Four Power Commission for Germany outlined in Paris
Western powers proposed a four power commission for Germany with defined supervisory functions to handle economic matters, encourage trade, speed goods movement between Berlin and zones, and settle disputes as they arise. Vishinsky left after an hour, officials said it was not a walkout, and another session might be held Tuesday night as ministers near the end of their talks.
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Paris
Russia
Malestan
Germany
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Four Power Commission
Berlin
Colorado to Sponsor Conference on Crime
The University of Colorado in Boulder will sponsor a national conference to address sex offenses and bizarre crimes, announced by President Robert J. Stearns during commencement. Authorities seek the killer of Roy F. Spore Jr., a 19 year old killed after defending his date. Theresa Foster’s murder earlier led to Joe Sam Walker’s second degree conviction.
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Boulder, Col
University of Colorado
Robert J. Stearns
Roy F. Spore, Jr
Theresa Foster
Boulder Creek
Miss Foster
Joe Sam Walker
Cost to Expand Iowa Medical School Education
DES MOINES The University of Iowa estimates it would cost about 1.5 million dollars to raise medical school enrollment to 120 students annually. Current facilities handle about 20 yearly. capital needs cover equipment and classrooms, not extra staff. Additional faculty would cost about a year. The 1949 legislature urged increasing medical students by 90 to supply more doctors for Iowa communities.
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Des Moines
University of Iowa
Iowa
Czech Ambassador Jacobs Quits Post
President Truman announced the resignation of Joseph E. Jacobs as ambassador to Czechoslovakia. He nominated Ellis O. Briggs of Maine, now ambassador to Uruguay, to take the Prague post. Briggs would be succeeded in Montevideo by Christian M. Bayndal of Iowa.
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Washington
Truman
Joseph E. Jacobs
Czechoslovakia
Ellis O. Briggs
Maine
Uruguay
Jacobs
Prague
Christian M. Bayndal
Iowa
Briggs
Montevideo
Beaten to Death in Lancaster Heeding Child’s Warning
State police Sgt. Stiles Smith said a 14-year-old babysitter attacked a 6-year-old boy with a piece of wood after he shut off the power to a washing machine. The incident occurred in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and authorities described the brutal beating as a crime of anger sparked by the boy’s action.
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Lancaster
Stiles Smith
State Police
Roosevelt listed as Republican in House roll call booklet
A Tuesday roll call booklet by the House clerk mislabels Young Roosevelt as a Republican. Officials say the listing is accidental and will be corrected. Roosevelt, sworn in Tuesday, represents New York's 20th district.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
House
American Labor
New York
City Council approves street program and bids
City councilmen worked through a 13 hour session to push a street improvement plan. Preliminary steps were taken on eight streets with costs totaling 229231.34, with most projects financed by the city and a few assessed to property owners. Specific streets include South Seventh, Avenue C, South First, East Pierce, Fifth and First avenues, Fourth street, South Eighth street, and related paving plans. Further actions assigned to ward aldermen and the city engineer to prepare plats and resolutions of necessity before bids.
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Council Chamber
Cty
South Seventh Street
Sixteenth
Twenty-eighth Avenue
Avenue C
Thirty-seventh Streets
South First Street
Broadway
Madison Avenue
East Pierce
South First
Oak
First Ward
Clarence B. Meldrum
Fifth Avenue
Main
Fourth Streets
First Avenue
Fourth Street
First
Ninth Avenues
South Eighth Street
Twenty-first
Twenty-sixth Avenues
Fourth Ward
Kenneth Madigan
Joseph
Forest E. Grover
Picnic Illness Strikes 250 at Seymour Packing Outing
About 250 persons were treated for food poisoning after a Seymour Packing Company picnic in Topeka. Two hundred got emergency care at five hospitals, with 30 more treated at home. County Coroner H. L. Clark said salad dressing likely caused ptomaine poisoning. no one was in critical condition.
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Topeka
Kan
Seymour Packing Company
H. L. Clark
Ex-con escapes jail after bank robbery arrest
Paducah Kentucky deputies report William D. Messamore aged 33 a former convict implicated in a $19 000 bank robbery near Devil Ky slugged a jailer then cut his way from a second tier bullpen to flee Tuesday. He is held with two others for the August 1948 bank job.
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Paducah
William D. Messamore
Lnar
Gillette Delays Switzer Nomination On Judicial Post
Washington reports over the next two weeks the fate of President Truman’s nomination of Carroll Switzer of Des Moines to southern Iowa federal judgeship will be decided. Senator McCarran’s judiciary committee awaits Gillette’s position after Switzer was called a direct affront by Gillette. Objections via blue slips may delay action until Gillette and Hickenlooper respond.
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Washington
Truman
Carrol
Switzer
Des Moines
Iowa
MrCarran
Gillette
Iowan
Senate Judiciary Committee
McCarran
Congressional Record
Hickenlooper
R.town
Cool Temperatures to Stay Wednesday in Council Bluffs
Weather roundup reports cool conditions in Council Bluffs with partly cloudy skies. Overnight temps near 60 and Wednesday highs in the mid 70s. No immediate rain expected. Monday's high reached 70 with 59 low and scattered showers noted statewide.
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Council Bluffs
Towa
Maquoketa
Burlington
Spencer
Storms and Floods Sweep Dallas Area
Storms and floods in and near Dallas county claimed at least ten lives and left one missing. Four drowned at Garland after being trapped by Duckcreek floods, with ten inches of rain there. A Frisco freight train hit a washout near Farmers Branch. A Denton county boy drowned. Three teens died near Fort Worth in a collision between a car and a Missouri Pacific freight train during the rain.
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Dallas
Tex
Dallas County
Garland
Farmers Branch
Denton County
Texas
Fort Worth
Missouri Pacific
Education Council Names Ames Maen Education Council Names Ames Maen
DES MOINES Iowa W L Griffith of Ames president of the Iowa Society for Crippled Children has been re elected as president of the Iowa Council for Better Education.
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Des Moines
W. L Griffith
Ames
Towa Society For Crippled Children
Iowa Council For Better Education
Fatal injuries in Ames auto crash kill boy and wife
The boy L J Ruland nine of Roland died at a hospital in Ames early Tuesday from injuries suffered in a Sunday night car crash that also killed his 63 year old wife.
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Ames
L. J. Ruland
Roland
Rail Workers Vote to Continue Berlin Strike
Western Berlin railway workers voted six to one on Tuesday to keep the strike going rather than yield to threats of reprisals. The 24 day protest, described as a little blockade of Berlin, followed soviet backed papers warning against action.
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Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Arms Attack at AEC Spending
Senator Hickenlooper attacks the AEC over poten tially wasted taxpayer funds. He targets the Hanford plutonium plant with charges of mismanagement as costs balloon from an original 6.26 million to about 24.95 million. Senator McMahon says he opened an investigation after learning of the cost rise, with House Senate atomic committee and appropriations subcommittees examining the project.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Hanford
Waah
McMahon
D.-Conn
House-Senate Atomic Committee
Senate Appropriations Subcommittee
AEC
Iowa Girls Head to Grinnell Camp for Girls State
Four annual Hawkeye girls state at Grinnell college runs June 19 through 25 with 230 attendees, up from 200 last year. Sponsored by the Iowa department of the American Legion auxiliary, director is Mrs. Thomas Carr of Des Moines. Edith Osborne of Newell and Janet Supernors of Council Bluffs return as counselors.
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Des Moines
Grinnell College
Girls State
Iowa Department of the American Legion Auxiliary
Thomas Carr
National Girls State Committee
Edith Osborne
Newell
Janet Supernors
Council Bluffs
Carr
Tevosyan Named Deputy Prime Minister of the Soviet Union
MOSCOW Deputy Prime Minister Ivan T Tevo sayn has been named deputy premier of the Soviet Union. He previously served as minister of the metallurgical industry and was succeeded in that post by Anatoly Kuzmin.
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Moscow
Ivan T. Tevosayn
Soviet Union
Tevosyan
Anatoly Kuzmin
Release Meldrum Under $500 Bond
Meldrum, 41, an attorney at 335 North First Street, was arrested Monday night and released Tuesday morning on under $500 bond. County Attorney Don Jackson said no charge had been filed by noon and Meldrum’s record shows “O.M.V.” The case follows a council confrontation with Police Chief Altrock and Street Commissioner Kline Taylor.
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First Ward
Clarence B. Meldrum
North First Street
Liberty
Don Jackson
Meldrum
Jackson
Wes
Vern Benjamin
Frank Altrock
Kline Taylor
Altrock
Ben Montgomery
A. R. Danielson
W. Gilman
Fourth
First
Broadway
Sioux City Youth Admits Shooting
Robert Nichols, 18, Sioux City, surrendered to police after a manhunt and signed a statement admitting he shot Ben Apelson, 44, in a downtown clothing store. Apelson was treated and released from the hospital after the head wound.
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Moux City
Robert Nichols
Sioux City
Ben Apelson
Nichols
Apelson
Iowa oats crop spotted by moisture shortages in 1949
Iowa’s 1949 oats crop is expected to be poorer than last year due to moisture deficiencies at critical periods, especially in northern and drier southern Iowa. The weekly crop bulletin, for the week ending June 10, notes adequate moisture for corn so far and reports 86 percent of corn cultivated, with grasshopper and cornborer infestations affecting corn. Soybeans are off to a good start with about 92 percent planted, though moisture remains a statewide anxiety, except in western and southwestern areas.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Altuation
Satla
Court Clears Way for Bonus Payment
Iowa Supreme Court upheld the world war II veteran bonus, and while checks may take 30 days to mail after final steps. The bonus board has received 215000 applications, with 312?86 screened and 18367 examined. Clifton Fine of Bedford will receive the first $100 check. The board plans to hire more staff once allowed to issue payments, as many forms are incomplete or ineligible.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Ed Kailemyn
Bonus Board
Clifton F. Fine
Bedford
Fine
Board
Alze
Legality of Iowa World War II Bonus Plan Upheld
Des Moines AP The Iowa Supreme Court cleared the way for state veterans bonuses by upholding the 1949 financing plan. It ruled the $85 million program, funded in part by $50 million from cash reserves, does not violate state debt limits. The decision allows checks to begin, with 30 days for motions for reconsideration.
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DES Moines
SacreDe Sone
Iowa
William L. Bliss
Mason City
Robert L. Larzon
State Bonus Board
Harold Newcomb
G. F. Knorr
Newcomb
Polk County
Towa
High Court
High Bench
H. J. Mante
Enorr
Lewis Opens Way for Negotiations with Coal Operators
John L. Lewis urged northern and western soft coal operators to meet for a new work contract after notifying them that the present agreement ends June 39. He has begun talks with southern producers and U S steel captive mines, aiming to push through the best terms across three regional groups.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Northern
Western
United Mine Workers
Southern
U. S. Steel, Corporation
Lewis
Committee Grants Condon a Hearing
The American Activities Committee voted Tuesday to grant Dr. Edward A. Condon a hearing when he requests it. If he does not act, Rep. Nixon says he will pursue one anyway. Condon leads the Federal Bureau of Standards and calls himself absolutely reliable. He will await official notification before deciding on a hearing request.
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Washington P—ihe
American Activities Committee
Edward A. Condon
Andy Condon
Rep
Nixon
R.-Calif
Marriage Enables Actress to Cash In
Wanda Hendrix, an actress, was emancipated by her marriage to war hero Audie Murphy on January 8. This emancipation unlocks $11,200 in value from $112, 100 government bonds set to mature on her 21st birthday next November 3, per contract terms.
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Los Angeles
Wanda
Hendrix
Audie Murphy
Aturphy
Lead bar theft and art losses puzzle Princeton officials
Princeton authorities investigated the theft of 12 of 15 lead bars, one bar containing radioactive cobalt, and the disappearance of three valuable paintings from Princeton University Art Museum. The works are original etchings and drawings by Rembrandt and Degas, valued at $11,800.
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Princeton, N, J
Princeton University
Princeton
Art Museum
Rembrandt
Degas
Stake Hopes on New Farm Plan
DES MOINES Democrats back the Brannan plan promising cheaper food and farmer prosperity. A 16 state Midwest conference approved the administration proposal amid opposition from the American Farm Bureau federation. The group aims to avert a new farm depression and boost next year's elections, while farmers may choose between Brannan plan and the Atken law.
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Des Moines
Truman
Brannan
American Farm Bureau Federation
Midwest
Favor Return of Trieste to Italy
Trieste’s first free election in 21 years yielded a pro Italian majority with 40 of 60 city council seats. Pro Italian six parties totalled 106,973 votes to 61,136 for those favoring independence or Yugoslav control. Christian democrats led with 65,627 votes. pro cominform communists had 35,548. Italo Slav front 3,957.
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Trieste
Free Territory
Italy
Free City
Pro-Staison
Yugoslavia
Christian Democrats
Communist Party
Italo-Slav Popular Front
Marshal Tito
Carried Into River by Rampaging Bull in New York Farm Incident
Theresa N Y reports Melvin Calhoun aged 37 drowned Monday after grabbing horns of a ram paging bull as it charged into the Indian River on a dairy farm. Calhoun and two others were moving cows. the bull swam to safety while companions could not swim.
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Theresa
N. Y
Melvin Calhoun
Calhoun
Iowa Traffic Deaths Reported Across State Roads
Iowa traffic death tolls are compiled with figures from state police and local sheriffs. The report notes multiple fatalities across June dates, highlighting intersections and highways where crashes occurred. Authorities urge caution and remind drivers to follow speed limits and traffic laws to reduce further loss of life.
Rev Dr Willard Lamp elected moderator in Iowa Synod
The Rev Dr Willard Lamp head of the University of Iowa school of religion has been elected moderator of the 68th annual meeting of the Presbyterian synod of Iowa.
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Ames
Willard Lamp
University of Iowa School of Religion
Presbyterian Synod of Iowa
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