Miners Strike Moves to Court as President Plans Appeal
President Truman to address the nation at 9 30 p m Sunday amid a coal crisis described as at the brink of economic paralysis and hardship. Officials warn a prolonged strike could disrupt health services and winter fuel supplies while the government contemplates legal action to compel miners back to work.
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Ington
Ias
White House
Rena
Ll. Lewis
Truman
Roosevelt Durkes
Iowa Posts Three More Veterans Posts In Iowa
State command John S. McVilty announced three additional veterans posts to be installed in Iowa. The new posts will be placed in Marengo and Brooklyn, with ceremony dates set for today and tomorrow.
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Towa
Georges Bidault Fails in Premiership Bid in France
Georges Bidault fails to secure premiership as the French National Assembly votes 240 to 310, in a day of efforts to select a new premier. Bidault, former premier and foreign minister, sought to lead again in a fragile political moment.
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Georges Bidault
France
No Assembly
Pit
Prim
Na Assembly
Emier
Building rules to be lifted in housing program shift
President Truman ordered an early relaxation of housing controls as veterans housing efforts faced interagency conflict. Wilson W. Wyatt resigned amid the clash, with the White House saying reforms would proceed quickly within policy. Critics labeled the move a setback for homeless veterans and warned of monopoly and scarcity pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Housing Program
Wilson W. Wyatt
Truman
National Housing Agency
Wyatt
American Veterans Committee
R. J. Thomas
CIO Housing Committee
Will Reorganize Polio Foundation Chapter Here
John V McCarthy state representative for the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis calls Fayette county meeting at Pifie Lodge next Tuesday to reorganize the chapter with a 6 30 dinner. The foundation plans discuss proper use of a local fund accumulated during recent march of dimes campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John V. McCarthy
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Des Moines
Fayette County
Oelwein
Heirens Plans Autobiography While Serving Life
William Heirens, 17, confessed and convicted triple slayer, says he will write a book about his life experiences. Heirens disclosed the plan in a letter to a Chicago newspaper. He is serving three consecutive life terms at Menard state penitentiary for the Degnan case and two other murders.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
Menard State Penitentiary
Miners Back Lewis Amid $3.5 Million Fine Support
Pittsburgh area miners and United Mine Workers members sent blank checks to Washington to help cover a $3,500,000 fine assessed by Federal Judge T Alan Goldsborough. Some veterans urged restraint while others backed Lewis, saying the broader country comes first. Local miners from Pennsylvania and West Virginia contributed funds and financial statements showing local treasuries.
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Pittsburgh
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UFL
Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
Lewis
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Treasury
Harold Weaver
Uniontown
Thomas Hall
Arlington man killed in truck crash
John Dalghaard about 55 of Arlington died Wednesday night at Oclwein Mercy Hospital from injuries suffered in a truck accident Tuesday evening between Arlington and Strawberry Point. He operated a cheese factory in Arlington and radius rod failure caused the crash. Funeral arrangements have been made. he is survived by his wife and two sons.
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Arlington
John Dalghaard
Oclwein Mercy Hospital
Dalghaard
Strawberry Point
Young corn champ urges old fashioned farmers to modernize
18 year old Carl Orth, national 4 H corn champion from Indiana, criticized farmers for lacking pioneering spirit and willingness to experiment. He plans to modernize the family farm near Terre Haute, advocate crop rotation, irrigation, electrical upgrades, and streamlined houses as he prepares to enter Purdue and assume leadership from his father. He urges adoption of new ideas from children and professors.
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Chicago
Carl Orth
Orth
University of Indiana
Terre Haute
Ind
Mass AFL walkout ends in Alameda County
The Alameda county mass AFL walkout ends after 54 hours as city officials and employers accept a union offer to recall strikers. Police presence and a brief disruption preceded the agreement, with CIO observers canceling a mass meeting and praising labor leaders and members for a victory.
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Oakland
Cal
AFL
Alameda County
Bay Area
Mel Hers
Kahn’s
Hastings
Alameda County Cio
Byrnes urges Allies to free Nazi prisoners of war
Secretary of State James F Byrnes asked France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg to liberate 760000 German POWs held in these nations by American forces during the war He noted Britain and the Soviet Union still hold many POWs and signaled a push for broad early releases France has not formally replied while Belgium Luxembourg and the Netherlands agree to complete repatriation by next July About 620000 Germans in France work on farms 40000 in coal mines with the rest in rehabilitation programs He added that the US has repatriated all but 175 of the 435788 German Italian and Japanese prisoners held domestically leaving 175 in hospitals or disciplinary confinement.
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New York
James F. Byrnes
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Byrnes
United States
Grass Fire at Sandwich Shop Damage Very Slight
The Oelwein fire department was called out twice yesterday. First at about 4 p.m. to extinguish a grass fire on 6th Ave NW. Second at 8:05 p.m. to halt a small blaze at Clyde's Hamburger Shop. Both incidents caused very little damage.
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Oelwein
6Th Ave
Clyde
Draft holiday extended as selective service uncertain
The War Department extended the draft holiday through January and may delay February or March calls. AFL President William Green criticized government handling of the coal strike as tyrannical and urged conferences to settle the 15 day walkout. John L. Lewis’s Springfield home remains gas heated since 1945, occupied by his 85 year old mother, Mrs Ann Louise Lewis.
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Washington
War Department
AFL
William Green
Springfield
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Ann Louise Lewis
Niemoeller Urges World Union of Protestants
Seattle report recalls Martin Niemoeller urging a world communion of Protestant churches at the federal council of Churches of Christ in America. He called Germany a feeble member of world Christianity and stressed unity across nations as essential to the church’s future. Niemoeller, 54, noted Hitler failed to uproot Christianity and urged a transnational church fellowship.
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Seattle
Martin Niemoeller
Niemoeller
Federal Council of Churches of Christ
America
U. S
Hitler
G. Bromley Oxnam
Council
Germany
Minors Face Gambling Crisis Amid Baseball's Plague
W. G. Bramham, aged 72 and ill, steps down as minor league czar and warns that gambling corrupts baseball. He cites players throwing games and colluding with gamblers, signaling a crisis unseen since 1919. Minor league leaders meet to act, aiming to restore the sport to a sportsmanlike level.
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Los Angeles
Black Sox
W. G. Bramham
George Trautman
Chicago White Sox
Cincinnati Reds
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Bramham
Iowa Implement Dealers Association Meeting Attendees
Oelwein delegates Howard Wardell Claude King Arnold Miehe B W Flannagan and Ralph Sprague with Lawrence Liebe and Mrs Flannagan depart Des Moines by plane for the convention closing sessions.
Platt Attends U S Farm Bureau Meet in California
George Platt leaves this morning for San Francisco to attend the American Farm Bureau Federation annual meeting from December 8 to 12. He travels on an all town special train for a trip combining business and pleasure with sight seeing en route and will visit relatives in Los Angeles before returning to Oehwein in December.
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San Francisco
Calif
American Farm Bureau Federation
George Platt
Platt
California
Los Angeles
Oehwein
Iowa Industry Hit by Strike and Coal Shortage
United Press reports widespread impact from a nationwide coal strike and railroad embargoes across Iowa. Oliver Corp plans layoff of about 1700 at Charles City. Decorah’s Midland Mfg shut down. Marshalltown Public Heating Equipment to release part of its 200 workers next week. Waterloo faces extended curtailment with only a 20 day coal supply. Newton Maytag and Automatic Washer and Parsons Co plan gradual cutbacks. Cedar Rapids and Sioux City schools adjust schedules and use of facilities to save fuel.
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United Press
Iowa
Charles City
Oliver Corporation
Midland Manufacturing Co
Decorah
Chicago
Marshalltown
Waterloo
Newton
Automatic
Parsons Co
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
State Official To Meet Rural Fayette County Teachers
Miss Ivah Green rural supervisor from the state department of public instruction will meet all Fayette county rural teachers in the assembly room of the courthouse West Union at 1 30 p m Thursday Dec 12. She will visit a few rural schools during the morning. This is her first visit to the county since her appointment to the department of rural education.
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West Union
Ivah Green
State Department of Public Instruction
Fayette County
Court House
Doubled Budget Sought for Iowa Conservation
The Iowa state conservation commission asked for a special appropriation of 2.513 million dollars for capital improvements in the parks system and a 50 percent boost in its regular budget for the next two years. Gov. Blue noted the plan excludes the base $440,000 annual request, with past two-year spending at 299,000. The proposal allocates funds to parks, forests, waters, dredging, artificial lake development, erosion control, access projects, land acquisition, and design work, while citing unfinished wartime projects and salary and material cost hikes.
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Des Moines
State Conservation Commission
Robert Blue
Commission
Gov. Blue
Fred Porter
16 Million Lunches For Iowa Schools
Iowa school lunch program supervisor C W Bangs announced that over 16 million lunches will be served to elementary and high school pupils by year end, about 3 million more than last year. The program includes 793 public schools and around 100 parochial schools across every county.
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Des. Moines
Iowa
C. W. Bangs
Bangs
Hobby Becomes Profitable Work for Delwein Woman
Delwein resident Mrs Selma Locke turned flower craft into a thriving business around Easter. She creates corsages bouquets and decorative pieces using velour, crepe paper and foil, customizes by recipient size and vase, buys supplies from a Chicago wholesale house, and ships often with reinforced cans for pots. She enjoys the work and serves in auxiliary groups.
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Selma Locke
West Charles
Chi
Santa Claus visits Oelwein with free movie and treats
Local merchants and the Chamber of Commerce announce a Christmas weekend program in Oelwein. Santa will distribute treats at the Chamber at 10:00 AM and greet children, then oversee a free all day movie at the Grand Theater from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM featuring Singing in the Corn with Judy Canova. Santa also plans a hospital visit to Mercy Hospital in the afternoon. Christmas movies run Thursday December 19 with cartoons and decorations toned down due to electricity limits.
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Oelwein Retail
Santa
Mercy Hospital
Grand Theater
Judy Canova
Alsd
Oelwein
a _Cham“ber of Commerce
Isc Kiris
News i Aed
Small Resigns As Production Chief
President Truman accepted the resignation of John D. Small as head of the civilian production administration effective tomorrow. The move follows plans to transfer CPA functions to a new government liquidation agency that will also absorb price administration and other war agencies. Small, a leading advocate of ending wartime controls, is the third CPA head to quit in a week, with Paul A. Porter and Wilson W. Wyatt resigning in recent days.
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Washington
Truman
John D. Small
Civilian Production Administration
White House
Charles G. Ross
CPA
Office of Price Administration
Small
Paul A. Porter
Wilson W. Wyatt
British Indian Parley Ends Without Reconciliation
London report says Prime Minister Attlee and cabinet members failed in a two hour discussion to reconcile Congress party and Moslem League viewpoints in India. Officials planned separate talks with Indian leaders as the London conference nears closure.
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London
Clement Attlee
Congress Party
India
San Francisco Base Offered to United Nations
The White House said Congress will be asked to transfer the Presidio army base at San Francisco to the United Nations for a permanent headquarters, announced today by Austin, chief.
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Bulletins
World Union of Protestants
U. S. Farm Bureau
Ask
Frank Matti
Delwein
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Locke
American Legion Auxiliary
Women of the Moose
Santa Claus
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San Francisco Army Base
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