Trials Ordered for Big Moud Officers in Norfolk
NORFOLK Va March 27 date set for court martial of SS0url s commanding officer operations officer and navigator following grounding near Chesapeake Bay. Capt William D Brown John R Millettaper and Lt Com Fi Morris named as defendants in open proceedings ordered by Rear Adm Atlan E Smith commander of the cruiser force. Naval spokesmen say hearings will start at Norfolk Naval Base with public and press access.
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P — Gener
Chesapeake
William D. Brown
Fie
Fla
Big Mio
John R. Millettaper
Fi Morris
New York
Coffee Traders Reaping Fat Profits on NY Exchange
Senator Gillette Ullas, chair of a Senate agriculture subcommittee, charged foreign coffee traders on the New York exchange have reaped enormous profits and that such profits are not taxable. He said the futures market has been used by foreign interests for speculation. Witness Leon Israel, president of Leon Israel Inc., offered no comment on Gillette’s claim but noted coffee prices will remain high. Israel cited drought in Brazil, larger European imports, reduced Brazilian surpluses, and England's currency devaluation as factors boosting prices.
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New York Exchange
von Gillette
Israel
Gillette
Brazil
Europe
England
101 Year Old Man Becomes Oldest New Father Known
The Rev James E Smith of Carbondale Illinois claims his first birthday on Thursday and may be the oldest new father. He is father to twin girls born a month ago and has four older children aged 13 12 9 and five. Smith married Anna Leo in 1835 when she was 62 notes an old age pension and state aid for the children and earns extra by preaching and singing in Negro and white churches.
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Carbondale
James E. Smith
Smith
Anna Leo
American Medical Association
Chicago
Negra
Illinois
Oldest Resident Dies in Allison Iowa
Debated OCR text notes the death of the town’s oldest resident in Allison Iowa with unclear details. The snippet mentions a person aged as the oldest local figure and references family relations and dates, but the exact name, age, and obituary details are obscured in the damaged source.
Leopold's Future Up to Parliament
Geneva Belgium. Leopold II, king of the Belgians, said he will leave his future to Belgian parliament after the referendum. He pledged to accept whatever decision the constitution assigns, as leaders debate whether he should return amid questions of unity and public sentiment.
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Geneva
Leopold II
Leopold
Husbane
Belgium
Sharp Cut in Spending Planned by House Panel
The House Appropriations Committee tentatively proposed a 126 million dollar reduction in President Truman’s requested spending for the fiscal year beginning July 1. A central committee recommended the cut, with a 113.6 million dollar total for the president’s overall budget and 3.3 billion for Marshall Plan foreign aid. The panel will present the recommendation next Monday then send the omnibus bill to the House for debate, the first time Congress would wrap all department funds into one bill.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
House
Congress
Wild Life Week Proclaimed in Illinois by Governor Beardsley
Governor William Beardsley on Thursday proclaimed March 19 as Wild Life Restoration Week in Illinois. He urged residents to consider the protection and needs of birds animals and fish during the period.
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Dle Movnes
William
More Spring Like Weather Forecast For Local Area
The forecast promises bright sun Thursday and more sunshine Friday with warmer temperatures, near the 50s, as residents await spring. The official season begins Tuesday with the 10 36 p m moment marking the change, and highs reach the mid 40s to 50s around the region.
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Thursdaut
Mercery
la Moni
Fills Two Vacancies on Resources Council
DES MOINES Iowa Gov William Beardsley announced the appointment of an engineer-situator and a dairy farmer to fill two vacancies on the Iowa natural resources council. The appointees are F M Dawson dean of the University of Iowa engineering college and Scott Elis of Dallas Center. Dawson succeeds L Crawford who resigned to devote more time to business interests.
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William Beardsley
Iowa Natural Resources Cour
Nhe
FL M. Dawson
Univesity
Iowa Engineering College
Scott Elis Af
Dallas
Dawson
Engineering
Ellis
An Dawson
L. Crawford
Iowa City
Carroll Building Collapse Damages Iowa Hatchery Site
A portion of the one story brick Carroll Building housing the Iowa Master Breeders hatchery col lapsed about 3 a m Thursday. The south wall fell into the basement while the north wall moved 18 inches from alignment. No one was inside at the time. The building is reportedly owned by Larry Jung of Carroll.
Mystery to Better Government ad in The Nanp paper
A local political ad in The Nanp paper drew claims of a “Better Government” effort. Three of four council members linked to funding appeared undecided while Aldermen Lundads and Koll gave mixed accounts. A five member Good Government committee led by Griffith, Juel, Mulqueen, Schonberg, and Mugarin represented the group.
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Coun Calmer
Nanp
Geil Denier Ap Kre Tay
Ria
Frank L. Griffith
Eimer P. Juel
James Mulgueen
jCarl Schonberg
Marion Mmugarine
Popular Prize Winning Dachshund Cools in Nashville
Konrad Von Wesdell, a prize winning dachshund, once famed as dog of distinction, faces a drop in popularity after the national contest payoff. An attorney calculates about 770 dollars in income tax tied to the prizes. The dog appeared unperturbed in a posed photo.
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Nashville
Tenn
Konrad von Wesdell
Konrad
Thomas P. Wall
Burt
Walt
Altrock Hearing to Resume Friday in Ouster Case
The ouster hearing of Public Chief Frank E. Altrock, opened Wednesday in district court, will resume at 10 a.m. Friday after a Thursday gap due to Judge R Kent Martin's other duties. Witnesses testified Altrock appeared intoxicated on several occasions, including sightings at bars near Broadway and mentions of the Ambassador tavern. Proceedings focus on intoxication counts and potential removal from office amid testimony from Ammon Asay and Herb Sollazo, with defense and prosecution sparring over witness reliability.
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Frank E. Altrock
District Court
R. Kent Martin
Altrock
Witns
Ammon Asay
West Broadway
Herb Sollaze
Benton Street
Asay
Imechanic
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Torney
Charles BE. Swanson
Altrack
Tisher
Swarsen
Exer Asay
Meldrum
Herb Sollazo
Mastair
Thomas O. Tacy
Tacy
Clarence Meldrum
Oi Council
Daniel G. Pettie
Ale
New Study of Armed Forces Fund Requests
Washington officials study a 187.14 million amendment to the defense department public works bill amid hush hush requests for secret radar weapons and bases. Navy seeks 23.3 million for facilities outside the continental U S. Army requests include 40 million for a Dugway Utah chemical corps site and two other covert installations.
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Capitol
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Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Vinson+D-Gal
Quantico
Albany
Alaska
Navy
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Calif
Fifth Army
Chicago
Army
Chemical Corps
Dugway Proving Ground
Utah
Air Force
Abe Lynx Meet Sioux City Central In Substate Final
Abraham Lincoln of Council Bluffs and Sioux City Central meet Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Morningside gym for the Class AA substate final. The Missouri Valley rivals split two games this season with Central winning 31 48 at Sioux City and Lincoln edging back 58 43 in their March meeting. Lincoln had earlier defeated Ames 33 47 to reach the final.
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Council Bluffs
Sioux City Central
Morningside College
Sioux Cy
Missouri Valley
Central
Sioux City
Lynx
Maroons
Ames
Greatest Parade for St Pat’s Day in New York City
A five hour St Patrick’s Day parade is set for Friday in New York City. About a million spectators are expected as the procession starts at noon at Fourth Street and travels north along Fifth Avenue to 98th Street.
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New York
4Th Street
Fifth Revenue
98Th Street
Francis Cleveland Elected Tamworth Selectman
Francis Cleveland, 46, son of the late president Grover Cleveland, is newly elected as a selectman at Tamworth's town meeting under the Republican banner. The political notes place him among Republican figures in local governance.
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Passworth
Poe
Grover Cleveland
Figs
Republican
Banrer
Francis Cleveland
Tamworth
Seal pups killed in Pacific storms wash ashore
Washington and Oregon officials report that violent storms in January washed hundreds of seal pups ashore along the Pacific coast. The U S Fish and Wildlife Service said the number of stranded pups was high and many may not survive.
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Washington
Shington
Oregon
Fish and iWild Life Service
Arrest Mexican in Slaying of Sheriff
PRESIDO Texas AP Mexican national Jose Villalobos, 24, was arrested Thursday in the slaying of Sheriff Co. W. Blackie Morrow of Presidio. Deputy Tarwater quoted him saying he fired four times after a fight. The sheriff was killed on a canyon road north of Presidio early Sunday. Villalobos was captured 70 miles southwest of Presidio in Mexico after a pursuit across rugged terrain. He had cuts and bruises from brush and gear wear. tracked to the mountains and nabbed two miles from Buchillo Parade. He had ties to radio patrols at Chihuahua City, Mexico.
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Tex
Jose Villa‘obes
Co. W .Blackie) Morrow
Mack Tarwater
Qantain Road
Here
Villalobos
Mexico
Ghirough
Buchillo Parade
Chihuahua City
Chuckle on Money and Wives in Commerce Cartoon
A humorous dialogue features First wife asking how to extract money from her husband and Second wife replying with a tactic of claiming she is returning to her mother, prompting the husband to immediately hand rail fare. The captioned gag preserves light local-tone wit.
Board Weighs Teacher Pay Increase at ISD
Five Iowa School for the Deaf teachers urged the state Board of Education to grant pay raises. The delegation led by Ruth Robey told reporters no specific amount was requested, but funding from the interim committee was sought. The board has funds for raises, while action by Des Moines remains unclear.
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State Board of Eduration
Oakdale
Davitt Dances
Orld
Iowa Legislative Interim Committee
Des Moines
Dancer
Cioaret
Teaniners
ISD
Ruth Robey
Robey
American Federation of Teachers
Beverly Seter
Micdelh Givens
Lelia McQuern
Willis Moran
Taxpayer Lists Senator Congressman Dependents
A New York taxpayer claimed his state senator and U S congressman as dependents for income tax relief. The largest payment that day was a 336 million quarterly check from a corporation. The firm owed 144 million for the year while the claim was under review by the second district collector Dennis J McMahon.
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New York
U.S
From & Corporation
Dennis J. McMahon
Poor Boy Rich Girl Factor Highlighted in Bednasek Murder Trial
In the Robert E. Bednasek murder case in Iowa City defense counsel injected the rich girl poor boy dynamic during jury selection. The defendant, a Cedar Rapids area student, is accused of the December death of Margaret Jackson. Jackson's father, W. Elmer Jackson, a Burling ton attorney and state parole board member, faces questions about influence on witnesses.
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Knox Craig
Iowa City
Robert E. Bednasek
Bednasek
Margaret
Gee-Gee
Limiversus of
Iowa
Bednas
Clair Theilson
Miss Jackson
W. Elmer Jackson
Sehud
Robert de Rothweil
Hamilton
Ventlemen
Bednasek’s Father, Id Your
Czechoslovaloda
Cedar Rapids
Jackson
Burlington
State Board of Parole
Daughan
Suffrage Leader Dies in Cambridge at 92
Cambridge obituary notes Alice Stone Blackwell a pioneering suffrage leader dies at her home at age 92. Daughter of Lucy Stone and abolitionist father Charles Blackwell, she carried on the family legacy in the fight for women’s rights.
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Cambridge, Mass
Alice
Stone Blackwell
Miss Blackwell
Lucy (Stone) Blackwell
Logan 500 Club Formed to Clear Treasury Deficit
A new Logan group named the 500 Club aims to wipe out the deficit in the A. C. Schulmeister treasury after his resignation as treasurer. Miss Linnie Hankeman, former deputy treasurer, took over duties as appointed. Donations are sought from officials and outsiders amid rumors and cautious responses.
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Logan
Linnie Hankeman
Harrison County
Acheson Proposes Seven Point Plan for Peace
Secretary of State Acheson challenged Russia to embrace a seven point program to curb aggressive diplomacy and pursue peace. He urged withdrawing troops from satellites, reforming the United Nations, regulating atomic weapons, and stopping subversive actions against allied governments, while predicting Moscow would resist. He spoke at UC Berkeley during a conference on international cooperation for world economic development.
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Calif
Acheson
Russia
United States
Bson
University of California
Pric
Germany
Japan
Austria
Far East
U.N
Communist Party
St Patrick Day noted by A A Luchow birthday Friday
A. A. Luchow marks his birthday on Friday as St Patrick's Day serves as more than a simple wearing of green in an illustrated story on this page.
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A. A. Luchow
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