Heat Relief Short-Lived As Iowa Sees Record Warmth
A cool front moved into southwest Iowa Monday bringing temporary relief from record heat, but temperatures were set to rise again into the upper 90s. In Council Bluffs, 98 degrees topped August records and storms and flooding affected eastern Iowa. A 69-year-old transient, Lawrence E. Henderson, was hospitalized with heat illness, while storms damaged lines and caused depot damage in Davenport and Bettendorf. North Iowa would warm again as Minnesota and Wisconsin air masses returned, with rainfall totals across several towns noted.
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Iowa
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Council Bluffs
Lawrence E. Henderson
Mercy Hospital
Salvation Army
Des Moines
For State
Decorah
Sioux City
Corner Bluffs
Oskaloosa
Clinton
Davenport
Bettendorf
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Cdi
Ames
Iowa Falls
Marshalltown
Dubuque
Waterloo
Burlington
Charles City
Iowa City
Keokuk
Vlaimwa
Knoxville
Tracy
Mason City
Owellu
Heat Cuts Into Iowa Corn Prospects Amid Drought
Des Moines reports indicate drought and heat have damaged Iowa corn, with official forecasts lowering potential yields from record Aug 1 projections. Director Leslie Carl notes some damage but extent unknown, while silage preps begin early as late planted or sandy-soil plots suffer. Regions including Ottumwa Centerville Charles City and Mason City report extensive damage.
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Des Moines
Leslie M. Carl
Iown
Carl
Ottumwa
Centerville
Charles City
Mason City
Registration Is Just Repetition In November Draft Call
Washington reports the army seeks 10 000 draftees for induction in November while Iowa’s quota appears 200. Early registrants in Des Moines describe the filing as routine census like, with 88 registering by 2 p.m. Veterans note the process feels familiar and unlikely to trigger immediate drafts.
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Washington
Army
Des Moines
Iowa
Flying Saucer Seen Near Osmond Neb
Eight residents near Osmond Nebraska reported a circular bright object seen near the Ernest Stark farm one and a half miles east. Witnesses described a halo and a crosswise circling motion, with the object visible for about 25 minutes before vanishing. Rd Hering of Royal corroborated the circular shape from another vantage point.
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Osmond
Neb
Ernest Stark
Here
P. Hering
Bureau of Reclamation
Indianola
Doris W. Hering
Stark Farm
Herings
Starks
Rd. Hering
Royal
Kremlin Meeting Yields No Immediate Communique
Western Envoys led by U S Ambassador Walter Smith met with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov at the Kremlin for about two hours. British and American representatives gathered later at the U S embassy. This marked the ninth session in a July 30 series with strict secrecy from Moscow, London and Washington.
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Moscow
Kremlin
U. S
Walter
Smith
V. M. Molotov
Weather forecast for Council Bluffs and Midwest regions
The U S Weather Bureau reports sunny hot conditions across Council Bluffs and vicinity with highs in the low nineties Monday afternoon and upper nineties Tuesday. Iowa expects fair pleasant weather with continued heat and Monday night low in the 60s, while Nebraska remains generally fair with scattered thunder showers along borders and little temperature change. Hourly readings show 75 at 4 30 a m rising to 92 11 a m with a 98 degree maximum in the last 24 hours and 72 degree minimum last night. Precipitation totals run about 18 68 inches with a deficiency noted.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Nebraska
Berlin Council Delays Meeting Over Kremlin Talks
Berlin city council votes to postpone until a Kremlin communication is issued and police protection is assured. If not, the committee will reconvene Tuesday at 11 am or wait until Friday, with possible further measures. The move reflects divisions and security concerns in the city.
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Berlin
Kremlin
Moscow
Half Day Tuesday For Public Schools Due To Heat
Public schools will dismiss Tuesday afternoon because of hot weather. Superintendent Russel J. Mowrer announced at a faculty meeting at Abraham Lincoln High School. Parochial schools start September 7. About 300 teachers attended as Mourer urged minimal administration. Registration opens Tuesday at 9 a.m. Kindergarten registers Wednesday morning except Harrison Pierce Street and Walnut Grove where Thursday morning is scheduled.
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Russel J. Mowrer
Abraham Lincoln High School
Mourer
Harrison
Pierce Street
Walnut Grove
Dependent Children Payments to Fall in September
In Des Moines, state welfare officials announced a roughly 25 percent cut in dependent children payments for September, lowering the average from $28.99 in August to about $22.75 in September. Old age assistance and aid to the blind will rise in November, with averages from $43.63 to about $46.88 and from $47.20 to $36.45 respectively, excluding medical care allowances.
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Des Moines
State Board of Social Welfare
Korean Civil War Seen Possibility
Lt Gen Jet R Hodge retiring U S commander in Korea said a civil war in the split country is possible He expected South Koreans to resist any communist invasion from the Russian controlled north In Honolulu an intercepted North Korean broadcast threatened to destroy the elected government in the American zone The broadcast attacked the leaders of the new republic whose election was supervised by a United Nations commission in May.
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Honolulu
Jet R. Hodge
U. S
Korea
North Korea
Hodge
Horolulu
Seoul
United Nations Commission
Sioux City Girl Hurt in Freak Accident
A 16 year old Sioux City girl Helen Johnson driving a car leaped a curb and rammed a porch steps of a seven room house causing about 350 dollars in damage. Her 26 year old companion Paul J Penner was jailed on charges of permitting an unauthorized minor to drive.
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Sioux City
Helen Johnson
St. Vincent Hospital
Paul J. Penner
Irvington
Ned
Human Chain Aids Recovery At Northwest Plane Crash
In Winona Minnesota a human chain of about 100 men formed on a steep rocky slope to retrieve 26 bodies from the crash site of a Northwest Airlines flight. The bodies of 10 more were brought out Sunday night, bringing the death toll to 36 from the Chicago to Minneapolis bound airliner.
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Winona. Minn
Precipious and
Rocky Slope
Northwest Airlines
Iowa Woman among plane crash victims near Winona
United States aviation disaster near Winona Wisconsin left 36 dead as an Martin 2 0 2 airliner from Chicago to Minneapolis crashed during a severe storm. Mary Ungs of Dyersville Iowa, daughter of Charles and Mrs. Ungs, was among the passengers while many others were injured or killed in the wooded river bluff wreck site. Authorities logged wreckage and bodies, with recovery hindered by steep slopes and rain. Local witnesses described a lightning strike and a shattering wing before the crash, and NWA pilots and officials coordinated search and recovery efforts.
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Winona
Minn
Mary Ungs
Charles Ungs
Dyersville
Mississippi River
Wisconsin
Here
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Fountain City
Wis
Herbert F. Stohr
Alma
Sutters Ridge
Minneapolis
Chicago
NWA
Howard Rackow
Perry Island
Charles Guenther
Walter Haeussinger
Winona Police
Volker
Robert Johnson
Paul
Crosway
Old Age Pensioners to Keep Home Despite Tax Debt
William Smuey and wife may remain at 2660 South Twenty fourth Street as long as they live, despite $687.05 in back taxes. County tax attorney W Walter called the tax sale proposal a slip up and said the offer of $400 for the five room house, barn and 10 lots was set aside for county investigation. The sale requires approval from three taxing bodies, with county and school board not yet acting. The county will retain the property per policy to protect old age recipients.
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William Smuey
South Twenty
Fourth Street
Herman W. Walter
Torney
County Board of Supervisors
School Board
Walter
Board of Supervisors
Wilhelmina Heads to Gala Week as She Abandons Throne
Queen Wilhelmina arrives in Amsterdam to begin a week of jubilee festivities and to abdicate in favor of Juliana, who will assume the throne amid crisis in the empire and rebellion in the overseas colonies. Juliana, aged 39, will become queen after the formal investiture next week.
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Richard Tompkins
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Wilelmina
Holland
Hague
Apeldoorn
Juliana
Wilhelmina
Venice
Dutch Empire
Indonesia
William the First of
Orange
Prince Bernhard
Prime Beef Steers Set All Time High At Union Stockyards
In Chicago a load of choice to prime beef steers at Union stockyards reached a record high of 41.40 dollars per hundredweight on Monday. The price topped the previous peak by five cents and matched records set on August 18 and repeated since.
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Chicago
Union Stockyards
Schuman Called to Form Cabinet
Paris reports Robert Schuman, out of office for 32 days, said he would attempt to form a new cabinet. He met with President Vincent Auriol after midnight and planned to study the situation first while Ramadier and Marie’s factions watched. France has been without a government since Saturday after Premier Andre Marie resigned over wage and price policy.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
Alsatian
Vincent Auriol
M. Ramadier
Ramadier
Schuman
France
Andre Marie
Paul Reynaud
Marie
Autiol
Atlantic Farmer Corn Champion at Iowa State Fair
Carl A. Zelmer, a 63-year-old Atlantic farmer, won the sweepstakes championship for the largest ear of field corn at the Iowa state fair. He grew the ear on a 10 acre tract on his 237-acre farm, where the field has averaged 120 bushels per acre over the last five years. The ear was about a foot long and Zelmer lost his left hand years ago in a corn shredder.
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Des Moines
Carl A. Zelmer
Zellmer
Silver City Youth Is Polio Patient
David Allen Adams of Silver City was diagnosed with infantile paralysis Monday afternoon. He is a patient at Mercy hospital.
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Silver City Youth
David Allen Adams
Harry Adams
Silver City
Mercy Hospital
War College to Hear Reports by Two Experts on Russia
Washington reports that the War College opens its 1948 49 session Monday with two Russia experts Elbridge Durbrow and Dr John A Morrison among 114 officers and civilians from multiple agencies. The class includes 17 State Department attendees and the largest Army representation with 36 officers, plus Air Force 27, Navy 30 with six marines, Coast Guard one, and details on assignments by state and branch.
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War College
Russia
Washington
National War College
Elbridge Durbrow
Moscow
John, A. Morrison
Soviet Union
State Department
Treasury Budget Bureau
Cen
Tral Intelligence Agency
Army
Air Force
Navy
Coast i Guard
Harry W. Hillis
The
Iowa
Allan Dawson
Des Moines
Nebraska
Clifford E. Duerfeldt
Spy Probers Move Nearer to Vital Link
New York hearings focus on Whittaker Chambers and a possible link between the pre war communist underground and wartime spy cases. J Peters, alias Alexander Stevens, was subpoenaed and refused to answer questions about alleged communist affiliations. The House Committee pressed for details as it shifts scrutiny toward Chambers and Bentley.
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New York
House
UN American Activites
J. Peters
Whittaker Chambers
United States
Peters
Alexandis Stevens
immigration and naturalization = service
Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Congressional
Chambers
House un-American Activities Committee
Nixon
R-Calif
Red Underground
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Miss Bentley
Vassar
Arhoe
Apito Hill
Bentley
J. Parnell Thomas
R-M
Thomas
Truman
Clark
White House
World's Biggest Picnic Held in California
In Ontario California more than 100,000 people feasted at a two mile long table for the first all States picnic since the war. The giant meal stretched along Euclid avenue with a park setting as Alaska Hawaii and Canada joined the 48 states to participate.
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Ontario
Calif
Euclid Avenue
Alaska
Hawaii
Canada
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