Iowa Briefs From The Associated Press
FALL KILLS CHILD Four year old Ronald Kendrick son of Mr and Mrs Chester Kendrick of New Market died en route to Clarinda hospital after falling from a horse. EDITORS ORGANIZE Iowa City An organization named Industrial Editors of Iowa was formed and L O Cheever of Itumwa was named temporary chairman. CAR TRACK COLLISION Iowa City William Kisick 21 of West Branch died and a companion injured in a car track collision in West Liberty. E O CONVENTION Council Bluffs More than 300 delegates registered for a three day P E O sisterhood convention. Dr Marjorie Mitchell and Mrs Dorothy L Weller spoke to delegates.
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Clarinda
Ronald Kendrick
Chester Kendrick
New Market
Clarinda Hospital
Iowa City
Industrial Editors of
Iowa
Eaterday
L. O. Cheever
Itumwa
Iowa Cit
William Dean Kissick
Weat Branch
Weat Liberty
Arthur D. Myer
Portland
Ore
University of Iowa Hospital
E. O
Brooks Contracts Scarlet Fever in Polk County Jail
Orwin Brooks, 40, shot in the foot during arrest resistance, waived preliminary to the grand jury. He is in a hospital contagious ward with scarlet fever contracted in the county jail and has a bullet punctured toe. Charged with larceny from a building, he pleads innocent.
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Des Moines
Orwin Brooks
Brooks
Walter J. Massey
Siamese King Ananda Mahidol Assassination Report
A board of 18 physicians privately studied medical evidence and supports the theory that King Ananda Mahidol of Siam was assassinated. The 20 year old monarch was found dead in his Bangkok apartment on June 9 after an accidental self-inflicted gunshot was reported to Parliament.
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Bangkok
Siam
Ananda Mahidol
Recommendations for objectors aid at Congregational council
Grinnell Iowa June 26 The general council of Congregational Christian Churches in America urged educational aid for conscientious objectors and a general amnesty for those in federal prisons. The closing eight day biennial meeting also called for pardon for objectors still facing disabilities after release.
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Grinnell
General Council of Congregational Christian Churches In America
Hope says wheat sale order to be rescinded soon
Rep Hope predicts the agriculture department will rescind within a few days the requirement that farmers sell half of wheat stored in elevators within 15 days of delivery. He says the order is not working and not securing the wheat needed for overseas relief feeding.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Hope
Babe Zaharias Dominates Western Open Round Two Action
In Des Moines on June 26, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, defending champion from Denver, crushed 18-year-old Jean Hutto of Kansas City 6 and 5 on Wakonda’s hilly course. Co-medalist Louise Suggs and Phyllis Otto also advanced, while Patty Berg, Betty Hicks, and Mrs. Staats posted wins in tight matches.
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Des Moines
Wakonda Club
Babe Dirrikson Zaharias
Denver
Colo
Jean Hutto
Kansas City
Louise Suggs
Lithia Springs
Lucille Robinson Mann
Suggs
Towa
Dormie
Mrs. Mann
Phyllis Otto
Atlantic
Kathleen Carey
Cedar Rapids
Miss Otto
Phyllis
Miss Carey
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Betty Hicks
Chicago
Iowa
H. R. Staats
Davenport
Betty Jane Haemerle
Normandy
Budapest Places 100-Trillion Pengo Note in Circulation
In Budapest on June 26 a 100 trillion Pengo bank note enters circulation amid inflation. The note’s prewar value was 20 trillion American dollars, but its current worth stands at about 20 cents, enough for a coffee and pastry in a city cafe.
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Budapest
U.S. and Russian Plans Debated at UN Committee
U.S. and Soviet proposals for world atomic control face a veto dispute as the UN atomic energy commission seeks to mesh plans. An international working committee will draft a joint program while sidestepping veto issues until other differences are reconciled.
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New York
United Nations
United States
Russia
U.N. Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Poland
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Security Council
Evatt
Britain
Alexander Cadogan
Oscar Lange
Atomic Commission
Bernard M. Baruch
Captain Receives Suspended Sentence in Murder Trial
Army Captain Archie Miller of Bellevue Texas pleaded guilty to first degree manslaughter in the December 28 shooting of Captain Eugene Dale, a Bataan survivor. He received a suspended sentence and probation could range from one to twenty years. an army detainer awaited Miller at Governor's Island.
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New York
Archie Miller
Bellevue
Tex
Eugene Dale
General Sessions
John A. Mullen
Miller
Governor's Island
Dale
Bataan
Powers
Jonesboro
N. c
Confesses to be Degnan Slayer in Chicago case
Richard R. Thomas a 42 year old painter held as the Degnan slayer in Chicago reportedly wrote a note in his Phoenix jail cell saying he cannot remember every detail and handed it to the night jailer Sheriff E W Roach stated the unsigned message was written on wrapping paper.
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Pheonix
Ariz
Richard R. Thomas
Susanne Degnan
Chicago
E. W. Roach
Thomas
Roach
Staten Island Ferry Terminal Fire Tragedy Details
Searchers probed the smoldering Staten Island St George terminal to determine further victims after a $2,000,000 fire killed three people and injured about forty. The dead were Mrs. Cornelius White a 45 year old ticket agent, Harold Clendening a 59 year old firefighter, and Jeremiah Cronin a 46 year old city worker. Officials believe a spark from an electric train may have ignited paints oils and grease in a basement shop as the terminal housing thousands of commuters burned swiftly, just after a ferryboat departed.
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New York
St. George Staten Island
Cornelius White
Harold Clendening
Manhattan
Island
City
Boroughs
Romanian Terrorist Group Aims at Soviet War Watch
A Bucharest broadcast recorded in London by Reuters said a Romanian terrorist organization was recently found with plans to oppose the Soviet Union if Britain and the United States go to war with Russia.
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London
Bucharest
Reuters
Romania
Soviet Union
Russia
Medford Fire Destroys Fruit and Lumber Plants
A major blaze in Medford Oregon destroyed fruit packing and lumber plants valued at over 1 million dollars in a three block industrial district. Fire Chief Roy Elliott cited the American Fruit Growers plant the Crystal Springs Packing and Reter Packing among those lost, with hotels and residences evacuated as flames spread aided by wind. The origin was traced to the American plant but the exact cause remained undetermined.
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Medford
Ore
Oregon
Roy Elliott
American Fruit Growers
Crystal Springs Packing Company
Reter Packing
Feed and Seed Company
Eliott
Oregon Forestry
Navy
Camp White
Elliott
Masons Complete Garage for J Levine at Second and Walnut
Masons finished the garage for J Levine at Second and Walnut streets by Allied Engineering of Atlantic. Concrete floors are being poured and the building should be ready for occupancy by August 1 following a celebratory dinner for the crew.
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Masons
J. Levine
Second and
Walnut Streets
Allied Engineering Company of
Atlantic
Levine
Draft pay hike tie to release rule holds up pay raise
Washington reports more than 60 million dollars in pay boosts for U S armed forces tied to a draft extension compromise. Generals to privates would gain monthly amounts from 25 to 166 67 dollars with the start date set after presidential approval. The bill bars inductions under 19 and lets eligible service members seek release after August 1 with a separate October 1 start for those with 18 consecutive months service.
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Washington
White House
Army
Navy
Marines
Train Truck Crash Kills Nine in Texas
Nine people were killed and twelve seriously injured when a passenger train struck a truckload of Latin American agricultural workers three miles west of Harlingen Texas. The wreckage stretched about 150 feet along the right of way and the injured lay on the rails for half an hour before ambulances arrived.
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Harlingen
Tex
Here
Mercedes
Marvin Gordon
State Highway Patrol
Espionage Case Opens Against Soviet Agent
Seattle witnesses the start of a federal espionage trial against Naval Lt Nicolai G Redin a Soviet purchasing commission representative. He faces charges of inducing a shipyard engineer to provide plans for a new destroyer tender and its equipment. The seven man five woman jury hears the case in Seattle federal court overlooking the harbor.
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Seattle
United States
Naval
Nicolai G. Redin
Soviet Purchasing Commission
Henry Johansen Dies in Oslo Hospital
Henry Johansen, husband of soprano Kirsten Flagstad, died Tuesday in a state hospital, reportedly of pulmonary cancer. The chief of criminal police said Johansen remained under arrest on charges of economic collaboration with the Nazis during the occupation of Norway.
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Oslo
Norway
Henry Johansen
Kirsten Flagstad
Johansen
Army Improves Social Status of Enlisted Men
Washington reports the War Department approved most of the Doolittle board’s recommendations to reduce caste in the army. Reforms include ending salutes on most days, allowing enlisted men to accumulate unused leave, training leaders, and clarifying officer privileges while preserving discipline.
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ARMY
Washington
Patterson
Doolittle
War Department
Doolittle Board
Iowa and South Dakota form fighter air force units
Des Moines June 26 Brig Gen Charles H Grahl announced the creation of an Iowa South Dakota National Guard fighter air force. Col Frederick Gray Jr 34 of Abilene Texas named group instructor. About 1367 Iowans will train to deploy 102 planes in 12 days with squadrons in Des Moines Sioux City and Sioux Falls each fielding 34 planes. Governor Blue had earlier named Ray Fountain commanding general of the Iowa Nebraska guard division.
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Des Moines
Iowa-South Dakota National Guard
Frederick Gray, Jr
Charles H. Grahl
Iowa
Abilene
Tex
OPA Extension Bill Faces House Vote and White House
Washington reports indicate the House rejected returning the OPA extension to committee 221 to 180 undermining hopes for a quick compromise. Senate leaders consider a conference to push a broader measure while Bowles and Porter urge a veto if needed. Speaker Rayburn warned no OPA without compromise and anticipated Truman would sign if sent to the White House.
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Washington
Republican Neue
House
Wherry
Nebraska
Lucas
D-N
Senate
OPA
Bowles
Chester Bowles
Paul Porter
Truman
Congress
Tts
Rayburn
Dtex
Mr. Truman
White House
Five Injured as Monona Building Collapses
Five people were injured when a two story building housing the Monona post office collapsed after rain undermined a basement wall. Frances Sudol, 19, suffered severe scalding. Joyce Rathbun, 6, was saved from under a swinging refrigerator door. Joann Rathbun, 10, and others sustained bruises and shock.
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Monona
Frances Sudol
Joyce Rathbun
Joyce
Joann
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