Arab Troops Move Toward Holy Land Amid Middle East Tensions
Beirut and Damascus report ArabLeague backed mobilizations as five states prepare for action. Trans Jordan Arab Legion masss along Jordan river while Egyptian and Saudi forces move toward Sinai, creating a ring of defense around Palestine. The conflict reflect broader regional effort to defend Palestine against Zionism with men and money.
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Communism Not a Problem Says Hancher at Iowa U
President Virgil Hancher told the Iowa state interim committee that communism is not a problem among University of Iowa faculty and students. He noted strong student exuberance about ideas and that enrollment may peak at 10,130 with a tapering off expected. veterans among freshmen are fewer than last year. The joint committee discussed a large building program for state institutions, with deferred action on dormitories at Eldora and on plans for Toledo and Mitchellville, while approving some repairs and smaller projects.
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University of Iowa
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Mitchellville
State Board of Control
Herbert Hauge
Ralph Arnold
Des Moines
Eldora
Davenport
Arnold
Clarinda
Independence
Woodward Hospital
Anamosa Reformatory
Davenport Orphan's Home
U S to Speak Up on Palestine Partition Stand
United States to declare its position on partitioning Palestine into Arab and Jewish states at Lake Success. Arab League resolution called for military precautions and funding for Palestine Arabs, with Britain and Jewish Agency labeling the action as propaganda aimed at UN deliberations.
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Palestine
Lake Success
Britain
Jewish Agency For Palestine
United Nations
Holy Land
Hector McNeil
Boy Swallows Poison Saved by Stomach Pump
Cedar Rapids report says 17 month old Lester Cash, son of Mr and Mrs Lester Cash, found poison in a dresser drawer. Ambu lance transported him to Mercy hospital where attendants pumped his stomach and released him. His mother said she gave cream promptly to counteract the external use only poison.
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Cedar Rapids
Lester Cash
Mercy Hospital
Fire Is Work Of Arsonist Officials Say
Chicago fire kills six children and four women with over a dozen injured as a four story apartment building burns on the near Northwest side. Officials say an incendiary origin is suspected after a kerosene smell and a charred container found in the stairwell. Panic ensues as residents jump from windows and the roof spread.
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Chicago
Michael. J. Corrigan
Orville Wright Suffers Collapse At NCR Offices
Orville Wright aged 76 founder of aviation with brother Wilbur suffered a dizzy spell on the steps of National Cash Register Company offices in Dayton. He was taken to a hospital where Col E A Deeds, NCR chairman, accompanied him. Wright regained consciousness en route and joked about going home. Observers reported him semi conscious with a bruised face. A physician described his condition as serious and ordered an oxygen tent in the room.
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Col. E. A. Deeds
National Cash Register
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62 Iowans Among War Dead Arriving at San Francisco
Sixty two Iowans among over two thousand World War II dead arrive in San Francisco aboard the Honda Knot from the Pacific. Ten are from Cedar Rapids area with others from Marion and nearby towns. Many will be distributed to Philadelphia Kansas City Chicago and Oakland for burial or memorial.
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Marine Corps Reserve
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Hilo
Hawaii
Seaman
Gerald L. Heim
Antwerp
Joseph V. Connolly
Old Liberty
Indian Summer Weekend for Iowa Forecast
The weather bureau called the weekend fine Indian summer weather with mild temperatures and clear skies. Five day forecast shows average highs 8 to 10 degrees above normal. Cooler, with light showers possible late Monday or Tuesday. Cedar Rapids registered 73 degrees at 2:30 Friday. highs near 72 on Thursday. lows dropped to 43 by early morning.
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Chambers
Mercury
Sing Sing Prison Reports 135 Vacant Cells
OSSINING UP Sing Sing prison has 135 vacant cells the greatest number of vacancies in recent years officials reported Friday.
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Air School Of Army Is Denounced
OCBEAN SPRINGS Miss. Air School of Army is denounced as public relations chief G R Johnston now publisher of the Jackson County Times accuses Maxwell Field authorities of using big names to hide deficiencies He cites educators invited to advise but claims their advice was ignored and says press coverage was barred to win favor Johnston recounts interviews with Dykstra and Stoddard amid a wider critique of Air Force leadership and a break with the old guard months after separation from active duty
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Maxwell Field
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Army
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Jackson County Times
Russia
Elliott Dunlap Smith
Carnegie Institute
Robert Stewarts
Colorado
Isiah Bowman
Johns Hopkins
George D. Stoddard
Illinois
Clarence Dykstra
California
Stoddard
University of Iowa
Air University
Johnston
Air Special Staff School
Dykstra
Muir S. Fairchild
David M. Schlatter
Earl W. Barnes
Champaign-Urbana News-Gazette
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Carl A. Spaatz
James Burwell
Legion of Merit
Frank Traynor’s Hairless Chest Clears Eviction Case
MIAMI. In an eviction suit between neighbor Mrs. Anna White and her landlady, Frank Traynor testified with a naked chest to prove his identity. The judge ordered him to remove his shirt and, finding no hair, dismissed the claim as Traynor returned home vindicated to his wife.
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Miami
Frank Traynor
Traynor
Anna White
Theft Lots of Trouble So Court Sympathetic
PITTSBURGH AP Emmitt Thompson 37 faced court on theft charges after dismantling a 30 foot steel derrick and selling it to a junkman. Judge Thomas M Marshall chose not to jail him, ordering restitution and costs totaling 500 dollars to cover the derrick’s estimated value and prosecution costs.
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Thomas M. Marshall
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New Tropical Storm Brewing in Caribbean
A tropical disturbance about 600 miles from Miami in the northwestern Caribbean Sea drew the weather bureau's watch Friday as it could develop into a tropical storm. Monitoring continued for further developments.
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Caribbean Sea
Weather Bureau
Three More Dairies Drop Milk Prices in Cedar Rapids
Mary Stevenson reports that three more Cedar Rapids dairies cut milk and cream prices by one cent on Friday following Sanitary Farm Dairies action. Northwood and Krebs followed with cuts on homogenized milk and cream while keeping regular milk at 17 cents quart. Dairies Bindler, Davis and Cedar Valley also reduced regular and homogenized prices amid competitive pressure and amid a broader move toward grade A standards under a proposed U S Public Health ordinance requiring six months to conform.
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Mary Stevenson
Cedar Rapids Dairies
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Farm Dairies
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Krebs Dairies
Dairies
Bindler
Davis
Cedar Valley
Harold Porter
Cedar Rapids
A W. Bass
Northwood Dairy
Mt. Vernon
Divorce from 15th Husband Is Sought in Salem
In Salem Oregon an attractive 40 year old woman Betty M Dunlavy seeks divorce from her 15th husband claiming cruel and inhuman treatment. Her record shows 12 husbands have graced her life through 22 years with some men reappearing under new numbers after separations.
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Salem
Ore
Brunet
Betty M. Dunlavy
Collegians Protest New Skirts by Beards at KU
LAWRENCE Kan INS Men students at Kansas University protest longer skirt hems by growing mustaches beards or long sideburns about 50 participants form a row Friday Sophomore Joe Francis an organizer says the long skirt has no practical value in our civilization and compares it to the long rifle of our forefathers.
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Joe Francis
Freight Rate Increase Set to Begin Monday
Washington AP reports railroads announced a 10 percent general freight rate increase to take effect Monday. The move affects shipping costs across routes and industries, with carriers saying the hike reflects evolving transportation costs and market demand.
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Washington
Estimate of Crop of ’47 Shows Gain
Washington, U P Prospects for food aid to Europe got a boost as the agriculture department estimated the corn crop at 2 458 674 000 bushels, up about 54 million from last month. Wheat was revised downward to 1 406 761 000 bushels. The report, based on Oct 1 conditions, shows corn shortfall compared with last year’s 3 287 000 000.
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Washington
Europe
Agriculture Department
Department
Iowa corn crop estimated at 347 million bushels
Des Moines Iowa crop report shows Iowa's corn yield near 347 340 000 bushels as of October 1 unchanged from the prior month.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Truman food drive tangled by word confusion over meatless days
President Truman’s push to save food collided with confusions over Secretary Anderson’s remarks in Chicago. Anderson said meatless and chickenless days by themselves are of little impact, but what he meant sparked questions about consistency with the administration’s message.
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Truman
Anderson
Chicago
Europe
Truman conservation plan praised by Anderson and Luckman
Washington reports Sec expresses support for Truman conservation program while President Truman downplays Anderson's remarks about meatless and poultryless days. Officials emphasize saving grain through reduced meat demand as the key in addressing Europe's hunger crisis. Luckman reiterates commitment to the three way conservation program involving farmers industry and the public.
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Chicago
Truman
Charles Luckman
Food Committee
Luckman
Ottawa to Send Princess Elizabeth Wedding Gifts Next Month
Prime Minister Mackenzie King announced that the Canadian government will present Princess Elizabeth with a mink coat and a chest for antique silver on her marriage to Lt Philip Mountbatten next month.
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