Truman praises US Canada ties and St Lawrence plan
President Truman vowed US resources would back world recovery while urging cooperation with Canada. He touted the joint defense board for North American security, emphasized rebuilding the St Lawrence Great Lakes system, and urged collaboration to promote continental growth and peaceful relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Truman
Joint Defense Board
North Anpeglia
St. Lawrence- Great Lakes
St. Lawrence
Oats County Tops Producers in Iowa Census
Washington Keosuth county Iowa named by the census bureau as one of ten top oats producing counties based on the 1945 farm census. Keokuk principal Laughridge resigns after thirteen years. Franklin Stone to replace him at Keokuk High School. Marshall Camp named as compiler for next congressional directory by Rep LeCompte. Charles Hartman injured after falling from a skylight at Kohrs Packing Plant. Federal Works advances funds for Coralville sewage planning. Milford gets advance for sewage plant. Grinnell announces four faculty promotions. Iowa employment service notes easing summer labor shortage. demand strong for office workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
Robert Lanaghridge
Ria
Aion
Crow Hybrid Corn Co
Franklin Stone
Laughridge
LeCompte
R la
Marshall F. Camp
Creston
Des Moines
State
Iowa
Civic Music plan discussed for Atlantic
Mrs George E Brannan representative of the Civic Concert Service New York is in Atlantic this week meeting city officials to organize a Civic Music association Local leaders plan a meeting tonight at 8 in the courthouse assembly room where Mrs Brannan will present the plan and discuss prospects for bringing national artists to Atlantic All interested are invited to attend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George E. Brannan
Civic Concert Service
New York
Atlantic
Iowa
Burlington
Davenport
Des Moines
Keokuk
Ottumwa
Centerville
Sioux City
Milton Hoelzen
Chamber of Commerce
Court House
Weather outlook for state with clouds and showers
Partly cloudy and cool this afternoon. Fair and cooler east portion and mostly cloudy west portion tonight. Cloudy and slightly warmer Thursday with showers beginning southwest portion and spreading over state by night.
Storm Strikes Muscatine Weaving Light And Phone Outages
High winds and hail hit Muscatine causing 350 to 400 telephones out of service and three of five city electric circuits to fail. KWPC went off air when a tree fell on power lines. widespread damage along Mulberry Park and West Fulham avenues with a warehouse furniture stock destroyed. Dust storms reported in Clinton and Jones counties as showers reduced visibility. One farmer killed in Akron twister nearby.
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Muscatine
KWPC
Mulberry
Iowa
Park
West Fulham
Millar
Akron
Mississippi River
Charles City
Clinton
Jones Counties
Chuck Worcester
WMT
Cedar Rapids
Jones
Emergency health measures start as Ottumwa floods recede
As Ottumwa awaits floodwater recession the city adopts health measures and purifies affected areas. The board of health closes restaurants and taverns and places all public food dispensing under Red Cross control. Pump crews clear basements and sewer clogs while families return to assess salvage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottumwa
City Board of Health
Red Cross
House Needs More Money to Carry On
Washington June 11 The house of representatives needs $65,000 more to finish the month beyond its appropriations. The appropriations committee urged a $50,000 vote for unanticipated committee expenses and $15,000 for telephone and telegraph bills. Investigations cost about $45,000 a month and telephone calls and telegrams run up to $25,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House of Representatives
Appropriations
House
Sudden Heart Attack Fatal to C. D. Boiler
Walnut resident C. D. Boiler, a retired banker and land owner, died suddenly at his nephew Clair Wilson's home in Spirit Lake after a heart attack. He was 72 and survived by his widow and several nephews and nieces. funeral arrangements were not announced.
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Walnut
C. D. Boiler
Clair Wilson
Spirit Lake
Boiler
Wilson
Des Moines
Lake Okoboji
Russia seeks UN world commission for strict atomic control
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged the United Nations to form a world commission to supervise all aspects of atomic materials and energy. The proposal would allow inspections of mining, production and stockpiling data, with access through governments or directly to facilities. The plan preserves veto rights and expands on earlier Soviet amendments to the American atomic proposal.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
United Nations
World Commission
Andrei A. Gromyko
U. N. Atomic Energy Commission
Security Council
U. N
Gromyko
General Ike's Son Marries at Fort Monroe
Capt. John Sheldon Doud Eisenhower, son of the chief of staff, wed Barbara Jean Thompson at Fort Monroe. The reception at Officers' Beach club was interrupted when the groom's grandmother, Mrs. John Sheldon Doud, slipped and broke her left arm. The couple departed for a month long honeymoon by horse drawn carriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Monroe
John Sheldon Doud
Eisenhower
Dwight Eisenhower
Offiers’ Beach Club
Barbara Jean Thompson
Percy W. Thompson
Surrey
Argentine Fama Airlines crash at Natal airport
An Argentine Fama Airlines plane carrying 18 people crashed last night into a post at Natal airport killing five. The aircraft was en route from Buenos Aires to Europe with a scheduled stopover at Natal.
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Natal
Brazil
Fama Airlines
Buenos Aires
Europe
Landlords Say No Children in Car Family in Chicago
Mr and Mrs Robert Tousley and their two young children live in a sedan near an elevated station after landlords refused housing due to children. The war veteran father works as an elevated line extra man and says they can pay $50 monthly but find no shelter for their family.
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Chicago
Robert Tousley
Tousley
Hopes for End of Sugar Ration by July 1
Washington reports a bigger share of the sugar pool easing shortages. The International Emergency Food Council added 350000 tons to the U S allotment, about five points per person, potentially allowing household rationing to end this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
International Emergency Food Council
Inter
Agriculture Department
Results of Vet Survey Given to Legion Auxiliary
Des Moines June 11 The Iowa American Legion auxiliary received a survey on veterans problems from the University of Iowa. Mrs G M Brown and Mrs Frank F Abraham presented the report with Dr Ruth Updegraff outlining allied issues. The group approved floodlights and bleachers for Knoxville veterans hospital field and a plan to send two Town girls to the first girls nation in Washington in August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
University of Iowa
Iowa American Legion Auxiliary
G. M.brown
Whiting
Frank F. Abraham
Pleasant
Ruth Updegraff
Knoxville Veterans Hospital
Washington, D. C
Court finds boy not guilty in church slaying
In St. Joseph Missouri a circuit court jury acquits 12 year old Stuart B Allen of murder by reason of insanity for the April 2 slaying of 58-year-old Jean Frank at Christ Episcopal church. The verdict orders confinement in a mental institution while his condition remains unchanged. The 11 men and one woman deliberated into Monday night, with the foreman noting the insanity finding only on the ninth ballot.
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St. Joseph
Stuart B. Allen
Allen
Young Allen
Jean Frank
Christ Episcopal Church
James
William Kimberlin
Rewards Offered for Capture of Hotel Firebug
Cedar Rapids Iowa June 11 Rewards totaling 200 have been posted for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the hotel firebug responsible for fires in two downtown hotels Monday night and a third early Tuesday morning. Magnus Hotel manager A P Hester posted 100 while owner C C Tschirgi added another 100. Five fires struck the Magnus and Allison hotels during Monday evening with a final blaze at 12 15 am Tuesday as authorities hunted the suspect.
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Cedar Rapids
A. P. Hester
Magnus
C. C. Tschirgi
Allison
American Woman Wounded Near Morgan Line
Mrs. Keith K. Monroe wife of Lt. Monroe of Williamsport Pennsylvania was wounded in the leg by a machine gun burst as a jeep on official business was fired upon near Tiglio at the Morgan line dividing Yugoslav and occupier forces. The driver Pfc Eldon Morett from Bellevue Pennsylvania was scratched. Lt. Monroe escaped unharmed.
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Morgan Line
Rome
U.S. Army
Keith K. Monroe
Williamsport
Monroe
Tiglio
Pfc
Eldon Morett
Bellevue
Winston Churchill Undergoes Hernia Operation
London reports former prime minister Winston Churchill underwent a hernia operation this morning. The 72 year old’s condition is satisfactory and he is expected to be absent from his duties as opposition leader in the House of Commons for about a month.
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London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
House of Commons
Hospital Unit Donors Listed in Atlantic Memorial Drive
A second list of advance gifts totals many donors for Atlantic Memorial Hospital’s 150000 campaign. Gifts range from 100 to 5000 with a 5000 donation from Walnut Grove Products Company for a four bed ward and 3000 from Owen F Meredith for a semi private ward. Other contributors include M M Meredith 2000 for a nurse's station and 1500 from Atlantic State Bank for a ward bed plus numerous equipment unit gifts. Frederick Brown leads a 100 man, 16 team business and industry solicitation group meeting at Hotel Whitney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. L. Balding
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Balding
Pro Ting
Walnut Grove Products Company, Inc
Atlantic
Owen F. Meredith
M. M. Meredith
Frederick Brown
Committee For Business and Industry
Hotel Whitney
H. O. Thompson
R. C. Kimball
Frederck Brown
Frank C. Hopley
Thomas
Luce
Okinawa
Ward
Atlantic State Bank
O. F. Pettersen
Pearl Getz
Hoegh
Bertha M. Molgaard
Rev. P. N. McDermott
Bruce L. Robinson
J. D. Shoeman
Robert Wilburn
Frame Warehouse Destroyed by Fire in Fort Dodge
The Tobin Packing company frame warehouse in Fort Dodge was destroyed by fire last night. Loss runs to several thousand dollars. the building contained paper, salt, sugar, cartons and meat processing supplies. This was the plant’s only frame structure and was to be replaced by brick this summer. Other buildings were undamaged and the fire’s origin is unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Dodge
Tobin Packing Company
Tobin Plant
Fire levels Honolulu airport hangar and two planes
A large blaze at Honolulu airport destroyed the main nose hangar and two transport aircraft including a navy C 54 Skymaster and a Trans Pacific Airlines DC 3. Loss unofficially estimated at $1,000,000 or more. Cause not yet determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Honolulu
Trans- Pacific Airlines
County Supervisors Barred From Salary Decisions
County boards of education hold sole authority to set county superintendents' salaries after 1947 legislative action. Cass County’s Georgia Byrne waits for May pay as auditors require board approval. Byrne’s new $3,900 annual salary takes effect May 1 after the education board boosted it from $1,800.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Boards of Education
Attorney General
Milo Hubbard
Cass County
Counnty Board of Supervisors
Oscar Strauss
County Board of Education
Georgia Byrne
Cass
Board of Supervisors
Miss Byrne
Fugitives Captured as Army Prison Break Narrowed
Heidelberg dispatch says U S constabulary captured seven of eight escapees from Mannheim prison with Richard Kane 34 of Rectortown VA seized near Kassel. Four suspects detained by French police in Nancy as hunt continues for at least one remaining man.
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Heidelberg
Germany
U. S
Mannheim
Richard Kane
Rectortown
Kassel
Nancy
Red Cross Allocates $50,000 for Iowa Flood Relief
Des Moines reports an initial Red Cross allotment of 50000 dollars to Iowa for flood relief. Truman Solverud, director of Red Cross flood operations for Iowa, told Gov. Blue that additional funds would be available if needed to aid families affected by floods and wind storms.
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Des Moines
Red Cross
Iowa
Truman Solverud
Robert D. Blue
Solverud
Defendent Back In Jail Again In Mass Lynching Case
Greenville records show Hendrix Rector a taxi driver previously acquitted in the mass lynching trial was bailed into court and convicted of illegally carrying a firearm. Rector denied the charge and appealed after City Recorder J M Richardson fined him $100 or 30 days in jail. Three Negroes testified Rector fired a shot through the spare tire of their car.
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Greenville
S. C
Hendrix Rec
J. M. Richardson
Rector
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Charles Hartman
Mercy Hospital
Kohrs
Federal Works Administration
Coralville
Milford
Grinnell
Samuel N. Stevens
Grinnell College
Joseph W. Chariton
Norman Goodbrod
Guillermo Mendoza
Otto T. Jelinek
Edward Flanagan
Nebraska
Tokyo
U.N
Ike
Legion Auxiliary
Navy
Army
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