Spring Fever Fades as Cold Returns in Iowa
The weather forecast calls for a chilly week in Iowa with 30s to 40s, strong northerly winds, and lingering ice in the Missouri River. Flooding kept minor spots along highway 2 near Sidney and a Nebraska camp area, but no widespread danger reported.
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Lamont
Mason City
Charles City
Iowa
Nebraska
Highway Patrol
Des Moines
Sidney
Missouri
Edward F. Stapowich
Missouri River
National Guard
Ashland
Neb
Platt River
Stanowich
Ice Jams Near Pisgah Blasted by Dynamite
Dynamiting of ice jams in Harrison Monona county ditch north of River Sioux continued to release flood waters. Flooding covered hundreds of acres near River Sioux and Blencoe. The George Baker farm home near highway 75 was endangered by high waters. About a quarter mile of highway 75 remained underwater north of River Sioux.
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Harrison-Monona
River Sioux
Blencoe
George Baker
Highway 75
Little Sioux
Old Warrior Heads Leftists in Greece
General Nicholas Plastiras, famed for exiling the king in 1922, led a rising leftist bloc after Greece’s weekend elections. With about half the votes counted, his National Progressive union edged out Constantin Tsaldaris Conservative Populists and Sophocles Venizelos Liberal Party as the main contenders.
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Athens
Nicholas Plastiras
Constantine
Plastiras
National Progressive Union
Constantin Tsaldaris
Sophocles Venizelos
Father and five children die in Thornton cottage fire
An unemployed mill worker Charles H. Smith aged 33 and his five children Robert 11 Roberta 9 James 7 Sandra 6 and Wayne 3 perished when a cottage burned Sunday in this isolated Thornton N H. Frances Smith 30 was away Visiting neighbors.
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N. H
Charles H. Smith
Robert
Roberta
James
Sandra
Wayne
Smith
Frances
Pick Side Streets With Care Some Are Soft Very Muddy
Street Commissioner Kane Ww. Taylor urged caution on unpaved side streets as many are muddy and soft while nearby blocks dry. He noted Avenue A construction and track removal worsen conditions, with deep ruts and brick street boils from frost. Alderman Katelman to seek curb on heavy hauling by an Omaha firm to protect central residential streets.
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Avenue A
Avenue B
North Western Railroad Crossing
Joseph B. Katelman
Omaha
Search over in Nebraska for 4 year old girl found safely
About 500 volunteers combed the Nebraska Sandhills north of North Platte Sunday night for four hours before locating 4 year old Carol Zalud who wandered away during a family outing. She was found unharmed sleeping curled around a light clump of sagebrush. The child is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Zalud of North Platte.
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Nortil Platte
Neb
Nebraska
Here
Carol Zalud
Herman Zalud
North Platte
87 Million Pounds Food for Schools
The Midwest office said 87,000,000 pounds of foods were distributed free in six months to 1948 to schools and institutions in 11 states. Items included potatoes eggs milk apples pears butter honey prunes with about 3,000,000 pounds bought with congressional funds for school lunches, including cheese peaches peanut butter tomatoes juice.
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Chicago
Midwest
Midwest Area
Department
Production and Marketing Administration
Congert
Lifers Seek Clemency From Iowa Governor
Governor Beardsley disclosed receiving letters from about six life term inmates after requesting the parole board review all lifer cases, numbering over 200. The letters arrive as clemency appeals.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Iowa
Board of Parole
Big Three Foreign Ministers Headed to London on April 12
An authoritative French source said Monday that the big three foreign ministers will meet in London on April 12. Simultaneously foreign ministers of the 12 Atlantic pact nations will convene there to discuss mutual defense issues.
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London
Innocent Pleas in Knoxville Beating Case
Two Newton men pleaded innocent with intent to commit great bodily injury in the fatal beating of an elderly man in Knoxville. The defendants face charges and await trial.
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Knoxville
Newton
No Indication of life Dr Sander on murderer trial
Dr Hermann N Sander testified in his murder trial that he injected air into Mrs Abbie Borreto’s veins and there was no indication of life or reaction. He claimed no intent to kill and said the death certificate noted cancer as the cause. He described trying to access her vein morning of Dec 4 and that her veins were collapsed with no blood present.
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Manchester, N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Abbie Borreto
Dr Sander
Lewis Offers Loan to UAW for Strike
John L. Lewis on Monday offered a one million dollar loan to the CIO Auto Workers to aid in the seven week Chrysler strike. The UMW policy committee authorized the offer and Lewis urged other CIO and AFL unions to extend aid to ensure the UAW’s success in its present battle.
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John L. Lewis
CIO Auto Workers
Lewis
Walter Reuter
UAW
United Mine Workers Union Policy Committee
UMW
CIO
AFL
Phillip Murray
Richmond Lawyer Nominated to Federal Trade Commission
Richmond lawyer Martin A. Hutchinson of Virginia was nominated by President Truman to serve on the Federal Trade Commission. Hutchinson, who ran unsuccessfully for the U S Senate in 1946 against Senator Harry F. Byrd, is a resident of Richmond.
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Washington
Martin A. Hutchinson
Richmond
Truman
Federal Trade Commission
Hutchinson
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Fe Ronista Party Wins Entre Rios Provincial Vote
Buenos Aires reports the Fe Ronista party secured victory in Entre Rios province on Sunday, extending a sustained string of provincial gains for supporters of President Juan D. Peron.
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Buenos Aires
Feronista Party
Entre Rios
Juan D. Peron
Russians to Stay in East Germany Post War Limits
A German communist politburo member said Russia will maintain an occupation army in eastern Germany as long as Allied troops remain on German soil. The remark underscores postwar security in the region amid occupation forces.
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Leipzig
Germany
Russia
Slow Retreat from Eastern Europe by U S Officials
Washington reports a slow U S withdrawal from Russian dominated eastern Europe amid claims of Communist tactics from expelling Americans to torturing workers. It highlights Bulgarian translator Michael Shipkov who endured a 32 hour interrogation and wrote a false confession under pressure. The State Department ties his case to Mindszenty and Vogeler in a broader effort to seal the iron curtain cracks.
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United States
Europe
State Department
Red
Michael Shipkov
Shipkov
Reds
Iron Curtain
Cardinal Minszenty
Robert A. Vogeler
Hungary
Mindszenty
Vogeler
Red Police
Truman to Key West for 3 Week Vacation
President Truman will depart Sunday for a three week vacation at Key West Florida. The White House said he will board the presidential yacht USS Williamsburg at 9 a.m. CST and reach the naval station in Key West by Thursday morning. He plans to return by plane.
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Truman
Key West
Fla
White House
Williamsburg
Naval Station
Alexander to Speak at Des Moines Meet
Assistant secretary of the army Archibald S. Alexander will address a defense day meeting in Des Moines on Tuesday. The Advertising Club of Des Moines invited Gov. William S. Beardsley and high ranking midwest military officers to hear the address, arranged by the club.
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Des Moines
Archibald S. Alexander
Advertising Club of
William S. Beardsley
I Midwest
Traffic Deaths Reported by AP Across Years
A brief AP roundup notes traffic fatalities for March 6 in 1950 and 1949. It cites regional incidents and casualty counts, highlighting the ongoing dangers and the toll on motorists and pedestrians during that date across locales.
Three Iowans Die in Marengo Smash
A Marengo area crash killed three nearby Williamsburg youths Lloyd Yeaman James Keegan and David Fry all 18 to 19. The week end toll also included two drownings and a fatal fall.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Lloyd Yeaman
James E. Keegan
David M. Fry
Williamsburg
Marengo
Daniel Cassidy
Marshalltown
Lovilla
W. O'Brien
Stuart
Greenfeld
Donald Little
Mascaline
Jesse Niles
Rock Island
Carpenter
Davenport
Buffalo
Joan Elaine Larsen
Audubon
No. 6
E. H. Moore
Omaha
Neb
Liberty
Marengo Hospital
Lewis Clemms
Putnam to Moderate City-wide Meeting
Charles Putnam a realtor and former state legislator will moderate a city-wide meeting for Good Government committee candidates in Community hall at 7 30 p m The speaking slate includes Frank Griffith Einer P Juel James Mulqueen Carl Schonberg and Marion Shugart The event is sponsored by a group of Council Bluffs men
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Charles Putnam
Good Government Committee
Frank Griffith
Einer P. Juel
James Mulqueen
Carl Schonberg
Marion Shugart
Council Bluffs
Dairy Price Cuts Reported in Sioux City
Two large Sioux City dairies cut the retail price of most dairy products by one cent on Monday. Managers of other dairies indicated they would follow suit with similar reductions.
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Sioux City
Old Farm Problem of Want, Plenty Exist at Same Time
Washington Secretary Brannan says the old farm problem of want and surplus persists. Shortages in undernourished regions appear replaced by small surpluses in the United States and others. He urges international and domestic actions to boost foreign purchases and strengthen price support to prevent another farm-led depression.
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Ovid A. Martin
Washington
Brannan
United States
Truman
Corn Production to Continue High in Iowa Says Farm Bureau
Des Moines Iowa Farm Bureau official C M Wilson predicts corn production in Iowa will stay high despite a 20 percent acreage cut. He says farmers will boost fertilizer and new methods to grow more on fewer acres with some land shifting to soybeans or hay and pasture. He notes strong soybean exports and beef demand as factors shaping future output.
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Iowa Farm Bureau
Iowa
C. M. Wilson
Wilson
Department of Information
Rail Traffic Resumes After Great Western Derailment
Rail traffic was resumed Monday on the Great Western route at Durango Indiana after wreckage from a Saturday derailment was cleared. Thirty two freight cars and three diesel units derailed on a curve where the embankment failed last month. The wreck occurred about 100 miles northwest of Dubuque.
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Durango
Great Western
Dubuque
Hearing Set March 28 on Gas Line Application
Iowa commerce commission announced a March 28 hearing at its Des Moines offices on an Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Co Davenport request to build an 8.5 mile natural gas lateral pipeline.
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Des Moines
Iowa Commerce Commission
Iowa-Illnois Gas and Electric Company of
Davenport
Coal Legislation Emphasis Shift In Congress
Washington moves coal policy focus to a Truman favored study commission to find lasting peace in mining after a strike ending contract with John L. Lewis. Some lawmakers push a standby seizure bill to prevent a single leader from paralyzing the nation. Senate labor panel shelves the emergency measure as unnecessary for now.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
John L. Lewis
Capehart
R-Ind
Lewis
Senate Labor Committee
Elbert Thomas
Dokla
Pope greets 600 American pilgrims in special audience
In a nearly two hour audience at the Vatican the Pope, Pius XII, blessed and spoke with 600 American Holy Year pilgrims led by Francis Cardinal Spellman. Each pilgrim received a Holy Year medal after kneeling to kiss the pope’s ring as Spellman introduced various attendees.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
America
Rome
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Vatican
Cardinal Spellman
Pope
Chiropractors Hear Dr Knee on Reflex and Emergency Tech
About 40 members of the Southwest Iowa District Chiropractors association met in Oakland to hear Dr. D C Knee of Blair Nebraska discuss reflex and emergency techniques. Des Moines legal advisor Max Putnam spoke on legislation and Arlene Raymond of Independence addressed public relations.
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Oakland
Southwest
Iowa
Chiropractors Association
D. C. Knee
Blair, Neb
Max Putnam
Des Moines
State Association
Arlene Raymond
Independence
Prince Bernhard Ill but Continues US Tour
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, ill with influenza, leaves Los Angeles by plane for Fort Worth Texas, the next stop on his goodwill tour. He canceled Sunday engagements and did not pilot his own aircraft, continuing the itinerary despite illness after arriving Thursday for a visit to aircraft plants.
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Los Angeles
Prince Bernhard
Netherlands
Fort Worth
Tex
United States
Robber Steals $61 From Des Moines Cafe
An armed bandit robbed a Des Moines cafe of 61 dollars after entering for coffee. Owner Harlan Laffey described the suspect waving a pistol at a waitress during the robbery on a calm night.
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Des Moines
Harlan Laffey
Strike Ends as Miners Return to Pits and New Contract
A 1.40 daily package plus steady work for a year and beyond ends a four week strike. UMW chief Lewis proclaims “all mines will resume work” while industry and public gains include reduced disruption and higher coal bills. The pact runs to June 30 1951 with a 14.75 daily wage, a welfare levy, and a union shop plus limits on mourning days.
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Washington
Truman
United Mine Workers
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Federal Court
New York
Paris transit strike disrupts bus and subway services
A four hour communist led strike on Paris bus and subway lines failed to halt city life as officials report ongoing disruptions. In Paris national assembly the government ended a 72 hour red filibuster aimed at blocking the anti sabotage bill.
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Paris
National Assembly
Coplon’s Attorneys Decline to Summarize in Spy Case
New York reports Judith Coplon’s lawyers will not present a summation in the espionage trial of ex government employee and Soviet engineer Valentin A Gubitchev. The defense decision may send the case to the jury late Monday, a year and five days after the arrests on charges of conspiring to pass U S defense secrets to Russia.
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New York
Judith Coplon
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