Lashing Winds Sweep Rural Iowa Sunday Storm
Severe winds peaked at 62 mph Sunday across western Iowa, causing light damage including a shed roof blown down and a few broken windows. Weather officials predicted clearing and cooler weather with snow flurries inland. barometer set a new low. Telegraph lines and roads faced widespread disruption as crews mobilized from the Dakotas to Nebraska.
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Ty ‘Ead
Council
Lamoni
Ottumwa
Farmers Lumber
1 Company
Twelfth Street
Avenue DB
Goodrich
Park Avenue
Broadway
Famburg
Des Moines
Rocky
Appalachians
Nebraska
South Dakota
Opere
Dakotas
Minnesota
Iowa
Majority Reduced as Cobb Dies in London Hospital
London report says Labor Party majority in the House of Commons fell to three after the death of MP F. A. Cobb. The speaker Col. Clifton Brown announced Cobb’s death in a London hospital to the house.
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London
Labor Party
House of Commons
F. A. Cobb
Col
Clifton Brown
Heavy City Election Votes Surpass Past Totals
Amid leaden skies and March winds, 2,584 votes were reported by noon, the heaviest in several city elections. Polls close at 8 pm with 29 candidates, and 115 absentee and sick ballots remain at City Clerk Albert E. Peterson’s office. Ward tallies show varied precinct results, with early returns indicating a predominately yes sentiment in pre-noon voting.
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Albert E. Peterson
Johnson to Key West for Defense Session
President Truman summoned Secretary Johnson to Key West on the eve of the defense chiefs departure for a European NATO meeting. Johnson flew to confer with the president at his Florida retreat and planned a Tuesday departure to The Netherlands to open the North Atlantic Defense Ministers meeting in The Hague on April 1.
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Washington
Truman
Johnson
Key West
Defense Chiefs
Florida
Netherlands
Defense Ministers
The
Hague
Russia Blasts Eleanor Roosevelt At U N Rights Panel
At Lake Success the Soviet delegate Semyon Tsarapkin denounced Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt for alleged U N misuse. She banged the gavel and refused further propaganda talk as the 18 nation rights commission upheld a Chinese nationalist delegation stance. Mrs. Roosevelt was re elected chairwoman by acclamation and P C Chang of nationalist China became first vice chairman.
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Roosevelt
P. ¢. Chang
China
United States
Fire Marshal Orders Corrections for Creston Hotel
State Fire Marshal Zack Cook said he expects prompt corrections at the Iowana hotel in Creston and at other sites, including the Mitchell County Me Moral hospital in Osage and Wabbena hospital in Rock Rapids, after statewide inspections prompted by the Mercy hospital fire disaster. He noted Clinton's old People's home may remain open with planned changes, and emphasized compliance is expected to prevent further loss of life.
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Des Moines
Zack Cook
Iowana
Creston
Mitchell County MeMoral Hospital
Osage
Wabbena Hospital
Rock Rapids
Clinton
Cook
Mercy Hospital
Daven
Bort
Iowa City Elections Under Way In Several Cities
Elections were under way in Des Moines and several other Iowa cities on Monday with voters choosing the first city council under a new city manager plan. Other cities like Stirlington Clinton Cedar Rapids Dubuque Sioux City and Waterloo also picked municipal officers.
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Iowa
Des Moines
First City Council
Stirlington
Clinton
Cedar
Postpone Resumption of Ottumwa Bus Service
Ottumwa bus service revival, once set for Monday, is postponed after Mayor Herschel Loveless calls for additional review of the company’s license application. A council meeting to discuss licensing was delayed and the Saturday deadline passed with no resolution, delaying any restart.
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Ottumwaa
Ottumwa
Herschel Loveless
the Cry Council
Loveless
Ot Tle
Muta
U S civilian public servants drop by 800 in March
The Civil Service Commission reports 800 fewer civilian jobholders in the United States as of March 2, bringing total government employees to 1,249,000. Overseas staff included, this marks the lowest level since the start of the month.
State Rests Case Against Iowa Student
In Iowa City a Burlington lawyer broke into tears on the stand as the state rested its murder case against University of Iowa psychology student Robert E. Bednasek, 24, accused of strangling fellow student Margaret Anne Jackson, 20. Witnesses described jealousy signs and Bednasek's confessed suicidal impulses while the jury heard about letters and a pocket calendar tied to the case.
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Iowa City
W. Elmer Jackson
Burlington
Robert E. Bednasek
Bednasek
University of Iowa
Margaret Anne
Gee. Gee) Jackson
Iowa
Jackson
State Parole Board
Bednasek Tackson
Cedar Rapids
Wiss Jackson
Gee-Gee
Towa
Nasek
Miss Jackson
FR. Z. Shoben, Jr
James P. Gaffney
Shoben
Boiler Explodes at Kips Bay Station Injures Four Men
Four men were scalded when a boiler exploded at New York Steam corporation’s Kips Bay station. The blast released steam and hot water at high temperature, severely injuring the workers as they were repairing the unit.
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New York
Kips Bay
New York Steam Corporation
Tide of Toys Comes to London Orphans
Toys donated from American children arrived at Dr Barnardo's in London for 60 east end orphans. The Tide of Toys project, part of the American Legion drive, sent about 200,000 more toys to Britain and Europe. Sir Frederick Rowland and U.S. officials attended a token presentation as 4 to 8 year old orphans received dolls, toy trains, cowboy outfits, and a duck toy amid a ceremonial display.
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London
Santa Claus
Iowa
Texas
California
East End
United States
Britain
American Legion
Dr. Barnardo's
Frederick Rowland
Sharman Douglas
Lewis Douglas
F. B. Tyrrell
Stepney
Joan Howard Davies
Oliver Twist
Miss Douglas
Closing of Vets Clubs Regretted
Mayor George B. Sparks and Police Chief Frank Altrock said they regretted the closing of two veteran organization meetings on Sunday. They stated they did not order the action, while Donald W. Snyder of the VFW charged police with suppressing constitutional rights. No arrests were made as police interrupted DAV and VFW gatherings. Altrock pledged to investigate who ordered the closings.
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George B. Sparks
Frank Altrock
Donald W. Snyder
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Disabled American Veterans
VFW
DAV
West Broadway
South Main Street
Altrock
Altock
R. F. Edwards
Sparks
Floyd Deal
John Schneer
Francis Kerns
French Ports Tied Up by Dockers Strike
All but two French ports were tied up Monday by a docker strike ordered by the communist led General Confederation of labor. The exceptions were Marseille and Cherbourg.
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General Confederation of Labor
Marseille
Cherbourg
Foreign Aid Bill Faces New Attack
Washington battles over a 3.37 billion dollar foreign aid bill as critics push to cut funding. President Truman appealing from Key West vacation urges Congress to approve the full 12 month allocation starting July 1 to avoid irreparable damage to other nations and threaten independence. Senator Vandenberg credits Republicans for defending western civilization amid the debate.
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Washington
House
Ad. N Aid
Congress
Key West
Truman
Kee
D-w. Va
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Vandenberg
R-Miers
Republicram
Upper Iowa U. Aims to Meet Accreditation Standards
Upper Iowa University President W. T. Smith says the school expects to meet North Central Association requirements in the next months. The bid for accreditation was not approved at a Chicago meeting last week. To satisfy criteria the institution must raise and earmark funds for higher salaries, physical improvements and allied items. A living endowment plan is under way to secure the needed funds amid Iowa’s upcoming suspension of its own accrediting system.
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Fausute
W. T. Smith
Upper Iowa University
North Central Association of Colleges
Chicago
Smith
Central Association
Iowa
The A B C of Psychiatry Every Subject to Emotional Conflicts
A compact overview of neurosis and psychoses focusing on emotional conflicts, mood changes, and the manic depressive psychosis seen in a case of George. It explains how underlying conflicts influence behavior, with notes on recognition and treatment through psychiatry.
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George Thurman
George
Lattimore Denies Moscow Spy Claims Amid McCarthy Rush
Soviet spy accusations against Owen Lattimore are called pure moonshine by Lattimore who is abroad on a United Nations mission in Afghanistan. He says he will return home in a few days and responds in detail then. McCarthy had labeled him the top Russian espionage agent in the United States.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
McCarthy
Russia
State Department
United States
Lattimore
Associated Press
Afghanistan
United Nations
Wisconsin
Mana
Asso
Esther Caukin Brunauer
Senate
Joe Ball
Milton
Minnesota
Eisenhower
Tydings
Hanson
Bath
Tydings Committee
Latetimore
Detley W. Bronk
Johns Hopkins University
Walter Winternational
Hopkins
Drew Pearson
Estage
Johns
Dennis Conviction Upheld by Court
The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed Eugene Dennis's contempt of Congress conviction. The ruling 5-2 held Dennis wilfully disobeyed a subpoena to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee on April 9, 1947. Dennis, then general secretary of the American Communist Party, faced a four year term and a $1,000 fine.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
Dennis
Minton
Black
Frankfurter
Clark
Douglas
Vinson
Jackson
Reed
Burton
Raid on Bagley poker game nets $639 seized
State agents and three Iowa sheriffs swept a poker game at Gerald B. Clark farm near Bagley on Saturday. $639.25 was seized on a table. Clark and six others were bound over to Guthrie county grand jury on related charges. Names listed include Raymond Renele Bagley W, L. McMenamin Dexter Bert Hooper Linden Narold Zwicky Jefferson Lyndon FE Thompson Creston Leo Miller Omaha.
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SeEng Swalnes
Guthrie County
R. W. Neber
Salt
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
Neberga
Iowa
Gerald B.clark
Bagley
Nebergall
Sev
Nebergal
Clark
Raymond
Renele
W, L. McMenanin
Dexter
Bert Hooper
Linden
Narold Zwicky
Jefferson
Lyndon FE Thompson
Creston
Leo Miller
Omaha
Boy Feeding Elephant Crushed Kills Child at Circus
In Sarasota Florida a boy feeding peanuts to a circus elephant was fatally crushed when the animal whipped its trunk, struck him to the ground and stepped on his head. Attendants finally moved the elephant, but Roger Schooley, 5 or 6, died at the scene. His parents are Prof and Mrs Elmer Schooley of Las Vegas New Mexico.
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Sarasota
Fia
Big Dolly
Roger Schooley
Prof
Mrs
Elmer
Schooley
Las Vegas
N.M
Hickenlooper on Hand for Hearings in Washington
Senator Hickenlooper represented the Minority as hearings on charges of communism in the State Department opened Monday. He canceled town re election campaign speeches in Storm Lake and Jefferson to fly to Washington for sessions. He told Senator Tydings he planned to stay in Iowa until Wednesday, expecting hearings not to resume before then. Senator Lodge attended a funeral in Massachusetts on Monday.
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Wasiington
Hickentooper
Relowa
State Department
Hickenooper
Storm Lake
Jefferson
Washington
Hickenlooper
Tydings
R-Mass
Dutch Government Recognizes Chinese Communist Government
The Dutch Government recognized the Chinese communist government on Monday in The Hague, marking a formal diplomatic step amid postwar alignment shifts.
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Hague
Holland
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