Mundt Warns U.N. Hiring Risky for America
Senator Mundt accuses the United Nations of hiring personnel fired by the State Department as security risks. He says files held by the House Un-American Activities Committee contain names of several such individuals. Mundt urges U.N. screening of American hires and U.S. cooperation with France or Russia on their nationals, while ensuring American viewpoints are represented.
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Washington, P
Mundt
Sal
United Nations
State Department
House un-American Activities Committee
Munit
Mundch
France
Russia
Acre
Burglaries Reported at Creston Warehouses
A $54 from the Hoffman and Buren beer warehouse was found hidden under a truck seat cushion. the office and warehouse were ransacked but nothing else taken. Two other burglaries were attempted Sunday. Creston Coal and Materials and Creston Lead plant offices were entered.
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Creston
Hoffman and Buren Beer
William M. Satt
Creston Coal and Materials Company
Creston Lead Company
Beer Tax Collections Slide in Des Moines
Des Moines records show beer tax receipts for last month at 206333 dollars, down about 350000 from the prior month and 30000 from February last year. Cigarette tax revenue rose to 348940 dollars, up about 8000 from the prior month and 11000 from February 2048.
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Des Moines
State Tax Commission
71838 Bodies Return From World War II
The American graves registration command announced that 71,738 bodies of American soldiers killed in World War II have been shipped home to date. The sixteenth contingent left Antwerp Saturday, when the Haiti Victory departed, carrying the remains of 2,918 war dead.
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Fanio
Antwerp
Haiti
Patrolman Recovering After Tama Shooting Incident
Marshalltown state highway patrolman John Wilson, wounded last Wednesday during an attempt to arrest Vai Fillett at Tama and take him to a sanity hearing, was discharged from a local hospital on Monday.
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Marshalltown
John Wilson
Vai Fillett
Tama
Oakland Jackets Triumph in Iowa State Tourney Run
Oakland high school Jackettes returned to a triumphant welcome after finishing second to Wellsburg in the state tournament at Des Moines. Patty Green and Donna Rae Taylor led a solid defense against Corrick, while Mary Ann Jonsen topped the tourney scoring with 126 points in four games.
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Oakland
Iowa
Pottawattamie County
E. Lester
Oakland High School
Jackettes
Wellsburg
Des Moines
Main Street
Oakland Avenue
Halt Carrick
Onata
Farson
Keswick
Patty Green
Donna Rae Taylor
Helen “Corky
Corrick
Green
Taylor Ant
Mary Ann Jonsen
Jadette
Marilyn
Defense Seeks Dismissal of Communist Indictment
The defense moved to dismiss a conspiracy indictment against 11 high communists arguing President Truman’s label of two leaders as traitors tainted the trial. The motion was denied. Dennis and Foster lead the party and were named among the defendants with Foster’s trial postponed due to health.
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New York
Truman
American Communist Party
Eugene Dennis
William S. Foster Dennis
Foster
Golden Wedding Date for Glenwood Couple
Mr and Mrs W P Creech of Glenwood route 3 will observe their 50th wedding anniversary on Wednesday The couple plans a quiet celebration They have spent their entire married life on the same Glenwood farm.
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Glenwood
W. P. Creech
Glen Wood
Hoover Commission urges unifying transport under commerce department
The Hoover Commission proposed folding rail, road, air, and sea transport into the commerce department. It urged absorbing several agencies including the coast guard, maritime commission functions, and the national advisory committee on aeronautics, creating two main branches for transportation service and industry commerce.
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Washington
Hoover Commission
Commerce Department
Congress
Commission
Coast Guard
Maritime Commission
Secretary of Commerce
Hoover
Harding
Coolidge
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
Treasury
Customs Bureau
Federal Works Agency
Public Roads Administration
Office of Defense Transportation
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commerce
Civil Serouutics Board
Bureau of Civil Aviation
Interior Department
Fish and Wildlife Service
Bureau of Fisheries
Transportation — Service
Inits
Weather Bureau
Industria and Commercial Service
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
New Fisheries Bureau
Census, Patent Office
Belle Plaine Bank Vault Cracked by Local Expert
Frank Sankot, Belle Plaine vault specialist, staged a Jimmy Valentine act at Chelsa Savings Bank. Bank officials and patrons watched as he cracked the vault after the key was left inside, allowing normal banking to resume.
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Belle Plaine
Frank IL. Sankot
Jimmy Valentine
Chelsa
Sankot
Belle Plainé
Fishermen Escape Ice Floe Near Menominee
Nearly sixty fishermen stranded on a large ice floe escaped at the last moment Monday as the floe buckled and ran ashore five miles north of Menominee Michigan. They reached safety as the ice cracked and a rescue effort began.
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Menominee, Mich
Here
Davenport Man Recalls Meeting Polite Pedestrian
Aura L. Barbee of Davenport told police Sunday that his car struck a pedestrian in the business district. Barbee said the pedestrian apologized for getting in the way of the car and suffered a head bruise and injury to the left leg.
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Davenport
Aura L. Barbee
Barbee
Street Repairs Top City’s Priority This Week
Mayor George B Sparks on Monday placed street repair work atop the city’s business priority list. He will meet with Street Commissioner Kline W Taylor and the streets committee to set a date for talks with contractors. Councilmen plan a 7:30 p.m. informal session Monday to continue plans for the 1849 50 appropriation ordinance. Frost left the ground turning dirt streets to a quagmire over the weekend with many complaints as garages hauled out stalled motorists.
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George B. Sparks
Kline W. Taylor
Frost
U S Surplus Farm Products to Europe
The Senate foreign relations committee backed using American surplus farm products for European recovery whenever possible. Texas Democrat Hatttman Connally said the Economic Cooperation Administration Act will not be amended to require purchases, but the committee added a record statement urging ECA Administrator Paul Hoffman to consider exports where feasible as the panel nears a $5.58 billion aid package for Europe over 15 months.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Homemakers Day Set for May 10 in Pattawatamie County
The rural homemakers day for Pattawatamie county farm women will be held May 16 at the Hotel Chieftain. Mrs. Harold Ford of Underwood chaired the meeting of the women's farm bureau board. The program features tea and a speakers program on international relations. Committee members include Mrs. Max Bebensee Route 3, Mrs. Glen Sealock Route 4, Mrs. Harold Ford Underwood, and Mrs. Harold Goos of Council Bluffs. The group plans to publish a cookbook from Pattawat amie county farm women recipes.
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Pottawattamle County
Pattawat
Tamie County
Retiring Hotel Manager Licks Housing Problem
Cork Ireland James Maher, retiring next June as manager of a Pinehurst motel, plans to avoid housing issues when he returns to his native Tipperary. His prefabricated house arrived Monday in 59 crates aboard the steamer Irish Pine.
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Cork
Eire
James Maher
Pinehurst
Tipperary
KFMX to Broadcast School Board Candidate Talks
KFMX will carry talks by eight school board candidates at a public meeting Monday at 8 p m in Community Hall. The event is sponsored by the Parent Teacher Council with a public forum to follow.
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KFMX
Parent Teacher Council
Margarets Education Includes Court Hearings In London
Princess Margaret Rose sat through 12 hearings in a London juvenile court on Monday as part of her education. She has toured Scotland Yard and listened to a House of Commons debate to acquaint herself with British officialdom.
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Margaret
Ondon
Princess Margaret Rose
London
Scotland Yard
House of Commons
Iowa Traffic Deaths Tray The Associated Press Area March 7
A brief Iowa traffic death notice compiled from AP dispatches lists several casualty figures and locations with terse details. The item notes March 7 as the date of the incidents and references regional accident reports from the Associated Press.
Urge New Code of Military Justice for All Armed Forces
Defense Secretary Forrestal and Harvard law professor urge Congress to adopt a uniform code covering army, navy, air force, marines, and coast guard. They advocate a neutral judge, mandatory lawyers, commander consultation with staff judge advocate, and protection of court independence to prevent bias.
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Washington
Forrestal
Harvard
Congress
House and Armed Services Committee
Navy
Air Force
Coast Guard
Edmund M. Morgan
The
Har
Vard University Law Faculty
Western Nations Senate Priority to Bolster Frontier Money, Credit Bill
Western governments push frontier money and credit safeguards amid Moscow shakeup. Officials expect intensified Soviet internal crackdowns and potential clashes with Tito. In Iowa, Senate moves to exempt up to 5000 dollars of banked money and credits from personal property tax, and to adjust nonresident tuition caps and funding formulas for all districts.
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Western Nations Senate
Washington
Moscow
London
Paris
West
M. Molotov
Foreign Ministry
Andre: Vishinsky
Russia
Europe
Soviet Union
Stalin
Politburo
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Tito
Des Moines
Iowa Senate
Senate
Arthur H. Jacobsen
R-Walken
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Sailor saved after miscalculated swim from plane
James Coates of air group 19 planned to parachute and swim ashore from two miles out near Princeton by the Sea California. The miscalculation left him 13 miles offshore. A life raft surfaced 600 yards away as currents pulled him away. a boat rescued him near exhaustion while a circling plane kept watch.
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Princeton-By-The-Sea
Calif
James Coates
Air Group 19
Squadron 193
Fleet Air Wing
Naval Air Station
Alameda
Pacific
San Francisco
Coates
Governor Proclaims Boys' Club Week In Des Moines
Governor William S. Beardsley issued a proclamation declaring March 28 to April 3 as Boys' Club Week in Town. The National Boys' Club Week covers the same dates. The week honors about 275,000 youths in boys' clubs nationwide.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Quadruplets Born at German Hospital Officials Announce
German hospital officials report Edith Polzer 34 wife of Johann Polzer a railway worker gave birth Monday to quadruplets three girls and one boy all in good health.
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Gmvern
Germany
Edith Polzer
Johann Polzer
Republicans Charge President Put Them on a Political Spot
Republican lawmakers accuse President Truman of trying to force a majority vote to end Senate debate on civil rights. Senator Brewster of Maine questions the timing and motives of advocating a simple majority to curb a southern filibuster.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Brewster
Maine
Creston Man Pleads Innocent to Bigamy Charge
Robert Delaughter of Council Bluffs pleaded innocent in Creston to a bigamy charge. He was held in Union county jail on 1000 bond to appear before a grand jury. Police said Delaughter married Dick Freeman’s daughter in Villisca and has an Omaha wife in contact with the Freeman family. He has lived in Creston about three weeks.
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Creston
Robert Delaughter
Council Bluffs
Justice of Peace
Floyd M. Phebus
Union County
Delaughter
Dick Freeman
Villisca
Maryellen Freeman
Freeman
Omaha
Corydon Tot Hospitalized After Car Fall
Twila Jean Ryan, five years old, daughter of Lester and Mrs. Ryan near Corydon, was hospitalized in critical condition with a skull fracture after falling from a moving car Monday.
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Corydon
Twila Jean Ryan
Lester Ryan
Near
False labelling case against Shaw Brothers in London
Scientists found pollen from Australian flowers in Pure British Honey marketed by the Shaw Brothers. The court fined the brothers 990 for false labelling after microscopic analysis showed the pollen would not be found in flowers accessible to English bees.
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London
Shaw Brothers
Brothers
England
Brisk Tail Wind Helps Odom In Honolulu Flight Attempt
San Francisco reports coast guard contact with Bill Odom some 450 miles off California as he presses a non stop flight from Honolulu to Tetebaro. He is aided by a 25 mile per hour tailwind and 150 mph speed, escorted by a B 17 from the Alameda station. Odom previously set a 2401 mile record before weather forced a Jan 13 landing in Oakland. He plans to ride radio beam from KGO and be picked up 1000 miles from San Francisco then continue toward Salt Lake City Cheyenne Omaha and Chicago.
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San Francisco
Bill Odom
Coast Guard
California
Mistir
N. 2
Air Communications Service
Alameda Air Station
Odom
Hawai
Hawaii
Oakland
KGO
United States
Commercal
Salt Lake City
Cheyenne
Wyo
Omaha
Chicago
Too Much Secrecy May Hamper U S Progress on Atoms
The Iowa State college director of atomic research Dr. Frank H. Spedding warns secrecy could slow U S progress in atomic science and engineering. He urges that what is disclosed should be chosen by scientific experts, not political or public pressure groups, to preserve leadership.
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New York
Iowa State College
U. S
Frank H. Spedding
Pegasus Magazine
Spedding
Section Crew Member Found Dead at Denison Spe
Denison reports the death of Reins hart Kruger about 60, a member of the 8 section crew for the Mlinois Central railroad out of Denison. His body, found hanging in a boxcar at the Denison depot Monday by Harry Johnson, was taken to Huebne funeral home. Funeral plans and survivor details await location and notification.
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Cial
Denison
Reinshart Kruger
Mlinois
Central Railroad
Harry Johnson
Huebne F
Police Chief Everett Maricle Resigns From Fort Dodge Force
Fort Dodge police chief Everett Maricle resigned after 23 years in the department. He has held every rank and did not disclose reasons for quitting. Maricle said he has no immediate plans and is eligible for pension.
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Vvia Aruvun
Voce
Everett Maricle
Fort Dodge
Maricle
University Sigma Delta Chi to Honor Iowa Papers at Convention
The University of Iowa chapter of Sigma Delta Chi announces four awards for Iowa newspaper publishers and staffs at the Iowa publishers convention in Des Moines on March 25. One prize honors the best editorial page of the year and three go to master columnists.
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Iowa City
University of
Flood Waters in 5. W. Iowa Are Receding
Flood waters receded across southwest Iowa on Monday leaving at least two dead and more than 1,000 homeless. Missouri Valley, the worst-hit area, was described as a city of mud with mud and slush covering wooded regions. The health risk remained serious as the Nishnabotna river flood danger continued.
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Iowa
Missouri Valley
William Jones
Nishnabotna River
Hamburg
Sidney
Missouri
Nebraska City
George W. John+ Ison
Jones
Johnson
Gerald Bertin
Denison
Council Bluffs
North Western Railroad
Maurice Kirlin
Ben. I. Jensen
Washington
Army
Boyer
J. Houser
Des Moines
Health Department
J. H. Phillips
The
Christian Church
Phillips
Red Cross
Flood Edges Through Missouri Valley Amid Destruction
Swollen river conditions closed and opened routes across the region with U S 75 open to Missouri Valley while others remained shut. A flood-stricken Missouri Valley reports two deaths, mass evacuations, rationed water, and a looming multi million dollar damage estimate as authorities seek federal aid and health measures.
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Joe Meyers
Raps
U.N
City
U.S
Homemakers
Bluffs
Filer
Denison Spe
Pann Nanan Mone
Nishna
Bronday
Missour Valley
Elliott
Hastings
Riverton
Randolph
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