Separated 29 Years Ago Chicago Woman Finds Father
Chicago woman Mrs Arthur Woodward Horton, 32, reunites with her father Wood Murphy of Portland after a 29 year separation. A chance restaurant remark led her to a Chicago cousin, who provided the connection. She wrote a six page letter and later spoke with her father, who promised to visit before Christmas.
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Arthur Woodward Horton
Wood. Murphy
Portland
Ore
Fier
Horton
Hortons
Clinton
Ucle
Single Slate for Russia's Millions
Prime Minister Joseph Stalin led millions of Russians to vote for a single slate of candidates for the Soviet parliament. Polling booths stretched from the Bering Strait to the Danube. The election covered 7L nominees for the council of the union and 631 members for the council of nationalities. Foreigners expected Stalin to speak at Bolshoi Theater Saturday night but an opera was shown instead.
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Joseph Stalin
Soviet Union
Bering Strait
Danube
Council of the Union
Supreme Soviet
Council of Lcnalities
Bolshoi Theater
Return to Jobs Monday following a strike settlement
A strike that began February 6 ends with a settlement. Workers will return to jobs on Monday, resuming operations and negotiations moving forward. The accord outlines terms related to pay, hours, and safeguards, awaiting formal ratification by union membership.
Madigan Named Acting Postmaster for Council Bluffs
Kenneth A. Madigan, alderman and relator, named acting postmaster for Council Bluffs in a Washington transfer notice. The move, effective March 1, follows resignation of Frank Garrett. Madigan to resign council seat to take the post. Civil service exam for permanent postmastership not yet announced.
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Kenneth A. Madigan
Council Bluffs
Washington
O Frank Garrett
Vincent Burke
Madigan
County
Democratic Central Committee
Father and two children die in Vinton fire
A father Leland Rouse and his two sons Bobby and Raymond perished when a tarpaper one room house burned Sunday night in Vinton. Two relatives escaped as the five occupants were asleep. Relatives said Mrs Leland Rouse and Mrs RD Rouse and her daughter were away at church.
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Leland Rouse
Bobby
Skie
RD. Rouse
Leland
Raymond
R. D. Rouse
W R Boyd Dies at Cedar Rapids Home
W R Boyd dies at his Cedar Rapids home after a long illness. He is credited with shaping the University of Iowa College of Medicine into a leading medical school powerhouse.
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W.R. Boyd
Cedar Rapids
University of Iowa College of Medicine
Approve Charter for Girl Scouts
Washington report states the Senate approved a bill granting a federal charter to the Girl Scouts of the United States of America. The action comes on the organization’s 38th birthday, as the group remains open to girls aged seven to sixteen.
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Senate
White House
Girl Scouts of the United States of America
Light turnouts in local school election as noon votes trail last year
In the city school election voters began casting ballots with polls closing at 7 p m Only 476 votes had been counted across nine precincts by noon compared with 612 at the same time last year Total city turnout at noon stood at 470 with 612 votes recorded by midday last year Voters choose two of five candidates for three year terms on the board of education and two school properties are on the ballot for sale situated on Oak Street and north of Avenue G between Eighteenth and Twenty fourth streets Regular precinct tallies are listed for Pierce Washington Abraham Lincoln gym Bloomer Longfellow Avenue B and Franklin with totals shown across nine precincts
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Bloomer
McMillen
Senator Hickenlooper to Speak at BPWC Banquet
Senator B. B. Hickenlooper will address the Business and Professional Women's Club banquet on March 23. Anne Ogren, BPWC program chairman, announced the confirmed date. The event, typically attracting about 150 employers and members, serves as the annual gathering for the group.
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Anne Ogren
Senator Hickenlooper
BPWC
Traffic Deaths Reported by The Associated Press
A brief notice from March 13 1950 cites traffic fatalities reported by The Associated Press. The item references multiple incidents and notes ongoing safety concerns on public roads.
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Uy the Assurated Press
Welshmen Die as Tudor Plane Crashes in Wales
Cardiff reports eighty killed when a chartered Tudor airliner carrying Welsh football fans crashes on approach to Lisowdo airport after celebrating a victory in Dublin. Only three survive. most victims are coal miners returning to work. Plane held postwar airlift record for hours flown without an accident.
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Wales
Lord Pakenham
Dublin
Britain
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Ireland
United Kingdom
Lisadow
Here
Tudor
Donald Bennett
British South American Airways
Bennett
Berlin
Tudors
GOP mobilizes women for 1950 and 1932 campaigns
The Republican National Committee completed its women’s division team. Chairman Guy Gabrielson announced Sunday the appointment of Miss Hertha E. Adk of Salisbury, Md., as executive director to lead mobilization efforts for the party.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Guy Gabrielson
Hertha E. Adk
Salisbury
Sunny Skies Push Mercury Higher This Week
The weather bureau forecasts clear skies and a slow rise in temperatures over the next few days with Tuesday in the upper 30s and Monday night cold. The previous cold spell left wildlife stressed as thousands of snow and blue geese retreat southward while about 75,000 ducks linger between Hamburg and Onawa, likely moving north again after a brief warm spell.
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Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Ward Garrett
Hamburg
Onawa
Garrett
Mound City
Two Churches Over-subscribed in United Funds Drive
In Council Bluffs 25 churches launched the United Every Member Church canvass to raise 258 101 21 for their combined budgets. Broadway Methodist pledges reached 17 985 while First Baptist pledged 16 829 90. The drive ends March 19.
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Council Bluffs
United Every
Ht Owas
Mabel Armstrong
Broadway Methodist
First Baptist
Harold Clizke
Emmetsburg Senior Wins State Poetry Contest
La Von Runnings, a senior at Emmetsburg High School, has received notice that her poem won first place in a state poetry contest sponsored by the Iowa Federation of Women’s Clubs.
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Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs
la von Runnings
Miss Runnings
Emmetsburg
Schulmeister Shortage Indicated Resigns as Treasurer
Harrison county treasurer Schulmeister resigned after an audit indicated a shortage in accounts. State Auditor Akers said the audit is incomplete and declined to provide figures. Carl Nimrod and R W Barber conduct the examination. about 4500 dollars were stated as missing from 1948 accounts, with 1949 and 1950 audits unfinished. Creager may become acting treasurer as the board handles appointment. Schulmeister, a Republican, had served since 1939 and was tied to Blooming ton, Illinois, due to a family death.
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A. C. Schulmeister
Harrison County
C. B. Akers
Des Moines
Akers
Carl Nimrod
R. W. Barber
Michael Murray
Nimrod
Murray
Schulmeister
Modale
State Examiner
Narrow Majority for Belgian King
Belgians voted narrowly Sunday in favor of restoring King Leopold to the throne after his exile for surrendering to Germany in World War I. The advisory referendum showed 57 percent support, with questions over Liberals joining Catholics to urge Parliament to lift the ban. Leopold pledged abdication if support fell below 55 percent.
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Leopold
Switzerland
Belgium
Interior Ministry
Marshalltown to Have Natural Gas by Fall
Officials of the Iowa Electric Light and Power company announced Monday that Marshalltown will have natural gas by late fall. A 10 inch line will be laid from Ames this summer and conversion of gas units will start in the fall. Nevada, which now has natural gas, will be hooked into the new line from Ames.
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Nevada
Social Security Pays Two Kinds of Benefits
This article explains quarters of coverage needed for benefits, how earnings affect credits, and the distinction between currently insured and fully insured status. It outlines retirement and insurance benefits, widow and children provisions, and lump sum death payments, noting changes after 65 and limits on tax.
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Secial Security
House Ways and Means Rejects Quickie Excise Slashes
The House committee voted 15 to 10 against a Republican effort to rush a quick bill cutting excise taxes by about 1 billion dollars. Democrats showed some concession, backing a resolution outlining possible further excise cuts while seeking to avoid a veto. The plan suggested closing loopholes and tightening enforcement to offset lost revenue, but no net tax increase was promised.
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House
Ways and Means
Truman
Attlee rules out new approach to outlawing atomic weapons
Prime Minister Attlee said in the Commons no new plan to ban atomic or hydrogen bombs would succeed due to Soviet unwillingness to cooperate. He noted the initiative was taken in 1945 and is now before the United Nations. Churchill had suggested a new level approach to Stalin during the campaign. Bevin dismissed it as a stunt for votes.
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Atlee
Soviet Union
Russia
Attlee
House of Commons
Netman
Dr. Dodds
United Nations
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Ernest Bevin
Truman Enroute to Key West for Rest
President Truman sails toward Key West aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg for a planned three week vacation. He boarded in Washington on Sunday morning, traveling with a small escort detail while officials arrange a quiet seaside stay.
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Key West
U. 5
William Lawe
Key West Fla
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Ilamsburg
Local IRS Office Extends Hours for Final Tax Filers
The local Bureau of Internal Revenue office will stay open until 9 p.m. on Wednesday for last minute 194 returns. It will close at the usual 4:40 p.m. on Monday and Tuesday.
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Bureau of Internal Revenue
McCarthy Names Former Navy Scientist as Communist Suspect
Senator McCarthy says reports allege a former Navy scientist with knowledge of top secrets is a communist. He names Stephen Brunauer and accuses State Department officials including Owen Lattimore and Haldore Hanson of communist sympathies, prompting calls for investigation and assurances of loyalty from department spokesmen.
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McCarthy
Stephen Brunauer
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
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Navy Bureau of Ordnance
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Haldore Hanson
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Hanson
Virginia
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Tie
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United Nations
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United States
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Truman
Mawarthy
Uta
Tydings
Inventor Toshiro Otsuki Found Dead in Tokyo
Tokyo police report the inventor of paper balloons, Toshiro Otsuki, who guided incendiary devices to North America during the war, is listed as an outlay by the Mainichi newspaper. The death is reported with non-graphic terms and notes the wartime invention’s controversial history.
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Tokyo
Toshiro Otsuki
United States
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Mainichi
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