Seven Inch Flood Destroys Mystic Area in Iowa
Torrential rains across south central Iowa caused rivers to overflow and reshape towns. Mystic suffered near total flood damage with multiple rescues as Walnut Creek surged two feet above prior records. Several deaths occurred from flooded roads and trains, and rail lines near Albia and Ottumwa were washed out. Meteorologists expected the Des Moines River to rise further before easing.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
Flats
Mystic
Walnut Creek
Orville Howe
Des Moines
Eddyville
Centerville
Albia
Bloomfield
Oskaloosa
South Central Town
Burlington Railroad
Burlington
Denver
Davenport
Milwaukee’ Railroad
Seymour
Washington
Rock Island
Wheeler Trails in Montana Primary Narrowing Gap
In Montana, Senator Burton K. Wheeler trailed Leif Erickson by over 4,000 votes as early counts showed Erickson leading in urban areas and Wheeler holding a contested lead in rural districts. Erickson, backed by CIO PAC and union figures, built a decisive edge, while Wheeler sought late gains in small towns.
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Burton K. Wheeler
Leif Erickson
Montana
Erickson
Wheeler
Arizona
Arkansas
Wyoming
Congress
Cio-Pac
Brotherhood of Railway
James E. Murray
Dmont
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James. Erickson
Butte
Truman
John’ L. Lewis
AFL United Mine Workers
Hog price record set at Union Stock Yards
Traders posted a modern hog price record with top quotes at 21.50 to 22.00, higher than Tuesday's record though most hogs were held for higher cash returns. Cattle and sheep prices held steady, while prime Iowa fed steers around 1,400 pounds reached 86.25. The agriculture department forecast meat stocks to double soon as federally inspected meat production last week doubled the prior week under OPA controls.
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Chicago
Union Stockyard
Iowa
Agriculture Department
OPA
26 Year Crest In Food Prices
New York reports wholesale food prices rose to the highest general level since January 8, 1920, per Dun and Bradstreet. The index of 31 food commodities for the week ended July 16 rose to 5.20, 1.2 percent under the all time high of 5.30 from July 31, 1919, marking a 19.5 percent gain in three weeks after OPA expiration.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet,Inc
OPA
Senate Votes Raise For Federal Judiciary
Washington AP reports the Senate passed a bill granting a five thousand dollar year raise to the federal judiciary from the chief justice on down, sending the measure to the House for action.
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Washington
United States
Senate
House
Meat Buyers Strike Urged By Auto Union
The CIO United Auto Workers called on all Americans to join a seven day meat buyers strike to protest rising costs. UAW seeks cooperation from 800,000 members and other groups, with rallies in Detroit Cleveland and Chicago and pressure on Congress to restore price controls. Walter P. Reuther led the Detroit rally urging price relief and warning that rents and other items could rise if prices remain high.
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CIO
United Auto Workers
Uaw-Cio
AFL
Auto Union
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Detroit
Cadillac Square
Reuther
Congress
Cleveland
Chicago
OPA
Chrysler
Richard T. Leonard
Agencies Accused Of Not Accounting For 8 Billion
Washington wartime accounting under scrutiny as the GAO accuses the Maritime Commission and War Shipping Administration of misstatements. The inquiry notes eight billion dollars questioned, with replies from War Shipping Administrator Granville Conway defending transfers and corrected practices amid war pressures. Rep. Wigglesworth pushes for a full investigation based on GAO findings and filed concerns.
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Washington
INS
Maritime Commission
War Shipping Administration
House
General Accounting Office
Merchant Marines Committee
War Shipping
Granville Conway
Conway
WSA
GAO
Jeep Ambush Near Trieste Sparks Allied Hunt
Six hundred U.S. soldiers in full gear searched Slovene homes and blocked traffic along the Gorizia Trieste highway after a Tuesday night ambush killed one American and wounded two. The stealth attack near Lago del Bardo killed Walter Kugawa and wounded Jack Kleinman. Lt William Van Atten injured. Parallel tension rose as 50,000 demonstrators campaigned outside embassies in Belgrade over Trieste.
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Trieste
G.i.’S
Lago del Bardo
Jamlje
Gorizia- Trieste
Walter L. Kugawa
351St
Jack Kleinman
William T. van Atten
Belgrade
Big Four
Austin Signals Firm U.S. Stance in U.N. Council
Washington report: Senator Austin joined Senator Vandenberg in stating the United States will not be coerced into international decisions. Austin, named by President Truman to represent the U.S. on the United Nations Security Council, forecast a firm U.S. position akin to the stance described by Secretary Byrnes at the Paris foreign ministers conference.
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Washington
Sen
Austin
R-Vt
Vandenberg
R-Mich
United States
Truman
United Nations Security Council
U.N. Council
State Byrnes
Paris
Red Officer Acquitted of Spy Charge
Russian Navy Lt. Nicolai G. Redin was found not guilty by a federal jury on one count of conspiracy and four counts of espionage. The 30 year old officer thanked the jurors after the nearly 11 hour deliberation and affirmed friendship between the United States and Russia.
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Seattle
Nicolai G. Redin
United States
Redin
FBI
Russia
Yellowstone
America
Lloyd N. Black
Barkleys Name Injected Into Probe Of Profits
Washington reports reveal Mrs. Jean Bates testified that as secretary for a Midwest munitions firm under war profits investigation she often handled calls from Rep May and from an office believed to be Sen Barkleys. She named several offices that contacted Joseph Freeman, the firms sales agent, and noted frequent or periodic calls from May, Sabath, Capehart, Dickstein, and Barkley associated offices. The testimony accompanies claims of improprieties and the committee reviews related to wartime arms dealings.
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Washington
Jean Bates
War Profits
Rep
May
Dky
Sen
Barkley
D Ky
Combine
House Military Committee
Senate
Albert Jacobson
War Department
Two Cedar Rapids men die in Walcott plane crash
Albert Fisher 29 a Hunter Flying Service pilot and George J Thomson 61 a Iowa Manufacturing service rep were killed when their twin engine Cessna burned after a forced landing three miles east of Walcott in Scott County. The crash occurred Tuesday night after the ship departed York Pennsylvania for Cedar Rapids. Coroner and deputies reported the plane appeared to be on fire in the air with landing gear down. Witnesses from West Liberty Davenport and Daveneport saw the distressed craft prior to the crash landing at the Clarence Paustian farm. Thomson who joined Iowa Manufacturing in 1928 left a wife and one son. He served as a special Army technician in the Pacific during World War II and was a member of several organizations. continues on page 8 column 1.
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Associated Press
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Manufacturing Company
Walcott
Scott County
Albert Fisher
Hunter Flying Service
George J. Thomson
Iowa Manufacturing Company Service
York
Cedar Rapids News
Iowa, Manufacturing Company
Fifth Avenue SE
Center Point Road
Jim Wathan
Hunterfield
Fisher and Thomson
Akron
Ohio
Wathan
Fisher
Paul Martin
Fred Christe Jansen
West Liberty
Davenport
Violet Grimmer
Jack Long
Virgil Shannon
Claurence Paustian
Daveneport
Martin
Thomson
Frank Keppy
Scot County
Range Funeral Home
Scotland
Okinawa
Guam
Aleutians
Pacific
el Kahir Shrine
Crescent ‘Lodge
A.F.L. Machinists
George Thome
Reds Say Two Missing Yanks Cannot Be Located
FRANKFURT AP Russia says two United States officers who reportedly vanished into the Russian sector of Berlin recently cannot be located. German authorities informed the United States army of the disappearance and the search continues amid tense postwar occupation notes.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States Army
United States
Berlin
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Lloyd Harris
Georgetown
Earl Repp
Burlington Raile Road
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Des Moines River
Tracy
Sen. Wheeler
Mont
Georgia
John F. Trost
Atlanta
Justice Department
United States Supreme Court
Eugene Talmadge
Statehouse
James V. Carmichael
Ellis Arnall
E. D. Rivers
Hoke O’kelley
Talmadge
Ernest W. McFarland
John R. Murdock
Richard F. Harless
Sidney P. Osborn
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Lester C. Hunt
Frank A. Barrett
Earl Wright
Nels H. Smith
Oren Harris
Brooks
Hays
Mike Mansfield
Wesley A. D
Ewart
Hogs
State of Teees AB
Wigglesworth
McEvoy Steamboat Company
United Nations
R-Mass
Bland
D-Va
GAO Ree
Chetnik
Yugoslavia
Draja Mikhailovitch
Mikhailovitch
U.S
San Marco
Montefalcone
John W. Henderson
Husky
Savelas
Freeman
Geo. J. Thomson
Enroute
York, Pa
Ain
U. S. Army
Towr Manufacturing Company
Army
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