Reds Launch Drive On Approaches to City of Shanghai
Communist troops push toward the western approaches to Shanghai as heavy fighting erupts around Kunshan Kashing and nearby rail towns. Nationalist air strikes hit Communist formations while 500 underground leaders are arrested in Shanghai. Nanchang placed on full wartime footing with Communist units close by.
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Reds
Shanghai
Shanshei
Kunshan
Kashing
Shanghai National Line
26Th
Keshing
Kanshan
Fusu
Whangppoo
China
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Wilson
International
Plan Dedication For Boys Town
Boys Town Nebraska prepares for a dedication by Francis Cardinal Spellman of 10 million dollars in new buildings. Flags line the avenue as the cardinal arrives in Omaha at Union Station and will lead a Pontifical high mass at St. Cecelia's Cathedral.
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Omaha
St. Cecelia’s
Des Moines Weather Outlook This Afternoon To Sunday
Partly cloudy with fresh northeasterly winds 14 to 20 mph. Highs 65 to 48. Tonight partly cloudy with lows 45 to 55. Sunday partly cloudy and warmer with southerly winds around 20 mph. Increasing humidity and highs in the low 70s. Temperatures here Friday high 79 low 82.
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Des Moines
Mrs Mildred S Keesey Leads P E O Convention
Mrs Mildred Stewart Keesey of Drexel Hills Pennsylvania presides over Pennsylvania P E O chapters during the Newcastle convention sessions. At a local chapter meeting, a congratulatory telegram was voted for her. Keesey’s daughter Frances, a Parsons College student, and Nellie Wilson of Des Moines, her cousin, traveled from Des Moines to attend and plan to return to Iowa tomorrow.
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Mildred Stewart Keesey
Drexel Hills
C. W. Stewart
Washington
Pennsylvania
Newcastle
Keesey
Frances
Will Present Movie At Baptist Church
Baptist young people present the play Mother's Pictures at the 7:39 p.m. service Sunday. The message will be shown through living pictures of Bible mothers from the Old and New Testaments. A beautiful potted plant will be given to the oldest and youngest mother in attendance.
Cooler Weather To Hit Midwest
Midwest residents faced a shift as cool air moved in from a front after record heat. Snow was reported in Cheyenne while tornadic damage in West Texas left two dead. Forecasters warned of snow in southern Wyoming western Colorado and very cold temps in Upper Michigan as a man fell to his death near Vernal Utah.
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United Press
Cheyenne
Wyo
Louisville
Plains States
Chicago
Indianapolis
Omaha
Neb
Wyoming
Colorado
Upper Michigan
Utah
Paul J Ordener
Vernal
Study Method for Starting Traffic As Blockade Ends
Berlin reports detail plans to restart rail traffic after the blockade lifts next Thursday. Western and Russian zones discuss technical steps, with German rail officials handling arrangements attended by Western occupation authorities. The first trains expected include the British military passenger transport from Bad Oeynhausen and the American Beemer express from Frankfurt. Lawrence Wilkinson notes Western powers coordinate with German rail officials on the resumption.
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Berlin
Bad Oyenhausen
Frankfurt
Lawrence Wilkinson
U. S. Economics
Fairfield Man Declared Fully Advised Of Trial Rights
The judge who handled the Raymond Boyd case in Peoria testified that Boyd was fully advised of his rights when he pleaded guilty in 1930 for slaying Frank Blessing. Joseph E Daily, Illinois Supreme Court justice, said Boyd understood the consequences and that no improper bribery or ineffective counsel influenced the plea. Hearing adjourned to Monday as further witnesses were called.
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Chicago
Raymond Boyd
Fairfield
Towa
Illinois
Boyd
Joseph E. Daily
Illlinois Supreme Court
Frank Blessing
Peerie
Peoria
Michael L. Igoe
Daily
Igoe
Henry Pratt
State
Peoria County
Second Tornado Strikes In Texas
A second tornado in west Texas yesterday struck Sundown, killing Reverend 8 C Scott and his daughter at the Church of Christ parsonage. The minister’s wife and nine month old Randy were critically injured and hospitalized at Levelland. Earlier in the week four died in a Bonham tornado, raising week’s Texas toll.
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Sundown
Tex
West Texas
C. Scott
Church of Christ Parsonage
Lott
Randy
Phillip Dupree
Levelland
Texan
Bonham
Texas
Oklahoma
Charlie Bullock
Germans Could Rely On Russians If Needed
The remark suggested Russians would be necessary only if the Germans failed to solve the problem. It reflected strategic thinking about alliance roles and potential dependency in a broader wartime context.
Driver Blinded by Lights Crashes on Highway 22
At 11 45 Friday night a crash east of Kalona caused substantial damage to two cars on highway 22. Robert J Stumpf of Kalona claimed he was blinded by the other driver’s lights and swerved into a car parked at the roadside. The second vehicle was driven by Charles G Yordi of Riverside and owned by Fred Yordi. Estimated damage totaled about 350 dollars.
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Kalona
Highway 22
Charles Snyder
Robert J. Stumpf
Kalon
Stumpf
Charles G. Yordi
Riverside
Fred Yordi
Wayland Resident Aaron Wyse Dies at 68
Aaron Wyse 68 longtime Wayland resident died at 10:15 p m after a cerebral hemorrhage following a heart attack weeks earlier He is survived by two daughters Mrs Elon Boshart and Mrs Ira Wenger of Wayland a twin brother Amos a sister Mrs Bertha Roth and five grandchildren One son John Jr died in 1941 Funeral services set for Monday at 1 30 p m at the daughter’s home and 2 p m at Sugar Creek Church with Rev Simon Gingerich and Rev Willard Leichty officiating Pallbearers include Ira and Maynard Wyse Clair Boshart Kermit Turnipseed Wilbur Graber and Melvin Gingerich.
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Wayland
Aaron Wyse
Elon Boshart
Sugar Creek
Simon Gingerich
Willard Leichty
Stacy Funeral Home
Wyse
John
Lydia Schantz Wyse
Emma Graber
Boshart
Ira Wenger
Amos
Bertha Roth
John, Jr
Ira
Maynard Wyse
Clair Boshart
Kermit Turnipseed
Wilburt Graber
Melvin Gingerich
Funeral services set for Ira Lute of Denver
Ira Lute a former resident of this community died Wednesday morning in Denver Colorado Funeral services are scheduled Monday afternoon May 4 at four oclock in the Methodist church at Mt Pleasant He will be remembered by many friends here and is survived by distant relatives in the area
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Ira Lute
Denver, Colo
Mt. Pleasant
Lute
Marriage License Granted in Fairfield
The local court house issued a marriage license to Charles Murtaugh and Mary Alice Austin, both residents of Fairfield.
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Charles Murtaugh
Mary Alice Austin
Fairfield
Tornado Hits Hockley County Town Flattening Homes
Officials stated no serious injuries beyond one person and reported seven houses demolished in the northern part of the town. The storm hurled two unoccupied automobiles and a pickup truck about 200 feet into a field.
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Hockley County
Carnival to Stop At Armory Grounds in Washington
Home State Shows billed as Averies cleanest carnival sponsored by Leon Beatty American Legion post will tour Washington starting Monday May 14 for six days. Lea Brothers circus revue headlines midway. The show offers free rides each night and features eight shows. First carnival of spring arrives with kid friendly ride and meat offer at the Armory grounds on the west edge of town.
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Averies
Leon Beatty American Legion Post
Washington
Lea Brothers
Chis
Armory
Texas Town Hit By Heavy Rains and Floods
Torrential rains hail and wind hit the Texas Panhandle and South Plains with Lubbock reporting floods and three deaths Two people died in a Sundown tornado near Lubbock An unidentified woman electrocuted in Lubbock while in floodwaters Extensive property and crop damage reported Water four feet deep in parts of Lubbock disrupted work and travel Hereford area hail caused near total crop loss Helium plant near Amarillo also struck by damage.
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Lubbock
Tex
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Sundown
Hereford
Government
Amarillo
Demands Cut in Foreign Spending
In Washington a United Nations commission report from Geneva says the Marshall plan slows European recovery and promotes isolationism. Senate leaders Wherry and Jenner urge cutting the ECA appropriation, with Wherry proposing a 15 percent overall budget cut and all funds to be examined carefully.
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Washington
United Nations Commission
U. S
Senate
Kenneth S. Wherry
Neb
William KE. Jenner
Congress
Geneva
Switzerland
Wherry
Jenner
Strikes Idle 150000 As Ford Walkout Expands
News bulletin reports Walter Reuther to meet Ford officials and Michigan Governor Williams to seek a settlement for the UAW Ford strike. Dearborn mayor calls talks for Thursday as over 150000 workers are idle nationwide with Ford plants shutting down or closing ahead of potential recalls. Other plants in Hudson Nash Packard Plymouth Bendix and International Harvester also affected with various recalls and layoffs.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
CTO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
UAW
Ford
Orville Hubbard
Dearborn
Hudson Motor Co
South Bend
Uaw-Cio
Lincoln-Mercury
Ford Assembly
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Hudson, Nash and Packard
Indiana
United Mine Workers
John Deere and Co
Moline
Ill
Iowa
East Moline
Deera
CIO
International Harvester
Army Bomber On Mercy Flight From Savannah to Baltimore
A B 25 bomber departed Savannah at noon on a mercy mission to Baltimore carrying 31 month old Sharon Louise Saseen, daughter of Mr and Mrs Edward Saseen, for treatment of a throat infection endangering her life. The child, previously treated for bronchitis, faced a constriction of the airway requiring a pediatric procedure.
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Savannah
Air Force
Baltimore
Sharon Louise Saseen
Edward Saseen
Mercy Hospital
Sharon
Washington students shine at state music finals in Perry
Twenty eight Washington high school musicians traveled to Perry for the state music finals. The girls sextet earned a Division II rating, the madrigal group a Division I, and Dan Holland a Division TE with trombone solo. Several students qualified for Perry after Iowa City competition and will not perform again in Perry.
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Washington
Perry
Dan Holland
Washington High School
Iowa
Ted Stewart
Iowa City
Wayne Brock
Maxine Crone
Joan Wilson
Mary Louise Redlinger
Donna Peters
Edith Miller
Dan Brindley
Ray Tweeten
Arlene Kuttop
Barbara Dare
Audrey Steele
Girls
Marilyn Caldwell
Marguerite Utterback
Mary Stevens
Frances Miller
David Chilcote
Harold Ganon
Pat Brower
Marilyn Falk
Donna Crone
Madrigal Group
Betty Tait
Mary Rita McLaughlin
Marilyn Cook
Arlene Knupp
Harold Gamon
John Winga
First U.S. Farm Bureau Founded in Binghamton 1911
The first farm bureau in the United States was established in Binghamton New York in 1911 marking the start of organized regional farm advocacy and agricultural support efforts.
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Farm Bureau
United States
Binghamton, N. Y
base commander offers flight for medical treatment
Col. Frederic Glantzberg, base commander, contacted the girl's parents and proposed flying her to Baltimore where specialized care is available to prevent suffocation threats.
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Frederic Glantzberg
Baltimore
Mrs Mary Owens 67 Found Dead In Columbus Junction
Columbus Junction resident Mrs Mary Owens 67 was found dead Friday afternoon by a neighbor. Coroner ruled natural causes. Funeral arrangements through Richie funeral home. Surviving daughters Evelyn Millberg and Jack Gingle, sons LeRoy and John, siblings James Benson, 14 grandchildren, 2 great grandchildren.
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Columbus Junction
Mary Owens
J. H. Chittum
Richie
Samuel Owens
Homer Leffler
Evelyn Millberg
Omaha
Neb
Jack Gingle
LeRoy
Farm Wife Kills Husband With Ax
Florence Conley, 47, a college graduate and farmer's wife in Washburn County, Wisconsin, told police she killed her husband Philip, 51, with an ax after years of fear. Officials found the body in a bloodstained bedroom. she is jailed awaiting further charges.
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Shell Lake
Wis
Washburn
Ward Winton
Florence Conley
Philip
Iowa State men elected to Tau Beta Pi honorary
Thirty three Iowa State College students were elected to Tau Beta Pi national engineering honorary on May 5. Formal initiation is set for May 26. Withian Houseal of 702 East Second Washington is among those honored. John Adams was the first president to live in the White House.
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AMFS
Iowa State College
National Engineering
Withian’ Houseal
L. A. Houseal
East Second
Washington
John Adams
White House
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Coove
Marilyn M. Murphy
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Sharon Bence
Pat Reed
Legion Rooms
City Hall
Armory Grounds
Bulletin
Atlanta
Northland Greyhound Bus Line
Canada
Wasington
Junction
Housfal
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