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Oelwein Daily Register

Location

Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1947

Page

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OP LEADERS RAFT 4 POINT CONTROLS BILL

U S lawmakers clash over inflation policy while House and Senate Republicans push a four point plan for voluntary allocation of scarce materials, curb on bank credit, and continued federal controls on transport and sports equipment. A separate rail of measures includes restoring federal controls on installment buying and a reserve fund proposal from the Fed. Foreign aid debates with a winter relief bill proceed as Bases subcommittee studies U S military base needs amid strategic concerns.

Washington GOP Uman House Senate Truman Senate Banking Committee Marriner Eccles Federal Reserve Board Secretary of Treasury John W Snyder France Italy Austria China August H. Andresen Minn Red Cross Armed Services Subcommittee U. S San Francisco Arcadre

Delay Showdown in Printers' Dispute

Indianapolis union tensions between the International Typographical Union and three associations of daily newspapers face a postponed ruling. A legal technicality halted a Taft Hartley law dispute, delaying a decision on unfair labor practices until the National Labor Relations Board provides an interpretation.

Indianapolis International Typographical Union AFL Dbb National Other Relations Board Washington ITU

Bartels Funeral At Maynard Friday

Services for Mrs Sylivia Bartels who died Tuesday at Town City hospital will be Friday at 2 p m in the Maynard Presbyterian church The Rev S R Reed will officiate and burial will be in Long Grove cemetery Mrs Bartels aged years had lived at 735 North Frederick Most of her life was spent in the Maynard neighborhood

Sylivia Bartels Town City Hospital Maynard Presbyterian S. R. Reed Long Grove

Dover Church to Have New Minister

Pastor Olaf Monsen of Superior Wisconsin has accepted the oath of the Bethany Lutheran congregation and will relocate to West Union around March 61st. Monsen and his family will be here from December 26 until New Year. The Bethany congregation has purchased the Cornel Osterhus residence in West Tivin for paren.

Dover Olaf Monsen Superior, Wise Bethany Lutheran Congregation Corde West Union Monsen Bethany Cornel Osterhus West Tivin Ie Paren

Pioneer Dealers Hear Wallace At District Meeting

About 60 Pioneer Hybrid Corn Co. dealers from northeast Iowa attended today’s annual district gathering in Oelwein. Wallace executive VP, Urban VP and sales manager, spoke on advertising plans joined by Wayne Skidmore and district supervisors. Karl B. Jarvis explained Pioneer breeding at the Des Moines station. service awards were given at the noon luncheon. The meeting, part of 12 held in IA, MN, SD, kicked off at 11:00 with talks and entertainment.

James W. Wallace Henry Wallace Nelson Urban Iowa Pioneer Hybrid Corn Co Des Moines Mealey Wallace Urban Gene McGuire Wallace Advertising Agency Iowa Daily Press Association Pioneer Minnesota South Dakota Cedar Rapids Rochester Mason City Wayne Skidmore Karl B. Jarvis Johnson Oelwein

Poland May Not Need 600 Million Loan

The Foreign Policy Association says Poland is near economic recovery despite political bickering that spurred Stanislaw Mikolajczyk to flee. It suggests Poland may lift itself without the $600 million loan from the International Bank. The UNRRA is credited with significant aid to rehabilitation.

Washington Foreign Policy Association Poland Stanislaw Mikolajczyk S. Harrison Thomson U.S. Information Service Warsaw International Bank United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration

Iowans Surrender After Prison Break

Two convicts escaped Sunday from the Clive prison farm and surrendered to police late yesterday. Wilbur Osborne, 29, Des Moines, and Lyie Johnson, 29, Atlantic, were captured by Highway Patrolman Byron Hockenberry near Ankeny after he fired at them as they fled through a north farm. They were held in Des Moines jail pending removal to Fort Madison State Prison.

Des Moines Clive Fort Madison Wilbur Osborne Lyie Johnson Atlantic Byron Hockenberry Ankeny Hockenberry

Snow Closes Iowa Roads With Up To Five Inches

A white snow blanket covered most Iowa roads today as the highway commission warned that virtually all highways were packed with snow. Snowfall reached up to five inches in Sioux City and Charles City, averaging two to three inches elsewhere. The weather bureau forecast fair but colder weather, with a zero to low temperature tonight and a high around 32 today, then 25 tomorrow. South of a Council Bluffs to Dubuque line roads were thinly packed and slippery in protected areas, while north of that line roads were dangerous due to a new layer over old ice.

Des Moines The Highway Commission Sioux City Charles City Weather Bureau Council Bluffs Carroll Clarion Dubuque

Buchanan H. I. A. to Meet Monday

The Buchanan County Health Improvement Association will meet Monday at 8 p.m. in the Independence courthouse assembly room. The annual gathering will elect officers and directors for the association.

Buchanan County Health Improvement Osation Court House of Independence

Fayette Man Charged With Drunk Driving After Accident

Fayette man Cave Bills of Fayette is charged in justice court with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a collision Friday evening on Highway 1450 two miles east of Maynard. Milton Jones of Dubuque, a salesman, was injured slightly. Bills escaped unharmed. Jones’s 1947 Buick sustained about 150 dollars in damage while Bills’s 1934 Plymouth had about 100 dollars in damage.

Cave Bills of Bills Jones The Highway Patrol

Stuff French Stand On Soviet Note

Paris reports strained France Soviet relations after Paris refused to consider a Moscow note that halted talks and expelled a French mission. A foreign office spokesman said terms were unacceptable due to violence and a false basis for objections. The crisis follows a communist strikes defeat, with most of the 1.9 million workers returning to work.

Paris France Russia Moscow Foreign Office General Confederation of Labor Confederation

Nelson Resigns Film Capital Job

Donald M. Nelson resigned today as president of the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers to focus on business interests. The move ends his wartime role as head of the War Production Board and comes as he has advised the Mexican government on economic matters. He gave no details on his new ventures.

Hollywood Donald M. Nelson Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers Nelson War Production Board

Republicans Win Iowa House Seat in Special Election

George L. Paul a Brooklyn Republican captured the vacancy in the Iowa house of representatives caused by John Cannaway’s death. Unofficial returns from yesterday’s special election show Paul defeating Democrat Clem Be Meulenacre of Brooklyn by 804 to ? gas.

Montezuma George L. Paul Brooklyn Iowa House of Representatives John Cannaway Grinnell Poweshiek County C.C. Mason Paul Clem Meulenacre

Marshall rejects Soviet German reparations plan

London reports Secretary of State George C. Marshall rejected any Soviet demand to levy reparations from current German production as a condition for economic unity. At the Big Four talks he pressed Molotov for a clear answer, noting Potsdam settled reparations and detailing Western Germany aid versus eastern Germany asset seizures.

London George C. Marshall Germany Marshall V. M. Molotov Molotov United States Potsdam Great Britain Russia

Cigarette Lighter Ignites Bedroom Fire At Residence

The fire department was summoned to the L. J. Heldt residence at 1 20 am to extinguish a blaze started by a youth lighting a cigarette lighter. The fire in a downstairs bedroom caused extensive damage and destroyed personal clothes.

L. J. Heldt

November Traffic Toll 57 in Iowa

The Department of Public Safety reports 457 traffic deaths in Iowa during November, the second highest month this year and five more than November last year. Through the year total reaches 496 fatalities on streets and highways, per the State Safety Council.

Iowa Des Moines Department of Public Safety Omer Hoan Sime Dew State Department Forfengs Matgongi Safety Council

S H Sextette On Air Sunday

The Sacred Heart Sextette will appear on KXEL Waterloo Sunday evening at 6 45. The junior girls include Helen Kay Cross Audrey Avery Patricia Kehoe Shirley Biddinger Mary Catherine Crahan and Mary Agnes Feld. Mrs George Hellmer accompanies them. They sing Christmas selections dedicated to Disabled American Veterans in hospitals. Ned Richards state adjutant of the BDA presents the program with introductions by J W Feld commander of the Ke lvin post.

Sacred Heart KXEL Waterloo Helen Kay Cross BD A. Ws. Br J. W. Feld Qelwein

Farm Bureau Meeting in Oelwein Details

Jefferson Farm Bureau schedules a meeting for Friday December 12 at 8 2 pm at the Lutheran church in Oelwein delayed by bad weather last Thursday. Scott township invited to join Jefferson township to honor Mr and Mrs Ed Heise. Discussion on Legislature special session. Each family to bring an apple or pumpkin pie and table service. coffee provided.

Jefferson Farm Bureau Oelwein Scott Township Jefferson Township Ed Heise

Harvester Raises Prices After Earlier Cut

International Harvester Co. disclosed that its nine month old price reduction failed to curb inflation and will raise prices by up to one point two percent on more items. President John L. McCaffrey cited higher material costs wages and transportation as the reasons for the increase.

Chicago International Harvester Co John L. McCaffrey

Rome Unions Set To Strike Tonight

Communist controlled unions threaten a general strike in Rome by midnight. Government ministers offered 2.5 million for public works to ease unemployment, while Luigi Einaudi said the state could raise the offer but would not meet the 10 billion kg ultimatum for public works.

Rome Struittiens Routens Nour Hep Luigi Einaudi

Finders City Clerk Resigns After Nine Years

H J Finders city clerk for almost nine years resigned last night at a city council meeting. Leo Moment will leave the Cedar Falls police force for a Cedar Falls post on December 17. Finders plans to relocate to Houston Texas with a new clerk likely chosen at the next council meeting.

H. J. Finders Leo Moment R. W. Zuber Finders Houston Tex Zuber Moment Cedar Falls Paul Galer Police Department J. B. Henderson M. Fgunderson

Big Powers Delay Palestine Debate

LAKE SUCCESS New York United Nations Security Council postpones indefinitely any discussion of its role in Palestine partition. The delay follows a U S and Russian suggestion and allows Egypt Lebanon and Syria to participate when the debate resumes signaling three Arab voices against Security Council backing for partition.

Lake Success United Nations Security Council Palestine Holy Land United States Russia Security Council Egypt Lebanon Syria

Fence to Strengthen Cattle Quarantine

Washington reports a U S and Mexico plan to fence in the foot and mouth disease zone in central Mexico. Officials say the fence will use wire and posts with strengthened quarantine lines, more Mexican soldiers and air patrols, and is still in preliminary stages.

Washington United States Mexico U.S

British Warn They'll Curet Holy Land

British officials told Jewish leaders in Palestine that Britain would take measures to restore order if disorders did not end. The mandate for Palestine would remain in force, as casualties rose with ongoing violence and deaths reported in Jerusalem and surrounding areas.

Holy Land Jrrusalem Palestine Tauth Wlan Cunningham Cunningham Great Britain Lil

Army Plane Crashes In Labrador

A four engined air transport plane with unknown passengers crashed near Goose Bay Labrador shortly before midnight. Ground teams in ice and snow battled weather to reach the scene eight miles north of Goose Bay airdrome. Early reports said no survivors, later signs of survivors were mentioned, with unofficial counts claiming 29 aboard.

Westover Field Mass Air Transport Command Gooseay Labrador Passenge Air Transport Command Goose Bar Goose Bay St. Johns Mld

Fatal Train Car Crash at Waterloo Claims Student Life

Robert Earhart of Mason City died when the car he rode in collided with a train at a Waterloo crossing while returning from Cedar Falls. Earhart, a student at Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, died instantly. no other injuries were reported. The 1947 traffic death toll rose to 497.

Waterloo Robert Earhart Mason City Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls Earhart

Football Player Dies of Injuries in Bowl Game

Oklahoma City radio reports Bobby Price, 19, from Lexington Missouri, died last night from injuries suffered Saturday in the Papoose Bowl between Wentworth Military Academy and Northeast Oklahoma A and M. Price, Wentworth star halfback, was hurt on the game’s first two plays and remained unconscious for 71 hours.

Oklahoma City Bobby Price Lexington Wentworth Military Academy Oklahoma A & M Price Wentworth

Hoptonized Fighter Loses Title Bout in Hypnosis

London welterweight Eve Boon faced British champion Ernie Roderick in a title fight. Boon underwent a six sleep hypnosis course, allegedly to boost confidence. After early rounds he faded, and the decision went to Roderick last night.

London Eve Boon Ernie Roderick

Sand Icy Walks Endanger Home Owners Says Spokesman

A terse statement warned that icy walkways around homes pose danger today. A local spokesman urged residents to exercise caution as the weather worsens, noting slippery surfaces and the risk of falls in the area.

Oelwein High School Dance After Friday Game

Kenny Burns band will perform Friday evening December 12 after the basketball game at Oelwein High School. Sponsored by the Spanish and Latin clubs, Sacred Heart and Gsage students and Oelwein High School students are invited. No admission, refreshments available.

Kenny Burns Oelwein High School Sacred Heart Gsage

25000-Mile Journey in Light Planes

George W. Truman and Clifford W. Evans Jr completed a 25,000 mile round the world trip in small 100 horsepower planes. They landed at Teterboro Airport at 10 24 a m EST after 122 days 23 hours. The voyage started Aug 9 from Teterboro in City of Angels and City of Washington. They crossed 21 countries with light planes modified for longer range and blind flying.

Teterboro N. J George W. Truman Clifford W. Evans, Jr Air Force City of Angels City of Washington Wiley Posts Winnie Mae Post Truman Evans Hokkaido Island Japan North Pacific Aleutians Harrisburg Dayston Los Angeles Washington, D. C China- Burma-India

Zion Lutheran Brotherhood Elects Tomorrow Evening

Zion Brotherhood will meet Thursday evening at 8 p m for its regular meeting Devotions will be in charge of L D Scott The Rev H E Dieter will present the topic The nominating committee has selected two candidates for each office and a good crowd is expected for the election of officers for the coming year The losers will treat the winners next month to an oyster stew Lunch committee consists of Ted Wesner and Vern Kiel

Midwest May See New Lead Mine Boom

Eagle-Picher Mining and Smuting Co began sinking a shaft in a large zinc ore body in the ancient mining area. A. S. Malocsay, era] superintendent, said prospectors found a huge mass of zinc ore overlooked by old miners. The shaft is the first of several planned. The mines span several counties of northwestern Wisconsin, southwestern Wisconsin, and central eastern Iowa.

Midwest Sur Gylena Eagle-Picher Mining and Smutiing Co A. S. Malocsay Era Malcesay Wiineis Wisconsin Towa

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