Mayor Sparks Holds Onto Power Buy Option
Council action stalled a special election on municipal ownership of Western Iowa Power. Mayor George B. Sparks said he will study the issue, confer with advisors, and decide whether to pursue a bond purchase of 2.3 million dollars. Council Bluffs debates timing and funding for a public vote or proceeding with the Boyne VIW plan.
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George B. Sparks
Western Iowa Power Company
Iam
Sparks
Counci
Harry N. Boyne-Vew
Mio
Kalelman
Atchacge
Thomas L. McGarry
Council
Blutts Eiticens
Dr. Boyne
VFW
McCarry
Boyne
Kaleher
Katelman
Thomas J. Ketelher
VIW
Keteher
Floods Displace Thousands Across Poland Provinces
Floods in southeast Poland have driven about 25,000 people from homes and damaged 250000 acres. Government teams assessed Krakow and Rzeszow provinces with 40 to 75 percent damage as officials work to coordinate relief efforts.
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Poland
Warsaw
Krakow
Rezeszow
State Department Under Fire For NBC Broadcasts
A House expenditures subcommittee found that the State Department was negligent and NBC failed to use ordinary safeguards in the Know North America broadcasts. The hearings followed Senate exposure of transcripts containing controversial remarks about New England and Texas, prompting renewed investigations by both chambers.
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Washington
Congressional
State Department
National Broadcasting Company
Ito
House
New England
Texas
Senate
Des Moines Supreme Court affirms 20 year term for Dr Anderson
The Town supreme court at Des Moines on Tuesday affirmed the 20 year sentence imposed on Dr James Anderson of Council Bluffs in a second degree murder case connected with the death of Marian Blyth, 25. Blyth's body was found in the Missouri river near here on April 23, 1946. The court said there were no prejudicial errors in the lower court. Unanimous opinion by Justice Mantz. Anderson, who had offices in Council Bluffs and home in Omaha, travels for a drug house. Attorney J Wess in Wyoming on vacation could not be reached for comment. A rehearing may be sought within 30 days. if denied, Anderson would be taken into custody, he remains free on a $20,000 bond.
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Supreme Court
Des Maines
James ©. Anderson
Counsel Bluffs
Pr. Anderson
Marian Blyth
Council Bluffs
Missouri River
Here
Anderson
High Court
H. d. Mantz
Indiana Democrats Endorse Truman and Vice Presidential Hope
Indiana Democrats convened in Indianapolis pledging support for President Truman and his civil rights and international policies. Former U S Senator Samuel D. Jackson of Fort Wayne was endorsed for vice president by voice vote.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Truman
Trueman
U. S
Samuel D. Jackson
Fort Wayne
Yellow parking meter posts mark 24 minute zone
Traffle Capt. R. F. Edwards announced that parking meter posts in the 24 minute area are being repainted yellow to aid motorists in spotting the zone. Posts in one and two hour zones remain silver.
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Traffle
R. F. Edwards
Weather Summary for Comell Bluffs Area and Nebraska
The LU S Weather Bureau reports a week of partly cloudy skies for Comell Bluffs with highs in the upper 70s. Temperatures trend toward near normal through Sunday with minor day to day changes. Expect 0.14 to 0.25 inches of rain from thunderstorms Wednesday night or Thursday and again around Saturday, with Nebraska seeing moderate to heavy showers mainly later in the period. Cooler starts, slight warmups Friday and Saturday, and near normal overall. total precipitation on record is 7.84 inches with a 3.79 inch deficiency.
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LU. S. Weather Bureau
Comel
Taft Backers Hope to Win Pennsylvania
Taft supporters claim Gov James H Duff may shift Pennsylvania 73 Vandenberg votes to Taft if the Michigan senator falters after Vandenberg stated he is not a candidate. Duff reportedly opposes Dewey and favors a congressional candidate, while Truman presses Congress to pass price control housing and social programs. GOP leaders insist congress will deliver constructive action and lower costs, as Truman campaigns and Duff attends a governors conference in New Castle.
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Jack Bell Washington
Robert A. Taft
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Dutt
Thomas © Dewey
New York
Congress
Duff
Truman
Los Angeles
Labor Department
Capitol Hal
Rep. Halleck
Ind
GOP
Reece Rappa
Harvell Reece
Missouri Valley Woman Polio Patient
A new polio patient, Mrs. Maxine Small, 20, Missouri Valley, was admitted to Mercy hospital Tuesday, raising area totals to 15 in the hospital and 34 overall since May. Logan city council ordered church closures for two weeks and banned under 18 theater admissions as a precaution, with Persia implementing a similar step. Logan has no polio cases yet.
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Mercy Hospital
Maxine Small
Missouri Valley
Logan City
Logan
Persia
Rain and near normal weather lift corn outlook in Midwest
Chicago reports the Northwestern railroad states there is no serious dry weather damage to the corn crop as of Tuesday. Abundant July to August rain could produce a whopper of a crop. Oats are hurt and will yield lower than expected. Soybeans are in excellent condition with good stands and no weeds. Hay crops shrink from winter killing of clover and alfalfa. Pastures are short due to dry weather. Winter wheat in Nebraska deteriorates except in the northwestern area where frequent showers helped.
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Chicago
North Western ‘Railroad
Nebraska
Chadron
Gordon
Hudson Workers Given Increase 13 Cent An Hour Pact
The UAW CIO won a 13 cent hourly wage rise for about 17,000 Hudson Motor Car Co employees. The contract, retroactive to June 7, runs two years with a wage reopen in a year, vacation pay rises from 57 to 62.20 after one year and from 144 to 124.40 after five years. The company did not estimate annual cost.
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Detroit
United Auto Workers
Hudson Motor Car Company
Ford Motor Company
Tocal
UAW Cio
Hudson
Southern States to Hold Caucus Before Democratic Nominatio
Gov. J. Sam Thurmond of South Carolina said seven southern governors decided at the national governors conference to hold a caucus of southern states opposed to President Truman in Philadelphia before the Democratic National Convention. Western delegations may be invited. Thurmond declared the group is against Truman, though he noted Truman would likely win if he wants it. Attending governors included Beaufort H. Jester Texas Millard Caldwell Florida William M. Tuck Virginia Earle C. Clem ents Kentucky Ben T. Laney Arkansas and Fielding L. Wright Mississippi.
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New Castle
N. H
J. Sam Thurmond
South Carolina
Truman
Philadelphia
Thurmond
Thumond
Beauford H. Jester
Texas
Millard Caldwell
Florida
William M. ‘Puck
Virginia
Earle C. Clements
Kentucky
Ben T. Laney
Arkansas
Fielding L. Wright
Mississippi
Sign Trade Treaty Between Poland and Iceland
WARSAW Poland and Iceland signed an 18 month trade treaty on Tuesday. Poland will supply coal chemicals and electric equipment Iceland will send wool industrial oils and horses.
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Warsaw
Poland
Iceland
Bangkok Police Shoot It Out With Siam's Tiger Band
Bangkok correspondent describes a Siam Tiger Gang housewarming turned gun battle when police clashed with the gang from 10 p.m. to dawn. Ten gangsters and three bystanders killed, four officers wounded, several local officials arrested for cooperating with the gang.
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Bangkok
Siam
Ers
Funds urged for Alaska defense and war material stockpile
The House appropriations committee proposed a $485.1 million defense package for Alaska and related stockpiling. The plan includes $300 million cash and $30 million contract authority for strategic materials, plus $32.7 million of a $40 million Alaska army construction request. It also funds $47.98 million cash and $50 million contract for Navy public works, $3 million cash and $5 million contract for Fairbanks airport, trims anti inflation law funds, and earmarks flood repair for the Columbia river valley. The proposal also covers WHO participation and $25.4 million for animal disease control, the bill set for House floor debate.
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Washington
Alaska
Houses Appropriations Committee
Truman
Navy
Aleutians
Pacific
Fairbanks
Secretary of Commerce
Columbia River Valley
United States
World Health Organization
Coal Operators End Parleys With John L. Lewis
Soft coal operators quit contract talks with John L. Lewis saying discussions were going nowhere. The Southern Coal Producers association, which supplies about a third of soft coal, offered to bargain separately if needed. Moody led the Southern group and had been kept out until a government order prompted his inclusion. Talks halted over plans to activate the 1947 welfare fund before new terms. The current agreement expires June 30.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
iLewis
Southern Association
Joseph E. Moody
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Lewis
Moody
Alleged Poisoner Held for Grand Jury Action
Cincinnati wife 43 held to the grand jury on a murder charge in the poison death of her 11 year old daughter Barbara Ann. She pleaded innocent in mayor court and showed emotion for the first time during the proceedings.
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Cincinnati
Clay Watts
Barbara Ann
Two Rail Unions Seek 25 Percent Wage Increase
Chicago reports that the wage committee of two railroad brotherhoods the Brotherhoods of Railroad Trainmen and the Order of Railway Conductors voted to demand a 25 percent wage increase from the nation’s Class 1 carriers. The demand will be served July 2 with the raise effective August 1. They may seek rule changes later. The unions represent about 225,000 workers and recently received a 15 percent hourly pay hike in November. They are not part of the current dispute that prompted government seizure of the railroads after a May 11 strike was barred by court orders under President Truman.
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Chicago
Brotherhoods of
Truman
Draft Bill Delayed as House Plans Wednesday Vote
Washington House leaders dropped the aim of a nightfall vote on the draft bill and set a Wednesday decision instead. Hallick and other GOP leaders pressed for debate, while rules chair Allen urged defeat of the measure. Senate and House conferees must resolve minor differences before Truman can order draft mobilization after 75 days. Military officials expect about 200,000 draftees for this year and next.
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Washington
House
Halleck
Senate House
Rules Committee
Rep. Allen
Senate
Truman
Harness
R-Ind
Wadsworth
R-N.y
Herter
Rmass
Rizley
R-Okla
Cox
D-Ga
Smith
D-Va
Leon
al Jen
R-Il
Rich
R- Pa
Chenoweth
R-Col
Sabath
D-Il
Arab Chiefs Meet to Study Palestine in Cairo
Arab political delegates and army chiefs of staff met in Cairo for an exploratory discussion of the Palestine problem. UN mediator Count Bernadotte returned from Rhodes to confer with Arab leaders and Jewish authorities before resuming his Rhodes headquarters. The Holy Land remained mostly quiet on day five of his truce to aid negotiations for lasting peace.
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Cairo
Arab League
Abdel Rahman Azzam Pasha
Falke Bernadotte
United Nations
Rhodes
Tel Aviv
Holy Land
Bernadotte
Cooler Readings Forecast In Spotty Skies
The weather bureau predicts spotty showers and temperatures from the upper 50s to upper 70s for Wednesday.Meanwhile rainfall reached several southeastern Iowa points largely on Monday with Ottumwa reporting the heaviest fall at 0.54 inches and Council Bluffs hitting a high of 85. Overnight low in the area was around 60.
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Weather Bureau
Iowa
Ottumwa
Council Bluffs
American Proposal Accepted by Russia
Washington reports Soviet Russia accepted an American plan to convene a ten nation conference on July 30 to set up free navigation on the Danube River. The move aims to organize international usage and ease river traffic among signatory nations.
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Washington
Russia
Americas
Danube River
Lions to Name Four Governors at State Convention
Lions in Council Bluffs close a three day state gathering with plans to elect four district governors and select a 1940 convention city with Sioux City and Ft. Dodge as leading candidates. A banquet will honor the new governors at the Hotel Chieftain. International president Fred W. Smith praised the Marshall Plan and the United Nations, urged universal military training, and noted Europe’s need for American help. Over 200 Lions and spouses attended, with 116 official delegates registered.
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Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Ft. Dodge
Chieftain
Kenneth McFarland
Topeka
Kan
Fred W. Smith
Ventura
United Nations
Smith
Europe
Russia
Creek-lake channel plan sparks Iowa hearing
Iowa conservation officials in Des Moines heard opposing and supporting delegations from Council Bluffs over rerouting Indian Creek along the west shore of Lake Manawa into the Missouri. The plan would require a state property right-of-way. G L Ziemer resigned as director amid controversy, to return to private practice. Bruce Stiles will head the fish and game division temporarily until a full appointment is made.
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State Conservation Commission
Des Moines
Council Bluffs
City of
Indian Creek
Laake Manawa
Missour
G. L. Ziemer
Ziemer
Commission
Guv
Blue
Fish and Gate
Bruce Stiles
Protestant Churches Accept Hungarian School Nationalization
In Budapest Hungary Protestant churches led by the Calvinists and Anglicans agreed to a government plan to nationalize church sponsored schools. They said they hope pending problems will be settled peacefully. Catholics contest the move and control 4813 schools, over half the national total. Communist leaders indicate the nationalization will proceed within weeks amid Catholic opposition.
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Budapest
Hungary
Assembly of
Russians halt coal shipments to Berlin at Marienborn
British transport officials say Russians stopped 140 carloads of coal destined for Berlin at Marienborn within 48 hours. The cargo trucks are reportedly mechanically defective, with Marienborn serving as the Soviet checkpoint on the border between the British and Soviet zones.
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Berlin
Marienborn
House Accepts Senate Trade Pact Measure
Congress passed a one year extension of the reciprocal trade agreements act amid Republican backed changes. The bill allows the tariff commission to set peril points with a four month study window and requires the president to explain any overrides to Congress within 30 days.
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Washington
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Truman
Marshall
America
Federal Tariff Commission
Commission
Tariff Commission
Barkley
Kentucky
Cooper
State Department
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Tariff Agency
Ives
RN. Y
Spaak Daughter Weds Briton in Brussels Ceremony
Miss Marie Spask, daughter of Prime Minister Paul Henri Spaak, married Tuesday to Arthur Michael Palliser, son of Vice Admiral Sir Arthur Palliser, in Brussels. The union made her a British subject.
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Brussels
Belgium
Marie Spask
Paul-Henri Spaak
Arthur Michael Palliser
Arthur Paliiser
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