Fear clashes in Berlin as Russians beat German police
In Berlin's divided zones, Russian soldiers attacked two German police in the American sector and warned they would keep troops in central Berlin. An American spokesman cautioned that failure to settle could trigger events affecting more than Germans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
U.S
United States
Paul Markgraf
Potsdammerplatz
Johannes Stumm
E. K. Kelly
Col. Kelly
Kelly
May Have Found Body of Young Omaha Boy
Omaha divers believed they located the body of 13 year old Tommy O Connor missing since June 7 His clothes were found on the Iowa bank of the Missouri River near the South Omaha bridge Divers Ted Baker and Dan Shannon probed the pilings underwater with a navy air pump and freed mask but said surface recovery seemed unlikely.
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Omaha
Tommy O'Connor
Iowa
Missouri River
South Omaha
William O'Connor
Jim
Ted Baker
Dan Shannon
Vife Guard
Cop and Housewife Win Prizes on Frontier Show
A Council Bluffs police officer and a housewife topped prizes on Tommy Bartlett’s Welcome Travelers show at Frontier stadium Saturday night. Prizes totaled 1375 dollars with two silver fox furs awarded to the top winners.
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Council Bluffs
Tommy Bartlett
Frontier Stadium
Bartlett
Eacn
Carroll Chase
Fifth Avenue
Chase
J. W. Joseph
North Seventh Street
Joseph
Charles Copenhaver
Oakland
Ethel Hobus
Story Street
Lyle Adams
Harrison Street
Albert Perry
C. R. Campbell
Getty
Prairie Fire Out of Control Near Pine Ridge Reserve
Rapid City ARB officials said a prairie fire 50 miles southeast of the city was out of control in uninhabited terrain. Two calls requested all available men from the base to fight the blaze likely from a passing aircraft. The fire engulfed a gunnery range used by the 132nd air units from Iowa Missouri and Nebraska within the Pine Ridge Indian reservation area now evacuated. A dry grass environment and hot weather intensified spread risks.
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Rapid City
Thomas Siegler
Rapid City Air Base
Eail
132Nd
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska
Seigler
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Six Men Fined For Seining On Nedaway River
Special to The Nonpareil. Villisca six men arrested while seining on the Nedaway river Thursday were fined 45 dollars and costs each by a Villisca justice of the peace. William Ellerbrock and Frank Porter made the arrests. Fined were Bernard Gillette Don Smith Russell Slack of Villiser Orville Dunn of Camden N I R C Manes and Bird Dunn of Hepburn. Their 100 foot seine was confiscated.
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Villisca
Nedaway
William Ellerbrock
Frank Porter
Bernard Gillette
Don Smith
Russell Slack
Villiser
Orville Dunn
Camden
N. 1
R. C. Manes
Bird Dunn
Hepburn
Sixteen Shooting Stars Return to U S Base
Sixteen F-80 Shooting Stars landed at Dow Air Force Base Bangor after a Europe to Midwest rotation. The jets flew from Scotland with stops in England Iceland and Greenland during the trans Atlantic flight before reaching Selfridge Field Michigan.
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Bangor
Dow Air Force Base
Germany
Selfridge Field
Mich
Scotland
England
Iceland
Greenland
Inside Manawa Water Loss Alarming Plans Discussed
Plans to address low water at Lake Manawa are being discussed. The item mentions an Inside Manawa water loss alarm and urges readers to consult the Whirligig on page 12 for more chatter.
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Manawa
Lake Manawa
Lewis Farm
Harlan
Story
Queen
Lomakin
New York
Robert G. LeTourneau
Broadway Methodist Church
GOP May Pledge Excise Tax Cut Amid Fiscal Fight
Senate Finance Chairman Millikin predicts possible elimination of some excise taxes while noting little chance of broader income tax cuts next year. President Truman cites a large deficit. Republicans claim a surplus, debating if tax relief can be pursued after the election as excise taxes on cigars, gasoline, cosmetics, theater and travel tickets are eyed for cuts.
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Washington
Millikin
R-Cal
Congress
Senate Finance Committee
Aigbt
Truman
Rep
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Treasury
14 Foot Stalk of Corn Declared Winner
A 14 feet 5 inches corn stalk grown by Henry Cheney of Route 3 Council Bluffs won the Frontier Fair tall corn contest. Cheney earned one dollar per inch of stalk length. The second tallest stalk stood 14 feet 112 inches and belonged to John Brandt of Route 4 Council Bluffs.
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Henry Cheney
Route 3
Council Bluffs
Frontier Fair
Cheney
John Brandt
Route 4
Countil Bluffs
Quake in Italy Injures Five and Damages Homes
An earthquake struck southern Italy on Saturday injuring five people and damaging more than 500 houses according to dispatches.
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Rome
Italy
Dispatches
Jewish Arab Problem Far From Settled
Joseph C. Goodwin notes the Palestine conflict remains unsettled despite UN truces. Arab governments and mobs rally to the mufti while two thirds of the land sits in armies ready to renew fighting. Sporadic clashes flare along the border as Arab groups and Jewish factions escalate tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph C. Goodwin
New York
Palestine
United Nations
Holy Land
Middle East
Israel
Jerusalem
Izgun Zvai Leumi
Stern Group
Stolen New Auto Recovered After Garage Break-In
The new $2,500 automobile stolen Friday night from Abbeé & Arling Motor Co. on 25 Fourth Street has been recovered. James Davis Jr., 26, Council Bluffs, admitted breaking into the local garage and taking the car. Davis was arrested after a collision near Casey Saturday morning and turned over to state authorities, then brought to Harlan and returned to Council Bluffs Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbeé & Arling Motor Company
Fourth Street
Saturn
James Davis, Jr
Council Bluffs
Clark Kindred
Guthrie Center
Davis
Casey
State Highway Patrol
Harlan
Truman's Yacht Anchored Off Chesapeake Bay Stop
President Truman on a pre campaign cruise aboard the Williamsburg sailed up the Chesapeake Bay after a day at anchor near here. A seaman from a navy escort ship was hospitalized after an operation aboard the Williamsburg. Truman did not go ashore during the stop at Patuxent naval station.
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Solomons, Mia
President Truman
Williamsburg
Chesapeake Bay
Here
Patuxent Naval Station
Mr. Truman
Church Council to Open With World Church Leaders
Amsterdam reporters note the first International assembly of the World Council of Churches begins Sunday with a visible demonstration of church unity. Speakers include Archbishop of Canterbury Geoffrey Fisher and Dr. John R. Mott of the United States, a pioneer in YMCA international work.
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Amsterdam
International Assembly of the
World Council of Churches
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Geoffrey Tisher
John R. Mott
United States
YMCA
Divorcee Gets Wish Marrys Widower With a Lot of Kids
Somerdale New Jersey reports Annette Newman, divorced, wed John Taylor 30, a construction worker and father of six, in a lawn ceremony outside a Somerdale tap room. The mayor officiated as notoriety followed her public marriage search and a flood of letters and proposals.
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Somerdale
N. 7
Annetta Newman
John Taylor
Newman
Camden
Coal Miners to Get Pensions Soon
Washington reports that aged coal miners in the bituminous industry will start receiving pensions next month. The United Mine Workers Welfare Fund says eligible retirees will receive $100 monthly, with conditions including age 82, 20 years of service, union membership, and retirement after May 28, 1946.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
United Mine Workers
Medieval Torture Charged to Parents
A man and woman in Allanta were charged after neighbors reported a 7 year old girl forced to hang from a peach tree crotch in rain for over an hour. Parents W Cox were released on 200 dollar bonds for cruelty to a minor, admitting to punishing the child.
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Allanta
Fulton County
Stephen Nicholas
Nicholas
W. Cox
Martha
Roll Out Brass for YEW Convention
Veterans of Foreign Wars national convention to open in St. Louis on August 29 features top speakers including Gen Omar N. Bradley army chief of staff Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer Gen Hoyt Vandenberg chief of staff US Air Force and Maj Gen Lewis B. Hershey head of selective service with plans announced in St. Louis.
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St, Louis
Omar N. Bradley
Army
Charles Sawyer
Hoyt 5. Vandenberg
United States Air Force
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Fire damages Big Piney Wyoming town center
Fire fanned by a west wind swept through Big Piney Wyoming on Saturday destroying a hotel town hall jail two bars and three houses. No injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Piney
Wyo
Wyoming
Postcard-size Forms For New Draft Registration Unveiled
Washington officials introduced a four by six inch draft registration postcard to speed enrollment of about nine and a half million men aged 18 through 25 between August 30 and September 18. The form asks 16 questions and requires minutes to complete. Draft headquarters issued crowd handling plans for two groups and outlined open hours, with separate processing areas for veterans and non veterans. After registration, men await more detailed classification forms returned within 10 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective Service
New Drug Aid To Hay Fever Cases
Chicago report shows thephorin, an antihistamine, over 90 percent effective in 142 hay fever and allergic cases. Hay fever 66 of 68 day cases responded well. overall 91 percent helped with hay fever and asthma, with 34 mixed cases 3 failures. Only 15 patients had mild side effects like gastric issues and insomnia.
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Chicago
John Peters
Oak Park
Illinois Medical Journal
Illinois State Medical Society
Peters
Sleeping beauty awakens after yearlong coma in Chicopee
Diane Parent eight, Chicopee, awoke this week after a 12 month sleep once deemed sleeping sickness or encephalitis. Her mother and the child’s schoolmates prayed, calling the recovery a miracle of prayer. Doctors said the improvement is a rare development in this illness.
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Chicopee
Mass
Diane
Wallace Claims Credit for Red Negotiations
Wallace, progressive party presidential candidate, said he sparked the start of negotiations with Russia on the Berlin crisis during a Saturday night appearance in Bridgeport. He pressed his question about previous repudiations of his letter to Stalin and urged continued effort toward a meeting on Germany's problems if progressives had not led the cold war fight.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Russia
Berlin
Third Party
Wallace
Jetter
Stalin
Germany
Four Year Old Boy Admitted With Polio in Iowa
Yollie Young, four, son of Mr and Mrs Carl A Young of Clarinda, was admitted to Mercy hospital late Saturday. The southwest Iowa polio total rose to 118 cases with nineteen patients in the hospital polio ward, all reported as satisfactory.
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Yollie Young
Carl A. Young
Clarinda
Mercy Hospital
Iowa
U S Must Develop First Supersonic Missile
Gen. Carl A. Spaatz says the United States must first develop a supersonic missile capable of delivering an atomic bomb up to 5 000 miles. In a 112 page report to Secretary Symington he outlines long range aims, readiness factors, and possible future aircraft roles and drone control progress.
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Washington
United States
Car. Spaatz
Air Force
Symington
Spaatz
Dock Workers Ordered to End East Coast Strike
A federal judge issued a temporary injunction at the U S attorney general s request ordering 45 000 east coast dock workers to call off a strike slated to begin at midnight Saturday The order against the AFL International Longshoremen s Association also restrains six employer groups from possible lockouts It remains in effect until August 31 with plans to seek an extended injunction under the Taft Hartley act to cover the full eight day period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Harold RB. Medina
AFL International Longshoremen's Union
Joseph P. Ryan
ILA
Joseph M. Friedman
Tom Clark
Truman
Clark
Fire Engulfs Navy Gasoline Tank Farm on Guam
A large U S Navy gasoline tank farm on Guam exploded early Saturday and caught fire about five miles from Apra harbor. The blaze drew hundreds of servicemen to battle the flames, with casualties undetermined at the navy’s report. Smoke rose to about 1 000 feet as flames raged.
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Washington
Guam
Navy
Apra Harbor
Omaha Woman Shot to Death at Home
Desdemona Jackson aged 35 was shot to death at her Omaha residence Saturday afternoon. Ira Dedmon aged 40 was wounded and found in a separate room. he was taken to Courty hospital. A 38 calibre revolver with six discharged cartridges lay near the victim.
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Desdemona Jackson
Ira Dedmon
Omaha
Dedmon
Courty Hospital
Widely Known Jurist Alexander Akerman Dies in Florida
Alexander Akerman a 78 year old retired federal judge died Saturday night in Orange Memorial hospital Orlando Florida He was known for wit and philosophic bench comments and his decisions against much New Deal legislation during the Roosevelt era He held the national recovery act unconstitutional in 1933 as it related to intrastate business
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Orlando, Fla
Alexander Akerman
Orange Memorial Hospital
Akerman
Man in Pittsfield Replaced by Electric Pump at 143-Year-Old Church
John W. Gilmer, 73, one of the last active pipe organ pumpers, loses his job to progress as Sunday marks the switch to an electric pump at the historic Congregational Church in Pittsfield Massachusetts. Gilmer, dating from 1887 when he was 12, will be sidelined but remains as a standby in case of power failure.
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Pittsfield
Mass
John W. Gilmer
Gilmer
Congregational
Lomakin May Remain in the U S as Swedish Voyage Sails
Soviet Consul Lomakin faces possible stay in New York amid ongoing dispute over refugee teacher Kasenkina. Swedish line confirms passage booked for Lomakin and family on the Stockholm to Goteborg, Sweden, but a Chepurnykh aide hints he may stay. Kasenkina improves after hospital updates while pressure over consulate visits continues.
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New York
Jacob Lomakin
State Department
Europe
Lomakin
Stockholm
Goteborg
Sweden
Zot I
Chepurnykh
Oksana Kasenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Washington
Kasenkina
M. Samarin
Russia
Bucharest
Romania
Woman arrested in hotel posing as man under Nelson
Phoenix police arrested a 25 year old woman in a downtown hotel who had posed for years as a man under the name of Robert Stewart Nelson. The arrest follows an undercover operation and targets deception involving false identity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert Stewart Nelson
Weather outlook for Council Bluffs and Nebraska regions
Clear sunny Sunday with warmer highs in low 90s. Temperatures fall Sunday night to mid 60s. Monday bright and warm with possible afternoon thundershowers and highs in low 90s. North and south areas show varied 56 to 93 degree ranges, with continued warmth into Tuesday.
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U. 3. Weather Bureau
Council
Bluffs and Vicinity
Iowa
Nebraska
Asc Tinh
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