Truman Seeks 1.22 Billion for Second Year of Arms Aid
President Truman asked Congress for 1.2225 billion dollars for a second year of the arms aid program to support NATO allies and other non-communist forces. The plan covers North Atlantic Treaty nations, Greece, Turkey, Iran, the Philippines, Korea, and areas in China with equipment, training, and materials. Portugal joins the list with naval and air gear to defend coastlines and Azores bases.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Armas
Europe
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Phillippines
Korea
Theilippines
China
Elementa
Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
Norway
Portugal
Azores
Iowan To Build Houses From Straw and Sticks
Clarke Fry of West Branch Iowa plans a plant to produce Mi-Fry-Ca a water mixable coating and brick panels from straw cobs husks and sticks. The project aims to cut construction costs by about 40 percent and house five room factory built homes at five per day. The plant valued at 130000 will employ around 100 workers with development totaling 800000 and operations slated to begin June on the basement level and August on upper floors.
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Iowa
Fry
West Branch
Berlin Youth Obey Health Exam Order
About ten thousand youths marooned near the Soviet zone boundary complied with Western police demands to name themselves or undergo medical exams before crossing into West Germany. After a sleepless night in the border no man’s land, doctors found no contagious diseases and the group moved toward Lübeck for trains home.
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Luebeck
Germany
No Man’s Land
Berlin
Donations Boost Atlantic Fire Prevention Fund Drive
The Atlantic fire prevention bureau reports growing donations for its year round program. Whitney Insurance and Petterson's Firestone gave 25 dollars each, with 10 dollar gifts from Dr. H A Johnson and numerous local businesses. Five dollar contributions came from several shops and groceries including Hackom's Body Shop and Parkinson Grocery.
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Atlantic Fire Prevention Bureau
Whitney Insurance Agency
Petterson
Firestone
Dr. H. A. Johnson
Hedger Furniture
Neff Clothing
Gillin Appliance
Hansen & Company
Larsen & Linn
Hawke’s
Chauffeur risks life to save Susan Hayward at Amicalola Falls
In Dawsonville Georgia studio chauffeur William Gray saved actress Susan Hayward from a fatal fall at Amicalola Falls while filming I'd Climb the Highest Mountain. Hayward slipped but was caught and both ended up with minor injuries.
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Dawsonville
Susan Hayward
Miss Hayward
Georgia
Amicalola
William Gray
20Th Century Fox
Cab Driver Fights Mad Dog to Save 32 Pupils
Atlanta driver Rick Parker wrestled a foaming dog away from 32 kindergarten pupils as classes changed. He herded children inside, challenged the animal, and halted its attack until a youth shot and killed the dog. Parker was bitten and got an anti rabies shot.
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Mad Dog
Atlanta
Rick Parker
Parker
Air Forces
Six youths die in car truck crash near Harlan hours after diploma night
Three Harlan high school graduates were among the six killed when the car veered into a southbound six ton live fish truck on highway 69 seven miles south of Harlan. Driver Robert Pugh of Spirit Lake survived. the crash left two passengers decapitated and others severely injured.
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Harlan
Harlan High School
Orrell Gearhart
Gearhart
Sisson
Robert Bruce Pugh
Spirit Lake
Chamberlain
Dunlap High School
Ocean
Misa Lindstrom
Brockman
Navy
Kenneth Jorgensen
Pugh
Jorgensen
State Conservation Commission
Des Moines
Des Moines Man Charles M Ridler Dies at 75
Charles M Ridler 75 of Knoxville died in a Des Moines hospital from a heart ailment. The Des Moines native was appointed federal court crier for the southern district of Town ast November after Judge Carroll Switzer joined the federal bench.
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Des Moines
Charles M. Ridler
Knoxville
Town
Carroll
Switzer
The Road Ahead Is Graduation Address at Harlan
The Road Ahead was the title of the commencement address for 65 Harlan high school graduates. Three graduates and two companions died in a collision shortly after the address. Dr Milo Bail president of the University of Omaha urged youths to avoid fast driving.
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Harlan
Harlan High School
Ray Killion
Milo Bail
Forage Seed Conference Draws Regional Experts
Fifteen Iowa State College men two from the University of Nebraska and one from Ohio will attend the Atlantic forage seed conference Saturday at the high school. Dr. George F. Stewart and Dr. W. M. Myers lead talks on seed supply demand and agriculture. Dr. Iver J. Johnson Dr. J. H. Lilly and Dr. W. E. Dunham cover soils fertility insect control and pollination with panel discussions to follow.
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Iowa State College
University Nebraska
Ohio
Atlantic
Cedar Rapids
Atlantic Chamber of Commerce
George F. Stewart
Iowa Experiment Station
W. M. Myers
Beltsville, Md
Myers
Iver J. Johnson
J. H. Lilly
W. E. Dunham
Ohio State
Body Found in Locked Car Near Clarinda
Howard H. Winterboer, 29, of near Everly, was found dead in a locked 1950 Nash on a weed covered road near Clarinda. Sheriff Hipsley noted a tube from the exhaust into the door vent and said the car was locked from inside. Coroner Walker estimated death about ten days. Harold Mitchell, a farmer, discovered the scene.
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ClarInda
Here
Howard H. Winterboer
Everly
Ed Hipsley
Les Walker
Harold Mitchell
Japs Strike In Protest Of Rush Trial
Openly defiant Japan's communist party orders a general strike to protest the rush trial of eight Japanese accused of assaulting American soldiers. The action aims to influence elections while tensions rise with General MacArthur's occupation authorities. Police warn of potential new outbreaks of red violence.
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Tokyo
Japan
Communist Party Today
MacArthur
U.S
Communist Party
Plaza
Reds
Griswold and Anita Show Population Gains
Preliminary figures from census supervisor Edward A. Durlick of Council Bluffs indicate Griswold grows by 19 and Anita by 23 in the past decade. Griswold’s 1950 population is 1,151, up from 1,132 in 1940. Anita reaches 1,111, up from 1,083 in 1930.
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Griswold
Anita
Edward A. Durlick
Council Bluffs
Amerasia Magazine and the Red Network Question
Senate inquiry into the Amerasia case of 1946 explored claims of a red network linking the Communist Party to Amerasia and into the State Department. DOJ officials denied ties and disputed reports of secret wartime documents. Six arrested included two State Department employees and editors Jaffe and Mitchell. fines imposed on Jaffe and Larsen.
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Washington
Knowland
James M. Melnommey
Justice Department
Criminal Division
Hickenlooper
A- Iowa
Melinerney
Hichenloeper
Amerasia
American First Unite
McInerney
FBI
Office of Strategic Services
State Department
John 8. Service
Emmanuel 8
Larsen
Philip Jaffe
Ming Kate Mitchell
Navy
Andrew Roth
Mark Gayn
Jaffe
Service
Miss Mitchell
Gayn
Roth
Senator Gillette backs Atlantic Union as world peace coalit ion
Senator Gillette of Iowa declared support for an Atlantic Union aimed at turning the Atlantic Pact into a world peace coalition. He noted hesitance in government to pursue a trans Atlantic federation and urged a constitutional convention among democracies to form a nuclear union of peaceful nations.
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Washington
Gillette
D-Iown
Uach
Atlantic Union
Atlantic Union Committee, Inc
Lowan
Gillette Salane
Owen J. Roberts
Supreme Court
Western
Europe
Gun Accident Fatal to Audubon Man Gordon Thompson
Gordon Thompson 40 of Audubon died from a gunshot wound found on a cot in his west Audubon home. Coroner W H Halloran ruled death accidental, saying Thompson was cleaning a .22 rifle when it discharged. No inquest. Survived by wife Tene a three year old son and a Guthrie Center mother. They moved here months ago from Guthrie Center where he previously lived. He worked for Fuller Plastering Company.
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Audubon
Buriel
Guthrie Center
Gordon Thompson
West Audubon
W. H. Halloran
Thompson
Tene
Thompsons
Fuller Plastering Company
Weather outlook with showers and warmer temperatures
The forecast calls for fair conditions this afternoon followed by partly cloudy skies tonight and Friday. Scattered showers or thunderstorms affect the southwest tonight, spreading to the rest of the state by Friday evening. Warmer temperatures are expected in the west and central areas tonight and Friday. Saturday and Sunday will be partly cloudy and cooler, with local showers southeast half of the state Saturday.
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Acheson
Senate
Scott Lucas
D-11
Dean Acheson
Atlantic Pact
Russia
Mr. Truman
West (Branch
Darrell Chamberlain
Dunlap
Robert Brockman
Carl Brockman
Mary Ann Lindstrom
Gena Lindstrom
de Ann Andersen
Andrew Anderson
Charles Ocean
Oda Ocean
Gaylin Sheen
Mercy
Anderson
Court Crier
Griswold, Anita Show Gains
Frank Erickson
New York
Bth
International Soundphoto
Amerasia Mag
Red Network
Ato
NEW
Asia
Learchet
Amerasia Magasine
OSS
Far Eastern Affairs
Atlantic Union A Coalition For Peace
Judith Coplon
Albert H. Suvorov
International
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