Council sets sewer plan bids and fire safety push
City council members authorized four sewer projects totaling about 500000 dollars and set hearings for September 20. They urged improvements to curb rising fire insurance rates and ordered a report to the Iowa Inspection Bureau on fire department upgrades. Bids for city hall air conditioning are set for September 13 and a report on fire safety will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Committee
Iowa Inspection Bureau
Des Moines
George B. Sparks
Twenty-fifth Street
Avenue A
Missouri Nver
Fifteenth Street
Sixteenth Avenue
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Avenue G
Avenue G and H, From Thirty-second To Thirty-fouth
Joseph
Katelman
South Twenty-fourth Street
T. M. De+laney
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Sveral
Iowa Inspecion
City Electrician
Lloyd Roper
A. J. Nielsen
Council
Fire and Light Committee
Delaney
Roper
Spencer Gelding Wins Over Walnut Horse at State Fair
In Des Moines Monday night, Weilo's Fantasy a black gelding owned by C E Wood of Spencer nosed out National Call owned by C A Osler of Walnut in the fine harness horse competition. Judge B B Tucker of Fort Worth Texas praised Fantasy as one of the top three fine harness horses in the country. Other winners included Highland Wilmore a five gated stallion or gelding, Fapilion the three gaited under 13.2, and Ann Rutledge a five gaited mare, all owned by Arthur Simmons of Omaha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Weilo
Fantasy
C. E. Wood
Spencer
National Call
C. A. Osler
Walnut
BB. Tucker
Fort Worth
Tex
Highland Wilmore
Ann Rutledge
Arthur Simmons
Omaha
Serenade near Dam Square for Queen Wilhelmina Birthday
In Amsterdam a crowd of about 20 000 sang in Dam square as bands and choirs celebrated Queen Wilhelmina's birthday and upcoming jubilee. Sixteen thousand choristers, mostly schoolchildren, waved orange flags while the monarch, aged and tired from decades on the throne, watched with the royal family from a flowered box on the austere palace facade. The queen is set to abdicate Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Dam Square
Wilhelmina
House of Orange, Nassau
Strikers Bow to State Troopers at Bucyrus-Erie Plant
About 400 workers entered the Bucyrus-Erie plant in Evansville amid jeers and heavy police presence as Indiana state troopers and National Guard units stood by. The strike by CIO United Electrical Workers Local 813 began July 30 after the company labeled the union communist dominated and refused to bargain. Meanwhile Evansville bus drivers struck, challenging a state law prohibiting public utility strikes during a cooling-off period. 99 buses idle, 100,000 residents affected.
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Evansville
Ind
Bucyrus-Erie
Inaliana State
CIO
United Electrical Workers
National Guard
Neap
Ralph F. Gates
Indiana
Division
Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes
AFL
Kern
Lad 4 Strays 20 Blocks From Home After Father Leaves
Gene Hall, aged four, followed his locksmith father Don Hall from home at 7:30 p.m. after he drove off on an emergency call to Omaha. Neighbors saw the boy run after the car and police located him at Seventeenth Street and Broadway, about twenty blocks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gene Hall
Don
Hall
Bluff Street
Omaha
Daddy Hall
Gene
Twenty-second
Broadway
Seventeenth Street
Stevenson Holding Slight Lead in Texas Senate Race
In Dallas, former Gov Coke Stevenson extended his Democratic U S Senate nomination lead over Representative Lyndon B Johnson to 366 votes as 1306 ballots remained uncounted. An official canvass will determine the winner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Coke Stevenson
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Senate
Job-Seekers Shortage Reported in Four Iowa Counties
ISES manager John Nason reported a shortage of job seekers in Pottawattamie, Mills, Harrison, and Shelby counties. Only 210 people sought work, down from 3,076 last August, with 1,869 applications for the recent month and 349 placements. Unemployment claims fell to 79, including 31 former servicemen, while June 1 lists showed 304 on relief. Veterans and civilian claims by county are detailed for August.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottawattamie
Mills
Harrison
Shelby
Iowa State
John Nason
ISES
Nason
Serviceman Group
Mills County
Iowa Breeders Tops on Tuesday at Iowa State Fair
Iowa cattle breeders dominated Tuesday judging at the state fair winning champion females in the Angus and Shorthorn breeds and a reserve in Hereford. Otto Nobis of Davenport won senior and grand championships in Angus with Erica Esterella, while Barbara II of Sunset Farms led the junior Angus. Shorthorn champion Miss Gipsy Mail was shown by Struve and sons, with Holt brothers of Rippey reserve with Maryanne II. Hereford champion Lady Brummel 12nd hailed from Fort Worth, with Pearson's Dutchess as reserve. In 4-H poultry Dorothy Wagner of Alburnett swept the grand sweepstakes, winning the heavy roaster sweepstakes pen and blue ribbon per birds, among other prizes. Attendance Tuesday was 45,000 to 50,000, below last year’s 65,978, with fair weather and cool conditions. A harness racing double bill closed the day at the grandstand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox Craig
Des Moines
Iowa
Hertfords
Fair
J. B. Cunningham
Otto G. Nobis
Davenport I
Erica Esterella
Wilton
Barbara II
Sunset
Sunset Farms
Ames
George Struve
Manning
Holt Brothers
Rippey
Maryanne II
Harrisdale Farms
Fort Worth
Tex
Lady Brummel
Pearson
H. C. Pearson
Indianola
Dorothy Wagner
Alburnett
Dorothy
Lois Meskimen
Ely
Kenneth Morrison
Marion
Margaret G’connell
Walker
Betty Stephenson
Center Point
Grandstand
Harnese Racing
President Truman to attend Iowa plow contest near Dexter
Democratic state headquarters announced on Tuesday that President Truman has accepted an invitation to attend the national plowing match near Dexter on September 18. The announcement confirms the president's participation in the event, expected to draw local and regional attention to agricultural competition and national politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa Plow
Des Moines
Truman
Dexter
Potent New Pain Drug Reported By Chemists
Frank Carey reports to the American Chemical Society the discovery of SXF 598 A, a pain killing drug from Smith Kline and French in Philadelphia. In tests, diluted to one hundredth of one percent, it produced local anesthesia in rabbits for over three hours, far exceeding dibocaine, cocaine, and procaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Carey Washington
American Chemical Society
Smith, Kline and
French Laboratories
Philadelphia
Tropical Hurricane to Miss Mainland
A tropical hurricane moving up the Atlantic coast will miss the mainland entirely if it keeps its present course, the U S weather bureau said Tuesday. The bureau warned, however, that strong winds would be felt along the coast Tuesday night as wind velocity rose to 30 miles an hour at mid morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatteras, N. C
Atlantic
U.S. Weather Bureau
Over 7 000 Kids Go Back to School
Public schools opened Tuesday with about 7 000 students enrolled and early estimates on total enrollment to be finalized later. Two new teachers were hired for Second Avenue and Walnut Grove. overcrowding reported at Second Avenue with rooms for 51 and 53 pupils. Walnut Grove has 154 registered with about a dozen late. Thomas Jefferson High total 1 001 after Tuesday registrations. Lincoln High had no estimate. Classes dismissed early due to heat. kindergarten registrations realigned. Harrison Pierce and Walnut Grove students to return Wednesday afternoon. others Wednesday morning.
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Jast
Russel J. Mourer
Second Avenue
Walnut Grove
Lavonne Lee
Bellevue
Neb
Gladys Clement
Calhoun
Sara O. Sperle
Carol Simonson
Ray Myers
Thomas Jefferson High School
Abraham Lincoln High School
Mourer
Harrison, Pierce
Indonesian Socialist Party to Join Communists
Batavia Indonesia 7 Antara reported Tuesday that the socialist party of the Indonesian Republic has decided to join the communist party amid shifting political alignments in Java.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batavia
Java
Antara
Socialist Party of the
Indonesian Republic
Communist Party
Truman Slams Eye Throwing as Un-American in Wallace Incident
President Truman branded the egg and missile attack on Henry A. Wallace in North Carolina as highly un-American. He announced a Sept. 18 campaign speech near Dexter, Iowa, and outlined a cross-country swing with plans for a Labor Day Detroit appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Iowa
Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
North Carolina
Charles G. Ross
Wallace
Burlington
Greensboro
High Point
N. C
Ross
Dexter
Des Moines
Detroit
Michigan
Truma
Thomas 5. Dewey
J. Howard McGrath
Democratic National Committee
U S Air Force to Seek New World Speed Record
The U S Air Force plans a world speed record attempt with an F 85 jet at the national air races in Cleveland. Maj Richard L Johnson will pilot the fast fighter in full combat readiness, while weather and test conditions determine if the record is achieved Saturday or shown as demonstrations on following days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James J. Siebig
Cleveland
U. S. Air Force
Marlon KE
Carl
Murac
Calif
Air Force
Richard L. Johnson
Air Materiel Command Flight Test Section
Wright-Patterson Air Base
Dayton
Navy
Long Beach
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Charles
Logsdon
Washington
United States
General Electric Company
Munnicipal Airport
Slight Relief From High Readings Expected This Week
Highs in the 60s to 90s with apenas modest cooling. Cedar Rapids and Davenport saw 56 morning lows, while Sioux City reached 94 and Council Bluffs 93. Iowa five day outlook shows 90 to 94 degree highs with light, spotty rain and isolated showers in the southwest and northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Davenport
Sioux City
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Abia
Burlington
Keokuk
Atlantic
Des Moines
Ames
Ottumwa
Girl to undergo mental tests after fire set spree
A 13 year old girl who admitted setting about 20 fires on her uncle Charles Willey’s farm went to Chicago for psychiatric evaluation by specialists. Officials said findings would be confidential and sent to State Fire Marshal John Craig and McDonough county authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macomb
Charles Willey
Chicago
Wenet
John Craig
McDonough
Three File for Assessor Position in City
City Clerk Albert E. Peterson announced three applications for the new city assessor post created by the state legislature. They are J. Vince Crowe the current assessor, Mark W. Anthony of 15144 Park Avenue and Dennis Lee Nelson of 704 Hazel Street, a school board member who briefly worked in the assessor’s office this year. The post is now filled by appointment by the city, school, and county taxing bodies. Written exams for the top candidates will be held on September 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert E. Peterson
J. Vince Crowe
Mark W. Anthony
Park Avenile
Dennis Lee Nelson
Hazel Street
Nelson
Louisiana Debates Long Regime in Senate Primary
In New Orleans voters weigh the Long faction as Russell Long faces Kennon for the late Senator Overton’s seat. Investigators monitor polls amid fears of retaliation toward opponents of the state administration. Ellender, Domengeaux, and Gerht contest the other senate race as Kennon predicts a solid lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esmond le Breton
New Orleans
Louisiana
Long Family
Earl K. Long
Russell Long
Huey P. Long
Robert F. Kennon
State Court of Appeal
John Overton
Congressional
William E. Murray
House Committee On Campaign Expenditures
Edward Hebert
Long
Murray
Washington
Senate
Kennon
Allen J. Ellender
James Domengeaux
Charles G. Gerht
Young Long
Baton Rouge
Russell
Weather forecast for Council Bluffs and Nebraska five‑day outlook
The bulletin notes fair to partly cloudy skies with a cooler Tuesday night, highs in the lower 90s, and a warm stretch through Sunday. Temperatures will average 8 to 12 degrees above normal, with minimal rainfall, mainly Tuesday night and Friday. Nebraska outlook mentions little rain possible Thursday and Sunday, with small temperature changes except cooler midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Nebraska
Berlin Talks Shifted From Moscow Hit by Veto and Currency Clash
Four power governors meet in Berlin to work toward a settlement of the city’s crisis. discussions focus on using a Soviet controlled east German currency for Berlin under four power supervision and lifting the blockade. NATO allies resist a Moscow driven foreign ministers conference as a path to end the standoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
State Department
Washington
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Vassily Sokolovsky
Russia
Brian Robert Son
Britain
Pierre Koenig
France
al- Med
Control Council
Kremlin
Molotov
Stalin
Moscow
Germany
V. M. Molotov
Axis Sally Hearing Postponed to Sept 14
Washington United States Commissioner Cyril E Lawrence postponed until Sept 14 a preliminary hearing for Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally charged with treason. Assistant United States Attorney General John Kelly said government will not finish presenting evidence to the grand jury until Sept 8. Gillars, a Portland Maine native, asked for hospitalization and said she hoped to regain health before the treason hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Cyril
Lawrence
Mildred Elizabeth Gillare
Miss Gillars
Europe
John Kelly
Kelly
Portland
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Stevenson
Texas
Eessay
Marguerite Edson
Rob Davis
South Tiwelfth Street
Donald C. Johnson
Alice Cooper
South Twenty-sixth Street
U.S. Air Force
Enon AD
Reich
Allied Control Authority
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