Government Officials Move To Halt Steel Strike
Gov officials plan a second effort led by Dr Joan Steelman to end the nationwide steel strike that idled 1,250,000 workers. A two hour conference between Philip Murray and Joseph Molarkin collapsed over the union shop issue with talks blamed on compulsory union shop rigid stance.
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Gov't
Virrsburgh
CUP
Joan K. Steelman
Defense Mobilization
Steelman
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers Cso
Joseph Mo Larkin
Bethlehem Steel
Larkin
Murray
Liquor Commission Suspends Two Store Managers
Iowa Liquor Control Commission continues crackdown suspending Store No. 170 manager Orrendo McCoy of Sioux City and Store No. 146 manager Roy Tyner of Fort Dodge for two weeks. Commission chairman Harold Wolfe says more store suspensions possible as investigations continue.
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Des Moines
Iowa Liquor Control Commission
Orrendo McCoy
Sioux City
Roy Tyer
Port Dodge
Harold Bk. Wolfe
Fort Dodge
Tyler
McCoy
Son Rescues Drowning Father Near Muscatine
Authorities credit Tome Straucs II with saving his father Mere Strause after a near drowning in the Mississippi River near Muscatine. The two were thrown from a boat when it capsized. bystanders pulled them from the water and Tome applied artificial respiration to prevent a fatal outcome.
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Muscatine
Tome Straucs II
Vietion Toms
Mere Strause
Mississippi River
Strause
Harold
Barkley Favored by Iowa Delegates Say Democratic Leader
Jakie More Iowa Democratic chairman predicts Vice President Alben Barkley will be the preferred choice of committed Iowa delegates heading to the Democratic National Convention. Five party leaders depart for Chicago tonight with twenty four unpledged delegates to follow this weekend for next week’s convention. Gillette of Cherokee backs Barkley as a reason for his rising popularity among those with minds already made up.
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Des Moines
Jakie More
Iowa
Alben Barkley
Chicaco
Chicako
Barkley
Sen
Guy M. Gillette
Nixon Labor Votes Seen Harmful to Eisenhower Campaign
Washington UP reports labor leader Jack Wroll says Nixon will be an albatross for Eisenhower’s 1952 bid. Nixon’s labor record as House Labor Committee member mirrors Taft’s stance, harming Eisenhower’s hopes for union support. The piece concludes with a line about the albatross symbol in Coleridge’s poem.
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CLO Politics
Richard M. Nixon
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Jack Wroll
DC Political Nation Committee
Eisenhower
Nixon
Kroll
United Press
House Labor Committee
Nino
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
GOP
Eisen
Eisenhower vows credit to GOP workers for victory
Eisenhower told Republican workers in Denver that if elected president he will credit the party's ground volunteers the sidewalk pounders and the "little people" who knocked on doors and carried the campaign. He said his organization will strengthen the party from coast to coast. The telegram to Jenison followed a GOP advisory note urging rally leadership.
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Eisenhower
Denver
Colo
Republican Party
Thease
Can
Jdenioen
Republican Congressions
T ‘c Ampaign
Washington
Genewal
Jenison
Chicago
Ottesen Investigates Disputed Scott County Contract
Davenport Iowa Realtf Ottesen a Davenport lawyer has been named special prosecutor to handle an investigation of a disputed contract for painting the Scott County Home The probe follows complaints that the county board of supervisors ignored a lower union bid when awarding a $2000 contract to non union painters Ottesen named special prosecutor in a district Court order Tuesday said it will be several days before he decides next steps County Attorney Clark O Filseth said he will turn his files over to Ottesen and provide assistance
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Davenport
Iowa
Realtf Ottesen
Scott County
County Board of Supervisors
Ottesen
Clark O. Filseth
Nebraska Lad Dies In Polio Epidemic
Sioux City Iowa UP Larry Kusel 18 Crofton Neb died early today of bulbar polio in a Sioux City hospital. He is the first polio death in the area this year as Sioux City hospitals admit 162 cases with 62 hospitalized and nine iron lungs in use. Smaller outbreaks are reported at Des Moines Council Bluffs and Davenport.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Larry Kusel
Crofton
Des Moines
Council Platts
Davenport
Peter Froelich
Boone
Connell Bluffs
R. G. Crook
National Polio Foundation For
Western Iowa
McHugh
American Legion Installs Officers and Builds Fund
The American Legion installed officers and named delegates and alternates for the state convention. Dave Masson became commander for the coming year, with Tow Tanner and John Whittaker in key roles. A building fund boost of 800 was approved, including 284 from last week’s model shows profits reported by Marion Rapp. Delegates Masson Brown Whittaker and others were listed for the August convention in Cedar Rapids.
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American Legion
Tommy Theker
Mima Barnett
Mia
Harvey Waegner
Dave Masson
Wayne Simerman Se
Masson
Tow Tanner
John Whittaker
Harold Jarvis
Ceodas Rapids
M. L. Brown
Charles Hotle
M. L. Whittaker
Jay Brown
KE. Bo Ward
Warne Simerman
Norman Schoonover
Marion Rapp
Met
Truman Admitted to Army Hospital for Checkup
President Truman entered Walter Reed Army Hospital for a routine checkup after a four day mild virus infection. Press Secretary Joseph Short said the 68 year old chief executive may stay two or three days but not long, and he will occupy the presidential suite during his stay. This marks the first time a president has been hospitalized since 1945.
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Washington
Truman
Walter Reed Army Hospital
White House
Joseph Short
Short
Army Hospital
Graham
Mer. Trumans
Cedar Rapids Youth Drowns While Wading
Police and sheriffs deputies searched the Cedar River for 7 year old Dean Kopecky after he drowned while wading near the 16th Avenue bridge in Cedar Rapids. He and friends were swept downstream by a strong current late Tuesday, according to authorities.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Cedar River
Dean Kopecky
16Th Avenue Bridge
American Fighters Shoot Down Red Jet in Korea Air Battles
American Sabrejets clashed with MIG-15s over MIG Alley and credited Captain Arthur H H McCarthy of Dearborn Michigan with the first MIG kill. A destroyer destroyed a 20-car Communist train carrying tanks guns and ammunition. The battleship Iowa shelled Red targets near Hamhung, and a ground assault near Kumsong was repelled after three hours with five tanks involved.
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Seoul
Korea
Arthur HH. McCarthy
Dearborn, Mich
Lowa
Hamhung
Kumsong
Democrats Target Farm Vote With Parity Plan Critique
Democrats plan a strong farm vote push led by Secretary Po Brannan as they attack the Republican platform. Brannan says the GOP words on full parity prices are phony while Democrats advocate mandatory price supports for perishables and related farm goods.
Brannan outlines farm price support views and plan
Brannan says high mandatory price supports will protect farmers and consumers. He endorses supports at 90 percent of parity but calls that level only 90 percent of fair. He rejects proposing his Brannan Farm Plan to Democrats this year and favors some support for stored dairy products and eggs.
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Brannan
Burle
Survivors Listed for Mrs Myrtle Cavin
Mrs. Myrtle Cavin 76 died Tuesday in Council Bluffs and burial is in Helm Grove. Services Thursday at Sherman's Funeral Home with Rev. W J Grossheim. Survivors include four daughters Alice Treynor Cedar Rapids Mitchred Winter Cedar Rapids Virginia Sigmund Cedar Rapids Edna Taylor Waterloo and son Robert Cavin Yakima plus one sister Belle Shinsbarger Muscatine and nine grandchildren.
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Myrtle Fisher Cavin
Columbus Junction
Cavin
Council Bluffs
Sherman
W. J. Grossheim
Charch
Helm Grove
Columbus
Alice Treynor
Council Blutts
Mitchred Winter
Virginia Sigmund
Cedar Rapids
Edna Taylor
Waterloo
Robert Cavin
Yakima
Wash
Trapeze Artist Dies After Rope Snap At Carnival
A Hungarian trapeze artist named Stephen Hegedus, 47, fell 75 feet to his death Tuesday night in BLUE ISLAND ILL as about 3000 carnival spectators watched. His descent rope snapped during the act while partner Rene Martiny, 24, of Paris had just completed a descent.
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Blue Island, Ill
Stephen Hegedus
Rene Martini
Paris
Red negotiators seek more recess in Korean armistice talks
Communist negotiators asked for a two day extension of the armistice recess as they and Chinese leaders signaled recognition of the Geneva prisoner treatment convention. U N spokesman Nuckols said no comment on propaganda while observers noted a potential push for a neutral protecting power to mediate prisoner exchange. The armistice text awaits a final paragraph on prisoner return.
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Red
Radio Weiping
Chen Ein-Lat
Genoa
William P. Nuckols
U. N
U.N
United Nations
Independent candidate for Hawkeye governor in Iowa
Vernon L. Sharp of Fort Dodge announced his independent bid for governor. He supports liquor by the drink as a solution to the liquor problem, though not a complete one, and opposes church positions denying adults this right. Sharp is a former minister and lawyer.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
CUP
Vernon L. Sharp
Sharp
F C Surface Dies Here Tuesday Night
F C Surface of Cedar Rapids dies at 61 following a heart attack at home. Born March 9 1891 in York Nebraska he married Evelyn Year in 1935. Survived by two sons Leland and Robert, a step-daughter, four brothers, two sisters, and two grandsons. funeral Friday at Jones Funeral Home with Dr. C Raymond Reed. Burial in Kim Grove cemetery.
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Surface
South
Iowa Avenue
Jones Funeral Home
C. Raymond Reed
Kim Grove Cemetery
Mr. Surface
York Nebraska
Taylor
Ada Fletcher Surface
Canton
Se. Dak
Evelyn
Leland
Chicago
Robert
Washington
Norman
Daryl
Charles Bent Jr
Garretson
BE. D. Surface
Lyman J. Surface
Cedar Rapids
Merrill Surface
Hastings
George S. Meyer
York
Neb
Homer Lovell
Des Moines Weather Forecast for Thursday and Friday
Partly cloudy warm and humid tonight with scattered thunder showers. Thursday highs reach 83 to 88 northwest and 89 to 94 southeast, with lows 65 to 70. Friday remains cloudy with showers mainly in the north and cooler in the north.
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Des Moines
Iowa
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