Tram Co. seeks injunction over disputed franchise
The Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge company will file a district court petition by August 21 to enjoin the Council Bluffs Transit company from operating in Omaha. The suit claims the 10 year bus franchise was illegal and not properly adopted, challenging city actions and pending ICC temporary authorizations as negotiations continue for a new franchise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs Transit Company
George S Wright
Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company
George A. Sparks
Counci Bluffs Transit Company
Wright
Iowa
City 1
Wtegal
City and Trangit Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
Omaha
Council Biuffs
Hanson
ICC
Kansas City
Washington
Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway Company
Lsted
James R. Kiger
President Signs UN Loan for New York Headquarters
President Truman signed legislation authorizing a 65 million dollar loan for the erection of the United Nations headquarters in New York. The move aims to support the postwar international organization and its planned site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
United Nations
New York
Crusade of Housewives Protest Against High Meat Prices Spreads
Housewife protests against high meat prices continue across cities. Chicago plans demonstrations while Loudisville restaurants join the boycott and farmers anticipate corn crop aid. industry sources warn price relief will lag by one to two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cleveland
Frank J. Klinger
Retail Meat Dealers Association of
Chester G. Newcomb
Cleveland Provision Company
Loudisville
San Francisco
Peoria
Ilinois
Cora Nelson
Chicago
Progressive Party
Henry Wallace
Wommen
Cook
American Meat Institute
Storm levelled corn in western Iowa with heavy rain
A Tuesday night to Wednesday storm thrashed western Iowa with high winds and hail flattening thousands of acres of corn near Hamburg and nearby areas. Rain totals peaked around two inches in spots, with gusts up to 48 mph and isolated live power line damage.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Thirdy-fourth Street
Broadway
Hamburg
High Creek
Sidney
Mercury
Oskaloosa
Ontawa
Council Bluffs
Atlantic
Fort Dodge
Onawa
Sioux City
Ames
Creston
Maybank Wins Senate Nomination in South Carolina Primary
In South Carolina, Senator Burnet R. Maybank led four rivals by about 10 000 votes as returns came in. Arkansas governor race saw Hot Springs prosecutor Sidney S. McMath ahead of former AG Jack Holt. McClellan was renominated without opposition. Idaho and tadano figures nominated with little opposition. Dworshak and Miller were named. Heavy Negro voting marked SC primary after court ruling allowing black voters in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
South Carolina
Arkansas
Idaho
Burnet R. Maybank
Senate
Hot Springs
Sidney S. MclMath
Jack Holt
John J. McClellan
Tdano
Henry C. Dworshak
Supreme Court
Bert H.miler
U S Promises to Protect Witnesses in Spy Inquiry
Secretary of State Marshall stated the U S government will protect any witness who testifies in the communist espionage investigation if they follow U S laws. The comment followed subpoenas served on Michael Samarin and his wife, with tensions rising over Soviet demands for Samarin. A second Russian teacher remains at the Soviet consulate amid House investigators efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Marshall
United States
Michael Ivanovitch Samatin
U. S
Samarin
House Committee
Alexander Panyushkin
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Panyushkin
Camarin
New York
Oksana Stenponovana Kosenkina
House
un-American Activities Committee
Eisenhower Says U S Secrets Well Guarded
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, president of Columbia University, told reporters in Denver that the United States has done pretty well at keeping major secrets. He cautioned against hysteria over spying dangers and said the government is aware of such risks. He and Mrs. Eisenhower arrived for a Colorado vacation lasting through August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Dwight D.eisenhower
Columbia University
Mrs. Eisenhower
Colorado
Weather Summary for Council Bluffs and Nearby Areas
The Weather Bureau reports Thursday will be partly cloudy warm and humid with a high near 80. Towa shows partly cloudy skies with little temperature change and scattered thunderstorms possible on Thursday with a high around 86. Nebraska notes partly cloudy conditions with isolated nighttime thunderstorms and totals indicating 16.58 inches of precipitation and a 1.82 inch deficiency.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Towa
Nebraska
Russians hoard Berlin food as hunger grows in zones
In Berlin the Soviet news agency ADN accuses the city food administration of hampering grain unloading and keeping 13 trainloads idle while Russians push a plan to feed Berlin. A Moscow official reports shortages persist in the Soviet zone amid requisitions for the western sectors.
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Edwin Shanke
Berlin
Soviet Union
ADN
City Food Administration
4. Miller
Saxony-Anhalt
Iawa and Nebraska Guard Plan Closer Cooperation
Iowa and Nebraska adjutant generals announced a Des Moines conference will pursue closer interstate cooperation among the 34th Red Bull division elements. The top level meeting will discuss armory and vehicle storage facilities and joint planning for the National Guard units.
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Camp Riley
Kan
Towa
Nebraska
34Th
Red Bull
National Guard
Des Moines
Charles H. Grahl
Iowa
Guy N. Henninger
Dubuque
Council Bluffs
Dess Moines
Heavy Fighting Breaks Out in Jerusalem After UN Truce
Heavy nighttime fighting resumed in Jerusalem despite the UN cease fire. Count Folke Bernadotte was in the city listening as UN observers were increased by fifty to aid peace efforts. Official Jewish sources say Arab forces violated the truce and attacked Jewish positions on Mount Zion from the old walled city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Land
Jerusalem
Folke Bernadotte
Mount Zion
Motorcyclist Injured in Second Council Bluffs Crash
Leslie Lee, 31, of 817 East Pierce, was seriously hurt when his motorcycle struck the rear of a parked car on West Broadway near Twentieth. Lee, hospitalized with facial injuries and possible skull fracture, was treated at Jennie Edman Hospital. The car belonged to Omaha resident Mrs. John A Otoupal, who ran out of gas at Twentieth and Broadway. A second crash earlier in the week left Police Officer Claude Moore in serious condition after a collision with an auto transport. he was listed as fairly good at Mercy Hospital.
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Leslie Lee
East Pierce Street
West Broadway
Twentieth Street
Council Bluffs
Lee
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Broadway
John Aa. Otoupal
South
Thirtythird Street
Omaha
Otoupal
Claude E
Fat") Moore
Second Street
Mercy Hospital
West Branch Honors Herbert Hoover Birthday Celebration
West Branch residents and thousands nationwide recalled the birthday party for Herbert Hoover. Hoover attended the Aug 10 1874 birth anniversary amid fine weather and well received meals. Hoover later toured graves of his parents before departing for the east to chair a Truman commission on federal reorganization. The Hoover Birthplace Society discussed developing 30 surrounding acres with Iowa native trees and shrubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
Herbert Clarke Hoover
Hoover
Iowa
Cedar Rapids Vfw
Monticello
West Liberty
Vilage
East
Truman
Congress
Hover Birthplace Society
State Conservation Commission
Greek Troops Capture Fortified Mount Alevitsa
The Greek army announced the capture of the heavily fortified Mount Alevitsa on Wednesday, opening the way for a final offensive against the last major supply route for communist guerrilla forces.
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Athens
Mount Alevitsa
Bumper Crops Point Way to Lower Prices
Washington scene reports farmers anticipate a record grain harvest with large corn output and liberal feed supplies. Officials foresee price declines in grains meats and dairy as surpluses develop, while government stockpiling could reach a billion dollars unless drought or disaster curbs output.
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Ovid
A. Martin Washington
Agriculture Department
Iowa Bond Drive Reaches 74 Million Milestone
Des Moines report shows total sales of series E F and G savings bonds in Iowa reached 74.6 million dollars. Special investors added about 40.38 million, as quotas remained 100 million. Final reports note treasury allows trusts banks and insurers larger purchases in early July.
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Des Moines
Roger F. Warin
Savings Bonds Division
Iowa
Warin
Treasury Department
Norfolk Weather Warns Of Limited Flood Risk
Norfolk area rivers ran near bank full but the weather station said little danger of major flooding for now. Creeks overflowed after Tuesday night rain, flooding corn fields while the Elkhorn gauge stood at six feet andwas expected to rise later Wednesday. Railroads reported washouts affecting service and in Iowa a circus train was delayed until midmorning.
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Norfolk
Neb
Here
Northwestern
M. Jand C
Eawarden
Pepper Charges Smear Campaign In Communist Inquiry
Washington Republicans plan to press a September resumption of the McClellan Ferguson probe into communists in government. Senator Pepper denounces the move as a smear against Roosevelt, the Democratic party, and President Truman. McClellan argues the public deserves truth about alleged government leaks to Moscow. The Ferguson panel halted after failing to obtain Remington records. the House Un-American Activities Committee continues its hearings.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
McClellan
D-Ark
Ferguson
R-Mich
Roosevelt
Truman
Arkansas
Elizabeth Bentley
Moscow
McClelland
Ferguson Committee
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
Miss Bentley
House
UN American Activities Committee
Exline Woman Critically Ill With Tick Fever
Miss Mary Caster 45 of near Exline is hospitalized in Iowa City in critical condition with tick fever. Dr. R. Edwards of Centerville says she is quite ill and the second tick fever case in Iowa this year. She had been ill about 10 days and noticed a tick around the time symptoms began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Mary Caster
Exline
University Hospital
R. & Edwards
Centerville
Iowa
Caster
Legislator dies in Iowa City
State Rep. Frank J. Krall, 64, of Iowa City, died Wednesday in a local hospital after several weeks of illness while serving his first term in the Iowa House of Representatives.
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Iowa City
Frank J. Krall
Towa City
Iowa House of
Spy Probers to Carry Work Into Canada
The House Un American Activities Committee plans to send subcommittees to New York and Canada to question witnesses in its spy investigation. Elizabeth Bentley testified she was paid 2000 by a Soviet official in 1945 and turned the money over to the FBI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Misa
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Anatol Gromov
House
UN American Activities Committee
New York
Canada
Lon Michael Ivanovitch Samar
Jin
Ottawa
Igo Gouzenko
Atcom
J. Parnell Thomas
R-N. J
Mundt
D-S. C
McDowell
R-Pa
Herbert
D-La
Thomas
Moscow
Miss Bentley
Reds
FBI
Vassar
Supreme Soviet Council
George Silverman
Charles Kramer
Harry Dexter White
the Treasury
Lauchlin Currie
Injuries Prove Fatal in Emmetsburg Auto Crash
Mrs. Franky Overmeier, 69, of Pocahontas, died at a hospital in Emmetsburg late Tuesday from injuries suffered in a Sunday auto crash on highway 17 south of Plover.
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Emmetsburg
Franky Overmeier
Pocahontas
Highsway
Plover
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Carl, B. Haelin
Louisville Restaurant Association
Louisville
Maybank
Iawa
Nebraska National Guard
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
U.S
un-American Committee
Gouzenko
Henry H. Collins, Jr
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