Truman Vetoes Tax Reduction Bill Iowa Briefs
Iowa brief items reported by the Associated Press include Truman vetoing a tax relief bill. Other notes cover Mrs. Johnson of Marshalltown elected president of a state NAACP meeting, a drowning incident near Schaller, fire damage to Davenport Packing Co., church salary calls in Des Moines, anti-freeze theft in Complete Auto Works, Methodist conference electing a Keokuk superintendent, and Heidelberg recruiting Iowa teachers for postwar Germany with $3,276 annual pay.
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MEW
Council Bluffs
Wie Johnson
Marshalltown
Iowa
National Association For the Aireneanant of Colored Peoples
Des Moines
Iowa Des Moines
Cedar Falls
Dependent Schools Service
Heidelberg
Germany
Iowa State Teachers College
Alive After All Pvt Papula Returns From Missing Status
Pvt Martin J Papula of Plymouth Pennsylvania, listed as dead since August 3 1944, is found alive in a Nor tmeandly village of Aires working at a blacksmith shop. He told American officers in Paris he lost memory in France and regained it nearly three years ago, fearing punishment for being AWOL.
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Pvt
Martin J. Papula
Plymouth
Nortmeandly
Aires
Papula
Paris
France
Army
Griswold Confers With Mr. Truman
Dwight Griswold, chief of the Greek Turkish aid mission, met President Truman in Washington. The former Nebraska governor, arriving from Germany where he advised American occupation forces, said he will soon assume charge of the $300 million Greece program and will hold his first meeting with Secretary of State Marshall the next day.
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Washington
Dwight Griswold
Greece
Truman
Nebraska
Germany
Griswold
Gerece
Marshall
Dawn flood swallows village. forty families missing
Agua Calientes Mexico June 16 About forty families are missing after a dawn flood from two broken dams swept Viudas de Oriente, a village about 25 miles away. The catastrophe appeared to have killed all residents as the flood overwhelmed the settlement. Local authorities began search efforts and relief work.
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Agua Calientes
Mexico
Viudas de Oriente
Truman may delay Taft Hartley action until near deadline
Washington reports Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said President Truman may not act on the Taft Hartley labor union bill until shortly before the Friday midnight deadline. The statement frames a careful approach to the contentious measure as Congress weighs its fate.
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Washington
Charles G. Ross
Truman
Weather outlook with scattered showers through Tuesday
Partly cloudy this afternoon through Tuesday with widely scattered afternoon and night time showers or thunderstorms in the extreme west tonight and west portion tomorrow. Warmer Tuesday and in the north portion tonight.
200000 Seamen Start Mass Work Stoppage Coastwide
New York June 16 CIO seamen began a no contract no work stoppage threatening paralysis of American flag ships along coasts. About 200000 union members pledged to stay aboard ships as long as possible, with lockout if ordered off. Pickets limited and ports from New York to Seattle affected. negotiations with NMU ACA and ship owners continue.
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New York
CIO
U. S
Jon Plers
National Maritime Union
Joseph Curran
New York Harbor
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Boston
Portland
Houston
Seattle
Puget Sound
West
ACA
West Coast
CIO Maritime Committee
Nest Coast
NMU
Smokey Receives Lecture From Des Moines Fireman
Des Moines fire chief’s car paused at a busy intersection when a firefighter rushed out and coaxed Smokey the station mascot dog into the vehicle. The dog then endured a lecture on the perils of skipping duty for three hours in the afternoon before heading to California with Mrs. Orval Mueller and her three sons bound for Richmond, California where her husband serves in the merchant marines.
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Des Moines
Smokey
California
Orval Mueller
Richmond
Cal
Mueller
Merchant Marines
Federal Court Rules Wallace May Speak At Watergate Amphitheater
Judge James M. Proctor refused to bar Henry A. Wallace from speaking at the Watergate amphitheater near the Lincoln Memorial. The ruling upheld a permit granted to Wallace and the Southern Conference for Human Welfare despite a bid by the American Anti Communist Association to halt the event. The case touched on free speech amid anti communist politics and Wallace’s 1948 presidential aims.
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Washington
James M. Proctor
Henry A. Wallace
Watergate
Lincoln Memorial
American Anti-Communist Association
Rep
O’konski
Proctor
O'Konski
Congress
Wallace
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
House Committee On unAmerican
Brug’s
Southern Conference
Daniel Maher
U. S
Justice Department
Anti-Communist Association
Tom Clark
Department
Department of Justice
Clark
Russia
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Turkey
Blue appoints Corning mayor
Des Moines announces two state appointments by Gov. Blue. Ray E. Johnson of Muscatine is named state comptroller effective July 1, succeeding C. Fred Porter who becomes highway commission auditor. Lee R. Watts, mayor of Corning, is appointed to a four year term on the highway commission replacing S. Ray Emerson.
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Des Moines
Ray E. Johnson
Muscatine
Robert D. Blue
Johnson
C. Fred Porter
State Highway Commission
Lee R. Watts
Corning
S. Ray Emerson
Creston
Supreme Court Upholds War Profits Renegotiation Act Ruling
The Supreme Court refused to rule on a manufacturer challenge to the War Profits Renegotiation Act. Justice Rutledge wrote for an 8-1 majority, with Justice Douglas dissenting. The law allows the government to recover alleged excessive profits from war goods contractors.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Rutledge
Douglas
U S Plans Against Red Tide and Palestine Turmoil
A military court in Jerusalem sentenced three Jews to death for the Acre prison break that killed 16. Two co-defendants received life terms as Irgun vows retaliation amid a General Arab strike. The U N inquiry opened amid Arab boycotts and pleas by the Mufti of Jerusalem to defend the Holy Land.
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Jerusalem
United Nations Commission of Palestine
Acre
Irgun Zvai Leumi
U. N. Commission
Irgun
Blood
U. N
Palestine
Cairo
Mufti
Holy Land
Emil Sandstroem
Sweden
Great Britain
Riots in Tikri Village Kill and Burn in Gurgaon
The Indian News Chronicle reports 60 people killed or burned alive when about 2000 rioters attacked Tikri village in Gurgaon district near Delhi. Some 800 houses were burned and around 200 injured in days of Hindu Muslim rioting that has plagued the area for months.
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New Dethi
The
Indian News Chronicle
Tikri
Gurgaon
Delhi
Iowa Flood Crisis Eases with Receding Ottumwa Waters
The Associated Press reports Iowa flood conditions improving as Ottumwa waters recede from a crest near 20.04 feet with no loss of life. Cedar Rapids dikes held at 18.25 feet, Quaker Oats mill suspended operations, and Red Cross notes about 3,250 Iowa families displaced across 19 to 20 counties.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Ottumwa
Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Nishnabotna
Nodaway
Red Oak
Hamburg
Marion Edie
Burlington
Iowa City
Hydraulics Institute
University of Iowa
Wapello
Cedar
Iown City
University
Ottumwe
Weather Bureau
Herschel Loveless
Red Cross
President Truman vetoes $4 billion tax cut bill
President Truman vetoed the 4 billion dollar tax relief measure, effectively ending any immediate income tax reductions. The House and Senate were split on an override, with leaders predicting a failed effort in the Senate. Truman argued the bill misaligns with sound fiscal policy and could worsen inflation while stressing the need to reduce the national debt.
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Washington
Truman
Peruhena Deena Congress
House
Senate
Rep
Knutson
R-Minn
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Congress
Truman appoints inquiry board into plane crashes
President Truman named a five man panel headed by James M. Landis to probe all aspects of air safety after a weekend of fatal crashes. The disasters included a Capital Airlines flight near Keys Gap West Virginia killing 50 plus, and a United Airlines takeoff crash in New York City killing 43 people.
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Associated Press
Truman
Capital Airlines
Keys Gap
W. Va
United Airlines
la Guardia Field
New York City
Eastern Airlines
Port Deposit
Hawk's Mountain
Springfield
William R. Wolf
Dayton
Ohio
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
William H. Greenleaf
Connecticut Air National Guard
Windsor Locks
Conn
Fort Knox
Godman Field
Curtis M. Green
James M. Landis
Civil Aeronautics Board
Landis
Brooklyn College
New York
Air Safety Group
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Tommy
Davenport
Rndy
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MR. Truman
BLUE
Frederick L. Wakeman
New York Federation of Women’s Clubs
Ways and Means
International Soundphoto
U.S
Europe
Western Europe
Dean Acheson
Middletown
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India
Ine
Keosauqua
Norwood Teal
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Eva Peron
Francisco Franco
Isabel the Catholic
Madrid
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