Economists Split on Boom and Bust Forecast at Hearing
Washington sixteenth economists testified at a congressional roundtable unable to agree on a coming boom or bust. Taft led GOP critics against Truman anti inflation measures while House rushed a 16 million unemployment fund. Read more: mixed predictions dominated by cautious optimism and concerns about inflation controls.
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Washington
Joint
Congressional Economic Committee
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
House
Congress
Thomas B. McCabe
Federal Reserve Board
White House
Taft
Mr. Truman
Sen
John J Sparkman
D-Ala
Iowa City Man Burned In Trailer Home Fire
Fred C Moore a 33 year old night service man for the Iowa City Coach Company suffered severe burns in a trailer home fire near Iowa City He was in critical condition at University hospital Wednesday night Moore was asleep when a neighbor Mrs George Myers saw smoke and flame and pulled him from the trailer The blaze likely started from a kerosene stove in the trailer
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the Gazette
Iowa City
Fred C Moore
University Hospital
Moore
Iowa City Coach Company
George Myers
Myers
West ern Hit Review and Collector’s Item on KCRG KCRK
Tonight at 7 30 Dale Evans hosts Western Hit Review featuring Rusty Tubbs as guest star and For Willing’s Riders Of The Purple Sage. At 8 30 a KCRG KCRK segment discusses collecting murder weapons leading to the Collector’s Item murder. Bob Brooks Sportsmanship Hunt ends midnight Saturday and details on Sports Camera at 6:45 PM and Sports Final at 9:45 PM.
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Rnest Tubbs
Dale Evans
Willing
Riders of the Purple Sage
Bob Brooks
Iowa
Brooks
KCRG
KCRK
Do It Yourself Love and Learn Jack Berch Radiolog
A compact feature profiles the radio personalities Jack Berch and Lora Lawton in a Do It Yourself style. It highlights their programs and approach to audience engagement on daytime broadcasts. The piece notes Berch as a guiding voice with Lawton contributing practical tips and friendly banter.
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Jack Berch
Lora Lawton
Fragmented Radio Schedule Fragments From 1940s Page
Readable portions show a radio schedule with names like Patton Lewis Ted Weems and Gabriel Heatter on MBS. Entries include sports and entertainment segments and times such as 6 30 and 6 45 with various programs listed.
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Robert Hurleish
MBS
Port Massey
MBB
Hy Gardner
Gabriel Heatter
Ows
Sbs
Weee Chow
Patton Lewis
Ted Weems Ore
Royall Denies Hinted U.S. Exit At Tokyo Parley
Army Secretary Kenneth C. Royall insisted he made no statement about leaving Japan. He acknowledged being the “high American official” at a secret Tokyo press conference but said the remarks cited by reports misrepresented his position. He stressed the meeting was not a formal press conference and that no spokesman spoke for him.
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Royall
U.S
Washington
Kenneth C. Royall
Tokyo
United States
Japan
Dispatches
Russia
Australia
Army
Douglas MacArthur
Associated Press
United Press
Sydney
AAP
War Department
Okinawa
Philippines
Two Factories Return to Normal After Layoffs
In Detroit after 17,600 layoffs production at two plants returned to normal on Thursday. Hudson Motor Car Company recalled 12,000 workers, United States Rubber Company 5,600. Hudson faced a two day stop due to a parts shortage while Rubber was tied up by a 300 truckers strike over job standards. the CIO United Rubber Workers announced a settlement.
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Hudson Motor Car Company
United States Rubber Company
Hudson
United States Rubber
CIO
United Rubber Workers
Ames Firm Gets Contract For Atomic Laboratory
The Atomic Energy Commission says James Thompson and Sons of Ames Indiana will build a general laboratory for Iowa State College. The low bid is 1 749 000 dollars. Construction starts this spring and should finish by fall 1950 on government leased land beside a metallurgy building nearing completion.
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Chicago
The
Atomic Energy Commission
James Thompson and Sons
Ames
Thompson
AEC
Iowa State College
House approves 471 million for 35 federal agencies
The Democratic House voted 367 to 19 to appropriate 471,895,177 dollars to fund 35 federal agencies through June 30, 1949. GOP opponents cried socialistic design over a 2.5 million dollar TVA plant item in Tennessee. The bill advances to the Senate.
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Washington
House
Senate
GOP
Tennessee Valley Authority
New Johnsonville
Tenn
80Th Congress
Iowa House Shelves Eleven Bills Amid Vigorously Wielded Axe
Iowa House committees on Wednesday advanced a large batch of measures for indefinite postponement totaling eleven, roughly matching bills slated for passage. Among those killed were proposals for pari mutuel betting, court ordered paternity blood tests, raising small loan limits, altering widow estates, civil service for state workers, licensing tax consultants, wage garnishment, default divorce denial, and other changes.
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DES Moines
Iowa House of Representatives
Iowa Republicans split on large money bill passage
In Washington on Thursday six of Iowa's eight GOP congressmen supported the $471.9 million measure while Rep Jensen opposed it and Rep Cunningham did not vote.
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Washington
Iowa
House
Jensen
Cunningham
Chicago Physician Found Murdered
Dr. Albert J. Bennett, 71, was found murdered in his Southside apartment and office. He had a gunshot wound to the right shoulder, and investigators found a bloodstained iron furnace shaker bar and a taped hammer near the scene. Evidence suggested a fierce struggle and possible robbery, with $92 found on Bennett.
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Chicago
Albert J. Bennett
Southside
Andrew C. Aitken
Bennett
Aitken
Iowa considers uniform extradition bill and related issues
A debate on a proposed uniform extradition law proceeds, cited as easing custody for cases of desertion or non support. Rep. C. M. Strawman notes current delay in extraditing Dr. Robert Rutledge from Missouri to Iowa and cites a Missouri model as a potential fix. The piece also mentions the coinage of the term impressionism by a journalist deriding Claude Monet.
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Strawman
Missouri
Claude Monet
Impressions
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Ist St. SE
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