Measles Outbreak Reported in Cedar Falls Area
Cedar Falls reports thirty measles cases since last Thursday. Dubuque hospital births record five leap year babies by 7 p.m. yesterday. Des Moines group selects John Bemis as president of Central States Sirise Association with February 1948 meeting in Salina planned. Clinton police captain recovering after shell fragments injured hand lip and eye during pistol reload accident. Westover Air Force Base reports C-47 flight to 600 miles north of arctic circle to fetch Mrs. Hunt gravely ill.
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Shriners
Salina
Kas
John Bemis
Des Moines
Clinton
Cris Hansen
Westover Airforce Base
Mass
Robert V. Studer
Wesley
Air Transport Command
Arctic Circle
J. K. Hunt
Hudson Bay
US and world notes from AP dispatches
AP dispatches report US banks considering private loans to Spain and a Senate committee approving a displaced persons act for 100000 arrivals. Turkey receives about 100 light tanks as part of aid. The aviation policy board urges a strong US air force as preparations for future conflict begin. Iowa plans 10 million dollars in building projects and cites high buying power due to farm price gains since 1982. Four Cedar Rapids CEEs aid fellow bus riders after a crash en route to St. Paul. Governor Peterson calls for AG Johnson to resign over a tideland oil lobbying issue.
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U. S
Turkey
Army
Congressional Aviation Policy Board
United States
Nebraska
Peterson
W. R. Johnson
Congress
Pick-Sloan
Hunger strike threat by four detainees at Ellis Island
Four men held on Ellis Island for deportation hearings threaten a hunger strike unless released, as the justice department reports. The city council will hold its March meeting tonight at the city hall council chamber.
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Washington
Ellis Island
Justice Department
City Hall
Unclear Weather Outlook With Snow and Rain
Weather summary indicates mostly cloudy skies with light to moderate snow today and tonight, except in extreme southwest where sleet or freezing rain may occur before switching to rain tonight. Occasional rain expected across most of the state Tuesday with warmer conditions.
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Aleet
Thirteen Inches of Snow Ushers in March
March arrives with heavy snowfall across Iowa from Omaha to Iowa City with 13 inches in Atlantic and widespread accumulations. Snow caused travel disruption though trains ran on schedule. additional snow, rain and milder temps expected Tuesday amid rising rivers and flood threats.
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Atlantic
Prospect N Weat
Iowa
Spencer
Weather Bureau
New Mexico
Waterloo
Cedar River
Decorah
Charles City
Marshalltown
Iowa River
No. 14
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Iowa City
Monona
Harrison Counties
Little Sioux River
Monnoa- Harrison Ditch
Grain Laden Cecil G. Sellers Catches Fire in Indian Ocean
The U S Liberty ship Cecil G Sellers burst into flames in the Indian Ocean while en route with grain for France. Navy and merchant ships raced to the scene as the vessel issued radio silence and the 388 crew reportedly took to lifeboats.
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Sydney
Australia
U. S
Cecil G. Sellers
Indian Ocean
France
Civilization sparks deadly bar shootout in Manhattan
In a Manhattan bar early today, a bored sailor identified as Filipe Torres 30 opened fire after a patron fed nickels for the tune Civilization. He wounded Josephine Ostoloco 20 and bartender Nemesio Calsen 47, then fired at a seaman and fled with a hostage before police wounded him in a subway gun battle. A second man was possibly wounded as bullets sprayed the subway.
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New York
Manhattan
Josephine Ostoloco
Nemesio Calasen
Peirce
Filipe Torres
Torres
Finnish parties weigh Stalin pact invitation in Helsinki
Discussions began with the Finnish government on Prime Minister Stalin's proposal for a Finnish Russian treaty of friendship and mutual assistance. President Paasikivi is to be briefed on decisions of major parties, with a parliamentary submission expected.
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Helsinki
Stalin
Juho Paasikivi
Paasikivi
Moscow
Soviet Union
Finland
Russia
Peron Undergoes Appendix Operation in Buenos Aires
President Juan Peron has undergone an appendix operation in Buenos Aires. Officials say the condition is satisfactory and there is no immediate cause for concern.
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Buenos Aires
Juan Peron
Truman Seeks to Channel Dixie Revolt Against Wallace
The Truman administration presses a strategy to shift southern revolt toward Henry Wallace third party while minimizing civil rights splits. Senator McGrath warned a third party has as much place as a honeymoon. Connally split over anti lynch and anti poll tax laws, Taft attacked Truman as he campaigns in Ohio. Truman spoke at Key West on foreign and domestic issues but avoided discussing his own candidacy, citing 1948 politics.
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Washington
Truman
Henry Wallace
Senator McGrath
Rhode Island
Indianapolis
Connally
Texas
Wallace
Raleigh
N. C
Taft
Cleveland
Vandenberg
Senator Vandenberg
Michigan
Nebraska
Key West
Frs
Mme
Czechoslovakia
Finland
Palestine
Senate
Congress
Pepper
D-Fla
South
Virginia
William M. Tuck
Moderate quake rattles Los Angeles area again
An earthquake of moderate intensity woke residents across a broad southern California belt, strongest in the San Bernardino valley east of Los Angeles. It followed a February 19 quake and was the second in 12 days, rattling homes but causing no damage.
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Los Angeles
California
San Bernardino Valley
Two Iowa Traffic Deaths Raise 1948 Toll to 55
Two fatal accidents Sunday lift Iowa’s 1948 traffic death toll to 55. At Boone A N Peters, 80, a retired railroad dispatcher, was killed when his car collided with a Chicago and North Western train. In Johnston north of Des Moines Arthur Brack, 44, of Des Moines, was struck by a car while walking along the road.
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Associated Press
A. N. Peters
Boone
Chicago North Western
Johnston
Des Moines
Arthur Brack
Greek Naval Officers Admit Plot Against Fleet
More than 60 Greek naval officers and sailors were arrested on charges of saboteur plans against the Royal Greek navy. The detainees include active duty and dismissed personnel tied to a communist organization formed largely by sailors dismissed after a 1843 mutiny. Police say the group planned to damage ships and naval installations. In another report, government forces routed guerrillas from 16 villages near the Albanian border.
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Athens
Middle East
Greece
Gillett 85 Contractor Dies In Atlantic
W S Gillett 85 longtime Atlantic concrete contractor and fire department member died at his son Johns Fulton building home after years of poor health since a stroke. He was born Aug 4 1859 in Garnaville and moved to Atlantic as a youth. He worked at the Atlantic canning factory then in concrete work. Surviving children are Clarence Henry John and two daughters plus two sisters and eight grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at Taylor funeral home with interment in Atlantic Catholic cemetery.
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Atlantic Concrete
John
Fulton
Mr. Gillett
Garnaville
Emma Gillett
Atlantic
Ellen McNamara
Gillett
Atlantic Canning Factory
Clarence
Council Bluffs
Henry
Omaha
Zeno Lang
Ray Stevenson
Jack Gillett
Grover, Colo
Hillman Wright
Mabel Boyd
New Sharon
Deaf couple in stabbing over wanted child in Galesburg
Laura Inas Pittman, 20, was stabbed in the chest and back during a dispute with her deaf husband Jack Pittman, 22, who faces assault with intent to kill. Pittman is jailed in Knox County after Mrs Pittman wrote she wanted a child while he did not.
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Galesburg
Paul W. Holmes
Laura’ Inas Pittman
Jack
Holmes
Pittman
St. Mary’s Hospital
Knox County
Waterloo Best Business City
Waterloo led the nation in business activity based on bank debits in 1947 as reported by the Iowa development commission. Waterloo’s bank debits rose 35 percent from 1946 while the national average gain was 7.1 percent, showing debits as a reliable index of local business.
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Des Moines
Waterloo
Iowa Development Commission
Drake Queen Georgene Bristle Crowned World Student Service Fund Queen
Georgene Bristle of Perry, a Drake University senior, was crowned queen of the World Student Service Fund at Drake ceremonies Saturday.
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Des Moines
Georgene Bristle
Perry
Queen of the World Student Service Fund
Drake University
Sailor Granted Leave After Triplets Born
Seaman 2/c Seneca Bailey asked the personnel officer at the naval air station for five days off. He explained his wife had triplets, prompting Lt. L. D. Morgan to approve an extended leave of 15 days.
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Atlanta
Seneca Bailey
Naval Air Station
Here
L. D. Morgan
Morgan
Czechoslovak Elections May Be Delayed By Crisis
Prague reports say new cabinet ministers claim last week’s events gave communists control as the will of the people. Officials discuss potential postponement of elections due to crisis and rushed legislation while stressing continued Western trade talks and tolerance for reporters reporting the vote.
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Prague
Vaslav Kopecky
Klement Gottwald
Governmnt
Alois Nuemann
National Socialist
Kopecky
Antonin Gregor
Czechoslovakia
Brussels
Belgium
Blinded Veteran Receives New Home in Ford City
Glen Mohr, a 32 year old blinded by a land mine in France, was gifted a six room adapted home in Ford City Pennsylvania. The $15,000 house was funded by a drive led by the Ford City Veterans of Foreign Wars post with his wife and two children present at the ceremony.
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Ford City
Glen Mohr
France
Pennsylvania
Mohr
William
Cynthia
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Vandenberg urges all out aid for Europe recovery plan
Senator Vandenberg appeals to the Senate to back the European recovery program as vital to stave off economic chaos in western Europe. He warns against appeasement and says the plan offers a necessary stand against totalitarian threats while urging careful administration and a 52 month funding horizon.
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Washington
Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
Moscow
Michigan
Europe
Western
Vandschere
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Armed Holdup at Farmers Savings Bank injures Clerk
In Wever Iowa two men robbed Farmers Savings Bank at about 1:15 p.m. today taking roughly 4000 dollars. Flora Patton 22 a bank clerk was struck on the head by a bandit but not seriously hurt.
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