End May Be Near in the Packer Strike
Sioux City reports possible early resolution of the United Packing House Workers of America strike as UPWA leaders meet in Chicago. A 3500 member women mass meeting is set for Sunday at CIO headquarters while a Cudahy plant employee withdrawal is noted as a retaliation move over cattle moving into the plant.
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United Packing House Workers of America
CIO
International Executive Board
Chicago
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National Strategy Committee
Packers
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
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UPWA
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Wonen
Cudahy Packing Company
Davidchik
Bayonets used to rout strike mob at Swift plant
Minnesota Governor Luther Youngdahl warned that you cannot win a strike through anarchy after National Guard bayonets cleared 600 guardsmen in front of the South St. Paul Swift plant. Guardsmen moved to open entrances, while about 500 protesters converged on the state capital, with Youngdahl vowing to maintain law and order. The incident followed a prior clash at a Newport Cudahy plant last Thursday when 80 workers were taken hostage.
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Vresy
Luther Youngdahl
Minnesota
CIO
National Guard
South St. Paul
St. Paul
Youngdahl
Newport
Wallace Would Halt Israel Aggression
Henry A. Wallace, third party presidential candidate, called Saturday for immediate U.S. pressure to stop aggression against the new nation of Israel. He urged the State Department to cut Britain’s loans and to advise American oil companies to stop payments to Arab oil princes as Arab forces move into Telestine.
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Los Angeles
United States
Israel
Henry A. Wallace
U. S. State Department
Britain
Telestine
Nation Mourns Founder of Boys Town Death
Nation pays tribute to Msgr Edward Flanagan founder of Boys Town who died in Berlin. His body will be airlifted back to Omaha with tentative arrival Wednesday. President Truman sent a telegram praising his devotion to all children and to youth, calling him a living monument.
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Boys Town
Edward
Flanagan
Mrnday
Berlin
Father Flanagan
P. A. Flanagan
Omaha
Pat Norton
Germany
Nebraska
Harry S. Truman
Nicholas H. Wagner
National Conference of Christians and Jews
America
Coal Contracts Up for Renewal
Washington report on John L. Lewis preparing to renegotiate soft and hard coal contracts this week. If he pushes beyond what operators concede, a new national emergency act case could be revived to obtain an injunction. Negotiations affect about 480,000 miners in soft and eastern hard coal, with key decisions due by June 30 and July 10.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Jnions
Pennsylvania
Iowa Congressmen Host ISD Students at Washington Luncheon
Iowa delegation hosted Town School for the Deal juniors and seniors from Council Bluffs at a Saturday luncheon in the House. Rep densen arranged the trip and escort. J Noble interpreted remarks by students who raised funds by fieldwork. Speakers included Rep McCormack and Speaker Martin who presented gifts to instructors Miss Meida Alber and Miss Agnes Scarvie.
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Iowa
Associated Press
Washington
Rep. Densen
Capitol
Rep. McCormack
D-Mass
Shenv
J. Noble
Noble
Martin
R.mass
Meida Alber
Agnes Scarvie
Dewey and Stassen Lamp Post Incident Parody
In Springfield Oregon Gov. Dewey’s bus hit a dog and he bought a replacement. rival Harold Stassen later struck a lamp post in a logging truck and promised to donate a new one.
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Stassen
Springfield
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
Harold E. Stassen
Salem
Iowa Democrats endorse Truman at state convention
Des Moines dictates its stance as the Democratic state convention endorses President Truman for next November but leaves Iowa’s 20 votes uninstructioned. Delegates split across districts with four delegates per several districts and eight at large, marking a mixed plan for the Philadelphia national convention.
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Truman
Iowa
United States of America
Hall
John A. Cunningham
Dubuque
William &. Hart
Iowa City
Cunningham
Philadelphia
National Committee
Guy M. Gillette
Cherokee
Carroll
Switzer
Jake More Harlan
G. G. Jeck
Atlantic
Morence M
Lynch
le Mars
Tudge Milton
Glenn
Frank J. Consort
Tack White
T. M. Delaney
Council Blutts
George Olsen
The
SeaBees Launch Reserve Recruitment Drive
The Navy SeaBees known as the Can-Do experts in the Pacific launched a recruiting campaign on Saturday to expand their organized reserve to 4920 enlisted men and 615 officers within the next two weeks.
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Washington
Pacific
Million Dollar Ice Fire Devastates Colorado City Block
A gasoline fueled blaze in Glenwood Springs Colorado damaged about one million dollars of property in the downtown business district Saturday. 200 Navajo Indians assisted exhausted volunteer firefighters as one fireman was gravely burned and several others sustained serious injuries. The fire began near gasoline tanks, destroyed a lumber yard and a railroad freight depot, and endangered nearby homes in a town of about 3000.
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Col
Joe Blanco
United Lumber Company
Rose Motor Company
Standard
Continental Ou
Rio Grand Railroad Company
Glendale Produce Company
John Fish
Bluffs Youth Qualifies for National Marble Tourney
Raymond Garrison, 15, of 301 Worth Street, won the Boone VFW marble meet to earn Iowa’s spot at the national tournament June 3-5 in Salt Lake City. Garrison defeated Harland Nassett in the final 7-5 after earlier rounds 7-0. A field of 12 entered the Boone event with one representative per state at Salt Lake City. Kenneth drew a bye in round one.
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Worth Street
Salt Lake City
Boone
VFW
Iowa
Garrison
Carl Rusch
Lo Real
Clarence Yokom
Council Bluffs
Dodge School
Harland Nassett
Decorah
Met
Kenneth
Body Identified From River in Missouri Case
The body of Clifford McIntosh, 38, of 705 North Eighth Street, found Saturday in the Missouri River, was identified by a vest matching his coat and initials on a shirt collar. He disappeared March 16 while on a five day visit from Oakdale sanitarium. An abandoned car on the Nebraska side near the Ak-Sar-Ben bridge contained a rover coat belonging to him. McIntosh was last seen driving west on Avenue D. Funeral services Monday at Woodting Funeral Home, with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery. He is survived by his widow Bernice a son Clifford Daniel two sisters and two brothers.
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Clifford McIntosh
North Eighth Street
H. Stanley Woodring
McIntosh
Nebraska
Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge
Rovercoat
whIntosh
Oakdale Sanitarium
Avenue D
Herman Massen
Glen Ferguson
U. S. Army Engineers
Elver
Manawa Bend
Council Bluffs
Wood Ting
Memorial Park Cemetery
Loren Works
First Christian Church
Bernice
Clifford Daniel
Faye Taylor
Oakland
N. D
Ruth McIntosh
Winner
8. D
Sherman and
Lovell McIntosh
Idaho
Five Vote Margin for School Bonds
In Lake township a $10,000 bond for rebuilding Woodland school passed by five votes. The tally was 108 for and 63 opposed, meeting the required 60 percent threshold. Rex Davis said construction would begin this summer, funded partly by $5,500 already from insurance.
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Woodland
Lake Township
Thirlow Brown
Woodland School
Rex Davis
Lowana
Lowana School
Buiding
After 53 Years as Teacher, Woman May Become Baby Sitter
Miss Kate Bray of Buchanan County Schools retires June 1 after a 53 year career begun in 1895 earning 18 dollars a month. A farewell for May 23 honors her long service. In fragile health, she says she may become a baby sitter.
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Buchanan County
Kate Bray
Miss Bray
Bull Stages Its Own Rodeo on Busy Detroit Streets
A bull escaped from George Fineman's slaughterhouse in Detroit's packinghouse district and roamed Michigan Avenue for about 40 minutes. It hooked a man, lightly frightened a woman, and tossed a worker before Edward Frass shot the animal through the head. The bull was returned to the slaughterhouse.
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Bull
Detroit
George Fineman
Michigan Avenue
George Alexander
Alexander
Porcelaine Company
Edward Frass
Fineman
Prices Slowed by Heavy Stock Sales on Saturday
In New York the stock market saw its heaviest trading in 15 years as Friday’s sharp price surge cooled to a slower pace. The session featured record turnover with 2.59 million shares traded, 1,067 issues, 740 gainers and 175 decliners, while big blocks like Packard and Tri-Continental dominated activity.
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Wall Street
Packard Motor
Tri-Continential Corp
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Aluminum Ltd
Barium Steel
Blue Ridge
Penn
Road U
Weather Report For Council Bluffs And Vicinity Sunday
The U S Weather Bureau reports fair and mild conditions for Sunday with a high near 80 in Council Bluffs and vicinity. Hourly readings show afternoon temperatures in the mid to upper 70s with light winds and low humidity. Maximum in the last 24 hours was 79 degrees, minimum 57, and total precipitation 6.91 inches with a 0.09 inch deficiency.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Council ‘Bluffs
Israel Face Invasion Across Fronts Amid War Claims
Israel reports a multi-front invasion as Haganah cites Lebanese Egyptian and Trans Jordanian forces moving into the north south and east. King Abdullah’s Arab legion reportedly controls Judean hills. Syria and Egypt announce incursions. Tel Aviv endures air raids while civilians celebrate the first Sabbath on land they claim.
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Israel
Army of Israel
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United States
Negeb
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Jericho
Abdullah
Allenby Bridge
Judean Hills
Jerusalem
Damascus
Jamil Mardam Bey
Palestine
Gaza
United Nations
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Haifa
Genoa
Ysrael
James West Former Scout Executive Dies in New Rochelle
James E. West, former chief executive of the Boy Scouts of America, died Saturday night in New Rochelle. He would have been 72. A crippled orphan in youth, he overcame hardship to pursue law briefly before dedicating his career to scouting. He became chief executive in 1910 and was a longtime ally of President Theodore Roosevelt, active in juvenile affairs.
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New Rochelle
N.Y
James E. West
Boy Scouts of America
Boys Hood
Ile
West
Boy Scouts
Theodore Roosevelt
Washington
Interior Department
Pleasant Weather Foreseen for Southwestern Iowa Sunday
Pleasant weather with fair skies and a near eighty degree high was forecast for southwestern Iowa on Sunday. Saturday’s high reached 79 degrees. Early Saturday in Hamburg an inch of rain and a severe electrical storm caused damage to trees livestock and telephone lines.
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Iowa
Hamburg
U S May Lift Middle East Arms Embargo
President Truman weighs shifting or lifting the arms embargo to Jewish and Arab states in the Middle East after recognizing Israel. White House officials say arms policy is under study amid cross party debate and growing Arab– Jewish tensions. News from the Holy Land intensifies as fighting rises and questions of aggressor status could shape policy decisions. Palestine dominates White House coverage as diplomats mull exchanging representatives with Israel’s provisional government and possible resignations at the U N.
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Middle East
White House
Palestine
Israel
Congress
Vorys
Ohio
United States
England
Chavez
D-N
Edwin C. Johnson
Eal
Holy Land
Eliahu Epstein
Warren Austin
United Nations
Ford tells UAW no wage boost amid Chrysler strike
In Detroit Ford Motor Co informs CIO United Auto Workers that public security demands keep prices and wages steady. Ford cites average hourly wages of 1.53, 1.43 at Chrysler and 1.42 at GM. UAW’s Mazey says Chrysler strike is the nation’s key labor battle, predicting gains for many workers if Chrysler victory holds.
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Ford Motor Company
Cio-United Auto Workers
UAW
Ford
Chryslee Corporation
General Motors
Chrysler
Emil Mazey
Walter Reuther
Philadelphia
Mazey
Boy born to 76 year old Turkish mother at clinic
A 76 year old wife in Istanbul gave birth to a baby on Saturday, as reported by Istanbul newspapers. The father is listed as 21-year old Ahmet J. Atesli, with official coverage noting the rare event in the city.
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Turkey
Ahmet J Atesl
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