Torrential Rains Flood Farms Across Three Counties
Torrential rain of 2 to 5 inches saturated the region north of here, flooding hundreds of farm acres and forcing evacuations in Pisgah Harri son county and Castana Monona county. The Soldier and Maple rivers rose over banks, rail traffic rerouted, and livestock moved to higher ground as insurance of levees held and bridges washed out along the Northwestern line.
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Here Moonday
Mapleton
Soldier River
Pisgah
Harrison County
Castana
Monona County
North Western Railroad
Soldier
West Boyer
Denison
North Western Main Line
Ray Hebb
Earl Mann
Moorhead
Milwaukee
Charter Oak
Crawford County
Missouri Valley
Salt Creek
Lincoln
Jackson
Neb
Sioux City
Local Rain Council
Bluffs
Harrison Street
Huntington Avenue
Broadway
Weather Bureau
Child Worker Rehired by County Welfare Office
Miss Mildred Surface returns to Pottawattomie county welfare department as senior child welfare worker announced by Welfare Director E A Carter. She will work with junior worker Ann Ramsey. Maude Broadfoot of the state division arrived to confer. Lucile A Williams to join as junior stenographer tomorrow.
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Mildred Surface
Pottawattomie
Hijack Meat Truck In New York Steals 13000 Pounds Of Beef
Three men held up a meat truck in New York early Monday and escaped with 13000 pounds of beef valued at 10000 dollars wholesale. Authorities investigate the heist and review security footage for leads.
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New York
Lincoln Joke Panel Caption
A brief humor caption from The Lincoln panel jokes about fashion. A quip contrasts tweed wear with a large jewel and a character reflects on prior beliefs after acquiring one. The item captures period newspaper humor style and light tone.
Police Crack Rash of Lootings
Police closed in on a burglary spree as three men were held in connection with Wallys Tavern and Jensen s Grocery break-ins. A 17 year old from the local area admitted involvement and named an accomplice, while an 18 year old confessed to the tavern break-in. a fourth youth is being questioned and another man was released. Police also announced a new three-car night shift to boost patrols ending at 5 am.
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Wally
Jensen
Nebraska
Earl Miller
Chicago
Michael Howlett
Ilinois-Indiana-Wisconsin
Preliminary Tests for 80 Candidates for Iowa Patrol
In Des Moines the state highway patrol began preliminary tests for eighty candidates. Twenty are interviewed Monday, twenty Tuesday, and the rest on June 27 and 28. Those passing will attend Camp Dodge from July 15 to August 12 for further schooling. The patrol seeks 35 new men this year plus nine vacancy fillers, aiming to reach 225 authorized by the 1951 legislature.
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Des Moines
State Highway Patrol
Camp Dodge
Residents Seek Ban on Buses and Trucks on Avenue C
Twenty five residents pressed the city council to prohibit buses and heavy trucks on Avenue C and reroute traffic to Avenue A, which is wider and better built. The petition notes plaster cracking, foundations pulling apart, broken water lines, and rattling sounds as buses pass. The city already bans trucks and buses on Avenue A.
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Avenue C
Avenue A
Adm. Carney Named Commander in Chief of Allied Forces
PARIS Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower announced Monday the appointment of U. S. Adm. Robert B. Carney as commander in chief of allied forces in southern Europe.
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Paris
Dwight D. Fisenhower
U. S
Robert B. Carney
Europe
Minden Childs Killed by Auto
Sharon Kay Estes six of Minden dies after a car struck her while she played in a garden near Highway 64. Francis R. Freese of Minden drives the vehicle at 40 to 60 mph, a Shelby physician says the girl died from a fractured neck. The Rev Joseph P Shaw will conduct a mass of angels at St Patrick s Neola, burial in the church cemetery Beem Belford funeral home Council Bluffs to handle arrangements.
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Minden
Sharon Kay Estes
John E. McDonald
Here
Highway 64
Francis R. Freese
Shelby
W. H. Evans
Atlantic
Transit Permit Extended to June 26 for Council Bluffs-Omaha Line
The Council Bluffs Transit Company’s interstate operation permit has been extended to June 26 by ICC action. The temporary permit would have expired Monday, but letters filed by all parties by June 26 effectively prolong the permit. Transit officials said no further steps to acquire Thornt on Bus Lines will be taken until the temporary ICC permit ends. It may be June 26 or later, a transit representative stated.
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Council Bluffs Transit Company
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Council Bluffs-Omaha
Thornton Bus Lines, Inc
Transit
Ships Tied Up as Labor Disputes Freeze Ports
The national maritime union says about 80 ships that should be at sea are idle in port due to labor disputes. These stoppages affect every major U S waterfront, tying up cargo and forcing delays nationwide.
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New York
Dio National Maritime Union
Epidemics Roil North Korean Forces During War
Brig. Gen. C. F. Sams reports large epidemics of smallpox typhus and typhoid among hundreds of thousands of North Korean and communist troops in North Korea. He cites lack of medical facilities inoculations and failed vaccines as factors and notes executions of Koreans aiding U S efforts. He mentions inoculation of 6 million South Korean civilians and his retirement plans.
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Washington
North Korea
C. F. Sams
Sams
General Headquarters
Tokyo
U. S
Far East
Gen. MacArthur
Calls for sternest penalties to stamp out narcotics
ST LOUIS senate crime committee chair Sen Herbert O Connor urged the Kiwanis International delegates to impose the sternest penalties to curb teen narcotics use. He advocated a Lindbergh law style measure and death penalty for dope peddlers as a deterrent to the rising traffic in marijuana and other drugs.
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O’conor
Miami Sheriff Sullivan Resigns
Miami Florida, Jimmy Sullivan, once a smiling corner cop turned sheriff of Miami Dade County, resigned Monday as a senate committee prepared a new Miami hearing into alleged neglect of duty in enforcing gambling laws. His resignation letter blasted critics and was filed with the secretary of state in Tallahassee to Gov. Fuller Warren.
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Miami, Fla
Jimmy Sullivan
Rich Dade
Miami
Senate
Sullivan
Crime Commission of Greater
Two Dead at U S Embassy in Havana
In Havana, a U S embassy marine guard and a janitor were found shot to death Monday in an office. Cuban authorities investigate with no clue of robbery, and the janitor Agustin Fernandez had worked there over 20 years while the sergeant’s identity is pending notification.
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Havana
Cuba
U. S
Horter
Agustin Fernandez
State department finds no papers missing in Havana embassy shooting
No government papers are missing from the Havana embassy state department said Monday. The shooting of a guard and a janitor there apparently had no robbery motive.
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Washington
State Department
Havana
Hearing on Fifth Iowa canned egg sale in Des Moines
A Monday hearing by the Iowa Department of Agriculture addressed Fairmont Foods Co of Webster City the fifth Iowa concern ordered to stop selling frozen canned eggs not meeting grading rules. Ben Iverson of Webster City testified the dispute stems from state and federal grading differences while insisting the plant complies. Liddy had earlier asked four other firms to state if they would destroy about 700 cans under stop-sale orders with no final replies by noon Monday from Carroll Omaha Cold Storage Des Moines Cudahy Swift and Longnecker Manilla plants.
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Des Moines
State Department of Agriculture
Fairmont Foods Co
Webster City
Iowa
Ben Iverson
L. B. Liddy
Dairy and Foods Division
Iverson
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Liddy
Carroll
Omaha Cold Storage Co
Bedford
Cudahy Packing
$75,000 Warehouse Blaze Destroys Lincoln Warehouse
A two story Sperry and Hutchinson company warehouse in downtown Lincoln was destroyed by fire early Monday. About 75 firefighters battled the blaze causing an estimated $200,000 in damage, with heavy damage from fire and water.
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Lincoln
Neb
Sperry and Hutchinson Company
Heavy Beef Run in 12 Stockyards
In Washington AP the Senate inquiry panel voted to hear four more witnesses and close the MacArthur probe soon. It named Hurley, O Donnell, Barr, and Badger as next witnesses with potential later testimony by MacArthur.
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Washington
Senate
MacArthur Inquiry
Russel
D-Ga
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Emmet O'Donnell
U. S
Far East
David C. Barr
Korea
Oscar Badger
U. S. Naval
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Sudden Revival of Jet Warfare Over Korea
Sudden revival of jet warfare saw 110 planes involved as American Sabre jets fought Red jets over Korea. Sixteen red jets attacked Sabres Monday afternoon, firing twice and retreating into Manchuria. Allied patrols advanced in the west and east while armored column patrols engaged Communist bands along the front.
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Tokyo
Korea
Yalu River
Manchuria
Far East
U. N
Kumhwa
Peterson Named State War Dads President at Iowa City
Richmond Peterson of 116 Bloomer Street was elected state president of the American War Dads at a convention session Sunday in Iowa City. Mrs. Charles Drake of Atlantic became auxiliary president and Cecil Shellmaker of Atlantic was chosen sergeant at arms. Three Council Bluffs women won auxiliary offices: Mrs. Vesper Bray as chaplain, Mrs. Rush Peterson as historian, and Mrs. John Miller as at large committeewoman. R. C. Meneray of Council Bluffs is immediate past auxiliary president. The convention will be held in Atlantic next June.
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Richmond Peterson
Bloom ‘Er Street
Iowa City
Charles Drake
Atlantic
Cecil Shellmaker
Council Bluffs
Vesper Bray
Rush Peterson
John Miller
R. C. Meneray
Auxiliary
Vastly Enhanced US Power Warns of Atomic Retaliation
U S air force planners say Strategic Air Command could unleash explosive power greater than all pre Hiroshima blasts. Officials say retaliation could target Russian cities and industry within hours or days, with credible deterrence and potential overwhelming destruction if war occurs.
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Strategic Air Command
U.S. Air Force
Washington
U.S
Hiroshima
Air Force
Sea Service
Korea
Rus
Sia
U.S. Strategic Air Command
Russia
United States
Handicapped Persons Meet in Des Moines
In Des Moines 85 delegates convened the first convention of a new handicap organization. Mildred Crippen was elected president, with Dorothy Hoffman as vice president, Mildred Christensen as treasurer, Helen Elmore as corresponding secretary, France Halbessen as recording secretary, and no name chosen yet. The group aims to organize entertainment projects for the physically handicapped.
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Des Moines
Mildred Crippen
Dorothy Hoffman
Sioux City
Mildred Christensen
Musgatine
Helen Elmore
Lucas
France Halbessen
Father's Day Homecoming for Thomas Driver and Sons
Mother's Day style homecoming as Thomas Driver and his three sons, all in the armed forces, gathered at 1714 Fourth Street. Thomas J. Driver, a navy boatswain's mate, on 76 day leave from Guam, plans to return July 15. Frederick J. Driver arrived from Kodiak Alaska with his wife, staying until July 24. Francis E. Driver, at Fort Riley, Kan., had a weekend pass home. Daughter-in-law Mrs Alvin Scott and Pvt Scott remain at Camp Hood, Texas.
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Thomas Driver
Fourth Street
Thomas J. Driver
Tg Guam
Thomas
Frederick ‘J. Driver
Kodiac
Alaska
Frederick
Harriman to Paris for first hand European aid survey
Washington reports President Truman will send W Averell Harriman his special foreign affairs assistant to Paris on Tuesday for a comprehensive look at the European economic cooperation picture.
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Washington
Truman
W. Averell ‘Harriman
Paris
Killed by Train in Cedar Rapids Widow Mae Chenoweth Dies
Mrs Mae Gibson Chenoweth 77 of Marion Iowa was fatally injured Monday when struck by eastbound Milwaukee train Strain No 108 in Marien. The widow Ta noted was killed in the incident and authorities investigated.
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Cedar Rapids
Mae Gibson Chenoweth
Marion
Milwaukee
Marien
Minimum Price Act Declared Invalid by New Jersey Supreme Court
The New Jersey Supreme Court ruled the state minimum price acts for cigarettes unconstitutional. The decision voids a 20 cent per pack and 1.92 dollar per carton minimum, holding the law deprived dealers of the right to engage in lawful competition.
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Trenton
New Jersey Supreme Court
New Jersey
Baseball's Most Famous Mother Dies in Frisco
Mrs. Rose J DiMaggio, 72, mother of major league stars Joe and Dominic DiMaggio, died Monday in San Francisco. Joe DiMaggio of the Yankees arrived by plane hours before her death, while Dominic, of the Red Sox, failed to reach her in time.
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San Francisco
Rose J DiMaggio
Joe
New York Yankees
Dominic
Boston Red Sox
Joseph DiMaggio
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Carney
Sharon Estesse
Minden Childs
Auto
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Hurley
Bodes
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Defense
Marshall
U. S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Acheson
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Louis Johnson
Russell
Eal
W. Averell Harriman
Harriman
Badger
Peterson
Phive
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