Lewis hints at coal strike over pension fund issue
Washington reports John Lewis warns the United Mine Workers may take independent action if a 1004 month pension plan for soft coal miners over 60 is not adopted. Industry officials fear a sudden strike could disrupt fuel supplies, though no definite 30 day notice or court test of Taft Hartley is confirmed.
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Washington
John Lewis
United ‘“Mike Workers
Ind
Lewis
Ure
Jay
January Police Report details 20 arrests in Oelwein
Oelwein police logged 20 arrests in January and answered 80 red light calls while serving 43 civil processes. Nineteen accidents were reported. Arrests included four for intoxication and three for disturbing the peace. speeding, improper parking, and driving without a license were also noted. On a nightly check, 12 doors were found open. the department logged 2,571 miles driven and 266.6 gallons of gas used.
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Oelwein
Paul Galer
U S Hunts Planes In South American Plot
The FBI and State Department pursued reports that two privately owned B-24 Liberator bombers were illegally flown from the United States to disrupt Venezuela. One plane departed Bush Field near Augusta on January 26, the other from Daytona Beach the next day. Venezuelan authorities feared an air raid around Caracas amid political tensions with exiled officers in Nicaragua. The case prompted international inquiries and police watch around key city posts.
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Washington
FBI
State Department
Caracas
Les
Bush Field
Autousta
Daytona Beach
Fla
Lemerzen
Romulo Betancourt
Nicaragua
Venezzuelan
Venezcuelan
Romulo Gallegos
Betancourt
U. S
Deputy Seeks State Secretary Post in Des Moines
Medard Mason of Ames announces candidacy to succeed Rollo Bergeson as state secretary. Mason cites experience and commitment to efficient office procedures, while inviting public suggestions. Other candidates include R. J. Volz of Minden and Ruby Miller, widow of Fort G. Miller.
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Des Moines
Siple
Richard N. Mason
Ames
Rollo Bergeson
R. J. Volz
Minden
Power
Ruby Miller
Fort G. Miller
Girl Scout Troop Seeks More Members Entices Scouts
Local Prom desk notes Lily of the Valley Girl Scout troop seeks new members aged 10 to 14. Leader Gladys Kirkendall invites interested girls or guardians to call 218-M before Thursday to join.
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Girl Scout
Lily of the Valley
The
Girl Scouts
Gladys
Kirkendall
Declan County Contest Winners Named in Declam.
Stanley special reports winners in county declamatory contest held Monday evening at Oratorical. Joyce Frank from West Union won first in declamatory, Rey Hackett of Fayette second. Melvyn Peter Son of West Union first in dramatic with second Bar Pare Cricet Elgin. Jeanette Niehaus West Union won humorous with second William Burke of Waucoma. Participants from Elgin Fayette Stanley Waucoma West Union. judges included Mrs Paul Lindemeyer Strawberry Point and Horace Hoover Delwine.
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Stanley
Lies
Tfirst
Joyce Frank
West’ Union
Rey
Hackett
Fayette
Melvyn Peter
West Union
Barpare Cricet
Elgin
Jeanette “Niehaus
William Burke
Waucoma
Paul
Lindemeyer
Strawberry, Point
Horace Hoover
Delwéin
Funeral for Retired Farmer Wendling in Independence
Funeral services for Leo W. Wendling 57 will be held Wednesday at 9 a.m. at St Josephs church Independence. Wendling died Sunday afternoon at Iowa City hospital after a four month illness. He farmed in Buchanary county most of life then moved to Independence last October. Survived by wife Agnes two sons Irvin Cedar Rapids and Orville Independence three grandchildren two brothers Joe and Arthur Independence two sisters Mrs Frank Weber and Mrs L C Pates Independence. Body at home in Independence.
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Independence
St. Joseph's Church
Leo W. Wendling
Iowa City’ Hospital
Irvin
Cedar Rapids
Orville
Joe
Arthur
Frank Weber
L. C. Pates
Leroy
Funeral set Wednesday for Fairbank man Frank J Aderman
Frank J Aderman 88 died Monday at his daughter's home after a two week illness from pneumonia following a fall. Funeral services are Wednesday at 2 45 p m at Fairbank Methodist Church with Rev F W Cass officiating and burial in the family lot of Fairbank Cemetery. He was born January 20, 1860 in Lake Mills Wisconsin to Charles and Mary Aderman and lived on farms in Black Hawk County before moving to Fairbank in 1971. He married Dorcas Jane Elliott February 2, 1882 and is survived by his daughter Mel Frank Durham and Emma Aderman both of Fairbank. one brother Henry Aderman of Oelwein. one sister Marie Kohl of Portland Oregon.
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Faribank
Fairbank Methodist Church
Frank J. Aderman
Frank Durham
F. W. Cass
Fairbank Ceemetery
Aderman
Lake Mills
Wissom
Charles
Mary Aderman
Iown
Black Hawk County
Fairbank
Dorcas Jane Eiliott
Buchanan Counnty
Mel
Frank Dorham
Emma Aderman
Henry Aderman
Oclwein
Marie Kolh
Poriland
Ore
New Teacher For Randalia School Hired
Randalia welcomes Mrs. Daie Fogle as third and fourth grade teacher replacing Arlene Samuelseri. Fogle, formerly Charlotte Smith of Arlington, will start February 2. her husband is a U S student.
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Randalia
Daie
Fogle
Arlene Samuelseri
Charlotte Smith
Arlington
Minor Damages In Car Derailment At C G Yards
A Diesel switch engine number eight pulling 24 cars failed to stop and struck the side of an empty coal car arriving from Clarion, derailing one end. Damage was slight and repairs took about 200 minutes. Conductor and foreman of the freight from Clarion, the Striever brothers, received first aid and returned on freight No 81 at 9 am.
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Trower
Clemence
Clarion
Striever _ brothers
Senate Delays Action On Tax Reduction Bill
Senate Republicans postpone floor action on the House approved 6.5 billion dollar tax cut, aiming to trim the proposal to win two thirds support. Taft cautions further reductions may be needed, while Millikin notes no Senate vote before February 15, delaying a mid March showdown on taxes.
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Washington
Senate
House
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Republican Policy Committee
Taft
Eugene D. Millikin
Colo
Senate Finance Committee
Joint Legislative Budget Committee
Buchanan Woman Dies in California
Independence special report says Mrs. Emma Borle Porter of Buchanan died Sunday at her son Gordon Boyte’s home in Burbank California. Harold Lenius learned of the death on Monday. The body will be brought back to Independence for burial this week by Heege Funeral Home.
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Harold Lenius
Emma- Borle Porter
Gordon Boyte
Burbank
Calif
Independence
Heege Funeral
Lamont Dies at 77 Head of Morgan Co in Boca Grande
Thomas Wiliam Lamont 77 longtime chairman of J P Morgan and Co died in his sleep at his winter home in Boca Grande Florida A private estate on a tiny island off the salt coast near Gasparilla Pass He died with his wife and two of his four children at his bedside after a long illness Lamont had spent three winters in Florida and led a quiet public life amid his lavish secluded residence and tarpon fishing as a hobby.
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T. Lamont
Morgan
Boca Grande, Fla
Thomas Wiliam Lamont
J. P. Morgan,and Co
New York
Tong
Lamont
Hig
Winder Estate
Salt Coast
Gasparilla Pass
Flordia
Court Ruling Casts Doubt On Iowa Driver Law
Cherokee county court questioned the constitutionality of Iowa new motor vehicle financial and safety responsibility law in a test case against Alfred W. Kahl. Judge R G Rodman upheld Swisher’s claim that before license or plates are taken a court hearing is needed. Swisher’s car, owned by him, was involved in a fatal crash and driven without owner’s consent. he learned of the accident a day after his car disappeared.
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Cherokee
Cherokee County
Iowa
Alfred W. Kahl
Iowa Department of Public Safety
H.C. Swisher
R. G. Rodman
Swishe
Department of Public Safety
Swisher
Public Safety Department
Earl
Mrs. McLeish Dies At Home in Maynard
Special funeral services for 74 year old Mrs. McLeish will be held Wednesday at 2 in the Maynard Presbyterian Church with Rev. S R Reed officiating. Burial will be in Long Grove cemetery. She died yesterday morning at her Maynard home after a lingering illness. Survived by husband, a son Ronald Maynard, two daughters Mrs Charles Doerres Lone Creek and Mrs Oliver Troupe Oran, seven grandchildren, two sisters and one brother.
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Maynard Presbyterian
S. R. Reed
Long Grove
McLeish
Maynard
Rold
Charles Doerres
Lone
Creek
Oliver Troupe
Oran
Blue Baby Operation Successful at 32
Los Angeles reports Don Eegenbush, the oldest blue baby patient at the city’s chil dren’s hospital, is recovering after a delicate operation to relieve a pinched blood vessel in his heart. He had suffered a recent stroke and is cared for at his sister’s home in Ventura, California.
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Los Angeles
Don Eegenbush
Whiting
Children’s Hospital
Égenbush
Richard Elmore
Ventura
Cal
Christgau Quits State Dry Office
The WwW. J. Herwig of Seattle succeeds O. G. Christgau as state superintendent in the Iowa Anti saloon League now named the Iowa Temperance League. The state board announced Herwig's appointment after Christgau retired to devote more time to national league field work. Herwig was head of the dry forces in Washington and comes from Oklahoma City where he was State superintendent.
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J. Herwig
Seattle
O. G. Christgau
Iowa Temperlance League
State Board of Trustees
Herwig
Christgau
Washington
Oklahoma City
Okla
New Look Said to Be Road Safety Hazard
Washington UP quotes Burton W. Marsh of the American Automobile Association warning that the new women’s fashion is a street danger. He notes longer hems reduce pedestrian visibility and hinder quick pedal operation, increasing fatality risk for women pedestrians at night.
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Washington
Burton W. Marsh
American Automobile Association
Marsh
Mules Vital Wounded Left Unaided in Guerrilla War
Editor's notes present a first hand United Press report from the Greek mountains near Jannina. Danthrapp and Lieut. Col. Thomas C. Flemmings describe a small American force with Greek troops engaging guerrillas, capturing villagers, and tending a wounded 23 year old fighter who died after a physician declined aid, citing mission constraints.
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Danthrapp
United Press
Jannina
C¢el
Thomas C. Fiemings
Dayton
Jin
Col
Dimitros
U. S
Dionysis Arbouzis
Gerveniton
Ander
Fleming
No Cold Wave To Hit Iowa After Snow
Des Moines report says a new cold wave will bring sub zero temperatures with snow and freezing drizzle. Areas in the south may see freezing rain while northwest winds intensify tomorrow. Temperatures fall to eight below in the north by Thursday with mild spells likely only briefly. Precipitation averages one quarter inch in the five day outlook.
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Des Moines
Mercury
Atomic Control Clause in New Italo U S Treaty
The Italo U S pact marks a postwar friendship and commerce treaty between Rome and Washington. A key clause allows international control of atomic energy if such an agreement is reached, with Italian official Lombardo noting Italy may be studying atomic energy but not necessarily possessing fissile material.
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Rome
Italy
United States
Ivan” Matteo’ Lombardo
Forign Office
Appeal Lost Eisler Held at Ellis Island
New York based on a deportation warrant 52 year old Gerhart Eisler known as No 1 Communist in the United States was held at Ellis Island without bail after Judge Morris denied a retrial on concealing communist affiliations when he sought a passport in 1945. He faces up to five years in prison and a $3000 fine. Carol King noted Eisler disputes the government aim and claims political motives behind his arrest.
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New York
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Ellis Island
Eisler
James W. Morris
Jini
Carol King
Eister
Belic
Jshe
Episcopal Minister Arrives from Canada in Independence
The Rev. Edwin C. Bowyer, newly appointed vicar at St. James' Episcopal church, arrived with his family from Emsdale, Ontario. Vestrymen elected at the recent meeting include Harold Tabor, George H. Jones, George T. Burk, L. E. Megaw and Walter Erdman. Mrs. Enola Markee was elected treasurer and Mrs. C. B. Raffauf missionary treasurer. Rev Bowyer will also serve the Episcopal church in Oelwein and live at the Independence parsonage, with time divided between the two charges. a regular schedule will be set soon.
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Oelwein
Independence
Jews Charge Arab Plot Before United Nations
The Jewish Agency for Palestine, representing 1.2 million Jews, charged the Arab League with aggression against Palestine. It asked the United Nations Palestine commission to relay the complaint to the Security Council, seeking sanctions and, if needed, force to uphold the Palestine partition plan.
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Jewish Agency For Palestine
Seven Nations
Arab League
Palestine
Security Council
Council
Platt Named Director of Iowa Nurserymen Group
Harold J. Parnham of Des Moines, president of the Iowa Nurserymen association, named Harold Welch and Dave Lake of Shenandoah Carl Baumhoefener of Cedar Rapids Harley Deems of Charles City and George Platt of Oelwein as directors to serve with this year’s officers. The state association includes nearly 100 leading nurseries, with the Oelwein nursery among the oldest in northeast Iowa. Platt was elected alternate delegate to the national American Association of Nurserymen, meeting in Milwaukee this summer.
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Harold J. Parnham
Des Moines
Iowa Nurserymen’s Association
Harold Welch
Dave Lake
Shenandoah
Carl. Baumhoefener
Cedar Rapids
Harley Deems
Charles ‘City
George Platt
Oelwein
Towa Nurserymen’s Association
Iowa and
Central West
Oelwein Nursery
Iowa
Platt
American Association of Nurserymen
Milwaukee
Wis
Creamery Board Names A A King New Secretary
Andrew A King appointed secretary of Ochwein Farmers Creamery by directors replacing F W Schroeder whose term ended February 1 He will stay on at the creamery this month to assist and Schroeder resumes duties as director resident with 30 years tied to the company Schroeder has been secretary for 15 years and plans are open for his future Meanwhile King will reside on his farm east of Oelwein Iowa.
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Andrew A. King
Ochwein Farmers Creamery Company
F. W. Schroeder
Hin
Iery
Oelwein
Schrosder
Germans Start 24 Hour Food Strike in American Zone
Nearly 1.9 million Germans in the Auslo American zone joined a 24 hour protest over unequal food distribution by German agencies. Stuttgart, capital of Wuerttemberg Baden, served as the strike center.
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Frank
Ier
Stuttgart
Wuertiemsberg-Baden
Flanders meat rationing vote in Senate banking subcommittee
In Washington a Senate Banking Subcommittee voted 3 to 2 against Flanders proposed meat rationing. The defeat followed testimony by Agriculture Assistant Secretary Chi Brannan that a stricter, price-controlled rationing program might be pursued. Flanders and Sparkman favored approval. Tobey doubted full committee reversal. Other Capitol Hill items included Truman’s aid plans, housing rent proposals, civil rights debates, and a ham crime case in Moline where James Stoneking was fined after stealing a four-pound ham.
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Washington
Senate
Flanders
Congress
Coe
Assistan Retary of
Chi Brannan
Nan
Tration
Ralph E.flanders
Coul
Sparkman
Capehart
Robertson
Charles Tobey
N. H
Repor
Capitol Hill
Marshall
Truman
CIO
Dent
Philip ‘Murray
Dankinz Ubcomn Ie
Laos
Baties
Golid
South
Gether
James Stoneking
Stoneking
Derailment injures crewman on Great Western freight train
In South Iowa near Loring, a Great Western freight train derailed with seven cars off the tracks including the caboose. A crewmember, Linnin Lake, reportedly suffered a broken back while the train traveling from Des Moines to St Joseph, Missouri. five merchandise cars and one feed car derailed.
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Lorimor
UFA Great Western
Shi i
Linnin Lake
Drs Moines
St. Joseph
P O Gives Program at Elgin
Elgin P O hosts Sunday program at Baptist Church led by Edward Krueger with John Schoer in devotions. Featured acts include Mrs Guy Pro Lens duet and performances by Mrs. Archie Schroeder Mrs. Edward Krueger and Mrs Elmer Pinney.
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U. Tuei
The
Baptist Church
Edward Krueger
John Schoer
Guy
Archie’ Schroeder
Elmer Pinney
Carol Miller
Lester Wenger
Alfred Boechler
Teechier
Cameron
Laura Red- Ae
Robert Masser
Rhins Probert
Emedios Tien
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Nursery Group
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