Hero of the Week Rogerson Named for Loyal Service
Rogerson, a genial retail store manager, is honored as Hero of the Week for his loyal service. Active in Leg work and DAV, he has led housing projects, chaired committees, and supported community efforts in Oelwe. His peers praise his friendliness, cooperative spirit, and patriotic dedication.
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Arthy
Rogerson
Tram
D A. V
North Dakota
Davy
Clive
The
Elks
Chamber of Comee
Anderson
Bob
Andy
Oelwe
We Online
Ors
Nominate for Nero of the Week one dress clivity
Oelwein Daily Register invites readers to nominate a local hero for the Nero of the Week honor. Submissions should highlight acts of courage, service, or community impact and be mailed to the newspaper for consideration.
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Hero of the Week
Liter
Oelwein Daily
Regis
Randalia Pre School Session Planned For Ages Three To Six
A preschool immersion session is planned at Randalia School for children aged three to six. Sessions run Wednesday and Friday mornings from 9 to 11 starting June 17 and continuing through the summer. Mr Cassill, high school superintendent, oversees with Mrs Leon Matson assisting. Enrollment is June 14 at the school for district and non district children.
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Andalia
A. Sum
Randalia
Cassill
Leon Matson
Weather Summary for Oelwein Week Ends with Mixed Skies
The weekly report notes largely cloudy conditions with only Monday and Tuesday wholly clear. Maximum temperatures reached 83 on the clear days while Sunday fell to 41. Rain totaled 0.37 inches Saturday with variable readings on other days, and the week’s temperatures ranged from the mid 40s to mid 80s with daily highs and lows listed.
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Max
SEC system under fire over public stock sales in Omaha
Omaha investor Robert B. Schweser urged a congressional probe into the SEC stock sale process for public utility shares. He accused the SEC of shielding holding companies while promoting inflated prices through competitive bidding by underwriters. He cited Crescent Public Service’s Colorado Central Power stock, initially $14, sold at up to 34.4, and Columbus andSouthern Ohio Electric stock, valued $17.70, sold at 53.80, as evidence of price manipulation.
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Omaha
Neb
Securities and Exchange Commission
Robert B. Schweser
Hugh Butler
R Neb
Kenneth S. Wherry
Schweser
SEC
Colorado Central Power Company
Crescent Public Service Company
Schueser
Colorado Central
Columbus and Southern Olio Electric Company
Injunction Delays Opening Of Grain Futures Market
A temporary restraining order halted the Chicago Board of Trade opening for two hours as U.S. District Judge William H. Holly issued the order before 9:30 a.m. CDT. Judge Elwyn R. Shaw dissolved it at 10 a.m. CDT, allowing trading to resume at 11:30 a.m. CDT. The Buckley Co. sought the injunction over settlement rules for May grain futures, warning of irreparable loss and possible broker-outs. Shaw told attorney Joseph H. Taylor that a damage suit was Buckley’s remedy.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
U. S
William H. Holly
Elwyn R. Shaw
Harry C. Sehaack
Robert W. Buckley Co
Lichfield Official Refuses to Testify in Brutality Trial
In NAUHEIM UP Kilian former commander at Lichfield Reinforcement Depot refused to testify as a witness in the Pfe Norvis trial on brutality at the camp citing constitutional rights. The seven man court urged Barr to list questions for Kilian while Kilian’s counsel defended his stance. In a separate note Zion HS reports a 103 year old death, Julia Chase previously told by doctors she would not live past the year 1867.
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Bad Nauheim
James A. Kilian
Lichfield
Pfe W. B Norvis
Kilian
Li Cao
Raymond Ford
Khan
Norns
Joan Barr
Urbana
Ford
Barr
Zion, HS
Julia Chase
Lake County
Voters Smash French Reds in Weekend Election
In Paris the moderate Popular Republican party defeated the Communist bid for power, winning 160 seats in the metropolitan Constituent Assembly and seizing leadership of France. Georges Bidault may head a coalition government as the new political balance shifts toward the right after recent referendums.
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Paris
Popular Republican
France
Georges Bidault
Popular Republicans
Unc
Metro
Constituent Assembly
Felix Gourn
Musicians Union May Ban Recordings in Shakeup
In St Petersburg Florida AFM President James C Petrillo outlined opens of the unions annual convention amid a heated clash with the anti Petrillo bill and other labor hostile legislation. Reports say delegates press for banning further recordings after current contracts expire as retaliation against the LEA bill and the broader anti labor drive.
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Petersburg
Fla
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians Today
Open Ins
AFM
WAAF
Chicago
U. S. Supreme Court
LEA
Times
Kalinin Dead Former Russian Leader Passes Away
London report says Mikhail Kalinin former president of the Soviet died today at 70 after years of ill health. He led the Soviet for 27 years until his retirement in March and was succeeded by Nikolai Shvernik. Kalinin, a bearded kindly figure, began life as a peasant before rising in the Bolshevik party.
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London
Mikhail Kalinin
Russia
Moscow Radio
Kalinin
Supreme Soviet
Nikolai Shvernik
the Soviet
Bolshevik Party
Leningrad
St. Petersberg
Scouts Unhurt as Auto Hits Truck near Oelwein
A collision at Marysville corner 12 miles east of Oelwein damaged a light pickup carrying 12 Boy Scouts from Troop No. 50 and a Ford car driven by Bernard Thomas of Arlington. The truck was demolished but the scouts and occupants suffered only minor injuries. Thomas and two Arlington residents were treated for bruises and cuts. all were taken to Mercy hospital.
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Marysville Corner
Oelwein
Richards
Ednamora Simpson
Eugene Miller
Arlington
Thomas
Mercy Hospital
the Backbone State Park
Warmer Weather Promised Tomorrow
Unseasonably cool weather grips the northern United States from the Rockies to the Atlantic. The government weather bureau said tomorrow would bring warmer conditions after a cold spell. Snow flurries moved through parts of Minnesota as freezing temperatures settled in Wisconsin, northern Illinois, and Iowa with many areas in the 30s. Landon Lakes, Wis., recorded 31 degrees, the lowest in the nation.
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United Press
United States
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Coast
Government Weather Bureau
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Tlanois
Towa
Landon Lakes
Wis
World wide ship boycott urged amid looming June strike
Seven U S maritime unions asked the world federation of trade unions to back a June 15 walkout against government run and scaled ships. They accused President Truman of threatening to use armed forces and warned of broad foreign support if negotiations fail. The War Shipping Administration prepared to keep ships moving if the action occurs.
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Washington
Truman
Navy
Coast Guard
World Federation of Trade Unions
CIO
Moscow
U. S
Harry Bridges
Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s Union
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
WFTU
Bridges
Curran
Louis Salant
Paris
Saillant
NMI
Atlantic
Gulf
War’ Shipping Adminnistration
Memorial Day holiday kills top 300 in four days
More than 300 persons died during the four day Memorial Day weekend. At least 128 were killed in traffic accidents as bad weather and hazards plagued highways. Eighty one drowned and ninety two died from other causes. Traffic deaths rose compared with wartime 1943-45. The total may match or exceed 1942, the last big Memorial Day period.
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United Press
Chutist Sets World Record With Sixty Jumps
Sioux City man John Swetich, 28, set the world record for consecutive parachute jumps. He started at 3 a.m. and completed his sixtieth jump under field lights at 8:30 p.m. CST, doubling the former mark. A former army parachute instructor, he kept two planes and five chute packers busy, averaging about six jumps an hour.
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Sioux City
UPI
John Swetich
Swetch
Swetich
Army
Waverly Boy Drowns In Cedar River
Paul Weigel, 11, of Waverly, drowned in the Cedar River mill race near the power plant while fishing with his sister Patty, 10. He slipped on a ledge and vanished. Leo Mooney pulled him from the water after grappling hooks were obtained. Efforts to revive him failed. Survived by his mother Alice Weigel and Diode.
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Waverly
Paul Weigell
Cedar River
Patty
Leo Mooney
Alice Weigel
Diode
Tojo Trials Delayed as War Crimes Case Begins
Former Prime Minister Hideki Tojo and 25 co defendants won a nine day postponement of their war crimes trial in Tokyo at the start of the Far East tribunal. The court adjourned until June 13 after nearly opening statements amid clashes between prosecutors and defense. Jurists and defendants remained largely somber as the trial, charged with crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, commenced with stringent procedural disputes.
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Tokyo
Hideki Tojo
Far East International Military Tribunal
Tribunal
William Webb
Tral Webb
Webb
Douglas Mar Arthur
Toda
Yosuke Matsuoka
Germany
Italy
Shumei Okawa
Matsuoka
Medical Board
Tottoo
Tom
Asia
Hawkeye Boys State Opens at Camp Dodge
Des Moines reports the Hawkeye Boys State opens at Camp Dodge with about 770 youths selected by American Legion posts. The event, teaching government functions, includes two parties the nationalists and the federalists and elections for officers of mythical cities Gomeios and the state. All attendees are high school juniors.
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Des Moines
Camp Dodge
American Legion
Boys State
Nationalite
Federalists
Gomeios
Legion Posts
Juruan Liksen Dubuque Sulere Wwemient
Arete
Dbe Wiens
Voters tally by 2:15 pm across four wards
By 2 15 this afternoon about 206 people had voted with Fourth Ward leading at 114 votes First Ward 97 Third Ward 69 Second Ward 22 Inquiries showed polling places at Interstate St Library Marl Moore s garage and the City Hall local officials reported the totals.
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Marl Moore’s Garage Dln
City Wadd Txt
War Talk Vicious Says Eisenhower
CHICAGO VP Gen Dwight D Eisenhower warned that talk of another world war is vicious and harms world safety. He said the army cannot be ready for such a conflict for some time, with few units trusted to fight and months needed to raise efficiency. Defense chiefs urged against defeatist talk as unproductive.
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Chicago
Dwight D Eisenhower
Guik
Reserve Officers’ Association
Army Chief of
Reprieve granted for Willie Wilde in electric chair case
In New Orleans a reprieve was issued for Willie Wilde, a Black youth who faced execution after a failed claim of innocence. The governor announced the stay would last until federal review, with the Supreme Court appeal already on file. Wilde’s planned June 7 execution was suspended as authorities pursue further review.
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New Orleans
Wille Frances
Youll
Tomorriow
Willie
I Bater
Rome
Beca
Supreme Cout
U.S. Supreme Court
Wilde
Willy
Roxbury Latin School Celebrates 300th Anniversary
Boston report states Roxbury Latin School marks its 300th anniversary this year as the oldest continuously operating day school in the United States, highlighting its long history and enduring educational mission.
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Boston
Roxbury Latin School
Italy votes in first free election since fascism faces monarchy or republic
Early returns from Milan show assembly votes dominance for socialists and democrats while communists trail. Referendum counts favor the republic over monarchy as Italy's 28 million voters cast ballots. A gunfight at Savona, arrests of neofascists, and scattered violence punctuated a day of historic voting.
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Milan
Italy
Constituent Assembly
Republic
Monarchy
Trevi del Lazio
Savona
Genoa
Wormeh
Pius XII
Albino Robin Found in Hazleton Sent to Chicago Zoo
An albino robin found last week by Lynn Siika of Hazleton was taken to Brookfield Zoo in Chicago after a local sighting near the Catholic church. The family noted the bird on a lawn and reported it to the Register. A bird specialist called an all white robin very rare.
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Lynn Siika
Hazleton
Brookwd Zoo
Chicago
Sika
Zoo
Evicted from Home Danny Kaye Faces Eviction Order
Comedian Danny Kaye confronted an eviction order at his Beverly Hills home. Seven process servers served the order. Kaye refused to answer the door as officers intervened to persuade him to open. Neighbors mistook the scene for a burglary before police arrived.
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Hollywood
Danny Kaye
Kaye
Beverly Bills
Hod Shappel
Reir
Yada
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