Freeze Urged To Halt All Corn Sales In Midwest
Two OPA officials in Omaha urge a nationwide freeze on corn sales to curb black market trading. Walters and Moran warn of serious shortages as over ceiling prices attract roving buyers and cash deals, proposing crop shipping controls and purchaser certificates to ensure fair distribution.
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Omaha
Nebr
OPA
Bae Bk
Nebraska
Iowa
Watters
Harlan
Moran
Otse
Nemaha
Walters
OLA
Department of Agriculture
CPA
Movement to force vote on GI terminal leave pay
Representative Dwight L. Rogers introduced a petition to force a House vote on terminal leave pay for enlisted soldiers. The measure seeks to bypass the military affairs committee and advance bills for GI accumulated leave amid committee actions and 120 day limits plus allowances.
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Washington
Dwight L. Rogers
House
Rogers
Military Affairs Committee
Overton Brooks
Spring Weather To Stay a While
Iowa remains under spring like conditions for another day with generally fair skies and above freezing temperatures. Sioux City reached 56 yesterday while Iowa City bottomed at 26. southeast Iowa saw widespread rainfall amid a nationwide warm spell with unseasonably mild temps in Chicago Miami Phoenix and Los Angeles.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Sioux City
Iowa City
United Press
Appalachian Mountain
Nebraska
Indiana
Mercury
Chicago
Miami
Phoenix
Ariz
Los Angeles
Maine
North Dakota
Pace urges parity bill to credit farm families in prices
Washington March 2 Rep Stephen Pace of Georgia pushes a parity bill to include farm family labor costs in calculating farm prices. He believes wages have risen so sharply that the current yardstick misaligns farm payments. Pace expects rules committee approval next week and House action soon after.
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Washington
Stephen Pace
D. Ga
Pace
House
BK. E. Cox
Georgia
Chester Bowles
Await Program On Food Saving
Washington notes of March 2 report a U S plan to cut wheat use by 25 percent and curb fats and oils waste to avert world starvation. Secretary Anderson promises details soon with a voluntary program calling on restaurants hotels and individuals to cooperate and Hoover named honorary chairman.
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Washington
Europe
Asia
Clinton P. Anderson
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Anderson
Protests Over Russian Attacks on U S Planes and Manchuria Actions
Washington declares firm policy against Soviet seizure of machinery in Manchuria and two aerial attacks on U S navy planes. The State Department rejects any war booty concept. Britain considers a joint protest with the United States to Moscow over Soviet troop retention and asks for clarification.
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Washington
United States
Manchuria
State Department
Tran
Russia
Navy Department
London
Bevin
Foreign Office
Moscow
Marriage Licenses Issued At County Courthouse
Yesterday at the courthouse Frank Reed of Muscatine and Helen Mae Havel of Washington received marriage licenses. Also licensed were Marion D. Crawford of Brighton and Vernetta Marie Trier of Washington. This morning Gene Ellis of Iowa City and Helen K. Sueppel of Washington secured a license.
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Court House
Frank Reed
Muscatine
Helen Mae Havel
Washington
Marion D. Crawford
Brighton
Vernetta Marie Trier
Gene Ellis
Iowa
Civ
Helen K. Sueppel
Divorce Suit Seeks Custody For 17 Month Old Child
Gladys Foss files for divorce from Earl Foss with custody of their 17 month old child placed with aunt Eva Hesseltine who desires to rear the child. The petition requests court support for the child and visitation rights for both parents. L J Kehoe represents the plaintiff.
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Gladys Foss
Earl Foss
Eva Hesseltine
L. J. Kehoe
Veterans enroll at Iowa University reach 2625
Iowa City March 2. Two thousand six hundred twenty five World War II veterans are enrolled at the University of Iowa, more than three times the first semester total. One year ago there were 223 veterans.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
William D. Coder
Veterans Service
Worker protests rising labor costs demand fairness
A speaker questions the impact of higher wages on workers and labor costs. The demand centers on whether increased pay is fair and just, highlighting concerns about expense and economic balance.
Health Unit Activities Weekly Schedule
Health unit lists weekly sessions for March 4 week. Special mothers class Tuesday 2 00 to 3 00 pm in the office. Cardiac clinic Wednesday 9 30 to 12 noon and 1 00 to 2 30 pm. Child health conference Thursday 1 30 to 8 30 pm in Well man. Xray clinic Friday 1 00 to 4 00 pm in Dr Boices office.
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Dr. Boice
Bus overturns near Iowa City injuring five
A Greyhound bus bound for Chicago overturned 15 miles east of Iowa City injuring five of the 44 passengers. Driver K C Bodine said loss of control on a soft shoulder caused the accident with seven passengers standing at the time.
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Iowa City
Greyhound
K. C. Bodine
Souvenir of Himmler Radio Arrives in Millbury
In Millbury Massachusetts the town moderator and Mrs Clifford R Harris daily use a table model radio sent from Germany by Lt Harry W Taft. The set was captured from Heinrich Himmler’s home near the Brenner Pass after World War II.
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Millbury
Mass
Heinrich Himmler
Clifford R. Harris
Germany
Harry W. Taft
Brenner Pass
Farmers Price Index Advances in Iowa This Month
The Iowa state crop and livestock reporting service notes the prices received index rising to 199, up two points from last month and one point above February 1945. Crop and livestock indices gain two points, meat animals up seven, egg prices decline seasonally, feeding ratios narrow as costs rise, and the corn hog ratio falls by one point due to hog price gains.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Peron Leads in Argentine Vote
Col Juan B Peron won enough electoral college votes to secure Argentina presidency. He led the Democratic Union rival Jose Tamborini in the popular vote 116764 to 99986. Unofficial tallies showed Peron with 198 of 376 electoral votes across six provinces and the federal district. Tamborini held 72 votes with 62 more pending.
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Buenos Aires
Juan B. Peron
United States
Argentina
Peron
Jose Tamborini
Democratic Union
la Rioja
Jujuy
Tamborini
San Luis
Two Auto Crashes At Intersections In Washington
Yesterday afternoon there were two automobile collisions at street intersections in Washington with no injuries. Lloyd Farrier of Brighton and Stanley Mangold of Keota caused damages estimated at 150 dollars to their two cars at West Washington street and South Avenue. Harold Young of Washington and George Havel of Ainsworth crashed at East Seventh Street and North Eighth Avenue with about 60 dollars in damages to the two vehicles.
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Washington
West Washington Street
South Avenue
Lloyd Farrier
Brighton
Stanley Mangold
Keota
Harold Young
George Havel
Ainsworth
East Seventh Street
North Eighth Avenue
February Warmer Dryer Than 1945 Weather Report
Official observer notes February this year was warmer and drier than February 1945. The month saw a 0F low on the 15th versus minus 7F on the 1st in 1945, and a 61F high on the 28th versus 51F on the 14th in 1945. Snow totaled 3 inches with 0.40 inches moisture, compared to 6 inches and 1.12 inches moisture in 1945. March started damp, then cloudless today with a 54F max yesterday and 61F at noon today.
Funeral for Albert Janecek at L. A. Jones home
Funeral services were held yesterday afternoon for Albert Janecek. Theodore B. Hlubucek of Cedar Rapids led the rites. Pallbearers included Merle Stai ler, Marion Smith, Anton Sou cek, William Strum, George Freshwaters, and Marion Augustine. Burial followed at Elm Grove cemetery.
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L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Albert Janecek
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Cedar Rapids
Merle Stailer
Marion Smith
Anton Soucek
William Strum
George Freshwaters
Marion Augustine
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mayor leads traffic drive in Torrington alley cases
Torrington Wyoming mayor Mert Kellam ordered a traffic enforcement drive focusing on cars parked in alleys of the business district. He soon nabbed the first offenders, including paying a $9 fine for parking in an alley in the business district.
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Torrington
Wyo
U. P
Mert Kellam
Shorty
Need for Big Soybeans Yield Urged by Association
Hudson Iowa March 2 The American Soybean Association urges farmers to maintain high soybean production to meet world food needs. Secretary George M Strayer says continued high production is essential to secure protein for livestock next year amid global food shortages.
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Hudson
Iowa
American Soybean Association
George M. Strayer
Association
Gardner Cowles Sr Dies at 85 Funeral Monday Des Moines
Gardner Cowles, sr a prominent mid west newspaper publisher and philanthropist dies on his 85th birthday after a lingering illness in Des Moines He had led the Des Moines Register and Tribune for 43 years and was friends with presidents a former state legislator and a national figure He served as all Western director of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in 1923 under Hoover.
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Des Moines
Gardner Cowles
Cowles
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Hoover
Diploma Had to Wait for Keeler’s 1946 Graduation
John B. Keeler of York qualified for high school graduation from the class of 1918 but received his diploma in 1946 after enlisting in the Marine Corps in the last war. Keeler said he forgot about the certificate until now.
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Wilkes-Barre
John B. Keeler
York
Keeler
Marine Corps
United Mine Workers Demand New Wage Contract
The United Mine Workers threaten a 30 day strike to back new wage demands for 450000 miners while continuing current work under the war labor disputes act. John L. Lewis seeks talks March 12 with soft coal operators as five contested points on hours rates and conditions linger amid broader industry wage policy debates. Edward Burke of the Southern Coal Producers Association says negotiations will proceed on Lewis’s timeline.
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United Press
United Mine Workers
Detroit Daily
Southwestern
Union
Company 0
Fcrals
General Motors
Washington
United Mine Workers Today
UMW
John L. Lewis
Labor Department
National Labor Relations Board
Wage Stabilization Board
Lewis
Lewis BB. Schwellenbach
Edward RR. Burke
Southern Coal Producers’ Association
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Himmler
Farmers’ Price Index
Pennsylvania
Martin Respect
Martin
Cio-United Eelectrical
Pitt Hotel
Pittsburgh
Comec
Westinghouse Bleetere Corp
Philadelphia
General Electric Co
Brotherly Love
Bernard Samuel
Wash
Ington
David Lawrence
Duquesne Light Co
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