Morale High Among Guardsmen in Iowa Training Camp
Fort Leonard Wood Missouri hosts 6000 Iowa and Nebraska guardsmen for summer field training amid pressures from Korea. Col Carlton Smith reports 98 percent of the 133rd infantry regiment available for drill andsays morale is higher than months ago. Colonel Leo Sedlacek adds wartime unity reduces civilian distress as people seek faith and shared purpose.
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Carlton Smith
Cedar Rapids
Fort Leonard Wood
Leo B. Sedlacek
Iowa National Guard
Iowa
133Rd
Red Bull
Carlton K. Smith
John McIntire
Mansell Keith
McIntire
Keith
Col. Smith
Gazette Bonanza Flies Cedar Rapids Papers to Fort Leonard Wood
Three hundred fifty copies of The Cedar Rapids Sunday Gazette are flown to Fort Leonard Wood. Reporter Lou Breuer planned Des Moines delivery by 8 10 a m piloting The Gazette Bonanza. A National Guard plane would depart Des Moines at 9 00 a m carrying the papers to eastern Iowa trainees.
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Cedar Rapids
Fort Leonard Wood
Lou Breuer
Des Moines
National Guard
Iowa
Exemptions to First-Day Attendance Highlight Guard Camp
Four officers and 28 men were excused from the first day of attendance for illness farm needs and family reasons. Some stayed home to learn if they fathered two boys, two girls, or a boy and a girl. By midweek most were in camp for field training as war nerves sharpened public and personal appreciation of soldiers. Notables include Major Gen. Ray Fountain and Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl, with a Council Bluffs colonel returning to service as a guard member.
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Ray Fountain
Des Moines
Charles H. Grahl
Iowa
Council Bluffs
West Liberty Legionnaires Back Nichols for Iowa Commander
The Iowa American Legion state convention in Sioux City hears at least two candidates for state commander to succeed Marshall JF Camp who retires after one year as the first World War II veteran to head the department. Des Moines’ Robert H. Bush and Ida Grove’s Leo K. Bekman seek the post. West Liberty’s Ben F. Nichols is endorsed by the local post. Bush and Bekman have campaigned weeks. Bush is a World War II veteran, Bekman and Nichols are World War I veterans. The election occurs late Wednesday morning as the convention’s final order of business.
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Des Moines
IDPA
Iowa Department of the American Legion
Marshall JF. Camp
Creston
Iowa Legion
Camp
Robert H. Bush
Leo K. Bekman
Ida Grove
State Legion
West Liberty
Ben F. Nichols
Nichols
Bush
Bekman
Legion
Sioux City
Hick State Dept. Still Has Pinks and Soviet Sympathizers
Senator Hickenlooper accuses remaining state department personnel of leaning toward Russia and betraying free nations in the wake of postwar agreements. He stops short of naming individuals but says the group is to the left and cites McCarthy’s critique. He asserts U.S. atomic leadership remains superior and calls for a clear future policy statement before any new aggression.
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Clear Lake
Hickenlooper
R-la
State Department
Conection
Yalta
Potsdam
Russia
McCarthy
R-Wis
Congressional Joint Atomic Energy Committee
Judge Upholds Polk Beer Permit Action
District Judge Russell Jordan Saturday upheld Polk county supervisors policy to issue no county class C beer permits for off premises sale. Fred J. Gunson and Ray McCollom, store operators north of Des Moines, contended the denial was discriminatory and beyond the board’s authority.
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DES Moines
Russell Jordan
Polk County Board of Supervisors
Fred J. Gunson
Ray McCollom
Gunsor
McCollom
Linn County to receive 17000 road fund relief despite no application
Linn county will receive the 17000 allotted for this fiscal year from the Iowa Highway Commission. The funds come from the equalization farm-to-market road fund and will be distributed without counties filing applications as required by law. The 1950 Iowa code requires an annual application by July 1 to show need. County officials say Linn was not alone in missing the filing.
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Linn County
Iowa Highway Commission
John Butter
Commission
State Highway Commission
Linn
William Behrens
Butter
Political Notes on Democratic Picnics in Iowa
Democratic and Republican party activity rises across Iowa with early district county and precinct rallies. Oelwein hosts a Fayette county Young Democrats picnic with Al Loveland as speaker. Tipton hosts a Cedar county picnic at the fairground led by James D. France. Linn County Republicans plan an ox roast at Fairfax with Ted Birdsall promoting a stump for multiple speakers. A Cedar Rapids League of Women Voters target sept Oct meeting aims to bring major candidates together.
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FIOWA
Oecelwein
Tipton
Fayette County
Moose Country Club
Oelwein
al Loveland
Iowa
Linn County
Tom Brady
Cedar Rapids
Cedar County
James D. France
C. J. Knickerbocker
Fairfax
Cedar Rapids League of Women Voters
Loveland
Lester S. Gillette
Korean War Boosts Waterloo Sewer Bond Sale
Waterloo city officials attributed the Korean War with producing the best bid since 1943 for 200000 dollars of sewer bonds at 1.35 percent from C F Childs & Company. Eleven firms bid, as investors seek tax exempt municipal securities amid fears of higher taxes and profits.
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Waterloo
C. F. Childs & Company of
Chicago
Ravenscroft & Company
Cedar Rapids
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Nebraska
John Reynolds
Korea
Sedlacek
West Liberty Legionnaires
State Dept
Hick
Iowa American Legion
Washington
Polk
Pat McPartland
Frank Nye
B. B. Hickenlooper
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