Rent Curb Bill Sent to Conference
The Senate rejected House changes to the rent control extension and sent the bill to a conference. Sen. Cain warned he might resume a one man filibuster if the House provisions extend the law for seven months, with chances for a new year of rent control if talks stall. Seven Iowa House members opposed the bill, one voted with the majority.
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Washington
ULP
Senate
Maybank
D-S. C
Senate Banking Committee
House
Iowa
Rep. Gross
Vast Pacific Cloud Sparks Weather Mystery
A 1.2 million square mile cloud blankets the Pacific reaching 16 000 feet near Wake Island and 7 000 feet near Hawaii. Weather officials cite possible origins from desert sands to a New Guinea eruption or atomic tests, though experts remain skeptical of an atomic cause and favor volcanic activity.
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Honolulu
Pacific
U. S. Weather Bureau
R. H. Simpson
Wake Island
Hawaii
Simpson
New Guinea
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
Wake
Washington
U. S
Newlyweds Told To Silence Car Horns In City
In Philadelphia, newly married couples receiving marriage licenses were given a white card from the police bureau quoting a city ordinance. It forbids operators of vehicles from sounding horns or warning devices except when necessary to prevent accidents.
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Philadelphia
Bureau of Police
Conviction in Wrong Man Murder Case
A jury found Mrs. Truman Gayle, 33, guilty of first degree murder in the poisoning death of neighbor Oscar Rasmussen, intended to poison her husband to wed Lawrence Nobles. The verdict carries life imprisonment with no parole, sentence stayed until Friday.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Truman Gayle
Oscar Rasmussen
Martin A. Nelson
Minnesota
Mrs. Gayle
Mrs. Gavle
Nobles
Gayle
Gavle
Camp Cleanup Prepares Cedar Rapids Camp for Opening
Cedar Rapids residents report Camp Good Health readied for opening next Monday with 13 firemen cleaning cabins and clearing brush aided by the Ladies Aid Society of St James church. Volunteers from Collins Radio and local groups contributed food and funds to the Camp Good Health Fund totaling over 2400 dollars.
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Cedar Rapids
Ladies Aid Society
St. James Church
Tony Pleune
St. James
V. Hunter
R. Vinch
H. Freud
K. Stark
C. Heins
B. Krabacher
Ed Suchan
Lincoln Zarub
R. Serovy
T. McAllen
J. Canes
F. Condon
G. Kanellis
Karl Sorensen
Collins Radio
Bill Dytrt
Dytrt
Krebs Dutch Girl
Russell’s
Sramek’s
Camp Good Health Fund
Women’s Fellowship of
Olivet Presbyterian
COCR
Rere SS Se
Belle Plaine
Killian’s Accessories Department
Seventeenth Street K “Charity Circus
Ella Hungerford
King’s Daughters
Priscilla Club
Naomi Circle of Ki Daughters
Joanne Nimmer
Hartley observes mock Communist invasion on Flag Day
In Hartley Iowa a 1500 resident town staged a mock Communist takeover to show life behind the Iron Curtain. The event led by the American Legion and Chamber of Commerce included guards, arrests of Mayor Wagner and other officials, a concentration camp, rationing, and Communist classes led by James F. Green.
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Hartley
America
American Legion and
Chamber of Commerce
Mosinee
James F. Green
American Legion
Americanism Commission
Plumber Pleads Guilty After Tubeax Breach
Detroit plumber Dan Reed pleaded guilty to larceny after attempting to remove a bathtub from a condemned building. Water leaked through the floor as he dragged the fixture, soaking a man in the room below. Reed is held on a 3000 dollar bond.
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Detroit
Dan Reed
Reed
Nine Airmen Die in Crash Near Elkins West Virginia
Nine airmen were killed when a B-25 crashed near Elkins West Virginia. The missing plane had been reported between Middletown Pa and Offutt Nebraska before the crash.
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Middletown
Olmsted Field Air Force Base
Elkins
W. Va
Here
Offutt Air Force Base
Neb
Erickson Trial Set for Monday
New York city banker Frank Erickson a 54 year old bookmaker with a multi million dollar annual business across 48 states was ordered to stand trial on Monday on charges that could bring sixty years in prison. District Attorney Frank S Hogan will prosecute the case. Erickson's attorney Sol Gelb protested the haste claiming the court was swept up in the senate testimony. Bookmaking is a social not a criminal problem he said. Justice Nathan D Perlman approved the date.
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New York
Frank Erickson
Frank S. Hogan
Senate
Erickson
Sol Gelb
Emily Erxleben 79 Dies in Gas Fatality
Mrs. Emily A. Erxleben, 79, killed herself in a gas filled apartment on Tuesday. Police said she visited a mortician last week and prepaid for her funeral.
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Elizabeth, N. Jr
Emily A. Erxleben
McCarthy Survives Senate Corridor Confrontation
In Washington on Wednesday Senator McCarthy wrestled free from a man who grabbed his shoulder and called him corrupt. The unidentified protester, Robert Beresford of California, claimed to be national chairman of the Committee of Unorganized Americans and sought a hearing on McCarthy's charges against Philip Jessup. Beresford pressed for a retraction amid the standoff before McCarthy walked away.
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Washington
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate
Robert Beresford
San Jose
Calif
Committee
Beresford
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
State Department
Wisconsin
Philip C. Jessup
Jessup
Harvard Educated Pigeons Play Piano and Tell Time
Harvard psychology professor B. F. Skinner reports pigeons trained to play piano and table tennis, push buttons, and read color signals for food rewards. Birds learned timing to receive grain and demonstrated rapid responses comparable to humans.
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Cambridge, Mass
B. F. Skinner
Harvard
Skinner
Doubling of Purchasing Power Seen
The Committee for Economic Development says real wages could double in 30 years if productivity per hour keeps rising at historical rates. It urges tax reform, managed growth, higher investment, and stronger public policy to sustain output gains and worker hiring.
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Washington
Ap) — Committee For Economic Development
CED
Marion B. Folsom
Eastman Kodak Company
Ruffin Edges McLaughlin by Two Votes in County Attorney Race
In the Linn county Republican primary held June 5, Ruffin led McLaughlin by two votes after a county canvass. Ruffin received 2,295 and McLaughlin 2,283, with Willis A. Glassgow winning the nomination. Adjustments also altered results for Rapids township justice of the peace and Secretary of Agriculture races. The canvass, conducted by the board of supervisors and County Auditor Otto F. Hanzlik, corrected several reporting errors.
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Ted V. Ruffin
Howard McLaughlin
Linn County
McLaughlin
Ruffin
Willis A. Glassgow
Otto F. Hanzlik
Glassgow
Charles L. Benesh
Miles Adams
Rapids Township
Benesh
Adams
Hanzlik
Clyde Spry
Iowa
Board of Supervisors
Arrows Protect Rye Home From Golf Ball Threats
Rye Wood Country Club put up a 15 foot high 90 foot long wire fence to guard FE Frank O'Hara's glass windows after he and others fired arrows toward the course in response to wayward golf balls.
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Rye
N.Y
Rye Wood
Frank O’hara
O'Hara
Wholesale Food Prices Decline in Dun and Bradstreet Index
The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index fell for the first time since April 18. For the week ended June 13 the index dropped to 5.94 from 6.00, compared with the same week in 1949.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet
Races Integral to Fairs Face Legal Challenge
Three more witnesses testified in Cedar Rapids as Don McElhinney sues the All-Iowa Agricultural Association over a contract with John Gerber for races at Hawkeye Downs this summer. The case argues the tax-exempt group competes with private enterprise and oversteps its legal limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
All-Iowa Agricultural Association
G. K. Thompson
Association
Don McElhinney
Ce Mar Acres
McElhinney
John Gerber
Midwest Midget Auto Racing Association
Hawkeye Downs
C. L. Miller
Cedar County
Anderson
Conn
Miss Stewart
Bacque
Ce-Mar Acres
Dog Leads Way To Lost Master In Buckhorn Mountain Rescue
A loyal mongrel dog kept watch over 4 year old Clarence Swope for 17 hours in cold rain on Buckhorn Mountain. At dawn the dog led 1,000 volunteers to the boy who wandered from his brother while heading to their father’s mine job. Clarence sat on a log crying, but was unharmed.
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Coupon
Buckhorn Mountain
Clarence Swope
Clarence
Secret Service cites New York and Chicago counterfeit rings
A E Baughman testified before Congress that counterfeiters in New York and Chicago produce $100,000 monthly with links to distributors in other areas. He urged adding 31 agents to combat the crime, noting seizures topped $1,000,000 last year and $550,000 in the first five months of this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S
Secret Service
Congress
New York
Chicago
A. E. Baughman
Baughman
St. Louis
Man Convicted of Starving Son in NY Case
A New York man, Guy Scielzo, 30, was convicted of manslaughter for starving his 3 year old son to death and neglecting his 4 year old daughter Vincenza. His wife, 30, pled guilty to a similar manslaughter charge. The judge set sentencing for July 12. The starved child weighed 14 pounds. the daughter 20 but later recovered.
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New York
Guy Scielzo
Vincenza
James G. Wallace
Scielzo
Scieizo
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