U S Russian Accord Ends Berlin Rail Strike
A U S Russian mediated settlement ends a 22 day Berlin rail strike. United union leaders expect traffic to resume quickly as western guarantees back the deal. The accord splits wages in west marks and east paid, with no union recognition but promises of no reprisals and a path to an all Germany trade pact.
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Berlin
UGO
U. S. Oriez
Reichsbahn (Railway
Howley
West Berlin
Reichshshn
Water Factory A New Wrinkle In Modern Industry
The Polar Water company claims a water factory is operating in Pittsburgh and seeks exemption from city and district mercantile taxes. It argues its product is purified in a manufacturing establishment, so taxes should not apply to manufacturers.
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Pittsbukuh 2
Polar Water Company
Common Pleas Court
City and Adoo
Water Company
Southern education plan unites 13 states for reform
South launches cooperative regional education council to link colleges and universities across 13 states. It will serve as a clearing house for information, study regional higher education needs, and provide consultative services. Millard F Caldwell named chairman with Clyde Erwin as vice chairman and H C Byrd as secretary treasurer.
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Daytona Seach
Fla
The
South
Board of Control For
Southern Regional Education
Region Education
Regional Education Council
Informa
Millard F. Caldwell
Florida
Clyde A. Erwin
North Carolina
H. C. Byrd
University of Maryland
London Trainmen End Fourth Sunday Strike
London trainmen on north south lines stage their fourth consecutive Sunday strike. Engineers and firemen on long distance runs oppose summer schedules requiring nights away from home. Government calls for end of wildcat actions and resumption of talks. Dock workers in west coast harbors escalate as stevedores strike over suspensions affecting Canadian ships. Troops deployed to critical ports to unload perishables.
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London
Britain
Liverpool
Bristol
Avonmouth
Hound Dog Symphony Halt Ordered in Des Moines
Des Moines court orders Henry W. Clayton to stop the pack of coon dogs in his backyard after neighbors complain of persistent howling described as music by Clayton. District Judge C Edwin Moore calls the noise a private nuisance and sets a three day deadline to halt the concert.
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Des Moines
Henry W. Clayton
Clayton
Top Demos Push Farm Plan in Midwest Vote Bid
Truman aides spearhead a two day Des Moines farm conference to drum up Midwest support for 1950 campaigns. Key figures include Vice President Barkley and Brannan, Tobin, Clark, McGrath, Thomas. Plan features high returns, cheap food, and government payments to bridge price gaps. Wherry warns against socializing agriculture. In 16-state area, 11 Senate and 146 House seats at stake with Republicans holding most.
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Washington
Truman
Des Moines
Barkley
Brannan
Tobin
Clark
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Senate Agriculture Committee
Dexter
Iowa
Democratic National Committee
Midwest
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
Alliance, Neb
Wherry
State Farms
May Study Alternates to Brannan Proposal
In Des Moines William M Boyle executive vice chairman of the democratic national committee said the conference would consider alternates to the Brannan plan if something better appears. He noted openness to Missouri valley development discussion if desired and highlighted strong labor representation joining the session. Jack Krall CIO political action committee national director would attend. The American Farm Bureau and Iowa Farm Bureau Federation said they would not send official representatives.
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Des Moines
Wiliam M Boyle
Democratic National Committee
Boyle
Missouri Valley
Jack Krall
CIO
Political Action Committee
American Farm Bureau
Iowa Farm Bureau Federation
Weather Outlook for Iowa and Nebraska Sunday
The Weather Bureau reports Iowa to be partly cloudy and warmer with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers in southern areas. Highs near 88 degrees, Sunday night showers continuing into Monday east. Nebraska mostly sunny with no major temperature changes. highs 85 to 92.
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Ineweather Bureau
Iowa
Nebraska
Ber Nour
University Peril Seen by Hancher
Virgil M. Hancher, president of the University of Town, warned at the 66th USC commencement that world universities face crisis. He said graduates would interpret universities to society as 4,600 students listened. He cited varying global function preservation and urged urgency in interpretation.
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Los Angeles
Virgil M. Hancher
University of Town
University of Southern California
Hancher
South America
Scandinavian Countries
Commonwealth
United States
AEC Probe to Resume Monday Amid Secrecy Bars
Washington Senator McMahon says the AEC loyalty inquiry will resume Monday despite secrecy barriers. He expects Senator Hickenlooper to present his charges on the alleged mismanagement. if not ready, McMahon will press with open sessions. The committee seeks guidance from Attorney General Clark and J. Edgar Hoover on loyalty issues.
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Washington
McMahon
D Conn
Satuday
Atomic Energy Commission
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
AEC
Tom Clark
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Millikin
R-Col
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Cast A
Committee
David E. Lilienthal
Split Senate on Taft-Hartley Labor Law Fight
Washington senators split over amending the Taft-Hartley act beyond injunctive power. Morse opposed the bipartisan plan, Ives proposed separate national emergency dispute rules, and Aiken doubted bipartisan framing while Truman’s stance loomed. The fight accelerates as new legislation nears a Senate vote.
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Washington
Morse
R-O
Ives
R-Ny
Aiken
RVI
Truman
White House
Senate
Congress
Bratcage
Lands Lawmakers Who Ask World Federation
Des Moines ins urance executive and president of the United World Federalists of Iowa George Olm sted commended SL congress men who introduced a resolution for a world federation. He urged the House Foreign Affairs Committee to hold public hearings on the resolution soon.
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Des Moines
George Olmsted
Des Moines Insurance
United World Federalists of Iowa
Bist
Olmsted
House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee
Francis Choate Dies at Glenwood Pioneer Editor
Francis William Choate 81 longtime Glenwood resident and civic leader died Saturday noon at his home. He was publisher and editor of the Glenwood Opinion and later the Glenwood Tribune after consolidating the papers in 1918. He served as mayor, county auditor, and deacon, and was active in the Knights of Pythias and Masonic orders. Surviving are wife Caroline DuVal, another son Leonard in California, an in-law Hazel Choate, and two daughters in-law. funeral Tuesday at Reynor chapel with burial in Glenwood cemetery.
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Glenwood
Francis Willam Choate
Civic
Glenwood Tribune Opinion
Reynor Chapel
Paxton Smith
Congregational Church
Glenwood Cemetery
Choate
Red River Valley
Flon
North Dakota
Black ‘Hite
South Dakota
Wayne Choate
Caroline DuVal
Wayne Choate, Jr
Glenwood Opinion
Glenwood Tribune
Mills County
Knights of Pythias
Masonic Order
Leonard
India
Calif
Hazel Choate
Wayne, Jr
Clergy Clash in Prague Deepens as Priest Seized
A defiant clerical letter by Archbishop Josef Beran circulated after the arrest of Antonin Mandl, secretary of Catholic Action. The seizure comes amid a widening church state conflict with more priests in prison and government moves to control Catholic activities. The letter rejects government control, warns against excommunication for participants, and orders a June 26 sermon on papal primacy.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Catholic Action
Antonin Mandl
New Catholic Action
Beran
Ministry of Education
Urges Pact to Curb Russ in Middle East
Grinnell Grinnell College Institute of International Affairs heard Dr Taraknath Das of Columbia University argue for an Anglo American Indian Jewish alliance to check Russian expansion in the Middle East. He spoke at Grinnell College Saturday.
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Middle East
Grinnell
Taraknath Das
Columbia University
Grinnell College Institute of International Affairs
Honor Dr. Ray O. Williams at Iowa U Class Reunion
Dr. Ray O. Williams of 311 Elder Street received the University of Iowa accolade of honor at a reunion dinner in Iowa City, marking fifty years of dental practice. Several classmates earned the university gold medal while Williams plans summer fishing trips. he has kept a Wickham Building office for 43 years and remains active in golf skating and travel.
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Ray O. Williams
Iowa U
Elder Street
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Williams
Council Bluffs Globe Building
Mauck Lane to New Positions at The Nonpareil
The Nonpareil announces changes in staff: Harry Mauck Jr. named managing editor and Frank M. Lane named city editor. Old editor L. A. Wallace becomes assistant editor. George Lindsay moves to city news. Fred Casotti and Clint Kreuscher join the sports and state desks respectively.
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Mauck
Lane
Harry, Mauck, Jr
Frank M. Lane
Robert R. O'Brien
Mausch
L. A. Wallace
A. M. Piper
George Lindsay
City News
Fred Casotti
Fraser
University of Colorado
Lindsay
Clint Kreuscher
Janesville
Wis
Gazette
Milwaukee Sentinel
Truman Urges European Rearming and World Aid Plan
President Truman urged rearming Europe and funding to aid underdeveloped regions as a false economy to cut, warning Congress that cutting ECA funds would empower communism. Senators Taft and Connally weighed in with mixed views while Hoffman warned reductions would threaten recovery. An address to about 12,000 emphasized sustaining growth, defense, and world trade revival, with a separate note on an honorary degree for John W. Snyder in Clarksville Arkansas.
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Little Rock
Truman
Europe
Taft
Washington
Ohio
GOP
Mel Kellar
D-Tenn
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Fispettty
Congress
Woman Driver Nudged to Safety on Rail Crossing
WERRE HAUTE Ind. Mrs Hazel Warren of Jasonville Ind couldn't move as her car stalled on a railroad crossing with a fast passenger train nearing A man in a station wagon bumped her car free then backed away to safety Mrs Warren blushed admitting she forgot to say thanks in her nervous recounting of the incident
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Werre Haute
Ind
Hazel Warren
Jasonville
Inside the Economic Maelstrom War Dads
A fragmented page notes Dads on the Inside distressed by economic woes eclipsing the war. The item hints at age 2 coverage, a weekly Hollywood update by Emkine Johnson, and a busy Saturday with JayCees guests at Ping Land Park. Weather promises heat and sun for Sunday with beach tan tips on page 12.
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Iowa
Hollywood
Emkine Johnson
Pingland Park
Towa
Hal Boyle
Yarm
Worth
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Hound Dog Symphony
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Tribune Opinion
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Omaha
Council Bluffs
Dodgepark
Dr. Ray
Hosry Mouck. Jr
Snyder
Clarksville, Ark
Secretary of the Treasury
John W. Snyder
College of the Ozarks
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