Senate Seeks One Year Extension of Wage and Price Controls
The Senate approved a measure extending wage price and rent controls to February 28 next year and extending the Taft-Hartley framework. It would run until June 30 1953 with continued credit controls and rationing powers. The vote was 58 to 18 and moves to the House.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
House Banking Committee
Renate
Wage Stabilisation Board
WSB
Federal Mediation Service
Wartime Powers Bill Stalled in Senate
Washington reports the wartime powers bill stalled in the Senate as the Judiciary Committee delays action. Chairman McCarran plans a 15 day extension of the president's emergency powers to allow review, with the House having approved the measure 284 to 69 and removing peacetime railroad seizure authority.
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Washington
MMW
Truman
Senate
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
McCarran
D-Nev
Doctors Maintain Boycott At Bay City General
Bay City Michigan doctors continued their boycott of Bay City General Hospital entering the third day as osteopaths won city approval to use hospital facilities. Mayor Elford A. Cederberg said he would not veto the 5 to 4 council vote. Some doctors pulled equipment and moved patients to other hospitals leaving police patients to be treated by osteopaths. MDs refused emergency cases.
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Bay City
Mich
Bay City General Hospital
Elford A. Cederberg
General Hospital
Auto death shocks Iowa town child dies from fall from moving car
A eight year old Robert Funke of Farley Iowa died last night from injuries suffered days earlier when he fell from a moving car on highway 20 near Dyersville.
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Dyersville
Robert Funke
Farley
Highway 20
Weather outlook with heat and scattered showers
Forecaster notes fair west and south with hot, windy peaks in the south this afternoon. Northeast stays partly cloudy with a cooler high near 80. Tonight and Friday bring humidity in the south, with lows 70 to 76 and 60 to 65 in the northeast. Friday highs reach 92 to 100, cooling to a weekend near-constant range as Saturday shows little change.
Taft And Eisenhower Vie For New Jersey Delegates
The Taft Eisenhower contest for GOP delegates to the July national convention centers on New Jersey where a pro Eisenhower bloc plans meetings with Taft and with Eisenhower. An AP tally shows Taft 464 votes to Eisenhower 391 with 208 uncommitted or disputed among 1,206 delegates.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Sen
Robert Taft
Ohio
New York
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Taft
Associated Press
Seventh District Republicans Oppose Presidential Poll
Two Republican leaders in Iowa's Seventh District oppose a proposed delegate poll to determine presidential preferences. Jack Wyland and Whitney Gillilland say a poll would reopen old wounds, affect unity, and is unnecessary despite Anna Lomas backing the idea and agreeing to tabulate results. They note most Taft and Eisenhower leaders share the view and would not support dividing the district.
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Council Bluffs
Jack Wyland
Avoca
Taft
Whitney Gillilland
Glenwood
Eisenhower
Iowa
Anna Lomas
Red Oak
Laws
Gilliland
Wyland
Gillilland
Jack
Mrs Grigsby Dies in Virginia After Visit
Mrs. L. M. Grigsby of Des Moines formerly Atlantic died Monday in Arlington Virginia while visiting her son Rall Grigsby. She was married to the late Dr. Grigsby longtime pastor here. Surviving son Paul Grigsby lives in Washington state. Funeral and burial planned in Des Moines.
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L. M. Grigsby
Des Moines
Atlantic
Arlington, Va
Rall Grigsby
Dr. Grigsby
Methodist
Paul Grigsby
Washington State
Dew Moines
Soldier Haggelberger Sentenced to Death in Germany
Pvt. Richard A. Haggelberger, 19, was sentenced to death by a U S army court martial in Nuremberg for the carbine slaying of two German civilians last April.
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Nuremberg
Germany
Richard A. Haggelberger
Consider Bluff s as Navy Reserve Field
Washington Council Bluffs Iowa remains under review as a potential site for a naval air reserve training unit currently based in Lincoln Nebraska. Senator Penator Season (R Nebraska) pressed Navy officials for retention in Nebraska but was told no strong support exists for locations outside Omaha or Lincoln. Officials cited Council Bluffs facilities as under consideration while Lincoln must move as the air force reactivates the field and Omaha airport facilities cannot serve both municipal and military needs.
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Washington
Council Bluffs
Naval Air Reserve
Lincoln
Air Force
Onoha
South Korea bans Voice of America broadcasts
The South Korean government bans Voice of America on its 10 station network for allegedly insulting comments about President Syngman Rhee. Rhee defends airing opinions under other auspices, while U S officials confirm VOA broadcasts were suspended and no protests are planned in Seoul.
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Pusan
Korea
Toe
Voice of America
Nees
U. S
Syngmen Rhee
Eames
Clarence Nee Weer
Ryee
Weweapen
ROK
Republic of Korea
Iteeks
Rom Abdroan
United Sates
Washington
Shenandoah School Bond Issue Passes in Fifth Election
Shenandoah voters approved a 9830,000 school bond in the fifth attempt with 1,035 in favor and 386 opposed. Backers credit a strong campaign for the 73 percent yes vote. Bonds fund two new grade school units and remodeling of the high school.
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Shenandoah
Iowa to furnish 650 men in August for draft
Des Moines selectiveservice headquarters announced Iowa must furnish about 650 men for military service in August. The quota completes the first two years since resumption of inductions, bringing the two year total to a little over 21,000 men. The highest monthly calls occurred in the first four months of last year at 1,350 each, while the two year low was 226 for the current month.
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Des Moines
Selective Service
Iowa
Taft Doubts Tax Cut Proposal Amid Ike Talk
General Taft challenged a report that federal taxes could be cut by 40 billion dollars over the next two to three years. He estimated current expenditures at 72 billion this year and 85 billion next year, arguing cuts below 5 billion in a year or two are unlikely. He favored trimming to 60 then 56 billion dollars.
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New York
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Taft
New Jersey
National Republican Club
Gen
Associated Press
Ozark Preacher J J Ivie Dies After Fasting Funeral Held
Rev. J J Ivie, 57, who fasted seeking the more perfect will of God for his life, died last Monday at his Cherryville home. An crowd of about six hundred attended his funeral at the Assembly of God church in Davisville with loudspeakers streaming the service. Ivie once served as pastor here and was buried beside the church. His wife, also an ordained minister, nearly collapsed during the service and was helped to the car by two of their six children before the casket was lowered.
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Davisville
Seeuire
J.J. Evie
Assembly of God
Ivie
Cherryville
Atom Will Assure Elevator Control
San Francisco bulletin reports an automatically controlled elevator to operate at Southern Pacific Hospital next week. The system uses conventional electricity for power with tiny fragments of radioactive iodine to govern starts and stops. Co developer Clay Bernard claims the device can stop the car to within five thousandths of an inch, far more precise than traditional controls.
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San Francisco
Southern Pacific
Clay Bernard
Atomic Control
Taft Supporters Pleased By Convention Rule Advantage
Taft backers cheer a 1944 convention rule limiting seating contests to delegates at large. If applied in Chicago, only 18 of 77 contested Eisenhower Taft delegates from five southern states would be at stake. Taft foes claim broader contests would favor Eisenhower amid Georgia Louisiana Mississippi Texas delegations.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
Jong
Taft
New York
Sen. Taft
Chicago
Teft
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Georgia
Lousiana
Mississippi
Texas
Louisiana
Virginia
Eisenhower
POW Camp Turmoil Sparks Calls for Global Scrutiny
Reports from Koje Island Korea describe violent clashes at a UN prison camp as 16 POWs were found dead after a fourth enclosure was emptied. Guards plan evacuations of additional compounds while U S troops pursue missing anti Red prisoners and monitor weapon making by North Korean officers and guards.
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Koje Island
Korea
U. S
United Nations
Haydon L. Boater
Boatner
King’s Shropshire Light Infantry
Britain
Royal Canadian Regiment
Compound 85
International News Photos
Dave Cicero
International
Hills Captured By UN Troops In Heavy Battle Near Chorwon
United Nations fighter bombers and tanks led a major assault on two western hills near Chorwon 48 miles north of Seoul. Allied infantry seized the high ground as Chinese forces counterattacked daily, with heavy bombardment from air and artillery. Authorities say hundreds of Reds may have been killed or wounded in the six days of fighting.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Irfugar
Chorwon
U.N
Albany Air Defense Center Recovers From False Aircraft Call
Mason Charles Karr at the Albany air defense filter center sought the caller behind a false report of enemy aircraft. A woman’s voice claimed Albany was calling that enemy aircraft had been sighted over Canada. Barr said eastern air defense command confirmed all aircraft in the United States and Canada are accounted for.
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Albany
N. Y
Mason Charles Karr
Albany Air Defense Filter Center
Canada
Barr
Eastern Air Defense Command
United States
Cumberland-Walter Pringey Dies at 60 in Cass County
Cumberland township mourns as Cumberland-Walter C Pringey 60 longtime council member and civic leader dies suddenly at his home after six months of declining health Born May 23 1892 four miles west of Cumberland he spent his life in Cass county Survived by Dolly Worthington widow two children Wayne Pringey Dale Batten and one grandson Funeral set for 2 pm Saturday at Cumberland Church of Christ with Rev Paul Redmon officiating
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Cumberland
Walter C. Pringey
Mr. Pringey
Cass County
Edward
Margaret Pringey
Here
Cumberland High School
Dolly Worthington
Cumberland Telephone Company
Cumberland Church of Christ, Masonic Lodge
Conservation Club
Wayne W. Pringey
Minneapolis
Dale K. Batten
Pleasantville
Gary Lee Pringey
Cumberland Church of Christ
Paul Redmon
Berlin frontier border tightened by Soviet decree
The Soviet zone government extended shoot to kill security to Berlin borders and the West Germany frontier. Walter Ulbricht signed the order directing state security police to widen measures to deter diversions and spies. Violators face at least two years in jail, with harsher penalties possible under other laws. The death penalty remains for major violators under the peace protection law.
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Berlin
West Germany
Walter Ulbricht
German Democratic Republic
Mrs. Ma belle Rudy Travels Minnesota Visit
Mrs. Ma belle Rudy of Granada Minnesota visits daughter Mrs. Lowell Squire of Atlantic and sister Mrs. Elmer Pierson of Lewis.
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Minnesota
Mabelle Rudy
Granada
Minn
Lowell Squire
Atlantic
Elmer Pierson
Lewis
Proposal to bring neutral observers to Korea island meeting mixed
Senator Russell proposed inviting neutral military observers from five nations to visit Korea island to witness treatment of communist prisoners. President Truman backed the idea, while some lawmakers welcomed it as propaganda counter and others doubted its effectiveness or feared it would signal weakness.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
D-Ge
Truman
Kose
Qme
E ‘Ruapell
Senate Armed Services Committee
White House
Russell
Eisenhower Opposes Postwar Germany Split and Berlin Isolation
General Dwight D. Eisenhower stated he opposed dividing Germany into separate zones and opposed isolating Berlin. He said he did not participate in the Yalta or Potsdam conferences and that his views were not accepted on the map debate. The European Advisory Commission met in London in 1944 and actions were later linked to Yalta.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Berlin
New Jersey
Eisenhower
Yalta
Potsdam
European Advisory Commission
London
No Prosecution for Mail Box Robber
Dover authorities say a wren stole coins from Mrs. D. L. Blancart’s mailbox near Tippecanoe but no prosecution will be pursued. The bird entered through a small opening and left the coins as payment for postage. Mrs. Staneart has not yet learned where the money goes.
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Dover
D. L. Blancart
Postel
Tippecanoe
Page Fine-Michael W. Richter Fined In Improper Passing Case
Michael W. Richter of Wiota was fined five dollars and costs in justice court today for an improper passing violation.
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Michael W. Richter
Wiota
Justice Court
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