Greece cracks down as minister assassinated and martial law declared
In Athens a government statement reports Justice Minister Christos Ladas was killed in an attack linked to a communist plot to kill three cabinet members. Martial law was proclaimed after the bludgeoning assault, with authorities vowing stern measures amid ongoing civil conflict and guerrilla activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. S. Chabales
Athens
Christos Ladas
Themistokles Sophoulis
Sophoulis
Ladas
Constantine Rentis
Sophouus
Rentis
OPLA
Fo-ree
King George
Saphoulis
Constantine Tsaldaris
U. S
Karl Rankin
Liberal Party
Truman envoy Taylor meets Archbishop of Canterbury in London
Myron Taylor, U S envoy to the Vatican and president Truman's representative, conferred with the Archbishop of Canterbury, primate of the Church of England, in London. He arrived Wednesday and said he will depart for Paris Sunday, declining to discuss the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor
London
Myron
Truman
Vatican
Canterbury
Church of England
Britain
Paris
Kentucky Derby Won by Citation Favorite Leads Finish
Citation the favorite won the seventy fourth Kentucky Derby in Louisville over Coaltown and My Request in a field of six. The story notes the finish with Coaltown second and My Request third and mentions a photo on page 26.
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Louisville
Coaltown
Trail
Council Bluffa
Achual
Omaha
Bayliss Park
Des Moines
Western Iowa Power Company
Omaha Electric
Mayfair raid nets $444 cash and race records found
Detectives Deal and Lund raided the May fair tavern at 593 West Broadway seizing $444 in cash and $31 in checks plus horse race tickets and tally sheets as evidence. H.im. Campbell, 48, booked as keeper of a disorderly horse, released on a $100 bond. BR Slate, 55, booked as an inmate, posted a $10 bond. Both ordered to appear in municipal court at 9 a.m. Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.im. Campbell
First Avenue
Slate
Bluffs Hotel
F. A. Deal
Bernard Lund
Mayfair Tavern
West Broadway
Campbell
Creston-Oakland Glee Club Earns Division I Rating
Creston-Oakland high school girls glee club won a division I rating in Class C-D at the state music contest in Cres ton. Seventy-six western Iowa high schools with over 2,000 students attended the day-long event. Bill Wall of Woodbine repeated as division I baritone solo winner, while Fred Wuellner of Farragut captured a superior in the baritone vocal solo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Creston
Oakland High School
Iowa
Avers
Bil Wall
Woodbine
Fred Wuellner
Farragut
Accidental Delay At High School Music Contest
In Emmetsburg a Spencer contestant tore with a wine glass holder on a pew during a tuba solo. He was taken to a hospital for release, then returned to finish the performance. Marybelle Chase of Manilla and several other students from Avoca Manning Essex and nearby towns earned top honors in solos and ensembles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmetsburg
Marybelle Chase
Manilla
Carol Kennedy
Avoca
Manning
Sally Schrum
Leone Beyer
Phyllis Jensen
Ardella Frahm
Essex
Eileen Adell
Phyllis Anderson
Harragut
Woodbine
Bedford
Creston Music
Marilyn Kriens
Fontanelle
Carolyn Kelly
Glidden
Royce
No Progress in Mediation of Rail Strike Fight
CHICAGO Government mediators tried a new Saturday to head off the May 11 nationwide railroad strike but reported no progress. Frank P Douglass chairman of the national mediation board said they were still seeking a foothold for a settlement after hours of talks with three operating unions. Conferences were recessed Sunday and would resume Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Frank P. Douglass
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Douglass
Gardner Log Cabin Opens to Public View at Arnold's Park
The Gardner log cabin dating to 1856, oldest building in the Okoboji Spirit Lake region, is now open for public viewing after removal of surrounding lattice. Custodian Otto Fulton says visitors may look in from outside but cannot enter due to an unsafe floor. The state purchased the cabin in 1933 after it had been a museum operated by Abbie Gardner Sharp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
Arnolds Park
Okoboji-Spirit Lake
Otto Fulton
Abbie Gardner- Sharp
Rival Parades Mark May Day in Many Lands
May day celebrations across Europe, Americas, and Asia brought noise and parades but few major clashes. In Athens a communist assassin struck minister Christos Ladas as martial law was imposed. Korea saw fist shaking along the 38th parallel. Trieste police fought crowds. Moscow praised communism while Western Europe hailed US liberty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
America
Asia
Berlin
Trieste
Prague
Rome
Chile
Brazil
Bogota
Athens
Christos Ladas
Ladas
Korea
Pyongyang
South Korea
Tokyo
Shanghai
New York
United States
Fifth Avenue
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Russia
Albany
N. S
Jong Hnes
Red Square
Moscow
Pravda
Warsaw
Vienna
Prince Philip to Attend Submarine School in July
Prince Philip, 40, a lieutenant in His Majesty's Navy, will return to sea this summer. He will train in a joint naval and RAF submarine school in Londonberry, Northern Ireland, starting in July, combining submarine and flying operations as part of a month long course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Prince Failip
Naval
RAF
Londonberry
Northern Ireland
Five Leg Fractures in Three Years on Malvern Lad
Carl Dean Carnes, a 3 year old from Malvern, has suffered five leg fractures across three years. His first accident at 18 months involved a truck backing over his leg, followed by multiple falls and a ten week hospital stay. He is released from Mercy hospital to home with brother Jerry and sister Ellen Fay, after a lengthy pediatrics ward stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malvern Lad
al Noo
Carl Dean Carnes
Malvern
Mercy Hospital
Carl
Jerry
Ellen Fay
Roy Danley
Review Boards to Open Monday
City and county boards of review convene Monday to hear complaints and correct tax assessments. The county board meets at 9 a.m. daily in Deputy County Assessor Chet Bowers’ courthouse office, under the new assessor law. The city board uses the old system until Jan 1 1949 and meets 7:30 p.m. at city hall with City Clerk Kennard W. Gardiner as secretary. The new county board includes W. O. Raven A. G. Kane Roy Fehr Peter Rathmann and Orville Ward. Appeals go to district court. objectors may obtain complaint forms from Bowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
County Board of Reviews
Chet Bowers
Board of Review
Kennard W. Gardiner
New County
W. O. Raven
Minden
A. G. Kane
Avoca
Roy Fehr
Oakland
Peter Rathmann
Treynor Hardware and Implement
Orville Ward
Underwood Insuranceman
Bowers
Board of Trustees
Council
Weather summary for Council Bluffs and region
The U S Weather Bureau reports mostly cloudy conditions Sunday with little temperature change and scattered showers. Iowa expects partly cloudy to cloudy skies with a high of 60 to 65, Nebraska partly cloudy to cloudy with showers and possible thunderstorms, and a Sunday low near 40 to a high around 60. Hourly temperatures, humidity, wind, and precipitation totals are provided, including a 1.02 inch total precipitation and a 66 degree maximum in the past 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Towa
Nebraska
Gurney Proposes a New UMIT Plan For Draft Reform
Senator Gurney announces a revised universal military training plan proposing one year of training for eighteen year olds and raising the two year draft age range to nineteen through twenty five. He says manpower shortages justify the changes as the House and Senate prepare separate draft bills with differing UMT proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin B. Hankinson
Washington
Gurney
R.S. D
Gurrey
Senate
Senate Armed Services Committee
National Guard
Truman
Andrews
R.N
House Armed Services Committee
Husband and Wife Die in Highway 20 Crash
Two persons, a husband and wife, died from injuries after a collision involving two cars and two trucks two miles west of here on highway 20. Mrs Nellie Mae Watson 60 of Aurora was killed instantly and her husband John 60 died later at Independence hospital. Details were scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indersnusace
Here
Nellie Mae Watson
Aurora
John
Independence
Wage Fights Looming This Summer in Postwar Labor
Harold W. Ward analyzes a potential third postwar wage round as big firms hint at halting wage growth. He cites U. S. Steel General Electric and Westinghouse as signaling resistance, with July pivotal as John L. Lewis and coal operators face contract talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Ward
Washington
U. S. Steel
General Electric
Westinghouse
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Une
Aith
John L. Lewis
Lewis
U.S. Steel
Philip Murray
CIO
Republic
Bethlehem
Jones
Laughlin
Murray
AFL
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Westinger Hous
Chicago
Boeing Airplane Company
Seattle
Wash
Meat Strike Talks to Be Resumed Tuesday
Federal mediation says talks to end a 47 day meat strike will resume Tuesday in Washington. Sessions between CIO Packinghouse Workers representatives and the Big Four meat packers were recessed for the weekend, with government sponsorship continuing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Federal Mediation Service
CIO Packinghouse
Walkout Talk at Abraham Lincoln High School
Rumors of a student walkout at Abraham Lincoln high school persisted Saturday in protest of superintendent G W Kirn’s dismissal. Vice Principal Theron Stuelke said talk existed but no organized group. Principal John Steinbaugh, away at a state music contest, heard nothing definite. Some seniors voiced mixed opinions but many students favor a return of Kirn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln High
G. W. Kirn
Theron Stuelke
John Steinbaugh
Creston
Abraham Lincoln
A. 1
Dewey Leading GOP Delegates as States Vote
Republicans near two thirds of required delegates for Philadelphia nominating convention with Missouri 33, Colorado 15, Michigan 42 bringing total to 520 of 1094. Dewey leads with 125 delegates, Stassen 59, Martin 73, Green 52, Vandenberg 41, others and 203 uncommitted. Democrats at 339 of 478 pledged.
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Washington
Philadelphia
Missouri
Colorado
Michigan
Truman
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Edward Machin
Pennsylvania
Douglas MacArthur
Dewey
Kentucky
Nebraska
New Hampshire
Oklahoma
Martin
Stassen
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Green
Illinois
Vandenberg
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Driscol
New Jersey
Reece
Tennessee
MacArthur
Arizona
Delaware
Hawaii
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Louisiana
Maine
Mississippi
Howard Faction
New Mexico
North Carolina
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Virginia
Iowa Delegates Named to National 4-H Camp
A state 4-H committee named four Iowa delegates to the National 4-H club camp in Washington D C in June. The delegates are Phyllis DeWolf 18 of Gilmore City Marilyn Selbeck 20 of Rutland Richard Loman 18 of Decorah and Jack Lang 18 of Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iown
Washington, D. C
Phyllis DeWolf
Gilmore City
Marilyn Selbeck
Rutland
Richard Loman
Decorah
Jack Lang
Brooklyn
iET Norge refrigerator for gale at 736 West Broadway Apt C
Classified ad lists a Norge refrigerator for sale at 736 West Broadway, apartment C. Contact phone 9-3865 for details or purchase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norge
Gale
Arab Nations Rally Armies for Holy Land Invasion
The Jewish Agency appealed to the United Nations Security Council to intervene as Arab nations reportedly invaded Palestine from Syria Lebanon and Egypt with thousands of troops and armored units. King Abdullah of Transjordan was said to order a six-nation invasion as refugees flee Jerusalem and Jaffa faces intensified fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter I. Davidson
Jerusalem
Middle East
Palestine
Syria
Lebanon
Egypt
Holy Land
Saudi Arabia
Trans-Jordan
Iraq
Tel Aviv
Haganah
Dafne
Ramat Natal
Dan
Hafia
Upper Galilee
Lahovoth Habashan
Damascus
Katana
Cairo
Abdullah of
Trans Jjordan
Holy ‘Land
Pate
Jaffa
Katamon
Jericho
Bethlehem
Oppose Long Hearings on Oleo Tex Repeal Bill
Senator Fulbright of Arkansas said on Saturday it would be inexcusably harmful for the Senate to conduct long and repetitious hearings on the margarine tax repeal bill. He urged a concise, focused review of the measure and warned against protracted debate that stalls action on the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
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Mayfair
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Prince Phillip
Jegs
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A. L
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Ike
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