Price Controls Battle Tightens Over Beet Prices
Washington lawmakers clash over Michael DiSalle a price rollback plan amid beef price cuts and wage controls. Senate and House banking committees propose bans on further rollbacks while extending price controls and extending installment payment terms. Taft calls for stretching current controls and delays on new zones. Maybank pledges a real price freeze with additional 2 percent beef rollback in January February 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Banking Committee
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Toledo
Senate Banking Committee
House
Senate Banking Committees
Tnd
Taft R
Ohio
Charles E Wilson
Maybank
D.S C
Civil Defense Meeting Scheduled in Des Moines July 1
Des Moines will host a civil defense meeting on July 1 with county and city chairmen, to discuss issues with state and federal officials. Rodney Selby, Iowa's state civil defense director, announced the plans on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa County
Rodney
Selby
Boston Braves name Tommy Holmes as manager successor
The Boston Braves announced Billy Southworth has resigned and Tommy Holmes will take over, Holmes currently managing Hartford in the Eastern League. Other items note Britain Iran talks breakdown over oil nationalization and U S mediation board response to an AFL pilots strike. Also remarks on UN in Korea from Vice Admiral Badger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Boston Braves
Billy Southworth
Tommy Holmes
Hartford
Thon
Tehran
P—Coil
Britain
Iran
Anglo Iranian Oil Company
County Hospital Costs May Soar
County officials heard a costing study from E A Carter showing hospital care for county patients would rise by an annual 13 000 to 14 000 under proposed rate increases from Jennie Edmundson and Mercy hospitals. Carter cited a 31 percent rise using three months of county records and urged a county welfare board recommendation before June 25. The board also reviewed the cost of removing the courthouse switchboard, which would cost 29 35 monthly for direct lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottawattamie
County Board of Supervisors
E. A. Carter
Jennie
Carter
Mervin Knott
John Anderson
County Welfare Board
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Leopard sighting sparks village disbelief in Spotlight
A humorous note from Chuckle Hunter features a wandering tale of spotting a leopard in a naive village. The Listener dismisses the tale as fabrications, echoing the paper’s playful tone and calling the storyteller a liar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter
Loringe Company
Admiral Badger backs limited bombing in Korea
Vice Admiral Oscar C. Badger urged in Senate testimony that bombing of Red China's supply lines should stay confined to Korea for now. He favored UN sanctions and a naval blockade with the UN, opposed a US only blockade, and supported keeping Formosa out of hostile hands while denying Red China a UN Security Council seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oscar C. Badger
United Nations
Korea
Red China
Senate
MarArthur
Badger
Douglas MacArthur
Peiping
U. N
China
United States
Forrest Sherman
MacArthur
Formosa
U. S
South China
Atlantic
Pacific
Truman
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
U.S
U. N. Security Council
Youth Drowns at Glenwood as Companion Sees Tragedy
Glenwood reports Robert Lafferty, 20, a Mills County State school patient, drowned Sunday while swimming in a creek. A companion was frightened into silence for a day before he reported the incident. Coroner C. I. Remley ruled the death accidental with cramps evident in the body’s position. Lafferty had been admitted to the school in September 1942 from Burlington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khe Nanperen Glenwood
Robert Lafferty
Glenwood State School
C. I. Remley
Mills County
Lafferty
Burlington
Hollywood Star Maxwell Revisit Clarinda Home
Marilyn Maxwell, famed Hollywood star, returned to Clarinda Iowa to visit relatives place roses on her mother's grave and recall childhood days. She spoke of family losses including her father Hal Maxwell and mother. A luncheon and reunion with cousins preceded further travels to Shenandoah and Oklahoma City to rejoin Bob Hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverley Brink
Clarinda
Martyn Maxwell
Iowa
Claradans
Marilyn Maxwell
Veterans Hospitals
Bob Hope
Lincoln
Neb
Marilyn
Atlantic
England
California
Los Angeles
Maxwell
Tokyo
United States
Hal Maxwell
Tabor
Western Union
Clarida
Don Swanson
Miss Maxwell
the Swan
Fred McIntyre
College Springs
Oklahoma City
Okla
Hope
Pilots Strike Over Pay Across United Airlines
900 AFL pilots nationwide walk out over wage terms amid transit stalemate as Detroit resumes streetcar and bus service after a 50 day stoppage. Union seeks eight and a half cent hourly raise while mediation or arbitration looms. UAL operations continue on Korean airlift. Omaha flights halted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Detroit
AFL
United Air Lines
Air Line Pilots Association
UAL
Showers May Come Any Time Soon After Wet Start
The weather bureau warned of scattered showers and possible thunder through Wednesday amid high humidity of up to 95 percent. North of here flash floods pushed high water into the Missouri River, while Modale reports rising groundwater flooding a school basement and causing cracks in plaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Missouri River Valley
Here
Missouri
Modale
Three teens charged in trio of burglaries
Three youths aged 17 and 18 faced charges in municipal court as Deputy County Attorney Don Day accused them of three break ins between June 4 and 15. Donald Parish 17, Victor Edenburn Jr 18, and Albert Tague 18 admitted involvement in Jensen grocery and Wallys Tavern burglaries, with loot including cash, cigarets, beer, ham, bread, Coca Cola and firearms. The gun found in Parish's car helped police crack the cases and all three are jailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Parish
Eighth Avenue
Victor Harold Edenburn, Jr
North Fortieth Street
Albert Leroy Tague
South Ninth Street
Don Day
Edenburn
Parish
Tague
Jensen Grocery
South Eleventh
Wally
Highway 375
Jensen
Levee Boulevard
Union Pacific Bridge
Thorkildsen Crew Starts Tree Cutting for Paving Project
Workmen from Thorkildsen Tree Service of Omaha began cutting trees on Fourth Street Tuesday in preparation for a paving project by Peter Kiewit and Sons. The two block section from Broadway to Ninth Avenue will be repaved and about 50 trees are being removed in the barricaded area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorkildsen Tree Service Company
Omaha
Fourth Street
Peter Kiewit and Sons Company of
Broadway
Ninth Avenue
Miss Penman Retires After 41 Years Teaching Penmanship
Miss Minnie Penman retires in Santa Ana California after a 41 year career in teaching. She taught penmanship and is noted for her long service and dedication to students in the local school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa, Ana
Calif
Minnie Penman
Coy Candidates Loom for President in 1953 Race
Washington report notes widespread reluctance among major figures to reveal 1953 presidential plans. Truman says he knows what he will do but won’t say, while others such as Eisenhower, Dewey, Stassen, Taft, Warren, MacArthur and McCarthy keep their options close. Look Magazine surveys show few Democrats favor Truman as first choice. Eisenhower leads among Democrats and Republicans alike. The piece captures a field of coy contenders and a dim view of clear declarations amid looming conventions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Truman
Jack Bell Washington
Truman
Mrs. Truman
Margaret
Alben Barkley
Kefauver
Tennessee
Douglas
Illinois
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
William O. Douglas
Fred Vinson
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Look Magazine
iIt
Dwight JD. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
Gov
Thomas ©. Dewey
New York
Eisenhower
Earl Warren
California
Douglas MacArthur
Kenneth 8. Wherry
Nebraska
Joseph McCarthy
Rwis
Comptroller Warns Senators of Weakened Government Morals
Comptroller General Lindsay C Warren told a Senate labor subcommittee that there has been an undoubted weakening of moral standards in government and beyond. He urged a citizen commission to draft ethics reforms and noted corruption risks during WWII. He cited lavish gifts to officials, including TVs liquor and watches, and said prompt action was taken to recover gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lindsay C. Warren
Congress
Warren
Sam
Senate Labor
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Federal Housing Administration
Temporary Span at Woodbine to Get July 10 Bid
Iowa highway officials told Gov Beardsley bids will be opened July 10 for a temporary bridge over the Boyer river at Woodbine to replace a span washed out by a June 1 truck incident. A permanent span is planned for 1952. the temporary will be sized for current traffic on Highway 30. Attendees included reps from Denison Dunlap Woodbine and Council Bluffs among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa State Highway Commission
Woodbine
William J . Beardsley
W. E. Carrington
Persia
A. L. Thomas
Logan
Beardsley
Highway Commission
Earle C. Reynolds
Robert R. O'Brien
Council Bluffs
William Koostra
Glade Linderman
Leo McTague
Tom Shaddy
Denison
L. E. O'Conner
O. E. Bramson
Carl Kirk
R. G. Moore
Frank Daily
Darrell Cooper
Dunlap
Harold Roundy
Paul M. Kinney
John
Kelley
O. L. Doyle
Howard Cox
Gene A. Christian
Lester Meyers
Sinking Oil Well Near Little Sioux
A 12 man Omaha drilling crew advanced a 300 foot depth at a test oil well near Little Sioux Iowa on the John Johnson farm. Financed by M. E. Hall and associates of Danville Illinois the project targets at least 2000 feet with soil and mineral sampling as it proceeds. One eighth royalty agreed with landowners if oil is struck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Sioux — Owl
Omaha Drilling Company
M. £. Hall
Danville
Til
Harrison County
John Johnson
Viurray Hill
Sam Pies
California Junction
Yankees Quintuple Chisox in Opener
New York Yankees beat Chicago White Sox 11 to 9 in a long opener as Bobby Brown drove in Joe Collins with the winning run in the sixth. The win trimmed Chicago’s lead to 2% games. Other major league scores listed show Boston and New York results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bobby Brown
Joe Collins
New York Yankees
Chicago
White Sox
Yanks
Houplatt
Kretlow
Alamo
Iraud
Maat
Overmire
Shee
Kramer
Catrowakd
Tentative Adoption of Drainage District Plan
The board of supervisors tentatively adopted a plan to create a drainage district from the southwest end of Honey Creek Lake to the Missouri River and continued the meeting to July 12 at 10 am. The county auditor will name three appraisers to assess damages, with a final decision to be made at the July meeting. Protestors claimed no benefit, land damage, increased assessments, and skewed benefits to a few.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Supervisors
Honey Creek Lake
Missouri River
Britain to block all shipments to red China via Hong Kong
Britain announced on Tuesday plans to halt all shipments of strategic goods to China through the crown colony of Hong Kong, signaling a broad export restriction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
Red China
Hong Kong
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Paris
Robert B. Carney
Europe
David M. Schlatter
Banking Committee
Civil Defense Meeting
Bulletins
Washington P
National Mediation Board
AFL Air Line Pilots’ Association
United Airlines
Glenwood
Oto
Hollywood
AAL
Aoe
Miss Penman
Little Sioux
Yankees
Chisox
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!