Democrats To Bid for Farm Vote
A three day Midwest conference opens with a packed program aimed at selling the Brannan farm plan. Vice president Alben Barkley will speak Monday along with Secretary of Agriculture Brannan. Cabinet members and governors attend as Democrats map farm policy for 1950 elections. (Continued on Page 3, Col. 4.)
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Brannan and Barkley
Des Moines
Dwight McCormack
Alben Barkley
Charles Brannan
Barkley
KCRG
Brannan
Tom Clark
Maurice Tobin
Oscar Chapman
Interior
George Neese Clark
The
United Sates
Roy J. Turner
Oklahoma
William L. Knous
Colorado
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Howard McGrath
William M. Boyle
India Edwards
National Committee
Iowa
Hounds' Howls Not Music to Judge's Ears
Des Moines judge rules hound dog noises constitute a private nuisance and orders abatement within three days. Clayton may keep a pet spaniel. Neighbors testified the howling was annoying and mournful, while the owner called it music. The judge contrasted a brass band night and day with acceptable backyard sound.
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Des Moines
Henry W. Clayton
L. Edwin Moore
Clayton
Centennial Pageant Sparks Decorah Parade Prowess
In Decorah centennial events Hod Engbretson drives on time parades with firm marching orders. A log-house scene in Mechanicsville features H L Gibeaut, while a new gym and library frame rise in Morley and a pavilion gains light. Bud Brickley’s stock trailer and a 32 year old Shetland pony add color as the town readies continued coverage.
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Mechanicsville
H. L. Gibeaut
Bud Brickley
Anamosa
Morley
Hod Engbretson
Decorah Theater
Decorah
Engbretsen
Ottumwa Union Accepts Deere Contract Vote
The CIO United Auto Workers at John Deere Ottumwa works voted to accept the company wage offer. The new contract dated June 6 includes a five cent per hour raise, amid earlier stalemated negotiations and prior union authorizations for potential strikes. Locales in Waterloo Dubuque Des Moines East Moline also approved the deal among seven plants employing about 15 000 workers.
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Ottumwa
CIO United Auto Workers Union
Deere and Company
Harold Tullis
Ciouaw
John Deere Ottumwa Works
Iowa Deere
Waterloo
Dubuque
Des Moines
Deere Harvester
East Moline
Deere Spreader
Charges Filed in Club Raid
County Attorney Jack C. White said three informations were filed in district court after a raid by state agents on the Ranch Supper Club near Iowa City. Defendants include C. R. Schlesselman and T. W. King of Swisher. charges include liquor nuisance gambling devices and horse race betting records. No hearings date set.
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Iowa City
Jack C. White
Cou Falls
C. R. Schlesselman
Swisher
T. W. King
Schlesselman
King
Bullet Is Removed, Now He Can Sit Down
SIOUX CITY AP Lester Perry 31 year old war veteran sat down Saturday for first time in more than five years with no pain. He was wounded in the toe back on New Caledonia in January 1944. Doctors initially suspected shrapnel after pulling out a metal piece but the wound persisted. After discharge in 1946 pain grew until Friday when a physician extracted a bullet that had been in his body all the time.
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Sioux City
Lester Perry
Perry
New Caledonia Island
Des Moines Man Acquitted After Deliberate Drunk Test
John Monroe, 67, of Des Moines, was acquitted by a municipal court jury of a drunk driving charge. He admitted getting drunk to challenge a hospital intoxication test after his Dec. 1 arrest, asserting a second test showed little alcohol while his lawyer argued the first test was a frame-up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
John Monroe
Monroe
Band Festival in Mason City Sees 68 Bands Compete for Queen
Sixty eight bands with candidate queens will participate in the North Iowa band festival in Mason City. Bands will parade at 11 am Tuesday ushering a day of music and pageantry.
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Mason City
Mns
North Iowa
Beardsley Keeps Open Iowa State Posts Amid Confirmations
Gov Beardsley still must fill several key state posts with terms expiring June 30 and many interim appointments due by July 1. Uproar over highway and conservation posts continues as the senate rejects nominations, leaving Swaner and Reynolds unresolved and awaiting future action this year.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
State Highway Commission
The
Conservation Commission
State Senate
Beardsley
Senate
Highway Commission
John J. Swaner
Iowa City
George D. Reynolds
Clinton
Robert S. Keir
Spencer Republican
Robert D. Blue
Swaner
Iowa Political Notes on Week at the Statehouse
Statehouse workers favor the new 40 hour five day week while cafeteria operator Frank Marsh laments reduced hours and income. Talks arise of a nonprofit state cafeteria if Marsh quits and a new Des Moines office building with a cafeteria is planned. Des Moines rumors link Harold Stassen as a possible Des Moines convention speaker with Everitt Dirksen mentioned as a GOP cross candidate for 1950.
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Statehouse
Frank Marsh
Frank
Merican Legion
Des Moines
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Iowa
Wwe
Illinois
Everett Dirksen
G.O.P. Ona
Scott Lucas
Dirksen
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S.U.S
Hamlin Garland
Highway 64
Ottumwa Union
Deere
West Liberty
Emmett Osborn
George Flanders
Maurice Meyer
Monona
American Legion
Hayes County
Boys State
Garry Mishler
Myron Schulze
van Horne
Tom Olson
Strawberry Point
Jim Jakoubek
Cedar Rapids
Dennis Lee Denning
McGregor
Bob McGurk
Oxford
Towa
Hawkeye Boys
Camp Dodge
Jeff Fraser
Morton Weinberg
John Culver
Culver
Bob Lutgen
Dick Perry
Ray Smith
John Patterson
Gov. Beardsley
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