Fist-Swinging Sparks House Housing Talk
In a House floor clash over the housing bill, Rep. Cox slapped Rep. Sabath and was countered with a jab, as witnesses described a brief one round exchange during a quorum call. The incident occurred amid tense debate on housing provisions and funding figures.
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Washington
Sabath
D-Ill
Rep
Cox
D-Ga
Walter
R-Pa
Waller
Ume
Rep. Delany
DNY
Truman
Krug Collapses During Testimony Before House Panel
Secretary of the Interior Krug, 41, suffered a heart related illness while testifying before a House committee. He was escorted to an adjoining office for a brief rest and then recovered after about a half hour. The illness followed a similar attack about a year earlier.
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Washington
Krug
House Committee
President Signs Appropriation Bill in Washington
President Truman signed a 362,262,110 appropriation bill financing the legislative establishment for the coming fiscal year starting July 1. The measure provides funds for the senate the house the Library of Congress the Government Printing Office and related legislative agencies.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
House
Congress
Government Printing Office
Four Alarm Fire on Potomac Waterfront Suppresses 11 Businesses
A four alarm blaze on Washington's Potomac river waterfront swept through a block of 11 establishments including restaurants and fish markets before being brought under control at dawn Wednesday. Fire crews battled intense flames and thick smoke, with authorities assessing damage and investigating the cause. Local residents were advised to avoid the area as updates were awaited.
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Washington
Potomac River
Zoning Issue May Go to Plan Group
The zoning controversy at 501 Frank Street to reclassify from class A to class B may return to the planning commission for recommendation. Aldermen Lutz Cleveland Madigan Katelman voiced varied views on sending the matter back, with Keller of Howard Manufacturing cited as opposing moves and a convalescent home noted at the address.
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Frank Street
Planning Commission
John Lutz
Lutz
Commission
T. W. Keller
Keller
Howard Manufacturing Company
Cleveland
Albert Cleveland
Board of Adjustment
Kenneth A. Madigan
Joseph B. Katelman
Railway Strikers to Restore Trains in Berlin
Western Berlin railway workers decided late Wednesday to resume Inter zonal freight traffic. They will report to West Berlin marshalling yards Thursday to prepare for untangling five weeks of disruption, with freight trains planned to move by Friday toward unloading stations.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
Man sells car for 215. ends with no auto and bounced check
Robert O'Connor sold his car for 215 to a man calling himself Smith who left him with a bad check. Smith then sold the car to Clem Phillips for 100 cash, disappeared, and the check bounced. Lawyers say Phillips, as an innocent purchaser, holds title.
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Ceoangarids
Robert O'Connor
Smith
O’conoor
Iowa Traffic Deaths UR and The Associated Press June 22 1949
A report from Iowa records traffic fatalities with details on the incidents investigated or summarized by the Associated Press. The note references events around June 7 and notes the ongoing tally and circumstances reported by authorities and responders.
Paris Results on U S on Right Track
Secretary for State Acheson heads to report on the Paris foreign ministers meeting and urge faster action on the Atlantic pact and arms program. President Truman endorses steady foreign policy while noting limited progress. The Paris session aimed at Austria independence and broader Western alliance goals.
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Washington
Acheson
Senate
Paris
Truman
Germany
Western
Europe
Trttman
Austria
Control Failure Blamed in Des Moines Crash Near Waverly
The Iowa commerce commission blamed failure to properly control an Illinois Central freight train for a two train collision near Waverly May 26 that killed IC engineer E. C. Bradfield of Waterloo. The report called for improved IC signal location and noted a joint ICC investigation.
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Des Moines
Low Commerce Commission
Waverly
Central
Chicago Great Western
E. C. Bradfield
Waterloo
Franklin
Commission
No Bonus Checks Until Midday in Iowa Policy
DES MOINES Iowa State Treasurer John Grimes said there will be no bonus payments before mid July unless there is a formal waiver of appeal from a Supreme Court ruling. He noted the bonus board will wait the 30 day rehearing petition period unless waived and that no checker will be paid until the Court issues its final order, which cannot occur before mid July without a waiver.
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Des Moines
John Grimes
Supreme Court
Bonus Board
Ottumwa Father Sentenced for Beating Son in Assault Case
An Ottumwa father Truman Cliburn, 39, was sentenced by Police Judge Lowell Wharton to 30 days in jail on an assault and battery charge for beating his 9 year old son with a coil spring from a screen door. Cliburn posted a 300 appeal bond.
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Lowell Wharton
Truman Cliburn
Coburn
Signatures Demand From Archdiocese Oppose Beran
Prague clerical and lay workers report being forced to sign statements denying support for Archbishop Josef Beran. The government accuses Beran of aiming to destabilize the nation while vowing legal action. Some signatories fear loss of homes and jobs, reflecting a broader communist effort to erode church backing.
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Prague
Josef Beran
Beran
Benefits to 180000 Iowa veterans reach GI bill five years
Des Moines reports more than 180 000 Iowa World War I veterans have benefited from the GI bill since its start five years ago. Of these, 100 275 received schooling or on the job training, 95 840 got readjustment allowance payments while unemployed, and 28 271 received loans totaling 123 606 332. Home loans numbered 21 674 for 102 394 747, with 3 806 loans paid in full. Currently 33 689 veterans, including 2 678 disabled, are in job or institutional training and 6 294 receive unemployment or self employment readjustment allowances. 397 severely disabled veterans have received amputee car program vehicles.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Veterans ‘Administration
W. B. Nugent
Nugent
Indirect Approval to Arms Program by Governors
The nation’s governors signaled indirect approval of the administration’s 1.13 billion dollar program to arm Western Europe against communism. The 41st annual conference of state executives was likely to reject a plan to cut federal grants by 20 percent in exchange for government withdrawal from certain tax fields. The conference will elect a new chairman to replace Maryland’s Gov. William P Lane Jr, with western Republican prospects led by Kansas Gov. Frank Carlson.
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Colorado
Arninus
Western
Europe
William Preston Lane, Jr
Mary Iiand
Kansas
Frank Carlson
Food Price Index Holds Steady at Wholesale Level
The Dun & Bradstreet Wholesale food price index for this week remains unchanged from eight weeks earlier at 568 dollars. It measures the total wholesale cost of three pounds each of 31 commonly used foods. The current index is 20.7 percent below the year-ago figure of 7.16.
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New York
Dun & Brad Street
Salberg Re-elected President Of Iowa Postal Clerks
Harry O. Salberg of Sioux City was re-elected president of the Iowa State Federation of Postoffice Clerks at its convention in Cedar Rapids on Tuesday.
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Cedar Rapids
Harry 0. Salberg
Sioux City
Iowa State Federation of Postoffice Clerks
Late Applications for Corn Loans Flood AAA
Iowa landowners and tenants race to file for government corn loans or purchase agreements as deadlines loom. AAA offices report June 30 cutoff for loan bids that require grain inspection and moisture testing, with purchase agreements closing at 5 p.m. June 30 without grade tests. May 31 data show about 153 million bushels under town or purchase agreements.
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Dea Moines
County Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Iowa Production and Marketing Administration
AAA
Iowa
Thundershowers Forecast Again
The weather service warns of another thundershower in the vicinity Wednesday night with warm readings in the upper 60s to 90s. One shower hit Council Bluffs near noon as temperatures climbed toward 90, with Tuesday’s high 80 and Wednesday’s early low 64.
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Council Bluffs
Associated Press
Farm Corps
New England
New York
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Postpone Hearing on Airline Merger
A civil aeronautics board official said the CAB postponed a hearing on the Parks Airlines and Mid-Continental Airlines merger due to motions involving Parks. The July 18 hearing cannot proceed until motions to reopen three decisions on local feeder service in the Mississippi Valley, North Central states and Great Lakes areas are resolved. Parks, a feeder line not yet operating, was awarded routes in those cases.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Parks Airlines
Mid-Continent Airlines
Parks
Mississippi Valley
North Central States
Great Lakes
Anti Poll Tax Bill Approved
The House Administration Committee on Wednesday approved anti poll tax legislation. The bill would bar states from requiring poll taxes for any federal election voting eligibility. It is part of President Truman's civil rights program.
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Washington
House Administration Committee
President Truman
Airliner Crashes Near Memphis Injuring Dozens
A 40 passenger American airliner named The City of San Antonio crashed on a clearing near Memphis after departing the municipal airport. The flight bound for New York developed engine trouble and nosed into trees just outside the city, injuring at least 30 persons. No fatalities reported.
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Memphis
Tenn
Municipal
San Antonio
New York
Nevada Woman Daisy Nungesser Dies in Highway Crash
Daisy Nungesser 63 of Las Vegas a former Nevada Democratic Committeewoman died in a one vehicle crash on highway 75 near Loveland. Sister Estelle Carson 61 and husband Bert 65 hospital in Mercy with injuries. Nungesser death listed as third Floyd County fatality outside Council Bluffs in 1949. Funeral home in Missouri Valley to handle arrangements.
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Daisy Nungesser
Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada
Loveland
Estelle Carson
Carson
Bert
Mercy Hospital
Carsons
Denver, Col
A. W. Keller
Hennessey and van Cleave Funeral Home
Missouri Valley
Kendall Nungesser
Los Angeles
Calif
Towa
Scattered Poli o Cases Reported This Year in Des Moines Area
Des Moines health officials report Polio cases this year are scattered with 33 cases through last Saturday, far below last year’s 70. In the two week period ending then there were 10 cases, five each week, compared to 17 the prior year. Five cases last week were in Cerro Gordo, Calhoun, Grundy, and Tama counties. the week before last included Webster, Calhoun, Poweshiek, and Greene. Last year set a record with 1,236 cases for the full year, far exceeding 1947 and 1929 numbers.
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Des Moines
State Health Department
Iowa
Cerro Gordo County
Calhoun
Grundy
Tama
Grundy County
Webster County
Poweshick and Greene
Celler orders full inquiry into Alabama hooded flogging
Rep. Cel ler directs a civil rights sub committee of the house judiciary panel to probe hooded flogging incidents near Birmingham. Rep. Byrne will lead the inquiry as staff locates witnesses, with Celler urging civil rights legislation.
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Washington
Rep
Celler
D-N
Alabama
House Judiciary Committee
Cellier
Rep. Byrne
Birmingham
Illinois House kills dog bill in split 63 to 60 vote
The Illinois House on Wednesday defeated a bill to expand animals used in medical research. The measure fell 114 votes short of passage with a 63 to 60 roll call. Nearly two hours of debate sparked charges of torture and misdirected sentimentality.
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Ilinois
Springfield
Illnols House
Hiss Reputation Called Excellent by Frankfurter
Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter testified at Alger Hiss perjury trial that Hiss’s reputation for loyalty, integrity and veracity was excellent. He recalled recommending Hiss for a 1929 law clerk post and said he never heard Hiss’s reputation questioned. Justice Reed also attended as a potential character witness.
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New York
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Lloyd Paul Stryker
State Department
Department
Frankfurter
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Harvard Law School
Justice Holmes
U. S. Supreme Court
Stanley Reed
Senate sponsors win AFL backing for labor bill
James C. Petrillo, head of the AFL, endorsed Senators Douglas and Aiken as they push a compromise labor bill. He said a large portion of organized labor would back them, while Taft favors a mixed seizure and injunction approach over government seizure of industries in critical strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James V. Hunt
Washington
Senate Investigating Committee
Clyde Hoey
D.N. C
New York Herald Tribune
Massachusetts
Paul Grindle
Hunt
Senate
James C. Petrillo
Petrillo
AFL American Federation of Music Fans
Douglas
Alker
Taft
Coplon Defense Story Holds Firm at Espionage Trial
Washington dispatch reports Judith Coplon stood firm on her defense of affection for a Russian engineer at the United Nations amid cross examination. Prosecutor Kelley pressed her on admitted romantic liaisons with H. P. Shapiro, a Justice Department attorney, disclosed during testimony.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
John M. Kelley, Jr
Miss Coplon
United Nations
New York
Kelley
Miss Copion
H. P. Shapiro
Justice Department
Lightning Strikes Two Brothers In Farm Thunderstorm
Ute farmer Wilfred Waderich was killed by a lightning bolt while his brother Ralph was struck and injured during Monday night’s thunderstorm. The two men were under a tree when the bolt struck. Ralph is reported recovering.
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Wilfred Waderich
Waderich
Ralph
Spring Pig Crop Rises 15 Percent to 59 Million
Washington reports the 1949 spring pig crop at 59,040,000 head, up 15 percent from 1948, with fall pigs forecast around 37,000,000. The larger spring supply may pressure hog prices despite a looming government price support program. State production figures for 1939 and 1948 show major hog outputs in Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and other midwestern states.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
D Ment
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Congress
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Iowa
Missouri
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa pig crop second largest on record in 1943
Iowa's 1943 spring pig crop rose 1844 percent from last year to 13 435 000 pigs from 2 048 000 sows farrowing, the second largest on record. The largest spring crop was 15 117 000 head in wartime 1943, with 11 334 000 last year. Farmers expect 856 000 sows to farrow this fall, about 10 percent over prior year. Pigs saved per litter averaged 6.56, slightly below last spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Walcott Outweighs Charles By Fourteen Pounds For Title Bout
Jersey Joe Walcott of Camden New Jersey outweighed Ezzard Charles of Cincinnati by about fourteen pounds at the official weigh in for their NBA world heavyweight championship bout set for Wednesday night at Comiskey Park Chicago. Charles held betting odds at seven to five over Walcott with Walcott at six to one.
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Chicago
Jersey
Joe Walcot
Camden
Ezzard Charles
Cincinnati
Comiskey Jpark
Wallcott
Charles
Walcott
Grinnell Names Two Professors to Full Professorships
George D. Lovell chairman of Grinnell’s psychology department and William C. Oelke a science staff member have been promoted to full professorships at Grinnell College.
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Grinnell
George D. Lovell
William C. Oelke
Grinnell College
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Acassensae
U.S
Archbishop Beran Mindszenty
Northeastern States
Lon Airline
Justice Frankfurter
Coplon
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