Truman weighs special session to study inflation rise
President Truman said he is weighing a call for a special session of Congress to address rising prices. He gave no firm decision and declined to comment on rumors surrounding Price Stabilizer Ellis Arnall. Arnall hinted Congress might be recalled if food and steel prices stay out of hand, drawing mixed reactions from Republicans and colleagues.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
Jesse
Wolcott
R-Mieh
GOP
House Banking Committee
Charles F. Brannan
Rogert L. Putnam
White House
Trutin
Missouri primary seen as omen for GOP win
Senator Everett M Dirksen said the Missouri Democratic senatorial primary result was a good omen for a Republican presidential victory this November. He noted Stuart Symington's runaway win over Truman's candidate and argued the outcome reflected voters’ judgment after Adlai Stevenson embraced Truman's platform. Theodore Green dismissed it as intra party scrap.
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Washington
Everett M. Dirksen
Missouri
Theodore Bf. Green
Truman
Stuart Symington
United States Senate
Truman Says He Would Back Barkley If He Ran
President Truman announced at his news conference that he would have supported Vice President Alben W. Barkley for the Democratic nomination had Barkley remained a candidate, but he believes the Democrats chose a winner in Gov Adlai E Stevenson and expects to back him. He added he never pledged support to Averell Harriman.
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Washington
Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Barkley
Adlai E. Stevenson
Averell Harriman
Stevenson
Tri City Drivers To Vote on Strike
Davenport Rock Island and Moline city bus drivers plan a vote to authorize a strike over wage demands and fringe benefits. The contract with Davenport City Lines and Rock Island Moline City Lines expires August 37. Union officials met with company representatives but postponed negotiations with no agreement.
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Tri-City
Davenport
ATL
Rock Island
Moline
Davenport City Lines, Inc
Moline City Lines, Inc
South Koreans Win Back Capitol Hill
South Korean Sabrejets shot down four Communist MIG-15s and damaged five others in high altitude air duels over North Korea. Ground forces pushed Chinese troops from Capitol Hill on the Central Front as the height changed hands for the sixth time since Tuesday. In seven air battles, 76 Sabres clashed with 120 MiGs near Sinuiju, near the Yalu River boundary. The August total reached 41 enemy jets shot down or damaged.
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Seoul
North Korea
Capitol Hill
Manchuria
Hammer Killer Sought in Chicago After Threats
Police hunted a "Hammer Killer" after a raspy voiced threat to invade two luxury hotels. A man in a light suit confronted Wo WOllel at a street car stop while phantom calls to headquarters warned of more violence. The battered body of Tom Acton, 65, was found in a Birmingham hotel room.
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Chicago
Bui
Near North Side
Wo Wollel
Killa Oon
Tom Acton
Birmingham
Ala
Kentucky and Tennessee Get Drought Aid
President Truman allotted 35 million in emergency funds to supply feed for dairy and beef herds in drought hit Kentucky and Tennessee. The relief will be managed by the Housing and Home Finance Agency and the Agriculture Department, with immediate help promised to other states if requested.
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Washington
Truman
Kentucky
Tennessee
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Department of Agriculture
Tennesee
Lawrence Wetherby
Gordon Browning
Complete Plans for Horse Show to Be Held Here August 8
Plans for the one day annual Washington Saddie Cins Horse Show are complete under chairman Lyle Lowe. Bleachers for 2000 spectators, a lighted show ring at Townsley park, 100 plus horses in 12 classes and $50 in prizes. Merle White of Cedar Halls as judge Janice Wilson of Mt. Pleasant as announcer Hilton Durst of Washington as ringmaster. Admission 31 for adults 50c for children. Entries from Iron Iowa communities and several from South Dakota Missouri and Illinois.
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Townsley Park
Merle White
Cedar Halls
Janice Wilson
Mt. Pleasant
Hilton Durst
Washington
Iowa
South Dakota
Missouri
Illinois
Reds Demand Joint Probe Into Panmunjom Shelling
Communist propagandists accused the United Nations of violating the truce by refusing a formal joint investigation of a shelling incident at Panmunjom last Saturday. Four shell fragments were found while UN security officers conducted an on the spot check. the UN declined, saying the evidence did not prove the shells originated from UN guns.
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Sanmunjom
Eld Comunist
United Nations
Pantmunjota
U. N
Peiping
Helton Indicted On Robbery Charge In Des Moines
Oscar Wayne Helton 24 Des Moines was indicted by the Polk County grand jury on robbery with aggravation in a case involving a Des Moines man Tuesday. He allegedly kidnapped beat and robbed the victim after forcing him to drive to a wooded area using a gun.
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Lundgren
Helton
Melton
Cedar Rapids
Marengo
Bernard Zornes
Zornes
Ceder Rapids
College Experts Say Corn Yields Can Be Increased
AMES AP Modern farming practices could lift Iowa corn yields 12 to 26 percent in about five years. Iowa State College experts Karl Heady C C Culbertsen and H B Cheney say livestock production and feed crop yields can rise 25 to 30 percent with better feeding efficiency. They estimate corn yields could rise from 50 to 59 bushels per acre aided by fertilizers higher planting rates and superior hybrids with better insect and pest control.
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Ames (Ap
Lowa
Lowa State College
Karl Heady
C. C. Culbertsen
H. B. Cheney
Mei
Soybean Stocks in Iowa Decline From Year Earlier
Iowa July 1 soybean stocks total 5.764 million bushels, down nine percent from last year but higher than July 1 readings 1846 to 1950. Farm stocks stood at 1.625 million bushels, 19 percent of the total, vs 2.972 million on farms a year earlier.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Crop Reporting Service
Wollrab Dies at Mercy Hospital Iowa City
Harry Wollrab died this morning at Mercy Hospital Iowa City after a short illness entering the hospital Wednesday. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. from Trinity Methodist Church Riverside with Rev. U bk Jones officiating. Burial Riverside Cemetery. Born June 1 1914 in Washington county he was son of Matilda and Milton Wollrab. Survived by wife Dorothy Rose Sojka two children Nancy and Richard both at home two brothers Verle and Donald and half brother Wilbur Chalupa and one sister Mrs Howard Fisher Riverside.
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Harry Wollraw
Ainworth
Mercy Hospital
Iowa City
Trinity Methodist Church
Riverside
Rev
U. Bk. Jones
Riverside Cemetery
Mr. Wollrab
Washington County
Ata
Matilda
Milton Wollrab
Dorothy Rose Sojka
Tle
Route 2
Ainsworth
Nancy
Richard
Verle
Donald Wollrab
Wilbur Chalupa
Howard Fisher
Broad Axe Mattock Sparked Debate At Townsley Park Fair
Mrs. Earl Cline of Washington visits the Journal to discuss a tool pictured at the Townsley Park Fair Association auction. She argues the item is a broad axe from pioneer days, not a mattock as reported.
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Earl Cline
Route 1
Washington
Journal
Bill Bruty
Cline
Harry Pearson
Richard Ross Exhibits Champion Baby Beef at Livestock Show
Richard Ross shows grand champion Angus in the baby beef division at the Washington county Junior Achievement Show. Judge Probert selects a reserve Shorthorn. breed champions and blue red ribbons awarded across numerous classes as 4 H and FIA members laud the two day event at Townsley Park.
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Bohr Bros
Richard Ross
Washington County
Bi Probert
Osill Durian
4-H
FIA
Townsley Park
John Dohogne
Morrell
Angus
Bill Durian
Hereford Bohr Brothers
Angus Richard Ross
Angus Peggy Stewart
Pat Tobin
Fred Durian
Janet Ross
Bob Wagenknecht
Jim McCreedy
Bohr
Bros
Gordon Miller
Jim Soukup
Dick Soukup
Bob Kleese
Hampshire
Paulette Gislain
Vern Wertman
Leon Mapel
Gerald Duncan
Bill Duncan
Ross
Durian
Junior Fair results highlight multiple breed champions
Ronald Robertson swept Tamworth boar and gilt titles with Jitter and Reserve boar honors. other blue ribbons went to Bill Paisley and Don Palmer in various divisions. Sheep, market hogs, and poultry segments mark winners including Myron Yoder, Larry Martin, and Paulette Gislain among many blue ribbon recipients.
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Larry Jack Jackson
Melvin Mullikin
Johnny Mullikin
Columbia
Myron Yorder
Marlin Peitter
Myron Yoder
Marlin Peiffer
Bill Chinelar
Lurey Martin
Yuaro Chinelar
Larry Martin
Bill Chinelit
Yaro Chinelar
Rodney Campbell
John Spenner
Jim Alsip
Don Spenner
Robert Spenner
John Thompson
Orval Farrier
Kenneth Greiner
Ed Miksch
David Norman
Ted Wiggins
John Ramsey
Merl Parmer
Fred Durian
Bohr Bros
David Palmer
Donald Koch
David Stephens
James Stephens
Harold Murphy
Rosemary Kuylan
Nick Durian
Bolt Bros
Joh Thompson
Johu Ramsey
Th Bohr Bros
Tard Murphy
Rosemary Durian
Don Palmer
Bon Koch
Larry Marek
Nickys Durian
Merl Parker
Orval Parker
Merl Farrier
Tex Wiggins
Don Kock
Don Pal
Greeks Shell Island Hold by Bulgarians
Greek forces shelled Gamma Island in the Myros River to retake the stronghold seized by Bulgarian Reds on July 23. Reports say Greek mortars lit fires that blanketed the island in smoke.
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Athens
Gamma
Myros
Weather outlook for Des Moines Iowa
Des Moines forecast calls for cloudy conditions with scattered showers to the west and north tonight. Warmer in the east and central, low 60s to 65. Friday expects partly cloudy skies with local thundershowers and cooler northwest late afternoon, high 84 to 92. Saturday remains partly cloudy and cooler.
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Iowa
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Dick McNeil
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