Reds Seal Borders of Reich Zone
Berlin dispatch reports Russia ordered the borders of the Soviet zone sealed to halt the eastward flight of worthless western deutschemarks after currency reform. Interzonal passenger trains halted, auto traffic blocked westbound, pedestrian crossings closed, and freight moves restricted with strict Soviet permits.
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Berlin
Russia
Germany
Kommandatura
Socialist Unity (Communist
Greater Berlin
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Czech amnesty announced by Gottwald for fugitives return
President Klement Gottwald of Czechoslovakia announced a political amnesty pardoning all Czech fugitives who return within three months. Sentences of common criminals now imprisoned will be reduced drastically. Justice Minister Jan Spicka said the amnesty ends interventions abroad and protests that Czechoslovakia is a police state.
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Prague
INS
Klement Gottwald
Czechoslovakia
Jan Spicka
Weather outlook for tonight and Sunday
Decreasing cloudiness and cooler night with northerly winds 15 to 20 mph. Tonight low around 45. Fair and warmer Sunday with a high near 75. Winds diminish tonight returning to light by day.
Work Halls in Hog Kill Dept at Wilson Co
Wilsons Hog Kill department closed Friday after a walkout following disputed hours notices. Plant superintendent Whitford said the hog kill will reopen Monday with work resumed, while union leader Harold Smith cites miscommunication and ongoing disputes. Roughly 100 to 200 workers left, with suspensions issued and a Tuesday mass meeting planned if no reply arrives.
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Hog Kill
Wilson Co
Lredar Rapids News
Wilson and Company
Walter Whitford
Smith
Wilson
Harry Palmer
Whitford
Thousands line Greene Square for Freedom Train display
Cedar Rapids crowds queued from 6.30 a m to 10 a m for access to the Freedom Train documents. By 2 p m, 3 032 visitors had passed through the car exhibits as a long serpentine line stretched around the square. The event featured remarks by University of Iowa President Virgil Hancher and officials, with Jeffersons and Washingtons documents displayed inside the three car exhibit.
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Greene Square
Freedom Train
Judson Kinch
Eddie
Andrew Gessner
Raymond
Cedar Rapids
Fifth Avenue
Fifth Street
Freeedom
American Heritage Foundation
Virgil Hancher
University of Iowa
Hancher
Byron S. Hollins
O'Brien
Dwight Krumboltz
Frank Hahn
Floyd Philbrick
Freedom Train Committee
Krumboltz
America
George Washington
Jefferson
Stassen Rejects Deals as GOP Convention Nears
Philadelphia dispatch reports Harold E. Stassen declares he will not partake in rumored deals or slander aimed at the Republican convention. He says he has had no private talks with Taft or Dewey beyond prior public statements and will fight for the nomination on liberal standards to prevail in November.
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Philadelphia
INS
Harold E. Stassen
G.O.P
Stassen
Taft
Dewey
Ford Sets Flash Speed Record On Sale Day
In Louisville a new 1949 Ford hit a speed record within two hours of sale. A used model appeared at a lot priced at 3250 dollars with the odometer showing only two miles. The asking price tops the original sale by 1425 dollars.
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Louisville
Ford
Magician Leon Mandrake Loses $1000 Backstage
In Flint Michigan on Friday night magician Leon Mandrake saw $1000 vanish backstage from his company’s purses. Police were called to investigate the unscheduled trick and stage disappearance in full view of the audience.
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Flint, Mich
Leon Mandrake
Mandrake
Five Iowa athletes awarded Nile Kinnick scholarships
President Virgil Hancher announced five Iowa athletes as Nile Kinnick scholarship recipients with two alternates named. Winners include Wayne Richard Jeffrey, John W. Towner, Duane Brandt, Maurice Dean Schnell, and Dean Duell, all notable for leadership and all‑state athletic honors. Alternates are Richard C. Gibson and Robert Clifton. Scholarships honor Nile C. Kinnick and are renewable if ideals are emulated. Selection involved committees and 12 of 25 applicants interviewed.
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Iowa City
Nile Kinnick
Iowa
Virgil Hancher
University of Iowa
Wayne Richard Jeffrey
Marion
John WH. Towner
Roosevelt High
Des Moines
Duane Brandt
Waverly
Maurice Dean Schnell
Carroll
Dean Duell
Cherokee
Richard C. Gibson
Robert Clifton
Boone
Nile C. Kinnick
Kinnick
Iowa Junior Chamber of Commerce
Hancher
SUI
Panaminite
Czech Workers Rally Against Communist Press Mergers
About 500 newspaper employees in Prague protested government moves to merge the Social Democratic press with the Communist party. Vice-premier Fierlinger was unable to calm the crowd at the Pravo Lido plant as workers denounced socialist policies and demanded food and freedom of expression.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Zdenek Fierlinger
Pravo Lido
Klement
Goattwald
Pravo Lida
Social Democratic
Social Democratic Party
Communist Party
Congress Won't Adjourn Soon Says Speaker Martin
Speaker Martin of Massachusetts said Congress cannot adjourn tonight due to a heavy legislative log jam. He noted only a break would let lawmakers go away and that a return before or after the conventions has not been decided after a meeting with Senator Taft of Ohio.
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Washington
Martin
R-Mass
Congress
Taft
Ohio
Truman Moves to Block Coal Strike with Fact Finding Board
President Truman named a three member fact finding board under Taft Hartley to report by June 23 on the soft coal dispute with United Mine Workers. The move aims to delay a strike that could threaten national health and safety. Chairman David L. Cole plus E. Wight Bakke and Waldo Emanuel Fisher were named as the panel.
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Washington
Truman
United Mine Workers
White House
National Health and Safety
David L. Cole
Paterson
Board of Inquiry
E. Wight Bakke
Yale University
Waldo Emanuel Fisher
University of
Ching
Lewis
Goats Cause Panic as 150 Loosed in City
In Oklahoma City a fence failure released 150 goats roving freely. A packinghouse fence broke, a switch engine area was blocked, and phones at police headquarters rang with goat reports. Citizens corralled the creatures before officers arrived.
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Oklahoma City
Frisco Railroad
Filibuster Ends as Senate Approves Draft Bill After 17-Hour Fight
In a dramatic session the Senate ended a long filibuster by Senator Taylor of Idaho over the draft. A compromise bill was adopted calling for induction of men aged 19 to 25, starting 90 days after enactment for a 21 month service period. Inductions begin without a presidential proclamation, WWII veterans with one year of service exempt, as are doctors and dentists. Taylor spoke for about 16 hours and 53 minutes before ending the filibuster, expressing belief that the draft bill protects the country and Democratic heritage.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Taylor
Idaho
House
Langer
R-N
Ives
R-N. Y
Congress
Morse
Oregon
Donnell
Taft
Ohio
Ree
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Harold J. Smith
United Packinghouse Workers
Daily Record
Seaeeer
Mary Stevenson
Eddie Burgess
Guttenberg
Wheel AM Tee
Springville
O’brien
Walter H. S. O'Brien
Disis
Jeffrey
Reds
Charles O'Neill
Union Welfare
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