Truman Kills OPS Order of Secrecy Draws Senate Fire
President Truman ordered the Office of Price Stabilization to withdraw its ban on disclosing information, saying the rule was too broad. Senators from both parties attacked the move, with calls to attach riders to OPS funding to bar secrecy. The White House announced a new bulletin would clarify policy while confirming confidentiality needs in business relations.
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Washington
Truman
Price Agency
Office of Price Stabilization
White House
Joseph Short
Short
OPS
Senate
Maybank
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
George D. Aiken
RVI
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Aiken
Homer Ferguson
Rmich
di Salle
Ferguson
Jennie Post, Cedar Rapids Principal, Dies at 79
Miss Jennie Post longtime Cedar Rapids educator and first principal of Wilson High School died at 5 am in a private nursing home. Born Sept 14 1872 she taught at Van Buren from 1891 to 1903 and led Wilson High until her retirement in 1942 after 61 years in Cedar Rapids schools.
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Cedar Rapids
Jennie Post
Miss Post
Wilson High School
van Buren School
Coggan
Springville
van Buren
Coe
Oct 13 Deadline For Registration For City Election
Cedar Rapids voters are reminded by City Clerk Maude Krebs that the Oct 13 registration deadline stands for the Oct 23 municipal primary. With 35,767 registered of 73,000 citizens, she urged residents to register at the third floor city hall, noting recent registrations and address changes. Qualifications include 21 years old, six months in Iowa and 60 days in Linn county.
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Cedar Rapids
Maude Krebs
Miss Krebs
Iowa
Linn County
Bricker Proposes Senate Bill To Repeal Truman Security Order
Senator Bricker introduces in the Senate a bill to repeal President Truman's executive order tightening the handling of security information by government agencies.
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Washington
Bricker
Ohio
Senate
Truman
Benton accuses McCarthy of perjury and deception
Senator William Benton charges Senator Joseph R. McCarthy with perjury and deceit of the senate and the American people. Benton presents a 70 page brief with 10 cases accusing McCarthy of lying under oath, deceitful conduct, and improper influence in government affairs.
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Washington
William Benton
Dconn
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Benton
McCarthy
Connecticut
Rules Committee
Elections Group
Santa Fe
N. M
Wisconsin Republican
Senate Foreign Relations
Wheeling
W. Va
State Department
Lustron Corporation
Senate Banking Committee
George C. Marshall
Millard Tydings
United States Senate
Maryland
United States
Wisconsin
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Slater
House
Malmedy
Frost Nips Corn In Iowa With Damage Uncertain
Frost struck northern Iowa with killing temperatures in the frostiest areas and light frost elsewhere. Early estimates show about one third of northern corn beyond frost damage, with statewide figures around 60 percent safe and 40 percent potentially damaged as experts await fuller data.
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Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Weather Bureau
Spencer
Sioux City
Hikadher
Postville
Decorah
Waukon
Fred O'Riley
Allamakee
Elkader
Robert Shaw
Towa State College
Prices Up for Ground Beef as OPS Tightens Rules
The Office of Price Stabilization raises ceilings on some beef cuts and trims others, boosting ground beef by two to four cents per pound while T-bone and sirloin fall. Iowa counties split into zones 15 and 12, with new items like boneless rib roast added. Army reverses stance, rejecting Brazil and Uruguay meat offers for not meeting grading standards.
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Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Iowa
OPS
Scott
Dubuque
Clinton
Jackson
Ralph N. Demgen
Demgen
Bome
Brazil
Uruguay
U.S
Army
Armed Services
Joseph N. Erceg Wounded in Korea
Joseph N. Erceg 20, a Marine, was wounded in Korea by mortar shell fragments on Sept. 16. He is in a Korean field hospital in good condition. Born Jan 1 1991 in Cedar Rapids he earlier worked at Quaker Oats and trained in San Diego after enlisting January 1. He served with the 5th Marine Regiment when wounded.
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Joseph N. Erceg
Korea
Stella Erceg
Erceg
Marines
San Diego
5Th Marine Regiment
Cedar Rapids
Pfc
St. Ludmila's School
Winchell Signs Lifetime Contract with ABC
New York AP report notes Walter Winchell has signed a lifetime contract with the American Broadcasting Company likely making him the highest paid performer in radio and television. ABC would not comment and Winchell was unavailable for remark.
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NEW_ YORK
Walter Winchell
American Broadcasting Company
ABC
Winchell
Richard Hudnut
Ings
Jack O'Brian
Journal-American Price
Michael V. di
Salle
U N Planes Hit At Red Supply Lines in Korea
Communist forces launched sharp attacks across 50 miles of the Korean front on Thursday night. Allied air power destroyed 508 Communist trucks and damaged 613, a new record, as U S Fifth Air Force pressed to interdict main supply arteries. General Omar Bradley arrived in Tokyo to assess the situation with General Ridgway as truce talks stalled.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Fifth Air Force
Omar Bradley
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Tokyo
Defense Department
Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Bradley
Yonchon
Chorwon
Iron Triangle
Heartbreak Ridge
Punchbow Heights
Heartbreak
Yanggu
Youth Found in Submerged Car Near Porte City
The body of 19 year old Keith Bunten was recovered from a submerged car on a country road east of Porte City. Patrolmen identified him as the son of Mr and Mrs J C Bunten of Walker. The car lay in about 30 feet of water discovered by Les Craft after noticing an oil slick. A bruise on the back of Bunten's neck was noted as investigators continued the case.
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LA Porte
Porte City
Keith Bunten
J. C. Bunten
Walker
Les Craft
la Porte City
Bunten
Anti-Peron Uprising Fails in Buenos Aires
Rebels led by former Gen Arthur Rawson and Gen Benjamin Menendez are reported crushed as state radio declares internal war. President Juan Peron appears on the palace balcony as workers cheer. authorities vow punishment for ring leaders and possible executions.
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Buenos Aires
Argentinas
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Shreoug Lafter
Arthu Rawson
3Ejamin Menendez
el Palomar
Campo Mayo
Angel Solari
Montevideo
Uruguay
Alfredo Palacios
Rawson
Menendez
Ring
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Radieverenh Society
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