Explosion Shakes Downtown Dallas Iowa Briefs
Des Moines reports a heart attack fatality when L. O. Leach, 48, Clinton county treasurer, died while attending the Iowa Association of County Officers meeting. In Chicago, the National Live stock and Meat board re elected John W. Rath of Waterloo as president after a two day session. Des Moines Younkers plans a Fort Dodge department store opening next year after taking a long term lease on the Loomis building.
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Des Moinese
O. L. Leach
Clinton County
Oll
Des Moines
Iowa Association of County Officers
Chicago
National Livestock and Meat Board
John W. Rath
Waterloo
Younkers
Des Moines Department Store
Fort Dodge
Henry Frankel
Loomis
Webster City Youth Dies From Horse Accident
Webster City 13 year old Philip Dean Carpenter son of Mr and Mrs Fay Carpenter died yesterday after a fall from a horse causing a brain concussion and loss of consciousness.
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Webster City
Philip Dean Carpenter
Fay Carpenter
Near Here
Spirit Lake to revive 4-H congress with centennial events
Spirit Lake plans a full scale observance of the annual 4 H club congress including a parade of historical floats contests for old costumes fiddling and high school bands in connection with the Iowa centennial August 29 31.
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Spirit Lake
Iowa
Maytag Plants to Close for Vacations and Shutdowns
Newton The Maytag Washing Machine Company will close all factory departments for vacations from June 29 to July 8. The assembly department and some divisions of the machine shop will be shut down next week due to a shortage of materials.
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Newton
Maytag Washing Machine Company
Des Moines Approves Gas and Electric Rate Ordinance
The Des Moines city council passed a new rate ordinance. Iowa Power and Light Co officials estimated residents would save 6.7 to 8.7 percent on monthly gas bills and reduce the average electric bill from 3.51 to 3.37 dollars per month.
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Des Moines
Iowa Power and Light Co
Miss North Iowa Queen Named At Band Festival
Marilyn Fowler of Mason City Greene was crowned Miss North Iowa at the North Iowa Band festival last night amid 32 finalists. She is a senior and drum major of the high school band.
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Mason City
Marilyn Fowler
Fred Fowler. Greene
North Iowa
Reward Offered for Return of Missing 2-Year-Old
In Wapello Iowa on June 21 a $200 reward was posted for the return or discovery of 2 year old Ann Herrick daughter of a former soldier and his British wife who has been missing since Tuesday. Local business men offered the reward and volunteers with bloodhounds and river searches have found no trace.
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Wapello
Ann Herrick
New Disease Attacks Iowa Oats in Cited Blight
In a letter to Howard Smith Donald M Coe of the Ames extension plant pathology department reports a new oat disease Helmenthasporium blight spreading in Iowa. He notes 75 percent infection in field samples this year leaves brown and growth stunted similar to firing.
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Ottumwa
Howard Smith
Donald M. Coe
Extension Plant Pathology Department
Ames
Iowa Oats
Coe
Cowboy Actor William Hart In Critical Condition
William S. Hart, 76, veteran cowboy actor, was reported in a critical condition today at California Lutheran Hospital after days of treatment. Dr. H. D. Van Fleet said he has a high fever and is occasionally in a coma.
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Los Angeles
William S. Hart
California Lutheran Hospital
H. D. van Fleet
Weather forecast: fair and cool tonight
The forecast calls for fair and cool conditions tonight with Saturday expected to be fair and warmer across the region. Temperatures should ease into milder highs and light winds.
Draft Bill On Agenda For Final Approval
Washington reports a nine month extension of selective service with 19 year olds liable and 18 year olds exempt. The draft extension and pay raise for all armed services await final House Senate approval with a separate pay bill boosting bottom enlisted grades and officers.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rayburn
D-Tex
Rep. Short
mid-Pacific
Eat
Walter G. Andrews
New York
Agan
Man Dies After Attack in Davenport Business District
William L. Ruddell aged 48, a Corydon native, died en route to a Davenport hospital after an attack in the business district. A witness said a young, well dressed man fled in a nearby car with a companion, lights out. Ruddell worked in a foundry and machine shop. no robbery or motive was found.
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Davenport
William L. Ruddell
Corydon
Ruddell
Drug Aids Aphasia Patients in War Victims
Washington reports a drug named sodium amytal hastened speech recovery in some war victims with aphasia caused by brain injury. Army medical corps Captains Louis Lin and Marion H. Stein note encouraging results from treating aphasia with the drug.
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Washington
Louis Lin
Marion H. Stein
Army Medical Corps
Nebraska Supreme Court Denies Bond for Doctor in Death Case
Lincoln Neb Jun 21 The Nebraska supreme court denied Dr Phillip T Campbell of Omaha the right to post an appearance bond He is jailed on an interstate extradition warrant to Iowa as a fugitive from justice in connection with the death of a Council Bluffs Iowa woman after an illegal operation The case involves a medical professional amid a fatal incident tied to an unauthorized procedure.
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Lincoln, Neb
Phillip T. Campbell
Omaha
Douglas County
Iowa
Nebraska Supreme Court
Council Bluffs, Ja
Big Four Reach Compromise on Italian Colonies
Paris June 21. The Big Four foreign ministers near a compromise on Italian colonies while addressing Trieste and the Italian Yugoslav frontier. They agreed to delay colonies for a year and refer to the United Nations if no accord by then. Italy would renounce colonies under four power control.
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Paris
Trieste
Dodecanese
U. S
United Nations
Italy
Big Four
Rome
Bulgaria
Ships to Survive Atomic Blast Near Bikini
Aboard USS Appalachian en route to Bikini an order by Vice Admiral Blandy warns crews to avoid souvenir hunting aboard ships that may sail back to Pearl Harbor or the U S west coast under their own power after the atomic test.
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Appalachian
Bikini
Pearl Harbor
United States
Adm
W. H. P. Blandy
Joint Task Force
Creamery Vice President Named in National Association
Omaha Julius Brunner from Osage was elected vice president of the National Cream Series Association yesterday.
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Omaha
Julius Brunner
Osage
National Creamseries Association
George Voss to Represent Cass at Girls State
George Voss of Atlantic will represent Cass County at the first Iowa Girls State camp at Grand View College Des Moines July 7 to 14. The program is sponsored by the Iowa Legion Auxiliary and limits participants to 100 girls. Miss Voss’s parents, Mr and Mrs George Voss, are active in local Legion and Auxiliary units.
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Iowa Legion Auxiliary
Iowa Legion
Grand View College
Des Moines
Atlantic Auxiliary
George Voss
Atlantic
Cass County
Former Iowan killed in Denver drinking fracas
Denver police say Patrolman Cowgill shot William L. Cross of Kearney Nebraska twice in the body and once in the head after ordering companions from his car near Union Station. Cross, 35, had come to Denver to buy a car and had lived in Des Moines and Kearney. District Attorney Burke filed murder charges as Cowgill and fellow officer McNulty faced questioning.
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Denver
Frank B. Conygill
August Hannebuth
William L. Cross
Kearney
Neb
Union Station
James E. Childers
Cowgill
Cross
William H. McNulty
Childers
Nebraska
McNulty
James T. Burke
Des oMines
Secretary Wallace to visit Mexico on September 1
Secretary of Commerce Wallace said he accepted an invitation from President Manuel Avila Camacho to visit Mexico next September 1. Also, Rev. Dr. John Stuart Conning, 84, retired Presbyterian Church official, died at his Montclair home.
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Washington
Secretary of Commerce
Wallace
Manuel Avila Camacho
Mexico
Montclair
N. J
John Stuart Conning
Board of National Missions of the
Presbyterian Church In the
U S Opposes Russian Move In Veto Power
In New York on June 21, President Truman backs Baruch and the United Nations atomic commission in resisting Russia’s plan to keep veto power over world atomic control. The Baruch plan seeks a strong international authority with search and punishment powers, while the Russian substitute keeps Big Five veto and relies on Security Council rules. Negotiations are expected to continue with both sides seeking agreement.
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New York
Truman
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations Atomic Commission
Russia
Washington
Baruch
Council
United States
Atomic Commission
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
Security Council
Speer says Germany did little atomic energy work
Albert Speer testified at the International Military Tribunal that Germany conducted virtually no atomic energy experiments during World War II. Under cross examination by Justice Robert H. Jackson the former arms minister said Nazi propaganda about new weapons was mainly to bolster home front morale.
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Nuernberg
Albert Speer
International Military Tribunal Today
Germany
Robert H. Jackson
U. S
Speer
Playgrounds to Open at Sunnyside and Local Sites
The Atlantic PTA sponsored play areas at Sunnyside park, the rant school and high school grounds will open next week. Ruby Parrott will direct Sunnyside with matrons Lyle Woodring Roy Jessen and Dick Jessen assisting. Activities run Monday to Wednesday 1 to 6 pm for six weeks with supervised play 1:30 to 4:30 and registration day.Parents urged to attend Monday. Grant grounds will open Wednesdays to Fridays with director Mrs. Ed E. Carper.
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Atlantic
Sunnyside Park
Therant School
Dick Thompson
The
Atlantic P. T. A
Ruby Parrott
Sunnyside
Lyle Woodring
Roy Jessen
Dick Jessen
Park Board
Ed E. Carper
Grant
Bob Bendorf
Lincoln School
M. R. Bendorf
Unarmed Robbers Loot Insurance Office in Ottumwa
Two men staged an unarmed robbery at the J. H. Brenneman Insurance Co. in Ottumwa Iowa at 11 45 am. One posed as an electrical inspector luring Brenneman into a hallway while the other looted the office safe of about 200 dollars. The robbers escaped on foot down the street. The description notes a 35 to 40 year old male with light complexion and olive drab shirt involved in the ruse.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
J. H. Brenneman Insurance Co
Brenneman
Chiang Kai-Shek Extends Truce in Manchuria Eight Days
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek extended the Manchuria truce for eight more days just before its scheduled expiry. The move is seen as a concession to Chinese Communists amid ongoing unification talks and renewed negotiations.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Manchuria
Vinson Confirmed as Chief Justice by Voice Vote
The Senate confirmed Fred M. Vinson to be chief justice of the United States Supreme Court succeeding the late Harlan F. Stone. Confirmation occurred by voice vote with no objections.
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Washington
Senate
Fred M. Vinson
Supreme Court
Harlan F. Stone
OPA Raises Soft Coal Prices to Counter Wage Gains
The OPA boosts soft coal by an average 40.14 cents a ton to offset UMW pay increases won by John L. Lewis. Increases vary by district and mine type, boosting retail prices about 3 percent and affecting sales since May 13. An upcoming hard coal price rise is anticipated to offset anthracite strikes, while government seizure of bituminous mines continues.
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OPA
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Statue of Liberty to receive green interior paint coat
New York on June 21 authorities announce a refurnishing plan for the Statue of Liberty to mark its 60th birthday this fall. National parks superintendent Charles S. Marshall said Bedloe's Island visitation is about ten percent higher than 1945 when a record 504000 visitors arrived.
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New York
National Monument
Charles S. Marshall
Bedloe’s Island
Marshall
Engineer Dies of Burns After Train Collision Near Hayti
Fred Coffey aged 64 of Sioux Falls died in a Watertown hospital from burns suffered when the Great Northern passenger train he piloted struck a loaded gasoline truck near Hayti on Tuesday night. Duane Gunder son, 19, the truck driver, remained in critical condition.
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Watertown
S. D
Fred Coffey
Sioux Falls
Great Northern
Hayti
Duane Gunderson
Explosion at Baker Hotel in Dallas Kills and Injures Many
A blast at the Baker Hotel in Dallas caused at least five deaths and many injuries. A suspected boiler and ammonia gas from the air conditioning system sparked the explosion beneath the coffee shop, filling the basement, lobby, and dining areas with smoke. Firefighters wore gas masks as ambulances rushed victims to hospitals while onlookers crowded downtown streets.
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Dallas
Baker Hotel
C. V. Alin
Waco
Andrews Enrique
Boxcar Roars Through San Bernardino City at 70 MPH
A loose boxcar escaped a switching crew in San Bernardino California and charged down a five mile grade at 70 miles per hour through town. It crossed 14 grade crossings before being slowed to 50 by a control tower and finally stopped by Engineer Hugh Donahue who braked the train in the Santa Fe yards. Donahue was uninjured though couplings on both car and locomotive were smashed.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Hugh Donahue
Santa Fe
Donahue
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