Major Bills Seen Doomed to Junk Heap
Washington Republicans push an overtime Senate session as Congress nears adjournment. Key bills on interior, navy funding, farm policy, reciprocal trade, and anti-lynch measures face shelving. House and Senate leaders eye quick adjournment this Saturday with recalls possible only by presidential action.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Wherry
Neb
Chamber
Interior Department
Navy
80Th Congress
Martin
R.mass
Taft
R.ohi
Barelny
House
GOP
Truman
Armed Services
House Rules Committee
House Banking Committee
Rules Committee
Ohio
United States
Tariff Commission
Senate Appropriations Committee
Representative Taber
R.N
Army
Senate-House
Drowns in Farm Pond Boubs Near Here
Boubs 12 year old P Joan Libson daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Libson drowned in a farm pond Sunday while her brothers Gerald 16 and George 10 were giving her a swimming lesson at a rural location.
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Boubs
Joan Libson
Clarence Libson
Here
Gerald
George
Bluffs Residents Lead War Dads Group Officers Named
Council Bluffs residents head the War Dads and auxiliary for next year. Ben E. Bierer was elected president at Mt. Pleasant convention. Mrs. William Dehse heads the auxiliary with others named from Keokuk Red Oak Iowa City Atlantic and Council Bluffs for 1949 activities and officers.
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Council Bluffs
Towa
Ben £. Bierer
Bluff Street
Mt. Pleasant
William Dehse
North Thirty-fourth Street
Harry Robinson
Keokuk
Roy Foster
Red Oak
William Cannon
Iowa City
Ernest Jacobs
Council
Ohio Woman Held in Poison Deaths Case
Preliminary hearing for Mrs. Mary Clay Watts, 43, held Tuesday morning over murders linked 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. Pathology found mercury and a barbiturate in Barbara Ann and arsenic in Willis.
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Cincinnati
Mary Clay Watts
Lyle
Admit Two Mild Polio Patients at Mercy Hospital
Two new polio cases, both listed as mild, were admitted to Mercy hospital on Sunday. The tally at Mercy rises to 17 patients, all reported as coming along fine by attendants. The new patients are Larry Wise, 3, of Council Bluffs, and Deane Walker, 10, of Missouri Valley. Admissions bring area cases since May to 33. Three polio patients were discharged Monday afternoon: Janeen Gisen, 10, Mondamin. Harriet Bargenquist, 21, Council Bluffs. and John Carlson, 14, Council Bluffs.
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Mercy Hospital
Larry Wise
Jajene Gisen
Mondamin
Harriett Bargenquist
John Carlson
Council Bluffs
Supreme Court upholds War Contracts Renegotiation Act
The Supreme Court ruled the War Contracts Renegotiation Act constitutional. The decision, delivered by Justice Burton, upheld government claims to recover excess profits from wartime contracts. Several companies including Southern Fireproofing, General Products, and Alexander Wool Combing disputed amounts, while Justices Jackson and Douglas wrote separately on related points.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice de
Partment
U. S
Department
Justice Burton
Jacob Lichter
Jennie L. Lichter
Southern Fireproofing Company
Cincinnati
A. V. Pownall
Grace M. Pownall
Henes
Morgan Machinery Company
San Francisco
General Products Company
Alexander Wool Combing Company
Boston
Jackson
Lichter and
Pownall
Douglas
Lichter
Justice Department
Truman vetoes social security bill amid clashes
President Truman vetoed a bill that would add 750,000 needy aged to Social Security, calling it inadequate and saying Congress has time to revise. The measure would boost federal contributions by 184 million dollars a year and add monthly benefits of five dollars to the needy aged and the blind and three dollars to dependents, with states matching funds. The House later approved fast-track changes to open coverage to 8.5 million more, though the Senate may not act before adjournment.
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Washington
Truman
Mondey
Congress
House
Senate
Reed
TVA
Eberharter
D-Pa
Smith
R-Obio
Dies Here 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.
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Edward A. Ruppelt
Ames
Cutler Funeral Home
Nonpareil Panel Reflects Opinion on Power Issue
The Nonpareil Public Opinion Panel shows most Council Bluffs residents favor voting on municipal ownership of the electric utility. Mayor Sparks Alderman Katelman and City Solicitor Mayne II support polling on other questions. Keleher questions its accuracy. A July 15 special election on municipal ownership is sought before the option to buy is delegated.
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Joseph B. Katelman
George B. Sparks
George H. Mayne II
Thomas J. Keleher
Harry
Council Bluffs
Dr. Boyne-Vfw
Sparks
Katesman
Reports Big Increase in Iowa School Levies
The Iowa Taxpayers association reports a rise in average school tax levies from 14 mills in 1941 to 21 mills in 1947, while property valuation grew only about 4 percent. Rural districts saw levies from 9.59 to 15.72 mills, and city town districts from 23.04 to 31.52 mills.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Taxpayers Association
Favorite Sons in GOP Camp May Hang on
A New Holdout trend in the GOP could stretch the convention balloting. California Governor Earl Warren signals he will retain 53 California votes across several ballots at Philadelphia to test the field. Warren contends he has a better chance than other named candidates Dewey Taft Stassen Vandenberg.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Earl Warren
California
Philadelphia
Wearren
Guy
Thomas E. Dewey
Robert
A. Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Arthur Vandenberg
Stassen
Dewey
The
New Yorker
National Conference of Governors
New Castle
Taft
Ke Dewey
Clarence Brown
Senator Lodge
Mass
Truman
Limbecker Opposes Knoke for Chiropractic Society President
Des Moines 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 Town. Elections occur at the closing session of the society state convention Monday.
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Des Moines
A. M .Limbecker
Burlington
George A. Knoke
Missouri Valley
The
Chiropractic Society of Town
Iowa Lions Draft Bill Schedules and District Rezoning
Washington rules committee moves the draft draft bill toward floor debate with a close margin as opposition concedes passage. Army figures estimate 200000 unmarried nonveterans would be drafted first year. Lions clubs in Iowa redistrict into four districts, creating District D in the northwest. four governors to be elected. Governors banquet scheduled. Lioness meetings ongoing.
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Washington
Rules Committee
House
Howard Dobson
Office of Selective Service Records
Lions Clubs of
Iowa
Iowa Council
Northwest
Southwest
Chieftain
Hye
Johson
Davenport
Lions
Fred W. Smith
Ventura
Calif
Lions International
McFarland
Former Iowa Man Dies in Minnesota
Joseph H. Allen, 77, former Des Moines mayor and 12 year Iowa state senator, died after a long illness in Minnesota. He fathered Byron G. Allen of Detroit Lakes, a 1944 Minnesota governor candidate and new Minnesota Democratic national committeeman. A Marshalltown native, he studied at the University of Iowa, practiced law and banking in Iowa, moved to Minnesota in 1938, and ran farms in western and central Minnesota. The body to be taken to Pocahontas, Iowa, for funeral rites after services at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
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Vetruit Lakes
Minn
Joseph H. Allen
Des Moines
Iowa
Byron G. Allen
Detroit Lakes
Democratic-Farmer-Labor
Minnesota
Democratic National
Pocahontas
Agreement Prevents Oak Ridge Strike at Lab
A settlement ends the wage dispute between the AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council and Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp operator of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for the Atomic Energy Commission. Management and labor were to sign a contract Monday to formally end the strike threat at the lab.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn. 4
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
AFL Atomic Trades and Labor Council
Carbide‘ and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Atomic Energy Commission
York to Retire From GOP Committee
Former Iowa GOP state chairman Willis B. York says he will retire from the central committee next month. He will not seek re election as sixth district committeeman at the post primary state convention in Des Moines July 23. He resigned as chairman last December citing party work as taking too much time from his business. S. R. Torgeson of Lake Mills is running to succeed York as sixth district committeeman.
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Truman
Washington
Denver
Colorado
Mr. Truman
Connecticut
Philadelphia
South
Ellis G. Arnall
Georgia
Seater Sparkman
Alabama
Congress
Los Angeles
Henry A. Wallace
Oklahoma Supreme Court
Progressive Party
Wallace
MADEW
Willis B. York
Iowa
Weather summary for Council Bluffs region and Iowa Nebraska
Tuesday mostly sunny with little temperature change in Council Bluffs and vicinity. Iowa reports a Tuesday high around 70 with partly cloudy cooler conditions. Nebraska forecast is fair Tuesday after noon. Total precipitation recorded 7.89 inches with a deficiency of 3.43 inches.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Seamen Strike Blocked by Court Injunction in New York
A U S district court judge granted a temporary injunction to halt a threatened nation wide strike by over 100,000 maritime workers. The order, issued on President Truman's instructions, names the National Maritime Union and other unions, blocks lockouts, and compels bargaining to resume in good faith, affecting hiring halls and shipping operations nationwide.
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New York
United States District Court
Gulf
West
Department of Justice
Viruman
John W. Clancy
Joseph Curran
MO National Maritime Union
Justice Department
United States
Acta
Truman
Joseph M. Friedman
Tom Clark
Department
Weather Outlook Monday Showers and Tuesday Sunny
The forecast calls for showers Monday with fair and mostly sunny Tuesday. Thundershowers are expected Monday afternoon and night in this vicinity. Temperatures Tuesday range from the upper 60s to mid 80s. Iowa rainfall on Monday included Carroll 0.74, Cherokee 0.72, Sioux City 0.64, Ames 0.29, Des Moines 0.60 by 8 a.m. with many areas under 0.10 inch.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
Carroll
Cherokee
Sioux City
Ames
Fort Dodge
Waterloo
Charles City
Decorah
Estherville
Marshalltown
Spencer
Mason City
Des Moines
Canada Forest Fires Checked by Showers Across Regions
In northern Ontario and northwestern Quebec shifting winds hinder firefighters. Fires scorched over 200000 acres near Mississagi and 250000 acres near Chapleau. A 10 minute shower brought brief relief after 20 days in Manikawa district near Ottawa, a pulp and paper area.
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Joronty
Uni
Ontario
Quebec
Mississagi
Chapleau
Manikawi
Ottawa
Pulp and Paper
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