Skeels Quits Raps Iowa State Orphanages
Dr. Harold M. Skeels of Iowa City resigns from the state board of control after 14 years, criticizing Davenport and Toledo orphanages for inadequate training, staff pay, and political influence. He also leaves the University of Iowa where he worked in psychology and child welfare. no successor named.
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City Urges Broad DDT Fly Control in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids Mayor Frank K. Hahn touts spraying garbage cans with DDT as a help to reduce disease carrying flies. Three crews work in alleys while residents and businesses are urged to cooperate with sanitation and home fly prevention measures. Entomologist Harold Gunderson stresses combined efforts including covered garbage, daily disposal, sanitation, proper litter management, and DDT spraying for real reduction.
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Frank K. Hahn
Hahn
Harold Gunderson
Iowa State College
Anderson
Gunderson
Man Survives Fall From Porch In Elizabeth New Jersey
Jay Jones woke on the lawn after sliding 20 feet from a second story porch in Elizabeth New Jersey. He brushed himself off, refused assistance, and said the fall did not hurt.
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Elizabeth
Jay Jones
Farm Families and Trotters Highlight All Iowa Fair at Cedar Rapids
The All Iowa fair in Cedar Rapids Hawkeye Downs features Farm Family day and crowds for stock judging and farm machinery exhibits. Harness racing returns with Cedar Rapids delegation views. Sen. Hickenlooper to speak on Bikini Atoll tests. week includes Thrill Drivers and dirt-track racing with Emory Collins and Ben Musick.
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Cedar Rapids
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Downs Oval
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Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Bikini Atoll
Emory Collins
LeMars
Ben Musick
Dallas
Texas
Vets Obtain Court Order in Primary
Malvern Arkansas veterans secured a circuit court order authorizing them to witness voting in the county primary after the incumbent sheriff refused to allow them inside polling places. Judge Thomas E. Toler issued the order following veterans reports that voting was not observable for fairness.
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Ark
King G.I
Circuit Court
Thomas E. Toler
Rule Lures Yanks Into British Army
Berlin AP report says some American soldiers seek to marry German girls by joining the British army which allows such marriages. US Army rules prohibit German marriages. Deputy chief Arthur A. Birkrant says the dodge is to join long enough to marry then return to the American army. Other troops coach sweethearts in languages and try to pass as non Germans.
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United States Army
Arthur A. Birkrant
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MacArthur Retirement Within Year Predicted
A news item predicts General Douglas MacArthur will retire within the year. The report cites discretion in military leadership changes and notes ongoing discussions within the United States armed forces about successor planning.
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Carlton Smith to Lead 133rd Infantry Unit
Cedar Rapids native Carlton K. Smith 44 was named commanding officer of the 133rd Infantry Regiment of the Iowa National Guard by Gov. Robert Blue. The appointment was presented by Maj. Gen. Ray Fountain in Cedar Rapids. Smith, a Silver Star and Bronze Star honoree, has 27 years in the National Guard with six on active duty and a Fort St. Julien Metz action cited for bold leadership under heavy fire.
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Cedar Rapids
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Ray Fountain
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Fort St. Julien
Metz
National Guard
Witness at Probe Cites Penn Solon
William J. Gilrein a former WAA sales manager testified before the house surplus property committee that his superior urged firing his assistant and replacing him with a man favored by Sen. Francis E. Myers. He named Paul Wingate and Joseph Muldowney as the targets and said Myers wanted Muldowney on the payroll.
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Joseph Dellert
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Fields
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Bruneer
Oklahoma City
Wells Dies at 79, Celebrated British Author
London AP report notes H. G. Wells, famed as one of the era’s big three writers with Kipling and Shaw, died at age 79 after a long battle with diabetes. He authored 50 works spanning sociology, politics, romance, and science fiction, including The War of the Worlds and The Outline of History. His later years included criticism of the royal family and warnings about future wars.
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H. G. Wells
Rudyard Kipling
George Bernard Shaw
Wells
America
Danzig
Germany
Poland
Bromley
Kent
Royal College of Science
Clash as British forces barring Hadar Hacarmel Jews at Haifa port
British troops fired on hundreds of Jewish refugees during attempts to prevent their boarding ships for Cyprus detention camps. Casualties included one woman killed and ten men wounded as crowds fought with bottles and sticks while security cords blocked port access.
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Palestine
Cyprus
Hadar Hacarmel
Voice of Israel
Britain
Hides Forced to Market by CPA Investigation
The Civilian Production Administration ordered the rapid marketing of between 500000 and 1000000 cattle hides after an inquiry into profiteers stocks. Director John R. Steelman said shoe plants must receive hides again to prevent shut downs.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
John R. Steelman
Off-hand remark blamed for mother's death in jest
In Eldorado Ulster County a mother's accidental death is attributed to a joking off-hand remark. Coroner Reese Turner notes Mrs Florence McCreary 49 made the line I would shoot myself during a conversation with a neighbor. Her son Lucian overheard and called for help. she died after hospital admission.
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Reese Turner
Turner
Florence McCreary
New Haven
Eis
Lucian
Five youths killed in car train crash at grade crossing
Hobart Indiana reports a fatal collision when a car carrying five youths collided with a freight train at a grade crossing. The tragedy occurred Tuesday and authorities are investigating the accident.
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Hobart
Ind
Cool Weather To Continue Across Farmers Report
The weatherboy notes cool, cloudy conditions and steady temperatures for farmers and fairgoers. Temperatures ranged from the mid 60s to mid 70s with a 2:30 p.m. reading of 76 degrees and expectations of continued cool, overcast weather.
Britain declares civil war threat over Holy Land immigration
Britain says civil war is threatened in the Holy Land and imposes a total blockade against illegal Jewish immigration. Urgent representations are made to governments as thousands of refugees are dispatched by a highly organized Zionist financed movement. Britain accuses the movement of forcing its hand and heightening Arab Jewish tension.
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Britain
Holy Land
Palestine
Foreign Service Reforms Signed
President Truman signs a foreign service reform bill to expand the service and create a new model replacing the 1924 plan. The changes include a revised salary structure to allow capable Americans without independent means to serve abroad and tighter compensation rules.
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Ae Ind Srengmenta
Foreign Service
Cama
Truman
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