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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1947
Page
5
Levees Break Along Rising Iowa River Brief
Levees gave way along the rising Iowa River as flood warnings spread across several counties. Emergency crews worked through the day to shore up banks and protect nearby towns from rising waters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Rector's Son Found Insane, To Be Committed
Stuart B. Allen 16, adopted son of a minister, was ruled insane after being found not guilty by reason of insanity in the mutilation slaying of church sexton John Frank at Christ Episcopal Church in St. Joseph. Circuit Judge Duval Smith ordered his commitment to a state hospital with placement tomorrow. Rev. James S. Allen, the rector and foster father, presided over the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Frank
Christ Episcopal Church
James 8. Allen
Stuart
Britain to grant Ceylon dominion status soon
Governor Sir Henry Moore announced that Britain will take immediate steps to grant Ceylon fully responsible status within the British commonwealth. He said once agreements are concluded, the constitution will be amended to confer dominion status on Ceylon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colombo
Ceylon
Sir Henry Moore
Britain
State Council
British Commonwealth of Nations
Weather outlook shows lingering coolness and showers
Mostly cloudy and cool tonight with Thursday partly cloudy followed by showers in the extreme west. Temperatures rise somewhat as the day progresses and showery periods diminish later in the period.
Truman urges uniform driver licenses plan and safety drive
President Truman lauded a sharp decline in traffic fatalities and urged further reductions. He called for uniform licensing to remove unfit drivers and warned Congress to act on the national toll. He noted 350 billion miles driven last year and named key officials and governors at the conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Aitill
Congress
United States
Philip B. Fleming
Federal Works
Robert D. Blue
Iowa
House approves two year freeze on Social Security payroll tax
Washington reports the house passed unanimously a bill to freeze the Social Security payroll tax at current rates for two years. If approved by the senate and signed by President Truman, it would block a $2 billion annual levy increase starting January 1. The measure allows increases in 1950 to one percent for both employee and employer payrolls and to two percent in 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Truman
Four-H Award Leaders Honored at 17th National Camp
Medals recognizing outstanding service to the Four-H club were awarded to seven leaders at the 17th annual national 4-H club camp. Among the honorees were Kirk Fox of Des Moines editor of Successful Farming and Jacob J. Isaacson of Omaha general manager of the Ak-Sar-Ben exposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Kirk Fox
Des Moines
Jacob J. Isaacson
Omaha
Miami Cafe Man Slays Children and Wounds Couple
In Miami Florida on June 18 detective reports two children aged 11 and 6 were beaten to death in a cottage behind Chris Russell's cafe. Walter Wolfe and his wife were gravely wounded next door in a real estate office. Russell confessed fearing his children would be taken from him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Seargeant
John L. Deas
Deas
Chris Russell
Peggy Russell
John Russell
Russell
Walter R. Wolfe
Wolfe
Russells
Wolfes
Ethel
Czechs apologize for insult to U S president
Prague government expressed profound regrets and apologized for publication in the Prague weekly Tvorba of a poem entitled Dollar Scoundrels that insulted the U S president. The U S ambassador protested, and the foreign ministry pledged friendly ties and promised steps to prevent a repeat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Foreign Ministry
Tvorba
United States
U.S
Laurence Steinhardt
S. K. Neumann
U. S
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Des Moines Man Invited to NAACP National Convention Platform
Ike Smalls of Des Moines head of a local aid foundation and a state NAACP leader will sit on the speaker platform in Washington on June 29 as President Truman, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and Senator Morse address the convention. In another item, Leo S. Vorrath of Bridgewater was fined $100 and costs for reckless driving after a collision on primary 92 east of Massena Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ike Smalls
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Association
Smalls
Washington
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Morse
Leo S. Vorrath
Bridgewater
Massena
Costa
Justice Court
France and Britain form European recovery commission plan
France and Britain agreed to convoke a European economic commission within the U N framework to implement Marshall aid. The French cabinet approved the French British alliance and invited Russia to participate in the new commission as a planning and operating body for European reconstruction. Bidault plans a London trip to ratify accords.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
France
Britain
European Economic Commission
United Nations Economic Commission For Europe
Marshall
U. S
Dunkerque
Russia
Georges Bidault
Ernest Bevin
European Commission
Benjamin V. Cohen
U. S. State Department
Europe
U. S. Economic Commission For Europe
Geneva
U. N. Commission
U.N. Economic Commission For Europe
Moscow
Bidault
London
Progress Report on Settlement of Shipping Tieup Across Coasts
New York reports progress in ending the shipping tieup as the CIO union embargo on sailings enters its third day. Labor officials say substantial progress and tentative major-issue agreement on the west coast may not hinge on east coast talks. Railroads respond with an embargo on freight to ports unless shipping is from non tied-up ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John W. Gibson
Nathan Feinninger
Labor Department
San Francisco
National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards
CIO
Finsinger
American Association of Railroads
German Students to Study in U S A for Democratic Reorientation
Acting chief of the American military government education branch Dr. R T Alexander announced plans to send the first 50 German students and teachers to the United States for at least a year of study to foster democratic reorientation among the German people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. A. Berlin
R. T. Alexander
United States
Labor veto may end Truman GOP cooperation plan
President Truman plans to send a labor union control bill message to Congress on Friday, signaling a possible veto. Letter and telegram volume on the bill exceeds any prior issue, with a heavy majority favoring veto. House opposition hints at a veto triggering renewed battles and a collapse of early cooperation with Republicans for 1947 policy fights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Shownere
Harold Knutson
R-Minn
House
Ways and Means Committee
Joseph W. Martin Jr
R-Mass
Charlies A. Halleck
Indiana
Washington
Congress
Brin Ayers
White House
Ayers
Senate
Princeton
N. J
Veteran Gale reelected unanimously at WA-AL Grand Army meet
In Spokane on June 18 Hiram R. Gale age 100 the sole Civil War veteran at the Washington Alaska Grand Army of the Republic annual convention called the meeting to order nominated himself and was reelected unanimously after casting his vote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Hiram R. Gale
Washington- Alaska
Democrats Claim GOP Economy Drive Has Fizzled
Washington reports Democrats in both chambers dispute Republican cuts to President Truman’s 37.5 billion budget for the fiscal year starting July 1. Representative Gore, dubbed the bookkeeper, tallies bona fide reductions at 1.88 billion while Republicans claim over twice that amount, arguing only about 85 million remains to meet the goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate House
Truman
House
Senate
Gore
Rep
Tenn
Independent
Free Street Circus Planned by Atlantic Chamber
The Atlantic Chamber of Commerce outlines free street circus plans for mid September. The fall festival committee aims to book outstanding acts and secure more rides than last year. They consider an automobile giveaway to fund a Cass 4-H fair grounds and livestock show support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Free Street Circus
Earl Hensley
Roy Fraizer
Cochairmen
John Budd
John R. Nelson
Gerald Berg
Joy Pogge
Harry Hjortshoj
Milton Hoelzen
Walt Tracy
Bluebeard Japanese killer to hang for rape slaying
Yoshio Kosaka, 42, nicknamed Blue beard, is sentenced to hang in Tokyo for the rape and murder of seven Japanese women. He pled guilty as the court read the judgment, and appeared visibly shaken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Yoshio Kosaia
Bluebeard
Flooded Lands and Torn Des Moines River Watershed
Widespread rainfall across Iowa drenched towns from Lamont to Burlington with totals up to 1.23 inches. Des Moines river levels stayed below flood stage while RFC declared central and southern Iowa disaster areas and Congress authorized a 15 million emergency flood aid bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Lamont
Burlington
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Marshalltown
Atlantic
Creston
Council Bluffs
Albia
Davenport
Iowa City
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
van Meter
Tracy
Des Moines River
Towa
Mason City
Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hickenlooper
R-la
Mississippi River
RFC
Chicago
Three Rivers Rampage Threatens Oakville as Flood Deepens
Oakville Iowa faced severe flooding as levees along the Iowa river failed in three places. The town of 400 evacuated under Mayor Johnson and Sheriff Lewis with guardsmen on duty. River stages rose across Iowa and Mississippi regions as flood projections warned of renewed crest risks and widespread land submersion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Ill
Iowa
Mississippi
Col
W. N. Leaf
Iowa River
Muscatine
Clarksville
Leaf
Louisiana
Oakville
Des Moines
Acres
O. D. Johnson
Robert Lewis
Newton
Johnson
Minneapolis
S. Louis
Arily
Newport
Weather Bureau
Wapello
Burlington
Keokuk
Canton
Quincy
District Army
University of Iowa Memorial Union
R. I
Rock Island Railroad
Columbus Junction
Kansas City
St. Louis
Beardstown
Ottumwa
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U. S. Senate
Crockett
Eldora, Ia
W. Earl Hall
Mason City Globe Gazzette
CAFE
Catholic High
Fort Dodge
Edmond Heelan
Sioux City
Des Poines
State Department of Agriculture
Department
G. K. Strausser
International Association of Machinists
Strausser
Universal
Cedar Rapids Engineering
Rector
Uniform Systems
Bobby Quinn
Los Angeles
Joseph A. Shires
Denver
Mineat
Phil Minner
North Pole
Shires
Missouri
St. Joseph
Ralph Aldrich
U. S. Weather Bureau
Nebraska City
Midwestern
Revercomb
R-Va
Three Rivers
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