Murder charge filed in Davenport stabbing death
Davenport Charles W. Leonard was to enter a plea today to a murder charge in connection with the fatal stabbing of Miss Alice Murray last April 6. Des Moines twenty seven recruits sworn into the marines marking the largest group since V J day with boot training at San Diego. Ann Arbor Russell M. Ladue Jr of Sioux City won 500 dollars in the Avery and Jule Hopwood writing contest at the University of Michigan for No More With Me.
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Davenport
Charles W. Leonard
Alice Murray
Des Moines
San Diego
Cal
Ann Arbor
Mich
Russell M. Ladue, Jr
Sioux City
Yeterday
Avery and Jule Hopwood
University of Michigan
AVC Leader Arrives in Des Moines for National Convention
Des Moines welcomes Des Moines Ed McHale executive secretary of the American Veterans committee to handle plans for the AVC national convention opening tomorrow. More than 1,500 delegates are expected to attend the four day first annual convention of the organization.
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Des Moines
Ed McHale
New York
N. Y
American Veterans Committee
AVC
Truman creates Palestine cabinet committee
President Truman announced a new cabinet committee on Palestine chaired by Secretary of State Byrnes with Secretary of War Patterson and Treasury secretary-designate John W Snyder. The panel may negotiate with Britain and other governments and coordinate with private groups on displaced Jews as urged by the Anglo American committee.
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Washington
Truman
Palestine
State Byrnes
Patterson
Treasury
John W. Snyder
Europe
Fire Victims Increase to Nineteen in Canfield Hotel Tragedy
Dubuque Iowa reports the Canfield hotel fire death toll rising to nineteen with Bert La Casey of Moline among the latest deceased. Rescue teams press on the third floor where a woman's torso and head were found amid debris as investigators identify Fred C. Clayden, an electrician from Rock Island, among the dead. Ten still unaccounted for and four bodies remain unidentified.
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Dubuque
Canfield
Bert la Casey
Moline
Fred C. Clayden
Rock Island
Justice Jackson in Norway Audience with King Haakon
Justice Robert H. Jackson of the U S Supreme Court arrived in Oslo by plane last night and will be received by King Haakon before departing for Stockholm on Thursday.
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Oslo
Norway
Robert H. Jackson
United States Supreme Court
King Haakon
Stockholm
Weather outlook with scattered showers and storms
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms today. Not quite warm. Partly cloudy tonight and tomorrow with warmer conditions in the west portion tomorrow.
Bread Prices Up One Cent Per Loaf Today
Washington reports a one cent loaf price increase with OPA approval effective immediately. Bread rolls rise one cent a dozen while rye bread already gained two cents since April 30. OPA cites higher production costs from a 25 percent flour cut to meet famine relief needs and notes price adjustments to ensure supply under the famine emergency program.
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Washington
OPA
Agriculture Department
Two Minor Changes in June Primary Canvass Reported
The Cass board of supervisors announced two minor changes in the June primary canvass. County Auditor M F Hubbard gained 25 votes for a new total of 1855 while Supervisor E E Hastings received 26 additional votes bringing his total to 227. The board approved purchases from Pioneer Lumber of Des Moines including creosoted lumber and bridge plank and hired Donald Conroy and Lyle Wilson for the county bridge crew. Leonard Woolsey was named roadman for the county engineer's office.
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Cass Board of Supervisors
M. FE. Hubbard
E. E. Hastings
Pioneer Lumber Company of
Des Moines
Donald Conroy
Lyle Wilson
Leonard Woolsey
Labor law drive stalls as Case Bill veto sticks
Washington reports the broad labor law push stalled after President Truman vetoed the Case Bill and Congress failed to override. Democratic and Republican spokesmen urged public pressure or a new strike crisis to revive efforts, while some lawmakers linked the Case proposal to Truman’s emergency strike control measure awaiting House action. Rep. Allen of Illinois lamented the veto and asked what more the coalition can do.
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Washington
Camaaign
Truman
House
House Rules Committee
Rep
Allen
Ill
Bevin Rejects Jewish Immigrants to Palestine
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin said Britain might reject the British American commission’s recommendation to admit 100000 Jews into Palestine immediately. He warned adding such numbers would require more troops and called the Palestine issue an international colonial problem. He also discussed signing separate peace treaties with former Axis powers if negotiations stall.
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Bournemouth
Eng
Ernest Bevin
England
British-American Commission
Palestine
Bevin
Labor Party
Colonial Office
Philip Noelbaker
Tornado kills two in East Springfield and injuries in its wake
A small tornado cut through western Massachusetts and northern Connecticut last night killing at least two people and injuring five as it damaged crops and trees across multiple sections.
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Springfield
Mass
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Tito Returns For Chetnik Trial From Moscow
Belgrade Yugoslavia June 12 Gen Draja Mihailovic testified in his treason trial that a British mission ordered him to destroy Tito’s partisan forces. Mihailovic described his troops relations with Germans as not cooperation but chaotic. He asked for a secret session to reveal British directives, claiming Col William Bailey advised liquidating the communists.
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Draja Mikhailovitch
Belgrade
U. S. State Department
Mikhailovitch
Yugoslavia
Draja Mihailovic
Marshal Tito
Tito
Moscow
Mihailovic
William Bailey
Bulgaria
Bailey
Elks Flag Day Program Set For Friday Night
Atlantic B P O Elks lodge 445 will host its annual Flag Day program on Friday at 8 pm on the clubhouse lawn. Supt. Karl Gaylord of Atlantic schools will speak, with music by the Atlantic high school band under V. V. Hempuill. Ora Molter will deliver the flag day ritual and Atlantic Boy Scouts will present flags during the ceremony. Public invited.
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Atlantic B. P. O. Elks Lodge 445
Clubhouse Lawn
Repairs Shut Off Water In East Atlanta
City water supply was shut off yesterday afternoon in the east section of Atlanta as crews repaired a fire hydrant. The work aimed to restore service quickly and ensure hydrant performance for firefighting.
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Atlantic
Arab leader now in Palestine to oppose Judism
AP dispatch describes Haj Amin el Husseini the grand mufti of Jerusalem as a leading Arab anti British and anti Jewish figure. It notes his long campaign for an independent Palestine and the opposition to a Jewish national home under the British mandate. The piece traces his exile from Palestine to Syria Iran Italy France and his links to Mussolini and Hitler as he sought to inflame Arab sentiment against the Allies.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Grand Mufti
Jerusalem
France
Middle East
Palestine
Herbert Samuel
League of Nations Mandate
Haj Amin el Husseini
Trans - Jordan
Iraq
Arabia
Egypt
Iran
Syria
Husseini
Italy
Mussolini
H Duce
Hitler
Army eases dress rules for WACs and nurses in Tokyo
The army says WACs and nurses stationed in Tokyo may wear civilian evening gowns at suitable social events and civilian clothing in their quarters. It cautions against widespread off-duty civilian dress and stresses discretion in appearance.
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Tokyo
Griswold With Stassen Support Concedes Defeat
Nebraska Republicans renominated Senator Butler over Governor Griswold with Stassen backing Griswold seen as advocating internationalism. Butler led about 2 to 1 as 8 percent of precincts reported with Stassen pursuing Minnesota races and Shipstead challenge. Idaho's Gossett was unseated by Conard in a Democratic contest sparked by a self appointed issue.
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D. Harold Oliver
Associated Press
Hugh A. Butler
Dwight Griswold
Nebraska
Harold E. Stassen
Charles C. Gossett
Idaho
George E. Conart
Gossett
Glen Taylor
Stassen
San Francisco
Griswold
America
Butler
UNRRA
Bretton Woods
Minnesota
Edward J. Thye
Henrik Shipstead
Brooks
Bill
U. S. Congress
John Thomas
Insurgent Truckers Return Books and Ease Feud in Des Moines
In Des Moines on June 12 the insurgent faction within Local 90 of the Des Moines truck drivers union returned the union books to International Trustee Carl Keul. The dispute had pitted 22 insurgents led by Leo Quinn against the union officers under Kent’s trusteeship. Edwin P. Johnson, longtime recording secretary, had seized the books after resigning May 27 and joining the Quinn faction, later becoming secretary-treasurer of the committee for constitutional government.
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Des Moines
Des Moines Truck Drivers Union
Carl Keul
AFL
Leo Quinn
Kent
Edwin P. Johnson
Quinn
Committee For
Commerce Department opens Des Moines state office for businessmen
Des Moines reports a new U S department of commerce state office to counsel businessmen both beginners and established. Headed by John H Bickert the Albia farmer the office aims to aid through publications and by answering individual problems presented to it.
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Des Moines
U.S. Department of Commerce
John H
Jack) Bickert
Albia Farmer
Secretary of Commerce
Henry Wallace
Iowa Flying Farmers Organize in Ames Iowa
Nearly 500 farmers attended with 125 piloting their own planes to organize the Iowa Flying Farmers at Ames during the Agronomy Field Days at Iowa State College. The gathering adopted a constitution and by laws. A five passenger amphibious plane ferried four John Deere Co. officials from Moline Indiana to the field day.
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Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
John _ Deere Co
Moline
Iday
Monarchists clash as Naples braces for Cabinet demand
In Naples troops manned streets amid Republican protests urging King Umberto II to abdicate. Tumult with 10 000 to 20 000 monarchists attacking Communist HQ left seven dead and dozens wounded while the cabinet debates immediate convocation of a constituent assembly to resolve Italy’s form of government.
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Rome
Naples
Umberto II
House of Savoy
Taranto
Umberto
Portugal
Supreme Court
Italy
Field Marshal Terauchi Dies at 77 in Johore
Singapore reports the death of Field Marshal Count Juichi Terauchi aged 77 from a cerebral hemorrhage at his quarters in Johore. The former war minister and later supreme commander for southern Japan forces led northern China campaigns and was named in 1944 as General MacArthur’s adversary in the Philippines.
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Singapore
Juichi Terauchi
Johore
British Southeast Asia
Count Terauchi
China
Japan
Gen. MacArthur
Philippines
Flood Control Bid Awarded for Omaha Levee Project
R J Ryan Inc of Ottumwa Iowa submitted the apparent low bid of 271729 for unit one flood control work in the Omaha area. Lt Col Delbert B Freeman of the Omaha district Army Engineer said the project covers raising enlarging and relocating 7 1/2 miles of existing levees along the Missouri river adjacent to Omaha.
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Omaha
R. J. Ryan, Inc
Ottumwa
Delbert B. Freeman
Missouri River
Sidney Howard Dies At 61 In London
Sydney Howard, famed English stage and screen comedian, died today in a London nursing home at age sixty one.
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London
Sydney Howard
England
Fire Claims Two Lives In Lancaster Downtown Blaze
A fourth general alarm fire in Lancaster Pennsylvania killed two people and injured seven others in two downtown buildings. The blaze caused about $100000 in damages and broke out early today as the city battled its sixth month of similar incidents.
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Lancaster
House Committee Endorses Maritime Workers Bill
Joseph Curran of the National Maritime Union warned of a long strike unless seamen’s pay and hours are improved. He criticized Truman and navy officials for threatening ship operation if sailors strike, urging equal citizen protections in wages and hours and noting wartime injuries lacked armed forces benefits. Bridges and Curran joined a House subcommittee hearing supporting government “GI bill” style aid and a plan to pay extra cash to crews while maintaining the 66 hour week at sea.
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Washington
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Curran
House
Truman
Navy
Rep. Buck
Rn.y
House Merchant Marine Committee
Labor Department
Harry Bridges
Joe Curran
Congress
House Labor
Bridges
John L. Lewis
Corning Woman Charged With Kidnapping Son
Hillsboro Idaho June 12 Allan S Windels Montgomery county attorney said extradition proceedings began to return Mrs Lucille Stanley from Corning Iowa to face kidnapping charges. The sheriff informed him she refuses to waive extradition and the complaint by her divorced husband charges their 10 year old son John under his custody.
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Hillsboro
Idl
Allan S. Windels
Montgomery County
Lucille Stanley
Corning
Windels
Senator Bankhead in grave condition after stroke
Senator John Bankhead of Alabama remains in serious condition at Bethesda Naval Hospital after developing further complications from a stroke on May 24. Captain R. Duncan said the condition is considered grave as of today.
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Washington
John Bankhead
D-Ata
R. &. Duncan
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Senate committee approves Sullivan as under secretary
Washington June 12 The Senate Naval Affairs Committee gave unanimous approval today to the appointment of John L. Sullivan of New Hampshire as under secretary of the Navy.
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Washington
Senate Naval Affairs Committee
John L. Sullivan
New Hampshire
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