Conferees Drive For OPA Agreement Iowa Briefs
Des Moines reports trainee casualties and political appointments. Dan J. Schowalter of Carlisle dies after being struck by a Rock Island train. Hickenlooper tours Des Moines en route to Pacific atom tests. Mrs. Mary Hunker will be VP of state social welfare board with H. S. Love as chairman. Senator Wilson supports a naval torpedo research amendment. Earl G. Miller defeats Wayne M. Ropes for secretary of state nomination. Maytag Holstein entries sweep at the southwest district show. A fire destroys the state prison dairy barn near Clive, damaging silos and livestock.
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Des Moines
Dan J. Schowalter
Carlisle
Rock Island
Social Welfare
H. 8S. Love
Bridgewater
State Board of Social Welfare
Mary Huncker
Earl G. Miller
Wayne M. Ropes
Miller
Ropes
M. P. Hogan
Maytag
Newton
State Fairgrounds
Herman F. Anderton
Clive
Bus Accident Near Pittsburgh Injures Seventeen
Seventeen people were injured and four hospitalized when a Pittsburgh bound Bamford Brothers bus carrying 35 veered off near Hays. The bus plunged 20 feet to railroad tracks after a tie rod broke, sending it into a 100 foot skid and over a guard rail. Driver Emitt Flavin, 28, of Pittsburgh, attributed the crash to a steering failure.
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Pittsburgh
Hays
Bamford Brothers
Emitt Flavin
Flavin
Weather Outlook: Partly cloudy warm with possible thunder
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight with possible thundershowers. Sunday remains cloudy and warm with more thundershowers likely.
Schedule atomic test July 1 as laboratory type
Aboard USS Appalachian en route to Bikini on June 22, officials describe the July 1 test as laboratory type to measure bomb behavior in the air and its effects on ships and equipment. They contrast with harbor and deep water tests planned for July 20 and seek safety limits and distance thresholds for ships and men.
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Appalachian
Bikini
Bikini Atoll
Army
Navy
Two Davenport Men Questioned in Rud Dell Death
Davenport police say Eugene Lillyblade and Wallace Loder, both 27 and 33, are being held for questioning in the fatal beating of William Ruddell, a 47-year-old machinist. The men were seen with a woman near the scene and claim Lillyblade was struck by Ruddell with a lunchbox.
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Davenport
Iowa
Reed Phillips
Eugene Lillyblade
Wallace Leder
William Lowell Ruddell
Eary
Phillips
Loder
Lillyblade
West Second Street
Ruddell
Flying Wing XB-35 Test Flight Postponed After Engine Fire
Northrop Aircraft’s tailless XB-35 flying wing remains grounded after a first test hop was postponed following fire in two of its four engines during a taxiing run. Pilot Max Stanley was uninjured.
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Hawthorne
Calif
Northrop
Army
Max Stanley
Trieste talks at dinner between Molotov and Byrnes
In Paris on June 22 officials reported a dinner hosted by James Byrnes with V. M. Molotov and Andrei Vishinsky. No formal proposals emerged but diplomats suggested frank talks on Trieste and the Italy Yugoslavia frontier to advance peace treaty aims. Informants noted secret informal sessions and sketchy details.
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Paris
Trieste
United States
U. S
James F. Byrnes
V. M. Molotov
Andrei J. Vishinsky
Vladimir Pavlov
Byrnes
Molotov
Russia
Yugoslavia
Italy
Mrs Verba Dudley Dies From Car Crash Injuries
Mrs Verba Dudley 70 of Superior Nebraska died in a Sioux City hospital from brain concussion and hip dislocation suffered in a two car collision near Beresford South Dakota Tuesday night. Four people were brought to the hospital after the rainstorm crash on highway 77 two miles south of Beresford.
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Sioux City
Verba Dudley
Superior
Neb
Beresford
Army studies atomic missile power and defense
Washington reports the army testified before the house appropriations committee on an atomic missile able to hit any world point within an hour. Col. Ritchie said counter measures and a project with RCA are under way, with GE building faster rockets and robot guidance. Major Gen. Hughes noted research into a molten metal jet to counter atomic rockets or bombed aircraft may replace WWII projectiles.
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Washington
Army
United States
Congress
House Appropriations Committee
8. B. Ritchie
Research and Development Service
Ritchie
Radio Corporation of America
Col. Ritchie
General Electric Company
Everett H. Hughes
Ordnance
Navy veteran Max C Falconer Dies by Own Hand
Max C Falconer 21 a World War II veteran and son of Clyde and Mrs Falconer of Anita died by suicide at his brother Raquel Falconer’s home two miles east of Anita. He shot himself with a .22 rifle after serving in the navy from 1943 to 1946 including time in Japan and the Aleutians. Born Feb 9 1925 in Corning he moved to Anita as a child and is survived by his parents two brothers Boyd and Roque and his maternal grandparents. Funeral set for 2:30 pm Monday at the Methodist church with burial in Evergreen cemetery.
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Anita
Max Clyde Falconer
Clyde Falconer
Raquel Falconer
Here
Max
Navy
Japan
Aleutian Islands
Raquel
Clyde
Boyd
Roque
Henry Kerkman
Massena
Methodist
Rev
M. D. Summerbell
Evergreen Cemetery
SPORTS EDITOR DIES IN NEW YORK
Samuel Morse aged 68, longtime night sports editor for the New York Sun, died yesterday in New York. He previously worked for newspapers in Denver, Omaha, Milwaukee and Chicago and was born in Omaha.
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New York
Samuel Morse
The
New York Sun
Denver
Omaha
Milwaukee
Chicaago
County Hospital Petition Wording Ruled Incorrect
County Attorney and Assistant Attorney General discuss an election petition for a Cass County hospital bond issue. The petition omits the word erecting, limiting funds to procuring a site and maintaining a hospital. Opinion says ballot form must match petition text and may block submission. Virginia move noted for Drake family.
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Don Lavery
Cass County
Oscar Strauss
Milo E. Hubbard
Board of Supervisors
Dr U S Smith Former President of Iowa Wesleyan Dies
Agency Ia June 22 Dr U S Smith 76 former president of Iowa Wesleyan college died last night He retired from the Methodist ministry four years ago A native of David County Iowa he served churches including nine years at the First Methodist church in Fairfield Funeral services set for 10 30 Monday at Fairfield
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Agency
U. S. Smith
Iowa Wesleyan College
David County
Iowa
Smith
First Methodist
Fairfield
Local machinist Lloyd W Lindsey dies at 54
Lloyd William Lindsey 54 a Atlantic machinist died at 10 15 this morning at Atlantic hospital after eight days as patient. Born June 1 1892 in Kingsbury county South Dakota he served in World War I and later ran a machine shop in Atlantic. Survived by widow Ethel Lindsey mother Rose Lindsey Walnut brother Marvin Lindsey Fort Dodge sister Mrs Howard Burkey Walnut. Services Tuesday at 2 30 at Roland Peacock Baxter funeral home with interment in Atlantic cemetery.
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Lloyd William Lindsey
Atlantic
Atlantic Hospital
Mr. Lindsey
Kingsbury County
S. D
James
Rose Baird Lindsey
Maine
Avoca
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Omaha
Ethel Miller
Walnut
Lindsey
Rose Lindsey
Marvin T. Lindsey
Fort Dodge
Howard Burkey
Postpone Rehearsal for Bomb Test Aboard Mt McKinley
The scheduled full dress rehearsal for dropping the world’s fourth atomic bomb was postponed to Monday aboard the Mt McKinley as heavy cloud cover and high winds were forecast. Admiral Blandy and his staff chose the new date after meteorologists predicted worsening conditions.
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U. S. S. Mt. McKinley
Bikini
William P. Blandy
Free Countess Ciano Released From Lipari Island
Italy announces amnesty frees Countess Edda Ciano daughter of Benito Mussolini who was interned on Lipari for aiding Fascism. She is widow of Galeazzo Ciano and had been sentenced to two years internment.
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Rome
Edda Ciano
Benito Mussolini
Lipari
Council of Ministers
Giuseppe Romita
Ciano
Galeazzo Ciano
Sicily
Freight rate bill set for sharp rise next month
Washington reports a likely 25 percent freight rate hike sought by carriers to meet a “critical” financial condition. The plan would raise rail and water rates by about 390 million dollars in Brosh venues, with a full hearing to occur promptly. Rates would take effect July 1 with four category increases and no change to passenger fares.
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Washington
OPA
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Child Injured In Fall From Car In Backing Incident
Barbara Jean Milford, two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Milford, suffered a fracture of her left leg above the knee yesterday afternoon when the car door opened as her mother backed out of the driveway at the Welcher home on East Seventh Street. One wheel may have passed over the legs, but the fracture was the only injury.
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Barbara Jean Milford
Donald Milford
Mine explosion near Campobasso kills sixteen
A mine dump blast near Campobasso yesterday killed sixteen people and injured seventy, according to a Rome Avanti dispatch. Among the visitors in Rome were former Atlantic residents Mrs. C. W. Crutchfield and her daughter Mrs. Harvey J. Smith of Omaha on business.
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Rome
Campobasso
Avanti
C. W. Crutchfield
Harvey J. Smith
Omaha
Atlantic
Four Major Points Remain to Be Settled on OPA Extension
Washington reports Senate and House conferees agreed on most points of the OPA extension bill but left eight issues unresolved. Key items include extension length, price controls on meats and other products, creation of a decontrol board, and subsidy terms. Conference aims to send final bill to chambers Monday for approval.
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Washington
Senate
House
Barkley
Committed
OPA
Taft
United States District Attorney
Worker Survives Fall From Mill After 30 Foot Drop
A Missouri youth employed to raze the Lewis elevator fell thirty feet striking two large wheels but rose and returned to work with only bruises. The Atlantic Mill and Elevator mill, owned by Howard Beadle, was sold to Harlan Cohrs as salvage operations proceed.
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Missouri
Billy Conn
Howard Beadle
The
Atlantic Mill and Elevator Company
Harlan Cohrs
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Robin”) Smith
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International Soundphoto
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