07 Aug 1946
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Newspaper
Council Bluffs Nonpareil
Location
Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1946
Page
1
Voters in Missouri's fifth district cast ballots Tuesday in a congressional race viewed as a proxy gauge of President Cruman's standing in the state. The contest drew attention to campaign dynamics and potential shifts in local political support ahead of broader national trends.
President Truman accompanied by his 22 year old daughter Margaret voted together in the Memorial building in Independence Missouri in his home district. The Missouri primary featured Representative Roger O Slaughter seeking renomination amid presidential opposition while Truman’s public stance marked a rare political clash within the Democratic Party.
Federal Judge William J Campbell granted authority for the government to join in the receivership petition against Batavia Metal Products Inc and its Batavia subsidiary Challenge Company. The petition, filed by six creditor firms, seeks to place Batavia and its affiliate in receivership. Assistant U S Attorney John P Lulinski requested the government’s inclusion in the case.
New York report notes Mar Jene Dietrich arrived Tuesday from Paris aboard a plane. She says she has been in Europe for months and plans to appear in a new motion picture for CAN Torii, with talk of upcoming projects in the works.
Washington reports the government halts its 1.6 billion public works program amid an anti inflation drive. Reconversion Director Steelman enforces a 56 day ban on new contracts and requires deferral of at least 700 million in construction, with high level approval for any projects to start through 1947.
In Cambridge England Church leaders and U S Official John Foster Dulles urged abandoning distant bases to ease world tension. Dulles told the conference that nations must examine their own faults to reduce tensions and warned that geographic security in an atomic age is unrealistic.
Jewelry stolen from Mrs. Robert Bauer's home including 16 pairs of earnings was recovered and three twenty dollar suspects arrested by city police Tuesday, Chief Joseph Strub announced. Three $1150 government pension checks and $1.50 in cash remain missing.
James Mulqueen announced the judging panel for the frontier queen event. The judges are BE D Rich publicity head for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Omaha office Mrs E R McDonnell who will also serve as chaperone and George Wright local lawyer. Initial judging will begin with a dinner for the contestants at The Nonpareil carrier hall with instructions on judging sessions. Tentative scheduling may shift to Lake Manawa boat races and Dodge park hip podrome music program before final judging Monday afternoon at 3 and the queen’s ball reveal that evening.
Pell City's three-man police force was suspended after a crowd estimated at 150 to 200 gathered at city hall and demanded their removal for alleged prisoner beating. Mayor W. T. Starnes said a three-member committee would discuss the issue with the city council, which voted to suspend Police Chief Luke Jinwright and his two assistants after about an hour of talks. Pell City lies about 30 miles east of Birmingham.
Leonad Poppenhagen age 23 of Oolwelh was injured when his truck left the road and entered a ditch near Epworth Monday night. He was reported in critical condition Tuesday at a local hospital by Sheriff Lea J. Martin.
George A. Boyd of 2612 Avenue A, a Frontier week whisker entrant, shows progress after a May 24 auto-truck collision near Glenwood left him with head lacerations and a fractured skull. He plans to rejoin practice at Mercy Hospital and enter the beard contest next week as doctors allow.
Eleven year old Melissa Woodring, daughter of former Secretary of War Harry H. Woodring, recovered after a single curare injection used in an experimental polio treatment. Doctors reported paralysis disappeared that afternoon and improvement continued, despite AMA cautions about the drug.
Washington spokesmen for retail clothiers foresee higher textile prices loosening ceilings to revive $2.25 shirts and 79 cent shorts. Louis Rothschild, executive director, says the 16 per cent lift may spur production so these items reappear in about 30 days, though profits were previously unlikely. OPA warns prices rise six to eight percent for cotton cloth and linens, amid calls for caution from the consumer advisory committee regarding early price decontrol and inflationary risks.
Tuesday in the American League saw Philadelphia to a 9 2 win over Boston with late rally drama. National League news notes St Louis at Pittsburgh postponed by rain. Malvern resident James Benton injured in a car accident near Lake Okoboji, undergoing surgery and reported in satisfactory condition. A Davenport court dismissed the murder charge against James Gilland in the La Rud McClintle case.
William Heirens, 17, confessed to police in Chicago Tuesday to kidnapping and killing Suzanne Degnan and to the lipstick murder of Frances Brown plus the slaying of widow Mrs. Josephine Ross. He described luring into the Degnan home, dismembering the child in a basement, and writing a ransom note to mislead authorities. Heirens said drink, chance, and a dazed mental state drove the crimes and that he realized the details only after returning to the basement scene.
MAROC California reports two army B47 drones landing at 10:51 and 11:09 a. m. CST Tuesday, completing a 2,400 mile flight from Hilo Hawaii. It marks the longest totally unmanned flight in aviation history, with each drone controlled by a separate mother ship.
Jim Henry of Carson and the Pottawattamie County Board of Supervisors chair the Frontier Association as it plans a month long Frontier Week in southwestern Iowa. The event aims to provide clean entertainment and education with activities for Southwest Tuans of all ages at Dodge Park.
Senators Ellender and Butler said General MacArthur expects to carry out the occupation of Japan with a handful of troops soon. They praised his organization and control of defeated Japan after a 42 day world tour and urged speedy withdrawal of U S forces from China while favoring MacArthur remaining in command in Japan as the job reduces to routine.
The British government paid a salvage claim Tuesday to the American Farmer, a crippled merchantman of the U.S. lines, in a case valued around 4.5 million dollars. A government attorney said the payment was on behalf of the ministry for transport and noted the vessel would not be arrested on port arrival Wednesday night, suggesting an admiralty procedure would be avoided. He added the matter may settle without a trial as full facts are pending.
Senate war investigators pursue a tip that Rep May of Kentucky vacationed in Miami Beach with Mead committee ties to the Garsson munitions combine in 1944. Officials suggest the Kentucky Democrat stayed at the Versailles hotel with Murray and Henry Garsson as the group guided Batavia and Erie Basin Mets Products firms. The probe centers on travel expenses and possible special pressure in favor of the Garsson companies during wartime.
In Paris the Paris peace conference rules committee adjourned amid procedural fights as Byrnes and Molotov locked horns over majority rules for passing recommendations. Yugoslavia threatened not to be bound by committee decisions, raising fears Russia and its allies might walk, while Britain cautioned about strict voting thresholds.
The Weather Bureau reports cloudy conditions with above average temperatures for the region through Wednesday and Thursday, turning cooler late in the period. Scattered thunder showers are possible Thursday, with Nebraska receiving light precipitation mainly Wednesday night into Thursday or Friday. Temperature deviations include about four degrees above normal in most areas, with some nights cooler in western sections. total precipitation expected around 0.85 inch.
Iowa lines up polio care in four cities Council Bluffs Sioux City Des Moines and Iowa City state health commissioner Dr Walter Blerring said isolation periods of about two weeks will concentrate care in hospitals. 122 total cases to Monday with 50 new last week Mercy and Jennie Edmundson report no active polio cases though one youth at Mercy is under observation. Mercy Hospital has eight to ten beds a respirator and hot pack capability. Sisters Mary Antoinette notes need for wool blankets or underwear to prevent burns with 70 percent wool material preferred. Last year eight polio patients treated here. state health dept to release guidance for parents on precautions.
Reports say four policemen and many peasants were killed in fighting near Palermo as Sicilian peasants revolt against government grain consignments. The clash began when police enforced a wheat decree, with women fighting alongside men against carabinieri using tanks and armored cars.
Hayward police hunt burglars who broke into Will Stout Hosiery Mills and stole 2000 pairs of grade A nylons. A caretaker reported only grade A stocks were taken while hundreds of lower grades remained.
Spirit Lake, P Tawrence Aalerant, 33, Jiersiite, died Tuesday morning when he fell from a tree in a fatal accident. Local authorities investigated the incident and classified it as an accidental death at the scene.
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