic County Central Committee
William Krumbholz
City Sanitation Department
LaPlant-Choate
Thhree
Wilson and Company
Georgia
Gainesville
The
Southern Railroad
Eighteenth Avenue
Z.C.B.J
Eagles
No Luck in Search For Missing Plane
Hope faded for finding a U S navy plane missing ten days with five aboard. An Indian in northern Manitoba reported a plane in apparent trouble on Sept 12. The clue was discounted by Royal Canadian Air Force officials as fuel exhaustion. On board were Naval Capt. Ben Scott Custer of the U S embassy in Ottawa and Capt. Sir Robert W. Stirling Hamilton of the British navy. Lt. Charles Wilcox of Oskaloosa Iowa was the pilot.
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Manitoba
Jack Howe
Royal Canadian Air Force
Churchill
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Ottawa
Z. L. Leigh
RCAF
Ben Scott Custer
U. S
Robert W. Stirling-Hamilton
Charles Wilcox
Oskaloosa
Ten Die In Hong Kong Warehouse Fire
A spectacular four story warehouse in Hong Kong burned killing ten people and injuring at least thirty others. Many survivors leaped from the roof and windows to escape the flames.
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Hong Kong
Butter Drops 3 More Cents In Wholesale Prices
Chicago report says top butter grades fell three cents a pound on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for the second straight day, totaling seven cents decline in two days. Hog prices at major centers were 25 to 75 cents lower as producers face demand resistance. Dun and Bradstreet notes wholesale food index down 13 cents for the week, lowest since April, with fourteen of thirty one items reduced. Retail chains in Chicago and New York cut butter prices in response.
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Chicago
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Department of Agriculture
Dun and
Bradstreet
New York
Pamela Lamphere Undergoes First Operation For Rare Condition
Pamela Lamphere, a 22 month old Chicago baby with her bladder outside her body, began a sequence of three operations to correct the rare condition. Doctors reported progress an hour after the first procedure as the family, once divided over treatment, reconciled after learning of other successful outcomes.
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Chicago
Pamela Lamphere
Pamela
Fred
Irene
Lampheres
Late Baseball Wednesday NL Scores Push Lou Brock Rivalry
St. Louis defeated Boston 8 to 2 while Pittsburgh beat Brooklyn 5 to 1 in National League Wednesday games.
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Boston
Pittsburgh
Brooklyn
Hurricane is Pointing for Citrus Belt
A powerful hurricane moving north northeast through Florida battered the Keys and Miami with 75 to 160 mile per hour gusts. Two people were killed and many injured as the storm crossed the citrus belt near Indian River and Clewiston, flooding streets and cutting power to thousands. Rain totaled 8.34 inches in Miami in 24 hours while Everglades City suffered isolation and crews worked to reestablish communications and restore services.
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Washburn Appointed ADA Treasurer in Unanimous Vote
CHICAGO AP. Dr. H B Washburn of St. Paul renee was appointed treasurer of the American Dental Association by a unanimous vote of the board. Washburn, who retired last week as association president, succeeds Dr. Roscoe H Volland of Iowa City treasurer since 1928 and not a candidate for re appointment.
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H.B. Washburn
St. Paul
Renee
American Dental Association
ADA Board of Trustees
Washburn
Association
Roscoe H. Volland
Iowa City
Dewey Outlines Peace Plan During Southwest Swing
Governor Thomas E. Dewey, on a southwestern campaign swing toward Albuquerque, promised a formula for preventing a new world war in his third formal address. He urged a strong foreign policy and national grit to secure lasting peace while predicting economic expansion ahead and urging cutting government spending to fight inflation. He spoke to Denver crowds before heading south, with NM radio slated to carry his remarks locally.
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Albuquerque
Dewey
Thomas E. Dewey
Southwest
Paul Lockwood
New York
New Mexico
John Foster Dulles
Paris
United Nations Assembly
Denver
Berlin
Eugene Millikin
G.O.P
Colorado
Summer Ends Quietly in Dreary Iowa Weather
Iowa felt a dreary close to summer with cloudy skies and rising temps expected Thursday. Decorah reported a 51 degree low as Keokuk Oskaloosa and Lamoni reached 83 in the afternoon, Cedar Rapids saw a 71 high Tuesday and 64 by 2 30 pm Wednesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Decorah
Keokuk
Oskaloosa
Lamoni
Chambers
Why Did She Jump Why She Jumped From Russian Consulate Window
Mrs Oksana Kasenkina details her flight from Ukraine to the United States and the choice between liberty and death. The serialized tale, edited by Isaac Don Levine, will run in The Gazette starting next Sunday as a human document of the Iron Curtain era.
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Ukraine
New York City
Oksana Kasenkina
United ’States
Issac Don Levine
King Features Syndicate
The
Gazette
Bevin Sets Berlin Policy After Western Accord
London AP reports British foreign secretary Bevin told the House of Commons that Western Powers agree to continue the Berlin airlift through winter if needed to defeat Russia’s blockade. He warned Berlin will not be surrendered and stressed four power control of a new currency while not committing to war. He compared Soviet pressure to past Nazi tactics and noted efforts with Marshall and Schuman on continued aid if the airlift fails.
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London
Russia
Berlin
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
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Commons
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Josef Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Munich
Britain
Hitler
Kremlin
New Communist Plot in Berlin
Western Berlin papers report a secret Communist leaders meeting for Friday at Potsdam, the Soviet army headquarters for Berlin, with the agenda kept strictly secret. Washington sources note satellite country leaders may be abroad, suggesting a strategy meeting in Russia as Soviet satellites renew attacks on the Western Powers.
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