Lava Flows Still Erupting From Mauna Loa
Mauna Loa's eruption enters its third day with lava rivers reaching the sea along the Kona coast. Coast guard boats rescue trapped residents while Upper Hookena is destroyed and several villages suffer damage. No casualties reported yet as plumes rise over the 13,680 foot peak and Hilo observes from 35 miles away.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Hawaii
Coast Guard
Island of
Kona
Hookena
Hilo
Iowa CIO Council Backs Loveland for Senate
The Iowa State CIO Industrial Union Council endorsed Albert J. Loveland for the Democratic senatorial nomination. The statement from Vernon Dale and Kenneth Everhart praised Loveland as a strong, broadly favored candidate with agricultural expertise and broad support across parties.
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Des Moines
Iowa State Cio Industrial Union Council
Albert J. Loveland
Vernon Dale
Kenneth Everhart
al Loveland
Loveland
Grinnell Confers Four Honorary Degrees at Commencement
Grinnell college will award four honorary degrees at Sunday commencement. Recipients include Mary Braginton, Rockford Ill., doctor of humane letters. James Francis Cooke, editor emeritus Etude, doctor of fine arts. James Norman Hall, Colfax Iowa native now Tahiti, doctor of literature. Barl D Strong, Grinnell faculty since 1915, doctor of laws. Strong retires as dean and will return as economics professor next semester.
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Grinnell, Il
Grinnell College
Mary Braginton
Rockford
Ill
Grinnell
James Francis Cooke
Etude Magazine
Theodore Presser
James Norman Hall
Colfax
Tahiti
Eleanor Roosevelt Plans Oslo Statue Unveiling Tour
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt sails for a 30 day European tour to attend the unveiling of a granite Franklin D. Roosevelt statue in Oslo, Norway. She is joined by her son Elliott and grandchildren, with Norwegian Ambassador Wilhelm de Morgentstierne and secretary Malvina Thompson. The statue, funded by Norwegian subscribers, will be unveiled June 7 and she will meet the Norwegian government as chair of the United Nations Human Rights Commission.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Oslo
Norway
Parker Denounces Education Group Aide as Non Educator
Miss Jesse Parker rebukes statements by Harvey Hill of the Iowa State Education Association calling them the view of the association. Hill cited that he wrote to ISEA members while Parker campaigns for renomination in the Republican primary. Parker accuses the ISEA paid press agent Richard Mason of crafting the attack and questions Elmer Ritter’s endorsement.
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DES Moines
Jesse Parker
Republican Party
Harvey Hill
Iowa State Education Association
ISEA
Elmer Ritter
Iowa State Teachers College
Ritter
Parker
Paul Norris
Department of Public Instruction
Ellen Hartnett
Drake University
Richard Mason
Pro and Con of the Garbage Disposal Plan
The system will cut about 15000 yearly from former costs enabling more spending for better service. Dumps will smother odors with earth, rats and flies kept out, and burning reduced. Memorial drive will be cleaned, private haulers required to cover trucks, and winter dirt handling prepared. Ottumwa will vote tomorrow on the plan. the result impacts Davenport, Waterloo, and Mason City as nearby cities use sanitary fill methods.
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Cedar Rapids
Memorial Drive
Memorial
Davenport
Waterloo
Mason City
Iowa
Ottumwa
City Briefs And Local Notices
A compendium of community reminders including Zofie Podlipska Lodge meeting at Riverside Park on Wednesday at 2 p.m. and other club and political notices. Readers are invited to call numbers for transportation to polls and event details. Local fire alarms are reported at the Jerry Thorington home and the Taft hotel with minor damage from overheated equipment.
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Zofie Podlipska
Riverside Park
Jerry Thorington
Summer Street NW
Taft Hotel
Cedar Rapids Debates Trash Dump and Incinerator Plan
The question splits over incinerator use versus sanitary landfill in Cedar Rapids. Since May 22 four council meetings have shaped a plan to dump trash in trenches west of Memorial drive with the incinerator on standby. Protests rose May 25 and May 29 with Safety Commissioner Prochaska backing the dump, while Linn County warns against city-limit dumps. Mayor Sedive and Finance Commissioner Burgos defend the change. Parks and Public Improvements push cautious trial. The Memorial drive dump remains in use. a fringe-site alternative is sought. tractor equipment delivery should enable full sanitary fill within a week.
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Cedar Rapids
Memorial Drive SE
van Vechten Park
Memorial Drive
Otis Road
Mt. Vernon Road
Edward A. Prochaska
Linn County
Clarence Beeson
Clarence L. Sedive
Louis D. Burgos
Richard C. Jones
Ray S. Tapper
Burgus
Two Cedar Rapids Drivers Accused of Leaving Scene
Alonzo Case and Robert Franks, both Cedar Rapids men, face charges for leaving the scene of accidents Saturday afternoon. Case allegedly struck a stopped car on Third Avenue near Fourth Street SE. Franks backed into Charles Zastera’s car in Ellis Park and fled, also charged with driving a car with faulty brakes while driving a vehicle registered to Joseph McDowell.
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Cedar Rapids
Alonzo Case
Bever Avenue SE
Robert Franks
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Louis Krejci
Avenue NE
Third Avenue
Fourth Street SE
Franks
Charles Zastera
Ellis Park
Joseph McDowell
Fifteenth Street
Zastera
Ellis Boulevard
Youthful Driver and Father Face Charges
Richard M. Hunt, 18, of 1125 Fourteenth Avenue SE, charged with driving without a license and operating a vehicle with faulty brakes after Saturday arrest by Patrolman Bastian Krui denier. His father Lester Hunt charged with permitting an unauthorized person to drive.
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Richard M. Hunt
Fourteenth Avenue SE
Bastian Kruidenier
Lester Hunt
Bevin Undergoes Second Operation in London
British Foreign Secretary Bevin, aged 69, underwent a second flight operation in a London clinic Saturday. His condition was described as satisfactory.
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Bevin
London
INL
California Cross-Filing Shapes 1946 Senate Race
The article notes Gov Earl Warren and other candidates cross-file in California primaries influencing November voting strength. Warren seeks both party nominations in 1946 as he previously did. Helen Gahagan Douglas and Richard M Nixon are favored for Democratic and Republican senatorial nominations, respectively, amid competitive races.
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Earl Warren
California
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Richard M. Nixon
U. S
Gov. Warren
37 Hurt in Bus and Auto Collision
A Greyhound bus and a car collided on U S route 42 near Mason Ohio injuring 37 people. Driver Paul Briel a 60 year old Cincinnati photographer and Mrs Josselyn Farmer were hospitalized in Cincinnati. Bus driver William Davis 30 Ludlow Falls and 34 passengers suffered cuts, bruises, with several cases of broken bones and shock.
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Lebanon
Ohio
Greyhound
U. S
William Davis
Ludlow Falls
Widows of Vets Eligible for Loans
WWII widows who have not remarried can receive VA home farm and business loans, with the same benefits as veterans in VA guaranteed mortgage purchases. Eligibility requires the husband to have served between Sept 16, 1940 and July 25, 1947 and to have died from service connected causes.
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Washhington
Veterans Administration
Strike Ends at Clinton Foods Plant Vote Accepts Terms
Clinton Foods workers approved company terms by secret ballot 426 to 324 ending a walkout that began May 22. The Clinton corn processing plant will resume operations today with higher wages improved health and retirement benefits and a base rate raised to 1.28 dollars per hour.
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Clinton (Ap
Clinton Foods, Inc
Cedar Rapids Should Not Scrap Incinerator Plan
The city faces a debate over abandoning the $137,000 incinerator despite a $15,000 yearly saving. Engineers favor incineration as the cleanest disposal method, arguing dumping harms neighborhoods, property values, and future development. Property owners near Memorial drive oppose continuing the dump plan.
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Cedar Rapids
Health Camp Staff & Goals Aimed at Cedar Rapids Children
The Camp Good Health in Cedar Rapids lists 17 paid staff including R C Waltmire as dietitian and Mrs Waltmire as nurse. The eight week program plans 75 beds for physically handicapped children and seeks donations to fund operating expenses via The Gazette Camp Good Health Fund.
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R. C. Waltmire
Cedar Rapids
Camp Good Health Fund
Public Health Nursing Association
the Gazette
Iowa
Obituaries for Cantwell and McLaughlin in Iowa
William Cantwell, 78, died Saturday at his home in Van Horne. Services 9 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Church. burial at Calvary Cemetery. B I McLaughlin, 83, died Saturday in Anamosa. Services 9 a.m. Tuesday at St. Patrick's Church. burial Holy Cross Cemetery. Body at Glen McLaughlin’s home in Anamosa. friends may call.
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van Horne
William Cantwell
Immaculate Conception Church
Calvary Cemetery
Anamosa
B. I. McLaughlin
St. Patrick’s Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Glen McLaughlin
McCarthy Attacks Senate Panel Over Foreign Relations Probe
Sen McCarthy blasts the Democratic controlled Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee over its charges and accuses members including Tydings McMahon and Lucas of whitewashing the inquiry. He says witnesses he suggested were heckled and badgered.
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McCarthy
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Tydings
D-Md
McMahon
D-Conn
Lucas
Senate
Taft accuses admin of suppressing Amerasia documents case
Senate GOP policy leader Taft of Ohio charges the administration suppressed the Amerasia stolen documents case and calls for a complete probe by the Tydings committee.
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Washington
INS
Senate
G.O.P
Taft
Ohio
Amerasia
Tydings Committee
Driver Faces Two Charges After Iowa Light Truck Crash
A car struck an Iowa Electric Light and Power Company truck Saturday night in front of 1705 Johnson Avenue NW. The driver was charged with improper registration and failure to have his car under control.
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Iowa Electric Light and Power Company
Johnson Avenue NW
Chiang Orders Speedy Execution of Grafters
Chiang Kai-shek on Saturday ordered immediate execution for any public servant found guilty of graft. The directive underscores a harsh crackdown aimed at rooting out corruption across government agencies in Formosa.
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Chiang
Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Farouk Confers Bey Title on Sadek in Cairo
King Farouk bestows the title Bey on Fuad Sadek the commoner husband of Princess Faikah. The title, a courtesy rank with no official meaning, signals a possible blessing of the California marriage. Sadek and Faikah returned from San Francisco as ordered. Fathia also faced pressure to part from her American-born husband Ghali but refused.
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Cairo
Farouk Sateurday
Fathia
Riad Ghali
San Francisco
Chicago Cook Marries Austrian Village Queen
Sam Hedge, a 61-year-old Chicago cook, wed Brigitte Rauch, 29, of Gleichenberg Austria after a three year courtship by mail. The couple plans a brief honeymoon in the Salzburg region before Hedge sails from France on June 11. Hedge, a great grandfather, will return to the United States alone as his bride awaits immigration clearance for at least three months to join him.
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Bad Gleichenberg
Austria
Ins
Sam Hedge
Chicago
Brigitte Rauch
Salzburg Lake
Hedge
United States
France
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Jay W. Hesser, JR
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Theodore B. Hlubacek
Walter Krebs
Davidson
Fairfax
Engler’s
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Cambridge Grocery
Cole Rapids
Wimm’s
David Hallenbeck
Center Point
First Avenue SE
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Fifteenth Avenue SE
V. A. Kofron
Maple Drive NW
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Joyner
City Cab
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K. C
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Knights of Columbus
Maine Lodge
Odd Fellows
First Avenue NE
Kosek
Jan Hus
Jan Hus Lodge
1.C.C.F
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Leo B. Sedlacek
Wally Leffingwell
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Charles Fels
Fels
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John Hanna
Norman Young
Kenneth M. Davidson
Baltimore
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Ind
Art Heusinkveld
Clinton
Soerts
Betz Monuments
3Rd Ave
Ames
Robert Houseman
Franklin School
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Maria Simmons
Bonaparte
Iowa State College
Helen Reichert
Marlene Horning
Marion High School
Donna Bailey
Marion
Cornell College
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Jack Funcke
Ted Whiting
Cedar Falls
Associated Press
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Sadek
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