George Wants a Strong Man for President
Senator George of Georgia calls for a strong one term president to curb spending and avoid bankruptcy while criticizing President Truman. He weighs nominees from both parties and considers Eisenhower but has not decided. He warns of rising deficits and taxes as 1949 outlooks loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
George
D-Ga
Georgia
Dixie
Truman
Georgia Sonata
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wales
Columbia University
Robert A .Tatt
Taft
Douglas MacArthur
Senate Appropriations
Ohio
Eisenhower
Weather summary for Midwest and Plains regions
The U S Weather Bureau reports cloudy mild weather for Council Bluffs and Milly with a high near 77 and cooler nights. Nebraska zone shows partly cloudy days with scattered showers in the western third, highs in the 70s, and lows 40s to 50s. A readout lists hourly temps and humidity, noting 6.92 inches total precipitation and a 1.25 inch deficit. Maximum 84 and minimum 53 in the last 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Council Bluffs
Viewty Milly
Towa
Nebraska
Lewis Facing New Charges From Labor Board
An unfair labor practice complaint was issued against John L. Lewis and the United Mine Workers for refusing to bargain with the Southern Coal Producers association. Hub ert N. Denham, NLRB general counsel, says Lewis and UMA coerced an employer in choosing a bargaining representative. A hearing in Washington is set for June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern ‘Coal Producers’ Association
Hubert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Association
Lewis
UMA
Moody
Denham
Benham
Strikers Return to Their Old Jobs
Hundreds of packinghouse workers in Sioux City and Chicago returned to their posts as the 70 day nationwide strike by the United Packinghouse Workers ended. Most plants resumed operations at Armour Swift and Cudahy with a few excluding workers due to disciplinary matters and arbitration reviews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
P — Cio
Wilson and Company
Cudahy Packing Company
Kansas City
Wilson
Sioux City
Armour, Swift and Cudahy
United Packinghouse
Cudahy
Swift and Company
Arniotti and Company
Armour
Father of 35 Flees Newsmen After Triplets Birth
Anthony Dupre a 68 year old French born former trapeze performer and hotel kitchen worker fled on a child’s bicycle from newsmen after his wife, 34, gave birth to triplets. He claims four wives produced 73 children from the second and third wives and one from the fourth. total 35 children to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anthony Dupre
Mail
Luther College professor dies in sleep before concert
Associate professor Donald J. Larson of Luther College was found dead in his room Sunday night from a heart attack. He was scheduled to accompany singer Marjorie Meyer Steen at a concert in the Luther gymnasium when he failed to appear. A faculty member located his body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devorah
Donald J. Larson
Luther College
Larson
Marjorie Meyer ‘Steen
Luther Gymnasium
Brannan Named Secretary of Agriculture and Hennock to FCC
President nominates Charles Franklin Brannan to be secretary of agriculture succeeding Clinton P. Anderson who resigned to run for the New Mexico Senate. Frieda B Hennock, a New York lawyer, named to the Federal Communications Commission to succeed Clifford J. Durr, first woman appointed to the commission for a seven year term starting July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles Franklin Brannan
Brannan
Senate
Colorado
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
Frieda B Hennoeck
New York City
Federal Communications Commission
Miss Hennock
Clifford J. Durr
AP executive calls current events the biggest story in a century
Alan J. Gould, AP executive editor, said on NBC that today’s world events may be the largest story in 100 years. He noted AP’s centenary special dramatizing 10 past headlines and called today’s events the eleventh and biggest story.
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New York
Alan J. Gould
Associated Press
Tle
NBC
America
Marconi
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gould
Missing Husband Declared Legally Dead Request
Ola Boyd files suit in Sioux City asking courts to declare her missing husband Charles Johnson legally dead and refund $520 in premiums paid to Metropolitan Life Insurance plus a $492 death benefit. Johnson disappeared in 1927 with rumor of death in Denver. Boyd remarried seven years after disappearance. her second husband died three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Charles Johnson
Ola Boyd
Denver
Arrests In Gambling Raid At City Apartment
Eleven people were arrested at 1 20 a m Sunday in a gambling raid by sheriff and police at 23 South Sixth street. Two women face disorderly house charges Mary Tate 23 and Mary Smith 48 while nine others are released on bonds. The raid followed complaints and seized a poker table eight decks of cards chips and bottles. Names and addresses of those booked include Tom Archer H 8 Hall Irwin Andrews Frank Jones Joyce Griffin Mildred Brown C Brown Maude Brown and Margaret Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Sixth Street
Mary Tate
Mary Smith
Goodrich Hotel
Liberty
Bad
Jack Tyler
Tyler
Tate
Tom Archer
Eighth Avenue
H. 8 Hall
Onawa
Irwin Andrews
Thirty Ninth Street
Omaha
Frank Jones
Avenue B
Joyce Griffin
Fifth Avenue
Mildred Brown
Third Avenue
C. Brown
Twenty-second Street
Maude Brown
Margaret Ross
Fark Avenue
Cooler Readings Continue Across Iowa
The forecast calls for little change with temperatures between 50 and 80 degrees and spotty skies. Cooler air from the north dropped readings to 53 in the area and 37 at Mason City as highs reached 84 in parts. Atlantic saw 5 on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Mason City
Atlantic
Iowa
Floyd County Sheriff Seizes Nine Punchboards
Floyd County Sheriff B. F. Atherton seized nine punchboards and a cigarette machine from three cafes at Floyd six miles north of here on Saturday night.
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Floyd County
Charles City
B. F. Atherton
Floyd
Here
President Truman to give five major speeches on cross country trip
The White House announced Truman will deliver five major speeches during a cross country train trip in June. The stops include Chicago Omaha Seattle Berkeley Calif and Los Angeles with talks from prepared manuscripts lasting 15 to 20 minutes. He departs Washington June 3 and will address Chicago June 4 at 9 p m central daylight time in the Chicago Stadium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
Truman
Chicago
Omaha
Seattle
Berkeley
Calif
Los Angeles
Plafis
Chicago Stadium
New Negotiation Push Aims to End Auto Strike
Detroit reports Gov. Sigler moved fast to restart talks between UAW CIO and Chrysler after a 13 day walkout. He convened leaders at the Book Cadillac hotel and set a Wednesday gathering at his Detroit headquarters to seek a settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
General Motors Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
Kim Sigler
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler
Sigler
Uaw-Cio
Emil Mazey
Cadillac
Norman Matthews
Robert Conder
John Leary
Siglet
Sigier
General Motors
Shenibs
Third Applicant for Superintendent’s Post in City
Harold W. Martin, 38, a Des Moines teacher, becomes the thirteenth applicant for the school superintendent post. School Board President Thomas McMillen said Rochester had 90 applications this spring. A decision is expected before June 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold W. Martin
Des Moines
Thomas McMillen
Lawrence Siersbeck
City of
Rochester
Minn
McMillen
Must Bills Plague Congress As Session Ends
A heavy batch of must pass bills threatens Congress and GOP plans to adjourn on June 13. Senate leaders push extra hours and night sessions to finish the budget and foreign aid measures, with battles over civil rights, oleo taxes, displaced persons, and housing likely to test patience and spark filibusters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin
Hankinson
Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
Agriculture Department
Mr. Truman
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
House
Senate Finance Committee
House Rules Committee
David FE
Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Agriculture Committees
House Civil Service Committees
Tidelands
Judiciary Committee
Wellington Records Twenty Earthquakes in 24 Hours
In Wellington twenty earthquake shocks, mostly slight, were recorded in a 24 hour period ending Monday morning. R C Hayes acting director of the Dominion Observatory noted Wellington is situated on the southern tip of North Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington
New Zealand
R. C. Hayes
Dominion Observatory
North Island
Carroll Farmer Kills Wife and Hangs Self
In Carroll Ia a retired farmer couple were found dead in their home in what coroner J Lawrence Coch Tan labeled murder and suicide. Sheriff Tom J Finegan said Henry N Heaton 76 killed his wife by slashing her throat twice then hanged himself in the basement. no note or motive is known. Their son Roy, the only survivor, found the bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll Farmer
J. Lawrence Coch~ Tan
Tom J. Finegan
Henry N. Heaton
Heaton
Roy
Landis seeks broader anti communism and union reform
Rep. Landis proposes a non communist oath for labor negotiators and adds protections for employers against firing subversive workers. He urges expanding the NLRB and loosening Taft Hartley provisions to speed union elections and alter union shop rules. The plan is part of hearings by the Senate House watchdog committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Rep
Landis
R-Ind
National Labor Relations Board
Senate-House
Attorney General’s Office
Ives
Paul M. Herzog
Robert N. Denham
NLRB
Noted Scientist Confirmed as Chinese Premier
Nanking report says 59 year old Wong Wen-hao rated China’s leading scientist was confirmed Monday as premier. Chiang Kai shek’s surprise choice faces internal power struggles as the new legislature reluctantly approves his appointment 489 to 94 and rejects a demand he explain his politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanking
Wong Wen-hao
China
Chiang Kaishek
Chiang
Chang Chun
Wong
Gypsy Swindlers Fined by Waukon Justice
Three Gypsies were fined by a Waukon justice for operating without a license after deceiving a local couple in a faith healing “conversion” scheme. Sheriff P. C. Hendrickson said the group lured a 55-year-old man and his wife, then attempted to turn $2,500 into $10,000 through trickery. The court levied $267 in fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waukon
P. C. Hendrickson
Justice of Peace Court
Arabs Reject UN Demand to Cease Fire
Arab League officials indicated Monday they would reject the United Nations cease fire demand unless the Jewish army is disbanded and the partition plan shelved. Cairo pressed for a 36 hour extension to consult, while Britain and the United States sought compromise. Two Americans died from wounds in Jerusalem and Baalbek held 69 young Jews in an internment camp as Lebanon refused a U.S. release request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faris E
Amman
Cairo
United Nations
Arab League
Security Council
Palestine
Council
Security Council G
Israel
Ahmed Kashaba Pasha
Harold Evans
Philadelphia
Jerusalem
Kendall Kimberland
Chase National Bank
Middle East
American Friends
Quaker) Service Committee
Evans
Ernest Bevin
U. S
Lewis Douglas
London
Whitehall
Britain
Trans-Jordan Arab
Thomas ©. Wasson
State Department
Washington
Herbert M. Walker
U. S. Navy
Thomas Gannon
Ba‘Albek
Lebanon
Marine Carp
Haifa
Omaha Soldier Drowns in Virginia Wildlife Sanctuary
A 19-year-old Omaha man Norris L. Larson drowned Sunday while swimming at a wildlife sanctuary in Alexandria Virginia. Larson, attached to the military air transport service at National Airport, was swimming with a fellow soldier when the accident occurred.
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Alexandria
Norris L. Larson
Omaha
Neb
Larson
Military Air Transport Service
National Airport
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Jimmie
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U. S Naval Academy
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Petersburg
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Blease
Anderson
Chrysler and
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Herzog
Union Shop
Waukon Justice
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