Legion Seeks New VA Chief To Fix Veterans Care
The American Legion demands an aggressive investigation of the VA under Omar Bradley and calls for his replacement by a seasoned businessman. John Stelle criticizes Bradley for delays in disability and education claims, hospital operations, and claims processing, noting millions of backlogged or unanswered applications and urging rapid reform of the veterans agency.
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Ashington
Erican Legion
Omar N. Bradley
Legion
John Stelle
Bradley Ailure
Stelle
Congress
Iowa aviation commission weighs runway rules and safety
The Iowa aviation commission met to discuss amending directives regulating airfields to avoid satellite or private fields. Representatives from the Pilots Organization protested state overreach, arguing safety and runway standards should be governed by federal authorities rather than the state commission.
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Lantic
Tom
Yiutics Commission
Ess
Direc
Lowan
Arinda
Nyemaster
Des Moines
Towa Aviation Council
Levan
Iowa
Fixed Base Ops Association
Southwest
Coma
Peaks Defy Rescue Party On Elk Mountain Search
ELK MOUNTAIN WYO Fifty army troops and other climbers using skis snowshoes and sleds joined a second attempt to scale the 11125 foot Elk Mountain where 21 persons are believed dead after United Airlines mainliner vanished. Undersheriff Terrill described a terrible blizzard as the first group near 300 yards from the peak and forced to retreat. Col Boruski warned the wreckage may not be found until June if heavy snows persist.
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Elk Mountain
Wyo
United Air Lines
Fort Warren
John Terrill
Rawlins
Terril
United Air Line
Cheyenne
E. F. Boruski
Fort Waren
Spanish Prince Bids for Crown in Franco Era
Don Juan, eldest surviving son of the late King Alfonso XIII of Spain, arrived from Switzerland en route to Portugal for a reported meeting with Gen. Francisco Franco to discuss restoration of the monarchy. Franco government reportedly to impose harsher measures on armed opposition as bandits operate near Gijon on the Bay of Biscay.
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London
Don Juan
Alfonso XIII
Spain
Switzerland
Portugal
Francisco Franco
Madrid
Gijon
Bay of Biscay
Classified Ads Boost Results in The Register
A reader testifies that an advertisement in the REGISTER quickly yielded a sale for a refrigerator. The seller notes the item sold within two hours of publication, with payment at the asking price, illustrating the effectiveness of advertising in the paper.
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Register
Russia press Greece issue at UN debate
Soviet delegate Vishinsky demands speedy and unconditional withdrawal of British forces from Greece accusing them of fostering a reign of terror. Bevin defends British policy, noting Stalin’s confidence in Britain and urging continued British presence. The Greek issue ties into a 1946 UN budget plan of about 24.98 million dollars for the world body.
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London
Andrew Vishinsky
United Nations
Russia
Greece
Britain
Vishimsky
Europe
Ernest Bevin
Vishinsky
Bevin
Stalin O
Stalin
UNO
John Sofianopoulos
Sofianopoulos
Security Council
Grove
Vashinsky i
Council
World Peace Organization
Bears Presidents' Names in Indianapolis
An Indianapolis chemist bears the surnames of two Presidents. He is Truman D. Hoover.
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Indianapolis
United States
Truman D. Hoover
U.S. Expert Urges New 1500-Bed Iowa Mental Hospital
Dr. Samuel W. Hamilton of the U S Department of Health presented to Gov. Blue a minority report urging Iowa to build a 1 500 bed mental hospital near Des Moines with a wing for 100 mentally ill children. He called for expanded medical staffs, eight hour days, revised admission laws, improved facilities, and stronger board of control leadership to modernize state hospitals and reduce reliance on jail for care. He proposed reception units at Mount Pleasant Clarinda and Cherokee and targeted staffing for Mount Pleasant Independence Clarinda Cherokee Glenwood and Woodward.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Samuel W. Hamilton
U.S. Department of Health
Robert Blue
Hamilton
Blue
Herman Knudsen
R. Mason City
Shamilton
Mount Pleasant
Clarinda
Cherokee
Independence State Hospital
Iowa Psychopathic Hospital
Iowa City
Independence
Board of Control
Glenwood
Woodward
Truman Bowles Talk Steel Raise
United Press reports rising strike idled workers exceeding 1.5 million as President Truman plans a White House conference with Chester Bowles to discuss a nationwide steel strike. Bowles recalled from South Carolina, possible steel price rise debated. protests erupt near LaGrange Illinois as pickets halt back to work. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers votes on a strike amid looming walkout, while Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen prepares results for Feb. 10.
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United Press
Truman
Chester Bowles
Bowles
South Carolina
White House
Washington
LaGrange
Ill
Eletro-Motive Division
General Motors Corp
la Grange
Brottherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Ind
Alvaniey Johnston
Brotherhood of Railroad
Pastor Admits Killing Daughter In Mercy Killing Scandal
Grand Rapids Michigan police say Reverend Frank E Siple confessed to killing his 17 year old daughter Dorothy Ann claiming mercy in a case linked to her knowledge of her mother’s death. He pleaded guilty to murder as his sanity was debated and faces sentencing after a church tied scandal emerges.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Richard VanTil
Frank E. Sipl
Siple
Dorothey Ann
van Til
Lyle Dean
Church of God
Leonard D. Verdier
Dorothy Ann
Verdier
Charles Saur
Godwin Heights High School
Lyle Doan
Doan
Dean
Bere
Dixon
Srple
Police question suspect in Degnan child case
Chicago police questioned Irving W. Smith a 45 year old houseman in the Degnan neighborhood as part of the search for the kidnapper and killer of six year old Suzanne Degnan. Detectives pursue a man known as Smitty after a waitress heard him discuss a $20,000 job and Smith was to take a lie detector test.
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Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Irving W. Smith
Degnan
Smitty
Smith
Alaskan Gift Promotes Mercy Hospital Expansion
B G Kleiman and his father B G Klerman Sr donated a gift to the Mercy hospital fund. Kleiman aims to aid the hospital enlargement and to improve his former hometown. Klerman Sr handed the contribution to the campaign office today.
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B. G. Kleiman
Mercy Hospital Fund
Formrr
Klerman
B. G. Klerman
2Nd Ave
Notice the Registers Office Closes Early Daily
The register's business office will close at 5 30 p m every day from now on. The public is advised to plan dealings accordingly and conduct affairs before this new closing time.
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THE
Register
Eldorado Man Seeks Sheriff On GOP Ticket
Fred A. House of Eldorado announced his candidacy for county sheriff on the Republican ticket. Born near Hawkeye, he ran a general merchandise store in Eldorado for 14 years. He is 40, has a son in the Marines in North China, and the House family is prominent in northern Fayette County. Eldorado lies about nine miles north of West Union.
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J. C. Davis
Fayette County
Oelwein
George Scott
West Union
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Fred A. House
Eldorado
Hawkeye
China
House
Elmer House
Fayette Born Teapot Dome Figure Dies
Carl Magee a Oklahoma lawyer and editor who exposed Teapot Dome bribery and later invented the parking meter died of heart disease at 73. He served time for contempt in New Mexico in the 1920s and worked at Oklahoma News and later in Texas. He was born Fayette Iowa and married Grace Griffin.
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Onlahoma
Cily
Carl Magee
Magee
New Mexico
Albert B. Fall
Interior
Fall
Oklahoma News
Scripps& Howard
Texas
Fayette
Iowa
Carroll
Grace Griffin
Cedar Falls
Stassen and Luce Join Strike Aid Group
Harold E. Stassen and Henry R. Luce have joined the national committee to aid General Motors strikers. Stassen donated and allowed use of his name in ads, saying the government must set a postwar wage policy while workers should not face hunger. Luce joined to ensure no American goes hungry despite the strike disputes.
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New York
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Henry R. Luce
Time
Life
National Committee
General Motors
Stassen
Luce
Midwest GOP Bigs At Closed Meeting
DEROTT UP John JA Was her Babile Creek Michigan state Republican chairman opened a two day conference of Midwest state chairmen with denial it was a Stop Stassen meeting. Herbert Brownell Jr National Committee chairman and former Ohio Gov John W Bricker guest. Harold E Stassen not attending. Stassen will speak in Michigan Feb 8 Detroit Kalamazoo. Bricker will be honored tonight at a state chairmen dinner with about 40 guests. most discussions to be held behind closed doors.
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Michigan
Detroit
Kalamazoo
Bricker
Thomas E. Dewey
Wagner
Winds Code Supposedly Sent 72 Hours Before Pearl Harbor Attack
Navy official Capt. L F Safford testified before the Pearl Harbor committee that the winds code message was sent on December 4 1941 and intercepted at Cheltenham. He said the message indicated war and that Japan prepared the code to notify diplomats abroad of a break in relations. The witness described decoding, translation, and rapid distribution to Navy and War Departments.
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Washington
Navy
L. F. Safford
War and Navy Departments
Pearl Harbor
Japan
United States
Safford
Navy Department
Congressional
Great Britain
Russia
Army
Congressional Committee
U. S. Naval
Cheltenham
Cmdr
A.D. Kramer
Communications Intelligence Unit
Kramer
Noyes
War Department
White House
Roberts
York man earns 1946 diploma after service
John B. Keeler of York qualified for graduation from high school in 1918 but received his diploma in 1946. He said he applied for the certificate because he forgot about it after enlisting in the Marine Corps during the last war.
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Walt Wilkes-Barre
John B. Keeler
York
Keeler
Lam
Marine Corps
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