Phone Strikes Prompt Court Action and Breaks in New York
Northwestern Bell seeks court order to stop mass picketing in Minneapolis as police break up picket lines. In New York 87,000 workers from four independent unions return to work with a $4 weekly raise, while long distance service remains restricted. Chicago and North Carolina also report settlements and local strike activity.
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Minneapolis
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co
Northwestern Union of Telephone Workers
Hubert Humphrey
Washington
New York
New York Telephone Company
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Ind
NFTW
Chicago
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Federation of Telephone Workers
Commercial Telephone Workers Union
Illinois Telephone Traffic Union
North Carolina
Soprano Recital Opens the Week in Ottumwa Church
Soprano Ivory Winston headlined a Methodist church recital last evening in Ottumwa as part of National Music Week. Dr Fred Ek Miller introduced her and accompanist John Yousling. Winston showcased a wide ranged voice with Italian and French selections and a solo unaccompanied piece learned from her mother. Further programs this week include the Fortnightly club music department and a concert by the Municipal Bend under Melvin Hill, with Iowa State University music students set for Friday at the high school.
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Methodist
Ivory Winston
Ottumwa
Fred Ek. Miller
John Yousling
Ehurc
Mrs .Winston
Nauighter
Margarita
Mies
Winston
Jesse Miller
Drake University
Des Moines
Morrell and Company
Ottumw
Music Department
Municipal Bend
Melvin Hill
the Baptist Church
Music
State University of Iowa
Himie Voxman
Washington
Y. W
Palestine Jews Make Bold Raid on Acre Prison
United Press reports the Jewish underground freed about 250 prisoners in a dramatic Acre operation costing at least 18 lives. British troops hunted for insurgents as the UN Palestine inquiry moved slowly, with Jews pressing to present their case.
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Palestine
Acre Prion
United Nations
Acre
United Nations Palestine Inquiry
Iowan Killed When His Plane Crashes Near Perry Iowa
Emmett C. Emery a 25 year old Navy air forces veteran was killed when his light PT-23 trainer crashed during stunt maneuvers on the Victor Fagen farm near Perry Iowa. The aircraft belonged to Duane Adamson of Perry who was also performing stunts at the time.
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Perry
Iowa
Emmett C. Emery
Navy Air Forces
Emery
Duane Adamson
Victor Fagen
Adamson
Begin Gathering Garbage Today for 1947
Washington city council began summer garbage collection for 1947 with a temporary plan. A van and a dump truck will collect waste, to be disposed of at farmers for hog feed, with a schedule to cover downtown and four wards until permanent arrangements are set.
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Washington
Committee Cuts State Dept Funds Slashes Foreign Broadcasts
The House Appropriations Committee cut fiscal 1848 requests for State Justice and Commerce and the judiciary by 105.6 million, wiping out the State Departments foreign broadcasts to 67 countries in 25 languages and detailing large reductions across agencies.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
Federal Judiciary
State and Commerce Departments
State Department
George C. Marshall
Voice of America
Sen
Justice Department
Committee
Commerce Department
Budzet
Judiciary Department
Bypdget
Eleven Killed In Australia Train Wreck
The May Day special derailed on a downhill grade near Brisbane, killing eleven of the 450 aboard and injuring many more. Rescue crews cut through wreckage as ambulances ferried fifty injured to hospitals on mountain roads. The passengers were largely customs and excise staff and their families returning from a celebration.
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Brisbane
Australia
Customs and Excise Departments
Highland 4-H Club Holds Regular Meeting at Steele Home
Eleven members answered roll call at the Highland 4-H meeting held at the Oscar Steele home. Kenneth Havel and Bruce Campbell demonstrated corner brace post installation while Oscar and Eugene Steele planned a modern workshop. Refreshments were served.
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Highland 4
Plane rehearsal for summer appearances ends in success
A separate plane arrives as the team practices for all shows this summer. Adamson successfully landed his craft at the airport there.
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Adamson Successfuly
Two Girls Injured In Highway Crash Near Town
Two Washington girls received minor injuries when their car collided with a vehicle driven by Gilbert Wood of Ainsworth on Highway 92 about 2:30 Sunday morning. Doris Knott cut forehead and Catherine Herman bruised nose. Wood’s car overturned. driver unharmed. Damage about 400 dollars. An earlier collision east of Kalona on Highway 22 between Newton G. Kessler and Fred Luckey caused no injuries. damages about 200 dollars.
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Washington Young Wollen
Highway
Gilbert Wood
Ainsworth
Doris Knott
Catherine Herman
Newton G. Kessler
Kalona
Fred Luckey
Riverside
Brighton man fined for intoxication on Washington streets
Floyd Dunbar of Brighton appeared before Mayor G. E. Mace and was fined $25 and costs for intoxication on Washington streets after information was provided by Washington police.
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Floyd Dunbar
Brighton
G. E. Mace
Washington
Y W C A Drive to Open Wednesday
The Y W C A annual membership drive runs May 7 to May 14 with Dade Shearer as president and Mrs J Holbert as general chair. The drive outlines two membership types, $1 contributing and $5 privilege, plus a $50 donor option to fund ten memberships.
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Dade Shearer
Y. W
J. ©. Holbert
Legion Plans May Meeting At City Hall
The American Legion holds its first regular May meeting tomorrow night at 8 00 in the city hall legion rooms. Howard Miller is program chairman and promises an interesting program. A good turnout is hoped for.
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American Legion
City Hall Legion Rooms
Howard Miller
Washington High schedules Boys State election events this week
Washington High School prepares three delegates to Boys State at Camp Dodge. Candidates vet political machines today and Tuesday, with a Wednesday assembly nominating six to ten hopefuls. Thursday canvassing and Friday in-classroom voting finalize the three selected delegates.
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Washington High School
Washington School
Iowa American Legion
Camp Dodge
The
Legion
Vote Strike At Clinton Plant Over 15 Cent Wage Rise
Clinton Indiana May 5 Union workers at a large corn processing plant voted to strike within 30 days unless a 15 cent hourly wage increase is granted. Of 24 union members voting on the issue 752 favored the strike and 42 opposed it.
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Clinton
Clinton Industries
Community group lists members for ward event
A roster of names is provided including Tanner, Mrs Phil Weldin, Mrs Glen Green, Elizabeth Dawson, Mrs Everett Burham, Fourth ward chair A E Atchison, and many others such as Mrs Sam Turkington, Mrs Dan Brindley, Mrs Hugh Hall, Mrs Max Minci ble, Mrs Ralph Bauer, Mrs Oak ley Payne, Mrs William Grat, Mrs B E M Brinning, Mrs Lyle Robertson, Mrs M B Bell, Mrs Carl Vorhees, Mrs Joe Nayadley, Pearl Gardner, Mrs I M Sheae elt, Vera Wolfe.
Herb Osincup to Open New Drug Store in Washington
Herb Osincup, former manager of the Pioneer drug store, has leased a west side square storefront from Carl Hedges and plans to open a private Walgreen agency in fall. The space currently hosts Paul Horak insurance Homer Stephen optometry and Vernon Witting harness shop with Horak and Stephen moving soon. Osincup will remodel the front to suit new drug operations and will sell Walgreens merchandise alongside standard lines.
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Herb Osincup
Pioneer Drug Store
Carl Hedges
Paul Horak
Homer Stephen Optonetrist
Vernon Whittrie
Witting
Osinenp
Walgreen Agency
Walgreen
Chicago
Osincup
Washington
Pioneer
Duncan Walgreen Agency
Columbus Junction
Milk Deliveries Halted Across Chicago Area
A May 5 labor dispute shut off milk for 4 million in the Chicago metro area. AFL Dairy Employes Union members walked out at Bowman and Dean dairies, prompting a broader strike that halted 73 plants. Hospitals and depots received milk, but St. Vincent's orphanage reported 200 babies without milk.
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Chicago
Bowman and Dean Dairies
Associated Milk Deelers
AFL Dairy Employes
Martin H. Kennelly
St. Vincent’s
Wisconsin Girl Still Missing In Atkinson Case
Eight year old Georgia Jean Weckler remains missing four days after her disappearance near her farm. Jefferson County authorities and Sheriff Perry describe the case as baffling while volunteers search woods and highways for clues including a reported black car. An unrelated note mentions a glass bottle blowing machine increasing factory output per worker.
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Atkinson
Wis
Jefferson County
Georgia
Jean Weckler
Francis Gartty
George Perry
Wecklers
Weckler
Perry
China Civil War II in New Phase
Chinese communist forces launch a sweeping campaign across Shansi Jehol and northern Manchuria aiming to open a corridor from Shansi to Harbin. Observers call the Jong march a potential decisive factor in the civil war as the attackers seek a breakthrough against Nationalist lines.
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China
Nanking
Shansi
Jehol
Manchuria
Harbin
Communists Shift Forces as They Capture Key Towns
Reports say communist forces move west and south toward Jehol and Cha har while in Shansi province they seize five towns Tsungweichen Shanhu Mashou Puhsien and Yangchuan the latter a major mining center east of Taiyuan This opens a potential single front against the Soviet border and follows earlier gains in Shansi and Jehol after which countermeasures continued.
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Jehol
Chahar
Shansi
Red
Tsungweichen
Shanhu
Mashou
Puhsien
Yangchuan
Taiyuan
Jehor
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Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Army
Graeme C. Barks
International Soundphoto
Mattie McAvoy
Kenneth Patterson
Charles Morris
C. V. Crufl
Mary Wagoner
Helen Levis
L. L. Loveless
Carl Crossett
Albert Orcutt
John Lee
Albert Mills
R. J. Wagenknecht
Gilbert Mills
Carol Forgey
Elizabett Irwin
Harriet Coulter
Fred Downing
Thelma Luther
Third Ward
J. C. Wolpert
Edna Klein
Earl Loveless
Harry Ramseyer
D. A. Huber
A. W. Clow
Ella Gordon
Claud Tucker
R. J
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Stephen
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Stote Theater
Thomas B. Gilmore
Gilmore
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