Air Force to Push Ordering New Planes
The Air Force prepared for major expansion after Congress approved a large airpower fund. Pending presidential signal, orders for 2727 warplanes were readied to start production, with 243 bombers 1575 jet fighters and 909 other aircraft planned by 1953. Parliament debated draft and universal military training as a related issue.
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Air Force
Washington
Truman
Senate
Senate-House
White House
Lkely
Forrestal India
Allen
Lea Allen
R-I
House Rules Committee
Air Policy Commission
Frank Confession
Blue Holds Lead In Key Iowa Governor Race
Governor Robert D. Blue maintains a substantial lead in the Republican primary over W. S. Beardsley with a seven to one edge. Beardsley seeks anti-Blue votes and labor, Farm Bureau, and Iowa State Educational Association support, while Polk County Attorney Carroll Switzer runs unopposed for the Democratic nomination. United States Senate prospects see George Wilson ahead of John Calhoun in the Republican race, with Guy Gillette poised to contest for the Democratic nomination. An IPOP survey ahead of the June 7 primary shows Blue and Wilson leading, with voters' opinions still fluid and potential reversals possible.
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Robert D. Blue
W. S. Beardsley
Beardsley
Polk County
Carroll Switzer
Des Moines
Blue
Wilson
IPOP
Farm Bureau
Iowa State Educational Association
UAW Push Plans to Strike May 12
DETROIT. The United Auto Workers walkout set for May 12 after ending wage talks with Chrysler. Mediators push to reunite bargaining parties before the deadline as the union cites a hopeless deadlock and insults to human decency. UAW demands include a 430 cent per hour wage increase plus fringe benefits.
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Detroit
Ciq-United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corporation
UAW
Chrysler
Norman Mathews
Chrysler Department
Haganah Claims New Successes in Palestine Actions
Haganah says two Arab villages were captured in northern Palestine between Nazareth and the Sea of Galilee, and a hill overlooking Safad fell to Jewish forces. A truce effort continued in Jerusalem and Jericho as Britain and the United Nations debated trusteeship and neutrality.
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Associated Press
Palestine
Haganah
Nazareth
Sea of Galilee
Safad
United States
United Nations
Washington
Middle East
Europe
U.S
Iran
Turkey
Greece
U. S
Jerusalem
Jericho
Britain
Acre
Haifa
Hagansh
Ramat Naftali
Congress May Adjourn With Many Bills Not Acted On
Washington Senate GOP leaders warned that ending the current session by June 19 could halt action on several bills. Taft outlined four items needing immediate action: southern educational compact. war department civil functions appropriation. admission of 100,000 displaced Europeans. and consolidation of all appropriations into one bill. He noted opposition to the last proposal and did not specify other measures likely to be dropped.
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Bridges
Russia
Lodge
R.mags
Air Symington
Armed Services
Senate
United States
Cain
Wash
Taylor
Idaho
Congress
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Washington
Senate Gop
Taft R
Ohio
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Taft
Ing
War Department
Reed
Rkan
Congressional
Byrd
D-Va
Butler
Neb
Pair Saved From Monoxide Gas Death
Police and fire department emergency unit rescued Duane Vore and Peggy Hunt from carbon monoxide in a car parked near Hunt's home. At 10 18 p m neighbors reported a running vehicle. Ward Miller and Al Danielson found the occupants unconscious. They revived none and were treated at Jennie Edmundson hospital and released Friday morning.
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Fire Department
Duane Vore
Silver City
Peggy Hunt
Avenue H
Vore
Miss Hunt
Hunt
Ward Miller
al Danielson
Vere
Jennie Edmundson Hospital
Lake Manawa seepage fights threaten irrigation plan
Iowa conservation officials and city leaders meet May 17 to discuss a $2.5 million army food control program and its impact on Lake Manawa. City seeks nine and three quarter acres of conservation land for the Indian Creek channel right of way. State Geologist Hershey studies seepage data from army engineers to determine potential water loss.
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Lake Manawa
Iowa Conservation Commission
George H. Mayne II
Bruce Stiles
Commission
Fish and Game Division
Frank Mattes
Odebalt
E. G. Trost
Fort Dodge
D. Reynolds
Creston
George 8. Sparks
Mayne
Forest E. Grover
Right-Of Way Commission
The
Conservation Commission
Indian Creek
H. G. Hershey
Iowa City
Army Engineers
Weather Forecast for Council Bluffs and Vicinity
The Weather Bureau reports fall to partly cloudy conditions with a warming trend. Saturday highs around 78. Five day outlook shows near normal temperatures with a cool Saturday and showers in the far west, then showers spreading across the state Sunday and Monday, followed by clearing and continued warmth. Pair of warmer days expected Tuesday then cooler with showers Wednesday. Precipitation projected at one half to three quarters of an inch for the period. Total precipitation tallies 6.81 inches with a surplus of .73 inch.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Truman Bars Politics on Western Tour
President Truman will not appear on this pre convention trip under political auspices. He will speak in Chicago on June 4 at a Swedish centennial event and in Omaha on June 5 with no party sponsorship. His Berkeley appearance on June 12 and other West Coast stops will be non political according to Presidential Secretary Charles G. Ross.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Chicago
Democratic
Los Angeles
Press Club
Ross
Berkeley
San Francisco
Seattle
Murder Suspect Held in Hot Springs Arkansas
Police in Hot Springs, Arkansas detained Howard Holmes, 49, a railroad section hand, for questioning by Iowa authorities in the Davenport murder case. Holmes, identified Thursday night, faces an unlawful flight warrant and a Davenport slaying tied to John Winfield on Sept. 7, with fingerprints sent to the FBI.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Iowa
Davenport
George Callahan
Howard Holmes
FBI
Washington
Callahan
Holmes
Federal Bureau of Investigation
John Winfield
Veteran Estate Attorney Daniel T Sullivan Dies at 53
Daniel T Sullivan age 53 of 808 Seventh avenue, veteran estate attorney and Creighton and St Viator graduate, died early Friday after a stroke suffered in May 1946. He practiced since 1920 in Council Bluffs, was administrator of the Al Clark estate, and active in church and civic groups. Survived by widow Irma, son Timothy, and daughter Mary Ann Krettek. Funeral at St Francis church Monday at 10 a.m. with burial in St Josephs cemetery. Beem Belford funeral home in charge.
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Daniel T. Sullivan
Seventh Avenue
Sullivan
Fairfield
Creighton University
St. Viator College
Bourbonnais
Ill
Galvin, Byers and Sullivan
al Clark
Timothy
Croghton University
Irma
Mary Ann Krettek
Corneil Bluffs
Beem-Belford Funeral Home
St. Francis Church
St. Josephs Cemetery
Msgr
James P. Danahey
Seniors Ordered to Accept June Graduation Date
Berkeley Calif June 12 graduation fixed to fit President Truman schedule. University president Sproul urged cooperation as seniors faced final exams after diplomas and moved festivities. Norman Thomas led student response but change stood.
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Berkeley
University of California
Robert Gordon Sproul
Norman Thomas
Drake Students Vote to Reenact Draft Opinion Poll
Des Moines based survey of Drake University campus opinion shows 22 percent believe the draft would keep the United States out of war. Among respondents, 71 percent of men favor reenactment while 42 percent of women support it.
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Jat Drake University
Uni- Des Moines
Ttese
United States
City Reports Fifth Meter Collection Totaling 949.80
City Treasurer Harold Christensen announced that meter collections reached 949.80 on Friday, marking the fifth official collection. The update outlines the early progress of the municipal parking meter program and its revenue status.
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Harold Christensen
Greene man dies in tractor train collision near county crossing
Des Moines reports Chester Eikenberry, 60, of Greene, was killed Thursday in a tractor train crash half a mile east of Greene. He was driving the tractor across a county crossing when the collision occurred, per the state safety department.
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Des Moines
Chester Eikenberry
Greene
State Safety Department
Eickenberry
Meat Strike Threats Hit Major U.S. Stockyards
CIO United Packinghouse Workers threaten walkouts at Chicago and six other livestock centers over wages as federal conciliators plan to renew settlement efforts. About 100000 workers nationwide may strike. stockhandlers seek 120 cents an hour, with a 31.5 cent offer on the table. Representatives from Milwaukee to Sioux City authorize action, threatening to paralyze centers if demands aren’t met.
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Chicago
CIO
CIO United Packinghouse Workers Union
Packinghouse Workers
Frank Monaghan
CIO Stock, Handlers Union
Chicago -S
Monaghan
Union Stockyards and Transit Company
Sioux City
Milwaukee
South St. Paul
CIO Packinghouse
Fear Strike May Tie Up U S Rail Lines
Chicago reports a near complete rail tieup looming as three unions plan a strike next Tuesday. Carriers move to embargo freight, lay off non striking workers, and warn passengers of travel risks while some lines may run with supervisory staff. Major carriers prepare for a total stoppage if the strike proceeds as called.
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Chicago
Brotherhoods
Illinois Central
Louisville
Nashville
Pennsylvania
Baltimore and Ohio
Ralph Budd
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Association of American Railroads
Brotherhoods Set Time for Walkout
In Cleveland the rail strike is scheduled for 6 a.m. local time in each zone Tuesday May 11. Yard employes who belong to the engineers, firemen and switchmen brotherhoods are instructed to leave their jobs at that hour. Members on moving trains will complete runs or bring trains to the nearest terminal tie-up point before walking out.
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Cleveland
Make Arrangements to Handle Mail for Sw D Over Rail Strike
Railroads are shut down by strike Tuesday and southwestern towns will receive mail by relay from Council Bluffs. Assist. Postmaster L. M. Bolton said arrangements are being made to haul mail by track. The Railway Mail service asked for local trucker names and Bolton listed four or five firms likely to haul mail, noting service may run from here to Carroll Atlantic and Red Oak with towns on routes served.
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Council Bluffs
L. M. Bolton
Railway Mail Service
Bolton
Carroll
Atlantic Land
Red Oak
Negro Convicted in Fort Madison Murder Case
John Noble Nave, a Black railroad worker and father of five, was found guilty of second degree murder in Fort Madison for the March 6 shotgun killing of his stepfather, Roscoe Coby, 55. Nave is allowed 10 days to file a motion for a new trial. sentencing was not expected until after that period.
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Fort Madison
John Noble Nave
Nave
Roscoe Coby
Truman Meets With Cabinet on Rail War
Washington reports say President Truman and his cabinet held an hour long session on the railroad strike crisis as union leaders and railroad officials prepared for a possible walkout next Tuesday. Attorney General Clark said seizure power under a 1916 law could be used as a last resort, with Steelman seeking a negotiated settlement and Farley and Johnston expressing cautious optimism.
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Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Three Brotherhoods
Steelman
Clark
Brotherhoods
W. T. Farley
Association of American Railroads
Solicitor General's Office
Supreme Court
United States
Farley
Johnston
Cleveland
Kirsch Convicted of Evading Income Tax
Grover M. Kirsch a 55 year old Waterloo tavern operator was fined 10000 and sentenced to 18 months in a federal penitentiary for evading federal income tax. Judge Charles A. Dewey stayed the penitentiary term pending disposition of another jail sentence Kirsch faces. This follows an 18 month sentence in 1945 on a wholesale liquor case with probation of three years.
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Mainel
Grover M. Kirsch
Waterloo
Charles A. Dewey
Kirsch
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Jack Cochran
Lake Success
Dan Sullivan
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