Supreme Court Opens 1949 50 Term To Hear Labor and Civil Rights Issues
The new term begins with eight justices including successor Tom C. Clark replacing the late Frank Murphy. Sherman Minton has not yet taken his seat pending Senate confirmation. Key cases involve John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers over the 1948 coal strike fines and an injunction against a nationwide rail strike. Other matters include the Taft Hartley Act anti-Communist affidavit requirement and the Lawson Trumbo matter on alleged Communists.
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Washington
INS
New” Supreme Court
Long Mahogany
High Tribunal
Tom C. Clark
Frank Murphy
Sherman Minton
Truman
Wiley Rutledge
Senate
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Federal District Court
CIO American Communications Association
John Howard Lawson
Dalton Trumbo
Lawson
Trumbo
Hollywood
House un-Ameri Activities Committee
Trumbo- Lawson
Iowa Tightens Rules on Barbiturate Sales
Iowa moves to restrict barbiturate access under a new state law aligning with federal controls. Pharmacists will hold junior conventions across the state to discuss the law and required refill procedures, including physician approval and a defined refill square on prescriptions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Red Oak
Denison
Sioux City
Spencer
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Waverly
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
State Pharmacy Board
J. F. Rabe
The
Pharmacy Board
Chickasaw Team Tops Dairy Cattle Judging
The Chickasaw county team won the Iowa state 4-H dairy judging contest at Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress. The three members James Borcherding Edwin Kleiss and Allen Mattke from Fredericksburg will represent Iowa at the interstate contest. Second place went to Dickinson County and third to Scott County. Herb Paaske of Davenport was high individual. Thirty four county teams competed.
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Waterloo
Iowa
James Borcherding
Edwin Kleiss
Allen Mattke
Fredericksburg
Dickinson
Scott County
Herb Paaske
Davenport
Butler objects to British use of aid funds for Canadian wheat
Senator Butler charges the Marshall Plan admin and ECA approved $175 million in recovery funds for Britain to buy Canadian wheat and flour. He says this shifts costs to American taxpayers and questions why Britain does not buy American wheat at $1.80 instead of Canada at $2 a bushel, noting the price difference and impact on Britain’s dollars.
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Washington
Butler
R-Neb
Marshall Plan
Paul Hoffman
Great Britain
Economic Cooperation Administration
Hoffman
Britain
Space travel hazards and crew selection outlined
Dr Marberger lists key risks of interplanetary flight including vacuum exposure from meteorite impact, self sealing hull limits, fatigue in pilots and navigators, and the need for rigorous physical and psychological aptitude testing to select suitable astronauts.
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Marberger
Big Spring Grants Six Day Vacation for Convicted Composer
Life-term prisoner Frank Grandstaff arrived in Big Spring for a six day leave to premiere his cantata Big Spring as part of the town centennial celebration. The Tennessee inmate will be under deputized custody with hotel room and constant guard while his oratorio is performed by a Texas choir.
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Liter
Texas Town
Big Spring
Texas
Frank Grandstaff
Tennessee State Prison
G. W.dabney
Grandstaff
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Nashville
Texas and Pacific Railway
City Auditorium
R. E. Wolf
Howard County
Settles
Associated Press
R. E
Bob" Wolf
Tennessee State
Champions designated at state Moose meeting
In Sioux City the Iowa Moose Association named its state champions. A Sioux City lodge drill team and the Des Moines lodge band won top honors on the convention’s third day. Burlington placed second in drill, with Davenport, Des Moines and Muscatine following. The Des Moines band repeated as state champions, with Muscatine second and Sioux City third. Officers were to be elected and installed Sunday.
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Sioux City
Des Moines Lodge
Iowa Moose Association
Burlington
Davenport
Des Moines
Muscatine
Des Moines Blackout Follows Power Plant Failure
A Center Street station oil switch explosion at Iowa Power and Light Company caused a citywide blackout in Des Moines Saturday night. One worker suffered burns and was treated at Mercy hospital. Downtown lights and cinema screens went dark as streets lost power.
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Des Moines
Center Street
Iowa Power and Light Company
Almo Centree
Mercy Hospital
Chou En Lai Named Premier of New Chinese Red State
The Associated Press reports the Chinese Communists proclaimed a new government in Peiping with Gen Chou En Lai as premier and foreign minister. Mao Tse Tung, chairman, read the proclamation at a mass rally inviting international recognition of the regime as China's sole legal government.
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Associated Press
China
Peiping
Chou En-Lai
Mao Tze-Tung
Mao
Quebec Slayer Doomed To Be Hanged Nov. 18
The Quebec appeal court ruled that Marcel Marcotte, 34, thrice convicted of murder and reprieved five times, must be hanged on November 18 in Montreal.
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Quebec
Montreal
Que
INS
Quebec Appeal Court
Marcel Marcotte
Bean Bag Beads Tie Fatal For 16 Month Old
In Gary Indiana a 16 month old girl Penelope Winrott died from asphyxiation after a bean bag burst in her face while playing with two other children at the Winrott home. She choked on the beans and was taken to Methodist hospital where doctors attempted surgery.
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Gary, Ind
Penelope Winrott
Kenneth Winrott
Methodist Hospital
British Ships Supplying Chinese Communists Alleged by Congressman
Rep. Harold O. Lovre charged that British merchant ships have delivered over 130000 tons of essential goods to Chinese Communists since June, including petroleum steel and penicillin, with buyers paying high prices. He questioned Royal Navy warnings to Nationalists about interfering with British ships near Chinese waters.
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Washington
Harold O. Lovre
R-S.d
Lovre
Far East
House Select Committee On
Royal Navy
Hong Kong
Isbrandtsen Plans Fourth Ship Through Shanghai Blockade
Agents for Isbrandtsen steamship line said on Saturday they would send a fourth vessel through the Nationalist blockade to Shanghai despite three ships being detained earlier by Nationalist warships.
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Hong Kong
Isbrandtsen Steamship Line
Shanghai
City Briefs Mixed corrections and notices
Correction stating born Oct 1 to Mr and Mrs Frank Tomash Oxford, not a daughter. Potluck supper Monday 6 15 p m Knights of Pythias speakers Harold Ward Joyce Underwood. Library hours Daniels Park branch open Mon 3 5 45 and Thu 3 8 30. Seminar speakers E B Zeller Oct 4 7 Des Moines Sioux City Council Bluffs. Boy cyclist Robert Wood 11 injured Saturday after bike collided with car at Center Point road NE.
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Frank Tomash
Oxford
Knights of Pythias
Harold Ward
Joyce Underwood
Daniels Park
The
Public Library
E. B. Zeller
Iowa Cities
Iowa Council of Church Women
United Council
New York City
Des Moines
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Robert Wood
Center Point Road
Extradition hearing set for Minneapolis man in Dr McLoone murder
Arnold O. Larson, 35, an auto salesman, charged with first degree murder in the shooting of LaCrosse physician Dr John McLoone nearly two years ago, refused to waive extradition to Wisconsin and is held on $50,000 bond. Extradition hearing scheduled for Oct 11. Local connections noted include Larson's son James who died in 1944 and letters of threat Larson sent to the doctor. Larson was apprehended in Minneapolis and has Iowa ties through his parents.
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Lacrosse, Wis
Minneapolis
LaCrosse
Wis
Wisconsin
Arnold O. Larson
John McLoone
Leslie L. Anderson
McLoone
Larson
James
la Crosse
Arthur Larson
Waukon
Decorah
East Dock Strike Delayed a Month
In New York the International Longshoremen's Association voted 10 to 1 to delay the planned 12:01 a.m. Saturday strike for 30 days. The pause was requested by the union negotiating committee and by shipowners and stevedores, affecting shipments from Maine to Virginia.
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New York
INS
International Longshoremen’s Association
Maine
Virginia
Miners Ordered Back to Work Ending Sympathetic Strike
John L. Lewis orders 102000 of 502000 strikers to return to work ending the sympathy walkout. About 80000 eastern Pennsylvania anthracite miners and 22000 western bituminous miners will resume duties Monday.
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John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
Mississippi River
Monay
Murray Stands Pat in Steel Strike Pushes for Pension Or 30-Cent Rise
CIO President Philip Murray said the strike will end only if industry agrees to company-paid pensions or a 30-cent-an-hour wage increase. He offered to resume talks if the government requests but kept his demands unchanged.
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Pittsburgh
ULP
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Don Lyall Wins Semi Division Truck Roadeo
DES MOINES AP Don Lyall aged 36 of Fort Dodge won the semi trailer division top state honors for the fourth year in a row at the 1949 Iowa truck roadeo held at the State Fair grounds. Clarence E. Davis of Des Moines won the straight truck championship. About 3 500 spectators watched the finals as the roadeo formed part of the first annual Iowa truck congress.
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DES Moines
Don Lyall
Fort Dodge
Clarence E. Davis
Iowa State Fairgrounds
State Fair Grounds
Iowa
Road To
Alfred W. Kahl
State Commissioner of Public Safety
William R
Cooney
Marengo
Reynhold Brett
Omaha
Mervil
Shaffer
Iowa City
Maurice Nolte
Farnhamville
W. E
Mickey) Brown
Allerton
Doyle O’rear
Lyall
Brady Motor Freight Company
Davis
Apex Cartage
Deaths Mrs William Kressa Michalek 49 Fairfax
Mrs William Kressa Michalek 49 of Fairfax route one died in a Cedar Rapids hospital after a brief illness. Born October 28 1899 in Johnson county she lived in Fairfax area 29 years. She belonged to ZCBJ lodge 400 Walford Legion auxiliary and St Patrick's church Altar and Rosary Society. Survivors include husband a daughter Mrs Harry Nove and one grandchild. Services Tuesday 9 am Brush chapel and 9:30 am St Patrick's Fairfax. Burial in St John's Cedar Rapids. Rosary Monday 8 pm at chapel.
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William Kressa Michalek
Fairfax
Cedar Rapids
Johnson County
Michalek
Z.C.B.J. Lodge
Walford
Legion Auxiliary of
Altar and Rosary Society
St. Patrick’s’ Church
Death of Carl J. Sandhagen former Cedar Rapids barber
Carl J. Sandhagen of Coffeyville died at 11 05 a m Saturday after a long illness. Born November 25 1885 near Manchester he owned Sandy's Beauty Shoppe in Cedar Rapids for 15 years then moved to McAllen Texas in 1940 and later to Coffeyville in 1942. Survived by his wife Grace two daughters Mrs T W Sherren Cedar Rapids and Miss Ervin Sandhagen Burlingame California. Services in Turner chapel at 3 30 p m Tuesday burial Oak Hill cemetery. Friends may call at a time to be announced.
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Carl Julius Sandhagen
Coffeyville
Cedar Rapids
Manchester
Sandy
McAllen
Texas
Grace
T. W. Sherren
Ervin Sandhagen
Burlingame
Calif
Turner Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
William M. O'Hara Dies After Short Illness
William M. O'Hara, 56, of 516 Center Point Road NE and operator of the Furniture Hospital for 25 years, died Saturday at 4 15 p.m. after a short illness. He was born in Dubuque October 3, 1893. He is survived by his wife, his mother Mrs. Mary M. O'Hara of Cedar Rapids, two brothers Harry A. O'Hara of Davenport and Melvin F. O'Hara of Cedar Rapids, a sister Mrs. Marie Richter of Belleville Illinois, and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be at the Immaculate Conception church with time and date to be announced. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at Brady funeral home Monday.
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William M. O’hara
Center Point Road
Furniture Hospital
Dubuque
Mary M. O’hara
Cedar Rapids
Harry A.o’hara
Davenport
Melvin F. O’hara
Marie Richter
Belleville
Immaculate Conception Church
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Brady Funeral Home
Oelwein Publisher Leads Iowa Daily Press Association
Lewis A. Warren publisher of the Oelwein Daily Register was elected president of the Iowa Daily Press association at the annual publishers luncheon. L. O. Brewer of Newton Daily News was elected vice president and four new board members were named: Paul Norris James Wilson Arthur K. Walling and Jackson McCoy.
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DES Moines
Lewis A. Warren
Oelwein Daily Register
Iowa Daily Press Association
W. E. Sutherland
Sioux City Journal
Iowa Daily
L. O. Brewer
Newton Daily News
IDPA
Cedar Rapids Viaduct Pact Locks City To 25 Foot Maintenance
The 1932 agreement between Cedar Rapids and the railroad binds the city to a quarter of maintenance costs for a 30 foot bridge now under a 26,900 repair plan. The city cannot widen or demand Saturday work, and a fuller viaduct would cost too much without full self funding or state highway support.
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Cedar Rapids
First Avenue
State Highway Commission
Whiteford
Milwaukee
City and Highway Department
Highway Commission
Prudential Agents Vote To Take Strike Ballot
Prudential Life Insurance agents in the Midwest region vote to hold a strike ballot if demands for a 3 percent rise in collection commissions are not met. The meeting in Des Moines covered Iowa Nebraska Colorado and western Illinois with about 500 agents in the region. The council noted a company offer of 0.5 percent commission increase plus higher disability benefits.
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Prudential Life Insurance
Midwest
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
National Federation of Insurance Agents Council
AFL
Iowa
Nebraska
Colorado
Illinois
Holy Hour Canceled Over City Segregation Policy
New Orleans Archbishop Joseph Francis Rummel canceled Sunday’s Holy Hour after city park commissioners demanded racial segregation for the event. The decision highlights church opposition to enforced discrimination and reflects broader civil rights tensions in the city.
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New Orleans
Joseph Francis Rummel
Iowa Ordinance Plant to Trim 103 Civilian Staff
Lt Col H R Schwecke said 103 civilian personnel will be cut from the Iowa Ordinance plant before November 1. Only government civil service employees are affected by the reduction.
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Burlington
Iowa Ordenance
H. R. Schwecke
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