Iowa predicts record 1940-like presidential vote for Nov 4
Iowa election officials forecast a record turnout for the November 4 presidential vote higher than the 1940 peak of 1,215,430. Secretary of State Melvin Synhorst estimated 1,275,000 voters, with Republican James Schramm at about 1,250,000 and Democrat Jake More at 1,200,000. Census notes Iowa’s 1950 population at 2,621,073 with about 1,674,000 potential voters.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Melvin D. Synhorst
James S. Schramm
Jake More
Wendell Willkie
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Synhorst
League of Women Voters
Iowan
U. S. Census Bureau
Chilly Dips Hit Muscatine and Iowa Cities
Fr iday night lows dropped to 21 in Muscatine marking a new season low while Elkhader recorded 10 degrees and Iowa City and Dubuque saw 16 above zero. The Weather Bureau forecast warmer air and clear skies with highs around 53 to 63 across the state through Sunday.
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Muscatine
Iowa Weather Bureau
Elkader
Iowa City
Dubuque
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Iow
UN Secretary To Take Stand In Murder Case
Mathilda Mizibrocky a 28 year old Canadian secretary at the United Nations in New York was slated to testify against George Edward Grammer who is accused of murdering his wife to enable marriage to her. The state says Grammer beat his wife to death Aug 79 after they lived as man and wife for 10 days last July. Grammer reportedly claimed his wife commented on his work and he struck her with a pipe after an argument.
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Baltimore
George Edward Grammer
Mathilda Mizibrocky
United Nations
New York
Grammer
Miss Mizibrocky
Anselm Sedaro
Canada
Gramber
Deere Employee To Receive Bonus
John Deere and Company announces a 2.5 percent yearly bonus for all eligible employees to be distributed during the week of October 26.
Levee Repair Bids Sought for Muscatine Island Section
Army Corps of Engineers Rock Island district invites bids October 31 for emergency repairs to 5800 feet of Muscatine Island levee below the municipal power plant. Work includes clearing, foundation prep, borrow area operations, dredging, and embankment fill with about 5300 cubic yards excavated and 20450 cubic yards added. Completion expected within 100 days after award.
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Muscatine Island Levee
Muscatine Municipal Power Plant
Army Corps of Engineers
Rock Island
G. A. Finley
Beardsley Names October 24 United Nations Day in Iowa
Des Moines reports Governor William S Beardsley designates October 24 as United Nations Day in Iowa. The proclamation urges observance and reflection on international cooperation and peace efforts.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Iowa
Wage Board Cuts 21 Percent Of Coal Miners' Raise
The Wage Stabilization Board reduced John L. Lewis 1.90 daily wage boost for 350000 soft coal miners by 21 percent. Public, labor, and industry members weigh legality and risk of a general mine strike as votes loom.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
John L. Lewis
Cox
Lewis
WSB
Elderly Grandmother Bank Robber Sought In LA
A gray haired woman in her 60s, described as a grandmotherly figure, robbed a California Bank branch in Los Angeles. Teller Marguerite Everet handed over about $1000 after the robber brandished a handgun and ordered the bag to be filled. She fled into a crowd.
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Los Angeles
Marguerite Everet
California Bank
Stevenson Seeks Texas Blues in Deepening Dem Rift
Adlai E Stevenson campaigned through Fort Worth Dallas and San Antonio denouncing bolters led by Gov Allan Shivers over tidelands while opposing Texas ownership of submerged lands. Lyndon Johnson predicted big Democratic margins despite defection and Harry Byrd withheld endorsement.
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Texas
Adlai E. Stevenson
Allan Shivers
Fort Worth
Dallas
Uvalde
Tex
Illinois
San Antonio
Houston
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Shivers
Price Daniel
Tidelands
Eisenhower
Johnson
Byrd Refuses Endorsement for Stevenson in Virginia
Virginia Senator Harry F. Byrd, long at odds with the Truman administration, says he cannot endorse the Democratic platform and will not urge a vote for any candidate. He reaffirmed loyalty to Virginia Democrats and defended his recent commitments shaping his stance in the 1952 presidential contest.
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Harry Byrd
Virginia
Byrd
Eisenhower
Truman
Fair Grounds
Dallas
Winchester
Harry F. Byrd
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
South
Senate
Nixon targets Stevenson in Illinois campaign swing
Richard Nixon moved his Illinois drive to attack Adlai E. Stevenson labeling him duped by Alger Hiss. He combated Communism and foreign policy issues in daytime stops at Freeport Rockford and Kankakee and intensified remarks against Stevenson at Winnetka Friday night.
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Cheiago
Richard M. Nixon
New York State
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Alger Hiss
Freeport
Rockford
Kankakee
Stevenson
Winnetka
Iowan Killed As Truck Plows Into Marching Airmen
A pickup truck struck a formation of 40 airmen marching to supper near Amarillo Air Force Base injuring over twenty and killing one airman third class from Iowa. Sgt. Billy F. Robertson claimed 25 mph before the crash as he headed to the base hospital to see his wife who had just given birth.
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Amarillo
Tex
Billy F. Robertson
Army and Air Force
Amarillo Air Force Base
Towa
Veteran Western Officer Succumbs
William Anson Loomis, 92, a veteran Western officer who knew outlaws such as Jesse James and Wyatt Earp, died Friday in Santa Monica California. Loomis claimed to have officiated at 15 hangings and was among the last to confront the bandits of the old West.
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Santa Monica
Calif
William Anson Loomis
Jesse James
Billy the Kid
Wyatt Earp
One Dead Ten Jailed In Shooting
Sioux City authorities report the fatal shooting of Amelia Blackhawk 28 as three women and seven men were jailed. Ed ward Hickenbottom 74 fired the fatal shot after a knife attack at the victim’s residence following a family fight. Ruby Blackhawk is in fair condition.
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Sioux City
Amelia Blackhawk
Miss Blackhawk
Ruby
Edward Hickenbottom
Russell White
Hickenbottom
Ruby Blackhawk
Red demands for Korean truce on old terms voiced
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky reiterated calls for an immediate Korea truce on terms the United Nations refused. He urged the return of all prisoners to home lands, a stance that blocks progress at Panmunjom. Vishinsky backed Poland’s peace plan as a path to world harmony at the United Nations General Assembly.
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United Nations
N. Y
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Korea
U.N
Panmunjom
U.N. General Assembly
Vishinsky
Poland
Paris
Kremlin
Dean Acheson
NATO Doctors Seek Coordinated Wounded Care Across Alliance
Washington reports Maj. Gen. Harry G. Armstrong says NATO medical chiefs plan a joint system for treating the wounded within Western Europe defense plans. He notes Europe showed strong interest in U S air evacuation methods and argues U S procedures use aircraft already in use with troops and supplies, not extra planes.
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Washington
NATO
Europe
Harry G. Armstrong
Air Force
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United States
Armstrong
U. S
Korea
Nebergall Denies Loveless Claim
Des Moines reports Democratic gubernatorial nominee Herschel Loveless accused two Iowa Bureau of Investigation agents of spying on him. Nebergall, Bureau chief, calls the claim campaign material and says there are not enough agents to work two on a case.
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Des Moines
Herschel Loveless
R. W. Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Investigation
Loveless
Nebergal
Nebergall
Queen Mary Recovering From Cold In Indoor Rest
Eighty five year old Queen Mary was recovering from a cold in the head with doctors ordering continued indoor rest for a few more days.
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London
Queen Mary
Planes and Guns Press Attack on Triangle Hill Front
Allied forces pushed toward Triangle Hill and Sniper Ridge as U S Seventh Division troops stormed Pike's Peak and recaptured the crest at daybreak. Air power intensified with 7,720 flights, while Chinese casualties mounted to about 18 000 over nine days and Mig losses rose.
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Triangle Hill
Triangle
Papasan
Sniper
Roks
Kumh
Milo Farnell
U. S. Seventh Division
Pike’s Peak
Farnell
John Fujii
Fujii
Sniper Ridge
Air Force
U.N
North Korea
Flames Destroy E Asher Farm Dairy Barn Near Wanello
Fire of undetermined origin destroyed the Emery Asher dairy barn three miles southwest of Wanello, with hay, milking equipment, and fuel lost. Electric pumps failed due to a transformer burn hindering suppression as Morning Sun and Wapello departments fought the flames. The barn, 10 years old and recently repainted, stood near a saved corn field. herd to be moved to Loren Asher’s farm.
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Wapello
Emery Asher
Wanello
Asher
Morning Sun
Polio Death in Des Moines Claims Perry Man
Bud Kinder of Perry died in a Des Moines hospital from polio. The death marks Iowa's 141st polio fatality for 1902.
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Des Moines
Bud Kinder
Perry
Iowa
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