Major Bills Seen Doomed to Junk Heap
Washington action looms as Republican leaders push an overtime schedule to adjourn by Saturday. Congress faces votes on extending the reciprocal trade agreements act and financing key agencies while major bills like oleomargarine repeal and federal pay raises risk disposal.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Wherry
Neb
Chamber
Wharry
Interior Department
Navy
Marth
Vruman
Lon Gregs
Drowns in Farm Pond Near Here
Joan Liblon 12 daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Liblon drowned in a farm pond Sunday while her brothers Gerald 16 and George 14 gave her a swimming lesson near their farm home.
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Douds
Joan Liblon
Clarence Liblon
Here
Gerald
George
War Dads and Auxiliary Elect Leaders in Iowa
Council Bluffs man Ben E. Bierer was elected president of the Iowa War Dads at Mt. Pleasant convention. Mrs. William Dohse was chosen president of the auxiliary. Officers include Harry Robinson Keokuk and Roy Foster Red Oak as vice presidents, William Cannon Iowa City as third VP, Ernest Jacobs treasurer, with a secretary to be named. Auxiliary officers include Mrs. James Campbell Keokuk as vice president, Mrs. Bierer as treasurer, Mrs. Swolley Atlantic as historian, and Mrs. Carmichael Council Bluffs as secretary. Council members-at-large include Mrs. C. BE. Smith Council Bluffs and Mrs. Imo Wise Atlantic.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa War Dads
Ben E. Bierer
Bluff Street
Iowa Group
Mt. Pleasant
Wiliam Dohse
North Thirty-fourth Street
Harry Robinson
Keokuk
Roy Foster
Red Oak
William Cannon
Iowa City
Ernest Jacobs
Cornell Bluffs
James, Campbell
Ben 3. Bierer
Swolley
Atlantic
HH. Carmichael
Council
Ohio Woman Held as Suspected Slayer
Preliminary hearing for Mrs. Mary Clay Watts, 43, held in Cincinnati Tuesday morning on murder charges related to the deaths of her husband Willis Watts and daughter Barbara Ann Watts. Barbara Ann died May 15 after months of illness. coroner ruled homicide. Pathologist reports found mercury and a barbiturate in Barbara Ann, arsenic linked to Willis Watts.
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Mary Clay Watts
Lyle
Admit Two Mild Polio Patients at Mercy Hospital
Two new polio cases, listed as mild, were admitted to Mercy hospital Sungay, bringing total polio patients there to 17 and 33 cases in the area since May. The new patients are Larry Wise, 3, of Council Bluffs, and Dean Vallier, 10, of Missouri Valley. Three polio patients were discharged Monday afternoon: Julene Olsen, 10, Mondamin. Mrs. Harriet Bargenquist, 21, and John Carlson, 84, both of Council Bluffs.
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Mercy Hospital
Sungay
Larry Wise
Richard Wise
Second Avenue
Council Bluffs
Dean Vallier
Menneth Vallier
Missouri Valley
War Contracts Renegotiation Act Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court Monday upheld the constitutionality of the War Contracts Renegotiation Act. Three firms challenged the law in recovering excess profits from World War II contracts, including Southern Fireproofing of Cincinnati seeking 27019 and General Products of San Francisco claiming 113709, plus Boston's Combing Company seeking 15882. Justice Burton wrote the ruling, with Justice Jackson dissenting on the Lichter and Pownall points and Justice Douglas urging a hearing in other courts on Lichter’s actual circumstances. The majority held each case must first go to the tax court.
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Supreme Court
High Tribunal
Justice de
Partment
U. & District
U. S. Tax Court
Department
Justice Burton
Jacob Lichter
Jennie L. Lichter
Southern Fireproofing Company
Cincinnati
A.V. Pownall
Grace M. Powhall and
Henes
Morgan Machinery Company
San Francisco
General Products Company
Alexander Wao! Combing Company
Boston
Jackson
Lichter and
Pownall
Douglas
Lichter
U. S
Justice Department
Senate Vetoes Social Security Bill Amid Debate
President Truman vetoed a bill that would raise needy aged benefits and add $14 million yearly while praising timely action. The House narrowly approved a broader measure to include 3.5 million more into old age insurance, though it falls short of his full 50 million coverage goal and proposed benefit increases.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Senate
Representative Feed
TVA
Eberharter
Smith
Ohio
Ames Attorney Edward A. Ruppelt Dies at 57
Edward A. Ruppelt an Ames attorney aged 57 died at a local hospital early Monday after a two month illness. The body is at Cutler funeral home awaiting services.
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Edward A. Ruppelt
Ames
Cutler Funeral Home
Nonpareil Panel Urges Poll on Municipal Power Ownership
The Nonpareil Public Opinion Panel reflects broad local interest in a municipal ownership vote for Council Bluffs electric system. Alderman Katelman Mayor Sparks and City Solicitor Mayne support polling on other questions. Dr. Bayne VFW criticizes it as desk work. A July 15 special election is proposed before any option delegation to private groups.
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Joseph B. Katelman
George B. Sparks
George H. Mayne
Thomas J. Kelehér
Harry N. Bayne
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Western Iowa Power Company
Council Bluffs
Dr. Boyne-Vfw
Sparks
Reports Big Increase in Iowa School Levies
DES MOINES The Iowa Taxpayers association said the average Iowa school mill levy rose from 14 mills in 1941 to 21 mills in 1947 while property valuation grew only about 4 percent. Rural districts saw levies rise from 9.59 to 15.72 mills, and city and town areas from 23.04 to 31.52 mills in the same period.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Favorite Sons in GOP Camp May Hang on
A GOP fight over favorite sons could prolong the convention’s balloting with California’s Earl Warren withholding 53 votes for several rounds. Dewey Taft Stassen and Vandenberg are named as leading contenders, with talk of a ninth ballot. Truman pursues early nomination but state delegations stir disputes. Wallace loses bid to appear on Oklahoma primary ballot.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Earl Warren
California
Philadelphia
Warren
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert A. Taft
Harold EB
Stassen
Arthur Vandenberg
Dewey
The
New Yorker
National Conference of Governors
New Castle
N. H
Taft
Clarence Brown
Senator Lodge Mass
Truman
Denver
Colorado
Mr. Truman
Connecticut
South
Ellis G. Arnall
Georgia
Sparkman
Altabama
Congress
Los Angeles
Ry Eenington
Ird
Henry A. Wallace
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Progressive Party
Wallace
Limbecker Nominated to Oppose Knoke for Iowa Chiropractic Presidency
Dr. A. M. Limbecker of Burlington has been nominated to challenge incumbent Dr. George A. Knoke of Missouri Valley for the presidency of the Chiropractic Society of Iowa. Elections occur at the convention's closing session Monday in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
A. M. ‘Limbecker
Burlington
George A. Knoke
Missouri Valley
The
Chiropractic Society of Iowa
Society
House Readies to Iowa Lions Add Pass Draft Bill to New District
The rules committee voted to send the draft bill to the house floor for debate later this week. Army authorities estimate about 200000 unmarried non veterans would be drafted the first year. Lions clubs of Iowa rezoned to add a new district, creating four districts in Lions District C. The new district, District D, will cover the northwest counties, with four district governors to be elected before the convention adjourns Tuesday. Speakers include I E Johnson and Kenneth McFarland at events in Council Bluffs.
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Taft-Ellendar Wagner
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Rules Committee
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Representative Taber
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Congress
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Navy
Iowa
Lions
Washington
Howard Dobson
Slenals
Ieaders
Office of Selective Service Records
Lions Clubs of
Iowa Council
Western Counties
Northwest Counties
Southwest Counties
I. E. Johnsson
Davenport
Fred W. Smith
Ventura
Calié
Lions International
Former Iowa Man Dies in Minnesota
Joseph H. Allen, 77, longtime Iowa figure and Minnesota political father of Byron G. Allen, died after a long illness in Detroit Lakes Minnesota. A former Des Moines mayor and 12 year Iowa state senator, he moved to Minnesota in 1938 and ran farms in western and central regions. Funeral services are planned for Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Fort Harrison? No, to Farahontas Indiana.
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Detroit Lakes
Minn
Joseph H. Allen
Des Moines
Iowa
Byron G. Allen
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Allen
Marshalltown
University of Iowa
Forahontas
Agreement Prevents Oak Ridge Strike
Oak Ridge Tennessee. Management and labor planned to sign a contract to formally end a strike threat at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. A settlement of a long wage dispute between the AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council and Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation, operator of the center for the Atomic Energy Commission, was announced Sunday.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Atomic Energy Commission
Weather Summary For Iowa Nebraska And Nearby Areas
The Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy conditions with thundershowers likely in parts of Iowa including Cornell Bluffs and vicinity. Temperatures in the 80s are expected, with cooler readings near 60 Tuesday night, and moderate humidity. Nebraska sees partly cloudy conditions with possible showers in extreme west, highs around 80 to 82 and lows in the 50s to 60s. Iowa and Nebraska show a mix of cloudy to sunny periods through Tuesday. Maximum temperature in the last 24 hours reached 82 at 12:30 p.m.. total precipitation listed as 0.789 inches with a deficit of 3.63 inches.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Cornell
Bluffs
Towa
Mississippi Rive
Nebraska
Seamen Strike Halted by Court Injunction in New York
A federal district court granted a temporary injunction restraining a threatened nationwide strike by more than 100 000 maritime workers. The order names CIO affiliated unions and 54 shipping companies and bars lockouts while requiring bargaining in good faith and continuance of present hiring hall practices amid Taft Hartley disputes.
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New York
United States District Court
East
Gulf
West
Department of Justice
Jomaman
John W. Clancy
United States
Truman
Joseph M. Friedman
Tom Clark
Eine |Ployers
Weather forecast and Iowa rainfall report summary
The weather bureau forecasts showers Monday with mostly sunny and fair conditions on Tuesday. Thunder showers were reported Monday afternoon and night in parts of Iowa, with rainfall totals up to 0.74 inch in Carroll and varying amounts across Cherokee Sioux City Ames Fort Dodge and Des Moines. Des Moines totals reached 0.60 inch by 8 am after 0.15 inch by 6:30 am.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
Carroll
Cherokee
Sioux City
Amés
Fort Dodge
Waterloo
Charles City
Deborah
Estherville
Marshalstown
Spencer
Mason City
Des Moines
Angel
Canada Forest Fires Checked by Rainfall
Week end showers slowed forest fires in northern Ontario and northwestern Quebec while shifting winds complicated crews. Fires expanded to over 200000 acres in the Misissauga region and 250000 acres in the Chapleau district. A brief 10 minute shower brought the first relief in twenty days to crews in the Manikawa District near Ottawa.
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Ontario
Quebec
Miseissag
Chapleau
Manikawi
Ottawa
Pulp and Paper
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