Strike Halts Local Work on $9.81 Million Projects
About 50 to 60 workers walk off the job Monday in Council Bluffs over a 15 cent per hour raise. The strike halts work on roughly $9.81 million in local construction, affecting Larsen Brothers, Andersen Construction, and Long Construction. Federal mediator Charles Harding arrived to oversee talks as sympathy actions spread to other trades.
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Leonard Schaefer
Omaha
Schaefer
Federal Wage Stabilization Board
Charles Harding
Federal Mediation Service
Council Bluffs
Hel
Larsen Brothers
Anderson Construction Company
Long Construction
Long
Iowa Power and Light Company
Andersen
St. Francis Convent
Rue School
Standard Oil Company
Sixteenth Avenue
Third Street Hospital
Larsen
St. Bernard's Hospital
Second Avenue
Long Company
Alfred Andersen
Andersen Construction Company
International Hod Carriers, Building and Common Laborers Union of America
Eisenhower retirement clears way for political bid
The army plans a full military sendoff as Dwight D. Eisenhower nears retirement and moves toward a GOP White House bid. Pentagon notes he will remain on the payroll unless he resigns the commission, amid a looming battle with Taft for the Republican nomination.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eis
Lenhower
Taft
D. Carroll Reece
Nessee
Ohio
Floyd Parks
Army
Department
Defense
Packs
Hisenhower
Abilene Kan
Eisenhower
Martire
Europe
Truman
White House
State Acheson
Robert A. Taft
Jaffa
Sioux Falls
Dwight D. Eistenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Robert A. Tait
George T.mickelson
MacArthur
Victor A. Johnston
Wor
GOP
Chicago
Ion
Parsons to Launch Long Range Plan for Development
Fairfield Iowa Parsons College will begin a 1.5 million dollar long range education program this year. President Tom E Shearer announced at commencement. Planned projects include a campus boulevard in memory of Prof Charles Carter about 20 thousand dollars. A new 234 thousand dollar men’s dormitory will start in summer. Funds include 60.4 thousand for the Mid-America Foundation 45 thousand for operating budget and scholarship. Donor Hubert E Howard a 1909 graduate gave 100 thousand dollars to start the program. Faculty and friends will raise additional funds.
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Fairfield
Parsons College
Tom E. Shearer
Shearer
Charles Carter
Mid-America Foundation
Hubert E. Howard
Chicago
Parsons
Berlin clashes as West Berliners push past road blocks
Scattered clashes were reported Monday as West Berliners tried to push through communist road blocks sealing off the city from the surrounding Russian Zone.
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Berlin
Truman seeks swift Senate approval for West Germany pact
President Truman asked the Senate on Monday to quickly approve agreements to bring West Germany into the western alliance against communist aggression. The move aims to strengthen NATO alignment amid postwar tensions and bolster deterrence in Europe.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
West Germany
Chuckle Council to Review Trailer Ordinance Yet
City council to meet 8 p.m. Monday to consider an ordinance change tied to Elsie and a disputed word in a franchise notice. The session aims to address a sensitive term and a transit fare issue amid local controversy.
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Elsie
Tear Camps
Elizabeth
Counsil Bluffs Transit Company
Omaha
Atmospheric Quirk Triggers Bomb Flash Over Nevada and California
A reported atmospheric quirk caused a bright, brief bomb flash extending about 409 miles from Yucca Flats test site into northern and southern California, jolting Las Vegas and surrounding regions. Residents described a brilliant burst lighting the sky, with widespread reports across states.
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Las Vegas
California
Yucca Flats
Child Labor Law Sparks City Office Clash
Supt Mourer and School officials spar over child labor rules calling the law ruinous for youths. He says employers fear hiring under 18 due to federals and state statutes while urging clarifications and potential school board power to decide if a minor’s job helps them.
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Russell
Inter- Mouver
Sute Commitrce Commission
Mouver
Mourer
Labor Movement in New Frontier Urged by Tobin at Loras
Secretary of Labor Maurice J. Tobin told Loras College graduates the labor movement is a new frontier for America's youth and urged them to join unions. Tobin and Bishop Edward C. Daly of Des Moines received honorary doctor of law degrees at the commencement in Dubuque.
Holiday Crash Toll Sets New Memorial Day Record
The three day Memorial day weekend traffic deaths rose to at least 360 with overall violent deaths including drownings and other accidents totaling about 506. The National Safety Council had projected 310 fatalities for the 78 hour period from Thursday evening to Sunday midnight. The prior three day high was 253 in 1949.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Private Barge Line to Operate From St Louis Omaha
A private barge line plans service on the Missouri between St Louis and Omaha for the first time since before World War I. David D. Parker of a Texas line announced that Houston businessmen bought the Sioux City New Orleans Barge Line Co. name and charter. Two shallow draft towbarges are under construction in Houston. grain crude and other products would move Omaha to New Orleans and Houston. The federal line has been the only operator recently, with few trips to Omaha.
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St, Louis
Missouri
St. Louis
Omaha
David D. Parker
Texas Barge Line
Parker
Houston
City
Parker Brothers Ship Yards
Tex
New Orleans
Federal Barge Lines
Kansas City
Light voter turnout in Pottawattamie primary election
Boot report shows light turnout in Pottawattamie County up to noon with only a fraction of 1949 and 1950 totals, rain in rural areas driving some to the polls. absentee ballots mostly returned and statewide estimates in the 280000 to 400000 range for governor primaries.
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Ottawattamie County
Tol Perong
Council Bluffs
Wort
Pottawattamie County
Arthur Biesendorfer
Associated Press
First Ward
Fourth Ward
Fifth
Sixth Ward
Taft Calls for Strong Air Arm to Shield U S
Senator Taft urged a foreign policy anchored in overwhelming air power to defend North America and strike Russia's heartland. He accused the administration and Eisenhower of deteriorating air superiority since World War I and criticized Truman Acheson policy as failing to secure security and peace.
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Washington
Robert
A. Taft
Russia
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Eisenhower
NBC
Oto Senate
Eiscenhower
Abilene
Kan
Paris
Truman
Acheson
America
Gen
U.N. Tanks Blast 49 Red Bunkers on Korea Front
United Nations tanks on the Korea front smashed into communist positions blasting 49 red bunkers. A U.S. Eighth Army officer said the action left 15 Chinese dead and 49 wounded.
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Seoul
Korea
Korea J Central
U.S. Eighth Army
Former Iowan Paul Gerot Joins Pillsbury Mills as President
Paul 8 Gerot, 49, former Riverside farm boy from Iowa, is named president of Pillsbury Mills, Inc. He succeeds Philip W. Pillsbury, who becomes chairman of the board. The change takes effect Monday.
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Minneapolis
Paul
Gerot
Riverside, Fa
Pillsbury Mills, Inc
Philip W. Pillsbury
Supreme Court rules against presidents seizure power in steel case
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that President Truman lacked authority to seize the steel industry, upholding the president’s action as unconstitutional. The decision limits executive power in national emergencies, with considerations of congressional authority and emergency action debated in the text.
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Munsan
Korea
Nam Il
Red
Tonec
Aeid
Allied
Washington
Supreme Court
Koje
Truman
Indus Island
Will Philip Murray
Fiam
K. Harrison
Nahworkers
Trons
U Exen
Ted Chieftain
High Court
U.S
David
Kose
U.N
Black
Vinson
Reed
Minton
Murray
CIO
Youngstown
Ohio
Gary
Ind
South Chicago
U.S. Steel Company
National Production Authority
NPA
U.S. Senate
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Tobey
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
American Republic
Congress
White House
Pope Pius XI Ends 35th Eucharistic Congress in Peace Demand
In Barcelona Pope Pius XI closed the 35th international Eucharistic congress with a call for one great cry of peace to be heard worldwide. He spoke by radio to hundreds of thousands in St. Peter’s Square to give the pontifical blessing as the week long congress ends with a Thanksgiving service scheduled for Monday.
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Barcelona
Spain
Pius XI
Vatican City
Pope Pius
Nit Square
Voting Light at Most Iowa Primary Points
Early voting in Iowa's primary was lighter than usual across most towns on Monday. Officials expected turnout to climb later as morning weather cleared. Mason City and Des Moines reported heavier voting than in 1950 despite cloudy skies.
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Des Moines
Tows
Mason City
Willan AL Nicholas
Postpone Hiss Appeal in New York Trial Delayed
Alger Hiss appeal for a new trial on grounds of being framed by a counterfeit typewriter was postponed on Monday and rescheduled for Thursday in New York. The case centers on alleged perjured testimony and the integrity of key exhibits.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Too Many Cops Between Johnny and the Military
A 13 year old, Johnny Ar zoomian, slips from New York to Washington and back seeking generals and the Pentagon. Police intercept him at Bull Run on a trip toward military goals then plan a nonstop flight home to keep him from stowing away to the Orient.
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Falls Church
Johnny Arzoomian
Johnny
New York
Washington
Pentagon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Bull Run
Here
Parific
Call for 24 Hour Strike in Paris by CGT
The communist led French Confederation of Labor CGT calls a 24 hour strike in Paris on Wednesday to protest the government weekend crackdown on the reds.
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Paris
Prench Confederation of Labor
CGT
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Senator Taft
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