Local Church Canvass Award Receives National Honor
Council Bluffs hosts a national award for the Every Member Canvass program with 20 local churches participating. John L. Fortson of New York City will attend a noon banquet at the YMCA alongside pastors and church leaders. Regional awards go to Santa Barbara, St Paul, Portland, New Haven, and Brunswick.
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Council Bluffs
United States
Poulson
John L. Fortson
New York City
United Church
Arc Rive
Synagogue Councill of American
Leslie E. Swain
Case Bill Fight Off for Present Case Bill Fight Off for Present
Backers of the vetoed labor disputes bill have called off efforts to revive the measure this year and will seek a modified Truman emergency wage and price control act. They aim to attach favorable parts of the Case plan only if the president accepts them, while opponents call it a retreat. Rep. Case says the issue remains urgent and will be pressed later. Rep. Cox says the pause is not surrender and action may resume.
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Clair Johnson
Washington
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Rep. Biesmiller
D.wis
Rep. Case
RS. D
Rep. Cox
Miles Will Begin His Speaking Tour
Des Moines Democratic state headquarters said Saturday that Frank Miles would return to the Grass Roots next week in his post primary bid for governor with four engagements. He will attend a six county rally at Manning representing Carroll Sac Shelby Greene Audubon and Crawford counties. He speaks at Yale Thursday for a father son banquet, at Liberty Center Friday for a farm bureau event, and at Jamaica Saturday for an American Legion carnival.
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Des Moines
Frank Miles
Manning
Carroll
Sac
Shelby
Greene
Audubon
Crawford
Yale
Liberty Center
Warren County Farm Bureau
Jamaica
American Legion
Watlt
70 year old woman enrolls at Iowa State Teachers College
Mrs J Aris a 70-year-old Carroll resident enrolled at the Iowa State Teachers College summer session stating she wants to learn. She attends two classes one starting at 7 20 am in general science and geography and art She hopes the study helps her run a Cub Scout den and make puppet heads for her popular puppet show.
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Carroll
J. Aris
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Breach
Aris
Georgia Moves to Destroy Kluxers
Georgia seeks to revoke the Ku Klux Klan charter in civil court, alleging unlawful assemblies and nationwide operations from Atlanta, the group’s supposed national headquarters. Attorney General Eugene Cook cited possible Klan activity in Georgia and noted an AFL affiliate report of four men identifying as Klansmen in a flogging incident. Sheriff Hambrick said investigations showed local Klan members connected to Twiggs County.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
Eugene Cook
Cook
Oij Beame Tion
Keck
Hie Scippine
Willie Mudley
American Federationary Labor
Dudley
W. B. Hambrick
Twiggs Equaly
jWele
Qud- Jey
Vole
Boone Wins Test with Elks Ritual at Muscatine event
The Iowa State Elks association event in Muscatine saw Boone win the test with Elks ritual while Muscatine placed second and Decorah third. Rain did not dampen enthusiasm as 1,200 attended a banquet Saturday night. Wesley Jones and Ainsdee Coase spoke at Flag Day ceremonies. officers were to be elected Saturday.
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Iowa State Elks Association
Muscatine
Decorah
Ater Conn
Wesley Jones
Ainsdee Coase
Xen Ches Dad Prigage
Truman Unifies Forces with 12 Point Defense Plan
President Truman unveils a 12 point program to unify the armed services into a single national defense structure. Proposals include a civilian headed department, parity for army navy and air force, a national defense council, and a national resources board. Navy objections led to dropping a single chief of staff.
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Washington
Thuman
Council of National Defense
National Security Resources Board
Congress
Navy
Truman
Patterson
Forrestal
Ward
Dhef
Senate
Department of National Defense
Imder
Army
Air Forge
Air Force
Naval Air Arm
Marine Corps
Naval Service
Secretary of
Bard W
Joint Chiefs of Starf
Onit
War Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Central Intelligence Areney
Defense Council
Myr Teun
Style Select to Begin Clothing Plant in Council Bluffs
A clothing manufacturing firm under the trade name Style Select plans to start operations in Council Bluffs late this month. Co-owner Arthur Botts says the plant will employ 40 to 50 women, with machinery shipped from Chicago and hiring to begin by June 22. Mary Clemmens, Botts mother, will be production manager and designer, bringing 33 years of sewing room experience.
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Style
Select
Arthur Botts
Omaha
Botts
Chicago
Schedeuled
Mary Clemmens
Clady i Varnings
Botis
Council Bluffs
No Need for Ration Plans for Famine
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson said rationing is unlikely to return as a national policy to avert global famine. He cited no machinery to enforce it and noted a simplified rationing approach targeting wheat and other staples to processors and distributors. The plan includes a 25 percent cut in domestic flour distribution, with dire forecasts for 1947 bread grain and meat supplies.
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Washington
Anderson
United States
Congress
Agriculture Department
National Broadcasting Company
John Boyd Orr
Genewal
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
John
Hart
Nonpareil Raises Weekly Price to 25 Cents
The Nonpareil will charge 25 cents per week starting Monday June 17 delivered by carrier in Council Bluffs. It is the last daily paper in the Missouri Miley region to increase to 25 per week due to higher costs.
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Council Bluffs
Missouri Miley
Add Austria to Agenda of Meet
Paris dispatch reports Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov agreed to add Austria to the foreign ministers conference agenda while warning against Italian political upheaval as a bid to revive fascism. He backed treating Austria as a problem and linked the Italian question to postwar peace treaties, with the Italian issue to follow Austria in discussions.
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Joseph Dynan
Paris
Y. M. Molotov
Austria
Molotov
Washington
France
Russia
Britain
Italy
Moscow
United States
Olaicil
James M Byrnes
Bulgaria
Romania
Muungary
Set Dates for Drivers Licenses Announced by Sheriff
Sheriff Jack Tyler announced Saturday that driver license reissuing dates will occur next week at multiple locations. Underwood on Wednesday at 1 p.m. Underwood Drug Store, Neiaia on Thursday at 10 a.m. at the vig half, Mc Cleland on June 44 at 8 a.m. details unclear due to damaged text.
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Jack Tyler
Ewes Willis
Underwood
McCleland
Neste
Martin Elected ISEA Secretary
DES MOINES IOWA Charles F Martin of Maquoketa superintendent of Jackson county schools and former Iowa State Education association president was named executive secretary of the TEA for a three year term beginning July 1 He succeeds Dr Harry G Barnes who resigned in April Ben A Paster will continue as acting secretary until Martins term begins He has long led Iowa education circles including posts as secretary and president of the Town County Superintendents association and vice president of the northeast district executive committee He served as president of the state association in 1944 45 after earning a degree at the State University of Iowa in 1915 he led Welton Consolidated and Delmar Consolidated schools before becoming Jackson county superintendent in 1927
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Des Moines
Charles F. Martin
Maquoketa
Jackson County
Iowa State Education Association
Martin
Harry G. Barnes
Ben A. Paster
Eaecwilyi
Unntil Martin
Stolen Hogs Believed Butchered on Farm
Sheriff L H Syley said deputies are investigating the theft of five hogs from Jim Anderson’s farm five miles southeast of Mancorls Indiana. Indications point to hogs weighing about 90 pounds being butchered last Monday night at the north end of the Rondetonia area. Deputy McKinley in charge of the Avoca office reported the case as of Saturday.
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Sherif
AVC Calls for Big Three Unity and UN Support
A platform submitted at the American Veterans Committee convention urges unity of the big three and support for the United Nations. The draft constitution limits AVC membership to honorably discharged World War II veterans and extends eligibility to women veterans in WACS WAVES SPARS and marines with a women’s auxiliary.
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A. S. Erickson
Des Moines
United Nations
American Veterans Committee
U. S
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Commerce
Henry Wallace
Charles (. Bulle
Greenwich
Conn
New York
Gilbert Marnson
Los Angeles
AVC
Frederick Borden
New York City
Political Action Commmittee
PAC
J. Robert White
Washington
Nevis Helfowl
Weston Avc
Durants Demand War Dept Charges In Jewels Case
Col Jack W Durant and Capt Kathleen B Nash Durant say they admitted nothing criminal and demand the War Department state its charges. They are held near Washington after custody in Chicago on their honeymoon amid an Army probe into missing jewels from a German castle.
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Washingson
WAC
Kronberg Castle
War Department
Washington
Jack W. Durant
Kathleen B. Nash Durant
Chicago
Eala
Hudson
Wis
CT Et Paty Stanie
Veldara
Ivan
First Community Sing Tonight in Bayliss Park
First Community Sing opens the season in Bayliss Park at dusk on Sunday. The program starts with Helio and closes with God Bless America, featuring the gie music group, three additional TuMbrrs, and selections like Farewell to Dreams and It is a Grand Night for Singing. William Niebuhr will play the Hammond organ. Dick Walter leads the civic music division. Alfred Noilsen conducts the chorus for the evening.
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Bayliss Park
America
Sigmund Romberg
Saturday Bakes Iowa Heat Record Across State
A brutal hot spell hit Council Bluffs and surrounding areas with 104 degrees the top mark. Readings reached or exceeded 100 across much of the state as heat engaged Kansas and Nebraska, with 1100 degrees at Phillipsburg Kansas and 105 at North Platte Nebraska. The Weather Bureau said cooler air would arrive from the northwest Sunday night with a chance of thunderstorms.
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Council Bluffs
Weather Bureau
Red Oak
Clarinda
Lioux City
Atlantic
Dubuque
Kansas
Nebraska
Plains
Phillipsburg
Kans
Great Region
Kilis
Concordia
Kan
Lincoln
Grand Island
Bur- Well
North Platte
Iowa
Minnesota
Moss
Weather Summary for Council Bluffs Area
Weather report from the U S Weather Bureau notes cloudy conditions and possible thunder showers Sunday night. Nebraska and northwest Iowa show generally fair with some cooler air in the northwest and scattered thundershowers. Hourly readings record temperatures from 88 at 2:00 pm to 110 at 4:30 pm, with a peak 104 near 5:30 pm and a low around 52 at 5:30 am. Humidity measured with wet and dry bulb readings. wind at 12:80 pm reported at 18 mph.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Towa
Nebraska
New Threats in Maritime Circles Stoked by Strike Fund Plans
CMU officials led by Harry Bridges and Joseph Curran outlined a plan for a $7,000,000 strike fund and joint conferences with other unions as preparations for new contract talks. The note followed a near-miss maritime strike and ahead of anticipated wage gains for seamen, with labor tensions rising across several plants and regions.
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Washenuitos
Magiri
Labor Department
Hawkverolind
Louis Goldblatt
CMU
Lad Wotld
Selement—Ata
GMU
Ter J
Howard T. Calvin
1Scentration Service
Suffierin
Allis. Chalmers
J. I. Case
Columbia Chemical Division
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company
Barberton
Ohio
CIO Auto
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Mack Truck Company
Names Succeed Senator Bankhead in Alabama Race
In Alabama, John Sparkman and Frank W Boykin announced their candidacies to succeed Senator Bankhead. Sparkman, a House majority whip since 1946, and Boykin, serving since 1953, seek the special memorial seat to be held in August.
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Montcomery Alu
Béus
Spathie Aypulntet
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