MacArthur Allows Japanese Press to Publish Anti MacArthur Attacks
Gen Douglas MacArthur orders censorship relaxation for Japanese papers to print American anti MacArthur material while Pacific Stars and Stripes and Army radio remain uncensored. Col M P Echols said the policy differs from earlier limits on pro and anti MacArthur club dispatches by Army outlets.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Col
M. P. Echols
MacArthur
Kyodo
Allied Headquarters
Japan
Echols
Pacific Stars and ‘Stripes
Army
United Press
Stara and Stripes
Army Radio
W-V-T-R
MacArthurs
University of California
Harvard University
University of California At
Toos Angeles
Farmers to discuss corn borer control in Oelwein
Farmers from Bremer, Buchanan, Clayton, and Fayette counties gather in Oelwein on Tuesday for a seminar on corn borer control. Iowa State specialists Harold Gunderson and C H VanVinck will discuss equipment, insecticides, and farming practices to reduce infestation, with local losses cited and a $40 prize and coffee at the event.
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Bremer
Buchanan
Clayton
Fayette
Oelwe
Harold S. Gunderson
C H. ‘VanVinck
Iowa State College
Fayette County
Oelwein Chamber of Commerce
Oelwein Livestock Exchange
W. Palmer Wilson
Chamber
Agriculture Committee
Harry Flower
Robert Dove Ray Heinle
Lawrence Liebe
George Platt
Arnold Miche
L Proctor
Glenn Edwards
Wheat futures rise as U S resumes wheat purchases
Wheat futures at the Chicago Board of Trade jumped at the open as the government resumed wheat purchases after a five week layoff. May delivery led gains while other grains also rose. The PMA said buys would total about 3 million bushels daily for export, with a risk of suspension if prices go out of line.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
PMA
Agriculture Departments
Burlington Man Opposes Wilson In GOP Primary
Burlington attorney John W. Calhoun challenged U S Sen George A Wilson for renomination in Iowa from Burlington. Calhoun, 44, served in the Iowa Senate 1933 to 1937 representing Jefferson and Van Buren counties and was a 1936 Republican nominee for Congress. A World War II veteran, he entered service in 1941 and rose to lieutenant colonel in the adjutant general’s department. He began practicing law in Keosauqua before moving to Burlington in 1937. He is married with two sons and a daughter.
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Burlington
U. S
George A. Wilson
John W. Calhoun
Iowa
Advocate General’s Department
Keosauqua
Singer Weds Pilot Who Saved Her Life
MIAMI FL AUP Singer Jane Froman and John C Burn the pilot who saved her life after a 1943 Lisbon air crash were wed in a simple ceremony at a friend's home yesterday. They honeymooned for two weeks at an undisclosed location and Froman stood unaided for 15 minutes for the first time since the crash.
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Miami
Fla
Jane Froman
John C. Burn
Lisbon
Miss Froman
Family in Hearse Seek New Home After Eviction
Seven members of five families and a pet dog, living in a 1992 hearse, roamed Council Bluffs in search of housing after eviction from a joint home on Avenue 604 for past due rent. Mrs. Glenn Foster aided the tour in her funeral coach, with her sons Bennie and Norman aboard along with others and two adults.
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Council Bluffs
Avenue
Glenn Foster
Diana Lor
Wad
Tans
Ray Ged
Packers Strike Looms Cuts to Buy Ahead
Packers cut live stock purchases and planned to finish slaughtering by tonight as a nationwide CIO strike set to begin at 12:01 a m Tuesday. About 100,000 workers at roughly 100 plants would strike, potentially shutting down about a third of the meat industry while the Chicago exchange said it would keep operating for eastern interests and smaller packers not affected.
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Chicago
Bre
CIO United Packinghouse
Chicago Livestock Exchange
Weekly Oelwein Weather Report
Snow accumulation noted in Oelwein with Irisid temperatures prevailing throughout the week. A low of 16 below was recorded on Thursday and the week’s high reached 33 on Saturday. Temperature readings listed for Saturday through Friday show inconsistent OCR readings but indicate a cold winter week.
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Oelwein
Frida
Red Cross Funds Afternoons At Chamber Of Commerce
Mrs Churchill T Williams assistant fund chairman announces afternoon collection hours at the Chamber of Commerce office from 2 to 4 p m next week to receive contributions. Reports show totals from Junior high school 21 00 Women of the Moose 10 00 McDowell club 2 00 Tuesday Tourist club 2 00 Rainbow girls 5 00 Business houses 60 00 Ward 1 none Ward 4 1 25 total 174 00 Clarence Smith added to business district workers Wiley Davis and Ollie Scholz contacting men s organizations.
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Churchill T. Williams
Red Cross
Chamber of Commirce
George Platt
Willams
Williams
Women of the Moose
McDowell Club
Rainbow Girls
Clarence Smith
Wiley Davis
Ollie Scholz
Rites Tuesday For Mrs Cousins In Iowa Obituary
Armenda Cousins 68 died at 2 45 am at home born Feb 24 1580 to William and Mary Voshell of Waseca Minnesota lived in Oelwein 25 years services Tuesday March 16 at 1 30 pm Brant Funeral Home officiated burial in Woodlawn Cemetery survivors include daughter Mrs Albert Schoultz of Ochwein sons William Herman Sheldon sisters Mrs C B Thomas of Wadena and Mrs Grace Quarie of Oelwein brothers Chaney Sherm Alfred of Arlington and Oelwein. several predeceased relatives.
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Armenda Cousins
William
Mary Smith Voshell
Waseca
Minn
Oelwein
Brant Funeral
R. L. Ervin
Brant Funeral Home
Woodlawn
Albert Schoultz
Ochwein
Wiliam
Herman
Independence
Sheldon
Davenport
C. B. Thomas
Wadena
Grace Quarie
Chaney
Sherm
Arlington
Alfred
Minneapolis Schools Ready to Reopen Monday
Spokesmen for the school board say they are confident the city-wide strike will be settled in time for students to resume classes on Monday. Superintendent William E. Goslin is expected to fly in from Texas, with teachers union representatives scheduled to meet soon after arrival.
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Minneapolis
Sirking Texers
Board of Education
Willand EB. Goslin
Lear Inday
Texas
Imsvediairis
Chaves EL Beyer
APL Federation of Men Teachers
Stassen Leads Iowa County Straw Vote at County Convention
Republicans at Fayette county convention favored Harold Stassen by a wide margin over Dewey and Taft, with small support for MacArthur, Martin, and others. Delegates to the state convention will be un instructed. State results show Stassen leading in Ames with 76 to Dewey 18 and Taft 8.
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Fayette County
Harold Stassen
Gov
Dewey
Sen
Taft
Truman
Stassen
MacArthur
Martin
Vandenberg
Warren
J. C. Davis
Alfred Stewart
C. W. Crahan
Gerald Wet- Jaufer
Paul Neubauer
W. Palmer Wilson
West Union
Des Moines
Ames
Club Plans Fish Fry Here in June
The Conservation Club held a board meeting at the Chamber of Commerce to plan their annual fish fry with dates tentatively set for June 2 or 22. The event will be at the Moose country home on prime grounds. The club also aims to host a wildlife exhibit in October for the Diamond Jubilee on July 25 and 26. Louis Palmer, president, appointed Deucy Miche, M. Russell and L. Novak to the city park pollution committee. Claude Alexander, conservation officer, was commended for his work during the past season. If weather stays cold, pheasants will be fed in the area Sunday afternoon.
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Conservation Club
Chamber of Commerce
Moose
Louis Palmer
Deucy Miche
M. Russell
L. Novak
Claude Alexander
Guard Poses As Thief Steals 30000 From Store
A thief impersonating a guard for an armored car service took a money bag valued at $26,000 in cash and $4,000 in checks from a Daniels and Fisher store. Shoppers and staff handed over the bag unaware of the theft until 15 minutes later. Police found the thief had vanished into the downtown crowd.
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Denver
Daniels and Fisher
Missing Northwest plane with 30 aboard near Alaska
A Northwest Airlines DC-4 charter with 30 aboard is missing between Anchorage and Edmonton after last radio contact near 1 am CST. The craft, en route from Shanghai to New York, carried 24 employees of a US oil firm and six crew members. A fire sighted on Mount Sanford is not confirmed as connected. officials cite mountainous terrain but note possible emergency landing options at nearby air fields.
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Minneapolis
Northwest Airlines
Anchorage
Alaska
Edmonton
Alberta
Guikana Range
Mount Sanford
Wrangell Mountains
Northwest
Shanghai
New Yok
Worthwest Airlines
U S
China
NWA
Meyers to Be Jailed While Appeal Pends
Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers faces sentencing for subornation of perjury with a possible 30 year term. His lawyer said he will appeal the conviction, but he remains jailed after a Friday bond ruling. Federal Judge Alexander Holtof ordered release on bond but not bail pending appeal.
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Washington
IJP
Bennett E. Meyers
Meyers
Senate
Alexander Holtoff
Painless Way to Pay Income Tax Hints at Odd Tale
A humorous report recalls a man who paid his income tax of about $200 in a Midwestern revenue office and, the next day, tried again only to be told he had already paid. He quipped that he knew he had a good one but did not realize how loud the payment would be.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Sobes
Byrnes calls for immediate enlistment of service and bigger air force
Former Secretary James Byrnes urged rapid reenactment of selective service and a larger air force to meet a looming crisis. He warned of possible Soviet moves in Greece, Turkey, and France, while stressing no invasion was imminent. He spoke at the 105th anniversary at a military college, calling for calm yet serious action and urging public readiness.
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Charleston
James Byrnes
Ttal
Finland
Greece
Tarké Haly
France
Miler
Stalin
Byrnes
Cudal Military College
Truman
Secretary of States
George C. Marshall
America
Bbut
Czechoslovakia
Congress
Marshall
Millions Pay Honor To Dead Czech Leader
Millions of Czechs honor Jan Masaryk in a state funeral as the communist regime forges a new national memory. At the Pantheon in Prague and Wenceslas Square, crowds jammed streets, Premier Gottwald spoke, President Beneš stood by the coffin, and chaos followed with injuries as a police cordon broke amid bells tolling across the city.
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Prague
Jan Masaryk
Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Eduard Benes
Wenceslaus Square
Pantheon
Prague Museum
Klement Gottwald
Panetheon
Wenceslas Square
Prague Radio
Bedrich Smetana
Housing plan seeks 500000 low rent units in four years
A joint congressional housing committee approved a public housing program proposing construction of 500000 low rent units over four years. Secretary Clinton P Anderson announced he will seek a Senate seat from New Mexico and would stay as secretary until the summer adjournment, expected in June. Coal operators fear miners may walk out next week to back John L Lewis, with industry spokesmen calling the stake a certainly possible action.
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Washington
Congressional Housing Committee
Clinton P. Anderson
Senate
New Mexico
Anderson
Truman
Agriculture
Congress
John L. Lewis
T Responsible
ISC To Buy Elkader Farm
Iowa State College agricultural foundation has completed arrangements to buy the Fascher Farm near Elkader in Clayton county. The 160 acre dairy operation will be leased on a stock-share basis and taken over March 1, 1949, by the foundation after possession.
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Ames
Iowas State College Agricultural Foundaen
Clayton County
Charles Finley
Fascher
Elkader
Plan to Improve Township Meetings
Executive committee of the Jefferson township Farry Bureau met at Mrs. Joe Hall’s home to discuss improving township meetings. They invited Scott township to join the April 1 session planned at the K C hall.
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Jefferson Township
Farry Bureau
Joe Hall
Acton
Scott Township
K. C Hall
Buchanan GOP Backs Cherny As National Delegate
Independence special report: Buchanan county Republican convention endorses John L. Cherny to represent the second district at the national convention. It notes the county has not sent a national delegate in 28 years while listing delegates chosen for the April state convention from multiple towns and names.
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Deak Independence
Buchanan County
John L. Cherny
Independence
Arlene Raymond
J. L. Tielland
Mrs. Raymond
John L. Chey
John A. Cherny
Roy Cook
Lydia Emery
M. O. Fouts
Ixer Rathbun
Tamlin Holland
Clara Hathaway
Ruth Tribon
Paul Seener
Ray Kemmerer
Maude Kimball
Lester Brame
Independener
Arhe Martin
Earl Bentley
Fairbank
J. N. Smith
Harleton
W. J. Campbell
Jesup
W. R. Jeweh
Aurora
Bess Durham
Lamont
Harry Orcutt
Coggons
Arlene Buchanan
Quasquetan
Train and Gas Truck Collision Near Portland No Injuries
A Union Pacific passenger train collided with a gasoline truck on the Willamette River bridge in Portland. Fire followed the explosion sending flames over 100 feet. No one was injured. truck driver and train crew escaped.
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Portland
Ore
Union Pacific
Hatchery Burns 5000 Chicks in Fire blaze
A large hatchery in Gladbrook was ruined when a fire started in a women’s apparel shop and spread to the hatchery burning about five thousand chicks to death. Fire crews battled the blaze through the day and contained the flames to the premises. No injuries reported and investigators examine the cause.
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Gladbrook
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U.S
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Agriculture Department
Wilson
Singer
Pilot
Pach Ves
Oelwein Weather Report
Prem Doral Newa Teed
C. C
Mrs. Cousins
Stassén
Dean
Harold Ison
Minnesota
Thomas F. Dewey
New York
Cinlara
Benes
Bulletins
ISC
Elkader Farm
Prep
Dow
Buchanan Gop
Cherny
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