Ask Congress for Expansion of Aid to Needy
The administration urged Congress to expand its $1 billion annual aid program for the needy by $200 million to $250 million. It would cover home relief and medical care for all needy people, with up to $100 monthly for a couple and $20 for each additional person. Altmeyer testified the plan aims to extend federal matching funds with states and broaden coverage beyond the aged, blind, and dependent children.
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Congress
Arthur J. Altmeyer
House
Ways and Means
Truaman
Altmeyer
Truman
Mr. Truman
Rolls Altmeyer
Mississippi
Colorado
Scott County Pair Bound Over to Jury
Davenport officers tied Donald Harbor aged 21 and Eloise L. Rhoades aged 19 to a Scott county district court bound over hearing on charges of assault with intent to murder. Both pleaded not guilty. They allegedly planned to kill the girl’s foster parents for a trip to California but failed when the man wavered during the attempted attack.
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Davenport
Scott County District Court
John J. McSwigkin
Donald Harbor
Eloise L. Rhoades
California
No Successor Yet for Judge Dewey
Federal Judge Charles A. Dewey retires Tuesday but no successor named yet. Federal court officials said a temporary appointment may be asked to serve until a replacement is appointed. Fifteen men are seeking the position.
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PES Maines
Charles A. Dewey
Dewey
Seek Showdown on the Filibuster
President Truman presses for a Senate rule change to end filibuster delays in civil rights legislation. Senate leaders and Southern Democrats prepared to mount indefinite debate to block action, aiming to preserve the tactic for upcoming anti poll tax and anti lynching measures.
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Washington P
Truman
Senate
Lucas
Hlinals
Congress
Wartier
White House
Buster
Death Toll Rises to Nine at Kenyon College Fire
GAMBIER O. The Kenyon College fire killed nine, with Jack McDonald, 18, of Hamilton Ohio, dying from a skull fracture after leaping from a third floor dormitory room as flames swept the Old Kenyon dormitory early Sunday. Mercy Hospital in Mount Vernon treated him. earlier the college said eight would not be found alive.
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Kenyon College
Jack McDonald
Hamilton
McDonald
Kenyon
Dremitory
Mercy Hospital
Mount Vernon
Fen
Sioux City Mayor Conley Fines Over Parking Ticket
Sioux City mayor Dan J. Conley received an overtime parking ticket on Saturday and paid a $1 fine on Monday. The incident is described as a routine traffic matter with no further action reported.
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Sioux City
Dan J. Conley
Conley
Mardi Gras Ball Crowned Eine P Juel and Rozan Peterson
Einer P Juel a banker and Rozan Peterson a University of Iowa junior were crowned king and queen of the Mardi Gras ball at the City auditorium. The event, attended by nearly 1,800 people and sponsored by Central chapter of St Paul's Episcopal church, followed the prior year's rulers.
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Einer
P. Juel
Rozan Peterson
University of Iowa
C. Gregory Ouren
Barbara Wright
Coleen Ann Hannum
Earl. Hannums
Virginia Peterson
Alvert E. Peter Sons
Elk Horn
King Einer
Council Bluffs Savings and Loan Association
Council Bluffs
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Cornell Bluffs Lions' Club
Masons, Elks, Moose
St. John's English Lutheran Church
Barbara
Emner, Jr
Central Chapter
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Sioux Citians Pay $391 in Fines After Raid
One hundred eight residents paid fines and costs totaling 391 after being sentenced by Municipal Judge George M. Paradise for frequenting a disreputable house and intoxication. They pled guilty after a raid on the T. M. A. club on February 20. Six also pled guilty to intoxication. The group’s size likely set a new municipal court record.
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Sioux City
George M. Paradise
Tuling
T. M. A. Club
Paradise
Iowa Traffic Deaths Reported by The Associated Press
A historical Iowa traffic death tally is compiled with dates listed as February 28, 1849 and February 28, 1481. The brief notes record fatalities attributed to road incidents, reflecting early reporting of traveler casualties in the region.
Opposition to U S plan to rearm Western Europe
Washington reports debate grows over arming western European nations and a proposed North Atlantic security treaty. Senators Taft and Pepper split on rearmament. Taft warns it could provoke Russia while Pepper supports the alliance and an international police role. Key talks set with Acheson and NATO members. Norway may join.
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U. S
Western Europe
Taft
Ohio
Russia
Gna
Ohioan
Europe
Pepper
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
Canada
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Vandenberg
Norway
North Atlantic
U.S
Train kills man at Alta Vista crossing
Alvin Wismer of Alta Vista, 52, was killed by a southbound Chicago Great Western train at a crossing about half a block north of the station. Coroner Paul E. Gardner of New Hampton investigated the death.
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Alta Vista
Alvin Wismer
Chicago Great Western
Chickasaw County
Paul E. Gardner
New Hampton
Bridges Fallout in Iowa as Ice Strikes Des Moines River
Bridges in Iowa suffer from ice floes and heavy highway traffic. The Chillicothe steel bridge on highway 15 north of Ottumwa collapsed, injuring no one fatally but sending workers scrambling from side spans. Temporary spans are replacing damaged crossings while the state highway commission plans new superstructures for Clarinda Webster City and Council Bluffs bridges.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Chillicothe
Ottumwa
Des Moines
Clem Deevers
Brad Tenkins
Wapello County and County Super
Eddyville
Albia
State Highway Commission
Clarinda
Webster City
Cornell Bluffs
Council Bluffs
Five More Plead Guilty in Bulgaria Church Trial
In Sofia Bulgaria five more Protestant churchmen pleaded guilty in a spy trial bringing total guilty pleas to eight while seven others face verdicts. Defendants denounced themselves repented and urged a cleaner to serve the communist government.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Ali
Britain
United States
Georgi Chernov
Harold Welch Dies at Shenandoah at 52
Special to The Nailparen Shenandoah funeral services will be held Tuesday at the Methodist church for Harold Welch 52 vice president of Mt Archer nursery in Shenandoah who died at his home Sunday after a long illness Burial will be in Rose Hill cemetery Buntz funeral home is in charge Welch was known as a director of Earl May Seed Co and a past president of the Iowa Nurseryman's Association Survivors include his widow one son William Welch a Northwestern University student two daughters Mrs Bill Snyder Des Moines and Anna Belle Welch at home and two grandchildren
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Methodist Church
Harold Welch
Mt. Archer Nursery
Rose Hill Cemetery
Buntz Funeral Home
Walch
Iowa
Earl May Seed Company
Iowa Nurseryman’s Association
William Welch
Northwestern University
Evanston
Bill Snyder
Des Moines
Annabele Welch
12 Ton Magnet To Aid ISU Atomic Research
Delivery of a 12 ton magnet for the Iowa State College Institute for Atomic Research was announced Monday by Dr. Gerald Fox head of the physics department. The magnet will be installed in the 70,000,000 electron volt synchrotron as part of the institute.
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Ames
Iowa State College Institute For Atomic Research
Gerald Fox
Servant of Brotherhood phrase used in broadcast clash
Radio commentator Drew Pearson defends using the initials S O B as servant of brotherhood in a public feud with President Truman over Vaughan and Peron medal. Pearson vows to support the president while reinterpreting the initials to promote understanding at home and abroad.
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Washington
Drew Pearson
Truman
Harry H. Vaughan
Pearson
United States
Vaughan
Peron
Argenling
President
Brotherhood
Colder Readings Slow Up Floods in Iowa Region
Colder weather reduced flood pressures along interior Iowa streams Monday after a weekend rise. Forecasts expect warmer conditions Tuesday with possible rain or snow and readings between the 20s and high 30s. Ice jams and rising rivers threaten areas from Leavenworth to Guttenberg with alerts in place for the upper Mississippi and Iowa basins.
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Iowa
Retired Printer Dave Nicoll Dies After 59 Years at The Nonpareil
Dave Nicoll 80 longtime printer at The Nonpareil died at his home 700 West Washington avenue about 11 a m Monday from general decline. A Perth Scotland native he came to the US as a boy of 11 and joined The Nonpareil as carrier boy before becoming a journeyman in 1889. He left the shop in 1941 to pensioned status after decades in the composing room and was honored by International Typographical Union in 1938 for 50 years of membership. He lived with his sister Margaret and spent much time at the Elks club remained the oldest active printer in local No.203.
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Dave Nicol
Washingtonington Avenue
Scotland
Nicoll
International Typographical Union
Union
The
Elks Club
Margaret
Perth
Dave
Cornell Bluffs
Management Must Accept Five-Day Week Say Unions
Chicago railway labor groups representing about one million non-operating workers demand the five-day week as defined by a fact finding board to settle their wage and hour dispute peacefully. The emergency board mediation is interpreted to support the employees, the unions say.
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Chicago
Co-Operative Railway Labor Organizations
Russian Roulette Fatal to Iowa Boy
A 14-year-old boy, Joseph Richard Williams, was killed by a gunshot at his grandparents' home in Waterloo in what coroner Sidney D. Smith called an apparently accidental death. A 15-year-old friend, Carl Brigson, said Williams played with the revolver while reading a comic. Williams reportedly spun the cylinder and asked, “I wonder how it would come out?” before pulling the trigger.
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Waterloo
Sidney D. Smith
Joseph Richard Williams
Carl Brigson
Fried
Young Williams
Williams
Brigson
Brig
Bases Crime Career Glamor Exploits In Chicago Jewel Heist
CHICAGO police arrested 21 year old William Lendrelt after he admitted his brief burglary career was inspired by a recently arrested jewel thief. He was seized by three squads after burglars alarm at the fashionable home of Harry Levinson, jeweler and pawn broker, sounded from a third floor bedroom where drawers were rummaged.
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Chicago
William Lendrelt
Harry Levinson
Hoover Report Attacks Unified Military Structure
The bipartisan Hoover Commission condemns the unified defense setup as weak and civilian control deficient. It urges immediate action to centralize power under the secretary of defense, curb budget autonomy, and improve civilian oversight and mobilization planning.
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Hoover Commission Monflay
Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Department of Defense
Herber Tronver
Congress
Forrestal
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joint Chiefs
Truman
Commission
Secretary of Defense
Defense Establishment
Army, Navy
White House
T He Joint Chiets
Central Intelligence Agency
Research and Development Board
Munitions Board
Dean Acheson
Secretary of State
Royal couple attend Daily Mail ideal home exhibition
Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh made a public appearance in London on Monday their first since Prince Charles's birthday. They visited the ideal home exhibition sponsored by the Daily Mail amid routine royal duties and public displays.
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London
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburg
Prince Charles
The
Daily Mail
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