Berlin Putsch Threatens U N Plan
REPORT FARMERS STILL GET AHEAD Des Moines- The bountiful 1948 harvest lowers farm prices with the index of prices received by farmers dropping 19 points in November. The Iowa survey notes a 108 ratio of prices received to prices paid, down seven points in a month, though a bumper crop improves overall position. Feeding ratios improve livestock profitability despite lower outputs. The corn hog ratio is 19.1, butter fat dairy ratio 33.8, and egg poultry ratio 16.8, signaling favorable conditions for producers even as prices fall.
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Iowa
Narrow crash on bridge kills Newton woman
A truck car collision on a narrow bridge nine miles north of Newton yesterday fatal to Mrs. O J Mahaffey 45 of Newton. The truck driver Rex J Butler 24 of Baxter was not injured and Sheriff Ray Barber said Mrs Mahaffey was wife of a Newton Daily News employee.
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Newton
O. J. Mahaffey
Here
Ray Barber
Janelson
Lyle
Newon
Barber
Rex J. Butler
Baxter
Weather Update Mostly cloudy with warming trend
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with higher temperatures in eastern regions and central areas. Stronger warmth in the east while the west remains cooler.
SEEKS ASSISTANCE GUEST OF MARSHALLS AT VIRGINIA HOME
The visitor arrives in America and will meet Secretary George C. Marshall and his wife at their Virginia home near Washington to press for increased aid to the nationalist regime in China.
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George C. Marshall
Virginia
Washington, D. C
America
China
Iowa Children’s Home drive planned in Cass county area
The annual financial appeal for the Iowa Children’s Home society runs December 6 to 20 in Cass county under Mrs. Richard Dreager of Atlantic. The campaign aims for 15000 dollars with Cass county share of 4600. The society, established 1888, aids 416 Cass county children and operates foster homes nationwide in cooperation with courts and welfare agencies. Local chairmen span many townships including Brighton, Pymosa, Benton, Grant, Lincoln, Franklin, Grove, Washington, Cass, Bear Grove, Union, Massena, Victoria, Edna, Noble, Pleasant, Anita.
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Iowa Children’s Home Society
Cass County
Richard Dreager
Atlantic
Dreager
Iowa
Henry Lanny
Brighton Township
Hans Peterson
Pymosa
John Olson
Benton
Clarence Osten
Grant
Howard Gissibs
Lincoln
Harold Mailander
Franklin
Ralph Jones
Grove
Jim Winston
Washington
P. G. Chillenwater
Cass
Byron Casady
Bear Grove
Robert Curtis
Union
Collins Bower
Massena
Y. B. McMartin
Victoria
James McLaren
Edna
Indian for ax slaying executed at Nebraska prison
Lincoln Nebraska 24 year old Timothy Tron Bear a South Dakota Indian was executed in the electric chair at the Nebraska penitentiary for the July 1947 ax slaying of Mrs Blanche Grace Stollar and the murder of her husband John Stollar. Father Joseph R Sinkula Catholic chaplain administered last rites and an unnamed executioner from an unnamed state gave four electric shocks at 1 03 a m CST with about thirty witnesses present.
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Lincoln
Neb
Timothy Tron Bear
Nebraska Penitentiary
South Dakota
Atlantic Elks observe golden jubilee in 1898 building history
Atlantic B P O Elks lodge marks its golden anniversary with Sunday memorial services and Monday Jubilee events inviting the public. The program includes organ recitals, choral numbers, a high school concert, and a floor show with Marvin George’s Omaha band. four charter members remain living.
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Atlantic B. P. O. Elks Lodge
Atlantic High
Elks
Iows
Omaha
Maryville
P. N. McDermott
Hugh L. Allen
G. G. Zellers
Max Bullock
Atlantic Does
Mr. Allen
Mary Ann Moore
JoAnn Williams
B. P. O. Does
Atlantic High School
Ralph W. Young
Lester H. Rumbaugh
Docs
Doc” Lawson
Marvin George
Beer price cut in Russia sparks cheers
Moscow radio relayed news that beginning today beer prices drop by 25 percent across Russia. The bulletin did not explain the reason or provide mug prices for today or yesterday.
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London
Moscow
Russia
Wedding Helped By Many Folk Unknown To Pair
Lisle Kempton and Miss Freida Rickabaugh wed after a police station improvisation. Judge Lester Palmer couldn’t attend due to Shrine Chanters rehearsal, so chanters at the Masonic Temple sang "I Love You Truly" as the couple tied the knot. Many strangers aided the ceremony.
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Omaha
Lisle Kempton
Tabor
Freda Rickabaugh
Bartlett
Kempton
James Griffin
Lester Palmer
Tangier Shrine
Masonic Temple
Facial Injuries After Hunting Mishap In Cedar Rapids
Delhi man Erwin Glew, 28, is hospitalized in Cedar Rapids with severe facial injuries from a hunting accident yesterday. A pheasant flush ended when a shotgun blast from Glew’s companion struck him in the face. a shot lodged through his right eye and others pierced cheeks and forehead. He is the son of Delaware county supervisor Ray Glew.
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Manchester
Erwin Glew
Delhi
Cedar Rapids
Glew
Delaware County
Ray Glew
Dr Tom Fuhr Installed as Atlantic First Presbyterian Pastor
The Rev Gordon I Zimmerman will preside at the public installation of Dr Tom Fuhr as pastor of Atlantic First Presbyterian Church at 8 p m Friday. Fuhr, who took the Atlantic pulpit November 1, succeeds Rev A Howard Lindquist.
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Gordon I. Zimmecan
Audubor Miret Presbyterian Church
Tom Fuhr
Atlantic First Presbyterian Church
Fuhr
A. Howard Lindquist
Silas G. Kessler
Harold A. Smith
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Maurice Bone
Grace Presbyterian Church
Council Bluffs
Ellis H. Butler
Westminster Presbyterian Church
John ‘M. DeBerg
Avoca
Millard Cat
Edgehill Community Church
New York City
Atlantic
Central Presbyterian Church
New York
Ruth Crumley
Memphis, Tenn
Washington, D. C
Marine Corps
Woman Dies After Crash Near Council Bluffs
Mrs. Arthur E. Colberg 36 of Omaha died in a hospital from injuries after a car driven by Peter Ferguson 21 left Highway 75 north of Council Bluffs, vaulted into a ditch and overturned. Ferguson's condition was listed as improved.
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Council Bluffs
Arthur E. Colberg
Omaha
Colberg
Petor Ferguson
Vo Ming
Ferguson
Hunting violation leads to fines in Minnesota
Brainerd Minnesota Louis J Mar ten Marble Rock Jr and his son Charles 20 were fined 500 in total after violations of Minnesota hunting laws. They were arrested last Sunday on charges of illegal transportation of deer.
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Minn
Louis J. Marten
Marble Rock, Jr
Wid
Charles
Minnesota
Dream of $70,000 Bank Heist Ends in Guilty Plea
Jacksonville carpenter Jack Bowers, 52, attempted to rob Barnett National Bank using a homemade gadget to access the night depository. He netted $552.96 in cash and about $900 in checks before being caught. He pleaded guilty to violating the federal bank robbery act. sentencing set for Friday before Judge Dozier Devane.
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Pia
Ker Plunk
Jack Bowers
Barnett National Bank
Bowers
St. John's
Dozier Devane
Raiders Strike Shakespeare Plants In Kalamazoo
About 300 raiders attacked two Shakespeare factories in Kalamazoo Michigan in a commando like raid. They wrecked equipment and parked cars injuring several workers then fled. Police and the governor arrived but the invaders left as quickly as they came.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
Shakespeare Companies
Howard Hoyt
Milljie
Kim Sigler
Donald 8S. Leonard
Sigler
Hoyt
National Guard
Yoder and Sons Take Top Award at Livestock Show
Yoder and Sons of Muscatine won the grand championship at the International Livestock Exposition with an Aberdeem Angus steer named Old Gold. The 1,200-pound champion beat more than 400 beef cattle and earned a $1,000 award from the American Aberdeen-Angus Association.
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Chicago
North America
States
Canadian
International Amphitheatre
C. E. Yode, and Sons of Muscatine
Yoder
American Aberdeen-Angus Association
Cleo Yoder
Charles Yoder
Bill Hansen
Holbrook
A. D. Welch
Kansas State College
Robert Schmidt
Delmar
Weber
Young Schmidt
Yoder Schmidt
Glenn Momsen
Miles
Angus
Hereford
Pecos County
Ft. Stockton
Tex
Yoder and Sons
Western powers warn Berlin crisis could worsen
Washington reports a top state department official says Russia setting up a separate Berlin government makes a peaceful solution unlikely. Under Secretary Levett says Soviets misjudge U.S. resolve in Berlin. Paris notes Western powers warn they may act against Soviet moves here.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Berlin
Levett
Paris
Juan A. Bramuglia
U.N. Security Council
France
Britain
United States
Bramuglia
Weaten
Communists seize Berlin city hall and oust anti communist mayor
In Berlin the communist takeover forced Ferdinand Friedensburg out as acting mayor as police under Soviet control barred his entry. The communists installed Friedrich Ebert as mayor and pressed control after driving anti communist officials to western sectors of the divided city.
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Berlin
Putach
Ferdinand Friedensburg
Friedrich Ebert
Karl Maron
Friedensburg
United States
Britain
France
High Court Denies Bird Plea in Tacoma Axe Murder Case
Jake Bird, condemned for the 1947 slaying of Mrs. Bertha Kludt in Tacoma, saw the Washington Supreme Court refuse to rehear his appeal. Officials say only federal avenues to stoppage remain, with potential Governor appeals at the U S Supreme Court.
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Bird
Olympia
Wash
Jake Bird
Iown
State Supreme Court
Bertha Kludt
Tacoma
Noose
United States Supreme Court
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