Iowa Women’s Auxiliary elects Clara Hollnagel president
Mrs Clara Hollnagel of Waterloo was elected president of the Iowa Women’s Auxiliary of the United Spanish War Veterans as the group closed its convention in Des Moines. A $120000 construction project to replace the Des Moines Golf Country Club clubhouse, burned down recently, was approved by the Civilian Production Administration.
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Des Moines
Clara Hollnagel
Waterloo
Iowa Women's Auxiliary of the United Spanish War Veterans
Des Moines Golf Country Club
Civilian Production Administration
Rev John Neuen elected moderator of Iowa Synod
The Rev John Neuen achwander of Creston elected moderator of the 65th synod of the Iowa Presbyterian church now in session in Ames He succeeds the Rev Lewis Hauter of Oelwein. Senator B B Hickenlooper was aboard an Army transport for Honolulu carrying observers for the Bikini atom bomb test.
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San Francisco
B. B. Hickenlooper
Army Transport Command
Honolulu
Railway dispute over Lyons to Anamosa branch abandonment
Washington attorney James A. Lucas and others urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to reconsider its ruling denying the Chicago and Northwestern railway authority permission to abandon its 68 mile Lyons to Anamosa Iowa branch. The commission rejected the abandonment request on December 3 1945.
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Washington
James A. Lucas
Towa Commerce Counsel
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago and Northwestern Railway Authority
Lyons
Anamosa
Towa
Iowa Methodists Give World Service Funds Across Des Moines Area
A total of 188679 was contributed by Iowa Methodists to the denomination's world service fund for the year ending May 31. Bishop Charles W. Brashares reported gains over last year as three Des Moines area annual conferences increased their donations.
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Des Moines
Iowa
World Service Fund
Charles W. Brashares
World Service
Five Collins Sisters Enroll in St Ambrose Summer Session
The Davenport sisters joined five women from the Domini can order to attend the summer school session at St Ambrose College starting Monday June 24. They are siblings and nuns from Penfield Minnesota, children of Mr and Mrs Michael Collins.
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Davenport
St. Ambrose College
Springfield
Michael Collins
Penfield
Orville Eblen Low Bidder On Cass Road Jobs
Orville Eblen a Atlantic contractor was the low bidder on Cass county grading jobs at Ames letting. Council Bluffs Construction Co was low bidder on culvert work. Bids await approval by the bureau of public roads before contracts are signed.
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Orville Eblen
Atlantic
Cass County
Ames
Council Bluffs Construction Company
Bureau of Public Roads
T. E. Martin
Eblen
West Sixth Street
U. S. Highway 6
Montgomery County
Griswold
Pottawattamie County
Concrete Materials Company of
Cedar Rapida
U. S. 71
Norway Center
Weather Outlook: Clearing Tonight and Warmer West
The forecast calls for clearing skies and cooler air tonight. Wednesday should be fair with warmer temperatures in the west and cooler readings in the extreme east portion.
OPA Bill Seen Workable After Night Conference Pact
Washington D C June 25 the OPA bill headed to Congress from a night shift conference session retaining price ceilings on meat butter cigarettes and gasoline while trimming agency powers for a one year duration. The plan creates a three member decontrol board to be named by the president and confirms farm product control with agricultural oversight. Subside limits set to one billion dollars with subsidies ending next April.
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Washington
Spence
D-Ky
House Banking Committee
Truman
Senate-House
OPA
House
Senate
Chester Bowles
Capitol
Senator Barkley
Price Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
U S Cruiser Fargo Heads to Trieste
The navy reported the 10 000 ton U S cruiser Fargo is en route to Trieste from Malta with no reason given. The move comes as British naval strength in the Adriatic near Trieste is noted and two U S destroyers have arrived.
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Washington
U. S
Fargo
Trieste
Malta
Adriatic
Fear U N Atomic Deadlock And New Arms Race
Washington lawmakers warned a U N deadlock over atomic energy control could trigger a global arms race. Senator Russell dismissed Pravda claims and defended the Baruch plan, while Senators Johnson and Russell warned that Russian veto demands could force an inevitable atomic bomb arms race.
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Washington
United Nations
Congress
Russia
Pravda
Senate
Special Atomic Committee
Russell
D-Ga
Georgia
U.N
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Johnson
New Mystery Bomb to Be Tested at Bikini
Aboard the U S S Appalachian en route to Bikini on June 25 the army will expose its new 4000 pound mystery bomb to the atomic blast on July 1 to test whether the charge detonates and whether atomic heat and shock would bend or deform the casing if the fuse fails.
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U.S.S. Appalachian
Bikini
Nine Alarm Fire Levels Staten Island Ferry House
A nine alarm blaze at the St. George ferry house in Staten Island this afternoon killed one woman and injured two others, police headquarters reported. The fire sent crews scrambling to control flames and prevent spread to nearby structures.
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New York
St. George
Staten Island
State highway board rejects bid for Council Bluffs pave
The Iowa state highway commission rejected as too high the lone bid for repaving West Broad Way in Council Bluffs. Chairman Ray Emerson said the project will be readvertised and new bids sought in about four weeks. The bid of 412,457 from E A Wicham and Co. exceeded the 332,179 state estimate for 2,286 miles of work from 15th Street to the Ak-Sar-Ben approach.
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Ames
State Highway Commission
West Broadway
Council Bluffs
Commission
Ray Emerson
15Th Street
E. A. Wicham and Co
Emerson
Rock Island Plans Two Streamliners to Boost Midwest Mail Run
Rock Island officials pledged a new schedule for mail and express service to cover Atlantic and its territory and add two streamliners by next fall. Trains 14 and 23 will stop at stations served by 5 and 22 when passengers are waiting, improving deliveries for towns along the Chicago to Omaha route.
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Chamber of Commerce
Rock Island
Atlantic
Ihs
Chicago
Omaha
R. H. Spicer
B. W. Sankey
F. R. Weston
John H. Martin
Don Blake
Des Moines
Gas Pocket Blamed for Baker Hotel Blast
Dallas fire marshal assigns blame to a gas pocket for last Friday's Baker hotel explosion that killed eight people and injured 38. The incident prompted investigation and safety reviews across the city.
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Dallas
Tex
B. C. Hilton
Baker Hotel
Zaharias Opens Women’s Western Open Title Defense
Babe Didrickson Zaharias of Denver opened her title defense with a 5 and 4 victory over Mrs. George Wilcox of Miami as the Women’s Western Open began in Des Moines. The event featured several first round results including Louise Suggs’s 5 and 4 win over Dot Kielty and Phyllis Otto’s 7 and 6 triumph over Mary Agnes Wall.
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Des Moines
Babe Didrickson Zaharias
Denver
Colo
George Wilcox
Miami
Fla
Wakonda Club
Wilcox
Phyllis Otto
Atlantic
Omaha
Neb
Field Club
Mary Agnes Wall
Menominee
Mich
Miss Otto
Zaharias
Lucille Robinson Mann
George Gregory
Waterloo
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Miss Suggs
Ann Bruno
Chicago
Kathleen Carey
Cedar Rapids
Marilyn Herpel
St. Louis
Betty Jameson
San Antonio
Ann Casey
Mason City
Twenty two plead guilty in Detroit auto price conspiracy
Twenty two of 31 defendants pleaded guilty to a three million dollar conspiracy to buy and sell used cars above ceiling prices. Seven others pled not guilty and trial began. two defendants’ actions were held in abeyance. Bonds were set at $1000. OPA said cars moved from Detroit lots to Murray Kentucky and Cairo Illinois and were resold above ceiling prices in southern and southwest states.
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Detroit
Arthur Koscinski
OPA
Murray
Cairo
Seven Spokane Ball Players Die In Bus Plunge
The Spokane international league baseball club lost seven players when their chartered bus plunged off Snoqualmie Pass near the Cascade mountains. Driver Glen Berge and several others were severely injured. four unidentified victims lay at the wreck site.
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Spokane
Seattle
Western International League Baseball Club
Snoqualmie Pass
Cascade Mountains
Vic Picetti
San Francisco
Oakland
Pacific Coast
George C. Risk
Hillsboro
Ore
Frederick T. Martinez
San Diego
del Cole
Wenatchee
Wash
Bob Kinnaman
Washington State College
Brooklyn
Bob James
Tempe
Ariz
Bob Patterson
Glen Berge
Christ Hartje
George Lyden
Tensed
Idaho
Levi McCormack
Portland
Richard Powers
Calif
Edwin Konopka
Moscow
University of Idaho
Benjamin Garaghty
Livingston
N. J
Sacramento
Indianapolis
Peter Barisoff
Los Angeles
Darwin
Gus) Hallbourg
Boston
Hallbourg
Ellensburg
Ask Government Seizure Of Topeka Morrell Plant
In Topeka Kansas on June 25 193? local 124 United Packinghouse Workers CIO urged the government to seize the John Morrell and Co plant after a shutdown due to livestock shortages. Union president Ernest Kunzater said they want to work and back government takeover, noting 1000 workers were involuntarily idled while managers anticipated workers seeking wheat field jobs.
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Topeka
Kas
United Packinghouse Workers
CIO
John Morrell and Co
Ernest Kunatzer
OPA
R. M. Owthwaite
Kansas Wheat Fields
House shelves bill on business census of marriages
The House voted 167 to 161 to shelve a business census bill that would allow the government to collect up-to-date figures on marriages and divorces. The measure aimed to gather new data for economic planning.
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Washington
House
Assassins Shoot Ragen. Racing News Publisher Severely Wounded
Chicago June 26 The remnants of the Capone gang hunted today as police sought the shooters who fired into the auto of James M Ragen racing news publisher seriously wounding him The attackers hid in a tarpaulin covered truck and exchanged fire with Ragen’s bodyguards before fleeing south on State street. Ragen and his guards were rushed to Michael Reese hospital where he was conscious and in serious condition with shotgun wounds to the right shoulder and arm. Three policemen guarded the wounded publisher as authorities pursued the gunmen in a bold city hit linked to hoodlums trying to muscle into his racing news business.
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Chicago
Capone
James M. Ragen
Ragen
State Street
Walter Pelletier
Marty Walsh
Pelletier
Walsh
Continental Press
OPA approves beer price hike for bottles
The Office of Price Administration authorized a one cent increase per bottle of beer, equating to about 24 cents per case of 12 ounce bottles, contingent on dealer availability. Draught beer prices remain unchanged as the per glass rise is considered too small.
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Washington
OPA
Draft extension wins 259-110 in House vote
The House approved a compromise bill extending the draft law to March 31 next year. Iowa Republicans Cunningham and Hoeven voted yes, while Dolliver Gwynne Jensen Martin and Talle voted no. Le Compte was not recorded.
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Washington
Iowa
House
Sunningham
Hoeven
Dolliver
Gwynne
Jensen
Martin
Talle
le Compte
House backs draft compromise in 269 to 110 vote
The compromise draft bill clears the House with 269 yeas to 110 nays, allowing induction of non fathers aged 19 to 44 for up to 18 months while banning 19 year olds and 18 year olds from immediate draft in a Senate draft dispute. Secretary Patterson notes no July August calls.
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House
Senate
War Department
Army
Rep
Short
R-Mo
Thomason
D-Tex
Patterson
Senate-House
Plane Crash Victim Lester Turner Dies in Council Bluffs
Lester Turner age 41 of Council Bluffs died in a local hospital from injuries from a plane crash near Oakland, Ta. The crash Saturday night left Turner with skull and back injuries. His brother Wendell Turner of Oakland piloted the plane and survived with minor injuries. The accident occurred at the Archie Kullbom farm four miles northeast of Oakland after takeoff.
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Council Bluffs
Lester Turner
Counsil Bluffs
Oakland
Wendell
Archie Kullbom
U S Soldiers Attack German Civilians Reported
Frankfurt Germany June 25 German police report three American paratroopers stabbed and beat a German father and mother after they refused a midnight rendezvous with their daughter. Military police said the soldiers fled the Frankfurt home of Bernhard Calow when a patrol arrived.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Bernhard Calow
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Morrell
W. H. P. Blandy
Navy
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Pacific Atoll
Hunt
Assassin OF Ragen
Racing News
South State Street
39Th Street
Pershing Road
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