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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1946
Page
1
In Celle Germany a massive explosion at the Hanigsen salt mine weapons dump in the British zone killed or trapped more than 100 workers including Germans Russians and displaced people. Fire raged through underground storage threatening thousands of tons of ammunition as British and German crews fought to contain the blaze.
Rainbow officers from Oelwein Return from Des Moines after a two day Grand Assembly session of the Order of Rainbow for Girls A highlight was Lois Benzer receiving the Master of the Grand Cross of Color among about 80 candidates from Iowa assemblies. Forty Iowa Rainbow for Girls assemblies were represented at the three day meeting.
The city council will hold a special meeting Friday June 28 to consider beer and cigarette licenses. Tavern owners petitioned to cut the Class B beer license from 200 to 100 dollars, citing beer shortages, as May or M F Gunderson noted the council had been weighing an increase to 300 dollars per year.
Word has been received of the death of Allen F. Chambers, a former Oelwein resident, at San Bernardino California Monday morning. His daughter Mrs. Herman Pears lives in Oelwein. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at the Hintz funeral home and burial will be in the Oelwein cemetery.
Leon News Dese Roy Payne, SUI student, retired Sunday from the Midwest regional leadership training conference for Methodist students at Lake Webster near Warsaw Indiana. He was elected to a three member committee to meet in Nashville Tennessee during the next school year to plan the next regional conference. Other committee members are Charlotte Ault from the University of Wisconsin and Paul Young from Ohio State University.
Paris reports say a full dress 21 nation peace conference may open July 15 with a two week ministers session followed by about a 10 day interval before the gathering. Molotov hints at reparations claims by Yugoslavia Greece and Albania. Deputies finish Bulgarian Hungarian and Finnish treaty drafts as reparations talks stall. Hope fades after Soviet rejection of a British compromise and stalemate over Trieste and Italy reparations.
Two Oelwein residents Vern Ash and Paul Garcia requested permits to move box cars onto residential lots. The city council tabled both requests and asked the city clerk to contact the two men. They urged Ash and Garcia to obtain signed statements from nearby property owners agreeing not to oppose the moves.
Hollywood report states 19 year old actress Diana Lynn will marry Henry Willson 35, Selznick Studios general manager, after finishing her role in Little Women. Willson has waited two years for her growth and the wedding is planned once the film contract concludes.
Denver report says shipping losses from damage and missing items on United States railroads reached 80 million dollars in 1945, stated by Joe Marshall the special representative of the American Assn. of Railroads at a Denver gathering.
The Chicago Great Western Railway Company added twenty five modern all steel caboose cars built by Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing. The cars feature insulation free from magnetic interference with safety glass non skid roofs and end platforms. Interiors include cushions a built in refrigerator and stove and private Yale locks on end doors. These cars allow more crews to be assigned across divisions by adding extra capacity while meeting Interstate Commerce Commission standards.
Lamont cafe opens under new management June 15 with Mr and Mrs Ernest Maulsen as proprietors. They previously ran a cafe in Vancouver Washington and plan several changes with Bob Hall assisting. the cafe will operate seven days a week.
Miss Veta Mae Baumgartner daughter of Mr and Mrs Hans Baumgartner graduated June 8 from the University of Town School of nursing as a cadet nurse. She served six months as a senior cadet with the army stationed at Schick General hospital Clinton and O Reilly General hospital at Springfield Mo Muss Baumgartner visiting her parents.
Flash flood upriver near Keokuk eased as river stage reached 14.65 feet with no expected major rise. Backwash from the Des Moines river caused last night’s two foot surge. Burlington transit to St Louis rerouted via Cha0is. Highway 61 south of Keokuk closed, reopened north of Montrose at Devil's Creek for bus traffic.
J W Durant and his WAC captain wife were placed in room 122 at the Carleton hotel in Frankfurt to await trial over the disappearance of the Hesse royal jewels. Pfc Harry F Stockwell was the first MP guard. Col Alton C Miller rode with them as they were taken to the hotel.
Park board members M. J. Channer and Claude King reported to the city council on building tennis courts in Wing's Park and Redgate. The park board will furnish materials and city labor, using 750 of the board's budget, possibly cutting park staff later. Cement courts will serve both city sections, with Redgate as the first site. construction to start next week.
Acting Secretary of State Dean Acheson disclosed that the United States conditionally agrees to train and supply Chinese communist troops as a step toward forming a non political Chinese national army. Aid would hinge on Gen. Marshall's progress toward uniting communist and nationalist forces with only minimal equipment.
President Truman announced the resignation of Budget Director Harold D. Smith who will join the international bank led by Eugene Meyer. Press Secretary Ross said the move is due to the essential duties of the bank and that the president regrets relinquishing Smith.
Three Wesley Foundation workers will conduct the worship service at Grace Methodist Church next Sunday. The speakers are Bob Payne Colwen, executive council member of the organization at Iowa University and president of the Iowa Methodist Student Movement. Don Fouts of Cedar Rapids, president of the Wesley Foundation Fellowship at SIU. and Conrad Wurtz of Downers Grove Illinois, a member of the executive council.
Washington (UP) Secretary of Commerce Henry Wallace warned that weakening or destroying price and rent controls could trigger a boom and bust akin to postwar periods. He urged continued controls until production balances with unprecedented demand, while congressional conferees negotiate OPA extension bills and mechanisms for decontrol set by a three‑man board.
Hollywood actress Constance Bennett announced she and John Theron Coulter plan to wed for a fifth time. They took out a license at Riverside on Sunday. Bennett, 85, and Coulter, 34, expect to marry Saturday at the Mission Inn in Riverside.
Two break ins occurred last night in Stanley with a broken post office door and damaged glass at Morgan's grocery. Losses include 90 cents and 50 cents plus 20 cigarette packs. Post office inspector H D Allen and Sheriff Kenneth Miller investigated after morning discoveries at 6 30 a m and 5 30 a m by a Kleen Maid bread delivery man.
Israeli authorities imposed a 24 hour curfew on Tel Aviv amid a citywide security clampdown after five British officers were kidnapped by Jewish extremists. British tanks and RAF planes surrounded the city as a house to house search began. unrest across Palestine intensified with at least 20 Jews and British soldiers killed since Sunday.
Jeffersonville Ind. troops hailed as the cleanest army in the world according to a War Department report. Officials noted the army required more than 600 000 000 pounds of soaps and detergents annually during the just completed war.
Vocal News Dash Oelwein reports citizens pressed the city council over delays in building the municipal swimming pool. Mayor M F Gunderson pledged to call for bids in August, noting material shortages and war-time constraints. The pool bond was approved, but funds may be insufficient. airport work proceeds amid similar supply issues.
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