Truman Assails GOP as West Sabotaged in Denver
President Truman accused Republicans of undercover sabotage of the West during a Denver speech on his 19 state coast to coast tour. He labeled the 80th Congress as notorious and attacked GOP policies on conservation development price control and housing, warning of big business lobbying and Wall Street funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Wall Street
Denver
INS
Truman
G.O.P
White House
Rocky Mountain States
State Capitol
Fitzsim@'s General hospital
Chamber of the
House of Representatives
Washington
Five Iowans Die in Des Moines Area Car Train Collision
Five people from two Iowa families died when their car was struck by a motor train near Avon Lake six miles southeast of Des Moines on Sunday afternoon. Survivors include Anton Kauzlarich and Doris Iserman in critical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Avon Lake
Lorene Kauzlarich
David
Milton Iserman
Dorothy
Sandra
Anton Kauzlarich
Doris Iserman
Isermans
Doris
Mercy Hospital
Cc. C. Coffin
Ottumwa
C. E. Mowery
Cooler Weather Brings Rain to Cedar Rapids Area
Rainfall totaling 1.21 inches by mid afternoon eased heat in Iowa as cooler air moved in from a Monday shower pattern. In Cedar Rapids the morning rainfall was 0.82 inches with lingering showers expected tonight and Tuesday, after highs reached the 90s elsewhere in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Indianola
Sioux City
Iowa City
Carstens To Stay As Chief In Cedar Rapids
Public Safety Commissioner Gordon Hughes told the Cedar Rapids city council that Fred Carstens will remain chief of police. He said the department would be operated by him through the chief, and the council placed Walsh’s demand for Carstens’ removal on file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carstens
Hughes
Cedar Rapids
Public Safety
Gordon Hughes
Fred Carstens
Howard Walsh
Policemen’s Protective Association
FBI
Commissioner of Public Safety
Walsh
Washington
Council
Department
General Assembly
Trygve Lie
U. N
Security Council
Indonesia
Palestine
Lie
U.N
U S to Keep Troops in Korea Amid UN Debate
Washington says American forces will remain in Korea while the United Nations General Assembly weighs the Korean problem. Moscow urged a full withdrawal of Soviet troops by January 1, challenging the United States to pull back as well. The Korea issue tops the GA agenda as Russia presses for parallel withdrawals to prevent a shift in the divided peninsula.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Russia
Korea
United Nations General Assembly
Moscow
General Assembly
Paris
Trygve Lie
United Nations
Folke Bernadotte
U.N
Lie
Army appeals Germany troops to extend enlistments
In Grafenwoehr Germany Lt General Huebner urged about 15 000 First Division and constabulary troops to extend enlistments stressing world tension and short ranks. Milburn cited U S conditions at home with high prices and housing shortages to argue for staying in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Milburn
United States
ITU Is Worsted In Legal Battle
Federal Judge Luther Swygert overruled the AFL Typographical Union and opened a hearing on a government contempt petition. The NLRB charges the union ignored a Taft-Hartley order to quit violations. Swygert reserved judgment on the union’s dismissal motion as the hearing began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Luther M. Swygert
AFL Typographical Union
Swygert
Ioutset
National Labor Relations Board
ITU
NLRB
Winthrop Johns
Gerhard van Arkel
Queuille Economy Program Wins Assembly Approval
Paris AP report says Henri Queuille's government won parliamentary approval for its economic program. The national assembly passed the plan 291 to 251 after an all night session. It calls for added taxes totaling about 260 million dollars a year and state expense cuts of 65 million dollars annually. Former premiers Robert Schuman and Andre Marie failed to secure endorsement for similar plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Henri Queuille
National Assembly
Queuille
Robert Schuman
Andre Marie
Assembly
Newton Girl Dies in Highway Motorcycle Crash
Rose Marie Jones, 20, of Newton died from a basal skull fracture after a motorcycle crash on Highway 151 six miles east of Marion. She and riders Paul McClelland Jr. and others were en route to Anamosa when the pair collided with a van. Jones was transported to St Luke's hospital, where she died at 7:15 a.m. The Jenkinses suffered minor injuries. Jones's body was taken to Morgan and Son funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose Marie Jones
Newton
Marion
St. Luke's Hospital
Robert Brosh
Larry Condon
Miss Jones
Paul McClelland, Jr
Anamosa
McClelland
William Jenkins
Morgan and Son Funeral Home
Danish court condemns Werner Best to death
In Copenhagen the Danish court sentenced Dr. Werner Best, Hitler’s ambassador to Denmark from 1942 to 1945, to death for his wartime actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Denmark
Werner Best
Hitler
Front-row mystery driver seeks sermon move
A bus driver sat in the front row to study how the preacher influenced movement to the back. The preaching pastor noted the stranger’s seat choice and questioned him after the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commerce Magazine
Army to Resume Pacific Cargo Shipments
The U S Army prepared to restart full scale shipment of military supplies across the Pacific after a 19 day West Coast strike. Cargo from San Francisco Los Angeles and Stockton will be loaded Tuesday by Mutual Stevedoring Company using army gear and CIO Longshoremen union labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
INS
U. S. Army
Pacific
West Coast
California
Los Angeles
Stockton
Mutual Stevedoring Company of
Army
Student Admits Slaying Father
An 18 year old college student in Kansas City admits shooting his father, president of Carrie Goudie Manufacturing, in self defense during a domestic quarrel at their home. The University of Kansas sophomore was taken into custody with no charges filed yet. An uncle provided the pistol at the mother s request amid concerns over threats. The mother has been hospitalized with heart trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Charles Welch
Welch
John David Heidenreich
Carrie-Goudie Manufacturing Company
Young Heidenreich
University of Kansas
Omaha cabbie offers to sell eye for fifteen thousand
Omaha cab driver Donald Eddy advertised in a newspaper offering to sell his left eye for 15000 to raise funds for his 13 children. He explains the money would buy a home and secure care, noting seven kids live with Ottumwa families and four with Decorah facilities after a 1946 truck strike and a hospital event. Two oldest sons serve in the military.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Donald Eddy
Eddy
Atlantic
Ottumwa
American Home Finding Association of
Decorah
Lutheran Welfare Society of
Des Moines
Eddys
Chanute Field
Ill
Germany
Arabs Create Palestinian Government Sparks Regional Clash
The Arab League announced an Arab government for Palestine with Ahmed Hilmy Pasha as prime minister despite protests from Trans Jordan and Iraq. King Abdullah of Trans-Jordan condemned the move as partition and refused to allow the government within the security zone. Renewed Jerusalem shelling marked the tense moment as disputes over Palestinian governance intensified since last July’s truce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amman
Trans-Jordan
Trans- Jordan
Iraq
Arab League
Palestine
Ahmed Hilmy Pasha
Jerusalem
Abdullah
Syria
Lebanon
Mufti
Old
G O P Eyes Sky for Dewey Campaign Launch
By Frank Nye Republicans watched the weather Monday for a crucial break as Gov. Thomas E. Dewey opened his campaign. He crossed the Mississippi at 1 55 p m aboard a 16 car train en route to Des Moines for an 8 p m address at Drake Stadium, following Truman’s prior travel route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Dewey
Mississippi
Des Moines
Drake Stadium
Iowa
Truman
Dewey Speech To Be Broadcast By Two Radio Stations
Radio stations KCRG and KCRK will carry Dewey's speech from 9 to 9 30 tonight. Iowa dignitaries gathered at Drake Stadium hoped for clear skies and a bright evening, though rain fell in eastern Iowa as the campaign train arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KCRG
KCRK
Dewey
Iowa
Dewey Campaign Opens Coverage Aboard Rail Car
Frank Nye associate editor of The Gazette rode the Dewey campaign train through eastern Iowa on Monday afternoon. He will be joined in Des Moines Monday night by editor Harry Boyd to provide complete coverage for Gazette readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Nye
The
Gazette
Dewey
Iowa
Des Moines
Harry Boyd
Rain plan shifts open to Drake fieldhouse in rain
In Des Moines the opening could move from the stadium to the Drake fieldhouse if rain persists. The weather bureau warned intermittent showers or thunderstorms tonight. After a brief morning sprinkle, skies were partly overcast with capacity figures: stadium 30,000 with 18,500 permanent seats. fieldhouse 6,500 capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Drake
Weather Bureau
Strike Called At Tucker Plant By AFL UAW
The AFL United Auto Workers strike Tucker Corporation plant in Chicago amid an SEC inquiry. About 50 of 120 workers walked out over firing a union official and unpaid vacation pay while a National Labor Relations Board election is pending. Tucker denies knowledge of the stoppage and says no union contract exists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
AFL
United Auto Workers
Tucker Corporation
Securities and Exchange Commission
Albert DeVito
Preston Tucker
Tucker
DeVito
Edward Salowski
National Labor Relations Board
Dewey Rally Weather Dodges Des Moines Shower
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey faced a severe Des Moines rain storm before an 8 p.m. rally at Drake Stadium. Republican leaders said the event could move to the Drake field house if weather worsened as Dewey’s campaign train pressed toward Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Thomas E. Dewey
Drake Stadium
Drake Fieldhouse
Also Mentioned on This Page
G.O. P
West
Flags Congress
Kauzlarich
Conn
Pawling
N. Y
Gazette Farm
Rex Conn
Max Coffey
Omaha World-Herald
C. J. Cary
Hannibal, Mo
Courier Post
U.S
U.N. Police
Marshall
U. S
Ernest Bevin
Berlin
Bevin
France
Lucius Clay
Brian Robertson
W. Bedell Smith
Frank Roberts
Britain
Newton Girl
Cedar Rapids News
Cabbie
Eye
Bulletin
Englewood
Inter-American Council of Commerce and Production
Rio de Janeiro
Bogota
Paul Lockwood
Lockwood
America
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Europe
Asia
Wallace
Oregon
Dwight Green
C. Wayland Brooks
Rock Island
Heck Ross
Drake University Stadium
Nebraska
North Platte
Julesburg
Sterling
Fort Morgan
Greeley
Lupton
Brighton
Colo
Today's Index
Ee Daily Record Ee
Ewe
Wewer
Werner
Radio
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!