Senate Eyes Economy Drive Amid Pension Bill Debate
Senators offered little on the veterans pension measure approved by the House while applauding a Senate appropriations committee cut of nearly 13 million dollars from operating funds for state and justice. The panel also tows a line on Truman spending and foreign building funds as it trims VOA and embassy budgets.
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Washington
House
State
Justice Departments
Senate Expenditures Committee
Budget Bureau
Truman
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Senate Finance Committee
George
Appropriations Committee
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
State Department
China
Finland
Hungary
Voice of America
Tama Youth Drowns At Lake Cherry
A 14 year old boy, George Jensen, son of Dan Jensen, drowned after falling from a Tama dock into waist deep water at Lake Cherry yesterday. An unidentified man saw him fall and summoned help when he did not surface.
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Tama
George Jensen
Dan Jensen
Lake Cherry
Weather outlook cloudy with cooler nights and showers
The forecast calls for cloudy skies with occasional showers and a cooler night. Friday remains mostly cloudy and cooler across the area.
Auto Mishaps Claim Lives Of 5 Iowans
Five Iowans die in new traffic toll as Davenport youths Harold McCormick 19 Dudley Cubbage 15 and August Clause sen 18 perish in a highway 22 crash near Davenport. Boone coach’s two year old daughter Marilyn Stutzman dies after being run over by a backing car. Robert R. Jamison 22 a filling station operator dies from injuries after a Tuesday motorcycle truck crash. Two other youths injured in the Davenport wreck.
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Associated Press
Harold McCormick
Dudley Cubbage
August Clausesen
Davenport
Marilyn Stutzman
Howard Stutzman
Boone High School
Robert R. Jamison
Broadlawns Hospital
Apollo Theater Burns in Chicago Fire
The interior of Chicago's Apollo Theater on Randolph and Clark streets was destroyed by fire this morning. Twenty nine fire units fought the blaze to stop it spreading to the adjacent 16 story Ashland block and nearby buildings. The fire started in the pit under the stage and climbed to the roof. cause is not yet known. Damages to the structure were not estimated and the theater had been closed since May 10 for demolition for a new bus terminal.
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Chicago
Randolph and
Clark Streets
Rialto
Ashland Block
Ashland
Lenox Boy Dies of Accident Injuries
Creston Iowa Melvin Bartrem 17 of Lenox dies in hospital from injuries after a Sunday night automobile crash on highway 25 near Kent The Lenox High School junior had just completed his junior year in May and was the son of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Bartrem
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Creston
Melvin Bartrem
Lenox
Bartrem
Highway 25
Kent
Lloyd Bartrem
Lenox High School
Sioux City brothers charged with burglary in Des Moines case
Albert Wessling 31 Joseph 37 and Marvin 29 three Sioux City brothers waived to the grand jury on charges they burglarized Beers Radio and Sales in Des Moines accusing them of breaking into the store.
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Des Moines
Sioux City
Albert Wessling
Joseph
Marvin
Hiss and Chambers Face Trial Testimony Unfolds
Whitaker Chambers testified that Alger Hiss handed state department documents to him and that he photographed the papers before giving the film to J Peters who led the communist underground. Chambers said he and Hiss conferred regularly until 1938 and described documents tied to the Nye committee and munitions trade.
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Whitaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Chambers
J. Peters
Alexander Stevens
Hungary
Hiss
Peters
Harold Ware
U. S
Twoman F. Murphy
Nye
U. S. Senate
Hise
Samuel H. Kaufman
Lloyd Paul Stryker
P St
N. W
Washington
Mheane
Hice
Nye Committee
Green
Murphy
Tornadoes Hit Southwest Iowa Cause Damage Across Region
Severe storms swept across the southwest corner of Iowa with three tornadoes and heavy rain. The Rock Island roundhouse on North Locust street in Atlantic was wrecked, electric lines and structures reported damaged, a circus tent collapsed, and a transformer burned at a farm southwest of Atlantic. multiple towns reported uprooted trees, power and telephone interruptions, and localized flooding as rainfall totals reached over an inch in several communities.
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Rock Island Roundhouse
Noth Locust Street
Roundhouse
Co. P. Richards
North Linn Street
Aterm
Rockwell City
Pellett Petroleum Company
West Second Street
Charles Ballard
Maple Street
Ray Dwyer
Fred Hunt
Bell Telephone Exchange
Weather Bureau
A.rens
Clarinda
Cherokee
Creston
Albia
Perry
Knoxville
Osceola
Tracy
Montezuma
State Center
Toledo
Williamsburg
Grundy Center
Independence
Keokuk
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Shenandoah
Harold Fishbaugh
Villisca
Red Oak
G. BR
Stafford
Leo Bruce
Paul Lathrop
Elliott
Stanton
Scranton
Greene County
Lyle Shaw
Clair Gibson
Percival
Sidney
Council Bluffe
Newton
Earl M. Crary
L. E. Shaffer
Galesburg
Barkley to Address Iowa Demos June 13
Vice President Barkley will keynote the Democratic Party's Midwest farm conference in Des Moines on June 13. Truman will not attend. The three day event June 12 to 14 will focus on the Brannan farm proposal with Brannan himself speaking. McGrath and Boyle plan to discuss Midwest politics with 16 state leaders.
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Washington
Barkley
Des Moines
Truman
Agriculture Brannan
Midwest
J. Howard McGrath
William M. Boyle, Jr
Consider Women for Ambassador Posts
President Truman said several women are under consideration for ambassador posts including Denmark. He spoke at a news conference and did not specify which woman might be recommended for the Denmark post.
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Washington
Truman
Denmark
Tornadoes Hurt Family Near Essex and Destroy Homes
Fourteen people injured as tornadoes sweep four midwest states. Near Essex Indiana the storm injures a family of three while several farm homes are destroyed. Other towns including Tarkio Missouri and Percival Iowa report injuries and extensive damage. Buildings collapse under fierce winds and telephone lines are cut between Shenandoah and Villisca.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Tarkio
Illinois
Wisconsin
Hand
Shenandoah
Stoldorf
Marilyn
Byron Falk
Henry Floberg
Falk
Tom Monahan
Percival
Villisca
Weather Bureau
Nebraska City
Missouri River
Carl Moyer
West Mulls Berlin Plan as Four-Power Rule Looms
Western powers present Russia with a plan to restore four power control in Berlin. A 90 minute foreign ministers meeting in Paris raised hopes for reunification under a single governing body with elections and a Berlin magistrat council. The accord aims to define veto powers and majority decisions for the allied command.
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Russia
Berlin
Soviet Union
Foreign Ministers Council
Kommandatura
Dean Acheson
Magistrat
Council
Blame Pilot's Error For Vinton Crash
State Aeronautics Commissioner Norbert Locke says a pilot's error caused the crash that killed Carl Rehnblom, 34, of Ames. Rehnblom made a downwind turn after takeoff from a Ray Van Wecel farm near Vinton, causing the light plane to shed speed and strike an REA power line. He died in the flames. Rehnblom was married to Henry Chavis's daughter and Chavis, an Ames cannery executive, was killed outside his home in November. the slaying remains unsolved.
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Vinton
Norbert Locke
Carl Rehnblom
Ames
Locke
Rehnblom
Ray van Wecel
Henry Chavis
Ames Cannery
Des Moines Divorce Suit Filed by Mrs Charlotte Fitch
Mrs Charlotte Fitch files for divorce from Gail W Fitch vice president of F W Fitch Co alleging cruelty. She seeks the Fitch home eight hundred dollars monthly alimony child support and custody of their two children. Married August 5 1929 in San Francisco.
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Des Moines
Charlotte Fitch
Gail W. Fitch
F. W. Fitch Co
Fitch
San Francisco
Bachelor Proposes Then Collapses on Roadside
Earl T. Bennett a 44 year old Muncie bachelor died of a heart attack after proposing marriage to widow Mrs. Mabel Daugherty while driving along a country road. The incident was witnessed by Mrs. Daugherty who flagged a truck driver and alerted authorities. Mrs. Daugherty, 70, is widow of Charles Daugherty killed in a December fight. her brother Elmer Carroll was convicted of manslaughter in that case.
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Muncie
Ind
Sam Drake
Earl T. Bennett
W. Pete Anthony
Mabel Daugherty
Bennett
Anthony
Daugherty
Sheriff's Office
Charles Daugherty
Elmer Carroll
AEC Justified In Shipping These Says Lilienthal
Capitol Hill questioned the AEC on emergency clearances and a guard with a police record in uranium work. Lilienthal defended rapid security approvals as necessary for speed, while Rep. Elston pressed for stricter checks and possible prosecutions for falsified records.
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Lilienthal
Washington
Capitol
Hill
FBI
ABC
David Lilienthal
Elston
Ohio
Carroll Wilson
Commission
Wilson
Argonne National Laboratory
Committee
Orantamen Eee
Army
Hinl
Hickenlooper
Body of Eugene Brown Recovered After River Death
The body of 24 year old Eugene Brown was found yesterday a mile below Camanche, Iowa, after sinking in the Mississippi River last Friday. Washington reports a pleasant day with weather bureau staff holding their annual picnic this afternoon.
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Here
Camanche, Je
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