Iowa schools see surge in emergency levy requests
Iowa school districts seek emergency levies at a near record pace despite about 13 million dollars in state aid. Comptroller aides report over 530 applications, with Cedar Rapids and Iowa City among districts approved for funds. totals may reach 700 to 800 districts.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Comptroller
E. Cornwall
Comptrollet
Cornwall
Nut
Cedar Rapids
Town Falls
Creston
Sheldon
State Center
Chariton
Grinnell
Iowa City
Spencer
Cherokee
Charles City
Atlantic
Boone
Burlington
Carroll
Centerville
Clinton
Cooper Bluffs
Davenport
Dubuque
Estherville
Fort Dodge
Marshalltown
Mason City
Muscatine
Newton
Ottumwa
Perry
Sioux City
Waterloo
Webster City
Schdo
Danish-born Dr. Soe Dies at 96 in Council Bluffs Hospital
Dr. Peter M. Soe 96 a longtime Kimballtown Elk Horn physician in Audubon county died Wednesday night in a Council Bluffs hospital. He came to the US from Denmark at 27 and practiced at Elk Horn and Kimballtown since 1483. He presided over Landsman National Bank at Kimballtown. Survived by his widow and three children including Dr. Arthur Soe of Lead, SD, and Dr. Hertul Soe of Manila, IA.
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Peter M. Soe
Kimballtown
Audubon County
Council Bluffs
Soe
United States
Denmark
Elk Horn
Landsman National Bank
Arthur Soe
Jead. S D
Hertul Soe
Manilla
Frontier Week Schedule and Events at Playland Stadium
Frontier Week activities begin with a 9 am farm folk festival at the fair grounds featuring farm sports contests and 4 H livestock winners. An evening program at Playland Stadium includes a 4 H girls style show and entertainment contests followed by a fireworks display at 8 pm. Admission is free. Saturday offers a radio show at Playland Stadium at 8 pm. Sunday events are listed without details.
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Playland Stadium
Fair Grounds
Travelers
Russian refugee teacher improving after Soviet consulate jump
Mrs. Oksana Kosenkina, 52, a Russian school teacher, remains under medical care after leaping from the Soviet consul general's residence. A Roosevelt Hospital bulletin reports her condition as improved with a 101 degree temperature and strong pulse. Doctors arranged a consultation with a Soviet surgeon. the hospital said it was for medical purposes only.
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New York
Roosevelt Hospital
CST
Oksana Stepanova
Kesenkin
Bere
Kosenkina
Grant Pennoyer
Yakov M. Lomakin
Pennoyer
Lomakin
Rita Hayworth Visits Spain With Aly Khan
Madrid radio reported film star Rita Hayworth is in Spain for a two day visit. The broadcast said she arrived with Aly Khan, 37, the sportsman son of the Aga Khan, accompanying her on arrival.
Black Angus top 4H beef winner Don Felton of Neola
Don Felton 17, Neola, won the grand championship in the Frontier 4-H baby beef division with a 880 pound Black Angus. He and his calf will feature in the livestock parade at Playland stadium Thursday night as Frontier week closes. Rudy Sunderman 21, Treynor, was runner up with a 1100 pound Hereford. Don also won the showmanship award and plans to enter Ak-Sar-Ben later this year with the Neola Boomers Minden 4-H club.
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Don Felton
Neola
Leff
Don
Playland Stadium
Iowa
Clarinda
Elliott
Coin
Macedonia
Rudy Sunderman
Treynor
Rudy
Truman Proclaims Sept 16 National Guard Day
President Truman proclaimed Thursday September 16 as National Guard Day. He urged citizens to give the National Guard their unremitting support, praising its service in foreign defense and domestic disasters and stressing the need for full manning equipment and training as part of national security.
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Washington
Truman
National Guard
More Hot Humid Weather Forecast With Showers
The forecast calls for hot and humid conditions with afternoon and evening thundershowers Friday. Temperatures expected between 70 and the mid 90s. A sign for the state was recorded here Wednesday amid southwesterly winds 15 to 20 mph. The early Thursday low was 68. No rain reported in the state.
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Weather Bureau
Fariday Elected President of Council Bluffs Insurance Agents
Francis Fariday of 144 North Main Street was elected president Thursday of the Council Bluffs Association of Insurance Agents. He succeeds Harold Stipp. Fred Day was chosen as vice president and Eugene Crowe as secretary treasurer.
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Francis Fariday
North Main Street
Council Bluffs Association of Insurance Agents
Harold Stipp
Fred Day
Eugene Crowe
Laird Named Chief GOP Speakers For Iowa Campaign
Rusty Laird of Sidney appointed head of the state GOP speakers bureau as all but two of the Republican central committee meet in Des Moines to chart campaign plans. Whitney Gilliland reports on Midwest chairmen meeting. district meetings set from Friday through August 30 with Gilliland, Wilharm, Morrissey and Laird overseeing.
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Des Moines
Republican State Central Committee
Persidential
Robert Klauer
Whitney Gilliland
Glenwood
Chicago
Bure
R. B
Rusty) Laird
Sidney
State Safety Department
Red Oak
Chatton
Muscatine
Manchester
Charles City
Fort Dodge
Gilliland
Gertrude Wilharm
Sumner
Edward J. Morrissey
New Gold Yuan Adopted by China Amid Bank Closures
China on Thursday announced a new gold standard currency named the Gold Yuan backed by 100 percent reserves and ordered banks closed for two days to enable conversion. Official rates set one gold yuan to 4,000,000 old dollars, four gold yuans per U.S. dollar, and two gold yuans per Chinese silver dollar. The move aims to curb capital flight to Hong Kong and mobilize wealth for war against inflation and communism.
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Nanking
China
Hallingto Tong
U. S
Hong Kong
Draft Board to Water Works Building
Draft board to be housed in the Water Works building on North Main Street per assistant waterworks superintendent Donald Bragg. Two rooms will be used for the board but officials could not be reached to confirm the opening date.
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Fottawattamie County Draft Board
North Main Street
Donald Bragg
Draft Board
ICC decision awaited on bus operation
Officials heat up as ICC verdict looms on who will run buses between there and Omaha. Also notes West Pottawattamie 4‑H girl chosen for state fair representation with full story and photo.
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Dramana Iansit
ICC
Omaha
Terynor
Council
West Pottawattamis
Lake Manawa
Sidney Rodeo
Pottawattamie County
Watson to Head Eagles National Chapter in Seattle
Council Bluffs attorney Fraternal Order of the Eagles leader Watson is expected to be elected national president at the Seattle convention. A three day homecoming is planned for Sept 4 5 and 6 with an initiation class and banquet on Sept 5.
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DeVere Watson
Council Bluffs
Order of the Eagles
Seattle
Wash
Watson
William Madsen
North Ninth Street
Eagles
John Ables
Kansas City
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Berlin mob stones Soviet police near Russian sector
An angry German crowd in the Berlin border area stoned Soviet police pursuing black marketeers near the Russian sector. Reports say one person was killed and another wounded as British sector police observed from the boundary. the 600 strong crowd shouted communist taunts.
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Berlin -P
Berlin
Weather Summary for Council Bluffs and Nebraska
Sunny and hot in Council Bluffs with highs near 90s and a low around 70. Nebraska mostly fair with mid 90s highs and scattered showers west and north Thursday night into Friday. Hourly readings show temps in the 60s to 90s with a 18.44 inch total precipitation over the period.
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U. & Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Nebraska
Defends Modern Painting for University Collection
Prof Lester TD Longman defended a controversial modern painting in Iowa City purchased for the University of Iowa permanent collection saying funds came from a general gift not tax money. The piece by Juan Miro stirred mockery, with critics noting its odd imagery and Longman predicting broad future acceptance of graphic art.
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Iowa City 2
Lester TD. Longman
University of Iown
Juan Miro
Rosalie
Longman
Truman Defends Loyalty Program at News Conference
President Truman defended the loyalty review program as a success despite GOP criticism from congressional probes into alleged communism. He said confidential personnel files will not be shared with committees and criticized the House American Activities Committee for infringing the bill of rights. He noted no change in his dispute with Senator Ferguson and called a Gestapo law unacceptable.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Louse
FBI
House
American Activities Committee
Ferguson
R.mieh
GOP
Trueman
Whittaker Chambers
New York City
Chambers
Justice Department
Final Rites for Beloved Bambino
Babe Ruth’s funeral reached a nation in mourning as 6000 crowded St Patrick’s Cathedral with about 50 000 more outside. Cardinal Spellman led the requiem for the baseball icon while dignitaries and sports figures arrived, honoring Ruth who died aged 33 after cancer.
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Charles Mercer
New York
Babe Ruth
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Fifth Avenue
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Stin
Baltimore
Thomas E. Dewey
William O'Dwyer
James M. Curley
Boston
Babe
Red ;Sox
Thomas D'Alesandro
Ruth
Joseph F. Flannelly
Yankees
Memorial Hospital
Claire
Dorothy Sullivan
Richard Flanders
Wilbur Moberly
Yesteryear
Jack Dempsey
Connie Mack
Leo Durocher
Moe Berg
Msgt. Flannelly
Yankee Stadium
Hollywood Gangland Killing Shocks City at Cohen Haberdashery
A gangland style shooting in Hollywood killed Harry Rothman, 36, an associate of Michael Cohen, and wounded Albert Snyder, 36, who is believed to have recently arrived from Chicago. Cohen said he knew of no motive and denied involvement.
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Hollywood
Haberdashery
Michael
Mickey) Cohen
Sporting World
Harry Rothman
Cohen
Albert Snyder
Chicago
East
Los Angeles
Han
Spy Probers Extend Scope of Hearings
The House Un American Activities Committee orders three former New Deal lawyers Nathan Witt Lee Pressman and John Abt to appear Friday in the communist spying inquiry. Secret testimony aims to dig up background on the Hiss Chambers controversy ahead of public hearings set for next Wednesday. The committee also notes possible subversive activity at the Federal Communications Commission with hearings planned for late September or October.
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Washington
House UN American Activities Committee
New Deal
Nathan Witt
Lee Pressman
John Abt
Douglas B. Camel
Thursiday
Rep
Nixon R
Calif
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Chambers
House An American Activities Committee
Time Magazine
State Department
Caregie Endowment For International Peace
House Committee
New York
George Crosley
Iris Washington
Crosley
Robert E. Stripling
Committee
Hisses
Stripling
Nixon
FBI
House
Federal Communications Commission
Frank T. Bow
FCC
Conditions Improve at Morrell Plant in Ottumwa
Substantial production at John Morrell & company packing plant resumed on Thursday after days of stoppages. Hog, cattle and sheep kill gangs returned to work along with canning and lard refining divisions. The firm, not buying hogs this week, planned to reenter the market amid no fresh incidents by mid-morning. The sitdown and slowdown objections cited by CIO unions were denied by the union.
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Ottumwa
John Morrell & Company
Morrell
CIO
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