Coal Dispute in Federal Mediation Effort
A fragmented report describes a coal dispute involving coal operators and United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis. Federal mediation is directed as a possible path, with references to invoking the Taft Hartley law and injunctions, while talks continue amid uncertainty about a 12 day coal stoppage plan and potential government action.
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Ington
Ching
Centerfoft
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Freedom 1 Iowa TV program shown yesterday and today
A fragmented report notes a historic documentary event tied to Burlington and Cedar Rapids Des Moines. It mentions a 2,000,000th person and the town of Blanchard Ft. Madison in connection with the viewing.
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Ain
Burlington
Townerica
Blanchard
Cedar Rrow
Des Moines
Weather Forecast From the Bureau of Prediction
The forecast calls for clearing skies tomorrow with a high near 63 to 70 degrees. Winds from the northeast to southeast, averaging 42 to 46 north and 5 from the southeast. Light rainfall expected later with a total accumulation around 1 inch over the next five days.
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North Central
Central
South Central
Miss Anderson to Take Part in Hawkeye Holidays
Ruth Anderson chosen Miss Iowa a year ago will travel to Des Moines next week to participate in Hawkeye Holidays and attend the crowning events. She arrives Wednesday and remains through Saturday, joining Hollywood celebrities and assisting in the pageant process arranged by former Des Moines mayor McVicker.
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Iowa
Ruth Anderson
Des Moines
Miss Anderson
Iowa Capital City
Hollywood
McVicker
Ruth
Funeral for Jerry Galvin 80 in Fairbank
Jerry Galvin 80 of Fairbank died of a heart attack Thursday noon at his home. Funeral services will be Saturday at 9 a m in Immaculate Conception church conducted by Rev Father Torpey with burial at Fairbank Catholic Cemetery. Survived by two sons Roiland and Waldo Galvin of Waterloo. He had lived in Fairbank 25 years, coming from Aplington Iowa.
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Fairbank
Jerry Galvin
Patterson
Immaculate Conception Church
Torpey
Fairbank - Catholic
Louis Peters
Aplington
Iowa
Roiland Galvin
Waldo Galvin
Waterloo
Sumner Model Plane Club Heads to Ottumwa Contest
Sumner Model Plane Club will send four members to the Ottumwa model airplane contest on July 5. Ray Lauterback sponsors the group and will accompany the four as yet unchosen. The club has eight members as of June 9, with eager prospects to join, including James Reuter, William Stranahan, George Westcott, Robert Erkel, Robert Hammel, Terry Fridley, Robert Sowles and Dennis Donaldson.
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Sumner
Model
Ottumwa
Ray Lauterback
Lauterback
James
Reuter
William Stranahan
George Westcott
Robert ‘Erkel
Robert Hammel
Terry Fridley
Robert Sowles
Dennis ‘Donaldson
Joint Legion Meeting At Maynard Tuesday
Fayette county American Legion, son and auxiliary will hold a joint meeting at Maynard Tuesday evening June 22. All Legionnaires and Auxiliary members are urged to attend.
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Fayette County
Son
Auxiliary
Maynard
Legionnaires
House Passes Weakened Housing Bill In Congress
The House passed a housing bill stripped of public housing and slum clearance provisions and sent it to the Senate where fate is uncertain. Debate focused on differences with the Taft Ellender Wagner bill as Republicans claimed the measure is better than none despite Democratic criticism. President Truman said the House emasculated housing legislation and Democrats accused GOP leaders of blocking a vote to avoid a conference with the Senate bill.
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Washington
House
Senate
Jesse’ P. Wolcott
Mich
Truma
Truman
Congress
Democrahip
John McCormick
Republic Is
Indianapolis
Philadelphia
Warren
Earl Warren
California
Democratic National Committee
Sen.Talt
Chamber of Commerce of
Pocatello
Ida
Taft
Taylor
Immedia
Armed’ Services
Arches
Batt
Dewey
House-Senate Conference Committee
Italian major and Boston bride sail in amphibious jeep on
Maj Benjamin Carlin of Perth and Elinore Avone of Boston begin a six month around the world honeymoon aboard a 17 foot army surplus amphibious jeep named Carlin's Platypus. They plan to reach the Azores next month then return to New York via San Francisco. The voyage covers 12000 miles by water and 14000 by land at about four and a half miles per hour on water and thirty on land.
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New York
Boston
Atlantic
Azores
Benjamin
Tin
Perth
Australia
Elinore Avone
Carlin
Horta
San Francisco
Globe
Jeep
Four Iowans Hurt In Takeoff Crash
Four Shenandoah men suffered minor injuries when their four passenger Stinson Voyager crashed on takeoff at a Minnesota landing strip. Pilot Robert A. Read was flown to Fairmont hospital with a broken nose. passengers William Rarsey E. V. Malloy and Walter Nixon sustained cuts and bruises. The group, bound for a Canada fishing trip, had altered plans to return to Spirit Lake to avoid a squall after landing.
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JMPH
Minn
Shenandoah
Robert A. Read
William Rarsey
E. V. Malloy
Walter Nixon
Read
Fairmont
Canada
Stinson Voyager
Spirit Lake
New Matron Named for Lutheran Home at Strawberry
The Strawberry Point Lutheran Home for the Aged held a farewell for Miss Irma Busche who led the home since its 1940 start. The event welcomed new workers Mr and Mrs W G Kuhlmann from Athol Kansas and Mrs Mary Fischer to run the home with eight residents noting the oldest resident nearing 94.
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Lutheran
Strawberry
Strawberry Point
Lutheran Home For
Meyers
Busche
W. G. Kuhlmann
Kuhlmann
Athol
Kansas
Mary. Fischer
Services Saturday For Bert Schrack
Funeral services for Bert S Schrack at First Church of Christ at 2 30 Saturday afternoon June 19 with Rev R L Ervin officiating Masonic honors by Hebron lodge A F and A M Friends may call at 621 First Street S W after Friday evening Interment at Woodlawn cemetery
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Bert S. Schrack
First Church of Christ
R. L. Ervin
Hebron Lodge
First Street
S. W
Woodlawn Cemetery
Funeral Saturday for West Union Man
West Union special section reports funeral services for James B. Archer 70, who died Wednesday night of a heart attack. Services set for Saturday at 2 p.m. at First Methodist Church with Rev. Sterling J. Baldwin officiating. burial at Platte City Memorial. Born June 14, 1878, son of Lorenzo and Janet Archer, he married Nora Olsen in 1901. she died in 1928. Survivors include his wife and one brother Jack Archer of Vancouver, Washington. preceded by five sisters, two brothers and one child.
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West Union
James B. Archer
Archer
Lorenzo
Janet Archer
Nora Olsen
West ‘Ghion
Methodist Church
Mr. Archer
Jack Archer
Vancouver, Wash
Strawberry Men Buy Arlington Livestock Station
Arthur and Rolland Burrack of Strawberry Point have purchased the livestock station and trucking business of James J. Carnall. They plan to move livestock and operate a full line of feed, grain, and livestock concentrate. Arthur Burrack buys the James Flowers house and plans to move July 1. Rolland Burrack remains in Strawberry until a home is found here. Carnall retains his trucks and tractors with potential future trucking plans.
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Arlington
Arthur
Roland Barrack
Strawberry Point
James J. Carnall
Strawberry
Arthur Burrack
James Flowers
Rolland Burrack
Mr. Carnall
Neutral Vandenberg Tells Taft on presidential race
Senate President Arthur H. Vandenberg reportedly assured Sen. Robert A. Taft that he would remain neutral in the Republican nomination fight. The Philadelphia convention scene and Dewey-Dulles rumors frame the GOP drama as Truman votes on housing and prices.
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United Press _ Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Robert A. Taft
Philadelphia
Vandenberg
Thomas E
Taft
Washington
Deny Yanks Will Leave Greenland Says Officials
A reported U S and Danish accord calling for withdrawal of all American troops from Greenland drew swift denials from the State Department and a Danish embassy spokesman who called the report pure imagination and said no recent developments justified it. The United States maintains a small force for weather, naval refueling, and an emergency airstrip in Greenland. Rev Burton Schwerin and Anna Marie Kristiansen wed in Nashua in a double ring ceremony.
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Senacal Tepe
United States
Greenland
State Department
Jeanette Jub
Edward Schwerin
Leonard Kristiansen
Jerome Bangert
Eugene Juhl
Robert Brewe
Martinsdale
Rev
B. Schwerin
Taylor's Filibuster Delays Peacetime Draft Vote
A noisy parliamentary scene unfolds as a House roll call shows 283 to 30 voting for a peacetime draft while 98 Republicans and the Labor Party oppose. Debate centers on differences between House and Senate versions and a possible conference committee. Escalating tensions and sharp criticism frame the path to final action.
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Wallington
House
Etting
Ence
Senate
Marshall Plan Backing New German Currency Declared
A three power announcement from the United States British and French military governments in Frankfurt says western Germany will replace the reichmark with the Deutsche mark. The new currency will not circulate in the Soviet zone or Berlin. The international value is to be set later.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States
Berlin
Death Takes Walter McGee Formerly of Fayette
Walter McGee aged 50 died Tuesday June 8 from a heart condition on the McGee farm east of Fayette. He was married to Mable Romig of Edgewood and survived by his father three brothers and a sister. His mother and another sister and brother preceded him. Burial occurred in California. Mrs. McGee had recently been visiting Fayette and returning to California shortly before his death.
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Fayette
Clint McGee
California
McGee
Hog Prices Rally Amid Thinning Corn Belt Supplies
Chicago reports hog prices reaching their highest level since January with increases of 25. to 1.00 per hundred pounds at eastern corn belt livestock terminals. The rise follows sharp gains earlier in the week. Agriculture experts cite smaller farmer shipments as the reason for the higher prices, though top grades remain below all-time highs.
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Chicago
Department of Agriculture
Jefferson 4-H Girls Meet June 25 at Smith Home
The Jefferson 4-H girls will meet at the Smith home Friday June 25. The all day gathering starts at 7 a.m. Members should bring all new sewing projects and a favorite dish.
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Jefferson
Jefferson 4-H
Smith Home
Voting On School Bond Issue Accelerates In Oehvein
Local notice reports afternoon voting on a city bond issue, with polls at City Hall. By 1 PM about 123 ballots were cast as residents weighed the school bond question in the citywide vote.
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Oehvein
Police Patrolman To Attend State Officers School
City officers advance to the University of Iowa for the 12th annual State Officers Short Course. About 300 officers will study investigations, techniques, and related fields through Friday. Attendees include Ray Stoddard and Harold Har ken of the Oclwein Police, plus Kermit Rhodes of the highway service and several university faculty members.
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Iowa
Low
Ray Stoddard
Harold
Hare Ken
Oclwein Police
Kermit ‘Rhodes
Seivice
Eeven
Univer
Allred
Kahivill
Anise
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