04 May 1952
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Newspaper
Council Bluffs Nonpareil
Location
Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1952
Page
1
A column argues housework and domestic tasks deserve artistic status. It notes the vanished old-time servant, social changes and wages, and calls for viewing housemaiding as a fine art on par with sculpture and other arts. The piece suggests training domestics in a college to elevate status and skills.
A second printing of Man Against The Missouri and The Nonparel Picture Story of the recent Southwestern Iowa flood will be sold Monday noon. The first 5,000 copies sold Friday with a third printing ordered. Mail orders cost 50 cents over the counter, 6 cents by mail from Photo Editor The Nonpareil Council Bluffs. Only Nonpareil carriers may sell, others are unauthorized.
ST. LOUIS Harl J McGrath U S commissioner of education urged Saturday that public schools with facilities offer foreign language study on an optional basis in the fourth fifth and sixth grades He said four of 19 foreign countries have convinced him Americans are at a disadvantage in the shrinking world because most know only their own tongue
Southwest Iowa students placed at the state music contest with groups from Denison Shelby Anita Holstein Wall Lake West Des Moines and others earning Division 1 and 2 ratings in multiple classes. Schools represented include Mapleton Manning Shenandoah Creston Clarinda Red Oak Atlantic and more across concert band mixed chorus and girls and boys glee clubs.
The U S army announced it would end some 45 million dollars of free personal services in Germany, including free maids, with release of servants starting immediately and ending by June 30 next year. About 29 000 servants are affected as negotiations continue over broader cost cuts and recreation train arrangements remain unsettled.
Paris reports France collects port fees on American personnel and cargo in wartime logic. Officers incur $6 per person and GIs $2, plus vessel charges for pilots, tug and wharf rental. U.S. negotiators seek to remove or reduce these levies as part of military logistics costs.
Dubuque officials push for a special legislative session to approve a $2.1 million flood prevention plan on the Mississippi River. They urge the legislature to grant the city the right to vote on a general obligation bond package funding levees sea walls and a pumping station.
Des Moines officials organize a Saturday May 10 event to honor the school safety patrol members. The effort seeks involvement from all school civic and community leaders to assist in local activities.
Weather bulletin shows mostly sunny Sunday with continued warmth. Night expected fair skies and low around 62. Hourly temps around 80s to mid 80s with a slight drop by evening. Iowa fair Sunday with some temperature changes. Nebraska light rain possible in the far southeast.
Readable excerpts show battles over state primaries and conventions. Democratic and Republican factions in Nevada Michigan and other states push early strategies as Adlai Stevenson and Dwight Eisenhower figures surface with speeches and organizational moves.
Awa Noel, a former prisoner in Korea, received the National Press Photographers Association award for unique and distinguished service to the people of America. He was cited for capturing American soldiers while himself a prisoner after being jailed in November 1950 for refusing to leave a marine detachment.
A Chamber of Commerce public affairs luncheon in Omaha on May 13 will honor General Curtis LeMay commander of the strategic air command and General Nathan Twining vice chief of staff. The event highlights national defense leaders and features remarks on military air power and defense planning.
Reports from MUNSAN indicate the Korean truce talks reached no progress as delegates remained deadlocked on key issues. The stalemate centers on military restrictions airfield access prisoner questions and a wage settlement demand tied to 50 000 CIO workers. The White House warned of a near ultimatum if a settlement is not reached as talks pause.
The Supreme Court ordered no wage or conditions changes without management consent as a wage dispute over seized steel plants loomed. President Truman’s administration maintains control of the industry while talks continue at the White House. Philip Murray of the CIO declined comment as workers prepared for a potential follow up action.
The statement notes Milam County figures testifying before the grand jury regarding a boy described as under one year old, with Mrs. Edna Fletcher of Onawa named. The outcome concerns probation and parental involvement in the case.
Government and industry clash over wartime fuel controls as airlines and mills face curbs and a nationwide strike ends after a federal judge’s ruling on seizure power. Supreme Court arguments set for May 12 while government operation continues. The dispute centers on constitutional limits of presidential action and union bargaining rights.
Meteorologist Cr Watson says mountain snow remains seven to eight feet but melting along edges with two to three feet of water heavy snow. Warm days could accelerate runoff into Missouri tributaries and swelling rivers from Three Forks to Council Bluffs. City officials caution but do not declare immediate danger unless rains come.
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