Park Board May Grant Buildings for War Veterans Housing
Park commissioners in Omaha consider remodeling four Centennial buildings at Dodge Park for War Dads as an emergency housing measure for World War II veterans facing eviction. Units would be three rooms each, housing six to eight families per building, with first units ready in about 30 days and costs near 5000 dollars per building.
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Park Board
Dodge Park
Walter E. Gugler
Centennial Grounds
Old Krug Park
Omaha
T O
Henry Meyer, Jr
War Dnds
Park Commissioners
Ross C. Meneray
War Dads Housing Committee
Meneray
Thirttyefifth
Broadway
Federal Public Housing Authority
Council Bluffs
Ae Dein Phe
Meat Prices to Advance Monday Nationwide OPA Increases
The OPA announced meat price hikes will take effect Monday due to higher packing costs tied to a 16 cent wage rise. Pork prices rise an average three quarters of a cent per pound with beef up a third of a cent. some cuts gain one to four cents. Veal lamb and mutton increases to come, with regional variations. Beef liver and cooked corned beef rise two cents. some items hold steady. Local ceilings may differ by city. posters will list a few price changes for meat and beer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA
Los Angeles
Dallas
Chicago
New York
Nashville
Cradlaan Bavon
Monty Butcher Shops
Red Oak Land Sells at About $1,000 Per Acre
Montgomery county land values rise as Matmers Mercantile of Red Oak buys a 12.35 acre strip for 13,000 dollars, about 1,000 per acre. Sale handled by J Schounover, land agent, near Red Oak. Also notes Red Cross drive captains to meet at the chapter house to plan campaign and quota efforts with regional officials present.
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Red Oak
Montgomery County
Matmers' Mercantile Company of
J Schounover
Fred Halvin
Whshways 34
Red Quick
Medard
Pottawakamie County
American Red Cross
Millard Krasne
Loval
Marvin Dale
Adjsistant
Ste Louis
Auth
Miss Deers Comvory
Gearetal Gelel
Lative Ten Ute
Soullisestorn
Lowadlstrine
Hoover foresees hope to avert hunger in Europe
Timoth C Hoover, in a preliminary report from Europe, states that widespread starvation in France, Italy and French North Africa may be averted if the American public provides and ships necessary food. Hoover, honorary chairman of Truman's famine emergency committee, has spent two weeks in Europe assessing conditions as the crisis prompts relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Timtorbert C
Hoover
Frances
Ialy
French North Africa
Europe
Truman
Aenty
Mayor Byers Signs Salary Ordinance
Mayor Byers signed the salary ordinance on Friday afternoon after the city council passed it Wednesday night. City Clerk Nelo Haised said the ordinance covers five city administrative officials.
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Byers
W. A. Xyere
Nelo Haised
City Plans Centennial Celebration in Council Bluffs
Representatives from elite groups met at the city hall to discuss Iowa centennial plans for Council Bluffs. County Chairman Ray Myers urged a civic division committee of the Chamber of Commerce to coordinate events including a one day horse show two days of 4 H club displays and a boat race day at Manawa with pet parades and possibly a full week of fair activity. The city-wide committee will organize and enlist broad community participation as 12 towns in Pottawattamie and surrounding counties prepare to join the celebration with dates to be set soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grontier
Council Bluffs
Iowa
City Hall
Ray Myers
Chamber of Commerce
Manawa
Chamber of Commerce Southwest Iowa Fair
Cornell Bluffs
Myers
Jéssie Parker
Des Moines
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Pottawattamie
Socialistic Trend in SUI Growing Swiftly
SEDITORIAL alleges a rising socialist influence at Iowa State University. Marvin B. Ross, editor of Towa Realtor, claims the university is increasingly bold with socialist propaganda and that professors across commerce, economics, sociology and political science share views implying government corruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sui
Sedak Rapida
Towa
University of Iowa
Towa Realtor Magazine
Marvin B. Ross
Wditer
Iowa
Ross
Iowa Real Estate Association
Commerce
Cholera and Plague Ravage South China and North Provinces
U N relief officials report cholera raging in south China threatening over a million people with high mortality. U S navy ships deliver vaccine to immunize 250000 in Manchow as Chungking reports famine toll rising. Millions face danger across recovered northern provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ching Ride
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Shanghai
South China
U. S. Navy
Mankow
Chungking
Peoples Political Council
North China
Teachers Ask for Salary Increase
Representatives of teachers and custodians asked the board of education Thursday night for salary increases totaling about 68,700 for teachers and 9,000 to 10,000 for custodians and helpers. Dr. C L Crawford said granting similar raises to other staff could raise totals to 81,000 to 82,000. Principals supported the teachers' six point program and the federation urged maintaining the regular 60 dollar increment tax with certain degree-based maxima.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
C. L. Crawford
Christine Jasper
Council Bluffs Federation of Teachers
W. R. McKown
T. J. Fitzsimmons
Teachers’ Federation
Weather Summary From The U S Weather Bureau
The forecast notes mostly cloudy conditions Friday through Saturday with mild cooling trends into the weekend. Iowa expects 8 to 10 degrees above normal with showers Sunday and Monday and again Wednesday. Nebraska predicts showers Saturday afternoon and notable rain Sunday through Tuesday with warmer midweek. Maximums near 78 Friday, lows near 50, and recent highs around 79 with a 0.58 to 0.73 inch humidity range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Weather Bureau
Council
Iowa
Nebraska
UNO Seeks Path to Hear Soviet Break in Iran Case
The United Nations Security Council, led by Secretary of State Byrnes, moves toward a confrontation with the Soviet Union over Iran. With Russia absent, the council plans to propose three questions to Moscow and Tehran on negotiations and the withdrawal of troops, aiming for replies early next week.
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John M. Hightower
New York
United Nations Security Council
Byrnes
Russia
Mosco
Tehran
Iran
Andrei Gramyko
Moscow
Gramyko
Kremlin
Security Council
Council
Truman
Violent riot after Stuttgart raid on displaced camp
A large riot erupted in Stuttgart outskirts when German police with a token U S force searched a displaced persons camp for counterfeit stamps. One displaced person died, five were wounded, an American soldier and several German officers were injured. About 145 police plus 85 investigators moved in at 6 30 am and faced bricks and bottles. armed American cars ended the disturbance. The camp housed 1800 Jews, mostly Polish.
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Stuttgart
Germany
U. S
Tom Tha Reid Ginsx
P. J
Gordon Bound to Grand Jury
Edward Gordon aged 25 was charged with first degree murder and bound over to the grand jury for the slaying of his wife Mildred Gordon, 22, with an axe and knife. He waived a preliminary hearing in Justice George W Moore's court after an information filed by Orville L Yeach, the slain woman’s father. Gordon claimed Mildred had married another serviceman without divorcing him. She died hours after being attacked at her parents’ Shenandoah home, and police say he confessed at the scene saying he hoped she lived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shenandoah
Edward Gordon
Gordon
Mildred
George W. Moore
G. Yeach
James Howard
Shenandoah Hospital
Cliff Novinger
Orville L. Hotchkiss
Promises Price Adjustments to Aid Production
Washington price administrator Paul Porter told Congress prices ceilings would be adjusted to spur production and eliminated once safe. He rejected charges that OPA rationing causes black markets and inflation and warned of severe inflation in the next year with prices rising by 30 to 50 percent.
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Washington, P
Paul Porter
Congress
OPAN
Porter
House Banking Committee
Unemployment May Reach Nine Million Says Page
Nes Moines reports Philip P. Page general manager of the Chicago Journal of Commerce states that unemployment could drop and prices may fall if price ceilings are relaxed. He argues government limits hinder wage increases while competition would better regulate prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nes Moines
Philip P. Page
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Wriday
Page
Des Moines Chamber of Commerce
OPA
90 UT To Become Daily
WALKBURY Nebraska notes Fairbury News and Gazette will switch from weekly to daily publication starting April 1. The title becomes Fairbury Daily News.
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Walkbury
Fairbury
Lawmakers Debate Veto in UNO Atomic Control Plan
Washington AP lawmakers weigh veto powers in a proposed United Nations authority to mine and run fissionable materials for peaceful atomic energy. Senators Ferguson Pepper Fulbright argue against any veto that could block enforcement. others call for majority action and precommitments to enforce security rules.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Ferguson
R.-Mich
State Department
United Nations “Atomic Development Authority
UNO Security Council
Michigan
Ife
United States
Pepper Cb. Flan
Security Council
Britain
Russia
France
China
Popper
Fulbright
D.-Ark
Senate
Special
R. Oppenheimer
Hickenlooper
R.-Ia
Sen. Johnson
New York
Edn G. Johnson
D.-Cal
Atoblc
Government Rejects Plan to Seize Mines in Labor Crisis
Amid labor strife the government denies plans to seize mines as a coal shutdown looms. About 400,000 AFL United Mine Workers join 460,000 idle workers and government moves to assure supplies by taking control of soft coal distribution. Key talks between John L. Lewis’s union and operators stall, with a Sunday midnight contract deadline looming. Parallel talks address CIO AFL jurisdictional clashes over farm equipment plants and Northern California canneries, affecting 60,000 to 100,000 workers as contracts expire.
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Associated Press
AFL United Mine Workers
Truman
Labor Department
John L. Lewis
UMW
CIO
Cio-Afl
California
AFL Teamsters Union
No Prospect of Reaching Agreement in Coal Strike
Washington reports the National Coal Association predicts no contract reached in time to avert a strike by John L. Lewis and 40,000 soft coal miners at midnight Sunday. The association accuses Lewis of stalling, while government efforts to prevent industrial action intensify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Coal Association
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Coal Association
John D. Battle
Battle
Wants Ploughs Not Typewriters At UNRRA Meeting
UNRRA head Ello LaGuardia told delegates from 48 nations he seeks food for world relief wherever found including Argentina. He scoffed at lengthy resolutions and demanded ploughs and fast moving ships over slow reading documents as he pressed for tangible aid.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Red Cross commendation for procedure development
Maj. DB A Botan and Chief Warrant Officer H N Brown of Council Bluffs were officially commended Friday by the Seventh Service for developing procedures that improved efficiency in the organized reserve branch. The Omaha command praised their work in enhancing operation and administration.
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DB. A. Botan
H. N. Brown
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Organized Reserve
Amywiewe
Dys 1 Oh Sfyk
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Bill Page
Bill Ruppert
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UNO
Apeial
Pacific
Jerry Lee Fisher
Yeseuld
Robert Fisher
Pacific Junction
James Funeral Home
Glenwood
Villa Fisher
Toin Tho
Mildred Gordon
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