Iowa Democrats Endorse Two Disputes At State Convention
Iowa Democrats concluded their state convention in Des Moines after quick caucuses on leadership and a liquor by the drink proposal. Harold Johnson moved for a presidential preference poll, reviving memory of May 28 clashes, while two new members joined the State Central Committee. The platform included a parochial school bus plank and calls to repeal parts of Taft Hartley, raise taxes, and boost farm support prices.
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Des Moines
Harold Johnson
Centerville
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Iowa
Johnson
Lester Gillette
Democratic State Central Committee
Linn County
Lee Gankler
Davenport
State Central Committee
Jake More
Harlan
Big Three Propose Peace Talks on German Elections
The United States Britain and France urged Moscow to begin four power talks toward a German peace treaty without a Russian veto. They proposed a neutral commission to study elections in a united Germany and accused the Soviets of widening East West split and eroding the Berlin Wall. The note stressed no major conference while an impartial inquiry group would set elections.
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Washington
United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
Moscow
Germany
Fire destroys drug store and grocery in Harlan Iowa
A fire that began with a basement explosion at the Norgaard Drug Store in Harlan Iowa swept through the building and a nearby Deluxe Food Market causing more than 50000 in damage. Firemen battled the flames for three hours. the cause of the explosion remains unknown.
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Harlan
Norgaard Drug Store
Deluxe
County Hospital Increases Rate Across the Board
Washington county hospital board approves a two dollar daily rate rise effective July 1 to cover higher costs for private care materials salaries and modernization. Officials note no raise in two years and compare costs per patient day with national trends while stressing continued operation under a one mill tax levy and welfare funding.
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Washington Countys Hospital
Chines Tve
Board of Trustees
Washington County Hospital
Welfaare
Unnt
Washington County
Mrs. John Little Dies Former Washington Resident
Washington mourns Mrs. John C. Little formerly of this city born August 4, 1874, daughter of Henry and Mary McMillin. She married Seth Nicola in 1895. he died in 1902. Survived by four daughters Myrna Neil Mary Chamberlin Myrtle Seymour and Mary Crown and 18 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren. Burial and funeral were in Des Moines.
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Washington
John C. Little
Des Moines
Mrs. Little
Henry
Mary McMillin
Seth Nicola
Nicola
Verdi
Myrna Neil
Mary Chamberlin
Myrtle Seymour
Mary Crown
John Co Litthe
Tle
Luthe
President Signs 211 710 Appropriations Bill
President Truman signed SPOS 211 710 appropriations bill late Thursday to fund the State Justice and Commerce Departments for fiscal 105 percent. The measure came in 18 percent below his request, totaling 217 701 424 dollars in cuts.
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Eton
Truman
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
Ridgway Rejects Hoover Defense Plan
General Matthew Ridgway, commanding Allied forces in Europe, rejected the Hoover Taft doctrine that relies on a large Air Force at the expense of ground and naval forces. He said it is unsound for any nation to depend on a single branch of the armed services.
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London
Cup
Matthew I. Ridgway
Supreme Allied Commander For
Europe
Ridgway
Herbert Hoover
Robert A Taft
Construction Workers Die in LeMars Crane Crash
Two LeMars men Ralph Wiltgen and Darwin Betsworth, ages 29 and 21, were killed when a steel boom struck a high voltage line during construction of a Farm Bureau warehouse. They were erecting an elevator shaft and hoisting materials at the site.
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LE Mars
Iowa
CUP
Tasper
Ralph Wiltgen
Darwin Betsworth
Farm Bureau
Clyde Spry Bans Swine Shipments Into Iowa Saturday
Secretary of Agriculture Clyde Spry announced a ban on importing hogs into Iowa for breeding exhibition or slaughter due to a vesicular exanthema outbreak. The order stops farm sales at sale barns unless cleaned and disinfected, bans garbage fed hogs, and requires direct shipments to slaughterhouses with veterinary health certificates.
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Clyde Spry
Iowa
Des Moines
Lowa
Spry
Midwest
West Coast
You Can't Win Film Shown at Prairie Flower
A film titled You Can't Win will be shown Sunday night July 13 at the Prairie Flower theater. Dr Bob Jones of Bob Jones University presents an illustrated sermon accompanying the showing.
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Prairie Flower
Tio Pom
Bob Jones
Bob Jones University
Iowa Man Elected Methodist Bishop
Dr. Edwin E. Voigt of Simpson College Indianola Iowa and Rev. D Stanley Coors of Central Methodist Lansing Mich were elected Methodist bishops at the North Central Jurisdictional conference on the morn ing session Voigt won 251 votes on the 14th ballot with 221 needed to elect and there were no nominations Delegates could vote for any churchman. In Pocoontas Ark sheriff Rex Harper notes burglars have struck twice taking only womens girdles.
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New Methodist
Edwin E. Voigt
Simpson College
Indianola
Iowa
UN Air Offensive Hits Pyongyang and Supply Lines
United Nations forces launched a massive air operation against North Korea, targeting Pyongyang’s supply centers on multiple waves. More than 1,850 sorties were flown by Allied planes including American British and other allied air forces, striking rubber and ammunition factories roads and military facilities.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
Pyonggwange
Atv
Sariwon-Hwangin Road
Sth Air Force
South African Air Force
Royal Australian Air Force
Republic of Korea Air Force
Trruck
Five Candidates Named at Convention in Chicago
At the Republican National Convention in Chicago five candidates were placed in nomination for president: Gen Dwight Eisenhower Sen Robert Taft Gov Earl Warren Harold Stassen and Gen Douglas MacArthur. Delegates praised each man’s qualities and electability amid calls to renew the two party system ahead of November.
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Niga
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Kurl Warren
California
Harold& Stussen
Minnesota
Douglas MacArthur
Mckeldin
Theodore R. Mckkeldin
Maryland
Eisenhower
Tafts
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Ohioan
GOP
William F. Knowland
Calif
Earl Warren
Union
Eisenhower Taft Nominations Prompted by GOP Convention
At the Republican National Convention Eisenhower slept through his nomination before awakening to a TV watch party. Taft followed the proceedings from his campaign headquarters with his family nearby while a playful note about a singing canary surfaced from Sheriff Carroll Robinson in Jackson Mississippi.
Chinese Reds Demand Forced Prisoner Repatriation
In Panmunjom the Chinese Reds urged the United Nations to end bargaining over prisoners and accept forcible repatriation of all captives. They warned armistice talks would stall if prisoners from North Korea homes are not allowed to return, as UN and Communist delegates met under a news blackout for a eighth straight day. A secret session was planned for Saturday.
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Korea
United Nations
Ana
North Korea
Peiping
U.N
Tlacm
Iowa Delegation Favors Eisenhower and Joins Bandwagon
The Iowa Republican delegation opened at the national convention with 16 votes for Dwight D. Eisenhower and 10 for Robert A. Taft. After Minnesota shifted its support to Eisenhower, Iowa increased its tally to 20 for Eisenhower and six for Taft. The delegation later moved to poll and confirmed the same split, with Hickenlooper Beardsley Goodwin and Spangler voting for Eisenhower Taft and others remained undecided as the caucus hour closed.
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Chicago
Iowa
Gen
Dwight D Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Minnesota
Robert Taft
Taft
Eisenhower Hickenlooper
Anna Lomas
Robert K. Goodwin
Eisenhower
Decorah Druggist Found Hanged in Store Basement
Decorah pharmacist Bar Zabrndt was found dead by hanging in the basement of his drug store. The coroner ruled death by own action. Zabrndt, with 11 years in the shop, had recently purchased the store and left a note despite law officers urging cooperation.
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Decorah
Bar Zabrndt
Zahrndt
Minnesota Switches Vote Eisenhower Wins on First Ballot
The Republican National Convention in Chicago named Gen Dwight D Eisenhower for the 1952 presidential campaign on the first ballot after a 54 minute roll call. Taft supporters pledged to back the ticket and Dewey led coordination from Hilton headquarters. Harold Stassen was celebrated for his pivotal role in delivering the nomination.
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Eisenhower
Chicago
Republican Party
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Robert A. Taft
White House
Taft
Ike
Hilton Hotel
Thomas E. Dewey
New York Exchange
Stassen
Harold Ek
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Open New Conference On Steel Walkout
Pittsburgh talks between steel industry reps and CIO United Steelworkers advance with a secret meeting and a planned session to resolve a 41 day nationwide steel walkout. ore mine workers aim to restore production to avert next winter shortages as railroads consider supplementing lake shipments.
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Pittsburgh
CIO United Steelworkers
U. Ss. Steel
Great Lakes
Chicago
September draft targets 355 physicians and 90 dentists
Selective Service plans to draft 355 physicians and 90 dentists in September. The Defense Department says 180 physicians will join the Army and 175 the Air Force, while all dentists will serve in the Air Force.
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Washington
Selective Service
Defense Department
Army
Air Force
Des Moines Weather Forecast Five Day Lookout
Partly cloudy tonight with scattered thundershowers in north and central areas. Saturday becomes cloudy with more scattered thunderstorms and cooler temperatures. Lows tonight range 60 to 65 north and 66 to 72 south. highs Saturday 78 to 83 north and 84 to 89 south. Five day outlook shows temperatures near normal.
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Des Moines
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