Clearing Skies After Weekend Downpour Across Iowa
A Sunday night to Monday rain left 0.73 inches in the area, with overcast skies giving way to clearing by night. Temperatures dip to the mid 30s Tuesday promises partly cloudy mild conditions, while towns report damage from lightning and widespread rainfall totals across Iowa, including 3.31 inches in Ringgold County and high city rain in Atlantic, Shell Rock, Creston, and Sioux City. Mrs Gertrude Schwartz, 34, of Los Angeles, suffered heat stroke in a car en route to Detroit. She was treated at Mercy Hospital after police assistance.
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Gertrude Schwartz
Los Angeles
Calif
Herman
Detroit
Mich
Schwarts
City Hall
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Tingley
Ringgold
Mercury
Burlington
Atlantic
Shell Rock
Creston
Sioux City
Grundy Center
Town Falla
Estherville
Clarida
Charles City
Northwood
Osage
Onawa
Cherokee
Spencer and Carroll
Forest City
Des Moines
Inwood
Iowa Cr
Waterloo
Mazon City
Janesville
Janesville Feed Company
Too, Too Confusing Paris Street Names
Paris street names cause confusion when Mme Adelaide le Page paints over Franklin Roosevelt to read Franklin Bouillon and alters Georges Mandel to Georges Mandrin. Police catch her as they update the register with her name.
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Paris
Adelaide le Page
Franklin Roosevelt
Rooaguelt
Franklin Bouillon
Bouillin
Georges Mandel
Algn
Approve Lease for Army Quarters by City Council
The executive council on Monday approved a lease for army quarters in Des Moines. Details remain limited with OCR text fragmentary but confirms council action and location in the capital.
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Moines
Montrose Man Heads War Dads in Iowa Conclave
Montrose resident Thomas K. Knobbs was elected president of the Iowa War Dads at Hotel Chieftain signaling the closing day of their sixth annual convention. The event also saw Mrs. George D. Smith chosen to lead the War Dads auxiliary with retiring president Mrs. William Dodge moving to council. A joint installation ceremony concluded the two day meeting.
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Thomas K. Knobbs
Montrose
Iowa War Dads
Hotel Chieftain
Keokuk
Pleasant
War Dads
George D. Smith
William Dodge
North Thirtyfourth Street
Ben E. Bierer
Bluff Street
F. Richmond Peterson
AG Bloomer
Street
Fred D. Cannon
Iowa City
Roy Foster
Red Oak
Ernest BE. Jacobs
Harry C. Robertson
J. F. King
Mt. Pleasant
Council Bluffs
Henry Carmichae
Second Avenue
R. C. Meneray
Stutsman Street
G.S Barbe
J. S. Campbell
Eunice Drake
Atlantic
John A. Miller
South First Street
Myrtle Geiger
Ruth Weeks
Town City
George Burns
Mabel Smith
Betleh Smith
George H. Charne
Kansas City, Mo
J. A. Youngstrom
Omaha
Richard Petersen
Waroa
Traffic Deaths By The Associated Press June 13 1949
Summary of traffic fatalities compiled by The Associated Press covering incidents reported by newspapers on June 13 1949. Includes notable counts and brief regional notes from multiple states. May reference earlier year comparison June 13 1948 for context.
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Associated Press
Nine scientists back AEC setup as sound says Oppenheimer
Nine scientists advising the atomic energy commission told Congress the AEC has a sound and forward looking program. Oppenheimer, chairing the advisory panel, urged greater public release of information and defended isotope exports for research while noting no isotopes have been sent to Russia. He cited isotopes sent to Finland and Norway and recalled his wartime role at Los Alamos before joining Princeton.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Congress
IAEC
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Congressional
AEC
Oppenheimer
Civilian Commission
Army
Russia
Finland
Norway
Atomic Weapons Laboratory
Los Alamo
N. M
Institute of Advanced Studies
Princeton
N. J
Iowa.GI's Eye Ruling on Bonus Iowa.GI's Eye Ruling on Bonus
Iowa's veterans of World War I await a possible Supreme Court ruling on the 1947 bonus act and the 1949 financing plan. A decision could uphold, void, or delay payments, with 11,907 applications ready for check writing if funds are approved, or prompt new legislation if not.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Supreme Court
Polk County District Court
Supreme Court
Direct President to Trim Agency Funds 5 to 10 Percent
Senate expenditures committee approved a resolution directing President Truman to cut 5 to 10 percent from executive agency funds voted by Congress. Chairman McClellan said the panel voted 8 to 2 and would introduce it immediately. He estimated savings of 2 to 4 billion dollars in the coming fiscal year, aiding a balanced budget without new taxes depending on tax receipts.
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Wastuingiua
Truman
Congress
Senate
McClellan
D-Ark
Methodism picks new district superintendents in Iowa
The Rev. Edward O. Cooley of Nevada Iowa is named superintendent of the Council Bluffs district at the Muscatine conference. The Rev. Lauren D. Thomas of Atlantic becomes superintendent of the Burlington district. Cooley moves to Cornelia Bluffs after serving in Nevada since 1943 and earlier at Audubon and Coon Rapids. The conference also names Rev. W F. Clayburg treasurer and executive secretary of the permanent fund, and lists numerous other Iowa appointments and transfers across southwest Iowa including Glidden, Massena, Atlantic, and Clarinda postings.
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Edward O. Cooley
Nevada
Council Bluffs
Town-Des - Moines
Muscatine
Will
W. F. Clayburg
Permanent Fund
Lauren D. Thomas
Atlantic
Burlington
Cooley
Cornell Biuffx
Iowa
John F. Rex
Coln
Cole
W. W. Bentzinger
Clarinda
Fay Mariott
Dunlap
Dow City
Farmington-Big Mound
J. Lester Greenwood
Centerville
Clarence E. McPherson
Pisgah
Clearfield-Calvary
John McCallum
Farmington
New Market
Liam Hawleyville
Harlow -Deliver
Western powers seek limited Germany accord via Vishinsky Bevin
A Western diplomat reported Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky and British Foreign Secretary Bevin discussed a limited postwar plan for Germany. Talks covered Berlin currency and east west trade while urging a written pledge of access to western Berlin. Acheson called Vishinsky’s peace treaty proposal propaganda.
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Paris
Andre
Vishinsky
Ernest Bevin
Germany
Big Four
Foreign Ministers Council
Bevin
Berlin
West Germany
U. S
Dean Acheson
Robert Schuman
Four Power Council
West
Acheson
Senate confirms Gray as Army Secretary
The Senate on Monday approved Gordon Gray for secretary of the army by unanimous consent. Gray’s appointment moves through without opposition as the chamber approves the choice for the post.
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Senate
Gray Washington
Gordon Gray
Army
Frank Nye Cited for JayCee Work
Colorado Springs Colo Frank T Nye of Cedar Rapids was among ten men awarded for outstanding work in the junior chamber of commerce at the national convention Nye was one of five national directors cited Earlier Saturday Nye placed John M Hamrick of Gaffney S C in nomination for president but Hamrick was defeated by Clifford Cooper of Alhambra Calif
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Colorado Springs
Col
Frank T. Nye
Cedar Rapids
Chamber of Commerce
Nye
John M. Hamrick
Gaffney
S.C
Hamrick
Clifford Cooper
Alhambra
Calif
Right to ask communist question upheld by court
The Third Circuit ruled Congress may compel a witness to state if he is a communist, upholding contempt convictions of John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo. The decision frames the right in a broad ideological struggle while not erasing protection against self incrimination.
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Washington
Circuit Court of Appeals
Congressional
John Howard Lawson
Dalton Trumbo
Lawson
Trumbo
U.S
House
American Activities Committee
Lawson and Trumbo
Supreme Court
C. B
Beanie) Baldwin
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Baldwin
Congress
Bennett Champ Clark
Wilbur K. Miller
George C. Sweeney
Wall Street Slides Toward Five Year Low On Monday
Fresh selling pushed the market toward a five year low as key issues slid several cents to above $2 a share. The Associated Press average of 60 stocks fell toward its low for 1947, near a low last seen in 1944. Trading volume rose while prices kept weakening.
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New York
Wall Street
Army Chaplain and Mother Die in Highway Crash Near Logan
Captain Hugo Waldschmidt, 36, an army chaplain at Fort Riley Kansas, and his mother Martha Waldschmidt, about 55, of Lincoln Nebraska, were killed when their auto struck a concrete bridge on highway 30 two miles northeast of Logan at 2 30 am Monday. Waldschmidt's sister Mia Helen Dejtz, also of Lincoln, was injured and taken to Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs in fair condition. The 3 year old son survived uninjured. Sheriff C A Bullis, state highway patrol and Coroner Harold Hennessey said mud and clay on the paving caused the skid that led to the crash. coroner ruled no inquest. The front end was crushed, and the car pinned to the bridge. Authorities believed the captain was returning his mother and sister to Lincoln on leave. Bodies placed at Bolton-Ranston funeral home in Logan for transfer.
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Logan
Hugo Waldschmidt
Fort Riley
Kaw
Martha
Waldschmidt
Lincoln
Neb
Highway 30
Mia
Helen Dejtz
Mercy Hospital
Cornell Bluffs
Bolton-Ranston Funeral Home
Four Iowans Killed in Traffic Mishaps
Albert Schoettner Jr. 17 of Garrizon died in a head on collision near Van Horne. Oswald Sanderson 23 near Waukon died from injuries after falling from a car at Decorah. Wayne Howard Fritz 28 of Pleasant Valley killed in a two car crash on a county road near Davenport. Mrs. George de Moss 78 died after being struck by a car in Jefferson. William Albert Heber of Waterloo drowned at a sandpit while with friends.
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Ase We
Albert Schoettner, Jr
Garrizon
van Horne
Oswald Sanderson
Waukon
Decorah
Wayne Howard Fritz
Pleasant Valley
Davenport
George de Moss
Jefferson
Highway Patrol
William Albert Heber
Waterloo
$4 065 000 Loan to Iowa REA Co op
The Rural Electrification Administration announced a $4,065,000 loan to the Central Iowa Power Cooperative of Cedar Rapids. The funds will install a steam generating unit at Cedar Rapids plant, complete by late 1949 or early 1950, build 30 miles of 115 kilovolt line from Cedar Rapids to Hale, 120 miles of 33 kilovolt transmission lines, and construct a substation at Hale Iowa.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Central Iowa Power Co-Operative
Cedar Rapids
Hale
Iowa
Light Plane Crash Kills Three Near Wichita Airport
In Wichita Kansas a 2-A light cabin plane piloted by Russ Prater a local real estate man plunged and burned near the municipal airport Monday, killing its three occupants.
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Wichita
Kan
Russ Prater
Waterville Boy Dies From Bonfire Burns
DECORAH John Fellows four year old son of Mr and Mrs John Fellows Waterville died in a hospital here Monday from burns suffered Saturday when his clothes caught fire around a bonfire in a neighbors yard at Waterville.
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John Fellows
Waterville
Brannan urges public support to stave off farm crash
Secretary of Agriculture Charles F Brannan urged voters in a 1950 campaign tour to back Democratic farm policies designed to avert a farm depression described as the greatest economic crash in history. He defended the Brannan plan as offering higher farmer returns than the Aiken law, relying more on subsidies and marketing quotas, and warned that depression would threaten democracy.
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Ovid’ A. Martin
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
America
Democratic Party
Brannan
Ane
Ian Speech
Truman
Congress
Councilmen Work Through Backlog On City Projects
City officials led by Mayor George Sparks toiled through a full day to clear the council’s backlog of business. They adjourned for supper after long morning sessions, approving a street lighting plan and shifting to a council order. Mercury vapor lighting is set from Eleventh Street to Ak-Sar-Ben bridge and other corridors, with residential lighting per council lists and engineer review delaying metropolitan area lighting.
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George
Sparks
Town Power and Light Company
Eleventh Street
Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge
Prank Street
Oak
Broadway
Sixth Avenue
Sixteenth Avenue
Main Street
Metropolitan
City Electrician
Lloyd W
Council
Committee
Lewis and U S Steel Hold Talks Amid Miner Strike
In Philadelphia Lewis and U S Steel officials opened contract discussions as the nation faces a week-long coal miners walkout. Lewis ordered United Mine Workers out of the pits to stabilize the industry, citing a coal surplus against demand.
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Philadelphia
Ionn le Lewis
U. S. Steel Corp
Lewis
United Mine
Traffic Restored on North Western After Wreck
Normal traffic resumed Monday on the North Western main line from Sioux City to Chicago after wrecking crews cleared debris from four derailed cars. One car broke, three derailed, gas line cars burned but did not catch fire. crews worked through night to reopen the track.
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Male Valley
North Western Railroad
Sioux City
Chicago
Journal
Hold Standard Oil Guilty of Violation
The Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling held Standard Oil of California violated federal anti-trust laws by requiring independent dealers to buy all their fuel from Standard. Justice Frankfurter delivered the decision, warning that affirming guilt could have immeasurably disastrous effects on business practices.
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Washington
Standard
California
Justice Frankfurter
End Trade Talks But No Agreement
Berlin reports say the four occupation powers halted all Germany trade and transport talks by Monday with no sign of agreement. Representatives sent separate reports to the council of foreign ministers in Paris. Indications point to Soviet refusals on key points, stalling east west trade revival and Berlin reunification prospects.
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Berlin
Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
Paria
Body found in Cedar River near Tipton bridge
Sheriff Charles Wiley identifies the man as Archie T. Yerington, 37, a bachelor, found partially submerged and fully clothed in the Cedar River below the bridge at Tipton on a Sunday.
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Tipton
Charles Wiley
Archie T.yerington
Cedar
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Ben E. Bister
Richmond Petersen
Ernest E. Jacobs
Fred C. Cannon
Auxiliary
Methodist Post
Edward Cooley
F. G. Barnes
Glidden Pastorate
D . Tol
Frank Nye
REA Co-op
Bronwyn
U.S. Steel
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