Cooperative Wins Cedar Dam Fight
The First Iowa Hydro-Electric Co operative won a seven year battle to build a Cedar river power plant near Moscow. The Federal Power Commission granted a license for the Moscow dam project with conditions including two year start and four year completion, fish protection, and free government land use for navigation.
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Washington
Iowa
Moscow Dam
Cedar River
Cedar
Town Rivers
Mad “Creek
Geneva Creek
Mississipi River
Mississippi River
Army Engineers
Smith
Mississippi
Su Lr
Iowa to appeal Moscow dam license ruling to Supreme Court
Des Moines reports the state will pursue the Moscow dam project in court after a Federal Power Commission license was granted. Special assistant state attorney general Neill Garrett says the state will carry the matter to the US Supreme Court if needed, with an initial step to file a request.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Moscow
Federal Power Commission
Neill Garrett
Supreme Court
Rescue Efforts Grow As Hibok Hibok Eruption Continues
About 13,000 Filipinos on Camiguin Island huddle in two ports awaiting evacuation as deadly chlorine gas pours from Hibok hibok for a tenth day. The U S navy and General Weigel transport are aiding, with relief plans coordinated by the Philippine government amid ongoing volcanic explosions and mass displacement.
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Manila
Camiguin Island
Philippine Coast Guard
Anemone
Sagay
Mahinog
Philippine Naval
United States Army
General Weigel
San Francisco
United States Navy
Camigu
Elpidio Quirino
Mindanao
Arturo Alcaraz
Postal Promotion Buying Charged in Report
Post master General Donaldson ordered postal inspectors to probe reports that postal employees bought promotions. Congress is preparing an all-out House Civil Service Committee investigation with complaints that supervisors were paid up to 500 dollars by subordinates seeking promotions.
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Washington
Donaldson
House Civil Service Committee
Government launches Don't Lose Your Temper poster drive
London reports a government poster campaign started Friday to curb telephone receiver slam damage. Officials cite rising incidents of telephones damaged by slammed receivers and urge calm, urging the public to avoid temper flare ups in calls.
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London
Witness Admits Forging Name on Export Licenses
Thomas P. Quinn of Jersey City testified that he signed the name James A. McGuire to 15 export licenses the senate investigators said were forged. He said he used the name while working as a handyman for his nephew John A. Quinn, a Jersey City exporter. John Quinn refused to discuss the matter, citing potential self-incrimination, while admitting he obtained the forged licenses from a man named James A. McGuire.
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Washington
Thomas P. Quinn
Jersey City
James A. McGuire
Senate
Quinn
John A. Quinn
John Quinn
Albert A. Lann
William Rogers
Senate Committee
John
Thomas Quinn
Rogers
Jack Quinn
McGuire
Tom Quinn
Phyllis Lane seeks 100000 in Park Central window incident
Former model Phyllis Lane sues John La Porte Given for 100000 claiming he dangled her by the ankles from a Park Central Hotel window on Dec 17 1947 and swung her like a pendulum before dropping her. Given denies the charges in a New York state supreme court action.
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NEW York
Phyllis Lane
Park Central
Given
Lane
Hearing Postponed In Contempt Charge In Indianapolis
A federal court postpones a hearing on a contempt charge against AFL International Typographical Union One in Indianapolis. The hearing is rescheduled for September.
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Indianapolis
AFL International Typographical Union One
A.W.O.L. Private Hid in Attic Six Years
Springfield reports an Army AWOL infantry private Marvin Campbell age 30 from near Greenfield Missouri surrendered to FBI Friday after hiding in his farm attic for over six years to avoid capture. He fled California Aug 1 1942 when his mother fell ill and returned secretly remaining hidden until surrender.
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Springfield
INS
A.W.O.L. Infantry
FBI
Marvin Campbell
Greenfield
Army
Kansas City
Campbell
California
Elderr Campbell
US Rejects Soviet Bid to Tighten Berlin Airlift Control
American officials rejected a Russian demand for detailed prior notice on every Berlin flight as part of the airlift dispute. The note followed street clashes as Soviet forces and police fired on demonstrators near the Brandenburg Gate, killing at least one.
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Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
Russia
Germany
Vincin H. Gookin
United States
Air Safety Center
Gorchenko
Gookin
Dates of All Iowa Fair Set for 1949
The All Iowa fair for 1949 is scheduled for the week of August 14. Fair manager Andy Hanson announced the date after a preliminary report on this year’s fair to the fair board’s executive council. A full board report and discussions on improvements are planned.
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Cedar Rapids
Andy Hanson
Hanson
Fair Board
Lutheran Dignitaries In Hungary Arrested
Geneva reports say Hungary’s communist regime arrested three Lutheran church leaders, including Bishop Louis Ordas Baron Albert Radvansky and Alexander Varga head of the Hungarian Lutheran church.
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Geneva
INS
Hungary
Budapest
Louis. Ordas
Baron Albert Radvansky
Alexander Varga
Widmer Named Executive Vice President of Penick and Ford
Dr J Max Widmer, longtime general manager of the Cedar Rapids Penick and Ford plant, will become executive vice president and move to New York by January 1 1949. Alfred Nutt will assume Cedar Rapids plant manager duties. Widmer has led operations at multiple plants since 1944.
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J. Max Widmer
Cedar Rapids
Penick and Ford
New York
Dr .Widmer
New Orleans
Burlington, Vt
Brooklyn
N. Y
Columbus
Alfred Nutt
Dr. Widmer
Widmer
Douglas Company
Penick and
Ford
A. W. Lenders
Polytechnic Institute In
Zurich
University of Geneva
Sixth Case of Polio Reported in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids reports its sixth polio case this year as Kathleen McCullough, five, of 322 Twenty-eighth Street SE, is diagnosed non paraly tic and remains in Mercy Hospital. Other local cases include Peter Worcester, seven, at University Hospital Iowa City, Jimine Fair, seven, at St Luke's, and Wallace Fanton, sixteen, in Iowa City. Across Iowa 11 new polio cases were logged.
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Dar Rapids New
Arthur School
Mercy Hospital
Kathleen McCullough
Joe McCullough
Twenty-eighth Street
Iowa City
Kathleen
Cedar Rapids
Arthur Kindergartner
Peter Worcester
Charles A. Worcester
University Hospital
Peter
Jimine Falr
St Luke’s' Hospital
Harrison School
Twentieth Street
Emil Falt
Wallace Fanton
Franklin
Wallace
Aaron Fanton
Avenue
Iowa
Bus Fare Boost Triggers Havana Bus Violence
Rifle armed police conducted patrols on Havana buses after fare increases sparked violence. Students burned three buses and seized another driving it to the University of Havana campus where it was damaged. Traffic halted during the disturbances caused by the 5 to 10 cent fare rise.
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Havana
INS
Thhey
University ‘of Havana
New York Truck Strike Ends as Chains Agree to Pay Rise
A strike by about 13,000 truck drivers collapsed when the two largest food chains agreed to contracts providing a 17.5 cent per hour wage increase.
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New York
Peak Totals For August Are Topped
Washington The agriculture department boosted its forecast for this year's crops. The corn crop is now projected at 3,528,815,000 bushels, the largest on record, up from 3,506,363,000. Wheat is seen at 1,060,000,000 bushels, second only to last year, with a revised 1,284,995,000.
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Washington
Agrial Culture Department
Iowa corn yield slips to 58 bushels per acre in August
Des Moines reports hot dry weather in August reduced Iowa corn yield to 58 bushels per acre and lowered the 1948 production forecast to 624,602,600 bushels from earlier 646,140,000. Soybeans average 22 bushels per acre, totaling 31,262,000 bushels, unchanged from last month. Iowa remains the nation’s largest corn producer despite the setback.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Warm, Dry Air Mass Heads for Iowa After Frost
The Estherville and Spencer area reported the season's first frost at 33 degrees with no major damage. The weather bureau forecast a warm dry air mass from the west reaching Iowa by Saturday, with Cedar Rapids seeing highs in the low eighties and morning lows around 46. The city reported 72 degrees by 2:30 p.m. Friday after a high of 70 Thursday.
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Cedar Rounds
Estherville-Spencer
Weather Bureau
Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Truman Off Louisiana Ballot Promotes Thurmond Ticket
Louisiana Democratic state central committee voted unanimously to drop President Truman from the ballot and to place Thurmond and the States' Rights ticket ahead of the Democratic electors. The secretary of state is authorized to list Thurmond above the Democratic presidential electors, making Truman a write-in only option.
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Baton Rouge
Truman
Louisiana
Democratic State Central Committee
States’ Rights Democrats
Thurmond
South Carolina
Secretary of State
Jury Indicts Axis Sally for Treason in U S Case
Federal grand jury indicts Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally on treason charges. She was brought from Germany two weeks ago under army escort. Treason carries potential death, but judge may set a lesser term and fine.
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Washington
Mildred Elizabeth Gillars
Germany
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