Board Seeks Answers on Long Plan
Washington D C. The powerful new decontrol board spent four days hearing questions on meat dairy and major foods. Topics included selective resumption of price controls on key commodities sparing use of the 869 million subsidy and weighing long term consumer interests in decisions. The board will rule next Tuesday evening amid testimony from more than 100 witnesses on potential free or restricted status for corn wheat and other products.
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Edwin B. Hackinken
Washington
New Decontrol Board
Congress
Office of Price Administration
Vanieus Unitexd
Cantrare Ap. Filer
Roy Lb
Armysor
Federal Land Bank
New Orleans
Indus
Tiarist Cearge H. Mead
Dayton
GO. Pulpo Paper
Paniel W. Bell Washington Bari
Channing Pollock Dies at His Shoreham Home
Channing Pollock noted dramatist and critic died at his summer home in Shoreham at age 66 after a Friday illness. Born in Washington DC, he began as a dramatic critic and authored more than thirty plays many successful. He also wrote for the Alephfeld Follies era, published six books of stories and essays, two novels, and lectured worldwide.
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New York
Channing Pale Tech
Shoreham
Saruidiay
Pollock
Abe Uatters
Helen
New York Journal-American
Fort Dodge Phone Strike Halted and Service Restored
Fort Dodge Amerian employees of the Fort Delge Telephone Company were ordered back to work Saturday afternoon and normal local and long distance service was restored. A backlogged workers order was issued by union officials pending further negotiations toward a settlement of wage and other dispute details. Union and company officials continued talks with a U S labor department conciliator, with a possible Sunday session noted.
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Fort Dodge
Amerian
Fort Delge Telephone Company
Lalsessiett
United States Labor Department
Catholic Charities Names New Office Secretary
Announcement reports the Catholic Charities adds Miss Marilyn Lovell as office secretary. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John H Lovell of 214 Ninth Avenue and a graduate of Abraham Lincoln High School class of 1946. Lovell assumed duties August 16 and becomes a permanent member of the local Catholic Charities organization.
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Catholic Charites
Marilyn Lovell
John H. Lovell
Ninth Avenue
Thom
Abraham Lincoln High School
Lovell
Catholic Charities Goganization
Violence Flairs as Great Lakes Strike Intensifies Across Lakes
On the Great Lakes strike front violence flared with injuries to two lake carriers association officials and four NMU sailors detained in South Chicago. CIO Curran claimed NMU pickets were injured at Ashtabula Ohio. AFL unions reported clashes at Detroit docks, while Cleveland tugmen halted towage of two ore freighters amid broader work stoppage.
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Detroit
Great Lakes
Lake Carriers Association
Chicago
Athan Association
Joseph Curran
CIO National Maritime Union
NMU
Ashtabula
Ohio
Curran
New York
AFL
Cleveland
CLO
AOL Mn Om
AVL
Great Lakes Towing Company
Lawrence ©. Turner
Onty
Umnor
AML
Min
ODT
Tugmen’s Protective Association
Watchmen’s Association of America
Marlier
LCA
Donner Steel
Buffalo
Tackflung Lake Works
Base Wawto Maier
Weather Summary for Council Bluffs Area Sunday
The Weather iBy the U S Weather Bureau. Council Bluffs and vicinity: Cooter Sunday with a high of 80 to 83. Town clearing and cooler Sunday, high Sunday 75 to 80. Nebraska southeast Sunday partly cloudy with scattered showers likely in southeast Sunday morning. Hourly temperatures show 12:30 p m 92, 4:30 p m 95, 5:30 p m 95, 7:30 p m 86. Wind 6 mph at 12:30 p m. Max temp last 24 hours 95 by 4:30 p m Saturday, min 67 by 6:30 p m Saturday.
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iBy
U.S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Cooter
Nebraska
Cooder
Frontier Week Costume Ball closes festivity in town
The first annual Frontier Week costume ball capped a week of events with a lively Saturday night. Cowboys, Indians, and frontier dress dominated as Les Barron and his KOIL band played while Jeanie Greer sang. Prizes went to Jack Graves for funniest costume and Mrs. Howard Hickey for best all around ensemble, with numerous other winners, judged by Mrs. Join Baird and others.
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Les Barron
KOIL
Jeanie Greer
Jack Graves
Route 2
Howard Hickey
Lorraine Phelps
Fourth Avenue
Vick Church
Avenue C
Bill Mels
Roosevel
Bernard Noble
Clinton
Culver
Dunton
H.C. Bunnell
South Seventh Street
Phil Waldorf
Glen Avenue
C. W. McManamy
Route 1
Join Baird
Mlarence Baker
Thompson
Gail Gernetsky
Altrusa Club
Cornell Blutts
Small Offers His Staff to Wyatt
Washington reports a dispute over scarce building materials as John D. Small proposes to keep control of industrial construction while offering housing chief Wilson Wyatt full staff and authority for churches stores and public works. Wyatt hesitates fearing a major shift could slow the housing drive though it would let him approve various construction projects and direct material flow.
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Sterling F. Green
Washington
John D. Small
Wilson Wyatt
Wyatt
Veinrons Homes
Small
Watt
Civilian Production Administration
Ave
Police Free Boy Chained to Front Porch
Police responded to a complaint about a youth chained and padlocked by the ankle to the front porch of his home. Investigators found the punishment was self administered by the boy’s father who cited ongoing mischief. Authorities ordered removal of the restraints and advised alternative discipline.
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Baturday
Union Order Forces St Louis Police to Withdraw
The St Louis board of police commissioners ordered all union affiliated officers to leave the AFL Local 549 by August 30 or face possible dismissal. The move followed a Jefferson City conference that saw Mark D Eagleton resign as board president and Gov Penneily join other members in backing action against the 1,300 member union amid a 2,366 officer force. Richard T Miller of the union said many members feel the target is too large to pursue.
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ST. Louis
Board of Police Commissioners
Jefferson City
Mark D. Eagleton
Phil M. Penneily
Thhree
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employes
AFL
Eagleton
Richard T. Miller
St. Laws Union
Missouri
CIO Publishes Congress Record
Norman Walker reports CIO publishes a 12 issue voting record of all Congress members for the 79th Congress. The CIO portrays it as a citizen guide, notes mixed voting patterns, and highlights legislators who align or oppose labor’s requests.
Iowans Listed in Anti CIO Group
Washington reports Iowa senators Hickenlooper and Wilson opposed the CIO on 12 of 14 issues in a CIO evaluation. House members Cunningham, Dolliver, Gwynne, Koeven, TeCample, Martin Lief, Palle and others mostly voted against the CIO position.
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Washington
Iowa
Sickenlooper
Wilson
CIO
Senate
House
Congress
Hickenlooper
Town House
Cunningham
Dolliver Ibe
Gwynne
Koeven
teCample
Martin Lief
Palle
Draft plan in making causes deferment policy debate
Washington reports a liberalized deferment plan is forming. Officials say the draft could reach about 154000 young men by March 31 even with a low bottom rate. Army needs 185000. raising age beyond 29 could boost numbers, though authority rests with the army. The War Department wants calls under 29 and 18-year-olds register but are not drafted. Protests from education and science groups cite loss of promising scientists and professors if rules tighten.
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Robert Gelgar
Washington
Willard 5. Paul
Army
War Department
American Council On Education
Wounc
Plane Crashes Ahead of Train Near Concord Massachusetts
A P 51 Lightning fighter plane taking part in an air show crashed onto the Boston and Maine railroad main line near Bedford Concord. The pilot died in the wreckage. A New Haven employee, Harl Linney, flagged down a passing train before it reached the burning aircraft. The crash disrupted communications lines along Lake Warren woods.
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Concord
Mass
Bedford
Boston and Maine
Boston- Chiveago
Beford Air Field
Five Killed in Mankato Tornado
A tornado near Mankato Minnesota with township 22-cabin tourist camp collapsed causing at least five deaths and many injuries. Sheriff Cords warned deaths could rise to eight as hospitals reported extensive casualties. Names of the deceased include Ronald Whig Gerald Nurre Sidney Casper Donald Nelson and an unidentified woman.
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Mankato
Minn
Minnesota River Valley
Frank Cords
Blue Warth Coway
St. Joseph's Hospital
Immanuel
Ronald
Whig
Gerald Nurre
Bancroft
Sidney Casper
Donald Nelson
Butterfield
Worman
Plan Institute On Polio Care In Iowa City
A three day polio care institute will open at the University of Iowa hospital to train about 15 Iowa public health nurses. President Virgil M. Hancher announced the event with Dr. William Paul in charge of demonstrations and lectures. Sponsors include the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis and state health agencies. Verlick Hartman reported 17 beds for polio patients next week and 41 polio victims in the hospital currently, the year's high.
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Iowa
University of Iowa Hospital
Virgil M. Hancher
William 2. Paul
Hespltal
State Service For
Verlick Hartman
Savy White
Mrs Lockman Freed on Bond in Indiana Case
Mrs Louie Tot Lockman released on a $15 000 bond provided by Madison businessmen and local farmers. She had been held since Sunday in Jefferson County on charges connected to the death of Minnie McConnell. The bond allows release pending grand jury proceedings to investigate possible mercury poisoning in McConnell’s death. Prosecutor Donald Bear cited two star witnesses likely unavailable for Tuesday’s arraignment.
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Ind
Louie
Tot) Louismith
Jefferson Eounary
John Gang
J. 8
Eckert
Madison
Howard Danner
Albert Stout
Dupont
Lockimiih Ives
Newton Jeffries
Jefferson County
O. V. Oliver
Greenville
Ohi
Donald Bear
Mamie McConnell
Lockman
McConnell
Bear
Dro RN. Tanger
Eckinan
Justice of the Powe
Elmer J. Crowler
Joseph Cooper
Leelkman
Lackman
Orlohur
Minnie McConnell
Bupont
Cooper
Steamer Ablaze in Mid Ocean
A mid Atlantic blaze aboard the Benjamin Miami sent a distress as it reported a coal cargo fire and worsening conditions. The Liberty ship, under wartime charter, left Hampton Roads with 45 crew aboard and was tracked by a coast guard plane and the Campbell convoy east of Argentia as it headed toward Margieles France. The ship’s master Arthur Tengen signed a prior message describing the blaze as serious but hor ristical.
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New York
Coast Guard
Benjamin Mi‘am
Newfoundland
Arthur Tengen
Hensen
St. John's
Tatter Campbell
Argentia
Benjamin Miam
Hampton Toads
Margeilles
France
Fs Olely
Sun African One
Frontier Week Horse Show to Close Events with 2500 Prize
Frontier Week wraps Sunday night with a large horse show at Dodge Park Fairgrounds featuring 2500 in prize money. About 300 horses entered Friday prelims, 100 advancing to Sunday finals, judged by D Linn with assistance from W Fhreoyid and Russell Lundy. events include costume parade and multiple class finals, culminating in a Plymouth car giveaway.
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Whantier Association
Dodge Park Fairgrounds
Associion
Ednagy
Theory D. Linn
Sec Yoltry of Agriculture
Lorses
William Fhreoyid
Glenwood
Vingminster
Russell Lundy
Des Moines
Prove Brant Feataonge
Durgiear
Walt
Frontier
William Schutt
Frank Willsey
Omaha
E. A. Knudsen
Youn Meath
Jack O'Brien
Dick O'Brien
Bill Mels
Jay Watson, Jr
Helen Purdy
Lester Vo Prine
Maxi
Peace Conference votes on Austria invitees in Paris
Paris dispatch reports the European peace conference voting 14 to 6 to invite Austria to present views on the peace treaty with Italy, with Britain and the United States backing the Austrian proposal. Soviet objections persisted, with France and several allies opposing the plan. Deliberations touched on Soviet voting rights and the timetable for foreign ministers to act on the Austrian question amid broader tensions among smaller nations.
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Louis Nevio
Paris
Curnine
Austria
Italy
Iran
Britain
United States
Albania
Austin
Finland
Brooke Claxton
Canada
France
Soviet Union
Russia
Poland
Caeheslovakia
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
Andrei
Vieshinsky
Aussia
South Tyrol
Cain Oif
U.S. Department
Avatamin Vo Coben
Two Killed in Glider Crash at Demonstration Flight
Two people died Saturday when a glider and a light airplane collided over Chemung County during a public sky show near Elmira. Spectators were watching demonstrations in connection with the National Seafaring contests.
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Elmira
Whemung
SOC
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Cath. Charities
Union
Congress Record
Norman Walker Washington
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Mead
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Johnston
D-Sc
Stewart
Dtownne
Gathings
Arkansas
Abernethy
Rankin and Whitten
Mississippi
Murray
Tennessee
Linham and Plelett
Texas
Anti-Cio Group
Plan Institute On
Polio Care
George McKee
R. E. Ackerman
RF. Ackerman
Ginenin
Neb
Yon MoFet
Bud Smith
RCA
Ellsworth
Camedl
4H Burke
TiénenIn
Ned
Max Hummellt
Griswold
Jack Cowardlin
Pacific Junction
Glee Dashner
Fed Chesney
Laren Caberiv
Moorhead
Galted
Adglph Starz
Mra
Walter M. Green
Marilyn Jean Hill
Marjorie Brown
Logan
R. T. Gould
Harlan
PH. Shreve
Lincoln
Jean Stoner
Hamburg
Mets
W. Krueger
J. A. Knudsen
Ernie Smith
Vornell Bliffs
BE. W. Paul
de KW
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John Dean
Flenwood
C. Ells
Maryville
Linnea Nelson
Essex
Robert Floorehinger
Robert
S. Jensen
Neala
Myron Roberts
Altoona
Gieorgo Freeman
Sac City
Rosemary Morileson
Pegey Brown
Dick O’brien
Rennie Shes
Berry Ann McGinn
Suzanne Adams
Pat Geiger
Shirley Jagobsen
L. C. Wreatt
Bil Meis
MD Spelman
Coumal Blults
Willard
Fine Marness
Hagkney
Adolph Store
Cmas
Lean Stoner
Hamintry
L O
Earnest Rongigh
Dave Kaplan
Ralph Ellsworth
Gr. Corneil
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