New Bonus Committee Named as Iowa Debates Funding Plan
A second conference committee was named to resolve the Iowa bonus bill deadlock over financing 85 million dollars. House members Rep Harry Weichman Rep Harold Nelson Rep Henry Siefkas and Rep Carl Anderson join Speaker Gus Kuester. senate members Sen Leo Elthon Sen George Faul Sen Kendall Lynes and Sen E C Myrland. The first committee dissolved after two senate members rejected a Beardsley-endorsed compromise. The sides differed over surplus use with the senate backing 72.5 million and the house backing 36.125 million plus bonds. a compromise proposed 63.75 million plus potential further bonds failed to gain final agreement.
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Des Moines
Gus Kuester
House
Harry Weichman
Newhall
Harold Nelson
Sioux City
Henry Siefkas
Osceola
Carl Anderson
Wellman
Kenneth Evans
Senate
Leo Elthon
Fertile
George Faul
Kendall Lynes
Plainfield
E. C Myrland
Onawa
Clifford Strawman
Ranamosa
Beardsley
Arthur H Jacobson
Waukon
W N. Skoroup
Burlington
Jacobsen
Skoroup
O N_ Hultman
R-Stanton
Pearl W. McMurry
Corydon
Jacobson
Shoroup
Strawman
Warren Wells
Council Bluffs
George H Robb
Estherville
Rep
Gene Poston
Half Rate Tax Short Form of Return Sought
Three Iowa tax bills were introduced in both houses. A senate bill would return to a 50 percent collection rate for 1950 51. A house bill would authorize a federal style short form income tax return. Other measures seek 50 percent offsets and county level salary and retirement changes.
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Des Moines
Senate
Frank C Byers
Cedar Rapids
House
Fred Schwengel
Davenport
State Tax Commission
Schwengel
John Walker
R-Williams
Judiciary Committee
Four Children and Mother Die in Oil Stove Explosion
In Atlanta an oil stove exploded igniting a dwelling and killing four children and their mother on Wednesday night. Fire crews fought the blaze as investigators began work at the scene.
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Atlanta
Truman says Pearson, Peron likely self-nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
President Truman told reporters that columnist Drew Pearson and Argentina's President Peron probably nominated themselves for the 1949 Nobel Peace Prize. Oslo reports list Pearson and Mrs. Peron among 23 nominees. Truman quipped that they likely nominated themselves amid questions about his S.O.B. remark.
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Washington
Truman
Drew Pearson
Peron
Argentina
Oslo
Pearson
Eleanor Roosevelt
Elmer Davis
s.O.b
Washington Star
Senate
Landlady Must Refund 481 in Rental Violation Case
Cedar Rapids federal judge orders landlady Mary Alice Williams to refund 481 to former tenants for furniture she required them to buy to rent apartments. Seven named victims receive payments. court also bans further violations and imposes costs on Williams.
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Cedar Rapids
Henry N. Graven
Mary Alice Williams
Cecil Randall
George Fisher
Levi Pennington
Eugene T. Devitt
Chicago
Fourth Avenue SE
Williams
Randall
Fourth Ave
Winter Fair Opens at Cedar Rapids Coliseum
About 3 500 people attend the opening of Cedar Rapids second annual Winter Fair at Memorial Coliseum. The event runs from 9 a.m. with education and farm displays, meat and clothing lectures, and a Geiger counter demonstration by Iowa State College experts drawing crowd interest.
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Cedar Rapids
Memorial Coliseum
J. W. Fitts
Horace Cheneng
Iowa State College
Frances Friedell
Iowa State
Ruth Chambers
Rath Packing Company
Winter Fair at Memorial Coliseum Offers Free Admission
Memorial coliseum hosts a Winter Fair from 9 am to 9:30 pm with free admission. Events include grain marketing talks by Harry C Short of the Chicago Board of Trade at 2 pm, a panel with farmers and grain handlers, interior decoration by Alice Waugh, household equipment by Naomi Shank, a houseplant clinic by Larry Grove, radio broadcasts 12 to 1 pm, amateur contests, and musical shows from afternoon into the evening.
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Men’s Farm Institute
Harry C. Short
Chicago Board of Trade
Women’s Home Maker Institute
Alice Waugh
Iowa State College
Naomi Shank
Larry Grove
Midwest Agriculture Exposition Draws Thousands to Plaza
The 1948 Midwest Agriculture and Industry Ex position attracted about 3 500 people for an opening day in the Plaza with farm institute demos. Attendance could top 50 000 for the three day fair sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and aided by Iowa State College and state agencies. In a separate ruling, Robert W. Losieau's bid for a new trial was denied and he must return to Leavenworth prison to serve a five year sentence for forged money orders. The judge rejected claims of ineffective counsel and personal motives as grounds for vacating the sentence.
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University of Iowa
Chamber of Commerce
Lee Schwanz
Schwanz
Young Men's Bureau
Iowa State College
State Agriculture Department
Farm Institute
Cedar Rapids
Henry N. Graven
Robert W. Losieau
Leavenworth
Lesseau
Waterloo
Losseau
Norma Jean Lindstrom
Losieau
Senate unit approves broad federal housing bill
Senate banking committee endorsed a multi billion housing bill 9 to 3 despite an unsuccessful amendment to ban racial segregation in public housing projects. The plan aims to build 810,000 public housing units, a $308 million first five years funding, a $1.5 billion slum clearance program, and a four year rural housing program totaling $262.5 million with loans and grants.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Sparkman
Ala
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Sen
Murray
D-Mont
Bricker
Secretary of Agriculture
Cold Snap Drops Iowa Thermometer as Rivers Rise
A morning drop from 41 to 31 degrees signals a polar air mass moving into Iowa. Cedar River rises to four feet after thaw, Des Moines and Raccoon rivers near bank full with minimal damage. Middle River overflows Highway 69 near Indianola. Forecast calls for continued cold through Friday with a chance of light rain in the southeast.
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Cedar Rapids
Cedar River
Des Moines
Raccoon
Middle River
Highway 69
Indianola
Iowa City
Ottumwa
Blizzard Expands Great Plains Disaster Region
A sharp blizzard with 50 mph winds swept northern North Dakota in 24 hours, adding 7,625 square miles to the Great Plains disaster area. Maj. Gen. Lewis A. Pick of the Snowbound unit described the situation on Thursday.
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Omaha
North Dakota
Great Plains
Lewis A. Pick
C. V. Whitney Named To Commerce Position
Kent Truman announced in Washington that Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney will be nominated as assistant secretary for air and undersecretary of commerce. He will replace William C. Foster, who resigned last spring to become deputy economic recovery administrator.
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Washington
Kent Truman
Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney
Air
Commerce
William C. Foster
Truman urges continued Marshall Plan aid until recovery
President Truman said the Marshall plan should be kept going until European recovery is assured. He welcomed the Israel Egypt armistice and hoped Israel and Arab states would follow the peace pattern. He noted Britain’s progress and suggested aid might end earlier if British gains hold, challenging the four year span.
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Washington
Truman
Israel
Egypt
United Nations Economic and Social Council
Christopher P. Mayhew
Great Britain
Mary Lou Ullrich Secretly Scout for Frats at UC Berkeley
BERKELEY UP A chemistry major posing as Mary Lou Ullrich infiltrated UC Berkeley sororities during rush week and gathered 27 coed telephone numbers and one house mother. The impersonation exposed the deception after his undercover tour of sorority houses.
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Berkeley
Mary Lou Ulrich
University of California
Mary Lou
Walter Robert Ullrich
Collins Radio Receives 259389 US Tax Refund
Collins Radio Company got a 259389 dollar federal tax refund for the year ended June 30 1948. The firm was among over 2000 Iowa taxpayers to have refunds publicized by law. The refund came from excess profits tax overpayment via carry back and unused credits. Other Cedar Rapids refunds included Armstrong Clothing 16933 and Century Engineering 13301.
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Collins Radio Company
Washington
Collins
Iowa
Robert Gates
Cedar Rapids
Armstrong Clothing Company
Century Engineering Corporation
Ohlman and Sons Company
Fred Hargrave
Honeymead Products Company
Otto A. Kohl
Fiourney Corey
Too Much Fan Mail Prompted Neighborhood Complaint
North Hollywood residents complained about Roy Rogers and Dale Evans receiving fan mail at a residence. The city zoning administrator gave them 60 days to find a new mailing address, agreeing that fan mail handling is a business activity and cannot operate in a residential zone.
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North Hollywood
E City
Wadnesday
Roy Rogers
Dale Evans
Ina
Hoover unit urges overhaul of federal budgeting system
The Hoover Commission advised Congress to scrap the archaic federal financial system and create a performance budget and an accountant general under the Treasury to standardize accounting. It urged a full survey of appropriations and warned current methods wasteful as outlays rise from four to forty billion dollars annually.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Congress
Alexander Hamilton
Secretary of Treasury
Comptroller General
Treasury Department
General Accounting Office
Commission Report
United States
Commission
Naval Hospital At
Bethesda
Budget Bureau
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