Latin American Unions Pledge Ship Boycott Amid June Strike
CIO maritime leaders report six unions and no independents vow to avoid U S cargoes if armed forces man ships during a June 15 strike. Latin American unions oppose seizure of ships by President Truman and will back a walkout if needed. AFL seamen conduct work stoppages as talks stall with shipowners in Washington.
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Washington
CIO
Alin American Confederation of
Ybor
AFL
Goldblatt
U. 5 S
Labor Department of
Ciaigs
Isputes
Pacle
Atlantic
Gulf Coast Neck
the Sailors Union of the Pacific Sfs
Est Coast
San Ranccisco
Pacific
Middle West
International
Four year unused rural school to be auctioned
WEST UNION Special report says the four year unused Shag rural school will be sold at public auction. The district has closed the school and pupils will transfer to Stanley or Aurora schools by action of Scott Independent district 6 and Stanley boards. Built in 1920, it sits in a four section district with board members Shug Lenz Zaiskie and Morgan.
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West Union
Shag Rural School
A. S. Morse
Pis
Stanley
Aurora
Scott
Anley Board
Anley Consolidated School
Bond Appeal by Admiral Halsey Urges Savings
Admiral William F. Halsey called on Americans in a radio address to invest in U S savings bonds to prevent inflation and preserve the capitalist system that funds national defense. He spoke as a veteran returning from war and warned against letting money slip away through imprudent spending.
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Cedar _Rapids
Iliam F. Halsey
Halsey
Earth
Bread price to rise a cent a loaf nationwide
The Office of Price Administration plans a one cent per loaf increase on most bread and a one cent per dozen rise on rolls to boost production. Rye bread is excluded. A Bowles testimony warned of possible rationing of short bread and wheat and flour supplies, with retailers potentially limiting sales amid a growing bread shortage.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Agriculture Department
Congress
Chester’ Bowles
Senate
Small Business Committee
Office of Economic Stabilization
Bowles
Keokuk Reverses Daylight Time Plan
Keokuk Iowa city officials withdrew an ordinance to adopt daylight savings time after a lengthy council meeting. Objections from labor groups and non voters signatures led to rejection and a special election to be held next November. Lake Winnipesaukee spelling settles to Lake Winnipesaukee by state legislature after 132 variant spellings.
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Keokuk
Iowa City
Trades Labor Assembly
John Bierman
Miss Bellmer Still In Bad Condition
Nettie Belle Bellmer remains in serious condition at Ottumwa Hospital after a Friday evening car crash between Bloomfield and Ottumwa. She suffered a fractured skull, two broken pelvic bones and a jaw wound requiring stitches. Driver Roland Bellmer, though improved, endures pain from a mangled left hand. She was a former editor of the School Register and had studied at Sioux Falls, Upper Iowa University, and the University of Missouri. The other driver tested 199 for intoxication.
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Nettie Belle Bellmer
Ottumwa
Bill Mitchell
Mrs. Bellmer
Miss Bellmer
Roland Bellmer
Nellie Belle
Baptist College
Sioux Falls
S. D
Upper Iowa University
Fayette
University of Missouri
Bloomfield
Illinois
School Register
Bellmer
Butler proposes army vehicle limit to declare surplus
Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska proposes Congress cap army holdings at four vehicles per 100 soldiers. He argues the plan would surplus about 300000 vehicles, reducing the army’s stored fleet.
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Washington
Hugh Butler
Neb
Congress
Butler
Senate
Merger Study Formed For Chicago Great Western Railroads
A joint committee formed in Chicago will study merger possibilities among the Chicago Great Western, Missouri-Kansas-Texas and Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroads. R J Morfa heads the panel, with P H Joyce B F Parsons and R M Shaw among attendees. The gathering defined a formal start and named operating and traffic committees for a comprehensive merger plan.
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Chicago Great Western
Chicago
P. H. Joyce
B. F. Parsons
R. M. Shaw
R. J. Morfa
Chicago and
Morla
Stassen Seeks Limits on Labor Leaders Power
Harold E. Stassen former Minnesota governor and possible 1948 Republican candidate argues for curbing union heads power and restoring influence to rank and file He says the same limit should apply to capital and government administration to avoid excessive control by any single figure or group.
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Chicago
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Stassen
Retrace Old Mormon Trail Through Iowa
Des Moines reports President Albert Smith and a Mormon church party will travel the historic Mormon route across Iowa to mark the state centennial. They will visit Keokuk Montrose Ottumwa Garden Grove Mt. Pisgah and Council Bluffs, staying July 17 in Ottumwa, with cooperation from town and Union County centennial committees.
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Des Moines
Albert Smith
Mormon Church
Salt Lake City
Utah
Iowa
Edith McHlrey
Iowa Centennial Committee
Keokuk
Montrose
Ottumwa
Garden Grove
Mt. Pisgah
Council Blutts
Union County
Smith
Troops Quell Naples Riots Amid Royalist Unrest
Italian troops and police restored order in Naples after a night of monarchist attacks on police headquarters, the railroad terminal and a radio station. Demonstrations and bombings swept Naples and other cities as voters rejected the royalist referendum. Three dead, scores wounded, and sixty arrested as mobs attacked public buildings. Royalist sources hinted Humbert II could flee to Portugal.
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Rome
Naples
Pisa
Palermo
Bologna
Humbert II
Portugal
Ansa
Sicily
New Faces in Iowa Assembly as One-Third Turnover Looms
Des Moines reports that in the 52nd Iowa General Assembly more than one third of the lawmakers will be newcomers. At least 40 House members, 37 percent of the chamber, and nine new senators are expected. Primary results knocked out nine Republican incumbents and left several unopposed races, with two House members failing to secure Senate bids. Potentially four women may join the 1947 roster, including Iowa’s first woman senator since 1935.
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Des Moines
52Nd
General Assembly
House
Senate
Earl C. Fishbaugh, Jr
Shenandoah
Page-Fremont
Albert Olson
Mitchell
C. C
William
van Buren
John Kacmaryinski
Palo Alto
Gene Posten
Wayne
Arnold Utzig
Vincent Hird
Dubuque
Jay Colburn
Harlan
Shelby County
J. F. Miller
Humboldt County
Ted Latchaw
Wilton Junction
Carrol .Lane
Carroll
Grandmother 79 Marries Farm Hand 18 in Kentucky
In Louisa Kentucky 79 year old Mat tie Lyons Large married 18 year old Delbert Lee Sprouse in a courthouse ceremony after plans for a log cabin wedding fell through. Judge L F Wellman performed the brief nuptials and the couple quickly left for home to tend crops as curious townspeople looked on.
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Louisa
Mattie Lyons Large
Delbert Lee Sprouse
Lawrence County
Ofice
L. F.wellman
Elmer Diamond
Custer Bishop
Sprouse
Moore
Sixty Deaths in LaSalle Fire Reach Toll in Chicago
The LaSalle hotel blaze death toll climbed to 60 as investigators probe the disaster cause. The 60th victim, Mrs. Ans Paulakis of Waukegan, 24, died in a hospital early today. In Caledonia, Wis., canal access could cut farm shipment costs to Manhattan to 21 a ton versus 34 a ton by land to Boston.
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Chicago
LaSalle
Ans Paulakis
Waukegan
Caledonia
New York
Manhattan
Boston
Vanguard Arrives For State DAV Convention
Marines arrive Sunday as official color guard for the twenty third annual Disabled American Veterans convention opening with registration at Hotel Mealey. State officers Clyde Welch and L D Dicken lead arrivals, with Governor Blue addressing Monday at Coliseum Ballroom.
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Norman D. Stink
Dale Porner
Town Marine Recruiting Service
Disabled American Veterans
Clyde Welch
L. D. Dicken
Iowa
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Memorial Speaker Rev George B Wood to speak at D A W service
The Rev George B Wood pastor of St John s Episcopal Milwaukee and WWI chaplain and major will be guest speaker at the D A W Memorial service tomorrow evening at 8 at the high school stadium.
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George B. Wood
St. John's Episcopal Church
Milwaukee
High School
Thieves Admit Built Mystery Hiding Place
Washington claims two remaining suspects in the Kronberg castle jewel heist. Col Durant and his wife Kathleen Durant confessed after lie detector tests and helped locate the main cache in a Chicago railroad station locker. The jewels, valued at over 1.5 million, were flown from Chicago and displayed at the War Department as investigators pursue Europe inventories to confirm complete recovery.
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Washington
Chicago
Col
J. W. Durant
Kronberg Castle
Frankfort
Germany
Durant
Europe
Pierce
Durants
Alton
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Hudson
Wis
la Salle Hotel
Auto Overturns in Ditch Kills California Couple in Iowa
Charles Bourdage 65 and Emma 52 of Compton California died when their car left the highway near here and plunged into a ditch. The coroner said they were trapped and drowned before help arrived.
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Vail, Ta
Charles
Bourdage
Emma
Compton
Cal
Here
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W. B. Nugent
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War Department
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Mrs. Durant
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