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Newspaper
Oelwein Daily Register
Location
Oelwein, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1946
Page
1
U S officials assailed Soviet noncompliance with Potsdam surrender promises for Japan while defending China policy. Dean Acheson cited repatriation of about 1,000,000 Japanese from China and questioned Manchuria troop handling, suggesting Russians may have moved troops to Siberia and not repatriated them.
Iowa housewives can obtain five more pounds of sugar for canning effective Monday as spare stamp No. 10 goes into effect July 1. Stamp No. 9 remains valid through October 31, marking the second and final canning sugar stamp of the season. An additional stamp for table sugar will be valid starting September 1.
James Morris 22 of Galena and Ronald Stodden 20 of Galena died after a motorcycle failed to stop for a taxicab on a downtown Dubuque boulevard. Stodden died en route to hospital, Morris died there. coroner cites fractured skulls. Taxi driver Leo Koenig 32 of Dubuque was injured but in satisfactory condition.
Four inmates of the state hospital for the insane returned today after a failed escape attempt. Hospital officials said three mental patients and a drug addict obtained two butcher knives, lowered themselves from a window with a sheet to the street, and fled Thursday night.
Letk s Mr and Mrs Walt Steward receive word from the War Department their son Walter W Steward Jr Fireman First Class suffered serious burns after a steam pipe burst aboard the U S Kearsary off Cuba. He remains in the ship's hospital and is to arrive in the States August 17 for naval medical care.
British forces seized leaders of the Jewish Agency for Palestine in a pre dawn operation across Jerusalem Tel Aviv and eight other towns. High Commissioner Sir Alan Cunningham said the drive aimed to smash terrorism and warned lawlessness would be crushed while Palestine future talks proceed. Five agency leaders were reported under arrest with unconfirmed reports of Hagana members also rounded up. A curfew blanketed the area as raids continued.
The Oelwein city council at a special meeting kept the Class B beer permit annual fee at $200, rejecting a request to cut to $100 amid beer shortages. There are 18 B permits in town and mayor Gunderson noted Ames and Cedar Falls levy larger general funds. The council renewed 43 cigarette permits at $75 each and granted building moves for four residents to relocate two boxcars on 5th St SW with neighborhood consent.
A Batavia radio report said Premier Sutan Sjahrir was kidnapped and President Soekarno assumed dictatorial power declaring a state of emergency in the Netherlands East Indies. The broadcast, recorded by the Dutch information service, lacked confirmation elsewhere. It said an armed group abducted Sjahrir and others from a Socrankarta hotel Thursday night.
Fayette county Democrats vote to send 41 delegates to the state convention July 15 16 in Des Moines though only 20 were entitled. Nearly 100 from 28 precincts attend the county meeting at West Union. Fre mont Clark and Mrs Clark named temporary and vice chairmen. New officers and committeemen were chosen as part of a renewal of the party. Delegates adjourned after a tribute to the late President Roosevelt.
Secretary of commerce Henry A. Wallace urged interchange of students among Latin Americans, Anglo-Saxons and Slavs at the University of Iowa summer session. He warned that international understanding in the atomic age is a matter of life and death, noting distinct traditions in hierarchy and law, liberty and industry, and general welfare.
President Truman signed a bill relaxing immigration rules for foreign fiances of U S soldiers. The measure lets fiances enter the United States for a three month Visitor period before July 1, 1947. On marriage they gain remaining eligibility automatically.
Local race results show Alan Smith winning the Buchanan GOP selection over Melrose. The decision comes from a local party meeting with party members naming Smith as their preferred candidate for the upcoming election.
Fire last night destroyed a house and all furnishings two and a half miles north of Independence. The Wackerbarth sisters owned the property, rented to the Ross Ham family. Hams uninsured. Wackerbarths not available for comment. Firefighters saved outbuildings. Spectators swelled crowds as rain trapped some on roads. In county news, Alan Smith was named GOP candidate for county attorney at a Republican convention in Buchanan County. Melrose trailed Smith by about eight tenths of one percent in Friday's tally, with 871 votes to 667 for Smith, 664 for Kramer, and 348 for Grief. Melrose indicated no comment on an independent run.
United Press reports heavy property damage and injuries to at least seven as fierce winds and rain battered Minnesota and the Dakotas. Tornado funnels appeared near International Falls and Huron, with another twister near Thief River Falls and Crookston damaging up to 50 barns. The Thief River Falls sewage plant area lost part of its system and a garage with five school buses was wrecked. A turkey rancher couple near Thief River Falls, Edgar and Mrs Longren, saw their home flipped multiple times by the wind.
In Austin Texas former railroad commissioner Jerry Sadler, a Democratic contender for governor, said his dental bridge failed during a campaign swing and he must cancel appearances until July 4. He will be holed up recovering.
Twenty five of twenty eight precincts were represented at the Fayette county Republican meeting in West Union yesterday. Officers elected were Edgar Traeger as county chairman Dr Elizabeth Smith Kennedy as vice chairman Grace Gilbert King as secretary and J A Erickson as treasurer. All officers were reelected except Erickson who replaces J F Miller who died recently. Regular business was transacted and attendees joined a round table discussion. Meeting adjourned about 1230.
In Chemung New York a three year old girl Paula Lepkoske tossed a mayonnaise jar with a playful note into a brook. Six months later an Italian official Benevelchienti from Leghorn wrote back saying the jar and note were found abroad and expressing a wish to visit the United States and Chemung someday. The note asked the finder to write to Paula about where it was found.
More than 35,000 men aboard the 75 target ships are being evacuated 48 hours before the atomic test codenamed Dave's Dream. Secretary Forrestal, Vice Admiral Blandy, and observers arrive as final preparations and instrumentation proceed on Kwajalein and Bikini Atoll.
State's Attorney William Tuohy announced he is convinced William Heirens, a 17 year old University of Chicago student, is the kidnap slayer of six year old Suzanne Degnan. Nine points of fingerprint similarity linked Heirens to the ransom note, yet prosecutors lack enough evidence for a grand jury. Heirens has offered no alibi and has not admitted guilt. Police say he feigned irrationality and made damaging statements.
A Laundering company truck was demolished about 5:15 a.m. Thursday five miles north of Fayette when the driver lost control while attempting to slow for an overtaking car. Blair, driving, swung left to avoid passing, struck a Buick coupe driven by Glatzback of Dubuque. No injuries reported.
Clifford Mabb a 31 year old World War II veteran is in critical condition at Des Moines veteran hospital after taking lye from a store yesterday He served in the 34th division from 1941 to 1946 He reportedly asked the clerk if the lye was poison then said he mistook it for epsom salts His throat is badly burned and the full extent of injuries will take days to determine He was transported by ambulance with his brother Edward accompanying him homeward after the incident
Washington reports Chester Bowles resigns as economic stabilizer in protest of the new price control bill. Bowles, since 1943 head of the OPA, sparked a bitter clash with Congress over full employment, a 65-cent minimum wage, and a cost absorption plan. He pushed for uniform cotton margins, triggering threats from cotton-state lawmakers to block renewal.
DES MOINES UP A freight rate increase of three to six percent on intrastate shipments was authorized by the state commerce commission yesterday as an emergency measure until a hearing on a 25 percent interstate rise. The increases, effective July 5, apply to all commodities except livestock, agricultural products, and mine products with coal priced three cents per ton higher.
Washington based Agri culture department spokesmen predict butter will be more available next week after terminating the military set-aside program. About 43 million pounds have been diverted under the program in two months, roughly 20 percent of total creamery butter output, yet production remains about 30 percent below the 1945 pace.
The House killed the extension bill by sustaining Truman's veto 173 to 142. Aimed to continue price controls, supporters proposed a resolution to extend OPA to July 20 or set a full year. Truman urged a four point plan for a lasting law and criticized Congress for delay. He warned the public that without a workable price control, inflation would rise.
President Truman signed a compromise bill extending the draft for nine months and allowing induction of men ages 19 through 44. He did not act on a companion measure to raise military pay, with back pay for privates and apprentices and increases for officers.
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