Skeels Resigns After Criticizing Iowa Orphanages
Dr. Harold M. Skeels of Iowa City resigns from the Iowa Board of Control after sharply criticizing Davenport and Toledo state orphanages. He cites need for vocational training, staff expansion, and removal of politics from appointments, noting 14-hour workdays for low pay. He plans to leave the University of Iowa as well.
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Cedar Rapids Pushes DDT Fly Control Effort With Community Help
Cedar Rapids officials emphasize DDT spraying on garbage cans and alleys as a helpful step in reducing flies but urge broader sanitation and community cooperation. Dr. Harold Gunderson warns that home and business measures plus farmer cooperation are essential for significant relief from disease carrying flies.
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Man Recovers After Nighttime Fall From Porch
Jay Jones fell from a second story porch in Elizabeth New Jersey and landed on the lawn twenty feet below He woke brushed himself off and said the fall did not hurt him The incident was reported by AP may indicate an accidental fall or minor injuries
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Farm Families and Harness Racing Highlight All-Iowa Fair
The All-Iowa fair in Cedar Rapids featured Farm Family day with stock judging exhibits and new farm machinery. Harness racing returned as a main afternoon attraction, drawing Cedar Rapids officials and a sizable crowd despite cool weather.
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Veterans obtain court order to witness primary voting
Malvern Arkansas state police were directed to serve a court order allowing war veterans to witness county primary voting after the incumbent sheriff refused to supervise. Circuit Court Judge Thomas E. Toler issued the order following veterans reports of being barred from voting locations to monitor fairness and impartiality.
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Rule Lures Yanks Into British Army
Berlin AP report says some American soldiers seek British army enlistment to marry German girls. US Army bans such marriages. Deputy chief Arthur A. Birkrant notes soldiers request permission to join long enough to wed then reclaim status. Others coach sweethearts in languages or pose as non-Germans or displaced persons.
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MacArthur Retirement Within Year Predicted
Medford Massachusetts AP Lt. Col. Joseph O Hearn a former member of Gen MacArthur s staff predicted MacArthur would retire within a year He said the Japanese now think more of MacArthur than they do of their own emperor
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Carlton Smith Named CO of 133rd Infantry Unit
Col Carlton K. Smith 44 of Cedar Rapids was named commanding officer of the 133rd Infantry Regiment Iowa National Guard by Gov Robert Blue. Maj Gen Ray Fountain presented the appointment Tuesday noon in Cedar Rapids. Smith a Silver Star and Bronze Star recipient with 27 years in the guard led a tank battalion in Europe during WWII and fought at Metz in 1944. He graduated Fort Benning and rose from private in 1919 to captain in 1940 before joining battery G 185th.
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Hides Forced to Market by CPA
The Civilian Production Administration says it has ordered 500000 to 1000000 cattle hides to move to market following an investigation into producer stocks. Reconversion Director John R. Steelman said shoe plants would close unless hides shipments resume.
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Witness at Probe Cites Penn Solon
William J. Gilrein a former WAA sales manager testified he was instructed to fire his assistant and install a successor favored by Sen. Myers. He identified C. K. du Mars as the supervisor and Joseph Muldowney as the intended payroll appointee. He cited political pressure and admitted an ethics lapse over an $8,085 wire screening order though denying special favoritism.
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Off hand jest leads to fatal accidental shooting
In El Dorado Illinois coroner's report a mother's jesting remark about firing a gun ended in tragedy when her 8 year old son handed her a shotgun that discharged after the hammer struck a radio. Mrs Florence McCreary 49 died at a hospital following the incident.
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Five youths killed in train collision at grade crossing
Hobart Indiana dispatch reports five youths died Tuesday when their car crashed into a freight train at a grade crossing. The accident occurred in Hobart and details on identity and exact time were not immediately available.
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Wells the Writer Dies at 79 in London
British author H. G. Wells, 79, died at his London home after years of illness. A prolific figure with about 50 books, he shaped modern English literature alongside Kipling and Shaw, with works spanning history, sociology, economics, science fiction, and prophecy.
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British forces clash with Jewish refugees in Haifa port
British troops fire on crowds in Haifa as refugees attempt to reach transport ships bound for Cyprus. One woman killed, ten men seriously wounded, with hundreds confined to curfewed streets. The incident marks Britain’s plan to deport post August refugees to Cyprus, ships ready to sail after dawn clashes.
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Cool Weather To Continue For Farmers
The weather segment emphasizes that farmers live with the weather daily. At 2:30 p.m. Tuesday the temperature was 76 degrees and expected to stay cool and cloudy. The report notes past highs of 74 and nighttime lows around mid 60s, with morning 5 am at 68.
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Britain declares civil war threat in Holy Land and blocks illegal Jewish immigration
London says civil war threatened in Palestine and imposes a total blockade on illegal Jewish immigration. It accuses a highly organized Zionist financed movement of sending thousands of refugees, not a spontaneous exodus, to pressure Britain's policy. The statement links the flow to rising Arab Jewish tensions in the Holy Land.
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Truman signs far reaching reforms for the Foreign Service
President Truman signed a bill expanding and strengthening the Foreign Service to create a new model service. The measure revises salaries to allow capable nonwealthy individuals to serve as ambassadors or ministers and imposes stricter promotion and training standards while broadening assignments to keep diplomats connected to American life. It also aims to make the service representative of the nation by enabling top qualified men and women of the country to have tours in any rank.
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