India Proclaims Republic Amid Violence In November 1947
India declares itself independent with Rajendra Prasad sworn in as president and Nehru forming the first government. Communists clash in Bombay demonstrations injuring several and a failed assassination attempt on the Nizam of Hyderabad. Britain’s rule ends as India joins the Commonwealth with a constitution akin to the American Bill of Rights.
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New Delhi
India
Bombay
Hyderabad
Durban Hall
Rajendra Prasad
Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Republic
Britain
George VI
Commonwealth of Nations
Cash Market Opens in Former Renee Surplus Site
Albert and Mrs. Mills announce the opening of a new Cash Market on Friday January 27 in the former Renee Surplus building across from the State theater. Store hours run 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. daily including Sundays. The remodeled room houses the market. Mrs. Pearl Frain now resides in the Hubert Crail apartments.
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Albert Mills
Renee
State Theater
Wallace Denies Uranium Stories
Former vice president Henry A. Wallace testified to the House Un American Activities Committee that he had no involvement in wartime atomic shipments to Russia and was not aware they were made. He said responsibility lay with individuals outside his control.
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Washington
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
House UN- American Activities Committee
Wallace
End-Leese
Pastor Curriey resigns from local Baptist church
Lev Curriey has resigned his pastorate at the Baptist church after about a year of service. He plans to move to Pueblo Colorado in the near future.
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Lev. Vol. Curriey
Baptist Church
Pueblo
Colo
Snow Falls in New York Every Month, Cornell Meteorologist Says
A Cornell meteorologist reports snow has occurred in New York state in every calendar month, indicating a year round occurrence of snowy conditions across the state. The finding highlights unusual and ongoing winter weather patterns impacting communities and infrastructure.
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New York State
Cornell
Postpone Farm Adult Class for One Week
The adult farmer class at the high school is postponed one week due to bad weather. Leonard Tindal, vocational agriculture instructor, says the class will resume next Wednesday for the final meeting of the winter series sponsored by the high school vocational agriculture department.
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Leonard Tindal
Leslie Kral
Ames
Washington
Vocational Agriculture Department
Less Corn On Farms But Record National Supply
Washington reports farm corn holdings down from last year while the United States shows the largest overall corn supply on record. About one fifth of the stock is stored in Iowa.
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Washington
Lowa
Lewis May Order Mines to Work
John L. Lewis may publicly order 90 000 striking coal miners to return to work on Monday for a three day shift, seeking to delay presidential intervention in the soft coal wage dispute. Government officials say President Truman would stay hands off if the walkout ends quickly. The note adds a detail about cigarette burn temperatures.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
White House
President Truman
Truman
Record High Temps across Iowa and Montana face deep freeze
Winter continues to grip the Midwest with Iowa in a deep freeze as eastern Montana reports record highs for the season. The Weather Bureau forecasts little warmup in Iowa before Friday afternoon with no melting above freezing until at least Saturday. Eight inches of snow complicates travel as Stillwater businessmen brace for an outdoor event despite eight below zero conditions.
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Chicago
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Severe blizzard cuts Dakotas and Minnesota isolates towns
A severe blizzard struck the Dakotas and Minnesota Tuesday, leaving hundreds of phone circuits down and isolating communities. Northwest North Dakota and Minnesota saw the sharpest cold in years with Glasow and Bismarck reporting subzero readings while warm spots in the East set April-like records in Detroit Atlanta Cleveland Buffalo and Pittsburgh.
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Spencer
Sibley
Washington
Detroit
Atlanta
Cleveland
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Glasgow
Mont
Bismark
N. D
Dakotas
Minnesota
Chicago
Bennett to Campaign On Record Program
Des Moines report says Myron J Bennett campaign manager Gordon Lowney announced Bennett will woo votes on a disc jockey show broadcast across 15 radio stations as part of the Democratic gubernatorial bid.
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DES Moines
Myron J Bennett
Bennett
Gordon Lowney
Engine Drops From Airliner Over Chicago
North west airlines sought to determine why an engine tore loose from a Stratocruiser carrying 44 persons. The engine plunged near a recreation hall at Glenview Naval air station. No injuries among 37 passengers and seven crew. The incident followed a similar 24 hour earlier loss over the Pacific on a Pan American Stratocruiser.
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Chicago
Northwest Airlines
Glenview
Naval Air Station
San Francisco
Tokyo
Pacific
Boeing Aircraft Co
Minneapolis
New York
Chicago Midway Airport
Naval Base
R. A. Ernst
Saseline Storage
Evening Journal to be featured on WOI program
The Washington Evening Journal will be one of 22 Iowa newspapers showcased on the inaugural "We Iowa Editors" radio program on WOI at 1 15 p m Saturday. John M Hetum, Des Moines Register columnist, directs the broadcast which will present selections from state newspapers and capture diverse editor perspectives.
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Ames
Washington Evening Journal
Iowa
WOI
John M. He
Des Moines Register
Iowa City Driver Hits State Truck in Ice Craze Near Riverside
Raymond Cherry of Iowa City damaged his car by 500 dollars when passing a snowplow state truck driven by Don Smith of Washington two miles south of the junction of highways 218 and 22 near Riverside. The state truck remained undamaged after Cherry failed to pass on an icy surface and struck its rear.
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Raymond Cherry
Iowa City
Don Smith
Washington
Riverside
Charles Snyder
Cherry
Will Chorpening Death Calls J W Chorpening Home
J W Chorpening returned from Tamaroa Illinois after the death of his uncle Will Chorpening, prompting a family gathering and obituary notice.
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J. W. Chorpening
Tamaroa, Ill
Will Chorpening
Ben Bennett to hold 80 minute daily broadcasts in Iowa
Ben Bennett will establish studios at Hotel Fort Des Moines on February 6 to tape record 80 minute twice daily entertainment broadcasts. He will conduct the programs as paid political broadcasts. The gubernatorial candidate previously used entertainment plus politics as a local station disc jockey. Stations in Des Moines and multiple Iowa cities will air the broadcasts along with Omaha.
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Ters
Bennett
Des Moines
Fort Des Moines
Omaha
Davenport
Dubuque
Clinton
Cedar Rapids
Sioux City
Mason City
Ottumwa
Spencer
Keokuk
Fort Madison
Burlington
Creston
Council Bluffs
Carol Ann Paight Faces Trial Today In Mercy Killing
Carol Ann Paight a 21 year old college senior charged with second degree murder for killing her dying father in Stamford Connecticut she faces state testimony that she planned the murder and violated the laws of God and man. The Fairfield county jury was to be completed and opening statements were excluded under Connecticut practice.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Carol Ann Paight
Fairfield County
Lorin
W. Willis
Connecticut
Stamford, Conn
Carl W. Paight
Dr Slutz to Speak at Community Forum Tonight
Dr Frank D Slutz of Dayton Ohio will be the first of four speakers in the community forum series opening tonight at 8 oclock in the high school. He is an educator and counselor and will discuss Why Children Go Right.
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Frank D. Slutz
Dayton
Ohio
Slutz
Plans for PTA Benefit Show At Lincoln January 31
City Parent-Teachers Council announces a benefit show Tuesday January 31 at Lincoln school gymnasium. The Stewart school PTA cast will present the play Old Fashioned School to raise funds for the district PTA meeting expenses in Washington in March.
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Parent-Teachers Council
Lincoln School
Stewart School
PTA
Washington
Get Your Books Kids Washington Topeka Leader Travels To Des Moines
Des Moines report notes Dr. Kenneth Mc Farland superintendent of schools at Topeka Kansas traveled through a storm to speak to Iowa grain dealers after his flight from New York was grounded. He used a train to Chicago and a Kansas City car to reach Des Moines just 30 minutes before his scheduled appearance.
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Topeka
Kan
Kenneth McFarland
New York
Des Moines
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa
Columbus
Chicago
Kansas City
Mouser Services Held for Fred Mouser
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o clock at Jones Funeral Home with Rev. C E Strong and Rev. B G Hall presiding. Pallbearers named Milton Maas Newton Benson William Keening Orva Scott Frank Leeper and Clifford Freel. Burial followed in Richmond Cemetery.
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Fred Mouser
Jones Funeral Home
C. E. Strong
B. G. Hall
Milton Maas
Newton Benson
William Keening
Orva Scott
Frank Leeper
Clifford Freel
Richmond Cemetery
France Britain Join America In Note to Russians
The Big Three Western powers protest to the Soviet commandant over a Berlin blockade. An American convoy of 57 trucks, guarded by seven MPs on motorcycles, passed Helmstedt and reached Berlin while Russians intensified inspections of non military trucks. Some 260 German trucks awaited clearance at Helmstedt.
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France
Britain
America
Berlin
Russia
Western
Germany
Helmstedt
Burham Tops JC Students With Perfect 4.0 Average
Bob Burham, freshman at Washington Junior College, posted a 4.0 grade average the highest in the first year class. Principal Robert Everetts released figures showing Norma Horak led the sophomore class with 3.4, while several students reached 3.0 or higher.
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Bob Burham
Washington Junior Colle
Robert Everetts
Norma Horak
Everetts
Beardsley Seeks Re-Election as Iowa Governor
Governor William S. Beardsley announced he will seek a second term to finish their task, avoiding a Republican primary with Senator Rourke B. Hickenlooper. He cited ongoing programs in Iowa and argued a two year term would be insufficient to complete and expand his objectives while touting his record of no deficit spending and limited tax levies. He noted veterans bonus, school aid from 1949, and a 20 year highway program as key actions.
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Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
United States Senate
Beardsley
Winter trends foreseen as warmer East with cold spell ahead
Jerome Namias of the Weather Bureau notes temperatures east of the Mississippi ran well above normal for two months. He warns the winter is not over and predicts a swing to colder weather in February and March, despite recent record heat in many areas.
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Washington
Namias
Weather Bureau
Mississippi
Roosevelt May Run For N Y Governor
Rep. Franklin D Roosevelt Jr. enters the spotlight as a likely Democratic candidate for New York governor. He will substitute for Mayor William O Dwyer at the victory dinner while O Dwyer visits Florida for illness. Roosevelt, 35, won his Manhattan district seat last May in a special election with Democratic Liberal backing.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
William O'Dwyer
O'Dwyer
Florida
Roosevelt
State House
Albany
O’dwyer
Manhattan
West Side
Harold Schmidt Stationed at Lackland Air Force Base
Pvt Harold Schmidt AF17277401 is stationed at Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas with address 3703 Training Squadron Flight 4725. He invites friends to write him and share news from home.
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Harold Schmidt
San Antonio
Texas
Lackland Airforce Base
Pvt. Schmidt
Lincoln Day Dinner Tickets Go Fast in Des Moines
David Livingston, chair of the Washington county Republican central committee, announced tickets for the Lincoln Day Dinner on February 16 at the KRNT radio theater ballroom in Des Moines are $25 per plate and selling rapidly. Senator William F. Knowland of California will be the main speaker, with a meet the candidates session after. Contact Livingston to buy tickets as the county quota nears completion. Mr and Mrs Lewis Rath of Davenport visited Mayor Ernest Balladay who remains ill in hospital with unchanged condition.
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David Livingston
Washington County
Republican Central Committee
KRNT
Des Moines
Livingston
William F. Knowland
California
Lewis Rath
Davenport
Ernest Balladay
Mr. Balladay
Des Moines Iowa Weather Outlook
Weather for Des Moines shows clear and cold conditions with a dramatic split in temperatures. Highs today around five below to ten above, with lows tonight down to 15 below in the north and 5 to 10 below in the south. Friday expected fair skies and rising temperatures from 10 above in the north to 20 in the south. Northwest winds at 120 mph this afternoon easing tonight, then south winds near 15 mph Friday. Record shows Wednesday high 43 and low 14.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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