Pensive Wins Richest Derby Race at Churchill Downs
Pensive, ridden by Dana McCreary for Warren Wright's Crescent Farm, won the 70th Kentucky Derby by four and a half lengths over Broadcloth. Stir Up finished third as the 3-2 favorite in front of a crowd estimated 60,000 to 70,000. Trainer Ben Jones marked his third Derby victory, with Pensive clocking 2:04 1/5 for the 1 1/4 miles on a track rated good after recent rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlo Robertson
Churchill Downs
Louisville
UPI
Pensive
Warren Wright
Ceturnet Farm
Pimlico
Bateunday
Hyperion
George Poulton
Los Angeles
Payne Whitney
Stir Up
Sailor Joe Goldband
Erlanger
Wright
Ben Jones
Parnell
Dana McCreary
Jones
Whirlaway
Herbert M. Woolf
Lawrin
Save Your Tin Cans Continued on Page 19
A brief note directs readers to continue information about saving tin cans on page 19, indicating an ongoing recycling or household program feature in the newspaper.
America presses Switzerland on war goods and credits
The United States is negotiating with Switzerland in London to curb exports to Nazi Germany, seeking a new trade agreement to replace the December interim pact. Talks aim to cut exports of fuses, precision instruments, ball bearings, and reduce Swiss credits to Germany, while Switzerland seeks more food, cotton, and TNT in return.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Switzerland
London
EPON
War salvage paper collection dates by schools
Schools will collect paper on Friday May 12 in listed districts Dodge Longfellow McMillen Second Avenue Rue Bloomer and St Francis. Tin is collected on the third Thursday for pickup on the third Friday, call the district principal if not collected. Waste fats to grocery stores with four cents per pound paid by ration stamps.
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Dodge
Longfellow
McMillen
Second Avenue
Rue
Bloomer
St Francis
Chiropractors Meet on Sunday in Southwest Iowa
The southwest districts of the State Association of Iowa Chiropractors will meet here Sunday with a lecture by Br. De Jarnett of Nebraska on his spinal balance system. Attending officers include O. E. Smith of Red Oak as state president, Dr. L. G. Kinsen of Harlan as district president, and Dr. L. A. Piper as district secretary, followed by dancing to the Lions Club Orchestra at the Country Club. Dr. Rex Sheeler, president of the state board of examiners, will discuss licensing procedures in various states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Association of Iowa Chiropractors
Br. de Jarnett
Nebraska
O. E. Smith
State Association of Red Oak
L. G. Kinsen
Distreict Association of
Harlan
L.A. Piper
Lyons Club
Rex Sheeler
West Broadway
State Board of Examiners
Ward Subsidiary Facing Strike In War Plant Dispute
At a mass meeting 459 workers idle since Friday due to a contract dispute with Montgomery Ward subsidiary Hummer Manufacturing. Clerk and supervisory staff remain, while 100 still work. Union officials say production halted by company refusal to sign a new contract per a war labor board directive. No public statements from Ward or Hummer.
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Springfield
Pre-Hammer Manufacturing Company
Roosevelt
Joe Winoski
Montgomery Ward and Company
John J.saxe
Hum- Mer
J. T. Farr
International Asso|tiation of Machinists
APL
Farr
War Labor Board
Hummer
Montgomery Ward
Des Moines Club 100 Proprietor Held Under Warrant
Federal complaint filed with U S Commissioner Ver non A Sigler led to a warrant for Dave Fidler, owner of Club 100, on alcohol tax evasion charges. Five men pleaded innocent to transporting and selling 150 gallons of whisky without tax. bonds set at $8,000 each for Wayne Sowers, 31, and Joseph Rayes, 39, Des Moines. Fidler reportedly was out of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Ith
United States
Vernon A. Sigler
Dave Fidler
Club 100
Fidler
Wayne Sowers
Joseph Rayes
City
Iowa Delegates to Meet Bricker in Des Moines
Iowa delegates to the Republican National Convention will meet Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio for his agricultural address. Bricker, accompanied by his wife, will tour Des Moines Omaha and Lincoln then Milwaukee before returning to Columbus.
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Des Moines
Iowa
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Bricker
Omaha
Lincoln
Neb
Milwaukee
Columbus
Burr Keshtear
Shenandoah
Local Man Promoted to Captaincy in War Department Note
The War Department announces Robert A. Shepherd, husband of Ruth Shepherd of 401 North Second Street, has been promoted from lieutenant to captain while on leave. His parents reside in Thornburg.
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War Department
Robert A. Shepherd
Ruth Shepherd
North Second Street
Evel
Ace Vis
Thornburg
Union Pacific Receives Wartime Safety Award
Union Pacific received the national safety council war time award for distinguished service to safety. President William M. Jeffers accepted the honor in Omaha amid leaders, citing a 21 year safety record and the role of 65,000 employees in preventing accidents during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific Railroad
United States
National Safety Council
Omaha
William M. Jeffers
W. A. Irvin
The
United States Steel Corporation
Irvin
Bill Jeffers
Union Pacific
ICG
Irvish
Jeffers
Will Ignore Move to Stop Stassen
Senator Ball, acting campaign manager for Harold E. Stassen, said a Minnesota delegate urging Stassen to withdraw would be ignored. Delegate L. J. Lauerman wrote to Stassen, but Ball called the action solely his own and not connected to the Stassen campaign.
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Washington
Bal
R-Minn
Conédy
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
L. J. Lauerman
Douglas Macarthur
Lauerman
Ball Gold
Stas- Séh
Two WACs Held on Car Charge at DETECTIVE Bureau
Rita Laurel of San Francisco and Pvt Patricia Murphy of Canton Ohio members of the Women’s Army Corps were detained Saturday in the women’s quarters of the detective bureau on charges connected to an automobile. They allegedly took a car from Ft Des Moines while awaiting discharge after army authorities learned they were underage. Sgt Joseph Moran stated the two, aged 18, had claimed 20. An officer from Ft Des Moines was expected to return them.
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Celcagg
Rita Laurel
San Francisco
Patricia Murphy
Canton
Women’s Army Corps
Detective Bureau
Ft. Des Moines
Joseph Moran
No War for Generals Toll of United States High Officers
The United States lists 23 senior officers lost or missing in action in the war. Army generals include killed in action Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker and several missing or dead in theaters across Europe and the Pacific. Navy and Marine officers also appear among those killed, missing, or lost in accidents from Pearl Harbor to the Gilbert Islands and North Atlantic patrols.
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Washington
United States
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Clarence L. Tinker
Battle of
Midway
Alan W. Duncan
Europe
Nathan Bedjford Forrest
Germany
Charles L. Keevans
Sicily
Howard K. Jbamey
Southwest Pacific
Kenneth N. Walker
Frank M. Andrews
Iceland
Herbert A. Dar- Bue
Pacific Theater
Harold George
Australia
Carlyle Wash
Alabama
Stonewall Jackson
Louisiana
Alfred J. Lyon
Isaac Campbell Kidd
Pearl Harbor
Daniel J. Callahan
Guadalcanal
Norman Scott
Henry M. Mullinnix
Gilbert Islands
Robert H. Engish
James A. Logan
Northern Ireland
William P. Upshur
Alaska
John Walter Wilcox
Arthur Leroy Bristol
North Atlantic
Charles D. Barrett
South Pacific
Gandhi Release Praises Spark Indian Hope While Health Fades
New Delhi officials freed Mohandas Gandhi after 21 months in confinement due to political activity. Doctors warn of high blood pressure and kidney ailment, Gandhi and aides leave for Bombay as crowds greet him but family urges spiritual healing over medicine. Cadets die in midair collision near Mare, Arkansas.
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Kelman Morin
New Delhi
India
Mohandas
Gandhi
Aga Khan
Poona
Japan
Devadas Gandhi
M. D. D. Gilder
Madeline Slade
Indian National Congress
Sushila Nayad
Pyare Lal Nayyar
Parnakuti
Vitali Das ‘Thackersey
Bombay
FDR Seeks 1946 Lend-Lease Funds From Congress
President Roosevelt asked Congress to appropriate 3.450 billion dollars for the 12 months ending June 30 1946 to continue lend-lease help. The request includes using unexpended balances to reach about 7.189 billion dollars and covers industrial, agricultural, and allied war needs. It notes 20.881 million for reverse lend-lease admin costs and outlines Foreign Economic Administration duties in materials, propaganda, and export control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Sen
Eliender
D.-La
United States
Ellender
White House
Foreign Economic Administration
FEA
Drake Freshman Injured in Hazing at Drake University
Nathan Brunia a 19 year old Drake University freshman and Alpha Tau Omega pledge was hospitalized after fainting and cutting his head during Hell Week hazing. Police say pledges were subjected to stripping molasses sawdust and orders to fetch the right eye of a rat in a garage where an operation was reportedly underway. Brunia was taken from the Yellow Cab garage to a hospital at 6 am after witnesses described the frightening scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Nathan Brunia
Alpha Tau Omega
Drake University
Brunia
Yellow Cab
Local Minister Moves to Waterloo Church Assignment
Raymon Ferguson pastor of Salem Evangelical church was appointed minister of the Waterloo Calgary church for the coming year by Bishop H. Staufacher of Kansas City at the Town conference of the Evangelical church in Marshalltown. The Rev. Ferguson will be replaced in Council Bluffs by Rev. RM. Smith of Fort Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rey. Raymon Ferguson
Te Salem
Waterloo
Calgary
H.staufacher
Kansas City
The
Evangelical Church
Marshalltown
Fey. Ferguson
RM. Smith
Fort Dodge
Irish Firms Placed Upon Black List
The United States blacklisted eight Irish firms and businessmen for aiding the enemy as a first move in a broad economic sanctions program. The action follows Ireland’s February decision not to eject officials accused of espionage, with sanctions ranging from denial of facilities to potential postwar penalties. The State Department provided few specifics on individual firms, noting names include both Irish and German origins. The move signals a wider use of the blacklist against neutral European concerns as wartime tensions mount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Eire
State Department
Ireland
Francia Russell
Division of
World Trade Intelligence
Russell
Ixia
Europe
Sxis
Britain
United Kingdom
Trish
U S Planes Bombard Ponape and Truk in Pacific Actions
U S planes and battleships hit Ponape and Truk in a sequence of carrier and Liberator strikes. New reports place Ponape 440 miles east of Truk, with Monday’s raid followed by recent attacks on Truk and other satellite targets amid ongoing Pacific operations.
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U. S. Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Seventh Army Air Force Liberators
Ponspe Island
Truk
Chester W. Nimitz
Ponape
Caroling Island
W. A. Lee
Green Urges Nebraska Workers to Return
William Green president of the AFL urged Nebraska leaders of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers to seek a settlement of the Nebraska power strike in line with the AFL no strike pledge. Governor Griswold had asked Green to intervene and Green said he informed the governor of his message to strike leaders.
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Philadelphia
Wiliam Green
American Federation of Labor
Nebraska
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Griswold
Green
AFL
Couns
Demo Keynoter Choice Seen For Roosevelt Era Convention
Washington reports indicate a Democrat convention keynote may be chosen soon after Roosevelt returns to Washington. Gov. Robert Kerr of Oklahoma tops a list of contenders including Barkley, Claude Bowers, and Truman. Kerr met with National Chairman Hannegan and expressed willingness to perform campaign tasks if needed.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Roosevelt
Robert 8. Kerr
Oklahoma
Robert E. Hannegan
Kerr
Senate
Barkley
Chile
Claude Bowers
Earl Warren
California
Hannegan
Resignations Hit Iowa County Ration Board
IOWA CITY GPI I L Records resigned from the Johnson county ration board Saturday the fourth person to quit or be discharged this week Records chairman of the gas oline panel said in a letter to Walter Kline acting director of the Des Moines office of price administration district that he was resigning after a week of deliberation He cited accusations by Harry Kenshot field man for the Des Moines OPA and opposition by Kline to allow McCann and Phelps to present their cases Records and McCann had been removed from the board and J W Anderson then resigned from the gasoline panel
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Iowa City
GPI
I. L. Records
Johnson County Ration Board
Records
Walter Kline
Des Moines
Office of Price Administration District
Harry Konshot
OPA
C. R. McCann
At & Pm
McCann
Kenshot
Kline
R. J. Phelps
Phelps
J. W. Anderson
Air Bombardments Halt Rail Traffic In Italy
Med Allies air force chief Maj Gen John K Cannon says relentless raids have stopped all through rail traffic from Pisa Rimini line 140 miles north of Rome since April 24. Tactical air strikes knocked out freight yards bridges and tunnels. Germans shift cargo by road and sea but battle resumes will reveal effects of the strangling campaign.
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Mediterranean
Italy
Pisa- Rimini
Rome
John K. Cannon
12Th Air Force
Tactical Air Force
Freel
Cit
Cannon
War Jitters Fill Germany With Fears
War analyst Kirke L. Simpaon reports on allied invasion jitters across western Europe and the Himalayas, with mid May seen as a potential turning point. monsoon onset threatens Japanese forces in upper Burma and India, while Stilwell presses toward Myitkyina, shrinking Japanese options as rains and floods complicate supply routes and bombing campaigns.
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Kirke L. Simpaon
Europe
Norway
North Sea
English Channel
Britain
Himalayas
India
Burma
Japan
Bay of Bengal
Imphal
Irrawady
China
Chindwin
Stilwell
Upper
Tokio
Peiping
Hankow
Canton
Ita Iailure
Sitwell
Stimson
Washington
Myitkyina
Quay Quits as Head of Iowa WMC Chief
Des Moines reports H F Quay resigns as Iowa chief of manpower utilization. George D Haskell, state war manpower director, announced the move. Quay will return to Utica Radiator in New York in a managerial capacity, a post he held before government service.
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Des Moines
UPI
H. F. Quay
Iowa
George D. Haskell
Quay
Utica Radiator Corporation
Utica
N. Y
Conveeke Agg See
Rerius
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America
Ward
Union
FDR
Des Moines Club
U. P
Miss
Columbus Army Air Field
Steat
Mare
Ark
L. C. Mallory
Drake
U. S
Council Bluffs
Towa
Capital
WMC
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