Washington price control talks hinge on OPA fate
Delegations from wives, labor groups, and citizens press senators and representatives to extend the OPA price control law. A "save OPA" rally is planned near the Washington Monument as conferees weigh four disputed provisions and possible amendments to allow future cost increases to be passed to customers.
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Washington
Capitol Hi
OPA
Reid
Taft
Wherry
R-Neb
Ne Petl
Wolcott
R-Mich
Joint Congregational Committee
House
Senate
Iowa Briefs Presidency and Local Losses Across Iowa
Iowa State Blacksmith and Welders named John Lilley of Dewar president at the 38th annual convention. New Hampton reports Edward Van Wie 68 of LaCrosse Wis died from injuries in a May 23 auto crash. Jimmy D Veech 11 of near Thurston Neb drowned in a Sioux City pool, first of season. Clinton selects Paul T Eastland WWI veteran as county treasurer after Oren Leach died in Des Moines. Mason City funeral services for Mrs. Frank Yackly and daughter Sandra Maurie of Marion IN follow an auto crash. Des Moines unit of United Spanish War Veterans names Jay H Watta Cedar Rapids department commander. Cedar Rapids Fraternal Order of Eagles elect Earl Gommall state president. others named. Davenport faces murder charges against Eugene Lillyblade in Ruddell death. bonds posted for Mary Barth and Wallace Loder as witnesses.
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New Hampton
Edward van Wie
LaCrosse
Wis
Des Moines
United
Jay H. Watta
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Edger .M. Kurtz
Davenport
B. A. Bowers
Sioux City
Earl E. Gommall
Clinton
Order of Eagles
C. L. Roberts
Burlington
Miles Maher
Muscatine
Ervine Harland
Marshalltown
Eugene Lillyblade
William Lowell Ruddell
Miz
Mary Barth
Rock Island
Ill
Wallace Loder
Temperance leader urges ban on hotel fires and liquor storage
Mrs D Leigh Colvin of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union says fires at the LaSalle hotel in Chicago and the Canfield in Dubuque started near cocktail lounges and calls for banning burn and liquor storage as fire hazards in hotels. Auto casualty report notes Huxley crash kills H L Carpenter 31 Des Moines and Osceola residents McCann 40 and Hunt 28 injured. Cornell staff addition Mount Vernon joins faculty Helen Flynn Aurora Illinois as educator replaces Samuel McLaughlin who moved to New York University.
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Bvanston
LaSalle
Chicago
Canfield
Dubuque
D. Leigh Colvin
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Huxley
Marvin L. Carpenter
Des Moines
Osceola
Cornell
Mount Vernon
Helen Flynn
Aurora
Cornell College
University of Iowa
State Teachers College At
Normal
Ill
Miss Flynn
Samuel McLaughlin
New York University
Weather outlook for tonight and Tuesday
Partly cloudy warm and humid tonight with scattered thunder showers in west and central portion. Tuesday partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers and cooler conditions in the west portion.
Eisenhower says Stalin delayed war information
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower states in his final European report that he was kept uninformed about Russia grand strategy until four months before V E day. He credits Stalin with providing full plans in January for a four pronged Red army offensive shaping the final drive against Germany.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Russia
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Red Army
Eisenhower
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D-Day
Normandy
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Army
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Great Britain
Hitler
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von Rundstedt
von Runstedt
Pas-De-Calais
England
Falaise
the Rhine
Germany
Roosevelt
Marshal Stalin
Marshall Tedder
Probe Shooting Angers America as MPs Shot in Vienna
Russian and American investigators edged toward a solution after two American military policemen were shot while stopping a stolen jeep containing three Russian soldiers in Vienna on a Saturday night. Both MPs were hospitalized and under care as inquiries continued.
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Vienna
Royal visit as Lily Pons attends Gershwin concert
London reporters recount Lily Pons and conductor husband Andre Kostelanetz at a Royal gathering after their fourth British concert. Kostelanetz conducted the British premiere of an orchestral fantasia based on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess score.
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London
Lily Pons
Andre Kostelanetz
Britain
Kostelanetz
George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess
Hillside Moves and Walls Topple in Pacific Quake
A powerful Pacific Northwest earthquake rattled coastal British Columbia and Washington. One man, Jacob L. Kingston, 69, died of heart failure as Seattle buildings swayed. Vancouver Island to Olympia reports described collapsed walls, moved hills, and damaged bridges, with Vancouver's Lions Gate bridge swaying.
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Pacific Northwest
Vancouver Island
Kilowna
British Columbia
Olympia
Wash
Jacob L. Kingston
Church
University of Washington
Dominion Astrophysical Observatory
Victoria
D. C
J. A. Pearce
Dominion Station
Campbell River
Port Alebrni
Courtenay
George Finley
Lions Gate
Vancouver Harbor
Empire
Highway Department
Seven Iowa coal mines active last week
Des Moines reports seven of Iowa 40 union mines were operating last week while several more are expected to open as price relief from the OPA applies to both union and non union mines. Lt. Com. Hamilton Acheson noted non union mines produce over 2 200 tons daily and seasonal factors delay union mine resumption.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Hamilton Acheson
OPA
Morrells Lay Off 2200 Workers At Ottumwa Plant
Ottumwa Iowa June 24 1940 2200 Morrells plant workers laid off due to livestock shortage Hog kill department killed last hog in pens today Cattle kill department closed since June 20 Only sheen kill remains open about 50 workers still on duty in other departments managers said operations will resume when supply returns
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Ottumwa
John Morrell & Co
Mrs. Sadie Woodward Dies After 40 Years in Atlantic Area
Sadie Woodward 177, wife of William Woodward of Atlantic, died at Miller nursing home Saturday afternoon at 5 30 after five years of ill health. Born December 28 1868 in Jones county she moved with family to Audubon county as a child. Survived by husband three sons Ralph Atlantic Don and Charles Woodward California a daughter Bonnie Schworm Baltimore sister Mrs Sol Peterman Nevada Ia brother J E Lewis Brayton five grandchildren seven great grandchildren. Funeral 2 pm Tuesday at Taylor funeral home with Rev Albert Fenske First Congregational church officiating. Burial Extra cemetery. Flowers requested not to be sent.
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Sadie Woodward
William Woodward
Atlantic
Miller Nursing Home
Mr. Woodward
Mrs. Woodward
Jones County
James and
Mary Lewis
Audubon County
Brayton
Audubon
Taylor Funeral Home
Albert Fenske
First Congregational Church
Danish Lutherans Close Meeting With 100000 Jubilee Drive
The 69th annual Danish Evangelical Lutheran convention closed in Des Moines after observing Grand View College’s Golden Anniversary Jubilee. Delegates contributed 10000 toward a 100000 jubilee drive for new buildings and equipment and urged drastic arms reductions among major powers. They also opposed universal military training in the United States and elsewhere.
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Des Moines
Pravda Attacks U S World Rule Aim In Atomic Plan
Pravda argues the United States seeks world rule through atomic control and vows Soviet veto cannot be surrendered. It lauds Gromyko’s counter proposal calling for prohibition of production and use of atomic bombs and criticizes Baruch's plan as an “extremely perplexed” effort lacking full text disclosure.
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Moscow
Pravda
Soviet Russia
United States
Bernard M. Baruch
United Nations Security Council
Security Council
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Russia
Baruch
Washington
Pacific Ocean
Reserve Officers to Meet Wednesday at Court House
Cass county reserve officers from Cass county and vicinity will gather at the court house assembly room Wednesday at 8 p m Major Bernard V Bolton in charge of the Council Bluffs subdistrict says all former officers are invited A colored film on the African campaign a combat bulletin a post war reserve discussion and a question period comprise the program
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Cass County
Court House
Bernard V. Bolton
Council Bluffs
Organized Reserve
Russia Prefers To Have Atom Alive Than Veto Dead
An authorized American source commented on Pravda’s atomic energy control article. The United States would not change its position, saying it would rather keep the atom alive than the veto dead. The source added the U S would continue work and not release secrets without safeguards.
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New York
Pravda
United States
America
Warning to motorists to observe traffic laws in Atlantic
Chief of Police Willard Roeske issued a warning to motorists to slow down on U S 6 and avoid double parking around Walnut Chestnut and Poplar intersections and Seventh Street. He warned that violations of speed limits and double parking violate state laws and city ordinances and will incur heavier penalties.
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Atlantic
Willard Roeske
Walnut, Chestnut and
Poplar
Seventh Street
Chestnut Street
Big Four reject Austrian demand for South Tyrol
Paris June 24 A American informant says the council of foreign ministers rejected Austria’s bid to gain part of South Tyrol from Italy and could not settle the Italian French frontier dispute The four powers agreed to resume talks on the frontier and discuss surplus Italian naval units on the afternoon agenda Molotov pressed for postponement while the American and British delegates urged immediate action
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Paris
Council of Foreign Ministers
Austria
Tyrol
Italy
United States
Alpine
V. Molotov
Russia
Plane Crash Near Oakland Injures Three
Lester Turner 41 of Council Bluffs is listed in poor condition with a fractured skull and back injuries after a plane crash near Oakland Iowa last night. His brother Wendell Turner of Oakland, piloting, was treated for head cuts. The damaged aircraft owned by James Kimberly of Oakland crashed four miles northeast of Oakland after takeoff on the Archie Kullbom farm.
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Council Bluffs
Lester Turner
Oakland
Wendell
Archie Kullbom
James Kimberly
Bidault Leads New French Government After Coalition
Paris June 24 France forms third post liberation coalition government under President Georges Bidault with eight MR P ministers seven communists and six socialists Bidault keeps foreign affairs and the cabinet includes Depreux as interior minister The communists accept wage ceilings and a conference on wages and prices Elections in October will let the people judge the new government’s performance
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Inese
Georges Bidault
France
Suzanne Borel Bidault
Bidault
Mme. Bidault
Vichy
Algiers
Suzy
National Council of Resistance
Quai D’orsay
International
Paris
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Charles DeGaulle
Interior
National Defense
William S Hart dies at 83 after long illness
William S Hart famed for Western roles died last night in Los Angeles after a lingering illness. His son William S Hart Jr age 24 acted as co guardian with George Frost, as hospital records list his age as 83 though press notes had 75.
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Los Angeles
William S. Hart
Wid West
Washington, D. C
Hart
William S. Hart, Jr
George Frost
Carson Lad Narrowly Escapes Drowning in Quarry
Clarence Rose, 14, of Carson Iowa, was rescued from a water filled rock quarry near Macedonia after falling from a board overhang. He was unconscious for over five hours and condition was listed as fairly good in a Council Bluffs hospital. Rescuers Wayne Carr 36 Des Moines and Calvin Bolton 18 assisted.
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Council Bluffs
Clarence Rose
Carson
Wayne Carr
Calvin Bolton
Des Moines
Macedonia
Malvern Doctor Dr Parsons Die After 50 Years Service
Dr I V Parsons 79 longtime Malvern Ia physician and former city health officer died yesterday at a son’s home in Omaha. He moved from Council Bluffs to Malvern in 1895 and served the city for decades before retiring last October. Funeral services set for Tuesday in Malvern.
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Omaha
I. VA. Parsons
Malvern
Council Blaffa
Reunions in Japan Welcome U S Dependents in Yokohama
In Yokohama on June 24 1947 a ship’s first U S dependents arrived with 163 wives 128 children and one mother. They were greeted by husbands and fathers racing to the gangplank as military police looked on.
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Yokohama
U. S
Japan
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