Washington Street sewer plan eyed by council
Washington city council in a special session heard Howard R. Green engineer C D Mullenix outline a plan to separate storm and sanitary sewers in the east part of town and to build a pumping station near East Washington Street. The panel also discussed state highway plans to repaveEast Washington Street and widen access to the Twelfth Street intersection with South Second Avenue. The council voted tentative approval and authorized estimates for urgent work. The city would cover 4250 dollars for larger 30 inch sewer sections to accommodate future needs.
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Washington City Council
City Hall
Heard C. D. Mullenix
Howard R. Green
Cedar Rapids
Esat
State Highway Commission
East Jefferson Street
East Washington Street
Rock Island Railroad
Tenth Avenue
South Seventh
Eighth
Ninth Avenues
Mullenix
Million Dollar Bank Heist in Tel Aviv by Sternist Group
A sternist underground gang dressed as Haganah police robbed Barclays Bank in central Tel Aviv, stealing about 17 million dollars with 250000 pounds. they overpowered guards, seized vault keys, and escaped without injuries. A prior attempt had targeted the bank's vaults months earlier.
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Tel Aviv
Sternist
Barclays Bank
Haganah
Stern Group
Ruther to Testify Before Jury Today
Walter J. Ruther, acting state car dispatches, was set to testify again before a grand jury in Des Moines. The probe centers on affidavits alleging Polk County fraud ties involving state employees. Ruther had already testified yesterday with Jens Grothe, special assistant AG, among questioners.
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Des Moines
Bris
Walter J. Ruther
Polk County
Ruther
Jens Grothe
Atty
Robert L. Larson
Street Widening and Storm Sewer Plan for City Limits
The city plans widen the street to 45 feet between Second and Fourth avenues and 40 feet eastward. Four new storm sewers along the north edge will be bore by the state. Council expects state highway commission approval after which bids will be awarded with city funding the larger sewers. Work could start soon and aim to finish this year.
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Second
Fourth Avenues
William Knudsen Dies at 69 in Detroit
William S. Knudsen, 69, former GM president and wartime production chief, dies at home after 18 months of illness. Family at bedside include wife Clara Elizabeth and four children. Funeral set for Thursday at Epiphany Lutheran Church with burial in Acacia Park Cemetery. Body to lie in state until 10 a.m. Thursday.
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Detroit
William S. Knudsen
General Motors Corporation
Army
Knudsen
Ford Motor Company
Chevrolet
Clara Elizabeth Knudsen
Semon F. Knudsen
Hubert C. Vander Kloor
John Stevenson
Martha Knudsen
Ronts
Epiphany Lutheran Church
E. T. Bernthal
Acacia Park
William R. Hamilton Company
Wheat Exports May Set Record
Washington report says U S grain exports may hit a crop year record of 77 million bushels, up from last year’s peak by 5 million, exceeding Truman’s conservation target by 7 million, aided by high grain prices and reduced meat production.
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Washington
United States
Cabinet Food Committee
Tsait
Truman Lastctober
Europe
U.S
Arabs Readied Forces Move Into Palestine Amid Tense Later
Reports from Beirut Cairo and Baghdad claim Arab regulars and troops are moving toward Palestine as King Abdullah leads an invasion effort. Britain warns against organized invasion before May 15 while withdrawing, with Abdullah's 15 000 to 20 000 legion already in the Holy Land per Beirut sources.
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United Press
Holy Land
Palestine
Beirut
Baghdad
Trans-Jordan
London
Abdullah
Little
Arab Legion
Primaries Underway in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts
Voters in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts cast ballots to select delegates to the Democratic and Republican national conventions. Turnout was muted with no clear race emerging. Massachusetts saw a minor bid for its 36 Democratic delegates while Pennsylvania voters chose 82 Democrats and 73 Republicans, with write-ins permitted and Truman on the ballot in Pennsylvania.
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United Press
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
James M. Curley
Boston
Douglas MacArthur
House
Thomas P. O'Neill Jr
Truman
GOP
Sen
Edward Martin
Harold Bk. Stassen
St Ambrose College to Honor Frank Mangold with B S Degree
Rev Msgr Ambrose J Burke president of St Ambrose college announced Frank Mangold of Washington will receive a Bachelor of Science degree. Mangold earns the degree in the spring commencement.
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Davenport
Msgr
Ambrose J. Burke
St. Ambrose College
Frank Mangold
Washington
Corn Insurance Deadline Nears for 1948 Crop
About 35 AAA committeemen attended a federal corn crop insurance meeting at the UMCSA where reports on progress and program status were presented by Thomas McGuire Maurice O Reilly and Basil Huston. The Aug 30 deadline for applying through local offices looms as the closing date and farmers are urged to visit the county office. County chairman Howard L. Witting noted the office will stay open Friday night to assist those unable to come earlier.
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AAA
U.m.csa
Thomas McGuire
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Maurice O'Reiley
Basil F. Huston
Frica
Howard L. Witting
Violence Flares at Wilson Plant During Picketing Clash
Chicago April 27 CIO United Packinghouse workers picketed the Wilson and Company meat packing plant as production employees entered amid scattered violence. Police dispersed a carload of pickets after clashes with supervisors and several arrests occurred. A storm disrupted the protest while the company reportedly recruited about 200 additional workers over the weekend.
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Chicago
Wilson and Company Meat Packing
CIO United Packinghouse
W Wilson
Tonneaus
St Ambrose College Degree Conferral Mentioned
A fragment notes a social science degree from St Ambrose College awarded on a Sunday afternoon in June 144s, indicating a formal academic milestone.
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Gree
St. Ambrose College
McPeek Evangelistic Services Continue
Rev. W. J. Stevens reports strong attendance and high interest at the McPeek evangelistic meetings led by Rev. and Mrs. F. R. McPeek. Services run nightly at 7:30 except Saturday with different topics each evening including Dynamic Power of God and Does God Heal the Sick.
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W. J. Stevens
The
Christian Tabernacle
Rev. McPeek
McPeek
Reuther Suspect Held by Police in Detroit
Police in Detroit announced the arrest of a man matching the gunman description who wounded Walter P. Reuther, CIO leader and UAW president. Witnesses identified the suspect as a former UAW organizer who boasted of shooting Reuther. A show-up and witness turnout will verify the identity. The informant, brought from Toledo, gave a name later doubted by officials as detectives questioned him.
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Detroit
Harry 3
Toy Today
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Toy
UAW
Reuther
Krug
Board Meeting Postponed One Week In Gragg's Absence
The Bus Scout district board meeting is postponed to next Tuesday evening due to the absence of district scout executive George Gragg who is out of state. The meeting normally meets on the fourth Tuesday each month and will now occur on May 4.
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George Gragg
Gragg
De Gasperi Accused Of Pushing War Policy In Italy
In Rome on April 27 Italian communists charged Premier Alcide De Gasperi with seeking arms from the United States to pursue a war policy. The claim followed an interview with Hugh Baillie of United Press and sparked cross party dispute as leftists threaten to split.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
America
de Gasperi
Hugh Baillie
The
United Press
Oline Conducts School Lecture at Chamber of Commerce
Large audience attends sales school session in the high school auditorium. Leonard Oline of Green Colonial furnace in Des Moines addresses the fourth session as 400 Washington salespeople hear about closing sales and suggestive selling. The final session is set for Thursday April 29 with Mary Williamson and Lou Loeutell scheduled to speak in two separate sessions.
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Leonard Oline
Green Colonial Furnace Company
Des Moines
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Cline
Mary Williamson
Younkers
Lou Loeutell
Stewart-Warner
Miss Williamson
Loeutell
Play Week Band Joint Broadcast by Win Littlejohns
Mr and Mrs Win Littlejohn of Washington will perform with the University of Iowa concert and varsity bands in a Wednesday evening joint broadcast over WSUL at eight o clock. Mr Littlejohn is president of the varsity band.
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Win. Littlejohn
Washington
University of Iowa
WSUL
Senate committee backs combined draft and universal training plan
Senate Armed Services Committee votes to begin work on a combined draft and universal training bill calling 161000 youths annually for 12 months of training and drafting 190000 men for two years. Opposition grows in the House where Chairman Walter Andrews says unity of draft and UMT is "out of the question."
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
House
Walter G. Andrews
House Armed Services
Senate
Armed Forces
UMIT
Army
Navy
Air Corps
Marines
Fire at Barclay Residence in Washington
Firefighters raced to the Charles Barclay home at 414 East Madison Street Monday afternoon after a gas explosion ignited a small blaze. Mrs Barclay suffered minor burns when she tried to light the basement hot water heater. crews contained the fire with limited damage.
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Washington
Charles Barclay
East Madison Street
Minstrel Show and Play Set for Washington JC Trio
Washington junior college students directed by Wendell Rider and Mrs. Evelyn Galbraith will stage a minstrel show and a one act play tonight in the high school auditorium.
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Washington Junior College
Wendell Rider
Evelyn Galbraith
John as Concert Band Secretary and Family Ties Noted
John serves as secretary for the concert band while Mrs. Littlejohn is identified as the former Doreen Long, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John E. Long of Washington.
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John
Littlejohn
Doreen Long
John E. Long
Washington
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Brooklyn
Kings County Lighting Company
N. Y
International Soundphoto
Italy
Alberto Tarchiani
Willard Thorp
Thorp
Game Bank
William Knudsen
New England
Bartlett Tree Expert Co
Cairo
Mangold
Wilson Plant
McPeek Evangelistic Services
Wis
Toledo
Joseph A. Krug
Wayne County
James N. McNally
Say de Gasperi
Socialist Party
Giuseppe Romita
Lelio Basso
Espresso
Pietro Nenni
Riviera
Nenni
Oline
Air Force
Gurney
Barclays
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