Israel Proxy Hints U S May Lift Arms Ban
Israel's provisional president Chaim Weizmann told reporters at the White House that the United States may lift its arms embargo in the Middle East. He discussed a possible loan modification and said Truman gave him some hope for easing the ban to aid Jews battling Arab forces in Palestine.
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Washington
Chaim Welzmann
Israel
Truman
Middle East
Welanan
Penrwtt
White House
Palestine
United States
Weinmann
Istagl
Arabs Reject Unconditional Cease Fire Order Says Syria
Pam Falis ea Khoury of Syria predicted Arabs will not accept an unconditional Security Council cease fire. He said Arabs insist there must be no Jewish state and that there can be no assurances a Jewish country will exist.
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Pam Falis
Ea Khoury
Syria
Aeatts
Security Council
Syran
United Nations Security Council
Nessesmen
Griswold Trucker Killed in Accident
Griswold trucker Harry Cary, 26, died in an auto truck crash on Highway 6 west of Lewis Tuesday noon. He was said to crest a hill when four cars attempted to pass, causing Cary to veer off the road and overturn. His head suffered fatal injuries.
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Bpocrud Fersport Griswold
Harry Cary
Griswold
Lewis
Cary
Tise
Deere Workers Accept Proposed Wage Increase
Locals 48.130 and 6S of the United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers Union CIO have accepted Deere and Company wage proposals. The offer includes nine cents an hour for piece-work workers and 13 cents an hour for hourly-paid employees. Members at the John Deere Works in Moline will vote on ratification.
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Moline
United Farm Equipment and Metal Workers Union
CIO
Deere and Company
John Deere
Ina Moline
Seek Personnel for Palio Research in This Area
Health officials and local attorneys met to press for polio research in Paltawattami and Clarrison counties. Dr J M Hayek said state will seek personnel from the National Infantile Paralysis Foundation while Addison G Kistle pledges funds. The group aims to prevent spread and push local research now.
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Paltawattami
Clarrison
Jhealth
J. M. Hayek
Des Moines
State Department of Public Health
National Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Addison G. Kistle
Hayek
State Health Department
Kistle
Olive Johnson
M. ©. Nelson
Addisson. Kistle
George &. Wright
Lewis Faces New Contempt Charge in Mine Dispute
John Lewis faces potential contempt of court as talks with the Southern Coal Producers Association stall. The United Mine Workers leader has already faced two fines totaling 2,130,000 for ignoring back-to-work orders from 1946 and 1948. A June 1 hearing will decide if an injunction is issued to force wage talks.
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Harold W. Ward
Washington
John Li
Lewis
Southern Coal Producers Association
United Mine Workers
Alan Goldsborough
UMW
Fror
Joseph E. Moody
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Pease
Moody's
Rejsuest
iLewis
NLRB
Denham
Goldsborough
Cardsborough
Bief
Southern Association
Moody
Greene school bond issue carries in special election
Greene voters approved a $50,000 school bond in a special election by a 216 to 104 vote, a 24 vote margin over the 60 percent threshold. Funds will supplement an $82,000 bond for a gymnasium auditorium and extra classrooms approved in February 1946.
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Greene
Northwest floods claim lives as rivers burst banks
Three men and a four year old boy were missing amid floods in the Pacific Northwest. Idaho’s Clearwater River receded while Kootenai and Columbia rivers overflowed, flooding Bonners Ferry farmland and boats, with extensive rainfall totaling 27 inches in Spokane since June 1, 1947. A missing youth from a Snake River rowboat incident and a tugboat crew disappearance added to the dangers.
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Associated Press
Pacific Northwest
Idaho
Washington
Montana
British Columbia
Oregon
Bonners Ferry
Catherine River
la Grande
Ore
Spokane
Wash
Weather Bureau
Coaxial Cable To Link Omaha and Sioux City
The Northwestern Bell telephone company announced plans for an underground coaxial cable from Omaha to Sioux City. The 116 mile line will pass Fremont on Highway 77, provide storm proof long distance circuits by late 1949, and may extend to Sioux Falls by 1950 or 1951. Removal of pole lines will occur after installation. The system will carry up to 900 circuits across four coaxial tubes and 75 to 175 wires.
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Northwestern Self Telephone Company
Omaha
Sioux City
Sioux Falls
Fremont
Neb
Heart Attack Fatal to Hospital Superintendent
Dr RB A Stewart who had served as superintendent of the state hospital at Independence since 1920 died of a heart attack Monday night at the hospital.
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Independence
RB. A. Stewart
Demos Score in Fight on Soil Program
The Senate edged into a new clash over soil conservation payments for farmers after a Democratic victory in boosting the 1949 crop year payments to 300 million dollars. The amendment by Senator Russell gained 41 votes to 38 with three GOP defections. the House had approved 225 million. The measure is part of a 1.2016 billion dollar farm program for the fiscal year starting July 1, with a vote on the bill expected Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate
Russell
D-Ga
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Democrats Battle for Reciprocal Pact on Trade Act
The House Democratic Steering Committee voted to seek a three year extension of the reciprocal trade act and to back the GOP rules plan limiting amendments during debate on tariff cuts. Rep Rayburn led the last ditch stand as the showdown nears on the House floor with Truman seeking unchanged extension.
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House
Democratic Steering Committee
Rules Committee
Rep
Rayburn
Texas
Congress
Federal Stariff Commission
Truman
Marshall
Iowa Traffic Toll Continues to Mount
Two more deaths join the state toll from motor vehicle accidents. In Estherville three year old Leonard Henningson was struck by a gasoline transport on highway 9 after running from behind a gravel truck. Grace Petty a 48 year old of Coon Rapids died in St. Anthony hospital after being run over by a truck.
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Estherville
Leonard Hermingson
Elmer Henningson
Highway 9
Grace Petty
Coon Rapids
St. Anthony Hospital
Carroll
Flexible Wage Agreement at GM and UAW Draws Attention
The wage pact between General Motors and the United Auto Workers introduces a flexible cost of living linked raise. The reporter notes its potential spread across industries, its impact on inflation, and the broader shift in labor management relations shaping 1947 earnings and price strategies.
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Sam Dawson
New York
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Labor
Chrysler Autos
Miss Krettek Named Bluffs Librarian
Miss Germaine Krettek will become head of the Council Bluffs public library June 15, succeeding Miss Eleanor Ferguson who resigns to join Dearborn Michigan. Krettek, a St Elizabeth graduate with degrees from Denver University, has led reference work since 1941 and joined the staff in 1939.
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Germaine Krettek
South Seventh Street
Council Bluffs Public Library
Raymond A. Smith
Library Board
Miss Ferguson
Eleanor Ferguson
Dearborn, Mich
Miss Krettek
St. Elizabeth College
Denver University
Miss Kret
Lost Diamond Ring Found In Cow Hoof
PORTALES New Mexico. For six years a milk cow on B F Holcomb’s farm limped and puzzled its owners until they discovered a diamond ring embedded in the hoof. Mrs Holcomb says it is the same ring she lost years ago. The cow and Mrs Holcomb both feel better now.
Truman Urges Education Aid and Higher Minimum Wage
President Truman pressed for passage of federal aid to education and a minimum wage increase to 75 cents an hour at a White House briefing. Senate has approved 300 million annual education aid. House action pending. Labor bill timing uncertain as Democrats lack majority.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Senate
House
Sentnor Lucas
Minvis
Representative McCormack
Massachusetts
Lucas
Taft Claims Southern Delegates In GOP Fight
Senator Robert A. Taft says he will win two thirds of 267 Republican delegates from 12 southern and three border states. Texas hosts 33 votes as Taft and Dewey backers jockey for position with stakes in Florida Georgia and Tennessee among others.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Gov
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
GOP
George Hopkins
Dewey
Philadelphia
Oklahoma
Florida
Stassen
Tennessee
Carroll Reece
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Perry Howard
North Carolina
South Carolina
Reece
First Ball Lot
Virginia
West Virginia
Texas
Kentucky
Cooper
R.-Ky
Vandenberg
R.-Mich
Newsmen Escape Injury in Jerusalem Explosion
Seven newsmen narrowly escaped harm when a shell exploded in 10 street as they drove by in Jerusalem. The group included Kenneth Bilby, Robert P. Martin, Cornell Acheson, John Calder, Carter Davison, James Pringle, and Tom Fitzsimmons. debris dented their AP car but no one was injured.
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Jerusalem
Kenneth Bilby
New York Herald Tribune
Robert P. Martin
New York Post
Cornell Acheson
Indianapolis News
John Calder
Reuters
Associated Press
Carter & Davison
James Pringle
Tom Fitzsimmons
Stell
Soviet Vetoes Block Czech Grab Probe
Two more Soviet vetoes halted United Nations plans to investigate the February coup in Czechoslovakia. The United States urged security council action to document the communist takeover and Russia's role, while delegates doubted any further progress. Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko defended the veto as non intervention.
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Lake
United Nations
Czechoslovakia
United States
Russia
Security Council
Warren R. Austin
Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Onawa Child With Leukemia In Critical Condition
Eight year old Tommy Kelley, ill with leukemia, flew to Boston last month for examination and was hospitalized here in critical condition.
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Onawa
Tommy Kelley
Boston
Weather forecast for Council Bluffs and surroundings
The U S Weather Bureau reports Wednesday will be fair with little temperature change and a high near 80. Temperatures expected to average a few degrees below normal with minimal rainfall across western Iowa and light showers possible in eastern areas Thursday. Clearing Friday, then fair weekend with a warming trend into Sunday and Nebraska shows similar mild, dry conditions.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Nebraska
Living Costs to Set Wages at GM Plants
GM granted a unique one cent an hour wage boost to avert a CIO strike by 225000 production workers. The formula, costing about 75000000 annually, was billed as a living cost solution and helped prevent a Friday walkout. The move also boosted hopes for a speedy end to Chrysler’s 14000 day strike.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
CIO
United Auto Workers
Chrysler Corporation
How Contract Will Work
Detroit reports the GM wage rise pact with CIO UAW details a $1.50 base that becomes $1.61 with a 8 cent cost of living portion and 3 cent annual improvement. The 8 cents fluctuates quarterly but cannot fall more than five cents. the 3 cents remains. A second 3 cent raise in year two guarantees at least $1.59. Negotiations with Chrysler and Ford continue.
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Detroit
General Motors
Cio-United Auto Workers
Henderson Farmer 35 Ends Own Life
Henderson Iowa report states Ed Alft 35, a farmer living southeast of Henderson, died in a Council Bluffs hospital from self inflicted gunshot wounds. Authorities say a 22 caliber rifle was used. coroner Dr Ward DeYoung and Sheriff Robert Moore investigate. Survived by widow Sylvia and four children, parents Lewis and Mrs Alff, and nine siblings. funeral arrangements by McKee of Carson.
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Colal
Henderson
Ed Alft
Iarmer
Council Bluffs
Alft
Ward DeYoung
Mills County
Robert 7. Moore
McKee Funeral Home
Carson
Sylvia
Lewis Alff
Macedonia
Farm Bureau Eyes Large Turnout for June Primary
The Iowa Farm Bureau states more than 90 county meetings will be held this week to spur interest in the June 7 primary election. Local officials urge participation and discuss issues likely to shape the vote.
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Farm Bureau
Meen
Lowa
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Bluffs
Dixie
Agriculture
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Clinton P. Anderson
Brannan
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Chrysler
Autoindustry
Ford Motor Company
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