House Approves Hiring 1560 Extra Tax Collectors
Washington reports House appropriations committee approves funds to hire 1,560 enforcement workers amid debate on adding 7,000 staff. The panel also backs postal rate hikes and approves large treasury and narcotics budgets, with overall direct appropriations set for the next fiscal year.
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Attempt to Revoke Iowa Attorney License in Embezzlement Case
District Judge G K Thompson signs order to start proceedings to revoke Walter R Waterbaugh a Cedar Rapids lawyer 62 free on 2000 bond amid embezzlement allegations. The $900 missing from an auto injury settlement is alleged.
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Weather Forecast Highlights Cloudiness and Light Snow
The forecast calls for increasing cloudiness with light snow southwest tonight. Wednesday conditions shift to light rain or snow along the west and extreme southern areas.
Iowa Briefs: Mt. Pleasant Fatal Collision and Armstrong TV
Mt. Pleasant 76 year old Alvin Trueblood died yesterday when his car was struck by a Burlington train at the town's east edge. Estherville: Nels Hansen's Armstrong hotel installed Emmet county's first television set, receiving KSTP-TV from Minneapolis with good reception.
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Des Moines Man Sees Train Strike Truck
Des Moines resident George Bear, 61, escaped with only minor injuries after a Rock Island passenger train struck his truck yesterday. The vehicle overturned as the train moved slowly through the crossing.
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Omaha child with severe burns leaves hospital
Five year old Charlotte Harrill from a farm near Carson Iowa who suffered third degree burns on half her body four months ago has been dismissed from Children's Hospital. She underwent 17 operations and 30 blood transfusions. Council Bluffs Mardi Gras king Juel and queen Pecerson crowned.
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Chamber of Commerce drive nears goal in 1949 effort
The Chamber of Commerce drive reached the 7900 mark toward a 12500 budget for 1949 activities. Enrollment stands at 192 members with many new supporters including Maxanne Photographic Studio Atlantic Hotel Coffee Shop Atlantic Cafe Lowary Radio Service Gamble Stores Montgomery Ward & Co Atlantic Dental Laboratory Harold V. Taylor and others.
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German Shipbuilding Plan Faces Wartime Restrictions Debate
Washington agencies clash over Gen Lucius D Clay proposal allowing western Germans to build and operate ocean going ships. The plan strains Potsdam limits, involves Britain and France, and risks U S Soviet Cold War tensions. Officials and ship interests warn against reviving Germany as a world shipper while the Navy seeks policy outline before any decision.
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64 Injured as Two Trolley Cars Crash in Downtown
Sixty four passengers were injured in a head on trolley crash in downtown Los Angeles last night. Officials said one trolley missed a switch causing the collision. Injuries ranged from minor cuts and bruises to back and leg strains with no serious harm reported.
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Joe E Brown Confined With Grippe Delays Philadelphia Show
Philadelphia reports stage and screen comedian Joe E Brown, 58, is confined to his hotel suite with the grippe. His illness yesterday postponed the opening of Harvey in Philadelphia, which had been set to premiere last night.
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Communist Leaders in Four Nations Rally for Russia
Across France Italy Germany and Britain Communist leaders vow to assist a Soviet invasion and welcome a war against the United States, signaling a tougher stance in the cold war. Harry Pollitt of Britain calls for sabotaging any imperialist war and organizing councils of action.
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Air force seeks missing C-47 over west Texas
The air force searched sparsely settled west Texas for a missing C-47 believed to carry nine aboard. The plane departed Biggs Field El Paso yesterday morning and was due to land at Kelly air base at 10 06 a m.
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Louis resigns title. Walcott and Charles set decisive bout
Joe Louis formally resigns as heavyweight champion and authorizes a 15 round Chicago bout in June to crown a new champion between Exford Charles and Jersey Joe Walcott. Louis and partners form the International Boxing Club to stage the match while promising potential defenses against Savold or Lesnevich within 90 days after the June bout.
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Madrid Farmer Admits HoldUp
Detective Chief Paul Castelline said Ralph Michael 28 Madrid farmer admitted a $25 filling station holdup at Ames and an attempted similar holdup in Des Moines after a chase of three miles by car and two blocks on foot. He surrendered when he ran into a shotgun patrolman.
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Bulgarian Priests Blame Superior as Treason Trial Opens
In Sofia 15 Bulgarian Protestant churchmen face treason charges. Mitko Dimitrov accuses Nikola Naumov of decrying Stalin from the pulpit while conceding guilt. Naumov is among four major defendants targeted for accountability by others' confessions. The trial’s first phase ends after 13 defendants testify, all pleading guilty and seeking rehabilitation units under a communist led regime.
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Red Cross Campaign Kickoff With Ike In Chicago
The 1949 American Red Cross drive opened in Chicago with General Dwight D. Eisenhower and President Truman participating in a national kickoff. The campaign seeks $60,000,000 and was announced during a nationwide radio broadcast from Washington.
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Five candidates file for city election full slate
The filing deadline for the city election is March 12. Four candidates entered council races and park commissioner R. J. Camblin seeks re election. Others filing include Paul Pross James G Whitney Mayor Bob Wilburn Burton Carl and R W Cockshoot. District ward filings list Rodney Jensen Harry Richardson and Herbert D Rhoades. Jensen and Richardson are WWII veterans and hold local posts.
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Nine Dead In Kenyon Dorm Fire At Gambier Ohio
The Kenyon College dormitory Old Kenyon Hall burned Sunday sending about 100 students from beds. Nine are dead including Jack McDonald 18 of Hamilton Ohio with six others missing. President Chalmers ordered the walls torn down to reach possible victims and fire damage is placed at about 1 million dollars.
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Mardi Gras Brings Hundreds of Disguised Revelers To New Orleans
The city pauses from daily work as Mardi Gras prompts thousands to join in public masking and parade crowds. Citizens and visitors, about 100000, take to the streets in a wide array of costumes from acrobats to pirates and mythic figures. The carnival season runs from Jan 6 with balls to today Shrove Tuesday before Lent.
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