Farm Youths Move Into Frontier Fair
Monday was entry day at the Frontier Fair with about 400 4 H youths from west Pottawattamie registering prize winning clothing and livestock exhibits. Homemaking displays and farm machinery showcases were set. Lee Brothers Circus performed at Playland Stadium drawing 1500 Sunday crowd. Admission 35 cents kids, 75 cents adults. lake races drew several thousand spectators. Frontier officials announced Thursday night will spotlight team pulling with two classes and a 200 pound advantage for unshod teams. Midget auto races added for Tuesday and Wednesday nights starting at 7:45 p.m.
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West Pottawattamie
Lee Brothers Circus
Playland Stadium
Lake Manawa
Playland
Frontier Officials
Harlan Conley
Iowa Horse and Mule Breeder's Association
Ohio youth wins soap box derby at Akron
A Warren Ohio 13 year old Donald Strub won the all American soap box derby at Derby Downs claiming a four year college scholarship. He defeated Gary Owain Turley of Charleston West Virginia and William Brown of San Francisco as the largest field in 11 years competed. Paul Kopf of Muscatine had the fifth best time in the heats clocking 27.04 seconds winning the 33rd heat.
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Akron
Warren
Ohio
Donald Strub
Donald
Ids
Gary Owain Turley
Charleston
W. Va
William Brown
San Francisco
Towa
Paul Kopf
Muscatine
Derby Downs
Kopf
Frankie Meyers
Madison
Wis
Douglas Court
St Catherine's
Talkative Motorists Loses $15 in Argument With Police Officers
Dorian V. Carberry, 20, of 612 Fourth Street, forfeited an $85 bond on a faulty equipment charge and a $15 bond on a disorderly conduct charge in municipal court. Police said he argued after being booked late Saturday afternoon, left after posting bond, returned, resumed the argument, and later called the station by phone before appearing again.
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Dorian V. Carberry
Fourth Street
Canberry
Corrected 1949 assessment for local tram firm stated
County Auditor John F. Blaylock said the Omaha and Coun tile Bluff s Street Railway and Bridge company will be taxed $237,438 for 1949, unchanged from the current year, following a state correction to the commission. The previous report listed $84,000, a $153,438 drop. Real estate valued at $26,804 and rolling stock at $210,445.
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Omaha & Countil Bluffs Street Railway and Bridge Company
John F. Blaylock
Tram Employes Petition for ICC Permit in Council Bluffs
Tram workers circulate petitions urging ICC authority to run buses between Omaha and Council Bluffs. The new Council Bluffs Transit firm opens a temporary office at Hotel Chieftain. Job applications start Tuesday at 9 a.m. with Sept 4 deadline. John Lewis hired as assistant, preference to tram employees. Both sides await ICC decisions on bus operations between the two cities. A court hearing looms on a petition challenging the Transit franchise.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Council Bluffs
Hotel Chieftain
James R. Kiger
Kiger
John Lewis
Charlotte
N.C
Queens City Trailways
Transportation Workers Local
Omaha
Interstate Commercce Commission
Melvin Clark
ICC
Weather summary for Counce and Nebraska region
The Weather Bureau reports sunny warm conditions for Counce and Bluff vicinity with highs near 90s and humid nights around 70. Nebraska sees fair Mondays with some showers west and north Tuesday, cooler northwest Tuesday, highs 80s to low 90s, Monday night 30s in lows. Hourly readings show temperatures from 68 to 86 across morning to afternoon with high humidity around 96 percent and a total precipitation of 18.44 inches?
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U S. Weather Bureau
Counce
Bluffs
Nebraska Fair
Tast
Fiendish Florida beach slayings shock state
In Ormond Beach Florida a Georgia stenographer Miss Mary Hucks and her escort Gregory Blount were killed on a moonlit beach. Sheriff Alex Littlefield said two slayers likely selective sex perverts on the prowl. Rewards totaling 1000 dollars have been offered for information leading to arrests.
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Ormond
Fla
Georgia
Alex Littlefield
Mary Hucks
East Point
Gregory Blount
Lexington
Sherif Littlefield
Blount
Volusia County
Littlefield
Atlantic
Hucks
Palmetto Brushes
Illinois state fair draws record crowd and mishaps
Springfield attendance hits an all time high with about 261 500 people packing the Illinois state fair grounds. Officials report a record number of mishaps during the event and promise safety reviews.
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Springfield
Frontier Week Activities Schedule and Events
Frontier Week calendar lists daily 4-H club entry day at Frontier park with exhibits open to 9 pm Monday. Circus acts at Playland stadium 8 pm Tuesday features midget auto racing 7 45 pm. Wednesday presents judging demonstrations with stadium events at 7 45 pm. Thursday 4-H show continues with team pulling at Playland stadium 7 30 pm. Friday farm folk festival begins 9 am at fair grounds with sports contests and parade of winning livestock at Playland stadium 8 pm. Saturday Welcome Travelers radio show at Playland stadium 8 pm. Sunday Playland stadium 3 pm.
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Tair
Frontier Park
Playland Stadium
Playland
Fair Grounds
Travelers
Welcome Travelers
City Faces Possible Major Sewer Break on Thirty-First Street
Street Commissioner Kline W. Taylor warned of a new major sewer break in the same area as last year on Thirty-first Street between Avenues D and E. The street department started excavation after reports of settlement, following a prior repair in the same spot.
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Kline W. Taylor
Streets Department
Homemaking Teachers Holding Conference in Ames
Approximately 230 homemaking teachers met in Ames for the seventeenth annual conference opening Monday. The event runs until Friday noon and is conducted by the Iowa state board for secondary education in cooperation with Iowa State College and the Iowa Home Economics Teachers Association. New trends in home economics teaching will be discussed.
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Ames
Towa
Iowa State Board For Sectional Education
Iowa State Colege
Iowa Home Economic Teachers Association
Alger Hiss to Testify Behind Closed Sessions
Washington and Alger Hiss, a former state department official, agreed to testify before the House committee on American Activities in closed session late Monday. Chairman Thomas said it is unlikely Whittaker Chambers will attend, and plans remain to possibly bring the pair together later. Chambers, a Time editor, has described his communist past and urged Hiss to follow suit. Hiss denies any communist ties. The committee anticipates an early recess of hearings.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
Alger Hiss
State Department
House On American Activities
Thomas
R-Nj
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Time Magazine
Hiss
Cover Up Suspected in Spy Story Tangles
Washington officials view the late spy case against Lt. Robert Dreher as a Soviet cover up to deflect attention from waning Moscow interest in the Kosenkina Samarine teachers cases. State Department says the charges against Dreher were arranged with the Soviet secret police and raises two questions about timing and anonymity in the release.
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Washington
Russia
Moscow
State Department
Robert Dreher
Department
Walter Bedell Smith
Andre Vishinsky
Dreher
MVD
Rusela
Samarinie
Atn
New York
Soviet Union
Michael Ivanovitch Samarine
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Davenport Man Killed in Car Train Crash
Davenport man Burton A. Luthard of Davenport Iowa died in a car train collision near Troy Grove eight miles north of here on U S Route 52. His wife Martha 23 was injured and taken to a Mendota hospital. The couple was en route to Pittsburg for a vacation when the crash occurred.
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Tasha Ti
Burton A. Luthard
Davenport
North Western Railroad
Troy Grove
Here
Luthard
Martha
Mendota
Des Moines Salaries Probe Seeks Equal Pay Across State
DES MOINES State Rep Harry E Welchman chairing a committee to study salary disparities across state offices. The group will meet with department heads, report in about two weeks, and may issue recommendations by September. ADC funding for dependent children payments faces debate as social welfare asks for emergency aid.
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Weichman
Welchman
ADC
State Board of Social Welfare
Social Welfare Board
Iowa J American Legion Convention
Social Welfare, Board
Warm and Humid Weather Returns Forecast
Weather forecast calls for warm and humid daytime hours Tuesday with thunder showers and cooler readings overnight. Iowa points such as Council Bluffs reported milder conditions as the day began, while temperatures rose from the low 60s to the 90s. Sunday’s high reached 87 in Sioux City. meanwhile Davenport, Dubuque, and Lamont recorded light rainfall amounts.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Mercury
Sioux City
Lamont
Dubuque
Davenport
Milwaukee Official Dies at Sioux City
Edward O. Eckert, 55, former Sioux Cityan and superintendent for the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul and Pacific Railway, died at his Kansas City family home after an extended illness. He had worked 40 years for the railroad and recently received treatment in Rochester, Minnesota.
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Sioux City
Edward 0. Eckert
Kansas City
Sioux
Brothers Held in Home Robbery Near Loveland Farm
Richard Points 42 and Frank Points 41 were held in the county jail after an alleged villa robbery at a farm two miles southeast of Loveland. Vernon Svobda fired a warning shot. Richard was shot in the left arm while fleeing. Officers found shoes, a shirt, overalls, a rifle and a radio. The brothers deny the robbery claim, saying they went to buy a chicken.
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Richard Points
Avenue I
Frank Points
Honey Creek
C. W. Svobda
Loveland
Vernon Svobda
Fred Strother
Sherff Orval Butler
Points Brothers
Strother
Truman Opens 1948 Campaign With Labor Day Detroit Rally
The White House said President Truman will address a Labor Day rally in Detroit, a major kickoff event for his campaign. Dem national chairman J Howard McGrath had urged a Detroit opening to appeal to labor. Truman will travel by private car to Michigan, with planned stops in several cities, officials said.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Detroit
J. Howard McGrath
Long
Michigan
Charles Ross
Change for Worse in Ruth's Condition
New York Babe Ruth's temperature rose Monday and moderate pulmonary complications have reappeared, the Memorial hospital bulletin reported. The critically ill homerun king's wife and sister were at his bedside as doctors noted difficulty in taking nourishment and a worsening condition.
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New York
Babe Ruth
Memorial Hospital
Homerun King
Wainwright Slated for New Commander
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright is available for election as commander of the Disabled American Veterans. The five day twenty seventh annual convention opens Monday with Wainwright arriving Sunday night and saying he would accept the post if Sam elected. He will be nominated to head the organization, according to reports.
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New York
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Terans
Wainwright
Sam
Truman Faces Angry Flood GOP Charges
President Truman’s forecast of a 1.5 billion dollar deficit next June sparked GOP charges that he juggled figures for politics. Republicans argued the treasury would show a 5 to 6 billion dollar shortfall before adjustments and said a paper surplus arises from shifting 3 billion dollars of last year’s excess to this year to cover foreign aid. They call the budget review a campaign speech and fault the White House for distortions as re election looms.
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Proncia M. le Mey
Washington
Truman
Treasury
Mr Truman
Congress
Bridges
R-N.h
Senate Appropriations Committee
Milliken
Senate Banking Committee
White House
Tru
New Work Stoppage at Morrell Plant
A fresh work stoppage hit the Morrell Packing plant Monday as CIO Packinghouse Workers head Ralph Helstein arrived for talks. Pork kill chain workers left after being ordered to resume or quit, while hundreds of employees in six departments who sat down Saturday filed through the personnel office and pledged to follow supervisor directives.
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Otiumway
Morrell Packing
Ralph Helstein
CIO Packinghouse
Pork Kill
Forman
Lutherans Report Membership Gain Across North America
The United Lutheran Church in America announced at a press briefing that it added 41,144 new members last year. Secretary Rev. Dr. F. Eppling Reinartz cited total membership at 1,880,628 after an "X-ray" survey of about 4,000 congregations in the United States and Canada.
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Philadelphia
United Lutheran Church In America
F. Eppling Reinartz
Reinartz
United States
Canada
Des Moines State Fair Keeps General Admission at 50 Cents
State fair officials announced Monday that general admission to this year’s exposition will remain at 50 cents per person. Fair Secretary RB Cunningham said the fair, which runs from August 27 through September, is expected to attract more than half a million attendees.
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Des Moines
RB. Cunningham
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Harry E. Welchman
Newhall
Robert D. Blue
Arthur T. Wallace
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Ruth
Morrell
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