Vandenberg Mystery Man in GOP Campaign
Republican hopefuls assemble for the 1948 GOP convention as Harold Stassen declares a goal of finishing third on the first ballot and winning on the last. He praises Arthur Vandenberg as a standout, says Dewey or Taft may lead in Maine, and emphasizes avoiding backroom deals while staying in the race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Ball
Philadelphia
Atm
Tatolet & Stagger
GOP
Minnesota
Vor
Peral Nea
Rublican Party
Stassen
Thomas NM. Dewey
New Yoris
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Eadlels
Vandenbergo
Stangen
Dewey
Maine
New Yorker
du Rimears
Taft
Evers
Fe Declans
Brcause
Tie Uintky
Weoshere
Sissen
Chicago
Neola Girl Heads West Pot 4-H Clubs
Marin Weber of Neola was elected president of the West Pot 4-H Clubs. The rally drew over 200 girls including Dora Tasen Underwood as vice president and Marilyn Chambers McClelland as historian, with Jackie Colling Crescent noted among organizers. Mrs Walter Klopplig Underwood was welcomed as a honorary member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marin Weber
Neola
Fawaltinale
Underwood
Spurance to Retire From Navy Command in July
Raymond A. Spurance, a Pacific fleet commander on duty, will retire July 1 after reaching the legal retirement age of 62 on July 3. He has served as president of the Naval War College at Newport and is among the last of his generation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Po Admura
Raymond A. Spurance
Navy
Sprucayer
Naval War College
Newport
Dr F W Dean honored for 50 years of medical practice
Fifty plus years in medicine mark a ceremony for Dr Frank W Dean. A photo features the event and notes on the long career. Nearby, the Oakland horse show attracted 170 entries with Les Prior winning the men’s pleasure class, and Grassland Field Day near Underwood highlighted forage equipment. The McIntosh family marked busy June 16 events with plans for a family dinner, per pages 11 and 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Dean
Oakland
Les Prior
Underwood
Mclntosh Familly
Must Act Now to Preserve Public's Interest in Power
The Nonpareil urges Council Bluffs residents to oppose municipal ownership pushed by the Boyne VFW group and to vote against selling or transferring authority over the power franchise. It calls for citizen action, warns of tax and bond risks, and urges seeking competent advice before subscribing to any new plan. The paper notes past voter rejection and stresses obtaining reliable, legally safe power options with competitive rates and local investment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert R. O'Brien
Coriwall Bluffs
Minner
Western Iowa Power ‘Company
Boyne Vfw
Council Bluffs
Wis
Boyne-Vfw
School Levy to Go Up 3 Mills
The budget committee wrestled with a $14,000 cut to hold the tax levy increase to three mills for the 1949-50 budget. The tentative budget of $1,146,043, up $107,698 from 1948-49, keeps the current levy near 2.606 mills. Probes urged explaining decay in school buildings to win public backing for repairs, while salaries and operating costs absorb most fixed costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Allphin
Charles Langmade
Gerald Kin
Marth L. Williams
Williams
Peoples Representatives On Public Education
PROBE
Race Issue Looms in GOP Platform
Francis M. LeMay reports from Philadelphia on a Texas delegate pressing for southern representation on the civil rights sub-committee. Orville Bullington demanded southern inclusion. Agnes Jones Gifford offered her post, shifting Bullington to civil rights and Gifford to economics. Bullington warned the South seeks two-party status and criticized PEPC and anti-lynch measures as unnecessary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis M. LeMay
Philadelphia
Republican Platform Committee
Texas
Orville Bullington
Wichite Falls
Tex
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Lodge
Massachusetts
Orde
Agnes Jones Gifford
South Orange
N. J
Bullington
Gifford
South
PEPC
FUPC
Ward Battle Over Policy Grows Grave
CHICAGO The Morgan interests opposed Ward and Company Thursday over policy and the leadership of Sewell Avery. Avery, 58, fights for control as head of Montgomery Ward, facing resignations from President George Whitney and H P Davison of Morgan. Avery is the largest individual owner with 66,488 shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Morgan
Montgomery, Ward and Company
Sewell Avery
Avery
Montgomery Ward
United States
Ward
Ward’s
War Labor Board
Ward's
Davison
Whitney
Morgan Com
Morgan Company
Massachusetts Investors Trust
Boston
Lowells
Cabbots
Resiging
Army refuses to change creek right of way plan
Mayor Sparks said the city must secure state land for Indian Creek by Saturday noon or flood control work this year is jeopardized. City officials and the army engineers met in Omaha after Des Moines discussions. the army presents no route changes and the council will be asked to petition for the land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Creek
George B. Sparks
Sparks
Forest E. Grover
John LeRoy Peterson
Loren Olmstead
Wendell Johnson
Army
Omaha
Des Moines
Iowa Conservation Commission
Lake Manawa
Army Engineers
Lewis Renews Offer to Pension Mines Workers
John L. Lewis Thursday renewed his offer to keep soft coal mines operating after July 2 and to fund a $100-a-month pension for retirees. Operators reject the plan as illegal under Taft-Hartley, saying it drains the welfare fund. Cyrus Ching seeks to revive talks to avert a nationwide strike next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Cyrus Ching
Federal Mediation Service
Lewis Pengon
Ilegal
Ching
Suike
Congress sends $129.4 million flood control bill to White House
Congress transmitted a $129,400,000 authorization for flood control and navigation projects to the White House. The House approved the compromise figure on Wednesday night after the Senate approved it. The bill makes no money available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Study Panel to Review Chariton Flood Control Plan
A joint Iowa committee chaired by H. Garland Hershey will meet in Centerville on June 28 to study Lt Gen Wheeler’s Army Engineers report on a proposed $14 million Chariton river flood control project. The panel, appointed by Gov Blue, plans to submit findings by mid August and may inspect Rathbun dam options and related works near Mystic. Members include Clyde Spry and other Des Moines figures, plus Senator Hickling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centerville
Army Engineers
Robert D. Blue
H. Garland Hershey
Iowa City
Congress
Army
Gover
Blue
R. A. Wheeler
Special State Committee
Lewis A. Pick
Omaha
Chariton River
Rathbun
Iowa
Missouri
Pick
Mystic
Hershey
Clyde Spry
G.L. Ziemer
Rodney Q. Selby
George Faul
Des Moines
L. C Crawford
Towal City
Fred R. White
Ames
W. EF. Hickling
iWapello
Draft Bill Fate Still Uncertain in House Fight
Washington dispatch reports the house draft bill, already heavily revised, facing more trouble as opponents claim an outside chance of defeating it while supporters push for passage. Key votes trimmed service to 12 months and scrapped medical registration plans, with a conference committee to resolve differences with the Senate bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Dobson
Washington
House
Rep. Shafer
R.mich
Jrules
Leo B. Allen
Rep. Harness
R.ind
Cougert
Fulton
R.-Pa
Coudert
Senate
Andrews
Armed Services
Weather Summary for Council Bluffs and Nearby
The Weather Bureau reports cloudy conditions with Friday forenoon thunder showers. Nebraska shows cloudy skies with showers in the east and cooler in the west. Total precipitation 8.07 inches and total deficit 4.06 inches. Highs in the 70s to mid 80s across the region with no major temperature change expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Nebraska
United Air Lines Plane Crash Kills 37 Near Sunbury
United Air Lines said its flight 624 from San Diego to New York with 37 passengers and crew aboard forced down and apparently crashed near Sunbury Pennsylvania. Early reports indicate all aboard were killed. Kay Thorpe of Omaha listed as a passenger. her father is public relations director for Union Pacific. Destination listed as New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Airlines
San Diego
Sunbury
Sokom United Air Lines
Omaha
Kay Thorpe
Pennsylvania
UAL
Chicago
Miss Thorpe
William G. Murphy
Murphy
Union Pacific Railroad
Missouri Valley Motorist Killed in Highway 15 Crash
One man was killed and a second seriously injured when a car ran off a curve on highway 15 four miles north of Counter Bluffs. William Gordon of Missouri Valley died at the scene. Charles Carmichael, also of Missouri Valley, suffered leg and body injuries and was taken to a Council Bluffs hospital. Earl Kinart of Modale said the car was traveling fast and rolled over several times. The death marked the eighth traffic fatality in Pottawattamie County for 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway 15
Counter Blutts
Willam Gordon
Missouri Valley
Charles Carmichael
Council Bluffs
Earl Kinart
Modale
Golden
Sterlet
Jack Tyley
Carmavhaey
Pottawattamlee County
Two New Polio Cases Reported in Mercy Area
Two more patients, a 27 year old man from Persia named Charles Kemmish and a four year old girl from Logan named Donna Boss, are hospitalised with infantile paralysis at Mersey hospital. This brings Mercy polio patients to 15 and total local cases to 30 since May 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persia
Logan
Mersey Hospital
Charles Kemmish
Donna Boss
Arthur Boss
Mercy
Two Firms Seek Bus Franchise For Council Bluffs
Two firms, one locally owned, seek a Council Bluffs bus franchise. Council Bluffs Transit led by James R. Kiger and The Caroline Investment Company of Atlanta, Ga., both plan operations within 60 days of approval. Officials from both firms meet Thursday night to discuss terms as Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway contemplates a sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs Transit Company
Caroline Investment Company, Inc
Atlanta
Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company
James R. Kiger
East Washington Avenue
Robert W. Baird
Keeline Avenue
Howard F. Shortley
Madison Avenue
Kiger
J. C. Steinmetz
John J. McCarthy
New York City
Public
Steinmetz
Shortley
Queen Caty Coach Company
Charlotte
N. C
Southeastern Bus Tarif Bureau, Inc
Oince
Rosearin Benning
Addison G. Kistle
Omaha and
June cattle prices set records at Chicago market
Cattle prices in Chicago advanced with hogs rising up to 27.25 and 75 cents to a dollar higher, marking a June record. Prime steers hit 38.75 while overall cattle grades were uneven and mostly lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
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Vandenberg
Dark Horse
Gentingen
Spurance
F. W. Dean
James H. Miger
Robert M. Baird
New Transportation Company
Albert
Peterson
George H. Mayne ‘II
Town Executive Council
New Price Records
Staca
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