Uphold C IO Spending for Political Uses
The supreme court refused to block a lower court ruling upholding the constitutionality of the Taft Hartley act ban on union political spending. The CIO and Philip Murray faced charges after publishing an endorsement in CIO News, but a West Virginia judge had ruled the ban unconstitutional.
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Supreme Court
Washington
Sujen
CIQ
High Court
Ree
Mankiister
Rulledge
Black
Doughis
Sturphy
Ja Rutledge
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
Edward Garmala
Baltimore
Congress
Garmata
Jai
Ben Moore
Charleston
W. Va
United States District Court
Greatest Offensive Opens in Greek War
Athens reports the 9th division pushing four miles into guerrilla territory north of Konitsa as the opening move of what officials call the greatest offensive of the civil war. A guerrilla force led by Captain Kikligos, deputy chief of staff to Communist leader Markos Vafiadis, guns for 70 000 troops aiming to crush about 7 000 rebels in the northern mountains near Albania. Several American Westerners, including two from Iowa, one from Nebraska, and one from South Dakota, are with Kroede units.
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Athens
Konilsa
Surnport
Init 670A
Kikligos
Markos Vaflare
Albania
Kroede Uniits
Legion Country Club Burns at Shenandoah
Shenandoah reports the American Legion clubhouse destroyed by fire early Monday during remodeling. Loss estimated at 38,000 with 25,000 insured. Investigators blame faulty wiring and low water pressure hampered fighting the blaze. Over 700 members lost belongings from lockers and clothing.
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Legion Country Club
Burns
Shenandoah
Shusandoah
American Legion Dauntry Liserve
Inss
Legion
Lian to Check Creek-lake Plan
Harry D. Lian Iowa secretary of agriculture will investigate the venues of Couns al Kitts for Indian creek right of way. Lian named Monday Des Moines a committee of inquiry by the state executive council. The state conservation commission last week declined to permit the city to use the land. The city has asked the executive council to overturn the commission action.
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Harry D. Lian
Iowa
1000 Chinese Drowned at Foochow Flood
A great flood in Foochow Min how inundated the coastal city, drowning about 1,000 residents and leaving 200,000 homeless. Reports from the port city said Monday.
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Nanking
Foochow
Elty
City Starts Road Surfacing Program on Jordan Street
Citywide road program began with graveling Jordan Street on Monday. Oil application will follow once a shipment arrives. officials note residents pay half the cost while the city covers the remainder. Jordan Street residents funded the initial payment.
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CLY
Jordan Street
Kline W. Taylor
Ife
Kennard W. Gardiner
Rains Bring Lifesaving Help for Iowa Crops
Good rains fell across much of Iowa ushering in summer with 65 degrees at dawn in Council Bluffs. Showers and thunderstorms expected through Tuesday raise temperatures to the low 60s to low 80s. rainfall totals from 6:30 am Sunday to 6:30 am Monday reported in towns including Des Moines Dubuque Davenport Mason City and Burlington with amounts from trace to over 1 inch.
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Council Bluffs
Lawn
Mason City
Davenport
Burlington
Iowa
Spencer
Towa Weather Bureau
Cherokee
Estherville Oil
Fort Dodge
Inwood
Onawa
Sioux City
Ames
Clarinda
Creston
Des Moines
Lamont
Charles City
Cedar Rapids
Dubuque
Town Falls
Marshalltown
Albla
Town City
Keokuk
Ottumwa
Gskaloosa
Hamburg
Ford offers small wage increase to 110000 UAW workers
Ford Motor Company proposed an 11 to 14 cent hourly raise for about 110000 CIO United Auto Workers. The plan would grant 14 cents to workers earning $150 or more per hour and 11 cents to those below $150, aiming to reduce wage inequities. The union had sought 30 cents, while the average wage is just above $150 per hour.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
United Auto Workers
Ford
Atlantans Bid For Franchise Change In Bus Plan
C Steinmetz of Atlanta bids for the city bus franchise but seeks changes to favor operators. James R Kiger of Council Bluffs Transit backs the franchise as written. Mayor Sparks to convene a council committee Monday at 2 30 p m to discuss offers while Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Co declines recognition of the document. Steinmetz faults a forfeiture clause and a resident fare petition power, proposing arbitration with a three member board. City Solicitor Mayne and Kistle clash over legality of the draft.
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C. Steinmetz
Atlanta
James R. Kiger
Council Blafts Transit Company
George &. Sparks
Omaha and Council Bluffs Railway and Bridge Company
Addison G. Kistle
Tram
Steinmetz
George H
Iowans Face Glasses Rule Under Birthday Licenses
Iowa public safety commissioner Al Kahl says the new birthday based driver license law will require about 200000 residents to drive with glasses. An estimated 48000 will be restricted to daytime driving even with glasses, while most will need glasses only every two years on renewal. The aim is to ensure the best eyesight on highways.
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Mnqines
al Kahl
Iowa
Fight Postponed In Chicago For Weather Threats
Ray Sugar Robinson and Bernard Docu sen world welterweight championship fight postponed to next Monday night due to threatening weather in Chicago.
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Chicago
Ray "Sugar" Robinson
Bernard Docusen
Blasts Rock Powder Co Three Men Killed in NJ Plant
A series of three deafening blasts at Hercules Powder Co in Kenil New Jersey killed three workers and injured at least two others. Company officials said the explosions began in three nitro glycerine buildings and the structures were damaged. cause was not known. The blasts rocked most of northern New Jersey and occurred during a period with few workers nearby.
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Kenil
N. J
Hercules Powder Company
Hine
New Jersey
Start Recount of Supervisor Vote in Underwood Primary
Supervisor Ian Scott of Underwood asked for a recount of ten ballots after a June 7 primary. Board Chairman Jim Henry said the recount would start at 1 30 p m with state checker Earl Halroway and Deputy County Auditor Roy Proctor assisting. Scott had 1671 votes while winners were Henry Johns 1812 and John C Anderson 1766.
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Ian Scott
Underwood
Jim Henry
Scott
Henry Johns
Walnut
John C. Anderson
Honey Creek
Henry
Earl Halroway
Depuy
Roy Proctor
Supply Trains Stand Still in Berlin
Berlin suffers a supply blockage as about 10,000 Americans in the city wait while a US Russian currency reform deadlock halts freight trains. The Soviet commander in Germany proclaims the reform completes the division of Germany. American rails through the Soviet zone are halted, leaving air deliveries as the sole supply channel. Soviet inspectors insist on curbing smugglers bringing currency into the western zones and Berlin.
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Berlin
Germany
U. S
Carroll Hangar Swept by Fire at Municipal Airport
Fire swept two hangars at Carroll municipal airport Sunday night causing about 35,000 in damages. A Piper Cub owned by Arden Reiman of Arcadia was a total loss. Four Cessnas were damaged around 1,000 each. Airport manager Lawrence Rushen Beerg reported the hangar was insured.
Marked Drop in Spring Pig Crop in Iowa 1949
Iowa's 1949 spring pig crop was estimated at 11,334,000 head, the smallest since 1941, reflecting a 6 percent drop from 1948. Farrowings totaled 1,707,009 sows, with pigs saved per litter at 6.64, the highest in 25 years. The decline is blamed on less favorable corn hog price relations and deliberate sow reductions.
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Des Moines
Towa
Iowa
National Forecast Also Shows Decline
A 1948 pig crop of 41,421,000 head the smallest since 1941 and 3 percent below last spring was reported by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. The forecast predicts a fall crop near 31,900,000 head if sow and pig-saving figures align with the 10 year average, about 1 percent under last year. Combined spring and fall crops would be 2 percent under 1947 and 5 percent below the 10 year average.
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Wasminglad
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Beard
Funeral for Dr. Frederic Knight in Lafayette
Funeral services will be held here Tuesday for Dr. Frederic B. Knight 56 head of the Purdue university division of education. He died Saturday. Knight formerly was at the University of Iowa.
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Lafayette
Ind
Frederic B. Knight
Purdue University Division of Education
Knight
University of Iowa
Radar Exhibited as Newest Treatment for Rheumatism
Howard W. Blakeslee reports at the American Medical Association meeting in Chicago on radar therapy developed at the Mayo Clinic. A metal cup emits radar through aching tissues heating blood and tissue to ease swelling and pain in bursitis and rheumatic joints. The five minute treatment raises tissue temperatures and increases blood flow, with effects lasting after the unit is shut off.
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Howard W. Blakeslee
Associated Press
Chicago
Meyo Clinic
K. G. Wakim
D. J. Erickson
GOP to Pitch Platform on Record of Congress
Philadelphia reports that the GOP platform committee debated a foreign policy plank deemed the most international yet, as Republicans map a 1948 platform centered on the record of the 80th Congress. Leaders like Speaker Martin push for bipartisan action and a platform ratified by the convention.
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Congress
Philadelphia
GOP
Republican Party
Francis M. le
Truman
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Two New Polio Cases Reported in Mercy Hospital
Mercy hospital admitted two more infantile paralysis patients on Sunday. Roy Hansen, 14, of Logan, and Mrs. Bernard Hare, 26, from Wondkins, were listed as good on Monday. The Southwest Town region now shows 36 polio cases with seven at Mercy.
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Mercy Hospital
Roy Hansen
Fred Hansen
Logan
Bernard Hare
Mercy
Greek Fraternal Group Elects at Sioux City
Delegates to the 16th annual convention of district 14, order of AHEPA, and its auxiliary were to elect new officers in the final business session Monday at the Martin hotel. More than 600 persons from Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Iowa attended sessions that began Sunday, including the Daughters of Penelope and the Sons of Pericles youth group.
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Sioux City
District 14
Order of Ahepa
Martin Hotel
National
Greek Fraternal Organization
Daughters of Penelope
Sons of Pericles
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Ambassador Arrives in Washington Credentials Presented
Dr. Vladimir Outrata, new ambassador of the Czechoslovak communist government, presented his credentials Monday to President Truman in Washington. The ceremony marked the official start of his assignment as envoy to the United States.
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Washington
Vladimir Outrata
Czechoslovakia
Truman
Weather Summary for Council Bluffs and Vicinity
Partly cloudy Tuesday with occasional showers or thunderstorms and highs in the lower 80s. Iowa reports cloudy skies with showers or thundershowers and Tuesday highs from 75 to 80. Nebraska expects partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers and total precipitation around 8.55 inches, with a 3.89 inch deficit.
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Iy Ule Ud
Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs and
Iowa
Nebraska
Price Supports in Farm Program Analysis
Philadelphia news reports Republicans claim a political blow as the new farm program enacts permanent government price supports. It omits Truman’s stand-by plan to divert surpluses to the poor, potentially shaping the 1948 campaign dynamics. The program preserves 90 percent parity for most products this year and lowers to 75 percent in 1950 if supplies are normal.
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Ovid A. Martin
Philadelphia
Congress
Truman
Ancher Nelson
Minnesota
Civil War Veteran Dies at Iowa City
Ebenezer Mee Murray, aged 103, one of Iowa's last Civil War veterans, died Monday at his daughter's home in Iowa City. He would have turned 104 on Altz. 27 and had attended the GAR encampment in recent years. Murray, senior vice commander of the Iowa GAR, outlived by fellow survivor James P. Martin of Sutherland.
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Lowa City
Ebenezer Mee Murray
Iowa
McMurray
GAR
Iowa City
C. A. Philips
Dean C. A. Phillips
Dewey Taft Pace Up at GOP Convention in Philadelphia
At the 24th Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, Dewey and Taft surged in the presidential race while rivals like Van Denberg and Stassen remained ready to challenge. Pennsylvania delegates delayed a decisive showdown, voting 72 favorite-son votes for Senator Edward Martin as the process continues.
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Florence Kay
Dewey
Slassen
Taft
Adelphia Hotel
Philadelphia
Jack Bell
Pennsylvania
Finois
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Rupert
Taft F
Ohio
Carrol Reece
Tennessee
Reece
Communist Party
Congress
Truman
Washington
Bill Beaton
Edward Martin
Truman Leads White House Campaign Strategy Session
A meeting of about 15 top Democrats with President Truman was disclosed by Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross. The session occurred at the White House on Sunday, where Truman reviewed his 15 day western speaking tour.
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Truman
Washington
Charles G. Ross
White House
Ross
Denver Officer Elected Reserve Officers New Exec Committeeman
Named committeeman Capt. B. L. Wynes of Dubuque was elected an executive committeeman of the Reserve Officers association which ended its convention here during the week end.
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Denver
Col
B. L. Wynes
Dubuque
Reserve Officers’ Association
Iowa Traffic Deaths Reported June 21, 1948
A brief Iowa notice reports traffic fatalities occurring on or around June 21, 1948. The item notes casualty figures and locations, naming involved counties and cities and listing any agencies handling the investigation. The short summary reflects the era’s reporting style without graphic detail.
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Cid
Atlantan
Blasts Rock Powder Co
Vandenberg R.mich
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Organized Labor
Price
Heer
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