Nation-wide coal strike risks rail service cuts and price spikes
The four day soft coal strike idles about 500000 workers including 380000 UMW members and 10000 CIO packinghouse workers. Office of Defense Transportation orders a 25 percent cut in passenger service on coal burning trains effective midnight Sunday. Meat prices rise with pork loins up to 12 cents a pound as packinghouse walkouts disrupt production. Minneapolis teachers accuse the school system of stalling in a 24 day strike with talks ended yesterday. CIO Farm Equipment workers seek 1948 contract talks covering 40000 workers at 12 IH plants.
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United Press
Office of Defense Transportation
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
CIO United Packinghouse
Chicago
Minneapolis
Willard E. Goslin
Goslin
CIO
International Harvester Corporation
Farmers honored for corn yield at VFW banquet
J S Russell guest of honor at The Pines VFW banquet honoring ten acre corn yield contest winners from five Washington county farms. Don Radda received state crown with special praise from farm editor of the Des Moines Register and Tribune for producing good yields under adverse weather.
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Washington County
Lowa Corn & Small Grain Growers Association
V.F.W. Post
The
Pines
Don Radda
J. S. Russell
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Russell
Annual Register and Tribune
Radda
Milo Steele, Jr
Vo BL W. Post
Marion McAvoy
Scientist predicts quick Soviet atom bomb progress
Dr. Harrison Brown of the University of Chicago Institute for Nuclear Studies warned at Drake University that Russia could possess the atom bomb by summer. He said it would not be shocking if Soviets beat 1951 timelines, noting American wartime experience as the basis for his projection.
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Des Moines
Russia
Harrison Brown
University of Chicago Institute For Nuclear Studies
United Nations
Drake University
Brown
Tea Towel Club Ecard Chain Warned By Post Office
Washington postmaster O J Brown urged women to discard Tea Towel Club ecards as a federal mail violation. The letters ask recipients to add names, forward towels and cards, promising many towels in return. Postal inspectors ordered removal from mail and workers are discarding the ecards.
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Washington
O. J. Brown
Brown
MacArthur Outlines Farm Policy in Wisconsin Plea
Gen Douglas MacArthur, in a cable reply to Wisconsin dairymen, endorsed stabilizing farm prices, long and short term loans to farmers, and soil conservation. He argued a thriving farm sector underpins freedom and opposes extreme ideology, stressing access to credit, fair dealings with processors, and technical guidance.
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Milwaukee
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Wisconsin
Rock Island Company Leasing Reister Poultry Plant
Announcement of the Reister Bros Poultry and Egg Plant lease to Rock Island Produce Co. Effective March 15, the 1161s East Third street plant becomes part of a network with operations in West Liberty DeWitt Maquoketa Iowa and in Galesburg Geneseo Illinois. Claude Reister stays on to manage hatchery and feed, delivering and picking up poultry on routes. C. C. Lovell of Galesburg is now managing in Washington.
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Reister Bros Poultry and Egg
Rock Island Produce Co
Rock Island, I
East Third Street
West Liberty
DeWitt
Maquoketa
Iowa
Galesburg
Geneseo
Illinois
Rock Island
Illiois
Claude Reister
Reister
Washington
C. C. Lovell
Brighton man fined in city police court
John Porter of Brighton appeared before Mayor G E Mace and paid 12 50 for speeding in Washington.
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John Porter
Brighton
G. E. Mace
Washington
President Acts To Halt Strike At Oak Ridge Labs
President Truman directs Attorney General Tom Clark to seek a federal injunction to stop a planned Oak Ridge Tennessee atomic laboratories strike. The walkout set to begin midnight tomorrow, with potential filing in a Knoxville federal court near Oak Ridge.
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Washington
Truman
Tom Clark
Oak Ridge Tenn
Atomic Laboratories
White House
Clark
Knoxville
Oak Ridge
Ten Perish in Flaming Crash of Army Plane
Ten air force fliers died when a B 26 crashed at MacDill field during instrument landing. Four crew members escaped with minor injuries. five bodies removed, five more recovered later. All dead and nine others were from Spokane Washington base. identity awaiting notification. Captain Byrnes confirmed one casualty was MacDill stationed passenger. pilot misjudged altitude on instruments.
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Tampa
Fla
Air Force
MacDill Field
George Byrnes
MacDill
Cair
Spokane
Wah
Byrnes
Country Club Hikes Dues as Cheves Is New Pro
At the Washington golf and country club stockholders voted a $6 yearly dues increase for 1948 to cover remodeling costs. New changes include a ladies locker room, reworked men’s locker room, hot water heaters, ballroom refinishing, and rubber strips in high traffic areas. Joe Cheves of Wadesboro introduced as the new club pro with lesson rates and planned free lessons for children and women.
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Washington Golf and Country Club
T. A. Flenner
Flenner
M. J. Cruise
Ian Turkington
Preston Woll
Cruise
Emma Barnett
T: Country Club Board
Joe Cheves
Wadesboro
North Carolina
New Country Velub Pro
Greenskeeper
T. A Flenner
Iam
Cheves
Hiis
Joe
Eleven Parachute From Army Plane Over Berlin
Brig. Gen. Telford Taylor and his wife among eleven parachuting from a crippled U S Army C 47 over Berlin. Six landed in Berlin. three including Taylor reached the Soviet zone. Taylor hospitalized with a sprained back cuts and bruises and severe shock. Squires and Capt. W J Grady landed safely at Gatow field in the British zone near Spandau.
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Berlin
March
Telford Taylor
Taylor
U. S. Army
Rusnea
le Mas
Squires
Capt
W. J. Grady
Rheim
Gatow Field
Spandau
Differences Between Draft and Universal Military Training
The draft would call men 18 to 25 into active service in the armed forces if revived, while Universal Military Training would provide only training with no service. A training bill approved by the House Armed Services Committee targets 18 to 20 year olds. Experts view UMT as a long term plan to build a pool of trained personnel for emergencies, with about 471,000 youths in training at any given time and an estimated cost near 50 dollars per trainee.
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Washington
Marcel
Army
Navy
Air Force
House Armed Services Committee
Bechly Court Handles Three Cases This Week
Judge Bechly presided over three matters in district court. He urged re pleadings in Marquette National Bank of Minneapolis versus Don Stutsman and heard a pre trial law points hearing. A separate action, Elma Oldfield versus Daryl Oldfield, resulted in a divorce and custody order with alimony and a deed requirement. Charles E Baker of Richland pled guilty to motor vehicle striking and fleeing, fined 300 dollars plus costs after a West Chester area incident on Highway 2.
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Rank Beechly
Marquette National Bank of Minneapolis
Don Stutsman
Bechly
Elma Lt. Oldfield
Daryl W. Oldfield
Charles E. Baker
Richland Garrers
Akicatel
Beehly
Baker
H. M. Putnam
West Chester
Nightshade family foods and training program costs
The passage notes that potatoes, eggplant, peppers and tomatoes belong to the night shade family and that while the night shade itself is poisonous, its relatives are edible. It also mentions a training program expected to last a year with an estimated annual cost between 1.2 million dollars and 3 million pounds.
Czech Deputies Face Spy Charge
Prague March 18 The Czechoslovak parliament cancelled immunity for six non communist deputies the first to be handed to courts since the communist coup Bohuslav Dech Vladimir Krajina Ota Hora Alois Cizek Fedor Hodza Jan Ursiny charged with espionage network or Slovak conspiracy against the state Foreign officials declined comment on President Trusman speech Vladimir Clementis predicted defeat for opponents of progressive forces.
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Prague
Bohuslav Dech
Vladimir Krajina
Ota Hora
Alois Cizek
Fedor Hodza
Jan Ursiny
National Socialist Party
Trusman
Vladimir Clementis
Truman
Clementis
Jan Masaryk
Winners announced in Iowa traffic safety contest
Des Moines reports Webster City Decorah and Algona as winners of the 1947 all Iowa traffic safety contest for municipalities. Webster City led in 6,000 to 10,000 population cities followed by Cedar Falls and Spencer. Decorah triumphed in 5,000 to 6,000 group, with Red Oak and Esther Ville, while Algona led 4,000 to 5,000 towns, ahead of Iowa Falls and Jefferson.
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Des Moines
Webster City
Decorah
Algona
Cedar Falls
Spencer
Red Oak
Esther Ville
Iowa Falls
Jefferson
Country Tense After Truman's Draft Proposal
Washington March 18 defense secretary Forrestal told Congress the armed forces would be inadequate in a war with Russia and should be boosted above 1,700,000. Royall and Forrestal pressed for a revived draft and universal training as Congress weighs Truman's limited draft, universal training, and ERP priorities amid a tense capital.
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Washington
Defense
James Forrestal
Congress
Russia
Forrestal
Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Senate Armed Forces Committee
Truman
Mr. Truman
GOP
Moscow
Trieste Mine Blast Kills Sixty Miners in Istrian Field
An official Belgrade report says sixty miners died with ten buried after a blast at the Rasha coal mines in the Is tri an peninsula southeast of Trieste. Other reports list 71 to 200 dead. Yugoslavia pledges 50 000 dinars to families and 3 000 more per child.
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Trieste
Istrian
Belgrade
Italy
Yugoslavia
Nebraska’s counties rise from eight to three
A note on Nebraska’s administrative changes marks the transition from eight counties at statehood to a present count of three. The historic shift reflects consolidation or reorganization affecting local governance.
State engineers rate cities on traffic safety and education
Engineers from the state department of public safety and the Iowa Safety Council judged municipalities by traffic engineering practices education and safety records assessing overall safety performance across communities.
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State Department of Public Safety
Iowa Safety Council
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Lee Holland
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Roy Lowash
Bob Arthur
Wehr Photo
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