Iowa labor chiefs assail new Taft Hartley measure
Des Moines reports show Iowa labor leaders denouncing the Taft Hartley labor bill as a dirty rotten deal and a vehicle for government regimentation. They warn it will end free enterprise and harm collective bargaining while predicting increased labor strife and an unwarranted political shift.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Truman
A. A. Couch
Couch
James McDonnall
Iowa Industrial Union Council
CIO
National Manufacturers Association
Eric Bjurman
International Association of Activists
Iowa Knights Templar Meet at Spirit Lake
More than 500 persons were expected as the Iowa Knights Templar convened at Templar park Spirit Lake. The commanders planned parades for three evenings weather permitting with Walter A. Delamater of Rye New York among guests and election of officers set for Thursday and installation Friday morning. Some reservations were canceled due to flood conditions and storms.
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Walter A. Delamater
Rye
N. Y
United States
Cornell to stage new play High Time at Cornell theater
MT VERNON Cornell will premiere High Time a new farce by director Albert Johnson at the Cornell theater July 3 4 and 5 It will be the only production of the summer season at Cornell After Hamlet and Cyrano de Bergerac the players turn to this Johnson script the first local production since Loralee and the first farce since Love Your Neighbor and Days Without Daddy.
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the Gazette
MT. Vernon
Albert Johnson
Cornell Theater
Cornell
Johnson
Ossian Couple Hurt In Crash Near Decorah
Miss Verna Umdahl of Ossian suffered a fractured leg in a motorcycle car collision near the Decorah municipal swimming pool Sunday night. She is hospitalized in Decorah. The motorcycle was ridden by Bob Sand of Ossian. he sustained severe bruises. Bert Field of Decorah, who drove the car, said he saw the motorcycle too late to avoid the crash after turning toward the pool, sending his car into a ditch.
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Decorah Hospital
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Bob Sand
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Peace Officers Short Course Opens at Iowa University
More than 150 Midwest sheriffs police and other law enforcement officers attend the eleventh annual peace officers short course at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. The five day program aims to update attendees on crime and traffic control methods with lectures demonstrations in general police work criminal investigation and traffic control. Dean Mesen Ladd welcomes the group and highlights education as a path to greater dignity.
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Iowa City
INS
University of Iowa
Dean Mesen Ladd
Law School
Despondent Farmer, 62, Ends Life in Haymow
Ralph Flynn, 62, a farmer near Washington Iowa, hanged himself in the haymow of his barn after disappearing Monday morning. County officials said he was despondent over weather and crop conditions.
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Ralph Flynn
Here
Washington County
Flynn
Iowa National Guard Encampment Set for Camp Dodge
The first postwar summer encampment of Iowa National Guard ground forces will be held at Camp Dodge August 18 to 22. Brig. Gen. Charles H. Grahl announced the camp will operate as a school rather than a traditional camp and the training program will be built around the event.
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Des Moines
Iowa National Guard
Camp Dodge
Charles H. Grahl
Iowa Ieee
Five Day School To Train Ground Units At En Campment
Ground units and those to be organized soon will attend the en campment. Maj. Gen. Ray C. Fountains, commanding general of the 34th division, will command the camp.
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Ray C. Fountains
Funeral held for Dr Clara M Wallace former state education supervisor
Services were held Monday for Dr Clara M Wallace 75 former state supervisor of normal training and junior colleges. She died Friday after a career aiding education bulletins over the last decade.
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Iowa City
Clara M. Wallace
Des Moines Approves 1200 Parking Meters Contract
Des Moines city council approved a contract for 1,200 parking meters costing about 95,000 dollars. Installation will start within 15 days and be finished in two months. Meter prices range from 67.50 dollars for 12 minute units to 72.50 dollars for two hour machines.
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Des Moines
Iowa Ballroom Owners Win Tax Case Verdict
The Supreme Court upheld a ruling denying tax refunds to Iowa ballroom owners who argued that dance bands were their employees. The decision, 6 to 3, says the owner is the employer only if he employs the band leader, who selects musicians and bears profits or losses. Justices Douglas Black and Murphy dissented.
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Iowa City approves $13000 sewer extension plan
City council approved a $13 000 sewer extension project on Monday night and authorized the city clerk to advertise for bids.
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Iowa
CIT
Tipton Auxiliary Names Girls State Delegate
Marian Muirhead daughter of Mr and Mrs William Muirhead will represent Gary Whalen Legion auxiliary of Tipton at Hawkeye Girls State Cedar county will have four delegates at Girls State Marian is active in Sunday school band orchestra and piano The article notes Miss Muirhead as a delegate from Tipton to Girls State
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Marian Muirhead
William Muirhead
Gary Whalen Legion Auxiliary
Hawkeye Girls State
Marian
Cedar County
Iowa Rainbow Girls Open Their Assembly
The twenty second grand assembly of the Order of Rainbow for Girls in Iowa opened in Des Moines with initiation of a Des Moines group. More than 1000 Masons Eastern Stars and Rainbow members attended the ritual exemplification by the grand officers. The Rainbow Girls are an international auxiliary to Masonic and Eastern Star lodges.
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Grand Assembly
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Order of Rainbow For
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Eastern Stars
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Eastern Star
Keokuk WCTU Convention Set Friday in Keswick
The Keokuk county WCTU convention will be held Friday at the Methodist church in Keswick. Mrs. Jessie T. Earhart of Oskaloosa will be the speaker.
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Keswick
Keokuk County
W.C.T.U
Jessie T. Earhart
Oskaloosa
Federal Hospital Program Set to Start July Fourth
The federal hospital program becomes effective July 4 with about 6.7 million dollars in federal funds for five years to aid hospital construction. Funds may cover one third of new hospital costs. the rest plus land and working capital must be locally provided. A hospital advisory council, including consumers, will decide expansion versus replacement.
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Robert D. Blue
Mrs Glenn Frank to Speak at Iowa City Talk
Mrs Glenn Frank a national authority on juvenile delinquency will deliver the University of Iowa second summer session lecture Friday on Youth Today at 8 PM on the west front of Old Capitol. Her husband was the late Dr Glenn Frank of the University of Wisconsin.
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Iowa City
Glenn Frank
National Authority On
University of Iowa
Old Capitol
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