Atlee unveils go it alone plan to solve Britain's crisis
London announces drastic self help program to curb costs and curb overseas commitments. Key measures include a monthly 48 million dollar cut in food purchases from the United States and hard currency countries, troop withdrawals totaling 200 thousand by next March, gasoline ration cuts, and limits on foreign film remittances. Washington says a high level conference will study liberalizing the Anglo American loan of 3.75 billion dollars without seeking more loans at present.
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London
Clement R Atlee
Britain
America
Allee
Congress
Europe
Atlee
United States
Attlee
Washington
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Biat
U.S. Cancels Cotton Credit to Hungary
Secretary of State George C. Marshall announced that the Export-Import Bank canceled a seven million dollar cotton loan to Hungary. The move follows exile of former Hungarian officials trusted by the bank after the communist coup. He said no broader U.S. decision as to Hungary had been made and the credit was canceled on July 31.
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U.S
Hungary
Washington
George C. Marshall
Marshall
United States
Tuly
Times Owners Accept Marshall Field Bid
Marshall Field, editor of the Chicago Sun, announced that holders of over 65,300 shares of the Chicago Times accepted his offer to buy their stock. Field planned to convert the Sun into a morning tabloid while keeping the Times as an afternoon paper and will install Richard J. Finnegan as executive vice president to oversee Sun changes.
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Chicago
Marshall Field
The
Chicago Sun
Chicago Times
Field
Sun
Times
Richard J. Finnegan
Ice
Memorial Services for Pvt Chester Gage at Lima Church
Memorial services for Pvt Chester Gage of Fayette will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m at the Lima church. The Fayette American Legion will assist the Rev G W Ukena in the services. Pvt Gage was killed on Okinawa during the war.
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West Union
Chester Gage
Fayette
Lima
The
Fayette American Legion
G. W. Ukena
Pvt. Gage
Okinawa
Frazer and Packard raise car prices nationwide
DETROIT UP The Kaiser Frazer corporation announced an immediate price increase of 99 dollars on its standard Frazer model. This follows Packard’s move last night lifting prices on all models by 92 to 200 dollars. General Motors raised prices on its cars by two to six percent earlier this week.
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Detroit
Kaiser- Frazer Corporation
Packard
General Motors
Bleachers Collapse Injures Thirty at Hambletonian Day
At Goshen New York a pair of new bleacher sections gave way as 400 spectators watched the Hambletonian Stakes. Police said 30 were injured, six seriously, with more than 20,000 present in the crowd. Most escape serious harm, some were treated at the track first aid station, and 30 were hospitalized.
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Goshen, N
Ixack
Goshen Hospital
Fire destroys Miami hangar at 20th Street airport
A massive blaze at Miami’s 20th Street airport gutted a large hangar destroying six large passenger planes and numerous small craft and engines. The fire raged nearly two hours into dawn, aided by a paint shop with inflammables. Estimated damage near $2,000,000.
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Miami
20Th Street
Hugh
Oelwein Day at Fair To Feature Miss Iowa and Midgets
Oelwein Day at the Fayette county fair on August 19 will feature Miss Iowa Ruth Anderson who will dedicate the new grandstand. Diwk Clai's Midgets will perform an exhibition ball game. A band concert all girl revue and large fireworks show are planned. A special bus from Derven to West Union will run if filled. Reservations are urged at the Chamber of Commerce office.
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Oelwein
Fayette County
Oelyen
Chamber of Commerce
Fair Board
Unions May Have Secret Finances Under Taft-Hartley
Labor Secretary Schwellenbach wavered over keeping union financial information secret under Taft-Hartley. Advisers reportedly urged withholding reports from reporters, exposing only restricted personnel. The move affects unions required to file August 22 to seek NLRB services.
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Washington
Lews OG
Schwellenbach
Labor
Naional Labor Relations Board
Hiroshima Atom Birthday Festival Marks Peace Hope
Hiroshima marks its atom bomb anniversary with a three day festival including dances fireworks and sports contests. Mayor Hamai will ring a memorial bell at 8 15 am to honor the victims and seek an international peace message. Yokimatsu Murakami current staffer recalls losses while celebrating resilience and a vow for future peace.
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Murakami
Hiroshima
Sport
Hamai
America
Lee Gets Post in Dubuque
George Lee, long time principal at the Junior High in this city since 1943, has been elected senior high school principal in Dubuque. He is in Dubuque today to sign the contract and will start his duties at the fall term. A native of Oelwein, he coached at the senior high until 1943, is a University of Iowa graduate with a master's degree, is married and has one daughter.
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George Lee
Dubuque
Lee
Oelwein
Principeal
University of Iown
The
Univiersity
New Cars At West Union List New Cars At West Union
Special West Union local list shows new car registrations including Paul A Harrison Ma nard Mercury Orlando Tangen Hawkere Dodge truck Giuate Barnhouse Hugo Scharff Orl wein Buick Dr A M Hess Lowell Scallany Waucoma Ford Earl Lockwood Kaiser Millard H Larson Clermont Diamond T truck Co WH Elsheimer Chevrolet truck Big Gain Products Restock Francis F Hillinger Oelwein Chrysler Phelman Larson Elgin Chevrolet George Maynard Mannard Plymouth Mr and Mrs W Butters Oelwein Plymouth Will J Nelson Clermont Harry A Turner West Union Plymouth Gene R Hannemann Oelwen Ford Rodney D Miller Oelwein Ford truck Arthur Araundson Clermont Chevrolet Keith Koh ler Elgin Plymouth Anna Mae Kimball Elgin Plymouth A M Gantenbein Fayette Ford Hall Motor Co Oelwein Dadee
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West Union
Ait West Union
Paul A Harrison
Manard
Mercury
Orlando Tangen
Hawkere
Dodge
Guiuate
Gene R. Hannemann
Oelwen
Ford
Rodney D. Miller
Oelwein
Ford Truck
Arthur Araundson
Clermont
Chevrolet
Keith Kohler
Elgin
Plymouth
Anna Mae Kimball
A.M. Gantenbein
Fayette
Hall Motor Ca
Dadee
Truman vetoes science foundation measure in pocket action
President Truman used a pocket veto to kill seven bills, including the plan to create a national science foundation and to bar certain newspaper vendors from Social Security coverage. He warned the proposed foundation would be complex and unwieldy and might hinder government support for scientific research. The measure aimed to absorb wartime science offices led by Vannevar Bush and would have barred interference with the atomic energy commission.
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Washington
Truman
National Science Foundation
Sutuce Foundation
Office of Scientific Research and Development
Vannevar Bush
Atomic Energy Commission
Drought fears grip Iowa as heat climbs and crops falter
Iowa experts including Allan Kline Clyde Spry and G F Strague warned of serious crop damage if rain does not come within a week.Heat heights hit 102 in Council Bluffs and Bloomfield while deaths tied to heat rose. Forecasters predicted cooler nights but little moisture relief as a shallow cool air mass moved across the state.
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Des Moines
Iowa Farm Bureau
Allan Kline
Clyde Spry
G. F. Strague
Iowa
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Ambrose Hildenbrandt
Davenport
B. Alexander
Onawa
Council Bluffs
Bloomfield
Forest City
Weather Bureau
Mrs Stimson 80 Dies Tuesday at Mercy Hospital
Mrs Melissy Stimson 80 of Stanley died Tuesday afternoon at Mercy hospital after 35 years in Stanley. Born Oct 18 1866 in Plymouth Ind she was daughter of Gideon and Sarah Graves Jacoby. Survived by husband Nelson P Stimson five children five stepchildren two sisters one brother ten grandchildren and ten step grandchildren Funeral services at Hmiz Funeral Home Friday at 4 pm conducted by Rev F E Mastin. Burial in Woodlawn cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home until services.
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Melissy Stimson
Stanley
Mercy Hospital
Stimson
Plymouth
Ind
Gideon
Sarah Graves Jacoby
Nelson P. Stimson
Frank
Edmund
Edna
Edith
Marjorie
Lyle
Wiona
Vernel
Layla
Lloyd
Hmiz Funeral
F. EL Mastin
Woodlawn
Sugar Price Boosted A Cent On Five Pound Bags
Washington reports a one cent rise per five pound bag for sugar as grocers adjust to new Cuban sugar contracts. The move aims to offset government losses in sugar dealings with Cuba and aligns with price control rules and escalator clauses based on price indexes.
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Washington
U S
Cuba
Green Diamond passenger train crashes into freight near Winston Tower
The Illinois Central Green Diamond passenger train, en route from St Louis to Chicago, rammed a CB&Q freight at a Winston Tower crossing near Litchfield. Twenty passengers were injured, one seriously, and two cars plus two diesel engines and a baggage car derailed or overturned. Traffic on three lines halted for the day. Mrs Wasshe Farr of Carbondale was the seriously hurt among 20 treated at St Frances hospital.
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Litchfield
Tllinois Central
Chicago
Winston Tower
Illinois Central
Cb&q
St. Louis
St Frances Hospital
Wasshe Farr
Carbondale
Aurora to Get Frozen Food Plant Soon
The Edward Martin building on Main Street will house a new frozen food locker plant operated by Hartlett Equipment Company of Waterloo. The 800 lockers will store fish and oysters with a modern slaughterhouse and meat care room planned in the basement. Melvin Canfield named manager for the Aurora Locker Service.
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Aurora
Edward Martin
Main
Hartlett Equipment Company of
Waterloo
Melvin Canfield
Aurora Locker Service
Odom Delays World Solo Flight From Chicago
Chicago report shows Willam P. Odom postponing his round the world solo flight indefinitely. Mechanical difficulties halted three prior attempts as he plans exhaustive tests of a converted A 21 bomber to aim for a 90 hour circumnavigation, challenging Wiley Post’s 1933 record.
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Chicago
Willam P. Odom
Odom
Globe
Wiley Post
VSG Hans
Eighth Avenue Residents Get Action on Street
Residents demanding street repairs won city action on Eighth Avenue Southeast as grading resumed after delays. The council pledged immediate completion with municipal crews, while residents offered to provide some equipment. Police need raises and gear spurred by officers’ plea for higher pay and rifles, but funds were deemed unavailable. The council also updated insurance, budget, and liquor license notices.
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Eighth Avenue
Paul Grassfield
M. J. Channer
Mercy Hospital
R. E. Swan
R. W. Zuber
Paul Galer
Ray Stoddard
Oelwein
Iowa
Paul Cooney
Temple Cafe
John Geary
Clark Green
Truman Plans Visit to Rio de Janeiro
President Truman will fly to Rio de Janeiro for a three day stay in late August or early September. The White House said no decision yet on whether he will address the Inter-American Defense Conference in session there. Departure date not set. He will return aboard the battleship USS Missouri.
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Washington
Truman
Rio de Janeiro
White House
Charles G. Ross
Inter- American Defense Conference
Rio
Ross
Missouri
Poland Appeals for American Relief
Polish Ambassador Jozef Winiewics urged Secretary of State George C. Marshall to reconsider the U S decision to remove Poland from part of the American relief program. The United States had said Poland would be cut from a portion of the 332 million dollar aid plan due to an improved food situation. Congress had already barred Poland and Hungary from receiving any funds from that appropriation.
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Washington
Jozef Winiewics
George C. Marshall
U. S
Poland
United States
Congress
Hungary
Moore All Iowa Fair Manager Dies in Cedar Rapids
Charles D Moore aged 67 longtime All Iowa Fair manager in Cedar Rapids died early today after a relapse following major surgery last month. An active Democrat he previously served Benton County as a state representative about 15 years ago. The fair opens Sunday under acting manager W J Campbell of Jesup who took over after Moore fell ill.
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Cedar Rapids
Charles D Moore
Moore
Benton County
W. J. Campbell
Jesup
Brewster Accused by Hughes at Senate Inquiry
Senator Owen Brewster faced allegations from industrialist Howard Hughes during a Senate war investigations subcommittee hearing. Hughes alleged Brewster offered to halt the probe in exchange for a merger between Trans World Airlines and Pan American Airways. Brewster denied the charge under oath as the hearing delved into Hughes wartime contracts and related payoffs, with courtroom details noted and witnesses testifying about influence and expenses.
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Washington
Howard Hughes
Owen Brewster
Senate
Hughes
Maine
Brewster
Trans-World Airlines
Pan American Airways
Juan Trippe
Mayflower
Francis D. Flanagan
Hughes Enterprises
Elliott Roosevelt
Flanagan
Ferguson
Flanazan
John W. Meyer
Meyer
Hughes Company
Four Speakers Scheduled for Dairy Days at Clermont
Four prominent speakers are set for the annual Dairy Days in Clermont. Saturday features editor Clarence M. Wilson and Sen. Robert C. Reilly with a Saturday evening program, while Sunday hosts Sen. B. B. Hickenlooper and Congressman Henry O. Talte. The two day event includes three bands, a grand ball at the opera house, a boxing carnival, and a Sunday baseball game, with Alex Fidlee of Cedar Rapids refereeing all events.
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Clermont
Clarence M. Wilson
Iowa Farm Bureau
Robert C. Reilly
B. B. Hickenlooper
Henry O. Talte
Opera House
Alex Fidlee
Cedar Rapids
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