Air Liner Plunges Into Bari Harbor Kills 24
A four engineering KLM airliner from the East Indies to Amsterdam plunged into Bari harbor. At least 24 people died and 16 men, five women, and three children were recovered. Fire and rising waves hampered salvage as officials noted two stewardesses among the dead.
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Bari Harbor
Bari
Italy
East Indies
Amsterdam
KLM
Dutch East Indies
Athens
van Hasselt
Ames 4-H Meet Draws 1300 Boys and Leaders
More than 1300 4-H boys and several hundred adult leaders are expected to attend the state 4-H boys short course starting Monday on the Iowa State College campus. The four day program, themed Better living for a better world, includes assemblies, farm field trips, recreation, group meetings, and the delegates' business meeting. Henry Porter of Chicago, Standard Oil director of training, will speak.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Henry Porter
Chicago
Standard Oil Company of
Ten Leaf Clover Luck Foreseen For Mrs Mangold
Mrs H J Mangold found three four leaf clovers and a five leaf plant, plus a ten leaf clover, suggesting she will have unusually good luck in the days ahead per local belief in auspicious plants.
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H. J. Mangold
Des Moines Weather Forecast Delivers Warm Pleasant Day
Fair west and partially cloudy east with scattered showers in the east ending before midnight. Warm afternoon with winds 20 to 25 mph, diminishing tonight. Highs around 88 to 92 today, lows near 60 to 65. Friday highs near 75 with cooler night. Wednesday highs around 88 and low 69.
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Des Moines
Welfare Group to Meet at YMCA in Washington
Members of the Southeast Iowa Welfare Association will gather at the Washington YMCA on Wednesday June 29 to discuss the needs of handicapped persons in Iowa. Dr George Wadsworth will speak at eleven, with lunch at noon. reservations due June 25.
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YMCA
The
Welfare Association
Iowa
George Wadsworth
Woodward State School
Wadsworth
Payne Marshall
Court House
Marshall
Iowa Welfare Association
Presbyterian Church
U. K K
Reese
Tucker Demands Immediate Trial in Tucker Case
Preston Tucker Jr and five associates pleaded innocent to ten counts of mail fraud conspiracy and SEC violations. Tucker called for an immediate trial while associate Floyd Cerf declined to plead. The indictment, filed June 10, targets financing and manufacturing aims for a new rear drive auto. federal trustees now run the company.
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Chicago
Preston Tucker, Jr
SEC
Tucker
Floyd D. Cert
Jim
Philip L Sullivan
Cerf
Robert Pierce
Tucker Firm
Fred Rockelman
Mitchell Dalian
Otis Radford
Cliff Knoble
Graveside Services Planned Friday for Former Residents
Graveside services for Mrs. J. W. Teeter and Cora E. Porter will be held Friday at nine in Elm Grove cemetery. Cremated remains were returned from Arizona for burial. Teeter died in 1941 and Porter in 1944. Dr. William J. Grossheim will lead the service. Jones funeral home handles arrangements.
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J. W. Teeter
Cora E. Porter
Elm Grove
Washington
Arizona
Teeter
Cora Porter
William J. Grossheim
Jones Funeral Home
Iowa high quality roads urged by Good Roads official
Claud Coykendall executive secretary of the Iowa Good Roads Association said visitors to Iowa will not be impressed favorably for several years. He stated that roads determine a state's favorable or unfavorable impression.
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Davenport
Iowa
Claud Coykendall
Iowa Good Roads Association
Record pig crop to push down hog prices nationwide
Washington officials say the peacetime pig crop will be the largest on record, leading to cheaper pork this fall and winter. Prices may drop from about 20 dollars to a seasonal low near 15 dollars in December, with government purchases likely to support the market.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Charles F. Brannan
Congress
Brannan
Senate Agriculture
Iowa's Image Abroad Cited by Davenport Speaker
Coykendall told the Davenport Kiwanis club that for years to come visitors from beyond our borders may leave Iowa with an unfavorable impression. He noted that Iowa reads 18 years.
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Iowa
Coykendall
Davenport Kiwanis Club
County Bond Drive Reaches 73 Percent of Goal
G FE Mace announces that Washington county has reached 73.32 percent of its 487 288 quota from the sixth report. Fourteen counties exceed their quotas with Sioux county back in the lead. Iowa is at 171 percent of its 50 million quota with EE F and G sales totaling 40 856 847. Series E purchases amount to 28 952 30 of the state total. Purchases of savings bonds since 1941 exceed two billion dollars and uncashed bonds remain a source of future wealth.
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G. FE. Mace
Washington
Wasington County
Sioux County
Story
Taylor
Iowa
Truman Signals Plan for Job Creation and Economic Expansion
President Truman told the congressional delegation that action is needed to curb unemployment. A House Senate group urged him to discuss an economic expansion bill aimed at fighting deflation. it would create a national economic cooperation board, promote private investment, and enable long range public works planning. The president also signed a bill for monthly publication of economic indicators.
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Washington
Truman
House-Senate
James E. Murray
Mont
Murray
National Economic Cooperation Board
Priv
Rest on our cars cost us long road repair miles
An interview quotes Coykdenall noting 2000 miles of primary roads remain below standard and claims momentum was lost due to premature rest. The remark underscores ongoing infrastructure needs.
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Coykdenall
Governors Back Interventionist Foreign Policy Plan
Colorado Springs report says the nation's governors approved an interventionist foreign policy supporting the European recovery plan NATO and arms for Western Europe. The 41st annual conference endorsed the policy at the request of the state department before resuming domestic business on federal aid and cooperation.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Earl Warren
California
Cargill Reports Inferior Winter Wheat Crop Outlook
The Cargill bulletin forecasts a winter wheat crop inferior to last year in quality and below government June 1 estimates in quantity. Persistent wet weather, weed and rust damage, and slow harvest progress in the southwest belt drive the weaker outlook. private estimates suggest a 1949 crop potentially the smallest since 1945 but above the 1-year average.
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Minneapolis
Cargill Crop Bulletin
Southwest
Cargill
Kansas
Canadian
Younger Members Call for GOP Reforms at Convention
In Salt Lake City delegates at the Young Republicans convention harshly criticized the GOP’s actions over the past 17 years and heard Philip Willkie urge a Progressive party. California delegates backed the call as Indiana’s Willkie led debate alongside other reform-minded voices. The meeting aimed to pivot toward farmer and laborer concerns to challenge Democrats next year.
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Salt Lake City
Republican National Federation
Indiana
Philip H Willkie
California
Kalona Newlyweds Escape Injury in Crash
Kalona couple Mr. and Mrs. Gale Dwieht Shaver, recently wed, escaped injury when their car and trailer jackknifed and plunged over a 20 foot embankment near Galesburg. The accident occurred as they were en route to Wooster Ohio where Mr. Shaver has taken a job. wedding gifts were destroyed in the crash.
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Kalona
Gale Dwieht Shaver
Galesburg
London Mills
Ill
Wooster
Ohio
Shaver
Mexico Opens 200 Mile Highway Segment Into Baja California
The Mexican government completes a nearly 200 mile paved highway stretch south of the border penetrating the heart of Baja California, expanding road access and transportation links in the region.
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Lower
California
Murder of Iowa mother shocks Morrison police search
State officers joined the hunt for the killer of 22 year old Mrs. Stalhut found in the walk in cooler of the Morrison tavern. Sheriff Meyers said the slaying appears sexually motivated. Investigators traced the murder weapon and questioned last night patrons as Waterloo and SBI aid the inquiry. A coroner's inquest was planned for today.
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Morrison, Ia
Harvey Stalhut
Grundy County
John A. Meyers
Stulhut
Stalhut
Arthur
Meyers
Vern Saak
Waterloo
State Bureau of Investigation
Srabhut
Washington School Musicians Prepare for Band Season
Washington high school bands conduct summer rehearsals and prep sessions under director Melvin Hill. A beginners group practices thrice weekly while another works on marching drills and instrumental ensembles. Division 1 rehearses twice weekly and a separate beginners band will be formed into a full group in August.
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Washington
Melvin Hill
Hill
Washington High School
Washington Fire Crews Respond to North Iowa Truck Fire
Firefighters rushed to a truck blaze on North Iowa avenue at 11 45 this morning in Washington. Crews worked to extinguish the flames and prevent spread as investigators began inspecting the scene.
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Washington
Iowa Avenue
Open House Friday Night Closes Union Bible School
Parents and friends are invited to Lincoln school Friday evening for an open house from 7 20 to 8 30 showing student work and tours. At 8 00 weather permitting a 15 minute worship service will be held on the school lawn followed by an outdoor movie at 8 16. Certificates for perfect attendance will be distributed and a group photo taken at 11 30.
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Union Bible School
Lincoln School
Bible School
Funeral plan for Mrs Knecht 68 Davenport
Funeral services for Mrs Fred Knecht 68 of 608 East Sixth street Davenport will be held Sunday at 1 30 pm at Shermans funeral home. She died in Davenport after a long heart ailment and had moved here from the local area in 1912. Burial will be in Elm Grove Cemetery after services at Hill Fredericks Mortuary in Davenport and transfer to Shermans Saturday afternoon.
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Fred Knecht
East Sixth Street
Davenport
Sherman
Hill & Fredericks Mortuary
Elm Grove
Lineville Fire Devours Gasoline Supplies in Iowa
Residents of Lineville Iowa watched flames destroy more than 13 000 gallons of gasoline causing estimated damage of 20000 as firemen stood by. Explosions rocked shops and homes sending fire over rooftops while authorities blamed broken electric wires and the blaze delayed Rock Island trains nearby. No injuries were reported as residents fled with belongings amid the roadside inferno near the Missouri Iowa border.
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Lineville
Iowa
Rock Island Line
Missouri
New Iowa Pharmacy Graduate Starts at Washington Drug Store
Vernon Stagner, recent School of Pharmacy graduate from the University of Iowa, begins work this week at Mec Daniel drug store in Washington. He and his wife will reside at 31 East Vas Buren Street.
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Vernon Stagner
School of Pharmacy
State University of Iowa
Mec Daniel
Washington
Mrs. Stagner
East
Vas Buren Street
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