Berlin rail strike push prompts secret meeting of foreign ministers
Western foreign ministers summon Andrei Vishinsky to a secret session at the French foreign office to press Russia for a Berlin rail strike settlement. The pause aims to adjourn the council of foreign ministers conference tomorrow with a potential county meeting ending as soon as possible. Russia had delayed a 24 hour showdown on access guarantees to Berlin.
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Vishinsky
Paris
Andrei Vishinsky
Russia
Berlin
Council of Foreign Ministers
Rose Marble Palace
Foreign Office
Sheriff Office Installs Two Way Radio Network
Workmen in the county sheriff's office install a two way short wave radio system. The new equipment will enable conversations between the sheriff's cars and the office as well as between Washington and nearby cities.
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Washington
Weeds Ready for Chemical Control in Iowa Fields
Iowa State College extension botanist EKP Sylvester advised farmers to start chemical weed control now. Giant ragweed cockleburs wild sunflower pig weed hemp and lambs quarter are at the stage where chemical killers are most effective along fence rows and roadside ditches.
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Ames
Iowa
EK. P. Sylvester
Iowa State College
Employment in Iowa Declines for Fifth Straight Month
Iowa total employment fell 1.2 percent in May from April, the state labor bureau reports. The drop from May 1948 stands at 3.5 percent, aided by a seasonal strike impact at major packing houses. The mid May weekly payroll across 365 firms totaled 4,361,435 dollars, down 2.0 percent from April.
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Des Moines
Lowa
State Bureau of Labor
Charles W. Harness
IOOF Committees Named for July Meetings
At the regular IOOF lodge meeting Tuesday evening Howell Owens appointed July committees. July social includes Dave Schantz Luthe Cram Ernest Green Harold Jarvis John Wagner. Penny refreshments Forest Brock Owen Grecian C E Garrett G A Reinert Arthur Paggett. Entertainment for installation Myral Smith Maurice Libe and Lloyd Plecker. Refreshments for installation Lloyd Foster Clarence Brown Fred Kephart Earl Nicola T E Givens. Initiatory degree to be conferred next Tuesday night.
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Dave Schantz
Luthe Cram
Ernest Green
Harold Jarvis
John Wagner
Forest Brock
Owen Grecian
C. E. Garrett
G. A Reinert
Arthur Paggett
Myral Smith
Maurice Libe
Lloyd Plecker
Lloyd Foster
Clarence Brown
Fred Kephart
Earl Nicola
T. E. Givens
French Strike Termed Failure
A one day token strike by French civil service employees disrupted operations but did not paralyze the government. Premier Henri Queuille's policy resisted higher pay demands and union officials said the warning strike was only partially effective. Many workers resumed duties by noon, and most ministries operated, albeit more slowly.
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Paris
Henri Queuille
France
State Nears End Of Babich Case
Milwaukee prosecutors near the end of the Babich trial as ballistics expert Professor J H Mathews testifies that nicks on cartridge ridges indicate two shots fired and a third attempted from the same weapon. He described a deep gouge in cartridge No and suggested the firing pin broke during the attempt.
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Milwaukee
Milton Babich
Patricia Birmingham
J. H. Mathews
University of Wisconsin
Mathews
Correction: Mabel Kelley obituary lists West Madison Street
The death notice correcting her residence states Miss Kelley lived on West Madison Street, not East Madison Street as previously reported last night.
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Mabel Kelley
East Madison Street
Miss Kelley
West Madison Street
Lilienthal Reveals Tests of New More Effective Atom Bomb
David E. Lilienthal told the Joint Atomic Energy Committee that tests a year earlier at Eniwetok proved the effectiveness of a redesigned plutonium bomb. He said the Hanford plant will fabricate plutonium for use in the bomb and to disperse work from Los Alamos, amid criticism of planning and costs.
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Lilienthal
Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Eniwetok
Far Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Hanford
The
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Com
Sen. Rourke B. Hickenlooner
Commission
Atomic
Sen. Bourke
Hickenlooper
R.J. Iowa
Wash
David FE
General Electric Co
Reminds Farmers of Corn Loan Deadline
Howard N. Witting, chairman of the Washington County A C A, says the final date to complete 1948 corn loans and signNotes is June 34, 1949. Applications must be received by June 24 to meet the deadline and June 30 is the final date to secure a purchase agreement, with agreements allowed only until close of business.
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Howard N. Witting
Washington County A.C.A
Mr. Witting
Large Crowd Enjoys Opening Day at Sunrise Lake
A crowd of about 300 attended Sunrise Lake on the Bill Chmelar farm southwest of Washington for opening day. Victors swam and enjoyed boat rides as plans for improvements proceed and fishing access is expected in the future.
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Sunrise Lake
Bill Chmelar
Washington
Chmelar
Iowa veterans may get bonus payments by Christmas
Des Moines reports most Iowa veterans could receive bonus payments by Christmas. The main issue is whether G F Knorr will continue a legal challenge in the Iowa Supreme Court. The case concerns the surplus beyond 3 million dollars from bonus bonds going to the permanent school fund. Knorr has 30 days to seek rehearing or drop the case. The bonus board plans staff expansion to process applications faster, aiming for 1,250 daily and reducing a backlog of about 215,000 pending cases.
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Des Moines
Iowa
G. F Knorr
Supreme Court
United States
Knorr
Iowa High Tribunal
Sion
Old Newcomb
Aew
House panel blocks minimum wage raise bill in 1 to 1 vote
Washington lawmakers discussed a bill to raise the national minimum wage from 40 to 74 cents an hour. The measure stalled in the House labor committee amid Republican and southern Democratic opposition, with a 1 to 1 tie vote and two proxy votes unaccepted.
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Washington
House
Horse Labor Committee
John Lesinski
Mieh
Spector general reports delay on wage bill and wartime trials
A subcommittee questions the death sentences as possibly unjust and alleges third degree methods were used to extract confessions from German detainees. The inquiry touches the wartime legal process and the role of the Spector General's office in auditing wartime measures.
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Spector General's Office
Death announced for R L Groendycke at 85 in Kansas
Washington reports the death of Robert Lee Groendycke aged 85 in Medicine Lodge Kansas on May 24 1949. He was born in Washington county son of George M Groendycke and Rachel Lape educated locally and in Davenport. He taught briefly in Barber County then farmed moved to Medicine Lodge to serve as county treasurer in 1909 helped organize the Home State bank in 1918 and later served as a director of Southern Kansas Mutual Insurance. He married Bell Talbort in 1889 and had five children.
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Washington
Robert Lee Groendycke
Medicine Lodge
Kansas
Groendycke
Washington County
George M
Rachel Lape Groendycke
Davenport
Barber County
Bell Talbort
Kiowa
Home State Bank
Southern Kansas Mutual Insurance Company
H. M. Groendycke
East
Madison Street
Plan Movie Program At YMCA Thursday
YMCA to screen a special motion picture program Thursday morning announced by Adams Brown. The program includes an educational feature and four reels of comedies, starting at 9.30.
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YMCA
Ciarce
Adomoas Brown
Ceal Operators Propose Single Labor Negotiator
In Washington Northern coal operators push a single negotiator to counter John L. Lewis tactic of divide and conquer. Observers note past coal talks where Lewis split groups to gain favorable terms. George H. Love of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co. announced the plan in Pittsburgh.
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Lewis
United Mine Workers
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Pittsburgh
Joe Hill Delivers Oversized Strawberries To Journal Office
Joe Hill of 964 North Fifth Avenue left several strawberries at the Journal office this morning. The largest berry measured 514 inches in circumference and came from a patch belonging to Mr. Hill.
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Joe Hill
North
Fifth Avenue
Journal
Sheriff Snyder Heads to Detroit to Retrieve Suspect Siegler
Sheriff Charles Snyder traveled to Detroit Michigan to arrest Donald Siegler who faces bad check charges in the local jurisdiction. Siegler was located in Detroit days earlier and will be brought back for processing. No admission fee is charged for the procedure.
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Charles
Snyder
Detroit
Mich
Donald Siegler
Siegler
Michigan City
Lovesick Girl Shoots Eddie Waitkus in Chicago Hotel
Ruth Steinhagen, 19, shot Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Eddie Waitkus in an Edgewater Beach hotel room. Waitkus, gravely injured, received oxygen and two blood transfusions as doctors battled to save him. The case drew the attention of police and a chaplain who heard his confession. Steinhagen said she acted from infatuation and a wish for the thrill of murder.
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Chicago
Eddie Waitkus
Philadelphia Phillies
Ruth Steinhagen
Robert Duffy
Waitkus
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Ciscus
Need Combines in Kansas Fields Now
An urgent telegram from the Executive Director of the Kansas State Employment Service calls for custom wheat cutting by combines this week in Kansas. Local combine owners should contact Mrs Permelia R Lay immediately through the local employment service. A large surplus of labor and trucks exists on Kansas and Oklahoma wheat fields and no workers will be available for that type of task.
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Kansas
Kansas State Employment Service
Kansas Wheat Fields
Permelia R. Lay
Mr. Dor
Oklahoma
Des Moines Weather: Mild With Showers Tonight
Fair this afternoon with southwest winds 15 mph west area and northwest winds 15 mph east area. Partly cloudy with scattered showers west and central tonight and east and central portions tomorrow forenoon. Lows 50 to 55 northeast, about 60 southwest. High 80 tomorrow. Variable winds 15 mph.
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Des Moines
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