05 Mar 1950
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Newspaper
Council Bluffs Nonpareil
Location
Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1950
Page
1
A reflective essay argues that outward show fools no one while hypocrisy spans pretence in knowledge social status and background. It contrasts childish pretence with mature thinking and urges grown up thinking in the county, noting reproduction rights reserved.
Washington cables recount Bulgarian police extorting a false espionage confession from a Bulgarian envoy to the U S embassy in Salta. Michael Shipkey, in a state department release, describes 32 hours of coercion and torture that broke a man of integrity and led to a false confession. The 30 year old later fled to safety, tried for sanctuary, was captured again, and indicted on the false confession. Shipkey cited details from 1930 onward, with seven officers present, noting coerced statements and surveillance during interrogation.
Four Abraham Lincoln high school boys from Shenandoah will attend the Southwest Iowa district Hi-Y council meeting in Atlantic Sunday at 2 30 pm to plan the spring conference set for April 28 in Shenandoah. Attendees include Henry Mover Norman Fischer James Pratt and Leren Ratekin with James Hass of Glenwood presiding. Representatives come from Council Bluffs Atlantic Audubon Avoca Bedford Harlan Greenfield Enira Red Oak Shenandoah Tabor Glenwood Mount Ayr and Villisea. District officers include Edward Cambridge Mary Jean Davis Howard Johnson and Har Holt with Holt in charge.
Mrs. Rosa F. Rice, 28, formerly of Park City Utah, was shot to death early Saturday while crossing an Albuquerque street. Her death is being investigated as a city shooting incident with authorities seeking details.
Council Bluffs residents reveal summer travel plans to Europe in the Inside Bluffs column. The page teases lighter features on page 9 and notes the All Southwest Iowa Class B basketball honor team appears on the sports page. A mystery about 100000 army tent stakes is solved in the Council Bluffs story on page 20.
The Red Cross drive gains momentum in Pouwattanmue county as chairs organize fund collection efforts. Aimed at reaching the SIU counts goal by March 15, a new tinel chairman was named, and Deberg of a local church was appointed area chair. Linda Gale, field secretary, reports $3806 already raised. district speakers available for the month through the Council Bluffs Red Cross office.
The ACLU labels the State Department refusal to admit a 12-member European peace delegation a violation of free speech. It argues freedom of information and travel are core democratic principles America aims to promote worldwide, regardless of political opinions.
Arthur C. Marston of Council Bluffs was promoted from first lieutenant to captain in the Guards division. The adjutant general office at Des Moines announced Saturday that Bacon was promoted as well.
Veteran Philadelphia writer Harry Roberts recounts Prof Edwin Melby Sawyer, a college professor guiding the Philadelphia Phillies with erudite teaching methods while directing from the dugout in Shibe Park. Sawyer, a rare blend of academia and major league leadership, stands as a phenomenon in American baseball.
Five candidates vie for two seats on the 1950 school board with a public meeting scheduled Monday March 13 at Community Hall. Moderator Don Harding will pose questions as Fracy Putnam Harry C Voss Eldon Laworth Thomas McMelen and L W Roper present views to voters. Father Singers on program opened by Corner Bluffs group and the session will be broadcast on KEMX.
Two men died when a light plane struck a power line two miles east of Nortil Loup Nebraska and burned. Howard Christensen 48 of Grand Island and Stanley Copeland 25 of Ord were named as the victims. Witness Mervyn Seitudel, a Srotua farmer, saw the craft pass low, then explode and crash into a bog along the North Loup river.
Oil men from all segments converge on Des Moines for a state session of the Iowa oil industry information committee. The meeting aims to augment and strengthen the reorganized 1950 public relations program, with officers expected to be elected or confirmed and plans reviewed.
Council Bluffs enjoyed a predicted warm weekend with a Saturday high near 85 degrees, the warmest in Iowa this year. The forecast called for sun and warmth, with a cooler, partly rainy spell expected Monday and scattered showers later in the week.
Reports say heavy damage and high casualties occurred in Canton on Saturday amid nationalist forces. The southern Chinese metropolis suffers from intense fighting and destruction as authorities attempt to restore order.
Police and the rescue unit dragged Mad creek Saturday night after a report a boy fell into the swift stream. They believed Donald Little, son of Mr and Mrs Carson Little, tumbled off a bridge into six foot deep water after being seen playing on the bridge.
Dr George J Klek city health physician says a definite measles epidemic is sweeping Council Bluffs with 200 to 300 cases likely and many unreported. Over 50 percent of first grade classes at Harrison and Madison are absent with measles while 11 homes and six chicken pox houses are quarantined.
The Weather Bureau reports Sunday will be mostly sunny and warm in Council Bluffs and vicinity with highs near 65. Partly cloudy in town with warmer north and east portions, highs 50 northeast and 60 southwest. The outlook calls for clouds and turning colder Monday with scattered light rain, highs 40 to 45. Hourly readings show a 65 high at 4 p.m. Saturday and a 30 degree low at 6 a.m. Saturday. Total precipitation 2.35 inches and total excess 0.60 inches.
Senate judiciary committee approves a resolution to authorize 100000 dollars for nationwide racketeering inquiry covering prostitution narcotics loan shark rackets swindles extortion and organized crime. Senator Wiley cites gambling losses around 15000000000 yearly as a rough figure amid reports of criminal syndicates in Chicago Los Angeles Miami and New York with Costello named by Mayor Morrison as a slot machine hub.
William H. Osborne, a Bowling Green post office clerk who lost his sight and fingers in a January 26 explosion, is in a Newark hospital for crippled children as doctors begin delicate procedures funded by 869,000 in donations from Kentuckians and postal workers. rehabilitation will graft a new forearm fork and install a cineplastic hand and wrist, aiding his recovery and return to work.
Harold Ai Avenue N owns a white cat named Tom and a brown white rat named Jerry who are close companions. They sleep together and Tom even washes Jerry at waking. Spike the spaniel accepts Tom while wary of rats. Harold plans to sell the other two rats after keeping Jerry and Tom at his Walnut Grove home.
Ames Iowa State College entomologist J U Lilly reported toxaphene killed about 30 percent of cutworms in tested fields and stopped further corn replanting. The insecticide also killed web worms, with about 90 percent of pests felled and the rest stopped feeding. Lilly recommended two pounds of toxaphene in two gallons of spray per acre.
The Sander mercy murder trial at Manchester New Hampshire presents the first public clinic on life and death. It centers on Mrs Abbie Bervoloo who died Dec 4 after an injection by her doctor Hermann N Sander. The key issue is whether she died of cancer or air embolism and how much suffering accompanies dying. The narrative follows lingering pain, diminishing suffering, and the doctor’s claim that final death can be the most painful stage. Continued on Page 10.
New York reporters state five Internal Revenue Service income tax fraud squad deputies in the third collection district were indicted on charges of taking bribes from taxpayers. The men allegedly used information gathered in investigations to extort hush money, with $12,250 extorted from four taxpayers since January 1948.
In Chicago the American Protestant Hospital Association, representing about 86 percent of Protestant hospitals, condemned the government sponsored compulsory health insurance program at its annual meeting. The group unanimously adopted a resolution opposing the plan as government controlled health care.
A caller on a Chuckle Voice telephon e prank claims Tommie Hagan will not be in school today. The teacher asks who is speaking and the voice replies, This is my father speaking.
Washington reports progress after a Saturday night impasse in the steel mine workers and coal operators talks. Drafting committees led by John L. Lewis and major operators resumed work to shape a pact likely ending the month-long dispute. If wording clears legal hurdles, a final ratification could come Monday with union leaders set to meet.
A labor delegation led by A Couch from the State Federation urged Gov Willan to back the Red Rock dam on the Des Moines river near Des Moines. They cited lagging employment and reported the state resources council is aware of the project but has not taken action yet.
An air force two engine plane based in Milwaukee with six aboard crashed into Lake Michigan near Milwaukee Saturday night. Coast guard cutter fire boat and a rescue plane searched for survivors as flares appeared from shore. The crew radioed it was running out of gas before going down near the city.
Mwila Craig, 29, of 2751 Avenue D, suffered a cut chin in a two car collision at Twenty first street and Broadway Saturday night. She was treated at Jennie Ed anindson Hospital. The rear bump occurred to a car driven by Donald L. Tacubsen Ta 18, route 4, Avora, who had stopped for the traffic light. both cars were damaged.
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