Sizzling Legislature Issues Still Unsettled in Iowa
Iowa lawmakers face unsettled bills on money, a veterans bonus, beer, tobacco, and roads as adjournment nears. Gov Blue signed 35 measures. House favors about 50 million yearly appropriations while Senate trims. A beer tax compromise is near. veterans' bonus creation underway. Road funding remains contentious with a north south split likely.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Robert D. Blue
House
Senate
Assembly
Ways and Means Committee
Roads E Committee
Radio airs first Son of Man passion play Easter week
Church notices say The Son of Man, first passion play for a radio network, will be heard on the Columbia system during Easter week. No broadcast times are listed. listeners may learn times via CBS announcements.
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CBS
Suburban Chicago Floods Strain Rescue Efforts
Floods swamped Chicago suburbs after the heaviest spring rainfall in years. Rescuers saved 500 people from flooded homes. the Red Cross, Coast Guard, and state police assisted. Waters rose to second stories as debris clogged underpasses, with rail and highway traffic disrupted.
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Chicago
The
Red Cross
U. S. Coast Guard
Number of fatal accidents lower
Des Moines reports a sharp drop in fatal highway accidents for the previous month. Twenty seven people died, thirteen fewer than March 1946, while year to date fatalities total 107, thirteen less than the similar period last year.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Safety Education Section
Department of Public Safety
Dan Steele
Department
Easter Masses Announced By St James Parish
Rev H J Corcoran of St James church announces Easter masses with high mass benediction at 200 am and morning low masses at 8 and 9 am The choir led by Mrs Irene Ofelt Mrs Av wa Harmeier organist performs a program including Christ Is Risen Kyrie Gloria Credo Sanctus Benedictus and Agnus Dei with Offertory Regina Coeli and Benediction precedes communion hymns featuring Domine Non Sum Pignus Heart of Jesus Hear and O Salutaris Gantum Ergo and final recessional Alleluia.
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H. J. Corcoran
St. James Church
Irene Ofelt
Av Wa Harmeier
Christ
Linzenberger
Theodore von la Hrebe
Regina Coeli
Werner
Democrats Hear Mr Truman at Mayflower Dinner
President Truman will address Jefferson Day dinners across the nation at 9 30 P M CST in Washington. A lavish $100 plate Mayflower hotel dinner will feature the speech of 15 to 20 minutes and network coverage excluding CBS. Henry A Wallace will attend but sit on the main floor to the president’s left.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Mayflower
CBS
Henry A. Wallace
Administration
Wallace
Indian Preaches Gospel to Whites at Pulpit Rock
At The Dalles Oregon on Easter Sunday Rev. Ray Zack a full blooded Indian missionary of the Church of Christ will conduct sunrise services at Pulpit Rock the site of a 109 year old missionary tale. Zack pastor of the Indian mission at McKinley Washington will preach to white worshipers reviving the tale of the resurrection first told by Rev Daniel Lee in 1838.
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Dalles
Ore
Ray Zack
Church of Christ
Pulpit Rock
Daniel Lee
The
Zack
McKinley
Wash
Iowa farmer freed after pleading guilty to child neglect
Clarinda Iowa April 5 a farmer near town named Clyde Lynam was granted freedom on a suspended 90 day sentence after pleading guilty to leaving his two children aged 7 and 9 in a car overnight. He told police he forgot about the children.
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Clarinda
Iowa
Clyde Lynam
Here
Lynam
Academy Award Picture to Be Seen Seeds of Destiny
The 1946 Oscar for best documentary went to Seeds of Destiny produced by the U S War Department. After limited theatrical runs it was pulled for being too strong and is now shown by churches for Overseas Relief. The First Methodist Church in Washington hosts a Sunday 7 20 pm screening with a free will offering, plus the film A Journey Into Faith about the Emmaus appearance.
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War Department
Methodist Church
United States
Csimena
Church World Service
Interdenominational Agency For Overseas Relief
Washington
First Methodist Church
Jesus
Emmaus
Beer Revenue in State Drops in March
Des Moines reports March beer tax collections declined by 25,903 to 115,081. Cigaret tax revenue rose to 269,559, up from February 306,559 and March 1946 290,140, an increase of 79,540 over last year.
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Des Moines
State Tax Commission
Milwaukee freight engine plunges into Des Moines River
A Milwaukee freight engine and two cars with three crew members crashed through a bridge into the Des Moines river at Ottumwa around 9 AM. All three men aboard were rescued unharmed.
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Ottumwa
Des Moines
Eddyville
Tracy
Wealth Unit Activities Schedule
The Week of April 7 lists a Friday session from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm featuring an X ray clinic held in Dr. Boice's office. The notice specifies timing and location for participants in the wealth unit activities.
Easter Observances End Passion Week In Rome And Jerusalem
In Rome Easter rites ended passion week as crucifixes and images were unshrouded with holy water restored. Fires lit churches as candles were re lit, and priests blessed Easter meals at home. In Jerusalem Christians prepared for Easter amid a fragile truce with police and British troops guarding crowds near Golgotha and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.
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Rome
Jerusalem
Palestine
Old City
Christendom
Golgotha
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Heavy Rain Boosts County Crops Start
A soaking rain last night and today brought 2.30 inches total moisture, thawing frost and accelerating oats planting in Washington county. Flooding along Crooked creek and higher rivers was monitored with no major damage expected unless another downpour. Fair Sunday forecast with cool winds and rising rivers through the day.
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Washington County
Crooked Creek
Des Moines
Lamoni
Keokuk
Iowa
State Highway Commission
Montrose
Albia
Middle
Weather Bureau
Eddyville
Mystic
Highway Commission
Mississippi
Marr Services Set for Monday
Funeral services for George W. Marr 83 will be Monday at 2 pm at L A Jones funeral home in Ainsworth led by Rev O J Fix with burial at Ainsworth cemetery. Marr longtime Washington county resident born July 12 1863 married Pearl White in 1911 survived by wife and one daughter Mrs E C Hansen of Brooklyn New York.
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George W. Marr
Ainsworth
L. A
William
Eliza (Bone) Marr
Pearl White
Methodist Church
Ainsworth Lodge of Masons
E. C. Hansen
Brooklyn
N. Y
May Settlement Sought as Milk Strike Persists in Ottumwa
Milk Producers Association members halt milk shipments in Ottumwa for the fourth day. Farmers report prospects for a settlement are bright after a late night meeting with Ottumwa distributors.
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Ottumwa
Milk Producers Association
Ottuuwa
Four Die In Tornado Near Poteau Oklahoma
Four persons were killed and several injured as a tornado ripped through sparsely settled hills near the Arkansas border south of Poteau Oklahoma. Authorities reported the casualty toll and area damage remained to be fully assessed.
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Poteau
Okla
Arkansas
Boys Sentenced for Burglary Admits Theft
In Ottumwa two youths aged 15 and 17 were sent to Eldora training school after admitting to robbing three grocery stores of 1492 dollars and several checks. Police recovered 1000 dollars and some checks and said the pair also admitted stealing 15 cars in four months.
Navy pilots downed thousands of planes in World War II
U S navy carrier pilots shot down 6 484 enemy planes in World War II, U S losses were 462.
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U. S. Navy
U. S
Union Ready To Consider Settlement
NFTW president Joseph A. Beirne told Secretary of Labor Schwellenbach the union would consider any concrete proposal to avert the nationwide strike set for 6 am Monday. He said arbitration may be acceptable only if negotiations occur first, as AT&T seeks a settlement through arbitration amid looming labor action.
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Washington
Wup
The
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Secretary of Labor
Lewis BR. Schwellenbach
NFTW
Joseph A. Beirne
Schwellenbach
Beirne
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Angry Clash at Moscow Parley
The Big Four agreed on establishing a central administrative agency for Germany but failed to settle key details. A heated exchange between Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky and U S Ambassador Robert Murphy flared over the division of power and an analogy about U S federal and state police.
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Moscow
U. S
George C. Marshall
Jeff
Athenias Politos
Middle East
International Soundrhoto
Big Four
Germany
Andri Vishinsky
Robert Murphy
Vishinsky
Murphy
United States
Army Day Review in Tokyo Honors Service at Palace
In Tokyo on Army Day the American forces held a large review in front of the Imperial palace. Senator Douglas MacArthur issued an order to the troops praising their conduct during times of war and peace.
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Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Douglas MacArthur
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