Drownings Across Iowa Over Weekend Reported by AP
Seven people drowned in Iowa rivers and lakes during a warm weekend, with five other drownings tied to fishing and wading incidents. College students Dietrich H Dorn of Wartburg and Herbert C Gambell of Drake were among the victims. Fatal highway accidents added to the toll, including Elsie Stolte near Randall, Fred Nagel near Durant, and Kent Boyd near Waterloo.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Donald Ordway
Atlantic
Vf Cold Springs State Park
Lewis
Clarence Oaken
Monticello
Maquoketa
Seth Wendell Albin
Central City
Wapsipinicon River
Paris
Linn County
Lloyd Harrah
Montour
Harrah
Edward Niederhauser
Dillon
Iowa River
Dorn
Cedar River
Waverly
Onken
Lee Wilson
Wilsons
Wilson
Young
Albin
Gambell
Avgn Lake
Des Moines
Drake University
Elsie Stolte
Boone
Randall
Fred Nagel
Cleveland
Durant
Kent W. Boyd
Kenneth Boyd
Waterloo
25 000 Flood Fight Booklets Ordered
The Nonpareil announces a total order of 25 000 copies of Man Against the Missouri, a flood fight picture story. About 13 000 have been sold or delivered so far with remaining stock to be distributed by printer deliveries. Prices are 65 cents mail order, 50 cents over the counter. Postage details include seven cents for unsealed and 21 cents for sealed envelopes. Some booklets were returned for insufficient postage. Readers are advised to include their name and address on the outside of envelopes.
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Missouri
Council Bluffs
Fire destroys two Truro buildings in Madison County blaze
A Sunday fire destroyed the Marvin Role hardware and furniture store and severely damaged the Kale and sons grocery in Truro Iowa. The blaze of unknown origin started in the hardware and furniture shop and spread across a vacant lot to the brick Kale and sons grocery. Truro lies in Madison county about 15 miles southeast of Winterset.
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Truro
Marvin Role Hardware and Furniture
C. C.kale and Sons
Madison County
Winterset
China-born Widow Toy Len Goon Named American Mother of Year
Port land Maine reports Toy Len Goon a 57 year old Canton China native and widow chosen as American Mother of 1952 by the Golden Rule foundation. She plans to spend washing days at home caring for six to eight children and will attend a New York luncheon the next day.
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Portland
Toy Len
China
New York
Golden Rule Foundation
Canton
Truman asks Congress to create flood disaster insurance plan
President Truman asked Congress to establish a national flood disaster insurance system backed by government funds. The plan would let the Reconstruction Finance Corporation offer direct insurance or reinsure private policies, aiming to break even with rates that cover expenses and losses. It would insure homes farms businesses and agricultural commodities with a $250,000 per person or business cap and limit payouts to 90 percent of losses.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
Reconstruction Finance ‘Corporation
Wedemeyer Takes Chair of Taft for President Committee
Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer assumed the national Taft for President committee chair. He announced that Gen. Douglas MacArthur supports Taft and urged him to head the committee for the country’s good. Taft said the panel will run independently of his campaign and focus on public interests. Wedemeyer requested a three month leave of absence without pay from Avco.
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Wedemeyer
Doug
Washington
Albert .C
Taft
Douglas Macarthur
MacArthur
Sen
Ohio
Weremeyer
Avco Cor‘poration
Return From Far East Arrives In Seattle With 3,186 Troops
A naval transport Howze arrived in Seattle Washington carrying 3,186 troops from the Far East. Among those aboard were Cpl Lloyd Burnett of Council Bluffs and Sgt Eugene H. Miller from Route 1. Also listed were Capt Carl C. Adams of Sidney Sgt Thomas Broch Carroll Cpl Leonard W. Case from Deloit Pfc Donald L. Drake Shenandoah Cpl James A. Erickson Harlan Pfc Wilmer E. Kroll Jr Gray Sir George Nagy Atlantic and Pfc Richard D. Walker Blanchard.
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Council Bluffs
Howze
Seattle
jWash
Far East
Cpl (Lloyd . Burnett
Fifth Avenue
Eugene H. Miller
Carl. C. Adams
Sidney
Thomas Broch
Carroll
Leonard W. Case
Deloit
Donald L. Drake
Shenandoah
James A. Erickson
Harlan
Wilmer
E. Kroll, Jr
Gray
George Nagy
Atlantic
Richard D. Walker
Blanchard
Chuckle About Doctors and Lawyers Sparks Laughs
In a humorous exchange a doctor quips that many in the profession do not make angels, while a lawyer retorts that doctors have the best of them. The joke captions a light moment amid tense headlines.
Russia unlikely to launch war soon says US leaders
A Washington report quotes top American military officials who believe the Soviet Union will not start a major war shortly. They cite time to ready its armed forces and economy, the status of mutual defense in Western Europe, and Moscow's focus on consolidating influence over Eastern bloc satellites.
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Elton
Fay
Washington
Russia
Europe
City Officials Split on Public Works Plan Yet Most Favor It
The Nonpareil reports hospital officials and councilmen responding to a proposed city public works department that would combine the city engineer’s office sewer department flood control sanitation and electrical building inspections into a single department. Most officials said they would discuss it further before taking a stand. one favored the plan, one opposed, and several had no opinion. The plan, announced by Mayor James F. Mulqueen, could be presented to the council at the next meeting.
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Kennard W. Gardiner
James Fs. Mulqueen
Bath Street
Department of Public Works
Nell
Ian
Councill
William Keenan
Harry Schultz
Frank. L. Griffith
Forest E
Grover
Kenneth
tolMay
Carsten Léikvold
Oscar Biesendorfer
Arid
Eldon Evans
Lloyd’ Roper
Kiger
Council
Fire Demolishes Aeroplane Inn at Honey Creek
Early Monday morning a fire destroyed the Honey Creek inn and a dance hall restaurant, causing an estimated $20,000 loss. Gerald Brammer, owner, had run the establishment. Missouri Valley Fire Chief Si Watson led seven men who arrived too late to save the frame structure. The report includes council debate on wage changes and department reorganization amid the blaze aftermath.
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Honey Creek
Missouri Valley
Si. Watson
Bave
Toa Honey
Creek
Gerald Brammer
Brammler
Mee
Minster
Transit fare hike to 15 cents for adults
Transit to hike interstate fare effective June 15 raises adult fare to 15 cents while Council Bluffs local rate stays at 10 cents. Transit president James R. Kiger cites loss of passenger revenue from more car travel and higher stay at home TV sales. Mayor Mulqueen will consult the city attorney to check franchise compliance.
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Omaha
James R. Kiger
Transit
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington, D. C
Kiger
Coucil Bluffs
James F. “Mulqueen
David E. Stuart
Heasons
Settlement May Set Patter in Oil Strike
Independent Union of Petroleum Workers announced a wage agreement with Standard Oil Co. of California covering 5,000 workers, potentially settling a nationwide oil industry strike. The announcement came in Los Angeles on Sunday night.
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Denver
Petoleum
Los Angeles
Standard Oil Co
California
Up Taxes to Fix Streets Say City Official
A city official urged raising taxes to the legal limit to fund sewer and street improvements. He proposed consolidating departments under a single manager, appointing a city engineer with public works oversight, and placing a foreman in direct charge of the public works division. He warned against yearly tax reductions and favored hiring no outside consulting engineers unless needed.
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Meena Public Worldie
Mercury Hits 93 as Warm Spell Sets Records
The weatherman reported Sunday reached a high of 93 degrees, the warmest day so far this year, with May's all time high 89 set in 1919. A heat spike drew hundreds to Southwest Town picnic spots while forecasts show highs in the 80s to near 90s and mostly sunny skies ahead.
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Lecord
Steel industry talks collapse after court wage freeze
Washington AP reports that Truman era steel talks between CIO Steelworkers union and U S Steel and others collapsed over a 17 to 19 cent wage package and a union shop after the Supreme Court wage freeze, with no agreement reached as the White House noted the court ruling altered bargaining momentum.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Supreme Court
CIO
John R. Steelman
Benjamin, Fairless
U.S. Steel ‘Corporation
Philip Murray
Murs Ray
Steel’ Union
Arthur B. Homer
Bethlehem Steel and
Aga
Homer
Wage ‘Stabilization J Board
David A. Pine
Soholly
New York
Seix
Bell Tower Penthouse Case At Seventh Day Adventist Church
Lt. Flores and B Wigley, 23, Wichita, were booked as a desertion case stemming from a missing van and a court martial threat. Rev J Dollinger reported strange noises from the belfry for months as church doors were found unlocked and locks changed. The Dorease society noted vanishing food from the church basement, with dishes and an electric heater later found in the belfry. Police Sgt Stites said Wigley used a flashlight to read in bed in the rafters.
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Aventist. Church
Flores
B. Wigley
Wichita
Falley
Travis Airforce
Pase
Clifford
J.heflin
Wigley
Hefl
Mabel Olson
Dorease’ Society
Stites
Pappenburg
Chicago A Wes A Vestrums Reliefer Monte Kennedy shines
In a tight national league game, Kennedy allows one hit through one and one third innings as relief. The line shows scattered errors and early scoring by Chicago, with late unanswered runs and a final score near three to one.
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Chicago
Monte Kennedy
Ceague
Tabbetts
Ra Kinder
Dee
City Board of Review Meets Monday Night
The City Board of Tax Review meets at 7 30 p m Monday in the city manager s office to organize schedules plan the year s work and review city tax lists Chairman Charles Swanson says the session will set meeting times and agendas for the year
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City Board of Tax Review
Hell
Charles Swanson
Swanson
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