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Des Moines signs a contract to install 1,200 parking meters at a cost of 96000 dollars for a year long downtown trial.
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1947
Page
5
Elks Donate $10,000 to Atlantic Memorial Hospital Fund
Ora Moller executive of Atlantic B P O Elks Lodge 445 announced a $10,000 donation to the Atlantic Memorial hospital building fund. Votes at the lodge meeting last evening boosted the drive toward a $100,000 goal as campaign workers planned a fundraising dinner at Hotel Whitney that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ora. Moller
Atlantic B. P. O. Elks Lodge
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
The
Elks
Whitney
Ramadier Tax Bill Approved Amid Nationwide Strikes
Paris approves Premier Ramadier's sweeping tax bill by 302 votes to 241 with 59 abstentions. The plan to raise 186 billion francs targets bread milk and cigarettes, includes subsidies cuts and admin economies, sparking widespread strikes including 150,000 coal miners and a two hour Marseille port action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Paul Ramadier
French National Assembly
France
Marseille
Weather Outlook: Generally Fair Tonight to Wednesday
The forecast calls for generally fair weather tonight with increasing cloudiness by Wednesday. Temperatures show little overall change.
New Flood Threat To Stricken Des Moines Area
Des Moines area residents faced warnings of rising river levels as the Upper Des Moines flood crest moved downstream from Fort Dodge with a forecast of new rises toward Des Moines. Record readings and evacuation steps affected Lehigh and Van Meter, while Otumwa and other Des Moines river points awaited possible impacts amid sparse rain in nearby Iowa counties.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Weather Bureau
Fort Dodge
Raccoon
Van
Jefferson
Raccoon River
Boone
Fort
Lehigh
Orvis Okerlund
Main Street
M. L. Jones
Ledgen State Park
Thankful
Second Avenue Bridge
Ottumwa
Iowa
Dubuque
Iowa City
Moat Poins
Red Oak
Nishnabotna
Highway 48
Marion Edie
Emerson
Burlington Railroad
Omaha
Missouri
Nebraska
van Meter
Elkhorn
Norfolk
Ing
Neligh
Columbus
Neb
Midwest floods devastate corn and wheat crops
The Omaha report details severe midwest flooding ruining corn and wheat fields slated to curb prices and feed Europe. Replanting is largely impossible, with the late June flood flattening wheat and reducing future yields despite some soybean options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Midwest
Europe
Russia Carrying Away U S Built Ships
Washington reports Chairman Weichel cited the House Merchant Marine Committee on Soviet operatives taking U S built tankers from California ports. Six ships with Russian engines and flags, once U S government ships, are now under Amtorg Trading Corp. control. Export restrictions, lifted after V J day, may extend past June 30 as Congress considers an extension bill. Weichel plans to summon maritime commission and possibly state department officials for explanations.
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Washington
Weichel
R-Ohia
House
Merchant Marine Committee
Russia
U. S
California
Commerce Department
Canada
Congress
Amtorg Trading Corporation
United States
Eadh
Poland backs Marshall economic recovery plan
Polish Ambassador Jozef Winiewicz announced Poland is willing to join Secretary of State Marshall's proposal for a joint European recovery program with American aid. He spoke after meeting with Robert Lovett and becomes the first eastern European nation to express this willingness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Poland
Marshall
Jozef Winiewicz
Robert Lovett
Slavery Trial Opens in California Federal Court
In San Diego a federal trial begins over alleged involuntary servitude by Theodora Lawrence Jones, 57, kept by Alfred Wesley Ingalls, 64, and Elizabeth Ingalls, 62. The defendants dispute the charges, citing a long history from Washington to Coronado and a 1918 marriage linking to the Ingalls family. The case hinges on a 13th Amendment violation claim and the October move from Berkeley to Coronado to be held as a slave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Calif
Massachusetts
Theodora Lawrence
Dora” Jones
Alfred Wesley Ingalls
Lynn
California
U. S
Miss Jones
Berkeley
Coronado
Fear Protest Over New Law Grows Into National Strike
A strike at Union Stockyards in Chicago led by Unit ed Packinghouse Workers Local 185 (CIO) gained momentum with 425 members walking off. Livestock handlers refused to process cattle from yards, halting operations and prompting producers to ship no more stock. Union claims a pay raise offer and holiday pay were rejected. the strike began at 6 a.m. after a late-night rejection. Charles F. H. Wilson of General Motors urged Congress to protect production from monopolistic strikes, endorsing Taft-Hartley to prevent national paralysis.
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Union Stockyards Company
Omaha Palmstad Planta
Harry 8
Coffee
Congress
United Packinghouse Workers Local 185
CIO
Washington
Charles FE. Wilson
General Motors
Wilson
Joint Congressional Committee On the Economic Report
Standard Oil imposes summer gasoline allocation plan
In 12 of 15 states, Standard Oil of Indiana declares an immediate summer allocation to distribute supplies equitably among retailers. Covered states include Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota and Wisconsin. Wyoming Colorado and Montana are excluded. The allocation equals roughly last year's deliveries for June through August.
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Chicago
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nebraska
North Dakota
Oklahoma
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Colorado
Montana
Mrs. Grayce Raft Seeks 18260 From George Raft
Los Angeles reports that Mrs. Grayce Raft estranged wife of actor George Raft filed in superior court claiming 18 260 dollars due under a property settlement and seeking an accounting of his income in a suit filed yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Grayce Raft
George Raft
Taft Hartley veto sparks third party talk in Congress
Washington reports on the Taft Hartley act after President Truman veto override. Senator Pepper predicts a rising third party in response, while Byrd and Aiken weigh GOP labor vote losses. Ives cautions union members may decide after observing operation of the law.
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Senate
Glen H. Taylor
D-Ida
Taylor
Washington
Truman
Pepper
D-Fra
Henry Wallace
Congress
Byrd
D-Va
Ae Gop
al Byrd
House
Theer
Aiken
R-Vt
Ives
R-N. Y
Foremen ask UAW CIO to respect picket lines at Ford
The Foreman's Association of America asks the CIO United Auto Workers and Ford to honor picket lines, potentially idling about 85,000 production workers. FAA also seeks support against strikes at Gar Wood Industries in Detroit and Midland Steel Products in Delveland. FAA President Robert Keys says Ford will keep plants operating post Taft Hartley, despite losses, after a 35 day strike of 3,800 foremen failed to close plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
S Association of America Today
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
Uawcio
FAA
Gar Wood Industries, Inc
Midland Steel Products Co
Delveland
Robert H. Keys
Walter P. Reuther
Ford
Keys
Discover Body of Carroll Farmhand William Barnholt
The badly decomposed body of William Barnholt a 55 year old farm worker was found at his home two miles east and a mile south of Templeton. Coroner R J Lawrence Cochran ruled death from natural causes after an on site inquest. Neighbors William Hughes and Earl Miller discovered the body and a purse containing 92 dollars was found at the home.
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Carroll
William Barnholt
Templeton
R. J. Lawrence Cochran
Barnholt
William, Hughes
Earl Miller
Soft coal idle fears threaten national mine output
Washington reports at least half of the nation’s bituminous fines idle as a 10 day stoppage nears July 7. Government mine officials acknowledge widespre ad idleness with limited reports. In Omaha Union Stockyards workers strike without warning amid labor bill dispute. New York CIO Industrial Union of Shipbuilders cites 4,000 members active, plus 40,000 Bethlehem shipyard workers absent on the East Coast.
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Washington
Viesi
Ne Nts
Medes Seace
Mde Sasarumen
Navy
N. H. Co Coal Mines
Collisson
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Ocrder
Omaha
Neb
Harry B. Coffee
Union
Congress
New York
CIO Industrial Union of — and
Kearney
N. J
Bethlehem Shipyard
Truman Deliberates Taft Hartley With NLRB
President Truman summoned National Labor Relations Board members to discuss administering the Taft Hartley act. NLRB Chairman Paul M. Heriko and members John M. Houston and James J. Reynolds Jr. faced expanded duties under the law. G P Van Arkel resigned as general counsel who had opposed the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Charles G. Roas
Lee
Paul M. Herfiog
NLRB
John M. Houston
James J. Reynolds
Senate
White House
G P. van Arkel
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Clara M. Wallace
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Grand Commandery of Jews
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Robert Daugherty
Rock Island
Benton County
Daugherty
Idf
John Tiedemann
Donahue
Scott County
Mra
Tiedemann
Cambridge
Miller
Oxford
Alma
Republican River
Republican Bridge
Harlan County
Kansas City
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Armyngineer
Betwen Rule
St. Louis
Col. Potter
St. Joseph
Napoleon
Republican
Little Blue
Senator
U.S
Theodora Jones
Thad
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