Congress Rules Out Repeal of Wartime Excise Taxes
Washington AP reports House and Senate Democrats, after White House talks with President Truman, oppose any early repeal of wartime excise taxes. McCormack warns scrapping the taxes could remove $1.7 billion in revenue and unbalance the budget. Truman had urged repeal of the freight tax to cut costs, but leaders foresee no quick action.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
McCormack
Mass
White House
Senate
Lucas
Lamb Production Drops to Record Low
The Agriculture Department reports this year’s lamb crop at 18,906,000 head, the smallest since 1924. It is about 1,000,000 head or six percent below last year and roughly 35 percent under the 1938-47 average. Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri show declines.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
Injured Boy Rescued From Dolores Canyon Fall
An 11 year old boy Donald Dennis was rescued after a 150 foot fall in Dolores canyon. He lay injured for 24 hours before being hauled up in a litter and flown to a Montrose hospital 135 miles away. He suffers fractures to his left arm leg spine and pelvis. His father Cecil Dennis remained at his side as Dr. H W Clapp aided him through the night. The family lives near Mineral Springs vanadium mine.
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Naturita
Colo
Dolores Canyon
Donald Dennis
Montrose
Cecil Dennis
Mineral Springs
Vanadium Mine
Here
H. W. Clapp
Donald
Keokuk Rockets Game Broadcast On KCRG Tonight
Brooks' play by play covers Rockets versus Keokuk scheduled for tonight in Keokuk at 8 on KCRG KCRK. REGORY HOOD, the volunteer detective on KCRG KCRK Tuesdays at 7, features Greg at a wedding yacht reception where a bride hides in fear amid murder suspense and a dead man fall. Dr George W Crane's talk tomorrow at 9:45 on Why Newspaper Boys Become Famous rounds out weekday programming.
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Brooks
Rockets
Sam
Regory Hood
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Greg
George W. Crane
KCRG
Crane
Radio schedule and program listing for KCRK station
The notice outlines KCRK broadcasting on FM 96.9 or Channel 245 with a Tuesday evening lineup from 6:00 to 8:00 including Tella-Test News Midget Races Sports Gregory Official Detective Rockets at Keokuk and a Wednesday afternoon schedule with MBS segments. It references program times and channel details for listeners.
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KXEL
WHO
WMT & P.M
Telle-Test Steele
Gpottians Gems
David Harding Acer
Spertenen
Gregory Beautiful
Usic
Sadhnee
Austria
Town
Keokuk
William Weve
Andy Russell Ee Nee
Rockets Waterloo
Asebattown
Waterloo
Keokukrenade
Rose Marie
Harriet Moore Russ
Dick Jurgens
Art Kassel
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Atennis
J. Bradford
Sackien
Brefast Cnet
Pam
Travelers
Robert Q
George Crane Regan
America
Ack Berch
Lawton Piend Sam
Jane Wendy Warren
Jenny
Trent
Owen Cowboys
Burton
Ma Judy
Jane
Mary Foster
Irene
Allan
Widder Brown
Portia
KCRK
Gregory
MBS
Shaw
Henry Stelling 70 dies suddenly in Waterloo home
Henry Stelling 70 a retired buttermaker and longtime Newhall community leader died Monday afternoon of a heart attack at his daughter’s Waterloo home. He served as past president of the school board and long-time Newhall town council member. He had lived in the community all his life until moving to Waterloo a year and a half ago.
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Newhall
Henry Stelling
Waterloo
Stelling
Communists Offer Jobs to Former Nazis in Russian Zone
Berlin AP reports Communist leader Walter Ulbricht says former Nazis who oppose the United States may receive public positions in the Soviet zone. He notes many have shifted views since Hitler’s downfall and stresses cooperation with a united Germany and withdrawal of occupation troops. He adds some former Nazis already hold responsible posts.
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Berlin
Germany
Walter Ulbricht
Soviet
Nacht-Express
United States
Ulbricht
Edgar A. Guest The Poet of the People
A brief homage to Edgar A. Guest, praising his simple, unpretentious life. The poem contrasts humble living with fame, noting his kindness, small joys, and devotion as true success beyond public recognition.
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Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Palace theater robbery nets 4300 in Gary
A bandit robbed the Palace movie theater in Gary Indiana and fled after forcing the manager into a clothes locker. The heist amounted to 4300 dollars.
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Gary
Ind
Palace
Boettiger divorce granted to Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Anna Roose vel t Boettiger, daughter of Franklin D. Roosevelt, obtained a divorce from newsman John Boettiger in Phoenix. Superior Judge Rent L. Jennings granted the divorce on her cross-complaint charging wilful desertion. Boettiger’s original suit for extreme mental cruelty was dismissed after he did not answer within the required period.
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Phoenix
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John Boettiger
Rent L. Jennings
Government absorbs wheat loss under international pact
Washington reports the government will cover 22 to 34 cents per bushel on wheat and flour sold under the international wheat pact before Tuesday’s close. The subsidy arises because fixed price of 1.80 dollars per bushel on a Ft. Williams Canada basis is below domestic support, requiring daily cash subsidies to American exporters for the yearly 168 million bushels over four years.
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Washington
United States
Ft. Williams
Canada
Nine Rockford Residents Safe After Lake Koshkonong Crossing
Nine Rockford Illinois residents were feared missing after crossing Lake Koshkonong in three boats. They found safe Monday after a sheriff’s concern over their inability to return as waters turned choppy the day before.
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Jefferson, Wis
Rockford, Ill
Koshkonong
Stop Gap Marshall Plan Aid Signed by Truman
Washington INS reports Congress authorized and President Truman signed stop gap Marshall plan legislation providing 80 million dollars weekly through August 15. The measure keeps foreign aid programs functioning and federal payrolls funded until funding disputes on the current year are resolved.
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Washington
Ins
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Moran of Black Crow Fame Dies
George Moran, 67, famed member of the radio comedy team the Two Black Crows, died Monday in Oakland. Moran, for years, partnered in an Oakland restaurant. His partner, Charles E. Mack, died in a 1934 automobile accident.
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Oakland
INS
George Moran
Moran
Charles E. Mack
Too Much Rain Cuts Wheat Yield In 1949 Harvest
Chicago dispatch reports excessive showers across the nation’s wheat belt cut back the estimated winter harvest as completion nears. Despite delays, experts say the 1949 total remains a bumper crop overall.
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Chicago
INS
Weather blamed for lower crop estimates in western states
The estimate reductions are attributed to excessive rain in recent weeks, particularly hurting farmers in Texas, Colorado, and New Mexico. Kansas and Oklahoma are expected to near the July 1 final count.
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Texas
Colorado
New Mexico
Kansas
Oklahoma
Capital Paper to McCormick Niece
NEW YORK AP Col Robert R McCormick said he would put his niece Mrs Maxwell Peter Miller Jr in charge of the Washington Times Her ald Tribune owner of the Times Herald McCormick would be president and publisher Miller would be vice president and her husband would be secretary or treasurer She is Ruth Elizabeth McCormick Sims and Medill McCormick's granddaughter and was president of the LaSalle News Tribune
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New York
Robert R. McCormick
Maxwell Peter Miller, Jr
Washington Times-Heral
McCormick
Chicago Triune
The
Tribune
Times-Herald
Eleanor Medill McCormick
Time-Herald
Miller
Ruth Elizabeth McCormick
Ruth Hanna McCormick Sims
Medill McCormick
Ilinois
Mark Hanna
LaSalle, Ill
News-Tribune
End of Indonesian fighting to be proclaimed Wednesday
The United Nations said fighting between Dutch forces and Indonesian republicans will end with a formal proclamation on Wednesday. The halt ends the hit and run clashes that began last December when the Dutch seized the republican capital Jogjakarta in what they described as a police action.
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Batavia
Java
United Nations
Jogjakarta
Eight Members in German Cabinet
FRANKFURT AP The U S high commissioner for Germany will form an eight member cabinet to replace the American military government when the Western German federal government is created. John J McCloy announced the cabinet will include Economic affairs political affairs military security labor intelligence public affairs general counsel and administration.
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Frankfurt
U. S
Germany
John J. McCloy
U.S
Defense of Kiss Ends in 10 Dollar Fine
Roy Miffleton 31 was fined 10 dollars for disorderly conduct after a public kissing incident with his wife Mary Trabing on Chesapeake Day. John Cain 26 of Washington also paid 10 dollars for supporting Miffleton, as police intervened after a crowd gathered.
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Galesville
Roy Miffleton
Miffleton
Norman Hazard
Chesapeake
Mary Trabing
Hazard
John Cain
Washington
Cain
Penny Arcade Aids County Polio Drive in Cedar Rapids
About a dozen children on Daniels Street NE hosted a penny arcade at the William J. Hoyt home. They attracted neighbors, earned $12, and donated the proceeds to the Foundation for Infantile Paralysis to aid polio prevention efforts.
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Cedar Rapids
Daniels Street
William J. Hoyt
Coal Post Pays Senator 35000 a Year to Trustees
Senate banking committee heard that Senator Bridges Ezra Van Horn and John L Lewis serve as trustees of the coal miners welfare fund at 35000 dollars annually, though Lewis declines the payment. Miss Roche noted the pension fund is funded by a 20 cent per ton coal royalty.
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Washington
Senator Bridges
R-N. H
Coal Miners’ Welfare Fund
Congress
Ezra van Horn
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Josephine Roche
Lewis
77 Year Old Patient Dies At Former Blockley Hospital
Mrs. Mary Ella Grosmick, age 77, died Monday after long illness. She was brought to Blockley hospital now Philadelphia General fifty years ago in a horse drawn ambulance, surviving the hospital’s name and much of its staff at that time.
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Philadelphia
Mary Ella Grosmick
Blockley Hospital
Philadelphia General
Colgate Dental Cream Advertisement Promises Unchanged Flavor
A nostalgic ad declares no change in Colgate Dental Cream’s flavor and foaming action. It asserts the product cleans teeth and freshens breath, noting its wake-up flavor and thorough cleansing remain superior and intact.
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Colgate
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