Far-reaching Give-away on Surplus Spuds
The compromise bill, moving to Truman for signature, would allow the government to give away surplus potatoes and pay freight to recipients, domestic and international. It also increases 1950 cotton plantings by about 250,000 acres and peanuts by about 100,000, mainly in Alabama and Texas, with wheat adjustments deferred.
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Washington
Truman
Alabama
Texas
Senate
Lucas
D-lil
Secretary of Agriculture
Hold Farmhand in Death of Gary Trio
Gary Indiana three men were found shot to death on a farm near East Gary on Wednesday. A farmhand named Michael Saganovich was jailed after being described as too drunk to talk. The victims included Paul Shuman about 55 and his nephew Ignace Gerashenek about 50. a farm hand unidentified. Everett Fisher, Shuman’s son in law, reported Saganovich flagged him down to say they were all dead.
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Gary
Ind
East Gary
Lon Daugherty
Michael Saganovich
Paul Shuman
Ignace Gerashenek
Shuman
Everett Fisher
Saganovich
Actress Reverses Starvation Story In Hollywood
Nine year old runaway actress Lora Lee Michel, once said to earn starved for roles at $100 a day, recants those claims after a long interview with Sass Juvenile Judge A A Scott saying she was never beaten or starved by her foster parents Otto and Mrs Michel and that they were wonderful to her.
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Hollywood
Lora Lee Michel
A. A. Scott
Congressmen Sign Letters in Red Ink to Protest Deficit
Two New York House Republicans signed letters in red ink to dramatize opposition to deficit spending. Representatives Cole and Kurburn said they will sign all letters in red until the government lives within its income. A stamped explanation accompanies each signature.
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New York House
Cole
Kulburn
No Sunday Suits for California Prisoners
Sacramento California finance committee rejected a budget item to fund prison made khaki Sunday clothes for inmates. Senator Bradford Cattengen supported the plan arguing it would boost inmate morale.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
State Senate Finance Committee
Bradford Cattengen
Suns
Laborites Ward Off Conservative Drive
Britain’s labor government survived a third Conservative bid to topple the socialist regime. The opposition motion of censure led by Winston Churchill failed 308 to 289, preserving Labor’s governing margin of 19 votes.
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London
Britain
Winston Churchill
Lavorites
Courtroom packed for Altrock ouster hearing
Spectators filled district court Wednesday as Police Chief Frank E Altrock faced an ouster petition. Witness Daniel G Pettie described a police beating and a pact with Altrock not to file charges. Pettie testified under cross examination that he signed while hospitalized. The hearing, led by Judge R Kent Martin, continues Thursday with further testimony from Pettie and other petitioners.
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District Court
Frank E. Altrock
Daniel G. Pettie
R. Kent Martin
Thomas Oo. Tacy
Altrock
Tacy
Altrack
Charles E Swanson
Vette
Pettie
Wafe
Tuedot
Polcemen
Petue
Pet
Keokuk mayoral race leads with newcomer in primary
Keokuk's political contest shows Hubert Schon leading the mayoralty race in Tuesday's primary with 1408 votes. James O Brier trails with 1057, while incumbent John Bierman is third. Earl Braun heads the local AFL Council slate with 758, and Frank Willmering sits fifth with 658 votes.
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Keokuk
Hubert Schon
Ten
Ely
James O'Brier
John Bierman
Git
AFL Council
Earl Braun
Frank Willmering
Yale and Vassar Graduates Show Offspring Gaps
Statistics claim Yale graduates have 13 children and Vassar graduates 17, suggesting a gendered difference in offspring. The Inter Ocean Optimis notes the claim as a humorous take on dominance of women in childbearing.
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Yale Grads
Vassars
Inter Ocean
The Deadline March 15 Tax Day Reforms in Town
On March 15 the Ides of March is invoked as The Deadline for taxes and licenses. Caesar was slain. today citizens face fines and license plate checks if returns or registrations miss deadlines. Local offices extend hours for tax filers, while auto offices resume standard hours as police step up untagged car enforcement.
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Julius Caesar
Etta Brute
Julius
Brutus
Caesar
Johnny
Roman Empire
Federal Income Tax Bays
Internal Revenue
Poland Leaves World Bank in 1940s Cold War Shift
Poland withdraws from the World Bank and reportedly from the IMF, citing the bank’s failure to grant a $200 million loan. Jozef Winiewicz, Poland's ambassador, states the move reflects Soviet bloc alignment and postwar reconstruction dynamics.
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Washington
Poland
World Bank
World Monetary Fund
Czechoslovakia
International Monetary Fund
Jozef Winiewicz
Newspaper Ad Gets Twins a New Home
In Zanesville Ohio a newspaper ad seeking a home for 7 year old identical twin girls Irene and Eileen Nichols led to them being placed with new guardians Jr. and Mrs John R Nichols of Shawnee Perry County. The Nichols family agreed to adopt and support the sisters who attend first grade.
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Zanesville
UPA
Irene
Eileen Nichols
Dertin Nichols
McConnelsville
Times-Signal
John R. Nicholson
Shawnee
Perry County
Nichols
Kallemyn Enters Treasurer Race for GOP Nomination
DES MOINES Kallemyn 36 secretary of the Iowa bonus board announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for state treasurer. He is the third to bid with Treasurer Grimes not seeking re election. Other candidates include Lawrence Truax and M L Abrahamson. Kallemyn will take a leave of absence for the campaign with Creenwall serving as secretary.
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Des Moines
Fawaraa Kallemyn
Iowa Bonus Board
GOP
John M. Grimes
Lawrence
KFMX Prepares Drake Fieldhouse Cage Tilt Broadcast
KFMX of Council Bluffs will air the Abraham Lincoln Ames substate basketball game Wednesday night. Bo Westergaard will call the pay by day description from Drake Feldhouse in Des Moines. Tip off is at 8 p.m.
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KFMX
Council Bluffs
Bo" Westergaard
Drakefeldhouse
Des Moines
30 Days in Jail for Simple Assault Tied to Knox death
Lemuel Rob erts, 25, of Newton, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in jail on a charge of simple assault in connection with the recent death of Clarence Bud Phipps of Knoxville.
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Knoxville
Lemuel Roberts
Newton
Clarence
Bud Phipps
Long Illness Is Fatal to Hombach
Dr. William P. Hombach 87 retired physician died Wednesday at his home 608 First avenue in ill health after an operation four years ago. He began practicing in Council Bluffs in 1901 before retiring in 1945. Born in Germany he came to the US at six, settled in Boone county in 1967, tutored by his mother and taught higher math at 17. Survived by four sons two daughters and many grandchildren. nine grandchildren and 41 great grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at St Peter's church with burial in St Joseph's cemetery. Rosary Friday at Beem Belford.
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Wiliam P. Hombach
First Avenue
Hombach
Council Bluffs
United States
Germany
Boone County
Carroll County
University of Fringis Physicians’ and Surgeons’ School
Chicago
Walter P
William
Grand Island
Neb
Frank
Santa Barbara
Calif
Leo
Santa Cruz
Knights of Columbus
Pottawattamie County
Iowa
St. Peter's Church
Mercy Hospital
Frani Waldmann
John O'Brien
Omaha
Ernest Stallbaumer
St. Peter’s Church
St Joseph's Cemetery
Beem-Belford
B. Tm
Better Protection for U S Industry From Imports
Representative Hoeven says Congress will boost protection against foreign imports to safeguard U S industry. He cites concerns over dried eggs from China and canned hams from Poland, voiced amid surplus conditions, noting pottery firms in Ohio and water companies in Massachusetts also suffer from imports. He argues Americans have funded foreign economies while imports undercut domestic prices.
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Dillon Graham Washington
Congress
Hoeven R.la
Hoeven
Department
Aid to Education Out of Pigeonhole
The House Labor Committee pulled federal aid to education from a day-old Pigeonhole. It set April 17 to consider a $300,000,000 teachers' pay bill after a 13 to 12 vote to take up the measure. Earlier, the panel shelved a Senate-passed $300,000,000 bill for general school operating expenses and rejected a move to authorize $400,000,000 in loans for school construction.
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Washington
House Labor Committee
Senate
A Poker Full House for School Teacher
CHICAGO Teacher Alvina Barkstrom of the Sutherland public school frequently believes she is seeing double when she looks at her classroom of pupils in grade 23. She has a poker full house three of a kind and a pair. They are girl triplets and twin boys. The triplets Karen Elizabeth and Diane Quist will be seven years old April 3. The identical twins William M and James M Owen were seven years old March 10.
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Chicago
Alvina Barkstrom
Sutherland Pulic School
Karen
Elizabeth
Diane Quist
William M
James M. Owen
Gubitchev to Sail Reverses Decision
Valentin A. Gubitchev, a convicted spy, notified Judge Lyvester J. Ryan he will sail for Russia Monday. His attorney Abraham L. Pomerantz reversed Tuesday’s stance by dropping the appeal of the 15 year sentence, after Saypol had urged waiving all appeal rights and sending him back to Russia never to return.
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New York
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Lyvester J. Ryan
Russia
Gubitchev
Abraham L. Pomerantz
Ryan
Pomerantz
Irving H. Saypol
Gubitchey
Safe Strippers Fail DES MOINES Heist at Reppert Pharmacy
A Des Moines safe-cracking gang nicknamed Safe Strippers, blamed by police for seven prior safe openings since January, failed again early Wednesday at Reppert Pharmacy but escaped with 3800 in cash from registers.
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Des Moines
Reppert
Colorado Highway Dept to By-pass Clear Creek Annie
The Colorado highway department plans to by pass Annie Davis a 61 year old miner living in a railroad car shack as a $3 5 million bridge crosses Clear Creek She seeks 500 000 for 80 acres assessed at 10 The state has a court order to evict in 45 days and will ask Georgetown court for permission to cross her land to set bridge footings on the far side of the creek
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Denver
Clear Creek
Colorado Highway Department
Annie Davis
Annie
Ivo Lee
Georgetown
Caesarean Births Become Safer for Mothers
At a meeting of about 700 physicians, Dr. Franklin L. Payne of the University of Pennsylvania said Caesarean deliveries are now ten times safer for mothers than 30 years ago. Since 1920 maternal death after cesareans fell from one in ten to one in a hundred, while infant death rates have not declined as much, remaining about six in every hundred.
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Pittsburgh
American College of Surgeons
Franklin L. Payne
University of Pensylvania
Payne
Old Fashioned Bargain Days in Council Bluffs
Council Bluffs holds Old Fashioned Bargain Days this Friday and Saturday. C N Moorhead, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce sales promotion committee, says the event aims to give local consumers real bargains with participation by all major merchants. The promotion was planned over two months ago and seeks to offer notable discounts.
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Council Bluffs
C. N. Moorhead
Chamber of Cammerce
Moorhead
Attlee Allows Temporary Exile for Seretse Khama
London reports Prime Minister Attlee will permit Seretse Khama to reside in Britain temporarily until his English wife gives birth, while maintaining the five year banishment order. Attlee and Gordon-Walker defended the policy amid party critics.
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London
Attlee
Seretse Khama
Altlee
Labor Party
Africa
Patrick Gordon-Walker
Commonwealth Relations
Seretse
Rain and cool temps bring a Wednesday dip
The forecast calls for rain or light snow with a cooler spell. Highs will reach the upper 30s while lows hover near freezing. Temperatures show a dip from Tuesday’s 46 degree high and 26 degree low on Wednesday morning.
Tax refund chewed by Donald the Second
Harry B. Rush filed his federal return before the deadline and received a $26.50 refund. His two year old son Donald chewed half the check, leaving only a fragment. Rush mailed the remainder back and officials promised a duplicate check promptly.
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Atlanta
Harry B. Rush
U.S
Donald
Rush
Internal Revenue
Marlon Allen
Allen
Hunt for Slayer Shifts to Mexican Rio Front
Marfa Texas reports the hunt for sheriff C W Morrow's slayer moved to the Mexican side of the Rio Brill. Detectives traced the fugitive to present day Notre Dame star Marty Brill and former Loyola coach, with officers noting alleged vagrancy and theater conduct as part of the pursuit. The case involves Presidio, Texas and Los Angeles amid broad sensational coverage.
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Marfa
Tex
Texas
C. W
Blackie) Morrow
Rio Brill
Notre Dame
Loyola
Los Angeles
Bio Grande
Presidio
Morty
Jury selection in Bednasek murder case continues
Knox Craig reports on the fourth day of jury selection for the murder case of Robert E. Bednasek. A Mennonite father of seven said he opposes capital punishment and jurors are questioned about the penalty. The panel count and peremptory challenges proceed as both sides pace to fill a 12 member jury for the University of Town senior's trial over Margaret Gee Gee Jackson’s death.
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Knox
Craig Towa City
Robert E. Bednasek
University of Town
Miss Jackson
Margaret Gee-Gee Jackson
C. Jay Miller
Mennonite
Frytown
Emil Bednasek
Soft Coal Prices Rise Across Industry After Strike
Pittsburgh area report notes soft coal prices are up 25 cents per ton on Wednesday as costs rise. The move follows Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal company raising wholesale prices 10 to 25 cents per ton, signaling wider industry impact from the strike.
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Pittsburgh, P
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
After 80 Years Temptation Wins Jam Revelation
In Los Angeles Irwin S Pierce aged ninety two recalls his mother gave him a jar of blackberry jam eighty years ago. He opened the jar Tuesday and said it tasted fine admitting he could not resist the temptation.
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Los Angeles
Irwin S. Pierce
Vineland
Price Index Declines in Dun & Bradstreet Wholesale Food Index
New York data show the Dun & Bradstreet wholesale food price index fell this week to 5.81 from 5.85 a week earlier. The index remains 13 percent above the year-ago level of 5.79, reflecting ongoing price movement in wholesale food costs.
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New York
Dun &] Bradstreet
Plunges to Death of Corp President in Office Fall
Henry Eldridge Perry, 60, president of Commenscia Solvents, leapt from his 14th floor office in New York City on Wednesday. Police investigated as a fatal fall with authorities ruling it an apparent suicide.
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New York
Henry Eldridge Perry
Commenscia Solvents Corporation
State Department orders John S Service to testify in loyalty review
The State Department on Wednesday ordered veteran diplomat John S Service back from India to testify in a civil service loyalty review. The recall follows McCarthy charges against four department employees for alleged communist leanings. Lincoln White said the move is to allow Service to speak for himself and does not imply new suspicions. Senator Tydings said investigators expect to obtain department files on those accused, with Pearifoy indicating the files would be released.
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Washington
State Department
John S. Service
India
Service
Department
McCarthy
R-Wis
Civil Service Loyalty Review Board
Lincoln White
White
Senator Tydings
Senate
John E. Pearifoy
Tydings
Senate Foreign Relations
Sailing Is Smooth Truman Feels Fine Aboard USS William C. Lawe
President Truman, vacationing aboard the USS William C. Lawe, reported feeling well as rough seas and seasickness gave way to good weather. Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross relayed by radio from the White House yacht Williamsburg off Key West, noting the president enjoyed the voyage and called the seasickness worthwhile for better weather.
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William C. Lawe
Truman
Charles G. Ross
White House
Williamsburg
Key West
Fla
Ross
Negotiations Sought to Avert Glenwood Packing Strike
Indications of willingness to negotiate a wage dispute at Schroeder Packing plant raise hope of averting a strike. Ole J. Johnson of Omaha, UW of A field rep, said a conference with plant officials could occur soon. Common labor at Schroeder earns $1.00 hourly versus $1.15 elsewhere. A splitter at Glenwood earns $1.79 compared with $1.81 elsewhere. The union had approval to strike if needed.
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Glenwood
Schroeder
Ole J. Johnson
Omaha
United Packinghouse Workers of America
Schroeder's
Johnson
Passenger Stems Runaway Train With Brakes Emergency
A two car, passenger filled elevated train in Philadelphia ran away in reverse with about 40 riders aboard. A quick passenger slammed the emergency brakes after the train rolled about a block and a half. The crew evacuated to inspect a power failure before Michael O Connor, a Pennsylvania Railroad engineer, used the brakes to stop the car and calm passengers.
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Philadelphia
Anneline
Michael O'Connor
Pennsylvania Railroad
Plane crashes into cafe at Las Vegas base injuring 17
A plane ploughed into a cafe at Las Vegas airbase on Wednesday, injuring 17, three critically. With two exceptions, the injured were base personnel or post exchange employees, gathered in the snack bar for mid-morning coffee.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Las Vegas Airforce Base
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