Lively Race Shapes for New Council in City Election
Eight candidates announced for five city council seats under the city manager plan ahead of the March 27 election. A five-man slate led by a good government committee seeks support, while three independents also campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Griffith
Avenue D
Bloer P. Juel
Crescent Drive
James Mulqueen
Third Street
Carl Schonberg
Twenty-first Avenue
Marlon L. Shugart
Keetine Avenue
Fifth Ward
Albert L. Cleveland
Ninth Avenue
Raymond MacDonald
South Seventh Street
George x. Steinberg
Harrison Street
Schonberg
Milwaukee Railroad
Mulqueen
Tanda
Griffith
Omaha Cold Storage Company
Sioux City Shooting May Go to Grand Jury
Sioux City police indicate the Friday shooting of Mrs. Paul Leahy, wife of a city detective sergeant, may be presented to a grand jury. Police gave limited information. Leahy denies knowledge and is held in the city jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Grand Jury
Wanter Lind. Kren
Public Safety
Paul Leahy
Glind
Arthur
Nelson
Leahy
Inside PFE Heat by the Trainload and Banking Lineage
Inside PFE markets heat by the trainload as a wholesale heating business thrives. The piece notes the Turners starting banking careers as messengers and a father and son feature in a page spread.
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PFE
Pacific Fruit Express
Robert W. Turners
Messenger Boys
Page le
Lobbyists In Washington Expose A Growing Power
Washington imposes a multi million dollar lobbying industry with 2347 registered lobbies by 1949, including 1873 individuals and 474 organizations. Experts cite labor and business as the main forces, while 75 percent of lobbies remain unseen and many trade associations stay unregistered.
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Onc
Washington, D. C
Topsy
Congress
House
Supreme Court
Seventy-Ninth Congress
Washington
Senate
Labor
Management
Justice Department
Executive Branch
van Iceberg
Iowa Receives 26 Million from FSA for 1948-49
The FSA reports Iowa received 26,268,310 during the 1948-49 fiscal year for federal health education and social welfare in the state. Nebraska got 12,956,708. James W. Dearn notes these figures exclude nationwide services like food and drug regulation and public health programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Iowa
Federal Security Agency
Nebraska
FSA
James W. Dearn
Dearn
Doarn
Fire Law Checkup Starts Here Soon
Fire Chief Waldo Merrill announced a week of inspections to enforce the new fire prevention ordinance. He warned violators will be cited and directed to comply. Few establishments have applied for required licenses, with garages, filling stations, oil storage sites over 55 gallons, and places with refrigeration gases or inflammables like linseed oil and paints among those covered.
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Waldo Merrill
Iowa farm land prices level off at 177 an acre
Dr. W G Murray and Iowa State College report a statewide leveling of farm land values in 1949 with an average of 177 per acre. Prices rose in northern and northeast regions while declines in southern eastern and western areas offset gains. Despite increases northern areas show the strongest gains amid a general drop in farm product prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Iowa
W. G. Murray
Iowa State College
Murray
White Clothes Best Shield Against Atomic Blasts, Officials Say
Washington report from Saturday outlines that a white loose-fitting outfit may offer best chance to survive an atomic flash. The 30-page Medical Aspects of Atomic Weapons survey, by the Defense Department and AEC, informs governors and guides civil defense planning based on WWII bomb experiences. An unrelated police report notes eight-year-old Jady Kay Haddalan bitten on the left leg by a neighborhood dog and seen by a doctor.
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Washington
John R. Steelman
Department of Defense
Atomic Energy Commision
Japan
Aispharies Haddalan
Avenue D
Jady Kay
Lavina Burchard Collapses on Street Near Home
Lavina Burchard, of 722 Sixth Greave, collapsed on a street near her home late Saturday. A passerby carried her to her residence and alerted emergency services. Oxygen was administered and she was taken to Mercy Hospital.
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Airs
Lavina ‘Burchard
Greave
Osygen
Estate Willed by Uncle in Germany Heads to Iowa
Gustav Fessel of Lawton died leaving German nephew Karl Heinz Braun a large Iowa estate valued over 173000 dollars. Braun arrived in the U S four months ago and, besides land and cash totaling about 160000 dollars, gained an American bride a Buick convertible and a buried strong box key. The will required Braun to live in the United States within five years or forfeit the estate which included three farms. A transmission of court battles and a Nuremberg wartime history laced with visa battles framed the proceedings.
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Lawton
Iowa
Gustav Fessel
Karl Heinz Braun
United States
Young Braun
Gustav
Karl
Guste
Germany
Powers
Leon W. Powers
Denison
Judge Powers
Gus Fessel
Woodbury County
Sioux City
Emma Fessel
Denver
Col
Braun
Ferdinand
Thalle Hartz
America
Spangler Seeks Advice and Help From Iowa Republicans
Cedar Rapids Iowa Republican committeeman Harrison E. Spangler asks for advice and help in restating GOP policy. He says he faces criticism over activity and will work through 1950 with goodwill. Copies of the open letter were mailed to Iowa newspapers, services, and GOP groups.
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Cedar Rapids
Towa
Naticia
Spangler
Farm Institute to Hear DES MODINES and Wayne C Taylor
Farm group speaker DES MODINES and Wayne C Taylor of Washington D C will address the National Farm Institute here February 17 18. They will discuss ECA and American Agriculture and how the Economic Cooperation Administration affects farming.
Rev Perkins to Write Accent on Life Column for The Nonpareil
The Nonpareil will begin an exclusive weekly feature "Accent on Life" by Rev. J. R. Perkins starting next Sunday. Perkins, known for biblical novels The Emperor's Physician and Antioch Actress, has a long ministry career and past work as a writer and poet for The Nonpareil and other papers.
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Pyle
Council Bluffs
Rev. Perkins
Perkins
Antioch
Missouri
Jake Perkins
Jake
St. Louis
Iowa
Chicago Tribune
Milder Weather Forecast Across Council Bluffs Region
The forecast calls for milder weather in Council Bluffs with mid 40s expected Sunday as thawing temperatures end a sub zero spell. Partly cloudy skies and light winds are expected with a high near 45 and a low around freezing. Inland, temperatures vary across Iowa with warmer reads south west and heavy snow affecting Spokane and northern Idaho.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Spokane
Wash
Washington
Idaho
Bonners Ferr
Ida
Midwest
California
Canada
Formosa Increases Raids Against Reds
Hong Kong dispatch reports intensified air raids and guerrilla actions by Chinese nationalists against the Communist mainland. Guerrillas reportedly seized four county seat towns in Kukier Kwangtung and Hunan after Reds overran them, with Hu Tsung nan’s forces attacking southeast and southwest of Chengtu, once the nationalist capital.
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Hong- Kong
Nationalist Defense Ministry
Formosa
Kukier
Kwangtung
Hunan
China
Hu Tsungnan
Chengtu
China City
Debate on Mercy Killing and Law Reform Across Oceans
A 1940s debate erupts over mercy death as doctors face cases of pain relief. Dr Hermann Sander’s alleged air injection into Abbie Bortoto’s veins sparks murder charges amid calls for legalizing euthanasia for incurable patients. International groups push to insert mercy death in human rights declarations.
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Hermann N. Sander
Manchester
N. H
Abbie Bortoto
Sander
Sia
United Nations
Mercy
Euthanasia Society,” of America, Inc
William Harllee Bordeaux
American Council of Christian Churches
Tax Cut Plan Outlined by CED in Feasible 2.25 Billion Cut
The Committee for Economic Development proposes a 2.25 billion dollar tax cut this year including a billion in excise taxes and another in corporate earnings taxes. It also urges federal cost cuts in veterans aid foreign aid housing and defense. If business recovers to 1948 levels unemployment falls to about 2.5 million and cash balances could cover debt while keeping a surplus.
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Washington
Committe For Economic Development
CED
Truman
Monnday
Reinus
Inquest Planned Into Mercy Hospital Fire Casualties
Davenport reports an inquest will be held Monday into the Mercy hospital mental ward fire that killed nearly two dozen people. Coroner C H Wildman cites 37 bodies recovered plus a fragment. a 92 year old woman is the eighth victim. Fire officials note possible more victims and heat may have destroyed remains. The blaze, Iowa's worst since 1918, prompted a statewide joint probe and interviews with patients and staff. Remodel of St Elizabeth's recently finished. total losses exceed 200000.
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Davenport
Mercy Hospital
C. H. Wildman
Iowa
Wildman
Butt Drug Company
Sioux City
Lester Schick
Schick
Des Moines
Zack Cook
Cook
St. Elizabeth's
Economic Report Is Whitewash Says Jensen
Rep Jensen of Iowa blasted President Truman for a Whitewash economic report claiming unemployment has risen to 3.5 million. He accused Democrats of repeating 1939 joblessness and warned the nation may need another war to create work as federal spending nears fifty billion dollars annually.
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Washington
Jensen
Iowa
Truman
Dallas School Supt Heads Administrators
Warren Travis White of Dallas Texas was elected president of the American Association of School Administrators a National Education Association unit. He will assume office March 15 succeeding John L Bracken of Clayton Missouri.
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Washington
Warren Travis White
Dallas
Tex
American Association of School Administrators
National Education Association
White
John L. Bracken
Clayton, Mo
Federal aid framed as a gift despite taxpayer cost
A brief editorial quips that a government aid program borrows money from the public and presents it as a benevolent gift when distributed, criticizing the messaging used by officials. The line is attributed to Call Workman.
Weather Summary for Nebraska and Nearby Areas
The Weather Bureau notes increasing cloudiness and warmer temperatures. Nebraska forecasts partly cloudy and warmer on Sunday with highs in the upper 30s to 50s depending on location. Humidity around 59 percent, wind from the northeast to southwest, gusts up to 20 miles per hour, and a trace to .02 inches of precipitation reported.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Ujgh
Nebraska
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