Draft Eisenhower bid rocks Democratic convention
Prominent Democrats plan to name General Eisenhower for the presidential nomination or urge Truman to step aside. James A Roe says he will formally offer Ike’s name, while Senator Johnston proposes a resolution urging Truman to give Eisenhower a chance. Pepper pushes a national draft to form a cross party coalition to avert a future war.
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Ike
James A. Roe
New York
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Wuld
Pepper
Fla
Chicago
Sun-Times
Truman Has No Convention Plans
The White House said President Truman has made no arrangements to attend the Democratic convention. Press Secretary Charles G. Ross said the president has not yet said he is going. He noted Truman may decide after the convention, and did not comment on Eisenhower’s remark.
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White House
Truman
Charles G. Ross
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Eisenhower
Bolivar, Mo
Simon Bolivar
Farm Bureau pushes platform on price stabilization
H E Slusher of the American Farm Bureau urged the Democratic platform drafters to create a national monetary commission to stabilize prices. He warned that a democracy of free enterprise cannot flourish or survive continuing fluctuations in the general price level.
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Philadelphia
American Farm Bureau Federation
Democratic Party
H. E. Slusher
Farm Organization
Congress
National Monetary Commission
Slusher
Farm Bureau
President Truman
Missouri
May fly invasion lights up eastern Iowa during swarming rush
Bug experts from Coe College and the University of Iowa explain May flies hatch from aquatic larvae and live briefly as winged adults. Swarms gather around lights, but the insects do not feed. the season ends in a few weeks. The return of worms later nourishes fish, potentially lifting meat prices.
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Coe College
University of Iowa
Peptersor
Gazette’ ’ Office
Suitor Seeks Daughter in Humble Courtship
A Belde news brief reports a suitor asking for marriage to a daughter. The father tests the match with a question about drinking, then pivots to a muted, ironic resolution suggesting a different, unspecified settlement.
Woman wins radio jackpot with wrong answers in daring contest
New York A 32 year old bride Mrs Margaret Hohl Shelley from Gibson New York won 17000 dollars in prizes on the Jackpot radio program by giving wrong answers to early questions and correctly identifying a secret sentence from musical clues winning a 1948 DeSoto sedan Bermuda trip a trailer kitchen set freezer sailboat diamond ring fox fur coat and more passive prize value reviewed by MC Bill Cullen.
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Gibson
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Calif
Bill Cullen
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South America
Gilera Moeta
Gateway
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Hattie L. Cook, Business College Veteran, Is Dead
Cedar Rapids obituary notes Hattie L. Cook secretary of Cedar Rapids Business College for 48 years died Tuesday in Des Moines. A Marion resident over 68 years she retired in 1939 after an injury in California. She taught typewriting and secretarial science and registered about 15 680 students while active in P E O and church groups. Survived by sister two nieces and four nephews with arrangements pending.
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Cedar Rapids
Hattie L. Cook
Cedar Rapids Business College
Ina Berry
Des Moines
Miss Cook
Marion
California
Coe College
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Business College
Presbyterian Church
P.E.O
Florence Ryan
Los Angeles
Clarence Kisling
Nelson Cook
Jack Cook
Robert Cook
Springville
Herbert Ryan
Turner
Union Leader Declines Democratic National Convention Address
President Daniel J. Tobin of the AeA and Teamsters union refused an invitation to address the Democratic national convention and said the union would remain absolutely neutral until after the event.
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Indianapolis
Daniel J. Tobins
Aea
Teamsters Union
Democratc
Wartime Rail Policy Attacked by Justice Official
A Justice Department official told the House executive expenditure panel that railroads used a take it or leave it approach during the war. James E. Kilday said the four man AAR committee controlled rates, denying the government opportunity to shop around, despite 900 railroads being represented.
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Association of American Railroads
August F. Cleveland
AAR
Kilday
Writ Pondered in Soft Coal Strike
Washington ULP reports Robert N. Denham, NLRB general counsel, may decide within 24 hours whether to seek a court injunction to halt the soft coal strike by 40,000 miners. Mine operators and UMW officials urge 36,000 commercial miners to return to work in sympathy with the captives.
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Xeé
Bumper Crops Described In Iowa Prospect Bulletin
Des Moines reports the weekly Crop and Weather Bulletin describes an all around record year for Iowa crops. Nearly ideal moisture and warm temperatures boosted corn growth with early fields tasseling, while most fields remain two weeks from that stage. Oats in the south are colored up. wheat harvest has begun with modest yields after winter kill. Pastures improve but feed grain remains scarce as small grain harvest nears.
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Iowa
Bulletin
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Boone
Humboldt
Worth
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Prague Protest Met by Police Violence as Sokol Parade Rises
Prague government orders investigation into Sokol festival clash. Security police clashed with about 3 000 demonstrators in Wenceslas Square, detaining and interrogating hundreds. Reports note arrests ranged 100 to 200, with police using clubs to disperse the crowd. Reuters dispatches add World War I unknown Soldier tomb and Gottwald review observations.
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Wenceslas Square
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Ement Gottwald
Tate Staten
Czechoslovak’ Press Agency
Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
London News Chronicle
Pilsen
Rokycany
Truman Aides Move to Halt Nomination Stampede
President Truman's aides plan to deter gallery attempts to force a stampede at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia next week. Convention sergeant at arms Leslie L. Biffle said 80 police and up to 50 private detectives will guard galleries to keep delegates from being influenced. He warned that organizers may try to steamroll the nominating process, though he did not confirm Eisenhower backing.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Elsenhower
Leslie L. Biffle
Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Biffle
Eisenhower
Frank M. Fritsch 83 Inventor of Mop Bucket Dies
Hamilton Ohio funeral services will be held Thursday for Frank M. Fritsch 83 inventor of the mop bucket with a wringer attached.
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Hamilton, Ohio
Frank M. Fritsch
Hotel De Bastille Found Under New Orleans Station
Police raided a hobo jungle beneath a New Orleans station and uncovered a maze of tunnels with electricity water and steam lines. A lone tramp slept on a mattress as officers explored the hidden refuge named the Hotel De Bastille with a royal suite and supplies.
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First Precinct
Bbe
Hotel de Bastille
Edward Fallen
Arthur’ Marullo
Cedar Rapids Endures 101 Degree Heat Wave and Record Pool Turnout
Cedar Rapids posted a 101 degree high as a cold front cooled the city to 70 by 5:30 am and 75 by 9 am. The heat drew a record crowd to Ellis Park pool with an unofficial 2,200 swimmers, while Marion saw 1,500 at its American Legion pool.
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Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Hare Neat Cine
Cedar’ ‘Rapids
Fale Pond
Weather’ Bureau
Dan Culjet
Union Pacific Railroad
Council Bluffs
Ellis Park Pool
Nels J. Lee
Red Cross
Lee
Ellis Pool
Nevin Nichols
Marion
American Legion
O. W. Rust
Rust
Deer Captured After Rampage Through Portland Store
A deer fled from a Portland school building and dashed into F W Woolworth in the business district. It raced down Congress Street through a glass door before being captured by Detective Donald H MacDougall. The animal was sent to the Animal Refuge League for treatment.
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Maine
Congress Street
F. W. Woolworth Company
Alexander Daffense
Donald H. MacDougall
Animal Refuge League
Sage Today's Index and Women's Features
The fragment lists Sage Today’s index and women’s features with partial headings. It appears to be a newspaper page overview highlighting sections on women’s interests and a feature index.
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Epee Sage Today
Berlin airlift hampered by Russian interference claims
Western reports cite Soviet tactics to slow Berlin supply routes via a 20 mile corridor. American air force officers accuse Russia of radio beam interference as Yak fighters buzz planes. Marshal Sokolovsky protests, while Clay says interzonal trade cannot resume without use of the Berlin Helmstedt railway.
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United States
S. Chet
Icani
United” States
Power Air Safety Center
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Helmstedt
Court clears Mrs Hayes after water throw prank
Florence Hayes admitted in court to throwing a bucket of cold water at two lovers on her doorstep. The judge imposed court costs only, accepting her explanation as a nervous outburst amid the commotion.
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England
Florence ‘Hayes
Floyd poised to become Sequoyah County sheriff
E W Floyd 40 brother of outlaw Pretty Boy Floyd appears set to win the Democratic nomination for Sequoyah County sheriff with a large early lead. He will face no opposition in the November general election. Floyd is known for his relation to Charles Pretty Boy Floyd who was killed in East Liverpool Ohio on October 22, 1934 after federal agents surrounded him on a farm concluding his crime spree.
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E. W. Floyd
Charles “Pretty Boy” Floyd
Sequoyah
Oklahoma
Ohio
Vane
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