Sympathy Strikes Hit Midwest Truck Lines
The Associated Press reports widespread slowdowns in the Midwest as about 2500 Kansas City area drivers refuse to work in sympathy with a local dispute. Des Moines and Omaha terminals halt operations at several major lines while some routes are bypassed. Union officials deny a general strike, noting perishables still move and a settlement may come today.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Kansas City
Des Moines
AFL
DBM
Watson Bros
Rock Island Motor Transit
Burlington Truck Lines
Bruce Motor Freight
Merchants Motor Freight Inc
Ennus Truck Lines, Inc
Omaha
Neb
Burlington Freight Lines
Ottunmwa
Joplin
Dave Beck
AFL Teamsters Union
Irvin Schmidt
Loreal
Schmidt
Watson Red Bull
Prucka
Santa Fe
Union Freightways
Darling Transfer
Trans American
Grocers Alarmed By Shoplifting Surge
Grocers in Council Bluffs fear a wave of shoplifting and may deploy a flying squad of store detectives to curb pilfering. Officials say it is largely the stores’ problem, with police ready to intervene if called. A grocer recounts catching five thieves and notes lawsuits deter actions.
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G. A. Bartel
Council Bluffs Retail Food Dealers Association
Bartel
Graces
Earl Miller
West Side Market
War of ideas urged to counter communists and hate campaigns
The State Department seeks a $170 million overseas campaign for truth, asserting a total war of ideas against communism. Gen Collins says the effort must be all-out to regain psychological advantage, despite criticism of scare tactics and questions about costs and methods. The hearing included remarks on crime and store theft impacts, with grocers reporting rising losses and a mix of consequences for arrests.
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Washington
State Department
J. Lawton Collins
Mel Windust
Audubon
Army Chief of Staff
Appropriations Subcommittee
Windust
Congress
Thessue
Collins
Tome
Remove Ban on White Sidewalls
Washington officials lifted the ban on white sidewall tires and allowed higher natural rubber use in passenger car tires. The national production authority set a quarterly limit of 110,000 tons after April 1, replacing 105,000 tons, with a promise of further easing of rubber controls in the near future.
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Washington, P
National
Vacate Ordered for G I Court Residents on Thirty-fifth Street
The 13 remaining families in the G I court veteran housing project at Thirty-fifth Street and West Broadway were served 30 day vacation notices. Bailiff Clarence Ingraham delivered the notices Tuesday. The city has federal approval to dismantle the court and Kennard W. Gardiner plans removal of plumbing fixtures stoves and refrigerators from 26 vacant apartments. An inspection is set for Thursday to plan dismantling details.
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G.I. Court
Veteran's Housing
Thirty-fifth Street
West Broadway
Clarence Ingraham
Municipal Court
Kennard W. Gardiner
Food Prices Drop in New York as Index Slips
The Dun & Bradstreet food index fell to 86.48 this week a new 17 month low. The index declined from 90.54 last week and sits 10.1 percent below the year ago level of 7.21.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
New Trial Motion for Fischer Youth
WEBSTER CITY a new trial motion in behalf of Robert Fischer 15 is filed in district court Friday. A March 14 jury convicted the boy of second degree murder in the rifle shooting of his father School Supt Al W Fischer of Jewell. He faces sentencing before Judge John Schaupp on Saturday and is on bond living in Manchester.
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Webster City
Robert Fischer
al W. Fischer
Jewell
John Schaupp
Manchester
Two People Hurt in Car Truck Crash Near Underwood
Two persons were injured in a truck automobile collision a mile north of here on Highway 64 shortly before noon Wednesday. The car occupants, Mr and Mrs Coleman Fisher, were injured. Two passing motorists, Jake and Paul Ring, transported the injured to Underwood for treatment by a doctor summoned to the scene. Extent of injuries not stated.
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Here
Highway 64
Coleman Fisher
Jake
Paul Ring
Underwood
Watch Your Step As Weatherman Urges Rubber Boots
Thawing temperatures Thursday will keep streets slushy and wet with melt water. Expect sunny spells to aid melting while temperatures rise from a low near 22 to about 37. Pedestrians wary of gutters as mud and spray from passing vehicles increase. Central Iowa cities Ames Des Moines Newton report light snow Tuesday night adding to slush. Iowa City saw snow Wednesday. Southwest Iowa mostly dry.
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Mercury
Iowa
Ames
Des Moines
Newton
Iowa City
Stassen Plans Delegates in Wisconsin for Eisenhower Bid
Associated Press reports Harold Stassen will split 12 Wisconsin delegates with Eisenhower if he wins the April 1 primary, shaking up the GOP race. Taft backers call it weakness as Warren supporters say Warren delegates could back Eisenhower if he falters. John Foster Dulles says he will soon share foreign policy views after two years as an adviser to the State Department.
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Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Harold E. Stasser
Tues
Wisconsin
Eisenhower
Stassen
Hej
Taft
Barlier
California
Earl Warren
Warren
Wasenhower
Normnaton
Washington
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Taft's Name Stays in New Jersey Race
In Trenton the New Jersey Superior Court ruled Taft's name will remain on the April 15 presidential preference ballot. Judge Smalley dismissed a suit to remove Taft after the attorney general argued a public interest favored keeping his name. West Branch and Springdale districts debated a merger as Taft campaigned and wrote a letter to the secretary of state requesting support.
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Superior Court
Sen. Taft
New Jersey
Ralph J. Smalley
Taft
Theodore D. Parsons
West Branch
Springdale
West Jersey
Emal Tuitetty
Senate
Drainage Board Awards Two Contracts in Garrison District
The joint boards of two counties awarded two contracts for the Garrison-Pollawattamie drainage district. Raymond Kurth of Missouri Valley will clean Allen creek and revamp the likes for 10 cents per cubic yard, covering 40 000 cubic yards. Martin & Swain of Missouri Valley to clear the Myers-Spires lateral at 10 cents per cubic yard for 4 000 cubic yards. A request to clean Nobles lake ditch and repair Coulthard and Vanman levee was referred to drainage engineer A L Thomas for investigation.
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Garrison-Pollawattamie
Boards of Supervisors
Raymond Kurth
Missouri Valey
Allen Creek
Martin & Swain
Missouri Valley
Myers-Spires
Oscar Olson
Joint Board
Nobles Lake
Vanman Levee
A. L. Thomas
Council Interviews City Manager Applicant
City councilmen conducted the first interview with a manager applicant on Wednesday. Mulqueen, Shu sart, and Willian eenan discussed the discharged 17 month US Army veteran from the 24th Infantry division who paused in town en route to Chicago. A formal written application will be filed and reviewed with others later. Officials hope to appoint between May 1 and May 14, with City Clerk Gardiner acting as manager pro tem until a new manager arrives.
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James Mulgueen
Marion L. Shusart
Willian Eenan
Missouri
24Th Infantry Division
United States
Shugart
Chicago
Mulqueen
Kennard W. Gardiner
New Jersey Bell Workers Strike Shuts Plant and Offices
Newark New Jersey 9100 plant and accounting employees walked out Wednesday in a dispute over wages affecting operations at the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company across the state, halting routine services and prompting management to seek a settlement.
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New Jersey Bell
Newark
New Jersey Bell Telephone Company
McGrath Defends Outside Activities in Hearing
Attorney General J Howard McGrath told a House subcommittee the justice department would lose a majority of its best attorneys overnight if barred from outside activities He testified under oath at the first open hearing into DOJ operations amid probes of tax fraud prosecutions and departmental zeal.
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Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Congressional
Justice Department
McGrath
House
Senate panel votes to extend price controls for year
The senate banking committee approved a one year extension of price wage and gathering controls under the defense production act delaying its June expiration. The panel rejected a bid by Sen Dirks en to end federal rent controls except in critical defense areas while maintaining other controls.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Sen
Dirkisen
Full Voltage Hits Cows as Milking Machine Shorted
In Halia Mississippi a milking machine shorted sending full voltage through the system. Former French Woods faced a barn scene as nine cows died from electric shock and others panicked for about thirty minutes. Woods estimated damages near two thousand dollars.
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Halia
Woods
Dollar Day Sale Sees 100 Stores Planned for April 23
Earle C Reynolds chamber secretary says 100 merchants are expected to participate in the Dollar Day sale, surpassing last year’s 80. Strategic Air Command at Offutt Field will provide a display to promote Air Force week, with both events advertised together.
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Earle C. Reynolds
Chamber of Commerce
Strategic Air Command
Offutt Field
Nebraska GOP Poll Shows Ike Narrowly Leading Taft
Nebraska newspapers report Gen Dwight Eisenhower leading Sen Robert Taft in Republican sentiment by about 42 to 38 percent with MacArthur, Stassen and Warren among others also named. Democrats favor Kefauver at 34 percent, Kerr at 33, Truman at 30, with undecided voters rising as primary day nears.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Nto
GOP
Harold E. Stassen
Douglas’ MacArthur
Estes Kefauger
Robert S. Kerr
Truman
Kerr
Kerr-Truman
Kefauver
Republians
Eisenhower
Taft
MacArthur
Stassen
Earl Warren
Everett Dirksen
Bill
Thomas BE. Dewey
Adlai Stevenson
Tinois
Richard Russell
Georgia
Paul H. Douglas
Illinois
France Cracks Down on Tunisian Government
French authorities moved to suppress Tunisia's independence movement by arresting Premier Mohammed Chenik and three cabinet members. Martial law and press censorship were ordered, signaling a harsh crackdown on dissent in Tunis.
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France
Tunis
Tunisia
Mohammed Chenik
Ihree
Plan to Cement German Nation
The western powers showed evidence of pursuing plans to bind as much of Germany to the western world as possible despite Russia. A toughened policy on German questions involving Russia was outlined in a note to Moscow, made public by the United States Britain and France.
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Washington
Westerm
Germany
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Three Nations
Browning’s Local Shop Gave Rise to Modern Rifles
The article recalls John Browning settling near Traders Point and opening a gunsmith shop about 120 years ago in Council Bluffs area. It notes his Kentucky training, two major innovations the six shot repeating rifle and the earlier repeating rifle, and how his son John M Browning advanced firearm design. It also mentions Browning’s later fame for the machine gun and how early guns were produced under other labels before Browning branding gained traction.
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C. W. McManamy
Lake Manawa
Johnathan Browning
Iermty
Council Bluffs
Frontier Guardsman
Browning
Traders Pot
Mosquito Creek
Kentucky
John Wm
Winchester
Remington
Colt
Stevens
Far East
Applause for Contino in Public Appearance
Hollywood accordianist Dick Contino opened his first public engagement since a prison term for draft evasion at the Mocambo nightclub. He faced a sympathetic audience and later signed autographs in his dressing room, saying there are times feelings in your heart you cannot express and you will never know what you have done for me here tonight.
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Hollywood
Dick Contino
Mocambo
Transplant New Glands Into Humans
Yale researchers disclosed early results from transplanting embryonic glands from unborn babies into three patients at Yale University Medical School. Gland pieces in stomach muscles or thyroid areas stayed alive, grew, and produced hormones in animal tests, offering potential treatments for diabetes thyroid disease and other conditions.
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Alton L. Blakeslee
New Haven
Conn
Sergei Voronoff
Yale University Medical School
Bridges to Testify on Baltimore Tax Case Interest
Senator Styles Bridges of New Hampshire Republican Senate Leader will testify before House tax scandal investigators Thursday about his interest in a seven million dollar tax case involving a Baltimore liquor dealer.
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Washington
Sen. Styles| Bridges
New Hampshire
Baltimore
Moline Bans Gambling Stamps in City Limits
Moline city council approved an ordinance outlawing possession of federal gambling tax stamps. The measure passed unanimously 13 to 0 Tuesday night.
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Moline
Open Negotiations Steelworkers Press Industry on Wage Plan
The CIO United Steelworkers opened talks with Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp demanding industry acceptance of the wage stabilization board proposal. NSW District Director Murray warned of plant shutdowns if the company rejects the WSB recommendations for a 17 cent yearly pay boost and other benefits. Discussions with U S Steel and other firms to follow as a potential strike looms on April 8.
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Plvnsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Wage Stabilization Board
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Nsw
John Murray
WSB
Philip Murray
USW
U. S. Steel Corp
J. and
W. R. Elliot
Washington
Defense Mobilization
Charles E. Wilson
McCarthy sues Benton for 2 million over remarks
Senator McCarthy reports filing a two million dollar libel and slander suit in federal court against Senator Benton accusing him of perjury deceit and conspiracy over charges of communists in government. Benton had alleged McCarthy was unfit and sought to waive immunity from suit which McCarthy accepted.
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Washington
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Benton
D-Conn
Senate
Federal District Court
Congress
Witnesses Sought After 681000 Armored Truck Robbery
Danvers police and FBI agents search for an eyewitness to the bold 681 000 robbery of an armored truck. Police Chief Raymond Kirwin said no one has seen the money taken Tuesday from the unguarded truck outside a drug store while its crew sat inside. Three bandits in a stolen 1950 Buick tied up the routine heist and sped away along Danvers main street.
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Nam
Omaha
Ftme
Danvers
Mass
FBI
Anvers
Raymond Kirwin
Main Street
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G. I, Court
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Weatherman
Trenton
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Ogden, Utah
John M., Browning
Jonathan Browning
Contino
Camgel
Geo
Hielen
Harrison T
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