Envoys Open Fourth Talk at Kremlin
Western envoys led by U S Ambassador Walter B Smith French Ambassador Yv Chataigneau and British envoy Frank Roberts visit the Kremlin for talks with Vyacheslav Molotov aimed at Berlin crisis and broader East West tensions A London informant says Moscow talks risk failing prompting a possible personal intervention by Stalin and a Western demand for hard positions in Berlin. The Berlin city government split continues with Communist led labor and trade unions resisting non Communist rights in negotiations amid food shortages and Russian zone control.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Vyacheslav Molotov
U. S
Walter B. Smith
Yv Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Molotov
Berlin
Europe
London
Stalin
Smith
Centrol
Labor Department
Citv
Trade Union Federation
Germany
Saxony
Mecklenberg
Christian Democratic Union
Cuban Police Hunt Bank Robbery Bandits in Havana
In midtown Havana police hunted a band that entered a Royal Bank of Canada branch after 3 p.m. and escaped with 562000 in cash. Eight to ten men, some in police uniforms, herded 18 people into a rear room, looted vault and cashier, but no shots were fired. An insurance payout covers the loss. Loot wrapped in typewriter and adding machine covers.
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Havana
Cuba
Royal Bank of Canada
Auction boosts Lewis Community Building Fund with unusual bids
A Cass county village auction raised funds for a new community building after a fire destroyed five downtown structures. Major items included two cars and a $670 Jersey calf and a rooster, donated to spur donations. total take not yet set. Auctioneers from Cass county groups donated services, and mayor Robert Wilburn helped drive the bid flow.
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Lewis Community Building Fund
Burke M. Gillespie
Baer
Lewis
Richard Anderson
Asa Jones Drug Store
Clarence Hancock Insurance Office
Wayland Hopley
Lete King
Harold Morgan
C. W. Hans
Cass County
City of Lewis
King
Mercury
Cornelion Motor Co
Atlantic
Owen Witthauer
Council Blutts
Robert Wilburn
Atlantis
Jana
Wayne Flick
Earl Cramer
Griswold
John Cruise
Massena
Wayne Blankenship
Cunberland
Harvey Holste
Rail Workers to Ask Higher Pay
Washington D C dispatch reports railroads and three unions signed a second postwar wage agreement. The 15 3 cent hourly rise was announced earlier by the White House. Negotiations for a third round begin in September with expected demands for a living cost increment of about 20 cents an hour. John R Steelman chaired the talks to resolve minor details.
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Washington
Wight
White House
John R. Steelman
Chicago
Continentals DC-3 Forced Down By Wind At Grey Bend
A Continental Airlines DC-3 with nine passengers was forced to land at Grey Bend Municipal Airport due to severe winds on a Denver to Tulsa flight. The aircraft circled the town and touched down around 30 miles per hour. All aboard were unharmed and stayed at a local hotel for rest.
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Greay Bend
Kan
Continental
Denver
Tulsa
Motorists urged to slow down after rising fatalities
DES MOINES motor vehicle traffic is speeding and so is the death toll, says Chief SN Jespersen of the state highway patrol. In the first 11 days of the month there were 22 fatalities vs 19 a year earlier, with August traffic deaths reaching 73 and 80 in 1941 as a record toll.
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Des Moines
SN. Jespersen
State Highway Patrol
Tne
Father and Son Held in Centerville Death Case
A coroner's jury found that Charles King aged 67 died from injuries inflicted by Ray Strode aged 50 and his son William aged 22. Pleas of innocent were entered by the father and son to charges connected with the death.
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Centerville
Charles King
Ray Strode
William
Woman Tries to Escape Russians
A woman identified as a Russian school teacher in seclusion at the Russian consulate jumped or fell from an upper story window late Thursday. She was alive when carried into the consulate by attaches, moaning in Russian and saying leave me alone as wire from a fence tangled around her leg. Police were climbing a fence to reach her as the Soviet teacher remained in the consulate following a writ of habeas corpus and House Committee on Un-American Activities attempt to compel appearance.
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New York
House Committee On un-American Activities
State Supreme Court
Tobin Accepts U.S. Labor Post
President Truman named Maurice J. Tobin as secretary of labor, replacing the late Lewis Schwellenbach. Tobin, former Massachusetts governor, pledged to push repeal of Taft-Hartley and bolster labor support, while Dixiecrats attacked the civil rights program and Republicans assailed the administration.
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Washington
Truman
Maurice J. Tobin
Tobin
Massachusetts
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
New
Boston
Bay State
Roosevelt J
Two Soviet Forays in Berlin Turned Back
American and British military police repelled two Soviet patrol attempts into western Berlin sectors on Thursday. Soviet units augmented by German police sought to arrest Germans, claiming they chased black marketeers. Allies warned the Russians may have been hunting deserters or conducting harassment.
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Berlin
New Assessor Law Produces Mixed Increases in Iowa
Iowa officials report modest and uneven hikes in personal property assessments as the first year under the county assessor law ends. Wayne county shows the sharpest changes with 20 percent rises, while other counties like Webster Davis Polk and Wapello see smaller increases. The tax commission notes strong uniformity overall and urges taxpayers to pursue district court challenges if they contest figures.
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Des Moines
State Tax Commission
Commission
George TE. Gill
John W. Barnes
County Board of Review
Tur
Tax Commission
Wayne County
Webster
Wapello
Davis
Polk
Barnes
Black Hawk
Tama
Muscatine
Humboldt
Davis County
Polk County
Webster County
Gill
Legion Street Fight Now Closed
A street fight on Legion Street between Town Legionnaires and Des Moines youths ended with police riot squads. Robert Peterson, 27, was injured and refused to file charges. Three youths were taken into custody then released. An eyewitness said Legionnaires halted a car with three youths, then the youths gathered friends and returned to the scene.
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Moines
Des Moines
Robert Peterson
Missouri Valley
Friday Weather Outlook for Iowa and Nebraska
The Weather Bureau reports Friday will be partly cloudy with possible showers and thunderstorms in the forenoon, and otherwise little change in temperature. Iowa highs near 85 with scattered showers and thundershowers. Nebraska partly cloudy with isolated thunderstorms mainly at night, total precipitation about 1.72 inches and a deficiency of 0.26 inches.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Iowa
Nebraska
UN Mediator Hardens Stance in Palestine Firestorm
Edward Curtis reports Folke Bernadotte, UN mediator, demands an immediate halt to all fire in Jerusalem after a midnight to dawn clash. He notes Arabs accept the truce while Jews have not replied, with observers split on who initiated the latest fighting amid seventy five observers on duty.
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Edward Curtis Rhodes
Folke Bermadotte
Palestine
Jerusalem
United Nations
U.N
Bermadotte
Bernadotte
Rhodes
Plan Steps in Injunction Suit Over Omaha Bus Franchise
Officials of the Omaha and Council Bluffs street car firms planned talks in Omaha to review transportation issues as Addison G. Kistle prepared an injunction petition to bar the Council Bluffs Transit company from operating in the city The petition claims the franchise is illegal and would be filed in district court Friday Notice of the petition was served on city leaders and Transit officials prompting amusement and concern from council members James R Kiger predicted the council would fight to uphold the Transit franchise which won a 5039 to 4283 vote He said the company has broad citizen backing and aims to complete a transportation system by Sept 15 He expected a brief delay in seeking Omaha street operation permits due to the suit and city officials prepared to defend the city in court The notice was read at a committee meeting drawing reactions from several aldermen including Joseph B Katelman and H R Koll who questioned legality and enforcement and urged action by officials.
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Omaha
Council Bluffs
Addison G. Kistle
Council Bluffs Transit Company
George B. Sparks
James R. Kiger
Kiger
A. J. Nielsen
Nielsen
S Ita
Sparks
Nielse
Wieters Resigns Iowa Health Post for Federal Role
Des Moines Dr Walter L Bierring state health department commissioner announced the Sept 1 resignation of A H Wieters director of the division of public health engineering and industrial hygiene He leaves after 22 years to join President Truman s administration as senior engineer Lt Col in the United States Public Health Service The well known authority on stream pollution will head to Washington for two months of training then likely work on upper Mississippi river basin pollution control from St Louis Missouri
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Des Moines
Walter L. Bierring
State Health Department
A. H. Wieters
Department
Public Rhealth Engineering
Wieters
Truman
Corps of Engineers
United States Public Health Service
Washington
Miss
Ssssippi
St Louis
New Cage Coach May Be Named for Abraham Lincoln High
Thurman E Johnson, Manilla high school athletic coach, is to be recommended to the school board by the teachers committee for election to the Abraham Lincoln high school faculty as basketball coach and instructor. Johnson is a Coon Rapids High School and Simpson College graduate with graduate work at the University of Town and Omaha University. He coached at Manilla from 1940 to 1942 before joining the Navy, serving about four and a half years as a reserve pilot with two years in the Pacific. The board is also expecting an update on summer renovation and maintenance by Martin J Williams, head of buildings and grounds. Superintendent Russell Maurer said the teachers textbook committee has not yet met to consider the Daughters of the American Revolution protest over The Building of Our Nation.
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Thurman E. Johnson
Manilla High School
Abraham Lincoln High School
Barker
Commanger
Webb
Mourer
Truman Expected to Sign Anti-Inflation Bill Friday
Washington reports President Truman likely to sign the Republican drafted anti inflation bill on Friday. The measure allows restoration of controls over installment buying and raises Federal Reserve reserve requirements. The bill also tasks the Fed with setting down payments and repayment periods for consumer goods to curb debt.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Con- Mess
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Board
Borden Plans Major Soybean Industry Expansion
The Borden company announced plans to spend 1 251 000 dollars to broaden activity in the soybean industry. The program includes a five story solvent extraction tower and linking bridges to existing elevators and processing buildings in Waterloo Iowa. Construction starts immediately and should be done by October 1945, said President Theodore G Montague.
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New York
Borden Company
Waterloo
Theodore "G. Montague
Montague
Soviet Consul Defies U S Court Order In Spy Probe
Soviet Consul General Yakov Lomakin refused a Supreme Court writ ordering him to produce Russian teacher Oksana Kosenkina for questioning in a congressional spy probe. The courtroom saw no sign of the woman by 10:20 a.m. as heavy security guarded another Russian teacher, Michael Lemarin, brought to Washington. Countess Alexandra Tolstoy attended, denying knowledge of Kosenkina’s whereabouts.
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Thuradov
Congressional
American Activiies
New York
Atcta
Okeena Kosenking
Bastian
State Department Telegrapha
Thomas E. Dewey
Mousa Committee
Michael Lemarin
Washington
Yakov M. Lomakin
Supreme Court
Oksana Stepanavna Kosenkina
Alexandra Tolstoy
Tolstoy Foundation
Steps Toward Perjury Prosecution in Spy Hearings
Washington The House Un American Activities Committee announced that preliminary steps have been taken to prosecute some spy hearing witnesses for perjury. Chairman Thomas said United States Attorney George Fay has a transcript of all hearings in the current espionage investigation and is pursuing perjury angles. Samarin and his wife were to be questioned in Washington in executive session instead of New York, with Mundt indicating a sub committee planned the trip to New York.
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Washington
House
Lun American Activities Committee
Thomas
R.N. J
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
New York
George Morris Fay
United States
District of Columbia
Fay
Justice Department
Mundl
Samarina
Mundt
Work Continued Without Contracts In Four Iowa Plants
DES MOINES The CI United Packing House Workers union stayed without contracts Thursday at four Iowa plants: John Morrel Ottumwa Bath Waterloo Tobin Fort Dodge and Astherville. No work stoppages were reported. Armour plants in Sioux City Mason City reached a one year contract signed in Chicago covering about 30 000 meat handlers across 25 Armour plants after a 28 hour bargaining session.
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Des Moines
CI United Packing House Workers
Iowa
John Morrel
Ottumwa
Bath
Waterloo
Tobin
Fort Dodge
Astherville
Company
Union
Armour
Sioux City
Mason City
Chicago
Armour Plants
Two n'Town
Joul
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H. W. Rousseau
Giswold
Rooster
Bown
U.S. Labor Post
Senate
Teces
Dixie
J. ‘Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Mouston
Thurmond
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
National Democratic Party
Democratic Party
Gay
Young Republican National Federation
Albany
Legion Street Fight
Plan
For Transit Co
Joseph B. Katelman
H. R. Koll
Second Ward
Thurman Johnson
Manilla
Bill
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