MacArthur Warns Against Political Conniv ing Threat to Civilian Rule
General Douglas MacArthur told a Michigan legislative joint convention that political conniving risks a military state. He condemned party leaders pressuring selection of candidates and warned against letting Europe dominate policy while neglecting Asia and Korea. He feared a cease fire in Korea could scuttle the Pacific and empower the Iron Curtain.
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Lansing
Mich
Douglas MacArthur
America
Michigan
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
MacArthur
Asia
Korea
Pacific
Five Day Forecast Outlook Coolest Start to Week
The forecast covers Saturday through Wednesday with temperatures averaging 4 to 8 degrees below normal. Warmer on Monday and Tuesday, cooler again on Wednesday. Precipitation up to one inch expected today and Saturday with a chance of showers Wednesday.
Unions Call Off National Oil Walkout
Washington reports the nationwide oil strike is cooling as government mediators set up bargaining sessions. Union leaders said the walkout is halted and many strikers will return to work after tentative wage stabilization accords. Local agreements vary across plants in Missouri Illinois Indiana and Colorado with a 15 cent wage cap under the WSB formula.
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O. A. Knight
Whld
Standard Oil of Indiana
Sugar Creek
Globe Refining Company
Lemont, Il
Continental Oil
Denver
Sinclair
Phillips
WSB
New York
Collins Announces Atomic Gun and Expanded Antiaircraft Units
Gen. J Lawton Collins said the Army has a gun that can fire atomic shells and conventional rounds. He noted the antiaircraft battalions guarding the home front have more than doubled. The Army chief of staff foresees guided missiles with atomic warheads for close support, usable in all weather to cover any Army corps front.
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Los Angeles
J. Lawton Collins
Army
U. S
Collins
Taft Welcomes Truman Campaign Move Amid GOP Debate
Taft welcomed President Truman's decision to head the Democratic campaign this fall while Lodge signaled an affirmative GOP strategy. Eisenhower aides anticipate a vocal campaign from June 4, with focus on major issues. In Muscatine a deer collision fueled venison for Lutheran Homes, after the animal struck a car on highway 61. The deer weighed about 100 pounds and was used for charity.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Lodge
Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Europe
Abilene
Kan
Muscatine
Montpelier
Lee Stansberry
Grandview Avenue
Davenport
Kenneth Brendel
Dan Nichols
Nichols
Romann and Liebbe Co
Jtluscatine
U S Ace Shot Down in Korea
U S Fifth Air Force reports Col. Walker M Mahurin missing after being shot down over Korea Tuesday The 33 year old Sabre jet pilot famed for 25 plus enemy aircraft in two wars hailed from Fort Wayne Indiana and pioneered Sabre jet dive bombing He previously downed 21 in Europe four in the Pacific and is credited with 34 in Korea with one probable destroy and one damaged
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U. S
Europe
Pacific
Korea
FTC Bans Free Ads By Book of the Month Club
The Federal Trade Commission ruled that Book of the Month cannot advertise a free book with dividends for members who buy four books a year. The decision says free must imply no charge or obligation. Commissioner Mead warns the word free is a lure and a powerful magnet. The club plans to appeal. other clubs with similar practices may be affected.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Lowell Mason
Book Club
Mason
James M. Mead
Mead
Four Iowans On War Casualty List
The Defense Department reports two Iowans killed and two wounded in Korea. Killed are Marine Sgt. Gordon W. Luedke of Primghar and Air Force Lt. George H. Hansen of Davenport. Wounded are Marine Pfc. Robert W. Deason of Cedar Rapids and Marine Pfc. James J. Roach of Mason City.
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Washington
Defense Department
Gordon W. Luedke
Julius Luedke
Primghar
Air Force
George H. Hansen
Lois Kathryn Hansen
Davenport
Robert W. Deason
Florence Nelson
Cedar Rapids
Marine Pfe
James J. Roach
David F. Roach
Mason City
Dormitory raiding spreads to Miami and beyond
Reports say spring male pantie raids reached Columbia University and the University of Miami as police and guards fought about 1,000 students at Barnard dormitories and 3,000 at Dickinson dorms. Fire hoses and tossed undergarments marked the two hour melee amid nationwide campus pranks.
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New York
Columbia University
University of Miami
Columbia
Barnard College
University
Universities of
Florida
Nebraska
Iowa
Purdue
Denver
Otterbein College
Ohio
Dickinson
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard
White House
Iowa Dormitory Collects Raiding Loot At University
Students of the South Quadrangle at the University of Iowa collected 44 dollars and an assortment of lingerie after a raid on Currier Hall. They will hand the money and items to Dean L. Dale Faunce. Nearly 700 students joined the raid sparked by coed taunts, facing police and university officials.
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Iowa City
South Quadrangle
University of Iowa
L. Dale Faunce
Currier Hall
Cedar Rapids Debates First Electric Rate Increase in 35 Years
The Cedar Rapids city council weighs a request from Iowa Electric Light and Power for its first rate rise in 35 years. A company spokesman says the increase would add about 45 cents monthly for the average home and fund the utility’s expansion, with plans to spend roughly $39 million in Cedar Rapids and eastern Iowa through 1955.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co
Iowa
Ready To Renew Talks Murray Says
Steelworkers union chief Philip Murray declared readiness to renew labor peace talks but refused to back down from the 26 cents per hour package and WSB conditions. He said negotiations must start from the industry side and affirmed no compromise on wage and union shop terms. The sector remains under government seizure with wage rates frozen by the Supreme Court status quo ruling as 2,500 delegates push repeal of Taft Hartley and support civil rights legislation.
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Philadelphia
Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Murray
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Supreme Court
High Court
Steelworkers Convention
Pension Increase Plan Approved by House Ways and Means
The House Ways and Means committee backed a social security increase of at least five dollars monthly for current beneficiaries and up to five dollars for future retirees. Dependents would gain proportional boosts. The package, costing about 300 million dollars yearly, could be funded without higher payroll taxes. Chairman Doughton says wage gains make funds available. The measure heads to the House for quick action, with Senate Finance Chair George pledging speedy consideration.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Doughton
CNC
Coughton
George
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Hit and Run Fatality Near Clinton on Highway 136
Henry G. Roeh a 53 year old carpenter was killed when struck by a car on Highway 136 near his home. The vehicle did not stop and Roeh’s body was found by a farm worker about minutes later dragged some 120 feet and badly mangled. Roeh lived with his brother John near the city limits.
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Clinton
Henry G. Roeh
Roeh
John
Memorial Day Rites Planned in Muscatine
Representatives from all veterans groups outline Memorial day events in Muscatine. A memorial service at St Mathias Church on May 25 led by Rev James Welsh opens the observance, with a May 30 program at Greenwood Cemetery and Riverside Park featuring address by Joseph G Maher Sr and a full veterans procession and benediction.
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Muscatine
Veterans of Foreign Wars
St. Mathias
James Welsh
Greenwood Cemetery
Riverside Park
Fred King
Lyman Fish
Robert K. Stohr
Ture
Joseph G. Maher Sr
John Harold Kemble
Fred Ferris
First Baptist Church
General Logan
Sherman Burns Jr
Musserville Methodist Church
Lincoln
Anna Kramer
L. J. Bergthold
St. Mathias Church
VFW
Taps
Charles Fish
Cliff Werner
Navy Mothers Club
Robert Wilson
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
Navy Club
Gold Star Mothers
Women’s Relief Corps
Daughters of Union Veterans
Spanish American Veterans Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary
Navy Mothers
Veterans of Foreign Wars Junior Auxiliary
Ned Gillum
First Christian Church
Werner
Fish
Muscatine High School
Crow
Radio and Sound Service
House Reverses Economy Drive With Tax Relief for Members
The House approved a budget bill increasing funding to run Congress and related offices. It also adopted tax relief allowing members to deduct housing and living costs while on official business, potentially cutting taxes by about $2,000 for many.
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House
Congress
Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
Library of Congress
Government Printing Office
Legislative Department
McCormack
Massachusetts
Washington
McGill Named Muscatine Police Chief Again
Theodore Ted McGill was reappointed Muscatine chief of police by Mayor Bert Olsen with city council approval. He joined the department in 1931 and will have served 22 years as an officer and eight years as chief after this term. He also serves as second vice president of the Iowa Chief of Police and Peace Officers.
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Theodore
Ted” McGill
Muscatine
Bert P. Olsen
McGill
Iowa
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