Jew and Arab Cease Firing Deadline Set
The United Nations Security Council failed to back a US USSR push for action to halt the Palestine war. It ordered an eight to zero vote for a cease fire by Arabs and Jews with a deadline six hours after midnight EST. Russia Syria and the Soviet Ukraine abstained. Warren R. Austin warned of further action if the cease fire is not observed. Council adjourned to meet Monday.
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Warren R. Austin
U. S
United States
Jewish Soldiers Fail to Reach Comrades at Zion Gate
Report by Daniel DeLuca describes Jewish soldiers charging Arab Legion positions at Zion Gate in Jerusalem but failing to reach their trapped comrades. Transjordan Legion troops and 600 Israeli soldiers fought in close quarters amid flares and a bright spring moon.
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Daniel DeLuca
Zion Gate
Jerusalem
Arab Legion
Trans- Jordan
Israel
Consul General Dies in Jerusalem After Arab Jewish Clash
Consul General Thomas C. Wasson died in Jerusalem after being shot while attempting to arrange an Arab Jewish truce. The five day battle saw Jewish snipers, legionnaires, and heavy firing as walls and synagogues suffered damage. The garrison relied on ancient passageways and tunnels to reinforce and supply positions.
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Washington
Thomas c. Wasson
Jerusalem
State Dept
Wasson
Holy Land
Old City
Aska
Tiferet Synagogue
Mount Zion
Tighter lid on Bluffs gambling on the inside
Gambling lid in Council Bluffs grows tighter and tighter. The note to Mother Nature mentions science growing four biot gentle bee. A Cresco fishing spot is praised as northern Iowa’s envy. Jessie Parker speaks on a six day week. editorials cover Waterland strike.
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Council Bluffs
Iowa
Ico
Jessie Parker
Gov. Blue
Waterland
Chrysler Denies Union Charge In Strike Context
Detroit. The CIO United Auto Workers accuse Chrysler of planning to use nonunion workers as strikebreakers and threaten violence if it occurs. Chrysler denies the claim calling it nonsense. FAA claims 1600 foremen would work, not UAW members, while GM workers vote for strike action with a 25 cent wage demand and pension considerations.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corporation
Norman Matthews
UAW
Matthews
Chrysler
Robert W. Conder
Foreman's Association of America
Independent
FAA
General Motors
Impatience Sparks Fire Response To Boxcar Blaze
In Philadelphia the fire crew rushed to a northeast intersection after a telephone alarm. They found no fire until three railroad workers urged patience. A blazing boxcar then rolled onto a siding and the firemen began firefighting.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
Wallace Would Debate U S Foreign Policy
Spokane Washington Henry Wallace challenged top framers of bipartisan foreign policy to a series of debates. He named Senator Vandenberg as Republican spokesman and proposed Secretary of State Marshall or Senator Connally for the administration. He urged thorough frank discussions free of reckless demagoguery.
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Spokane
Wash
Henry Wallace
Vandenberg
Marshall
Connally
Drowning scare at Lake Manawa as youth saved
Eddie Anderson a 14 year old from 27 South Twenty fourth street nearly became this season’s first drowning victim at Lake Manawa. Navy veteran Ed McClure Sea Scout skipper and Robert Wredt Eagle scout aided in reviving him for 15 minutes before rescue units arrived. The beach not officially open until May 29 with lifeguards to be provided by the Conservation league.
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Eddie Anderson
South Twenty-fourth Street
Joy Anderson
Lake Manawa
Waldo Merrill
Robert Madigan
Ed McClure
North Twenty-second Street
Anderson
McClure
Robert Wredt
Avenue 8
Rex Riche
Avenue B
Ward Garrett
The
Conservation League
Garrett
Officer Escapes Shot From Own Gun
Cruiser Patrolman Leon C. Nelson avoided harm when a prisoner named Fred Brewer grabbed Nelsons pistol and fired. The incident occurred after Nelson and Cruiser Officer G. A Jorgensen responded to a disturbance at 1219 Fourth Avenue. Brewer was booked for investigation.
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Leon C. Nelson
Fred Brewer
Fourth Avenue
Nelson
G. A Jorgensen
Brewer
Bank Bandits Caught Within Five Hours
Ceylon Minnesota headline. State Bank of Ceylon robbed of 5000 dollars at 9 45 a m Saturday. Within less than five hours two young men were captured and confessed. Sheriff A R Bannerman of Martin county named Willard Bettin about 20 of near Ceylon and Robert W Halvorson about 20 of Fairmont as suspects. Halvorson identified as the masked robber. Bettin said he drove the getaway car.
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Ceylon, Minn
State Bank of
Ceylon
A. R., Bannerman
Martin County
Willard Bettin
Robert W. Halvorson
Fairmont
Halvorson
Bettin
Five year old drowned in Cedar River rescue attempt
A five year old boy Norman Orht died after falling into the Cedar River seven miles south of town near the Cedar Valley bridge. His 11-year-old sister Polly Orht narrowly escaped drowning as she tried to save him, being swept 50 yards downstream before he slipped from her grasp.
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Tipton
Cedar River
Here
Norman Orht
Gus Orht
Cedar Valley
Polly
Norman
Oregon Loss Top Setback for Stassen
Dewey leads Stassen in Oregon with 92,316 to 85,695 as Friday's primary results show a potential setback for Stassen's bid. Stassen plans more campaigning while Dewey gains momentum toward the Philadelphia nomination with 12 convention votes at stake.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Oregon
Harold E. Stassen
Dewey
Stassen
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Ohio
Illinois
Missouri
Massachusetts
South
Minneapolis
New Hampshire
Philadelphia
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Robert A. Taft
Martin
Taft
New York
Minnesota
Midwest
Estate of Harry O Hay Filed in Des Moines Court
The Des Moines estate of Harry O Hay valued at 327 258 46 was filed in district court. Hay 58 a noted Des Moines restaurateur and former chamber of commerce president died April 26. His widow is named beneficiary.
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Des Moines
Harry O. Hay
Hay
Chamber of Commerce
Special P-51 Sets New Speed Record
Jacqueline Cochran landed her special P-51 in Palm Springs after a round trip to Santa Fe New Mexico. She set a new world speed record of 446 miles per hour on a 2000 kilometer closed course, beating the previous 440 mph mark.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Jacqueline Cochran
Santa Fe
N. M
Miss Cochran
Arizona
National Aeronautic Association
Reds Denounce U S Role in Global Arms Race
Moscow based Tass blames the United States for UN failure to curb armaments. The document cites U S expansion of armed forces and fresh defense spending, while reiterating Soviet calls for unconditional banning of atomic weapons and rejecting U S claims of Soviet obstruction.
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London
Tass
United States
United Nations
Soviet Monitor
United States State Department
Soviet Union
United Nations General Assembly
General Assembly
Russia
State Department
Broadway Traffic Signals Ready Soon
West Broadway traffic signals will operate around June 1, city electrician Lloyd W. Roper said Saturday. Nine intersections have signals erected. they still require painting and wiring for power.
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Broadway
West Broadway
City
Lloyd W. Roper
12 year old boy coerces sister to fatal act in home
In Youngwood Pennsylvania a 12 year old sulked over a declined billfold purchase and pressured his 9 year old sister Joanne to pull the trigger on a loaded 22 caliber public safety item. Richard Russell Henry collapsed after the shot as another sister watched in their grandparents home. Investigators say the parents have been estranged for six years.
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C. G. Livingston
Gordon
Mrs. Livingston
Joanne
Nancy
Richard
Lawyers Offer Aid to Doctors in Polio Epidemic
Local attorney Addison G. Kistle offered the legal profession to assist Des Moines public health chief Dr. Walter W. Bierring and investigators in Council Bluffs to study the Mondamin polio outbreak. Dr. J. M. Hayek of Des Moines will visit Mondamin to inspect water supplies and expand investigations into the epidemic.
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Pottawattamie
Harrison
Mondamin
Addison G. Kistle
Walter W. Blerring
Des Moines
Kistle
R. Kent Martin
Raymond A. Smith
Iowa Bar
Council Bluffs
Dr. Bierting
Hayek
Bierring
J. M. Hayek
State Department of Public Health
Kistle,” Dr. Bierring
Bird Pleads Case Before Washington Supreme Court
Jake Bird, 47, condemned for the Tacoma killing, appeared without counsel to urge the court to order a transcript of his trial for appeal. He denied 44 killings and 12 killings, claimed police brutality, and said his confession was coerced as his execution was delayed by a governor's reprieve.
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Olympia
Chasn
Jake Bird
Iowa
East Omaha
Washington Supreme Court
Pierce County
Bird
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Bertha Kludt
Tacoma
Wallolan
High Court
Weather Outlook for Council Bluffs and Nebraska Regions
Partly cloudy with scattered thundershowers in parts of Iowa and Nebraska this weekend. Highs in middle 80s to near 86, coolest in western areas with local thundershowers. Recent temps show a high of 86 Saturday and a low around 56, with 6.92 inches total precipitation and 1 inch deficiency.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Towa
Copier
Nebraska
Jast
Memorial Day Parade Planned in Council Bluffs
A Memorial Day program in Council Bluffs includes a 10 a.m. parade on May 31 from First Street and Broadway to Willow Avenue, with a Bayliss Park ceremony led by John LeRoy Peterson and Ernest L. Woolsey. Veterans groups plan sunrise and memorial services at Walnut Hill and Cedar Lawn cemeteries, Eagles Hall, and the Douglas Street bridge, followed by a park program with a Spanish American ritual and a Gettysburg address recitation.
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Bayliss Park
Council Bluffs
John LeRoy Peterson
Ernest L. Woolsey
First Street
Broadway
Sixth Street
Willow Avenue
Park
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Walnut Hill Cemetery
VFW
Cedar Lawn Cemetery
American Legion
Eagles Hall
Davy Jones Locker
Navy Mothers Club
Douglas Street
Abraham Lincoln Women's Relief Corps
WRC
William A. Johnson
Floyd Williams
Vernon Rice
First Congregational Church
Clarence Yokom
James P. Danahey
Cortland Tisher
Forest Miller
Gen. Grant Women's Relief Corps
Douglas Street Bridge
Harold 8. Spurgin
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Orrie Gates
Iowa National Guard
Louis Wagner
United Spanish War Veterans
Rainbow
Pioneer Post
Americal Legion
Donald Macrae
Amvets
Davy Jones
TinJey Post
Rains Bow
Vulture’ Lozole
Pup
National Guard
WIL Beaux
Artes of
Toca
Wagner
Uswy
DAV
Tinley
Rainbow Veterans
Military Order of Cootie Lady Bugs
Gold Star
Daughters of the American Revolution
Women's Relict Corps
National Daughters of Gar
Navy
Strike Ends May Bring Lower Meat Prices Across Nation
The CIO meat handlers strike ends at most plants, paving the way for new meat supplies next week and potential price relief. Live cattle and hog prices slid due to reduced slaughter capacity, while retail prices rose on tight supplies. The union kept some strikes in effect at Rath and Morrell plants with National Guards on duty at Rath after a fatal picket incident.
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Proms
CIO
CIO United Packinghouse ‘Workers Union
Swift, Armour and Cudahy
Wilson and Company
Rath
Waterloo
Morrell
Ottumwa
National Guard
William J. Farrell
Topeka
Kaw
National
South St. Paul
Minn
Wilson
Sioux City Pilot Dies In Takeoff Crash
Walter Betsworth identifies the victim as Benjamin W. Bennett, a filing station operator and longtime pilot since 1938, who perished when his Cub aircraft fell from 100 feet during a test takeoff at Sioux City Municipal Airport watched by his wife and two children. an uniden tified witness said the craft exploded and burned after hitting the ground.
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Sioux City
Walter Betsworth
Benjamin W. Bennett
Betsworth
Bennett
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