Ridgway Rejects So-Called Cease Fire Promises in Korea
Gen Matthew Ridgway said he did not know what was happening to cease fire proposals but Ahned that things look better than ever. He spoke during a flying visit to South Korean President Syngman Rhee and urged an iron clad agreement rather than a bill of goods as fighting flared with renewed Chinese attacks and air engagements around the 38th parallel. He also warned about a possible Chinese offensive while a Tokyo memo questioned the latest Communist cease fire effort as a political move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Matthew B Ridgway
Syngman Rhee
Ridgway
Ms Tokyo
Skepticism grows over Malik cease fire plan at UN
United Nations observers and state officials express increasing doubt about Jacob Malik s cease fire proposal for Korea. Secretary General Trygve Lie flies back from Europe to coordinate UN review while Britain begins talks with allied governments. Diplomats in Moscow hold guarded optimism that big power talks may ease tensions and advance negotiations to end the Korean War.
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United Nations
USA
Trygve Lie
Europe
Malik
State Department
Soviet Union
Jacob Malik
Korea
38Th Parallel
China
Formosa
Lie
London
New York
Britain
Washington
Peiping
Moscow
Kremlin
Beardsley appoints three to state old age panel
Des Moines Gov William L Beardsley on Tuesday appointed three members to the legislature authorized committee that will study the state old age and survivors insurance plan and report to the next session. The appointees are John Schoen of Sioux City secretary of the Iowa Council of State County and Municipal Employes EMM McConney of Des Moines president of Bankers Life Co and Fred K Schmidt of Eldora past president of the Iowa State Education Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
William $ Beardsley
John Schoen
Sioux City
Iowa Council of State County
Muniapal
Emm McConney
Bankers Life Company
Fred K Schmidt
Eldora
Iowa State Education Association
Betty Breaks Off Betrothal to Tom
Betty Thompson an 18 year old from Atlanta who is terminal with cancer has ended her engagement to Sailor Tom Ashburn of Norfolk Virginia. Tom's mother Indious Falls South Dakota reportedly collapsed upon hearing the news. Betty cites publicity and her illness as reasons, saying she loves Tom but must end the engagement.
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Atlanta
Betty Thompson
Tom Ashburn
Tom
Norfolk
Indious Falls
Betty
His Last Ride in Fire Truck
IOWA FALLS The body of MNM Rickles was taken to the cemetery Monday in a fire truck Rickles had been chief of the fire department for nearly 50 years before his retirement and had asked that his last ride be in the truck.
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Iowa Falls
Mnm Rickles
Rickles
Cyclone strikes family closet in Kernel note
Local item notes a cyclone impact on a family wardrobe with playful tone. Mentions sisters and father figure Faw and Famor, describing tidy and neat outcomes amid weather effects reported by The Kernel.
Nieman Award to John M. Harrison
John M. Harrison former editor of the Acorn in Cambridge Massachusetts was named a Lucius W Nieman fellow at Harvard for the coming academic year He is now associate editor of the Toledo Blade and will study American history through research and advanced work He previously worked with his father E P Harrison on the Acorn and later sold it to John Rigg before returning to Toledo
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Cambridge Mass
John M. Harrison
Oakland
Acorn
Lucius W Nieman
Harvard Unversity
Harrison
Toledo, Blade
Mieman
E P Harrison
The
Blade
John Rigg
Toledo
Beckwith Attorneys Seek New Trial in Waterloo Case
Edward J Beckwith and counsel plan to file a motion for a new trial with Blair Hawk county district court on Tuesday afternoon. Anne Hadley, 19, testifies about her job in Washington, typing and filing errands in the senate office building for her stepfather, Vice President Alben Barkley. She attends Sophie Newcomb College in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Edward J
Buddy) Béckwith
Blair Hawk County
Anne Hadley
Washington
Senate
Alben Barkley
Anne
Sophie Newcomb College
New Orleans
Streetcar Firm Targets Transit In Inter ICC Action
Omaha and Council Bluffs Street Railway files three ICC petitions against Coun nl Bluffs Transit and Thornton Bus Lines seeking to undo Thornton incorporation, revoke Transit temporary permit, and remove joint fare clause. Transit holds option to buy Thornton. ICC deadline for objections passed. temporary permit continued indefinitely as Transit awaits ICC decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coun Nl Bluffs Transit Company
Thornton Bus Lines, Inc
Griswold
Omaha and
Transit
Thornton Lines
ICC
Omaha
Thornton
Ak Sar Ben
James R Kiger
Mit
Senate Democrats Agree to Work Through Vacation Plan
Senate Democrats pledged unanimous support to shelve summer leave and stay in continuous session through September or October to push a four point program. Leaders aim to debate a defense control act, secure final appropriations, pass the foreign aid bill of 3.5 billion dollars, and move a large tax measure aligned with the House approved 7.2 billion dollar追加 tax plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Democrats
Majority
McFarlan
Damz
House
Petition for paving on Filmore Avenue
Ten property owners urged the city council to pave Filmore Avenue a two block stretch at Hilcrest. City Manager Oliver D Comstock asked approval to have consulting engineers report on the request and potential inclusion in a citywide street improvement plan for next spring. The owners ask that paving costs be assessed against their properties. The engineer estimates a ten year cost of about a dime per day per average property.
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Filmore Avenue
Hilcrest Avenue
Oliver D Comstock
Filmore
Juue
Browder’s Son Speaks on Loyalty at Yonkers High
Earl Browder’s youngest son delivers an address on loyalty at Yonkers High School where he stood among the top graduates. William Browder, 18, is tall and studious and ranked second in his class. He earned four awards including a scholarship to MIT.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Browder
Yonkers
Browder
Communist Party
United States
William
Yonkers High School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Aim in Korea to Restore Security and Peace
Secretary of State Acheson told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that withdrawing communist forces behind the 38th parallel could mark a successful end to the Korea conflict. He said U S aims are to repel aggression and restore peace and security, and stressed the need for strong allies to support a large foreign aid package of 8.5 billion dollars to ensure U S security.
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Washington
Acheson
38Th
Korea
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Bill Acheson
Jacob Mahik
United Nations
Iran
Pl Ws
Free World
Eye Compromise in Wage price Tussle
US Senate debated government price wage controls and price rollbacks with no agreement in sight. The CIO threatened another boycott unless a more favorable program passes. Current authority expires at midnight Saturday amid proposals to strike price rollbacks from the bill and to withdraw price support if ceilings stay on any farm product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO
Congress
Senate
House
Strator Douglas
Dil
Senator Wiliams
BR del
Arthur Todd Visits Council Bluffs Playground Inspection
Arthur Todd, Kansas City area representative of the National Recreation Association, toured Council Bluffs playgrounds with Recreation Superintendent Forrest W Wakefield on Tuesday. They planned to inspect summer facilities, review the year long program, and check the department budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Todd
Kansas City Area
National Recreation Association
Council Bluffs
Forrest W Wakefield
Traffic Deaths Feature Across Dates
A brief item notes traffic deaths referenced with two dates June 26 1931 and June 26 1950. It suggests a column-style roundup of fatal crashes marked by specific June anniversaries and local road incidents.
Paving Project Underway in City for 1952
Workmen from Peter Kiewit Construction began removing brick and blacktop on Oakland Avenue as part of a $177175 paving program in 1952. The crew uses a pavement leaker to scoop subsoil and load material into eight trucks while crews prepare Fourth Street and nearby lots for paving and street filling. City Manager Oliver D Comstock says operations should finish by week’s end with salvaged material used to fill areas on Seventeenth and Nineteenth streets and near the sewage pump station.
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Peter
Broadway
Avenue A
Avenue G
Twenty Ninth Avenue
Kiewit
Oakland Avenue
Fletcher Avenue
Fourth Street
Ety
Pfc Harve Mowry Killed in Korea
Pfc Harve Mowry, 25, son of Roy E Mowry of 1422 Avenue, was killed in action May 19 in Korea. Previously reported missing in action, confirmation came Tuesday. He had two years service in World War II, recalled last September, returned to duty April 18 after shrapnel injuries in March. Attended Thomas Jefferson High School. Survived by brother Dan Mowry of Council Bluffs and sister Rose Ann Mowry of Kansas City Mo.
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Harve ¢ Mowry
Roy E Mowry
Avenue
Mowry
Thomas Jefferson High School
Dan Mowry
Council Bluffs
Rose Ann Mowry
Kansas City
County Receives 1952 Auto Plates
Fottawattamie county received its first shipment of 1952 motor vehicle plates. The 12 000 automobile plates and 4 000 commercial sets arrive as color changes to a dark blue with white lettering. Only one plate per car will be issued when sales begin. Through the year motorists used 1950 plates with a 1951 tab. So far this year 20 311 autos have been registered, about 550 more than last year. truck licenses total 3 144 for the full year and 722 for half-year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fottawattamie County
Pat Oneill
O’nel
State Officials Counted for Special Roads Meet at Hotel Chieftain
About 18 attendees including state officials will join a Wednesday noon highway and roads meeting at Hotel Chieftain. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce the aim is paving for highway 100 and improving farm to market roads with Claude Coykendall of Des Moines as principal speaker.
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Hotel Chieftain
Chamber of Commerce
Claude Coykendall
Des Moines
Iowa Good Roads Association
Vere Watson
Howard Brookings
Oakland
Tom Frey
Neola
Farm Bureau
County Board of Supervisors
Frank Eckels
John Dunlavy
Avoca
Paul Mahoney
Virgil Miller
State Highway Commission
Oliver Comstock
Earle C Reynolds
Chamber
L W Ross
British Tankers Caught in Jam
In London Britain ordered the cruiser Mauritius toward Abadan as 27 tankers face a dispute over payments to Iran. Anglo Iran Oil ordered all tankers to depart Abadan immediately, with ten loaded ships blocked by Iranian authorities. Captains refused to sign receipts. they may be forced to pump out to gain clearance.
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London
Britain
Mauritius
Abadan
Herbert Morrison
House of Commons
Anglo
Ramian Oil Company
Iran
Morrson
Morrison
Authorize Jasper Project Payment Approved by Council
The state executive council on Monday approved a payment of $126 492 for land acquisition tied to the Rock Creek artificial lake project in Jasper county, subject to final attorney general review. The action authorizes funds for the Jasper project and proceeds to final checks.
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Jb Maenes
State Executive Council
Attorney General
Rock Creek
Jasper County
Tornado Ravages Duncan and Crystal Lake in Iowa Ga
A major storm ripped through Hancock County and nearby towns causing extensive damage and power outages. Winds up to 67 mph and hail wrecked structures from Walnut to Modale, with a 500 yard destruction swath and total losses pegged near 2.9 million dollars. 250 phones knocked out in Sioux City and Des Moines reports noted widespread outages and farm losses.
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Council Bluffs
Hancock County
Duncan
Crystal Lake
Fred Missal
Weather Bureau
R L Birkholz
Northwestern Bell Telephone Company
Here
Vern Beats
Town Power and Light Company
Broadway
Beats
Walnut
Highway Gardens
Art Lebeck
Otto Christensen Hatchery
Harrison County
Harald Imrie
Logan
Modale
Imrie
Magnolia
Frank Hubbard
Missouri Valley
Dunlap
Sioux City
Des Moines
Iowa
Associated Press
Hampton
Shell Rock
Mason City
Missal
Crystal
Family quarrel ends in tragedy in Waterloo shooting
In Waterloo a 46 year old Marvin Grove fatally shot his wife then wounded his 9 year old son before killing himself in a downtown apartment. Dr Sidney Smith said the son Andy Grove was in critical condition. Investigators noted Grove had reported his wife missing hours earlier and located her near the time of the slaying.
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Waterloo
Marvin Grove
Sidney Smith
Black Hawk County
Andy Grove
Tom Berneman
Grove
Berneman
Grovo
Taft Rejects Truman Claim of Bipartisan Policy
Senator Taft of Ohio denounces President Truman's assertion of a bipartisan foreign policy since Pearl Harbor as an "absolute untruth." He criticizes Truman for "smear campaigns" and says Republicans have not followed a bipartisan line since 1948, speaking after Truman's remarks in Tullahoma, Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waosnington
Taft
Ohio
Truman
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Tullahoma
Tenn
Ohioan
Iowa City Bulletin on Hencher May Head NYU Chancellor
The Iowa City Press-Citizen reported Tuesday that BP President Virgil M. Hencher of the University of Iowa may become the chancellor of New York University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa City
Virgil M. Hencher
University of Iowa
New York University
Iowa City Press-Citizen
Storms Cause Damage and Flood Fears Across Iowa
Torn vehicles and damaged porches mark the Crystal Lake area as a storm demolishes a pier and knocks power lines onto a garage. Northern Iowa rains push Cedar and Boone rivers higher, with Waterloo expecting a 14 to 16 foot crest on the Cedar. Hampton evacuates five families as flash floods threaten homes, while Allison endures an eight inch rainfall flooding roads. Cedar Falls reports multiple accidents and downed trees as storms move through Black Hawk County.
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Oy Des .Moines
Iowa
Boone, Iowa
Cedar Rivers
Waterloo
Cedar River
Priday
Ne & Allison
Allison
Town
Cedar Falls
Black Hawk County
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