Western Europe defense plans test U S support options
Washington reports that Europe must craft its own defense strategy against Russia as Western nations plan to meet in London. Congress may be asked to authorize either a temporary lend lease or a UN led Western European defense system with U S leadership.
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Washington
Russia
Western
Europe
United States
London
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Italy
State Marshall
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Congress
United Nations
Assassination Attempt Shocks Athens Amid Martial Law
An attempted assassination of Justice Minister Christos Ladas during May Day events left a police officer dead and Ladas gravely wounded. The attacker, a 22 year old factory worker, was said to be acting under orders from a communist execution squad as Greece declared martial law in response.
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Athene
Athens
Themiste Kles Sephoulis
Christos Ladas
Pleice
Ladas
WER WEDS HIS WIFE S BEST FRIEND
An 85 year old man marries the wife’s best friend, Gladys Havarding, one month after his spouse died, fulfilling a promise made on her death bed. The couple says the marriage brings happiness and was urged by the deceased wife. Also: Mrs. Niels P. Pedersen visits Clear Lake for arthritis treatment.
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Pittsburgh
Martin Goff
Gladys Havarding
Goff
Gladys
Clear Lake
Niels P. Pedersen
Hasel Street
Weather outlook: cooling and clearing across state
The forecast indicates decreasing cloudiness tonight and partial sunshine Sunday. Cooler conditions will affect the extreme northwest tonight and extreme south Sunday.
Local Musicians Sweep State Contest With Strong Ratings
Atlantic high school musicians earned sixteen No 1 ratings and twenty No 2 at Creston state contest. Director Lester Rumbaugh led vocalists to three superior and eight No 2. Donna Jo Huckenberry topped piano golf with a superior while Beverly Beadle and Mary Dorothy Raine earned two ratings each. K K Hennessy’s instrumental group collected twelve No 1s and ten No 2s. Superior awards went to trombone quartet Hansen Cambridge Sturdevant Eckles Trumpet quartet Cook Iftner Shepperd Trumpet trio Cook Iftner Shepperd mixed clarinet quartet Gunderman Graham Nellie Green Mary Moore flute quartet Rains Christensen Emmert Meyers high school concert band and Jeanne Hardie girls low voice. Two ratings were earned by Sally Blake girls high voice brass sextet boys glee club mixed choir orchestra French horn quartet girl sextet and girls trio led by Jeanene Boyer Williams and Darlene Davie Edna Kelley earned a 3 rating in string bass solo.
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Atlantic High School
Creston
Lester Rumbaugh
Donna Jo Huckenberry
Beverly Beadle
Mary Dorothy Raine
K. K. Hennessy
Frits Hansen
Ed Cambridge
Frank Sturdevant
Duane Eckles
Dick Cook
Marshall Iftner
Phillip Shepperd
Dick McCauley
Cook
Iftner
Shepperd
Marianne Gunderman
Mary Graham
Nellie Green
Mary Moore
Mary Dorothy Rains
Shirley Christensen
Margaret Emmert
Marilyn Meyers
Jeanne Hardie
Sally Blake
Jeanene Boyer
JoAnn [Williams
Darlene Davie
Edna Kelley
Planting Festival Set for Wednesday in Atlantic
The Atlantic Chamber of Commerce sponsors a planting season festival with auctions of gifts over 75 items valued above five dollars. Purchases include auction money for use at auctions on Fourth Street west of Chestnut at 10 AM and 2 PM with Wayne Flick as auctioneer. Local shops offer special sale merchandise amid the event. A Des Moines caravan goodwill tour, traveling via the Rock Island line, will stop in Atlantic after a Tuesday luncheon at the Legion Memorial building for manufacturers and jobbers.
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Atlantic
Chamber of Commerce
Fourth Street
Chestnut
Wayne Flick
Des Moines
Legion Memorial Building
Rock Island
Iowa
Anna Stewart Joins Mitchelville Training School
Mrs. Anna Stewart of Atlantic leaves Clarinda State Hospital to become field representative for the Mitchelville State Training school, starting a new position after her tenure at the state hospital.
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Anna Stewart
Atlantic
State Hospital
Clarinda
Mitchelville
Possibility to avert railroad strike seen
The federal mediation chief notes a chance to head off the May 11 nationwide strike after unions and carriers meet with the national mediation board. Chairman Frank P. Douglass says progress may be possible with new recommendations, while both sides show a sincere desire to settle.
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Chicago
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Frank P. Douglass
Emergency Board
Douglas
Douglass
German man faces fraud charges over 800 begging letters
Heinrich Czerwinski, 23, Berlin, admitted receiving about 90 CARE food packages under a starvation claim. Police found an indexed file of letters to bishops, university presidents and business leaders with notes like nice guy and soft touch. He employed a secretary and lived with his father, who had the highest food ration allowance in Germany. CARE parcels are distributed by CARE for Americans at $10 per package.
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Berlin
United States
Heinrich Czerwinski
Europe
Police Continue Assault Case In Iowa City
Judge Emil G. Trott keeps the assault with intent to murder case against Oscar Anderson and Clifford Kelly on hold until May 21. Kelly remains hospitalized after a restaurant shooting on April 22 and Anderson pleads innocent. County Attorney Jack White seeks delay for Kelly to testify.
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Iowa City
Emil G. Trott
Oscar Anderson
Clifford Kelly
Anderson
Kelly
Jack C. White
Los Angeles Moves Weather Station to Ground Level
The official Los Angeles temperature is now recorded at a ground level station in the federal building parking lot. Meteorologist H W Douglas states the new site provides an accurate reading, ending decades of rooftop bias and city skepticism.
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Los Angeles
Weather Bureau
Federal Building
Chamber of Commerce
H. W. Douglas
U S Should Keep Troops In Europe
George Martin a former Atlantic man now retired after twenty two years in Europe with Standard Oil urges the United States not to withdraw from Europe. He cites Russian insults as a national disgrace and notes tight Russian control in Vienna with strict road and airport access and frequent troop searches.
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America
Europe
United States
George Martin
Atlantic
South America
Standard Oil Company
Martin
Vienna
Austria
Mr. Martin
Russia
Stalin
Standard Oil
Labor Talks Round Two As Lewis Sets May 18 Start
Washington report says United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis plans to begin bargaining with soft coal operators on May 18 over a new contract to replace the June 30 pact. The Southern Coal Producers Association seeks talks on a new southern pact while Moody of the Dixie group challenges his right to join pension discussions, prompting a possible court course.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Coal Producers Association
Southern Group
Lewis
Joseph KE. Moody
Dixie Organization
Mere Courts
Moody
National Labor Relations Board
Ceenter
Mooody
Airport to Close Tuesday for Major Construction
The Atlantic municipal airport will close Tuesday as major construction begins. Planes on the field must be moved, and the field will be out of operation for about nine weeks. Work includes boundary light relocation, grading, east-west strip conditioning, drives surfacing, and turfing of the field.
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Atlantic Municipal
Luck deserts two system gamblers in Las Vegas incident
In Las Vegas two University of Chicago graduates Albert Hibbs and Roy V Walford returned to their ante room after a 14 hour assault on a gambling club. Their undisclosed roulette system produced a net loss of 610 dollars wiping out last week’s winnings while they still hope to hit the combination that yielded 8000 dollars at Reno last November.
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Las Vegas
Nev
University of Chicago
Albert Hibbs
Chillicothe
Roy V. Walford
San Diego
Reno
Boiler Repaired Restores Power at Atlantic Plant
The No. 2 boiler at the Atlantic municipal utilities plant, shut down Thursday evening after a valve broke, was back in service yesterday afternoon around 4 30, ending a potential emergency power situation. Without repair, merchants might have had to dim display lighting to save electricity.
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Atlantic Municipal Utilities Plant
Civilian May Day Parade in Red Square Honors Stalin
Moscow observers report a civilian heavy May Day parade through Red Square with Stalin reviewing from Lenin’s tomb. Foreign diplomats including Walter Bedell Smith attend. Bulganin cites Soviet economic gains and the decisive third year of the five year plan. Berlin and Trieste see tension and large crowds, while Rome witnesses labor protests and a left-leaning demonstration.
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Moscow
Red Square
Communism
Stalin
Lenin
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Nikolai Bulganin
Russia
Soviet Union
Smith
Maurice Peterson
Andrei Vishinsky
Tax cut becomes a reality today
Washington reports a 4.8 billion dollar annual tax cut takes effect with payroll withholdings reduced from January. Millions freed from income tax will wait for 1948 refunds. government forecasts stronger retail sales as May paychecks reflect the lower rate. Veterans received 437 million in terminal leave bonds last week.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Veerans
Light Vote on Airport Control Proposal Nets Low Turnout
A measure to place Atlantic municipal airport under a mayor named commission drew a light vote with 185 ballots by mid afternoon. Ward totals showed 64 in Ward 1, 51 in Ward 3, 45 in Ward 4, and 25 in Ward 2. Polls close at 8 pm.
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Atlantic Municipal Airport
Invasion of Palestine Draws in Six Arab States
Syrian forces shift half its strength into the Palestine invasion as Arab armies from six states reportedly join Egypt and Transjordan. Fighting ping-pongs around Jerusalem and Jaffa Tel Aviv with Haganah, Irgun, and British forces watching fragile truces.
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Damacens
1/P
Palestine
Katana
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Tel Aviv
Haganah
Cairo
Ibn Saud
Abdallah
Damascus
Syria
Abdullsh
Trans-Jordan
Iraq
Estine
Hagansh
Katamon
Transjordan
Abdullah
Daniel de Lute
Amman
Manshieh
Jaffa
Irgun
Beit Dejan
Tel Aviv- Jaffa
Maashieh
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Henry
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Washington, D. C
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Marshall Istner
Philip Shepperd
Trieste
Rome
Henry Rutz
American Federation of Labor
Piazza del Popolo
New York
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Fifth Avenue
Royal Air Force
Katamon l
St. Simon’s
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