Farm Price Support Talks End in Deadlock
Senate and house conferees broke up in deep disagreement over farm price supports. Senator Aiken warned the impasse risks reverting to 1939 figures on January 1, and the parties blamed each other for blocking a new program. The stalemate leaves only 1938 parity levels for six basic commodities, with supports ranging from 32 to 75 percent, far below current 90 percent parity.
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Washington
Senate House
Senator Aiken
Rvi
Aiken
House Representatives
Paris
Effset
Senate
House
Rep
Hope
R-Kan
Truman
Department of Agriculture
Davenport Doctor Heads Rose Group
Dr Ay Av Playman of Davenport was elected president of the Town Rose Society at the annual rose show on the Town State College campus Saturday. Larry Clare of Ox tension -horedturist at Town State was named vice president, and W I Collins of Des Moines was chosen secretary-treasurer.
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Amesp
Dr. Ay Av Playman
Davenport
Town Rose Society
Town State College
Larry Clare
Town State
Swedish Scouts Visit Tall Corn Council Camp Midgewa
Swedish Boy Scout leaders Sven G. Svenason Gunnar Hybliette and Heine Wellstrom arrived Saturday as guests of the Tall Corn council Boy Scouts of America They will be hosted at Camp Midgewa during the summer camping season by the local scout organization
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UNS Movnesp
Sven G. Svenason
Gunnar Hybliette
Heine Wellstrom
Tall Corn Council
Boy Scouts of America
Midgewa
Suimmer
Inside story nods to driver license and election issues
Fragmented item references driver license numbers over 500 and a power election issue. It notes aldermen’ s positions and a county polio cost tally of 14 912 24 across 38 patients. Mentions a 20 provision compromise draft bill approved Saturday by the service and directs readers to pages 2 and 5 for fuller details.
Council Bluffs Tram Franchise Opinions Split Widely
A Nonpatell Public Opinion Panel found 45 percent of Council Bluffs residents undecided on the city’s tram franchise, while 43 percent support the city’s terms for the Streetcar Company. Voters prefer buses by a wide margin, with 80 percent favoring buses over street cars and most riders split by frequent, occasional, or rare use.
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Council Bluffs
Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company
Strester Company
Persia Farmer Placed in Iron Lung at Hospital
Persia Farmer, a 21 year old farmer from Persia, was placed in an iron lung Saturday afternoon at Morey Hospital after arriving with infantile paralysis on Wednesday. Hospital attendants report no new polio patients since Wednesday and the remaining 15 polio patients are all satisfactory.
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Gnaries Remmish
Morey Hospital
Weather summary for Council Bluffs and surrounding areas
The Weather Bureau notes a Sunday rise in cloudiness and warmth with high temperatures in the low 80s for Council Bluffs and vicinity, possible afternoon and evening showers or thunderstorms. Temperatures range 43 to 75 in the north and 50 to 78 in the south, with Monday forecast 50 to 75 north and 68 to 77 south. Nebraska sees partly cloudy skies Sunday with scattered thunder showers, warmer 75 to 85, and various recorded hourly temperaturs and humidity readings. Maximum temperature in the last 24 hours was 76 with total precipitation 8.07 inches and a deficit of 4.07 inches.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Towa
Missouri Tiver
Nebraska
Congress Recessed With Budget and Pay Proposals
Congress agreed to adjourn until December 31 subject to recall by leaders or the President. A $6.036 billion foreign aid package was approved for use over 12 months. Wage boosts for about 480,000 postal workers and 850,000 federal employees were set, with pay changes effective January 1, 1949. Housing and farm measures stalled as conferences broke up.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Taft
GOP
Martin
Massachusetts
Halleck
Indiana
Houht
Arends
Uhners
Wherry
Nebraska
Dan Recall
New Draft Bill Is Sent to President
The House passed a compromise two year military draft bill 259 to 136 sending it to President Truman. It drafts men 19 to 25 for 21 months with immediate effect after a 50 day wait, and allows 161,000 18 year olds to volunteer for one year. The plan limits registration to 18 through 25, defers Guardsmen, and excludes WWII veterans. Iowa Republicans mostly opposed. overall vote split along party lines.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
Taylor
Idaho
Navy
National Guard
Iowa
Duckpin Codes Reveal WWII Navy Nicknames and Gloomy Patrol Tales
The navy disclosed a partial list of coded nicknames for leaders and figures from World War II, with Duckpin referring to Eisenhower and Glyptle to Premier Stalin. Other names included Winston Churchill and Harry Hopkins, while a study of South Pacific usage shows the crew on New Britain faced isolation, using monikers like Downbeat and Naughty Nightingale.
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Clyptic
Navy
Duckpin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Washington
Point
Joseph Stalin
Kilting
Harry S. Truman
Kneephee
Harry Hopkins
President Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
William D. Leahy
George C. Marshall
Edward R. Stettinius
Teeblink
Stettining
James F. Byrnes
Colleen
Ernest J. King
Aunlough
Welle
New Britain
Downbeat
Seek Plan to Halt New Coal Strike
President Truman set up a Taft Hartley board of inquiry to wipe out the threat of another nationwide soft coal strike next month. The board, with David E. Cole as chairman, E. Wight Bakke and Waldo Amanuel Fisher, must report by Wednesday. The contract expires June 30 and miners begin a 10 day vacation June 26.
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Washington
Truman
Tafts Hartles Board of
David E. Cole
Paterson
N. d
E. Wight Bakke
Yale University
Waldo Amanuel Fisher
University of Pennsylvania
Clark
Pension and Welfare
Woverly
Lcat
T. Alan Goldsborough
Hzra van Horn
John L. Lewis
United Mine Wousers
Bridges
R.N. H
Record Fish Day At Gilbert Lake Draws 3200 Kids
Gilbert Lake hosted a large fish day where during a 1:30 to 4 p.m. event about 3,200 children vied for 5,000 bullheads released by conservation officials. Prizes went to multiple youths for longest and second longest catches, with diverse counts and a few mishaps noted.
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Gilbert’s Lake
Delores Jacobsen
Fourth Avenue
Bonnie Ridhe
Avenue Co
Diogenes
Newman Taylor
Oated Avenue
Clarence Parson
Avenue A
Bruce Hanne
South Main
Jerry Driver
Neola
William Haskins
Sixth Avenue
Haskins
Gordon Sitzman
Third Avenue
Retail Merchants Association
Ward Garrett
Gilbert's Pond
Ronald Olsen
Donald Hineman
Arian Bertelson
Irving Wilson
Berlin Border Guarded by Soviet Armored Units
Soviet troops guarded the Berlin border with tanks armored cars and trenches as they blocked travel and sharply cut freight into their sector. They cited protecting their zone against German reichsmarks losing value once the Deutsche mark fully takes effect. Western allies did not protest, awaiting the weekend’s full impact and watching political tension rise after the currency move by Britain United States and France.
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Berlin
Germany
Britain
United States
France
Death Near for Iowa's Oldest GAR Member
Iowa City reports Ebenezer May Murray oldest of Iowa’s two remaining GAR veterans may not reach his 14th birthday on August 27. He has been bedridden a week with a weak heart. His daughter Mrs Chester A Phillips says he is worn out and may live only hours or days.
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Iowa City
Ebenezer May Murray
Iowa
Chester A. Phillips
Vandenberg Hat Tossed in the Ring
Governor Kim Sigler of Michigan hints Senator Arthur Vandenberg could be a candidate if the people demand it as the Pennsylvania GOP caucus nears. With Dewey Taft Warren and Stassen in town, Pennsylvania’s delegates may shape the race before the first ballot, as 548 of 1084 votes are needed for the nomination.
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Philadelphia
Kim Sigler
Michigan
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Hut
Sigler
Vandenberg
Vandleberg
Pennsylvania
Keystone State
James H.duff
Duff
Slater
Congress
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Earl Warren
California
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Washington
Dewey
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Truman nominates 12 to advise European recovery program
President Truman on Saturday named a 12 member public advisory board to assist Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul G Hoffman in managing the European recovery program. The group includes Allan B Kline of Vinton Ta president of the American Farm Bureau Federation.
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Truman
Paul G. Hoffman
Allan B. Kline
Vinton, Ta
American Farm Bureau Federation
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Raynald Raus
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Military Avenue
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