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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1948
Page
5
Jews and Arabs accept the UN truce plan as a framework for a halt in fighting. In related notes, Bernard P. Wickham, 87, prominent contractor and real estate man, died in Council Bluffs.
AP dispatches report a Southern Mexico airliner crash with no injuries reported. Czechoslovakia names Klement Gottwald as sole presidential candidate in the communist front. Moscow claims Lomonosov identified lightning's electrical nature a year before Franklin's kite. U S consulate in Jerusalem struck with light damage amid Jewish Arab fighting. no injuries. Johan L Lewis proposes retroactive wage concessions and a $100 monthly pension. contract terms to July 1. Anderson leads in New Mexico Senate primary. rival concedes. Detroit police arrest a man linked to Walter Reuther’s attack as investigators pursue clues.
A three story brick warehouse filled with heating and plumbing equipment farm supplies floor coverings paint and heavy hardware was nearly wiped out by fire in Sioux Falls. The A Y McDonald Manufacturing company based in Dubuque Ia used the building as its local warehouse.
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with a few widely scattered showers in the northwest and extreme north sections tonight and in the south portion Thursday. A little warmer tonight. Cooler north and west portions Thursday.
Senator Arthur Capper aged 82 of Kansas says he will not seek re election. The longtime lawmaker who has held the seat for 30 years bowed to pressures from former supporters urging a younger candidate to run.
Senator Vandenberg branded the House cut in foreign aid as a cynical reversal of American policy. He warned the 6.588 billion requested for a 12 month program would be slashed to 5.98 billion over 15 months, threatening Europe’s recovery and U.S. anti communism aims. He urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to fund ECAs needed for national interests.
Harry O. Salberg of Sioux City was chosen president of the Iowa State Federation of Postal Clerks at a meeting. Members also backed a 30 hour work week and a weekly pay date. They urged time and a half for weekend work and for substitutes exceeding 40 hours. Cedar Rapids was named for the 1949 convention.
Cardinal Spellman returned from his visit to Emperor Hirohito and dismissed Tokyo press rumors that they discussed Hirohito converting to Christianity. He said the subject was not raised.
President Truman, en route to Spokane, challenged Republicans to keep Congress in session until price control, housing, and farm bills pass. He blasted GOP leadership in Butte Montana, accusing them of wrecking price control and weakening labor. reactions varied among Democratic committees in Oregon South Dakota Nebraska and Montana amid a broader civil rights debate in Washington.
Edward Bopp son of Mr and Mrs Ed Bopp of 205 East Fifth street has been transferred by the Texas company from West Palm Beach to Miami.
Des Moines reports say Gus T. Kuester Griswold farmer and House speaker could join the state tax commission if Beardsley wins. Beardsley favors a farmer on the panel. Current terms run to June 30 with Murrow a Democrat and two Republicans on the commission.
The Columbia and Fraser rivers cut deeper into soggy dikes from Portland to the Pacific, drowning Puget Island as 21 days of floodwater saturates earthen barriers. Army engineers call the situation very critical while Canadian forces prepare evacuations along the Fraser. Snowmelt rises in headwaters, making this region's flood season the worst yet.
In Flagstaff and nearby communities a pair of eagles battled on a crossarm of a 44 000 volt line over a young goat. The clash snapped wires and burned cross arms, leaving the towns without power during the night. Arizona Power Co linemen found charred eagle bodies and the goat at the foot of the pole.
Secretary of State Marshall announced the United States accepts the London conference proposals for western Germany. The plan creates a federal government with home rule and pledges mutual agreement on troop presence and a stop to rearmament. Marshall hailed it as key to recovery and stability though Congress and France have questions and approval is unsettled.
National guardsmen were withdrawn from Bath Packing plant after long duty since the May 19 slaying of a union picket. A grand jury was set to hear disturbances from the CIO United Packinghouse Workers strike, with a new assault and battery charge filed by Ben Putnam alleging Lee Hawkins struck him with a bottle last Friday.
Nearly 600 AAA county and township committeemen from twenty southwest Iowa counties attended a regional meeting at the high school auditorium. Speakers from Washington, D C and Iowa officials pressed conservation of soils, reduced row crops, tariff liberalization, and upkeep of the farm program amid concerns over erosion and land use.
Bernard A. Brown, a Republican county attorney candidate, disclosed a Council Bluffs widow wrote about a Woodbury County farmer seeking a wife who can drive a car. Brown has not replied due to campaign duties, noting a penciled note offering $35 if the match works, with no fee if marriage occurs.
Sioux City Iowa State Senator A D Clem erwägt eine Nachzählung der Stimmen in der 32. Wahlkreis Woodbury. Eine 900-Stimmen-Fehlerquelle in der unofficial tabulation ließ Charles S Van Eaton knapp vorn stehen. nach Berichtigung bleibt das Verhältnis 4 778 zu 4 778.
The Junior Chamber of Commerce presented resolutions to install parking meters on Chestnut and Walnut streets and to improve traffic flow. They urged stricter parking law enforcement, a larger police force with higher pay, and trimming trees on U S 6 through Atlantic to twelve feet. No council action was taken. Mayor Wilburn appointed F D Simpson to the library board. Rudloph and Mrs Finkbine were reappointed. Twenty eight cigarette permits renewed and Olsen's received a Class C beer permit.
An east bound Cornbelt Rocket of the Rock Island railroad was delayed four hours yesterday after it struck a tractor at a crossing one mile east of Mitchellville. Driver Stanley Fraker, 19, jumped clear. No injuries. The crash pushed the tractor under the engine, tore wires, and disabled the diesel. The train continued east pulling a steam engine.
Joe Weaver aged 81 of McClelland was treated at Atlantic Memorial hospital after his Model A Ford left U.S. 71 and struck an embankment a mile south of Fletcher Chapel. He apparently fell ill while driving east on a county road before the wreck.
Arabs and Jews reported unconditional acceptance of the UN four week Palestine truce proposal. Israel and Arab leaders announced acceptance without strings, with communications delays noted. Dr Ralph Bunche said replies would be released from Cairo and Lake Success.
Washington reports Southern Democrats failed to amend the draft bill to permit segregated white or Negro units. The Senate rejected the Russell Mayband amendment by voice vote as lawmakers push for a peacetime service measure. An overtime session advanced a two year limit on the Selective Service Act and a provision allowing 25,000 aliens to serve, with eventual citizenship after five years.
CIO Po Action director Jack Kroll says Iowa voters rejected Governor Blue and Rep. Gwynne, signaling broad discontent with reactionary government. He notes Arch McFarlane, a longtime anti labor union floor leader, also failed to gain renomination and praises labor and farm coalitions and the Iowa State PAC for supporting liberal reforms nationwide.
Washington Iowa senators B M Hickenlooper and George Wilson divided over an amendment to cut proposed selective service revival from five to two years. Wilson backed the amendment while Hickenlooper opposed it. The Senate approved the revival proposal.
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