Iowa lawmakers approve 50 million surplus bonus financing plan
The Senate and House conference committee reached a bipartisan agreement to fund veterans bonuses using 50 million dollars from Iowa's 100 million cash surplus. The plan also issues 8.75 million dollars in bonds now and three additional 8.75 million blocks if needed, avoiding new property taxes in 1950. Court review will ensure constitutional compliance before checks go out.
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Senate
House
Conference Committee
Leo Elthon
Harry Weichman
R Newhall
William S. Beardsley
Sen
Elthon
Beardsley
State Bonus Board
Supreme Court
Bonus Board
Galvin Nominated Under Secretary of Labor by Truman
President Truman nominated Michael J. Galvin from Massachusetts on Friday to serve as under secretary of labor. The move places Galvin in a high executive role shaping labor policy and workforce programs at the federal level.
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Washington
Michael J. Galvin
Massachusetts
Truman
Winter Fair Opens With 13 000 Attendance Record S:
The 13 000 Friday turnout boosted Cedar Rapids Midwest Agriculture and Industry Exposition as 1949 crowds, led by General Chairman Lee Schwanz. Officials anticipated record attendance through the second day with 5 000 more visitors by 2 30 p.m. and a three day run ending Saturday. Events included farm and homemaker programs, exhibits, and entertainment drawing eastern Iowans.
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Lee Schwanz
Memorial Coliseum
Cedar Rapids
Farm Institute
Homemaker
Winter Fair at Memorial Coliseum Highlights
Memorial Coliseum hosts a daylong Winter Fair from 9 am to 9 30 pm with free admission. The Men's Farm Institute features a 2 pm lecture by Prof Harold Saunders of Reading University and a panel on export demands. The Women's Home Maker Institute offers a 1 pm talk on frozen foods by Barbara Kowitz. hair styling by Maxine Weed. Radio broadcasts run 12 to 1 pm, with amateur contests at 3 pm and a musical show plus finals 8 pm.
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Memorial Coliseum
Men's Farm Institute
Britain
Harold Saunders
Agriculture Faculty
Reading University
England
Women's Home Maker Institute
Barbara Kowitz
Chicago
Maxine Weed
Cedar Rapids Entertainment
Car Truck Crash Triggers Power Outage And Wreck
A car and a semi collided on Mt. Vernon road SE near Thirty-third street at 9 30 p m. The truck loaded with 19 000 pounds of meat toppled a light pole and landed on its side in front of a house. Sparks and shorted transformers caused blackout as two more cars collided and a police sergeant slipped into an icy pool. Driver Robert Getlin 22 of 1526 Ellis boulevard NW blamed slippery pavement and passing maneuvers.
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Mt. Vernon Road
Thirty-third Street
Robert Getlin
Ellis Boulevard
Food Bill Drops Slightly in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids residents faced a barely noticeable dip in the family food bill from mid-December to mid-January as the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a 0.1 percent decline. The food cost index stood at 211.5 in January, down from 224.4 last July, with eggs leading the drop.
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Cedar Rapids
Bureau of Labor Statistics
OPA
Labor Department Bureau of Labor Statistics
Taft Opposes Arms Aid in Europe Amid NATO Talks
Senator Taft said rearming Europe could trigger a Russian military attack rather than secure peace. Speaking as seven nations discussed a North Atlantic pact, he warned that arms for European nations raise grave doubts and may not be necessary for the pact. He reserved final judgment on the issue.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Europe
Russia
State Department
94 year old woman takes up horseback riding
At 94 Mrs Lois Mitchell who will be 95 April 26 has taken up horseback riding though she says it is not remarkable. She has previously surprised friends with dancing bicycle riding mountain climbing and hiking. She notes the open winter has cut down her activities and she usually skates a lot.
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Amherst
Mass
Lois Mitchell
Linn county Red Cross drive reaches 4881 in four days
The Linn County chapter reports 4881 in contributions in the first four days of the 1949 Red Cross fund drive. The goal is 50000 with a 62000 budget. 12000 war-surplus will offset the gap. Drive chairman John Beck notes slow reports but public schools exceed their 618.50 quota with 917.50.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
American Red Cross
Drive
John Beck
Clyde Parker
Cow in Silo Traps Oklahoma Ranch Narrow Escape
In Yukon Oklahoma a 1400 pound Hereford named Bossy fell into a 17 by 25.5 inch feed door and became wedged inside a 40 foot concrete silo. Vet treated her. owner Bill Mach faces costly, risky extraction options as the cow bides in her paper‑thin prison.
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Yukon
Okla
Diddle Diddie
Bill Mach
Mach Ranch
Here
Mach
Mack
Oklahoma
President hints at stump tour against special interests
President Truman signaled a nationwide tour to rally support against pressure groups and diehard reactionaries opposing his legislative program. He spoke at Jefferson Jackson Day dinner pledging to continue the fight for Taft Hartley repeal social security expansion housing and higher wages while denouncing special interests who he said manipulate media and editors to twist the voters' will.
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Washington
Truman
Democratic Party
Congress
Plea of Guilt Opens Bulgar Church Trial
In Sofia the trial of 15 Protestant churchmen opened with Nikola Naumov pleading guilty to crimes against the state. He testified he worked for American espionage agents delivering military and political information to Cyril Black, center of American espionage in Bulgaria after 1944, and named collaboration with Western powers starting in 1938.
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Sofia
Nikola Naumov
Naumov
Supreme Council of the United Evangelical Churches
Cyril Black
United States
Black
Bulgaria
Princeton University
Mary Johnston
Sielbrant
Vienna
Yanko Ivanov
GM Cuts Prices on Cars as Pay Reductions Hit Workers
General Motors announced price cuts across its car and truck lines by 10 to 40 dollars matching a wage reduction for 341000 hourly and salaried workers. The move follows a 0.3 percent drop in January living costs and comes as Chrysler boosts prices and reports strong 1948 profits.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
CIO
United Auto
UAW
T. A. Johnstone
Walter P Reuther
Buick
Pontiac
Oldsmobile
Cadillac
Chevrolet
Tenant Ex-Wife Tangles Exmarital Living Arrangements
Lester Bowers, 41, of 200 Second Avenue SE, divorced three years ago, asked his former wife where she was going and ended up jailed. She accused him of disturbing the peace over where she could go. In police court Judge Johnson fined him 25 dollars and suspended the fine.
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Cedar Rapids
Lester Bowers
Second Avenue SE
Bowers
Johnson
River Levels Drop as Cold Front Hits Iowa
Cedar Rapids reports falling river levels across Iowa due to cold air. The weather bureau cautions temperatures will stay near freezing through Friday night before a rise Saturday. Snow or light precipitation possible eastern Iowa late Saturday into Sunday.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Seder Rapids
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