Plans Rushed For Boost of Haylift Scope
The air force rushed plans to extend haylift operations across the West to save starving livestock. Emergency relief offices opened at Lowry base near Denver with leaders coordinating with Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota and Kansas governors. Rural leaders report worsening conditions as snowdrifts wipe out stock. the public funds total rises toward nine hundred thousand dollars.
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Air Force
West
10Th Air Force
Lowry Au Base
Denver
Hatson
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska
South Dakota
Kansas
Russell Thorp
Spangler Assails Dewey Republicans in Speech
Iowa national committeeman Harrison Spangler blasted Dewey forces for losing the 1948 election in a prepared address. He criticized the Republican party leadership during a speech released to The Gazette.
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America
Spangler
Omaha
Natonal Committee
Dewey
Scott Ousted as Omaha A Leader Aims to Oust Rep Hugh W Scott
National figures indicate enough votes exist to remove Rep Hugh W Scott from leadership. Harrison Spengler of Cedar Rapids argues anti-Scott sentiment could force resignation and predicts a Midwesterner will be named to succeed him. Spengler cites mentorship of Roy Dunn as a factor.
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Hugh W Scott
Harrison Spengler
Cedar Rapids
Spangler
Scott
Winnesotas
Roy Dunn
St Paul
Israel election returns show Mapai leading with 35 percent
Provisional results indicate David Ben Gurion’s Mapai party at 35 percent with half the returns. Labor aligned Mapai is favored by Western powers, while United Workers leans Soviet. United Religious Group close behind. Heruth at 9 percent. Communists 2.5 percent. Final count due Friday. Voting heavy, especially in Arab areas with some constituencies 100 percent turnout.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
David Ben Gurion
Mapai
Ben Gurion
United Workers Party
United Religious Group
Heruth
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Farm Bureau Upholds Sliding Scale Price Supports
Washington AP The American Farm Bureau Federation keeps its endorsement of the flexible farm price supports system from the 80th Congress. The board rejected a proposal to require 90 percent parity for major crops when production controls are imposed.
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Washington
American Farm Bureau Federation
Federation Board of Directors
Flood, Wind and Ice Wreak Wide Weather Havoc Across Nation
Storms foul the country from Dallas to Chicago with flood evacuees in southern Illinois and freezing conditions in coastal Lowlands. Snow and ice blanket Las Vegas and citrus areas as highways close and forests face closures amid widespread travel disruption and power concerns.
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California
Illinois
Massissippi Valley
Arizona
Nevada
Las Vegas
Dallas
Chicago
St Louis
Detroit
Appalachians
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Thursday Sunny Weather Tests Iowa Skies
Iowa residents awoke to a sunny but hazy Cedar Rapids morning as the forecast called for temperatures in the middle twenties and a freeze overnight. The weather bureau warned of snow flurries and sleet in some areas with precipitation elsewhere. Road travel was resuming to near normal as the state remained largely congested north of a line through Council Bluffs to Clinton.
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The
Highway Commission
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Council Bluffs
Audubon
Ames
Clinton
Rutledge Free as Hearings Set on Writ
Dr Robert C Rutledge remains free while a writ of habeas corpus seeks a permanent release. Judge David W Fitzgibbon set February 7 for a full hearing on the writ as Rutledge faces a first degree murder charge in Cedar Rapids.
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Associated Press
Robert C. Rutledge
Byron C. Hartman
Cedar Rapids
St. Louis
David W. Fitzgibbon
Richard Mahfood
ST Louis
Robert C Rutledge
Court of Crliminal Correction
Dr Rutledge
Byron C Hartman
Leon Laughren
Fitzgibbon
Dr. Rutledge
Liberty
Laughren
First
James W Connors
Missouri
Linn County Supervisors Grant Salary Increases For Many Workers
Linn county supervisors approved raises for county employees Tuesday afternoon. The largest hike went to County Engineer William H. Behrens from 4440 to 5000 dollars annually. Buckner and Gillette in the engineer’s office also gained 320 dollars each. Ida Hampton, overseer of the poor, rose to 2580 dollars. Most courthouse staff received a 10 dollar monthly raise, with officeholders seeking 15 dollars. Extra pay for temporary help rose to 75 cents an hour, not to exceed 135 dollars a month.
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Linn County
William H. Behrens
F E Buckner
H A Gillette
Buckner
Gillette
Behrens
Ida Hampton
Local line outage joke echoes rural phone woes
A local operator tells a subscriber trying to reach a rural number to give up as the line is out of order. The operator quips that even the phones she does not ring do not answer.
Vet Pension Plan Given Green Light
The House Veterans Affairs Committee moved a multi billion dollar veteran pension proposal to be first on Thursday’s agenda. The plan targets about 18 million World War I and II veterans with pensions starting at 60 dollars a month at age 60 rising to 90, plus disability supplements and higher rates for total disability or need for an attendant. The bill, introduced by Rankin with Legion backing, awaits action in both houses with broad support anticipated.
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House Veterans Affairs Committee
Rankin
D- Miss
John Thomas Taylor
The
American Legion
Rankin and the Legion
Veterans Administration
Legion
Mississippian
Edith Nourse Rogers
Rmass
Gem Dealer No Dope After All
New York AP report. Jack Jucker, 24, a diamond merchant, sent $3,000 worth of jewels to a hotel room for display after a telephone call. Three men grabbed him, one held a gun while others took the gems. Detectives in the hall ordered the bandits to surrender. Jucker escaped unharmed.
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New York
Jack Jacker
Teddy the Glen Cove dog executed by order of priest
In Glen Cove New York Teddy a large black Newfoundland was executed after townspeople and authorities concluded he killed sheep. The dog lived with a priest and was beloved by 711 St Patrick's school children who refused to believe he was a killer.
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N. Y
Teddy
Newfoundland St. Bernard
Thomas Hickey
John Cross
St. Patrick’s
Butch
Long Island
Imayor
Luke Mercandante
Owever
Cross
Staples Fall Across Nation by 9 Percent, AP Report
An Associated Press survey shows seven staple food items in 13 cities averaged a 9.7 percent drop from a year ago. Women’s cotton house dresses are down 24.5 percent and nylon stockings 15.3 percent. men save about 75 percent on shirts. Shoes for men and women and men’s footwear are also noted.
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Associated Press
Prices at wholesale food index hit low since OPA end
The Dun and Bradstreet index of wholesale food prices announced Wednesday stood at 591, the lowest since OPA controls ended October 8, 1946. The index is 196 percent below the July 13 last year peak of 736, with prices down 11 cents in the past week.
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New York
OPA
Food price survey shows mixed changes across 13 cities
The report compares staple food costs from January 1948 to the present across 13 cities. San Francisco shows a slight overall rise with milk being the only item higher. Des Moines records a 214 percent price drop. Variations between stores and cities prevent a single pattern.
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San Francisco
Des Moines
Papen Freed by Appeal Court After Four-Year Nazi Sentence
MERNBERG AP Franz von Papen once a top diplomat for Hitler was freed by a Nazification appeal court after serving four years of an eight year term. The court ruled the time served was sufficient. Papen 70 and ailing had been acquitted by the 1946 international tribunal. Spectators applauded his claim he could have stayed in Turkey during the war.
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Franz von Papen
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Papen
International Tribunal
Turkey
Germany
Unionists Indicted In Raid on Plants
Kalamazoo AP State director Thomas Shane and 11 CIO United Steelworkers members were indicted by a one man grand jury on conspiracy to molest non strikers block streets and create a disturbance related to the December 1 raid on Shakespeare Company plants. About 300 people participated in the raid damaging equipment overturning cars and injuring several non striking workers.
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Kalamazoo
CIO
United Steelworkers
Shakespeare Company
USW
Thomas Shane
Detroit
Shane
John Simpson
Shane Glenn Sigman
Chinese Leaders Shift by Feb 5
In Nanking the government will move to Canton with offices closed by Feb 3 and reopening by Feb 5. Nanking city councilmen push for a separate peace and plan to delegate to the Communists if national talks fail. Reports say Nanking and Shanghai may surrender without a fight if talks collapse.
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Nanking
Canton
Yangtze River
Li Tsung-jen
Rent Curbs Attacked in Tulsa Move
In Tulsa six hundred families faced eviction as members of the Tulsa Property Owners Association withdrew from the rental business to protest two rent control bills in Congress. The association's executive secretary Rev Wallace J Murphy said similar actions likely in twenty other cities, including Chicago.
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Tulsa Property Owners Association
Congress
Wallace J Murphy
Association
Chicago
Cedar Rapids Landlords Association Holds Rent Issue
Fred F Redies president of the Cedar Rapids Landlords Association announced no immediate action on rent control. After telephonic board discussions, the group will wait for Tulsa and expects some Cedar Rapids landlords may pursue evictions.
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Cedar Rapids
Property owners oppose rent controls across multiple cities
Murphy of the American Property Owners Association denounces rent control as eviction notices hit 600 families. He cites branches in Tulsa Denver and Chicago and vows to continue operations. Washington officials say evictions proceed and appeal remains possible under current law.
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Texas
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