Bowles warns Congress on price controls and inflation risk
Bowles tells Congress the economy will be smashed without renewed price controls to curb inflation. He calls for extending wage price stabilization, subsidies, and ceilings on homes, warning of real estate and construction disruption if controls lapse. He tasks rapid action on policy, while denying broad wage increases and stressing steady prices for furniture and services.
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Chesteres
Congress
Capitol
OPA
House
Qulee
Ieland
Truman
Office of Economic Stabilization
Chester Bowles
Price Administration
Bowles
Paul A. Porter
Federal Communication Commission
Porter
International
Paroled killer from Fort Madison after 18 years
A killer previously sentenced to 50 years, connected to a fatal gambling dispute, was paroled today after serving 18 years in Fort Madison. The case tied to Webster County and Fort Dodge area residences, with prior commutation of related sentence in 1944 under Governor Bourke.
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Frank 1
Fort Madison
Wison
For
Webster County
George
Sonny) Me
Antyre
Fort Dodge
Bourke
Klooper
Oelwein Weather Report Reflects March Cold Snap
The Oelwein vicinity recorded a high yesterday and a low of 41 degrees for the week, with a -1 degree low on Friday. Slight flurries and cloudy skies settled over the city Thursday as temperatures fluctuated within a wide span.
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Oelwein
Norhely
Van Acker resigns as Belgium forms new government
Prime Minister Achille Van Acker and his cabinet stepped down after elections that boosted the Christian Socialist party to about 90 seats and the Socialists to around 70. The vote, seen as a shift against Leopold's throne, left no majority to restore the king, with Liberals and Communists also gaining and blocking a back-to-the-king scenario.
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Brussels
Achille van Acker
van Acker
Charles
Leopold
Christian Socialist Party
Christian Socialists
Socialist Party
Democratic Union
Christian Socalists
Liberals
Mexican Charged in Davenport Stabbing
Davenport police identified Tom Navarro, 47, a Mexican resident, as the man who stabbed Joe Lopez, 57, at the Lopez home Saturday night after a drinking party lasting two days. Navarro, a former Fort Madison penitentiary parolee, was named by Albert Rodriguez, 53, as the man who slapped Lopez, police said.
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Davenport
Tom Naverra
Joe Lo
Des Moines to Honor 125 Draft Board Members with Medals
Brig. Gen. Charles Grahl was to present a medal to Gov. Robert Blue for leading Iowa selective service. In a first district meeting, Blue would award medals and certificates to 125 draft board and appeal board members for two years of volunteer service.
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Des Moines
Charles Grahl
Iowa
Selective Service Director
Robert Blue
Governor Blue
Seaway Seen Vital to Trade and Security
Under secretary of State Dean Acheson told Congress the proposed U S Canadian St Lawrence seaway and power agreement is essential to national security and a vigorous foreign trade. He urged approval of the plan to create a 2700 mile waterway and 2 200 000 horsepower of energy, with costs to the federal government at 200 million dollars and New York state covering 93 million. He argued opposition claims were unfounded and cited a 1941 commerce survey predicting freight growth and seaway needs in handling ocean traffic.
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Dean Acheson
Congress
St. Lawrence Seaway
U. S
Duluth
Minn
Atlantic
Canada
Acheson
New York State
Commerce Department
Boys State Set For June Camp Dodge Session
The Hawkeye Boys State returns to Camp Dodge from June 3 to 10, first since 1944, with 720 boys chosen by Legion posts. Jordan Larsen of Dubuque is named camp director and Frank Miles of Des Moines is in charge of preliminary arrangements. The program offers American government study and recreational activities. There was no event in 1945 due to travel restrictions. the 1944 Grinnell gathering won a national citation for the Town Legion.
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Camp Dodge
Tawa American Legion
Legion Posts
Boys State
Jordan Larsen
Dubuane
Frank Miles
Des Maines
Iowa Legionnaire
Grinnell
Chinese press slams Russia over Manchuria actions
Chungking dispatch reports six of twelve Chongqing newspapers run editorials denouncing Soviet aid to Chinese communists as a grave debacle and declaring the Sino-Soviet treaty meaningless. Nationalist forces, aided by American training, push toward Linchung as civil war broadens in southern Manchuria.
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Chungking
Russia
Manchuria
Linchung
Mukden
Tu Li-Ming
North China
Ta Kung Pao
World Daily News
China
Outer Mongolia
New China Daily
Burma
Hong Kong
U.S. Navy
Committee Resumes Pauley Hearings In Navy Undersecretary Nomination
The senate naval affairs committee reopened hearings on Edwin W Pauley for undersecretary of the navy. Ickes testified Pauley blocked a federal suit to oil rich tidelands, while Abe Fartas attended as an interior official. The case centers on campaign contributions and the West proposition. Justice Douglas meanwhile led discussions about Truman’s choice to replace Ickes.
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Washington
Senate
Edwin W Pauley
Navy
California
Pauley
Truman
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Ickes
Francisco
Ask Higher Pay For U. S. Diplomats
Washington report that the state department will ask Congress to raise pay standards for the foreign service so a poor man can accept a $17,500 ambassadorship. Foreign service director Selden Chapin cites costs of parties receptions and entertainment as barriers. He adds a request for funds to bring diplomats home more often to stay updated.
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Washington
State Department
Congress
Foreign Service
Selden Chapin
Chapin
Congrece
Clinton Crash Kills 19 Year Old Moritzen
A head on collision nine miles west of Clinton Iowa killed 19 year old Ray Moritzen and injured two occupants, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Jones of Low Moor. The Joneses were taken to a local hospital for treatment.
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Clinton, Ia
Ray Moritzen
Moritzen
Ralph Jones
Low Moor
32 New American Cardinals Elevation by Pope Pius XII
Vatican City report: Pope Pius XII elevates 32 prelates to the Sacred College of Cardinals in a secret consistory, including four Americans John Glennon Edward Mooney Samuel Stritch and Francis Spellman. The move expands the college to 69 members from 19 nations, signaling universality in a historic mass appointment.
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Vatican City
Sacred College of Cardinals
Pius XII
Sacred College
John Joseph Glennon
St. Louis
Edward Mooney
Detroit
Samuel A. Stritch
Chicago
Francis J. Spellman
New York
College of Cardinals
Sixtus V
Pius
United Press
Holy Father
Sacred
Jos Pope
God
Apostles Peter and
Paul
Lone Survivor Recalls Bay of Fundy Sinking Ordeal
Capt Arthur Ells of Port Greville recounts the nightmarish blizzard and 32 mile off Nova Scotia voyage of the Robert G. Gann. Seventeen aboard died or perished before the lifeboat reached shore. Only Ells and Peter Muse survived until rescue.
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N.S
Bay of Fundy
Arthur Eils. Eus
Port Greville
Robert G. Gann
Nova Scotia
St. John
N. B
Yarmouth
Cann
Eus
Lawrence Jaquard
Ells
Jacquard
Land
Peter Muse
Papal Court Awaits Silent Bell Decision
In a fragment from a papal setting, a cleric invokes the Trinity and rises to toll a silver bell, signaling to the papal court in the antechamber that a decision has been reached. The scene captures ritual, authority, and the moment of official resolve within a holy Roman context.
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Holy Roman Church
Legion Dinner to Hear Conference Reports Tomorrow
The Legion will hold its regular dinner meeting tomorrow night with several local speakers. Men returning from the state Legion conference will report on proceedings. No entertainment is planned as returning overseas service members recount their experiences.
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Legion
State Legion
Steel Workers Return to Jobs After Four-Week Walkout
United Press reports 365000 CID steelworkers returned to duty at 12:01 a.m. as wage boosts of 148 dollars a day were granted by U S Steel Corp and 12 other firms. The walkout reduced total striking workers to 1118000, with full production three weeks away and furnaces reheated cautiously. Separately GM talks with 175000 CIO auto workers resumed. a nationwide telephone strike was debated by the federation in Memphis. Hollywood studio unions halted a strike after promises of good faith negotiations.
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United Press
U. S. Steel Corp
General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Memphis
Hollywood
Herbert Sorrell
AFL Conference of Studio Unions
Nelson takes witness stand in Eldora assault case
Fort Dodge(AP) The defense's first witness, Harold Nelson, 48, former Eldora cottage manager, testified he did not swing a pick axe at coal piles during the Aug 28 1945 assault on James Patrick Galvin a former inmate. He admitted striking Galvin twice on the leg and a hard blow to the head but denied taking him to the hospital and said Galvin walked away from a water faucet unaided.
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Fort Dodge
Harold Nelson
Eldora Training School
Nelson
James Patrick Galvin
Carl Klatt
Galvin
Jack Howell
J. E. McGennis
Eldora
Boys Town
Neb
Judge Asks Appeal In Curley Case
Washington D C Rep James M Curley D Mass was fined 1000 and sentenced to six months to 1% years after conviction on mail fraud charges He may remain free on a 2500 bond while an appeal is pursued Curley indicated he would appeal at once Judge Proctor supported an appeal to have others review the record before punishment.
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Washington
James M. Curley
D. Mass
District Court
James M. Proctor
Curley
Proctor
Laws fail to curb leaks in espionage case
Montreal police arrest six in connection with international leaks of secret and confidential information. Among the detainees is a National Research Council staffer and a Labor Progressive party official. Ottawa canceled all Canadian supplies to Russia as Ivor Goshenko, the Russian embassy attache, is held in protective custody. In Washington, generals warn that atomic bomb secrets are slipping out and legal protections are inadequate. Critics fear the leaks threaten U S Soviet relations and scientific sharing.
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Canada
Montreal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
United Press
National Research Council
Labor Progressive Party
Dominion
Ottawa
Russia
Ivor Goshenko
Goshenko
Washington
Leslie R. Groves
Drew Pearson
Seattle
Radio
ABC
London
L. J. Salley
Labor
Conference On
Science and Welfare
Army
Special
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Classified ad hints at back-to-work farmers in Union City
In Union City Indiana a pager classified ad expresses confidence that most unusual men are returning to the labor market. It seeks a man to work on a farm as a milk producer and to know how to produce grade milk. The notice underscores a restart in agricultural labor.
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Ind
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