Soviet agrees to withdraw troops from Italy and Bulgaria
Paris dispatch reports the foreign ministers council endorsing simultaneous troop withdrawals. The plan, linked to Italy's peace treaty and Bulgaria, aims for 190 days after the Italian treaty takes effect. Bevin and Byrnes pressed for detailed implementation and U S troop pullout timelines.
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Paris
Foreign Minters Council
Italy
Bulgaria
Ernest Beva
Balkans
V. I. Molotov
Bevin
United States
Istria
Germany
Pickles Prove Healthful Says Michigan Expert
Dr F W Fabian of Michigan State Wege told a Chicago audience at the National Pickle Packers Association that pickles are a versatile food. He noted they surpass onions or turnips in nutrition and that Americans consume about 65 million gallons yearly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cleopatra
F. W. Fabian
Fabian
Anthony
Michigan State Wege
Aswition
United States
Hazleton 4 H Girls Rally and Officers Elected
Hazleton 4 H Girls club attended the county rally in Independence Tuesday with Marilyn Grey noted as secretary treasurer. A picnic lunch followed, business actions elected new officers, and the group enjoyed art skits and a movie by Jay Kridge. The next meeting was set for Hazleton July 2 at Susan Silka home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazleton
Hazieton
I Achanan
Marilyn Grey
Unty
Jay Kridge
Hazleton V1
Suzie Silka
Amatuer Physicist Suggests Diamonds From Coal Plan
WASHBURN Wisconsin. An amateur physicist proposed using an atomic bomb at Bikini Atoll to convert coal into diamonds. He claimed coal is carbon and heat and pressure would form diamonds. Scientists called the idea unproven and impractical noting the bomb’s brief pressure and diamonds do not float.
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Washburn
Wis
Bikini Atoll
H. Theodore Palm
Navy
Chicago
American Physics Society
Eugene P. Wigner
Princeton University
Norman Bowen
University of Chicago
Mass Escape From POW Camps In Canada And Minnesota
Police in Minnesota and Canada hunted escaped German war prisoners after mass breaks from camps in Ontario Manitoba and Saskatchewan. Five had been captured, eight more fled yesterday. border patrols and river dangers hampered rescues as many escaped into the bush or drowned attempting to reach Minnesota. Canadian officials withheld exact escapee counts but 4 to 10 had vanished daily over two months.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Canada
Twin Cities
FBI
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
United States
Fairbank Banquet For Servicemen
A June 16 banquet at St. John's Lutheran church honored returned service members. Thirty men in uniform received certificates of recognition. over 200 attendees enjoyed ham supper, ice cream, and cookies. A musical program followed with local pupils and performers, and about 60 men from the church have returned to work while 30 remain in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Tein
St. John's School
Paul Kraft
Demands Probe of Title Bout Delays Fight Purses
Rep. Donald L. O'Toole of New York urged the New York State Boxing Commission to suspend the purses from last night's heavyweight title bout pending an investigation into all possible irregularities surrounding the event.
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Washington
Donald L. O'Toole
N. Y
New York State Boxing Commission
Louis Conn
Arrest Nehru, Indian Leader, in Kashmir Confrontation
Local Kashmir authorities arrest Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, president designate of the Indian National Congress, after he defied a ban on entry to the state. Reports say he was seized at Damel, about 200 miles northwest of Lahore, as Britain seeks acceptance of independence terms. Nehru aimed to arrange defense for Sheikh Abdullah and was jailed on subversion charges after attempting to enter.
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Bombay
Kashmir
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Indian National Congress Party
Nehru
Damel
Lahore
London
Shiekh Hahamad Abdullah
Kashmir National Conference
Elgin Couple to Wed in Candlelit Gunder Marion Church
Alice Mabel Becker of Elgin to wed Joseph T Kjosa of Elgin in a candle light double ring ceremony at 8 PM at Gunder Marion church. Rev Strandford to officiate. Attendants include Delores Bergan and Geraldine Hoag. The couple plans to farm near their home after marriage.
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Elgin
Gunder Marion Church
Alice Mabel Becker
Lewis Becker
Joseph T.kjosa
Delores Bergan
Geraldine Hoag
St. Olaf
Woodard Reed
Henry Weller
Rheadda
Resigns Post as District Church Superintendent
Rev H D Temple head of the Dubuque District of the Methodist church resigns at the Upper Iowa Conference opening in Mt Vernon. After six years in the role he will enter a pastorate to be chosen there. Rev H H Dill of Cedar Falls will succeed him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Temple
Dubuque
The
Methodist Church
Upper Iowa
Mt. Vernon
Temple
Qelwein
H. H. Dill
Cedar Falls
Atom Policy Split Develops Over Global Atomic Control
The United States and Russia clashed over timing and means of disarming atom bombs. Washington seeks destruction only after foolproof safeguards are in place, while Moscow pressed a treaty to ban production and require destruction within 90 days of effect. The UN committee saw mixed support as five nations backed the American plan. Russia proposed a binding treaty to prohibit use and production and to remove veto powers in global enforcement.
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New York
United States
Russia
United Nations Atomic Energy
Yestern R
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Bernard M. Baruch
Commission
Australia
Canada
Great Britain
China
Mexico
Gromyko
Absolve Hotel Of Blame In Fire In Dubuque
A three man coroner's jury in Dubuque adjourned the Canfield hotel fire hearings until next Tuesday. Testimony indicated cigaret butts in a cardboard container in the cocktail lounge closet started the blaze which killed 19. Fire investigators said equipment met state laws and suggested a self closing door might have helped contain the flames.
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Dubuque
Canfield Hotel
Tuesay
Dubuque County
F. S. Leonard
William Canfield, Jr
Zachary Cook
A. A. Lubberden
Lubberden
Cook
Open Mail Drive For Salvation Army
Letters requesting contributions to the Salvation Army drive will be distributed tomorrow, according to James H. Dittmer, South Fayette county chairman. The drive is sponsored by the VFW and all contributions should be sent to that organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
James H. Dittmer
Fayette County
VFW
Televised heavyweight title bout astonishes nation
New York report notes Mike Jacobs faces a tough crowd as Joe Louis fights Billy Conn. Viewers across Connecticut to Washington watched a 24 foot square telecast from Yankee Stadium. About 100000 tuned NBCs audience while 45266 attended in person, underscoring televisions future reach and dramatic appeal for big fights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Mike Jacobs
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Connecticut
Washington
Yankee Stadium
National Broadcasting Company
Bowles-Causes Tug Over OPA Extension
Washington UPI Chester Bowles renewed his attack on pending OPA extension legislation. Sen Robert Taft charged Bowles with hindering compromise while Bowles urged a veto unless changes are made. Bowles warned that price controls are key to labor peace and warned against “booby traps” in the bill. He discussed a possible one year no strike pledge with labor leaders and warned of wage demands and strikes if controls ease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chester Bowles
Robert A. Taft, R
Taft
Bowles
Truman
White House
House
Senate
Congress
Tighten Controls On New Wheat Crop
Washington in 1946 moves to tighten wheat controls by raising the share elevators must earmark for export and bringing trucker merchants under the set aside order. Elevators must weekly evaluate stocks and set aside all wheat not needed for export or domestic contracts. The policy aims to raise government requisition of the crop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army atomic funds expanded in 1947 budget plan
The House appropriations committee backed 7.091 billion dollars to run the War Department in fiscal 1947 with 375 million for atomic energy research and development. The panel noted the army would continue atomic work at about two thirds wartime scale while funding civilian uses and other army research at a record 281.5 million dollars.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
War Department
Atomic Energy Research and Development
Budget Bureau
Bureau
Appropriations
Dwight D. Eisenhower
U. S
Army
United States
National Guard
Air National Guard
Rites Saturday For A F Chambers
Services for Allen F. Chambers are set for Saturday at 2 p m at Hintz funeral home with burial at Woodlawn. The body arrives Friday noon from San Bernardino California where he died Monday morning. A retired railroad engineer, he lived in Oelwein 40 years before moving to California two years ago. He was 61 and a widower. Surviving children include Mrs Herman Pearl of Oelwein Miss May Chambers of Stockton Mrs J D Richardson of Detroit Mrs Marjorie Poggenklass of Los Angeles Arnold Chambers of Chicago Gerald of Fort Benning George and Donald of Freeport and Robert Flack of Stockton Also surviving are brothers Charles and Jess Chambers of Dubuque and sister George Pound of Cedar Rapids.
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Allen
Chambers
Hintz
Woodlawn
San Bernardino
Calif
Oelwein
Herman Pearl
May Chambers
Stockton
J. D. Richardson
Detroit
Mich
Marjorie Poggenklass
Los Angeles
Arnold Chambers
Chicago
Gerald
Fort Benning
George
Donald
Freeport
Robert Flack
Charles
Jess Chambers
Dubuque
Fice
George Pound
Cedar Rapids
Public Power Fight Looms in Senate
Senate friends and foes clash over moves to boost funds for government transmission lines in the 1947 interior appropriations bill. Irrigation and reclamation projects lift the Bureau of Reclamation fund by 99 079 370, targeting two major projects the Southwestern Power Administration and California's Central Valley Project. Both sides refuse to back increases to permit construction of federal lines that could parallel private utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Interior Department
Bureau of Reclamation
Iti
Southwestern Power Administration
California
Central Valley
Return Find House Ruined In Des Moines Flood
Mr and Mrs Paul Heilman attended a banquet and program in the Lutheran church Sunday night then returned to their Des Moines home to find a water pipe broken flooding the house about a foot deep. Newly refinished floors and papered walls were ruined. Rugs were soaked and plaster loosened upstairs and downstairs. They are staying with friends until they can live in the house again.
Pittman named centennial exposition director in Des Moines
DES MOINES UP The Lower Historical department head E F Pittman was named centennial exposition director by state fair officials He will assemble exhibit material from every department travel the state two months inspecting cataloging and selecting items for display A statewide search for pioneer relics such as old farm equipment costumes utensils and other historical exhibits was also announced Iowans with relics or exhibits should contact the state fair board.
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Des Moines
E. F. Pittman
Pittman
Iowa
18 Year Draft Dead End In Washington Dead Issue
Conferees from the House and Senate declared the 18 year old draft a dead end while efforts to extend the draft were blocked. A possible 19 year minimum draft was discussed but faced House opposition. The plan to extend the draft to March 31 and pay raises to lure volunteers remained under consideration as enlistments reached about 800,000 since October.
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Washington
House
Senate
Dewy Short
Walter G. Andrews
Andrew J. May
House Military Affairs Committee
Andrews
Army
Egypt Grants Shelter to Jerusalem Mufti in Cairo
Cairo reports Premier Sidney Pasha announced the Egyptian cabinet declared the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem a political refuge not a war criminal. The Mufti, fleeing Paris, found sanctuary with King Farouk, welcomed by Arabs as a signal he would lead regional resistance against Jews over Palestine.
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Cairo
Ismail Sidney Pasha
Jerusalem
Britain
Egypt
Paris
Farouk
Midle East
Palestine
Big Packers Forcibly Displaced From Market
Agriculture department reports that major meat packers were driven from much of the cattle market last week by sharply higher livestock prices and reduced receipts. It notes packers likely took under ten percent of total cattle, with order buyers supplying hotels and restaurants. Strong demand pushed steers to top ceiling prices, averaging 17.66 dollars above prior records in Chicago.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Georgia sues to revoke Ku Klux Klan charter
Georgia filed a quo warranto civil suit in Fulton County Superior Court to revoke the Klan charter charging murder, terrorism, and a conspiracy to seize public protection agencies. Four officers named. alleges Klan acts aimed at controlling police and government to impede constitutional protection. The suit seeks to prove the organization is for profit, not benevolent, with a $10 membership fee shared by officials. Respond by date within 10 days.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
Fulton County
Ellis Arnall
B. G. Otwell
Cyclops
Roper
Oakland City
Klan
Father to Be Ostrich Hatch Tune Cooks Up Hype
LAS ANGELES UP Pro fessional screwball Jim Moran contracts for a hatching tune to mark his ostrich egg birth. Pianist Lou Bush plans a woodwind quartet to accompany the blessed event. Moran hopes the egg hatches Independence Day or near the 25 day estimate as owner C J Sweet notes Moran’s care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Angeles
Jim Moran
Lou Bush
Janet Blair
Moran
C. J. Sweet
Child Enters Third Day Search for Missing Girl
Nearly 100 police and volunteers pressed a three day search for Anna Herrick a two year old who vanished from her trailer camp home on the Town river bank in Wapello Iowa Authorities suspect she may have fallen into the river and officers comb the nearby woods for the child daughter of William and Doris Herrick of Wapello The search continues as officials note her mother Doris Buckler of Taunton England met and married William Herrick while in service overseas
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Wapello
Anna Herrick
William
Doris Herrick
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Donald Hoag
Randolph Rierson
Lewis Junior Becker
Nova Mark
Elgin School
Upper Town University
Fayette
Elgin Co- Operative Company
Fulk
Ovverseas
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Louis
Tocal News Dewe
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OPA
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