Inquest Tomorrow Over Hotel Fire Deaths in Iowa
Dubuque coroner's inquest into the Canfield hotel fire that killed 19 persons on June 9 will open tomorrow. Des Moines centennial events on June 29 include the American Legion drum and bugle corps from St. Paul. Des Moines bakery strike talks between AFL union and bakery operators yielded no results. five large Des Moines bakeries remain closed since April 30.
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Dubuue
Canfield Hotel
Des Moines
American Legion Indianize
St. Paul
Minn
AFL
Confectionary Workers Union
Farmer Seeks Recount in Republican Race for State House
Cedar Rapids representative candidate George E. Farmer has requested a vote recount after trailing Charles J. Knickerbocker of Fairfax by 50 votes and Ernest Kosek of Cedar Rapids by 27 in the Republican race for state representative.
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Cedar Rapids
George E. Farmer
Charles J. Knickerbocker
Fairfax
Ernest Kosek
Welsh Bride Granted Divorce in Des Moines Case
A divorce was granted yesterday to Mrs. Phyllis Brown of Des Moines, a 22 year old British bride, from Robert Allan Brown. The couple wed in Des Moines after he, a former service man, took all her money and left after living with her only a week. She reported Brown’s actions prompted job offers from others who had also come from Wales. District Judge Tom K Murrow presided.
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Des Moines
Phyllis Brown
Robert Allan Brown
Brown
Wales
Tom K. Murrow
Iowa City-Dubuque Lead 1946 Retail Gain Across State
Iowa City and Dubuque posted an 86 percent rise in unit store retail sales for January through April 1946 versus the same period in 1945, while Water loo sales climbed 35 percent. Sioux City followed with 27 percent, Cedar Rapids 26 percent, and Des Moines 25 percent.
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Iowa City
Dubuque
Waterloo
University of Iowa Bureau of Business Research
Sioux City
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
Released from Jail To Buy Their Own Bread
Ten men charged with drunkenness were released by Municipal Judge Charles Cooter after a bread shortage in Des Moines due to a bakery strike left the city jail without bread. The judge said it would be easier for the men to find their own bread than for police to scour the town.
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Des Moines
Charles Cooter
Weather outlook for the week follows cooler trend
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and a noticeably cooler night. Wednesday will be partly cloudy with continued cool conditions.
Errors in Hospital Bond Vote Petition Questioned
A Cass County petition for a $100000 county hospital bond vote was found improperly worded. Ten signers requested a special election for building a hospital and procuring a site, while other sheets asked for a general election with no building mention. County Attorney seeks opinion on legality.
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Cass
M. E. Hubbard
Don Lavery
Attorney General's Office
Cass County
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Atlantic
Pines
Bethel
Harold B. Edwards
Don Blake Named Temporary Postmaster After Malone’s Death
Don Blake will serve as acting postmaster starting tomorrow pending a permanent appointment to replace the late Charles E. Malone. Blake has been assistant postmaster for nine years and with the local office since 1918 while Carl E Hoffman had served as acting postmaster after Malone’s death.
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Don Blake
Charles E. Malone
Carl E. Hoffman
Atlantic
Mr. Malone
Mr. Blake
Chetnik Chief Pleads Guilty in Yugoslav War Crimes Case
Belgrade reports Slavoljub Vranjesic, 42, a Chetnik chief and lieutenant of Gen. Draja Mihailovic, pleaded guilty to ten charges of collaboration and treason before Yugoslavia's military tribunal. He becomes the first Mihailovic lieutenant to shoulder full blame for dealings with the enemy.
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Belgrade
Slavoljnv Vranjesic
Chetnik
Yugosavia
Draja
Mihailovic
Terrorists kidnap officers as Haifa railyards blast
A Tel Aviv officers club raid by about a dozen Jewish extremists, believed linked to Irgun Zvai Leumi, abducted four British officers amid Haifa rail yard attacks that included 15 explosions and the destruction of railway shops and a power house. Two British soldiers were seriously wounded in Jerusalem.
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Jerusalem
Tel Aviv
Palestine
Haifa
Irgun
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Yarkon
Reuters
Sixth Airborne
Palestine Post
Backers Expect Early Approval Of Hobbs Bill
Republican and democratic backers count on swift Senate action after both houses approved the Hobbs anti racketeering labor bill. Senator Hatch plans to move for a final vote, resisting amendments despite President Truman's objections to the measure's wording amid Case labor disputes legislation. The bill targets interference with interstate goods movement through robbery extortion or threats of violence.
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Washington
Senate
Hatch
D-N.m
Senate Judiciary Committee
Truman
Rep
Hobbs
D-Ala
Free man of forgery after imprisonment in Sing Sing
Albany, June 18. Bertram M. Campbell, who served 40 months in Sing Sing for forgeries, was later confessed by another man. The New York state Court of Claims awarded him 115,000 dollars for humiliation loss of liberty and earnings, deeming him a victim of miscarriage of justice.
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Albany
N. Y
Bertram M. Campbell
Sing Sing
New York State
State Court of Claims
Floral Park
Teen age draft stalemate hinges on Andrews proxy vote
Washington reports lawmakers search for a path to keep selective service alive after July 1 as conferees fail twice to agree on 18 and 19 year olds. Rep. Walter G. Andrews left a proxy vote that could restore the age brackets, while two alternate House and Senate proposals faltered 4 to 3. The plan outlined would rely on volunteers first, then older men, then 19 year olds, and finally 18 year olds only if needs persist and the president certifies in October.
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Washington
Walter G. Andrews
Senate-House
Andrews
Pacific
House
Senate
Retail ceiling hike set for passenger tires nationwide
Washington reports OPA authorized a 3.3 percent immediate rise in retail ceiling prices for passenger car tires to offset higher wages and materials costs. The increase, also applied to motorcycle tires, raises the 6.00-16 4-ply tire ceiling to 15.70 dollars nationwide, up 50 cents.
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Washington
OPA
Kreisler in Hospital After Emergency Appendectomy
World famed violinist Fritz Kreisler, 71, who had an emergency appendectomy Sunday night, remained in critical condition but showed some improvement according to his physician.
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Kreisler
New York
Fritz Kreisler
Molten Jet May Provide Atomic Rocket's Defense
Washington reports the army disclosed a molten metal jet weapon with an initial velocity near five miles per second. Experts foresee it as a potential defense against atomic rockets or armored ships, though adapting it to a robot anti aircraft system remains complex.
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Washington
Army
Army Ordnance Department
War Department
Ordnance Arm
Everett S. Hughes
Ordnance
Red Cross Meeting Opens by Reading Truman's Letter
Philadelphia June 18 The Red Cross convention opened with President Truman's letter read to over 4000 delegates by Basil O'Connor. O'Connor urged no immediate peacetime budget return and asked the public to accept continued wartime operating expenses.
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RED Cross
Truman
Philadelphia
National Organization
Basil O'Connor
O’connor
Policeman and Two Men Killed in Auto Questioning
Paxton Illinois June 18 an Illinois state highway policeman and two men he sought to question about the automobile they were driving were killed in gun battles here and near Gifford about 15 miles away Marvin Archer 31 the highway policeman shot and killed a negro who ran from the automobile when Archer and another state officer forced the car to stop in Paxton Police said a white companion of the negro then shot Archer in the heart State police of Illinois and Indiana blocked roads of the area and about two hours later the negros companion was killed by Illinois state police near Gifford
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Paxton
Ill
Ilinoia
Gifford
Marvin Archer
Archer
Illinois
Indiana
Communists Decry China Peace Terms In North China
In Nanking on June 18 a Chinese communist spokesman Wong Peng Nan condemned the government’s peace terms. He said Beijing demanded the communists yield several north China strongholds including the entire Shantung coastline. The government memorandum was handed to General Marshall and then to Chou En Lai without comment.
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Nanking
China
Shantung Province
Wong Peng- Nan
Marshall
U. S
Chou En-Lai
Paper Salvage Drive Requires Early Prep and Pickup
Boy Scouts and volunteers will conduct a paper salvage collection Thursday and Friday. Residents should place bundled paper in parkings early Thursday morning and have it ready for pickup as trucks arrive. The canvass begins on Chestnut Street and will cover both town halves within two days.
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Carl Cardio
Chestnut Street
Truman Stalin meeting urged by foreign affairs panel
Four members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee urged immediate abandonment of appeasement in U S relations with Russia. They call for frank talks between President Truman and Premier Stalin and advise a policy of complete reciprocity, limiting privileges for Russians in the United States to match American rights in Russia.
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Russia
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Europe
Truman
Stalin
Gordon
Dil
Ryter
D-Conn
Mundt
R-S. D
Bolton
R-Ohio
Subcommittee
Moscow
United States
Ussr
Durant couple arrives in Paris to face crown jewels case
Col. Jack W. Durant and WAC Capt. Kathleen B. Nash Durant arrived with two army officers and a WAC sergeant in Paris. They travel from the United States en route to Frankfurt to answer charges linked to the disappearance and recovery of the crown jewels of Hesse.
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Paris
Jack W. Durant
WAC
Kathleen B. Nash Durant
United States
Frankfurt
Hesse
Torrential Rain Ends Midwest June Heat Wave
Torrential rains with high winds and lightning broke a Midwest June heat wave across central and southern Iowa with rainfall totals from 1.58 to 6.33 inches. Onawa reports 4.70 inches and Fairfield 4.84. Damage includes $25,000 to buildings and crops in Onawa. Des Moines power outages. five minor blazes from electrical wires near Fairfield. a cafe kitchen loss of $500 in Iowa City. a tree limb damaging a professor’s car.
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Midwest
Iowa
Keosauqua
Fairfield
Ottumwa
Albia
Chariton
Creston
Monroe
Washington
Burlington
Ames
Clarinda
Tracy
Carroll
Des Moines
Monezuma
Onawa
Iowa City
Walter Loehwing
Council Bluffs
Rock Island
Stuart
Underwood
Weston
Tire Left In Car Causes Bump Sound Mystery
Deputy Sheriff Lloyd E. Cole in St. Joseph Missouri on June 17 found a 15 inch tool left inside the car tire by an absent minded mechanic, explaining the bumping noise.
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St. Joseph, Mo
Lloyd E. Cole
Detroit Area Tornado Leaves 13 Dead and Wide Destruction
A June tornado swept southern Michigan and parts of Ontario, killing 13 with dozens more injured and widespread property damage. Windsor and Sandwich areas bore the brunt with hospitals overwhelmed, power outages, and Red Cross volunteers aiding victims. The storm tracked from River Rouge across the Detroit River into Canada, hitting residential housing projects, commercial districts, and rail yards as it moved at high speed.
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Detroit
Michigan
Canada
Windsor
River Rouge
Mich
Ford Motor Company
Rouge
Sandwich
Ont
Fisher
Weather Bureau
Populous River Rouge
Detroit River
Sandwich West
Sandwich East
Lake St. Clair
Ontario
Red Cross
New York Central Railroad
Windsor Area
Eight Japanese war criminals hanged in Singapore
In Singapore on June 18, eight convicted Japanese war criminals, including Vice Adm. Teizo Hara, former commander of Japanese naval forces in the Andaman islands, were executed at Changi jail. Hara was held responsible for the deaths of 213 islanders.
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Singapore
Adm
Teizo Hara
Andaman Islands
Chanki
Hara
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