Five Die and Ten Thousand Homeless in Ay a Town Briefs
IWAN ELECTED Long Beach California The American Gold Star Mothers concluded business sessions of their three day conclave yesterday electing Mrs Hadavig McFaddin Cedar Rapids Iowa first vice president Hamburg Hamburg track gardeners report 50 to 76 percent strawberry crop loss from the freeze Damage also shown on apples and other fruit Mason City Ross W Cobeen 31 dies in hospital from injuries after being crushed between a box car and loading chute Lehigh Portland Cement Co gasoline fire at Iowa City damages a gas truck partial burn to a nearby house and half a block of alley total damage eight thousand five hundred dollars mostly insured Bishop John Wesley Robinson 81 dies in Himalayas missionary and bishop in India native of Moulton Iowa and former pastorates in Iowa and Illinois Council Bluffs Wesley Feller at home paralyzed by a near fatal fall into an abandoned well Essie Campbell 18 and Gary Campbell 8 treated after injuries from nail puncture and bicycle fall
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Iwan
Long Beach
Cal
Hadavig McFaddin
Cedar Rapids
Mason City
Ross W. Cobeen
Lehigh Portland Cement Co
Iowa City
Rain Cancels Capitol Baseball Game in Washington
Washington June 7 reports a Democratic versus Republican house baseball game called off due to rain and wet grounds at Griffith Stadium home to the Washington Senators. Two accre congressmen attended with two physicians and a horse doctor on the sidelines to judge which party fields stronger players. Beneficiaries are the Metropolitan Police Boys' Club of Washington, potentially about $5,000 from $1 admissions with no passes for players.
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Washington
Rapybean
Accre
Cene
Ie Griffith Stadium
Washington Senators
Metropolitan Police Boys’ Club of
Worms as bait in Salem get council protection
In Salem on June 7 the sea worms of Collins Cove are noted as excellent fishing bait and fetch ten cents each in some markets. City Councilman James J. Muse said approval was given to protect these worms from poachers.
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Salem
Mass
Collins Cove
James J. Muse
Navy Lt Adele J Dwight Brown Named Dallas County Extension Director
Adele J Dwight Brown former naval lieutenant who spent 19 months overseas has begun work as Dallas County extension director succeeding Harold Beane who resigned. An Iowa State graduate, Brown previously served as youth associate at Webster City before arriving in Dallas County.
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Adele J. Dwight Brown
Navy
Dallas County
Harold Beane
Iowa State College
Brown
Webster City
Weather Outlook for Tonight and Sunday
Clearing western areas and showers or thundershowers in the east tonight. Generally fair Sunday with little change in temperature.
Hospital Unit Donors Listed in Memorial Drive
Atlantic Memorial hospital fund drive lists donors for delivery and ward bed units. Notable contributions include $5,000 from Drs. E. C. and M. T. Petersen, $3,000 from Dr. H. A. Johnson, and $2,400 from Dr. Walter Giegerich, with many physicians, firms, and families giving to support units such as ward beds, labor and formula kitchens across the hospital.
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C. E. Malone
Claude R
Cecil Malone
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
O. F. Meredith
O. A. Otto
Atlantic Physicians
Ike Levine
Ward
Agnes Wilder
Harry B. Swan
Labor
Cook & Cunslow Drug Company
Edward P. Cole
Formula Kitchen
Roy H. Metcalf
Lester L. Balding
Neiby Furniture Company
H. A. Johnson
Young Slayer of Church Sexton Believed Insane
Dr. Lewis L. Robbins testified in St Joseph that Stuart B. Allen was insane at the time church sexton John A Frank was beaten to death on April 1. The Topeka psychiatrist labeled Allen as suffering from split personality with a delusion urging him to kill prompted by voices. The 16 year old defendant's confession described an urge to kill.
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St. Joseph
Lewis L. Robbins
Topeka
Kans
Stuart B. Allen
John A. Frank
Robbins
Allen
James Allen
Christ Episcopal Church
Young Allen
Browning Couple Relocates to Wiota Farm
Mr and Mrs Arnett Browning of Omaha moved Friday to the H J Dimig farm at Wiota where they will operate. Mrs Browning is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Dimig.
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Wiota
Arnett Browning
Omaha
H. J. Dimig
Browning
Dimig
Truman Visits World War I Comrades in Kansas City
President Truman led a 35th Division parade in Kansas City and visited his bed-ridden mother at Grandview. He attended a reception with sister Miss Jane Truman and listened to General Eisenhower’s address urging peace and stability. He warned of dangers without American leadership and plans to return to Washington Sunday.
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Kaneda City
Truman
Kansas City
Grandview
Martha E. Truman
Jane Truman
Gal Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russia
Eisenhower
35Th Division Association
Washington
Farm wife electrocuted near Knoxville Indiana
Mrs Martin Slykhuis a farm wife eight miles northeast of Knoxville Indiana was electrocuted last night in her milk house. She had just plugged in a cream separator and water seepage on the floor was believed to have created a short circuit. She leaves a husband and five children all under seven years old.
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Knoxville
Martin Slykhuis
Here
Senate approves Taft Hartley labor bill compromise
Washington reports the Taft Hartley labor bill cleared Congress with a 54 to 17 Senate vote and a 20 to 79 House tally. Taft predicts a presidential veto could be overridden but expects a veto override margin nearer 468 to 24 in the Senate. The measure is a compromise of separate Senate and House bills.
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Washington
Congreta
Truman
Senate
House
Congress
Ita
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy and Labor Committees
Communists were main U S goals in last 14 years
Milwaukee June 7 A Republican chairman said the three aims of the communist world conspiracy have largely been achieved in 14 years of Democratic rule. He listed debasing the currency attacking private property and fostering economic confusion as key outcomes while saying Truman is not to blame and the Democratic party courted radical groups for support.
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Milwaukee
Carroll Reece
Truman
Young
Republican National Federation
Reece
Democratic Party
United States
Republican Party
British envoy warns graduates of atomic peril at Lansdowne
Lord Inverchapel the British ambassador to the United States addresses Lansdowne high school graduates, urging mastery of pitiless science to avert civilization's destruction by atomic energy, warning that the future rests in their disciplined use of power.
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Lansdowne
Lord Inverchapel
United States
Delaware court reinstates Ringling Brothers boss
Delaware Supreme Court reinstate Robert Ringling as president of Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus Corp after ruling James Haley was illegally elected in April 1946 amid a yearlong controversy. Haley had acted as boss during the dispute following Ringling’s leadership challenge.
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Delaware
Plan to press for joint note over Hungarian coup
The administration seeks full disclosure of Soviet role in Hungary s coup and may dispatch a strong note to Moscow with Britain s cooperation. The draft accuses Soviet interference and seeks an international inquiry, with possible UN appeal if Russia denies involvement. Britain asks Budapest for copies of documents implicating Prime Minister Nagy.
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Washington
Russia
Moscow
Britain
United Nations
Soviet Union
Hungary
Budapest
Ferenc Nagy
O. P. Edgcumbe
V. P. Sviridov
Allied Control Commission
Sviridovy
Navy declares C-54 Skymaster fleet fit after inspection
Washington reports the navy air transport service has given all Douglas C-54 Skymasters a clean bill following tail assembly fittings inspection. The army air forces transport command also reviews its C-54s and has ordered a temporary grounding that will not interrupt scheduled operations.
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Washington
Navy Air Transport Service
Army Air Forces Transport Command
Tornadoes Add to Midwest Heavy Weather Damage
The Associated Press reports thousands homeless across four midwest states as floods rise and tornadoes strike in Illinois Colorado Oklahoma and Missouri. Homes are damaged or destroyed, railroad tracks washed out, and few fatalities are reported while rivers like the Grand and Chariton continue to rise and flood service areas.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Illinois
Colorado
Olahoma
Champaign
Julesburg
Colo
Ihnois
University of Ilinoia
Union Pacific Railroad
Chester
Oxla
Excelsior Springs
U. S. Weather Bureau
Middle Wear
Pier Egies
Gudea
Misaouri
F Ng
Keytesville
Chillicothe
Trenton
Grand River
Full scale probe promised into Kansas City vote fraud
Republican senators pressed for a full senate investigation into Kansas City vote irregularities after hearings on the Democratic primary. Senator Ferguson urged broad inquiry with on the spot hearings in Kansas City as he criticized the justice department for a soft approach to alleged ballot fraud involving Rep. Roger Slaughter and Enos Axtell. In New Jersey, teacher Gertrude Ellick visits nephew Eddie Kuhl in Delanco for summer.
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Washington
Justice Department
Kansas City
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
Judiciary
Kenn
R-Cola
Tom Clark
Kem
Kern
Roger Slaughter
Enos Axtell
Truman
Albert L. Reeves, Jr
Slaughter
Congress
Axtell
Kansas City Star
New Jersey
Gertrude Ellick
Lincoln School
Eddie Kuhl
Delanco, N. J
Des Moines River Flood Hits Ottumwa With Destruction
Ottumwa Iowa June 7 flood waters from the Maines river submerged large areas and left about 30 000 people without water and 4000 homeless with towns cut off. Five people drowned as a boat disintegrated and rescue work continued by coast guard and Red Cross while water supplies were brought by truck from nearby cities.
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Ottumwa
Maines
O¢ Lense
Iowa
Des Moines
Herschel Loveless
Coast Guard
Rock Island
Ill
Red Cross
Burlington
South Ottumwa
Towa State Guard
Eddyville
Dell S. Blackburn
Six Walls
Iowa City
Iowa River
L. C. Crawford
United States Geological Survey
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Crescent
Mercy Hospital
Essie
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Hindustan
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Hamburg Fm
Fred Mbe
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Swift & Co
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Hpac
Daversport
Ottumwa Courier Today
Daily Times of
Weares
Dag & Fiveda
PR Enisate Teanapath
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