Dodge arrives in capital to study 1954 budget
Joseph M. Dodge, a Michigan banker, arrives in Washington to observe and report on President Truman’s upcoming fiscal 1954 budget. He says he has no program to push and will not comment on early budget proposals or potential trims, and he has received no specific instructions from President Eisenhower.
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Washington
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Michigan
Truman
Congress
Eisenhower
Recommends Kline For Cabinet Post
Harry B. Coffee of the Union Stockyards Company urged Allan B. Kline to become secretary of agriculture at a Nebraska bankers banquet. Kline declined, preferring to return to his Iowa farm, despite earlier support for his farm program.
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Lincoln
Harry B. Coffee
Union Stockyards Company
Omaha
Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau
Coffee
Nebraska State Bankers Association
Kline
Association
Charles Brannan
Vinton County
Iowa
W. Harold Brenton
American Bankers Association
Brenton
Des Moines Iowa Weather mainly fair with mild temps
Mostly fair conditions expected tonight and Thursday across Des Moines with little temperature change. Lows range from 22 to 28 degrees north areas and 28 to 30 degrees south while Thursday highs reach 58 to 66 degrees. Partly cloudy skies Friday with minimal humidity shift.
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Des Moines
Iowa
No Guests in County Jail Since Saturday
Washington County jail reports no inmates in custody since Saturday. Local officials Charles Snyder and Deputy Lloyd Robertson note the trend may end soon as they expect at least one prisoner to be registered before Thanksgiving.
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Washington County
Shortiy Charles Snyder
Jniveputy Lloyd Robertson
Promises Decision On Miners Pay Hike Dispute
Washington reports say Wage Stabilization Board member Roger Putnam will announce within 24 hours how he will decide on John L. Lewis miners’ demand for the full 1.90 a day raise. Putnam met with President Truman and WSB Chairman Archibald Cox to discuss the dispute and introduce Cox to the President.
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Washington
Lcono
Roger Lo Putnam
Putnam
White House
Truman
John L. Lewis
Wage Stabilization Board
Archibald Cox
Cox
Death Comes to J. O. DeVore at Restopia
J O DeVore dies at Rest Home in Columbus Junction at 11 15 a m Tuesday Funeral planned Thursday at Stacy funeral home Rev W N Sanford officiating Burial in Columbus City cemetery He was born July 13 1872 at Walker Station Ohio married Emma Sharp April 18 1892 She died August 25 1949 Survived by three sons Harley Walter Chester one daughter Mrs Leech Marston sixteen grandchildren ten great grandchildren
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Columbus Junction
J. O. DeVore
Restopi
Stacy Funeral Home
W. N. Sanford
Columbus City Cemetery
Mr. DeVore
Walker Station
Ohio
Thomas
Clara Enoch DeVore
Pocahontas Man Dies Of Highway Injuries
William Dean, 70, of Pocahontas, died after being struck at an intersection Tuesday night. The driver, Charles Bailey of Atlantic, was with his wife and two children at the time.
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Pocahontas
William Dean
Charles Bailey
Atlantic
Petit Jurors Report Delayed To November 24
Petit jurors for the November term of district court will report at 10 a.m. Monday November 24 delaying a week from the original date. Judge Frank Beehly is in Washington for district court sessions leaving no jury cases this week. Assignment list includes multiple civil and insurance cases for November 17 24 and December 1 with parties Quinn Rittner Blanchard Crom Fisher and American Employers Insurance Co.
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Petit
Frank Beehly
Washington
Bechly
Eisenhower to Talk with Governor Dewey in Augusta
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower will meet Friday with Gov. Thomas E. Dewey in Augusta to discuss his Korea trip and other policy matters. A Cabinet post for Dewey remained unconfirmed. Eisenhower's staff said Taft may also meet him in New York, timing unsettled.
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Dwight Db. Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Korea
Eisenhower
James Hagerty
Sen
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Taft
Washington
Truman
Expect No More Delays For Hunters
Iowa pheasant season should open next Tuesday with no further postponements according to Bruce Stiles of the Conservation Commission. Fire danger from a 72 day drought prompted a one week delay. frost and moisture have reduced prairie fire risk and farmers have harvested corn. The commission will not act on a request to halt hunting until substantial rainfall arrives.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Bruce Stiles
State Conservation Commission
Stiles
Iowa Fire Chiefs Association
Bailey recounts fatal road incident involving Dean
Bailey said Dean stepped onto the highway in the path of a car driven by an unnamed motorist. The brief statement places the incident on a public road and cites the pedestrian’s action as the trigger for the collision.
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Dean
Truck Crash Fatal Near Aredale Claims Jewell Driver
Ervin Kenneth Hassebrock 41 of Jewell died in a hospital from injuries after his gravel truck crashed through the side of a bridge near Aredale Tuesday. He was found pinned in the cab and was taken to the hospital Tuesday noon.
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Hampton
Ervin Kenneth Hassebrock
Jewell
Aredale
Hassebrock
Dubuque Barge Operator Drowns in Mississippi River
Otto Hagerty, 42, operator of a fishing barge, drowned Tuesday in the Mississippi River near the Dubuque Wisconsin bridge after reportedly falling from a flat float while crossing the river. Witnesses described the incident as a fall from the float.
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Dubuque (Up
Otto Hagerty
Mississippi River
Dubuque-Wisconsin
University Develops Jazz Course at Berkeley
Berkeley Calif CUP reports UC offers a new course titled A Survey of Jazz taught by Wilbert Barranco a longtime jazz pianist and USC graduate. Barranco frames jazz as a cumulative history from tribal roots to modern progressive styles emphasizing improvisation. No Cal fight song reports accompany the news.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Wilbert Barranco
USC
Barranco
Lionel Hampton
Les Hite
Meredith Wilson
Ivy Anderson
Cal
Public Education Top Priority for Modern Needs
Education Week argues public schools must adapt to air age demands and international tensions. It stresses basic skills, health, civic responsibility, cultural values, and world understanding, urging adequate classrooms, teachers, equipment, and funding to meet rising enrollments.
IOOF Lodge Plans Grand Master Meeting and Social
The IOOF lodge met Tuesday evening with C. E. Garrett presiding. Plans were reviewed for the Grand Master’s meeting at Nichols on Thursday evening November 15 and other communications were read. Members voted to buy an electric shaver for a member in a rest home. Additional plans were made for the family night social on Friday November 21.
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IOOF
C. E. Garrett Prestaing
Nichols
Hotel Tupelo taps spring for air conditioning
Wil liam E. Jackson, hotel manager, tried cement and drains to stop a spring in the Hotel Tupelo basement. He now channels the flow to power the air conditioning, cutting the water bill and making guests content.
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Tupelo, Miss
William E. Jackson
Hotel Tupelo
James W. Lee 80 Dies at Junction
James W. Lee 80 a retired farmer died in Davenport where he had lived the last two years. Funeral at Stephens funeral home Columbus Junction at 2 p.m. Friday burial in Fredonia Cemetery. Born May 27 1872 in Fredonia son of James and Melissa Lee. Survived by three daughters in Columbus Junction one son Paul and six grandchildren five great grandchildren. widow Jessie Lehmit died 1982.
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Columbus Junction
James W. Lee
Davenport
Stephens
Fredonia
Mr. Lee
James
Melissa Lee
Jessie Lehmit
Chaueliers
I. L. McRobert
Ralph Morrison
Harold Edmondson
Paul
Urge Adlai to Turn Down Any Offers of Ambassador's Post
Influential Democrats urge Adlai E Stevenson to decline any diplomatic post from the Eisenhower administration. They want him free to act as opposition spokesman and warn against entanglements with the incoming Republican government. No formal offer has been announced.
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Adlai
Washington
Adlai FE
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Dwielht D. Fisenhower
Britain
United Nations
Faces Murder Charge In Death Of Boy
George Hussing Jr an ex convict is bound over to District Court on second degree murder charges in the death of 14 year old Albert Smith of Council Bluffs Iowa He waived a preliminary hearing and is held on a 16000 bond Hussing said he held the gun when it went off claiming the shooting was an accident during a wrestle for the weapon with the youth.
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Omaha
George Hussing Jr
Council Bluffs
Hussing
Albert Smith
Pat Lynch
Smith
UN Committee Sets Meeting On Lie Resignation
The UN General Assembly steering committee will meet at 2 p.m. to act on Trygve Lie’s resignation as secretary general after he announced stepping aside to “save the peace.” Britain Canada Brazil and Pakistan voiced secret support for his action while a U.N. spokesman doubted a reversal. Lie said the decision was firm and suggested Romulo of the Philippines and Entezam of Iran as acceptable successors to the Russians.
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United Nations
Trygve Lie
Lie
Vishinsky
Korea
Andrew Cordial
Canada
J. 1. Pearson
International
N.Y
United Nations General Assembly
Sterring
U. N
General Assembly
Britaan
Brazil
Pakistan
U.N
Caurlo P. Romulo
Philippines
Nashrullah Entezam
Iran
Koreans Win Back Pinpoint Ridge
South Korean infantry recaptured Pinpoint Hill on Sniper Ridge from Chinese forces. Two Chinese companies, about 320 men, attacked ROK positions but were repelled in a 40 minute battle with hand to hand fighting. ROKs used searchlights to flush out attackers and expanded control north of Kumhwa.
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Seoul
Korea
Sniper
Kumhwa
Piano Keys Care Tip Avoid Water Cleaning
Do not clean piano keys with water to prevent yellowing. Use a soft cloth lightly moistened with denatured alcohol or a wood-alcohol solution to wipe the keys. Ensure the cloth is barely damp and dry the surface afterward.
FDR Note to Stalin on Katyn Massacre Revealed
A 1943 secret Roosevelt note to Stalin described a Polish request for an impartial Katyn inquiry as a mistake. The president urged more common sense and kept the U S ambassador in Moscow unaware of the confidential message. The committee cites 15 000 Polish lives at Katyn as the atrocity and notes Stalin’s threat to sever ties with the Polish government in exile.
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House
Roosevelt
Josef Stalin
International Red Cross
Katyn Forest
U. S
Moscow
House Committee
Russia
Smolensk
Stalin
Korean Casualties Show Big Increase
The Defense Department reported 125,887 American servicemen in Korea, marking the largest weekly casualty rise in a year with 1,318 new additions. Spokesmen attributed the jump to stepped up fighting tempo, noting three straight weeks above 1,000 for killed, wounded, and missing.
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Washington
Amercan
Korea
Defense Department
Department
Defense
Sextet Sings at Kiwanis Noon Meeting
A girls sextet directed by Robert Ferrell performed at the Kiwanis club noon meeting in the YMCA. Members listed include Beverly Wolfe Margarette McCleery Janice Booth Maxine Crone Phyllis McConnell and Marlene Blick.
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Robert Ferrell
Kiwanis Club
YMCA
Beverly Wolfe
Margarette McCleery
Janice Booth
Maxine Crone
Phyllis McConnell
Marlene Blick
VFW Meeting Tonight After Armistice Day Postponement
Members of the VFW will hold their regular meeting tonight in the post rooms. The meeting was postponed from Tuesday because of Armistice day. The VFW sponsored young adult dance will be held Friday night.
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VFW
CIO recommends postponing convention to December 1
Vice presidents of the Congress of Industrial Organizations urged delaying the annual convention to December 1 in Atlantic City due to the death of President Philip Murray. The executive board will meet Friday to endorse the plan and reconvene November 29 in New Jersey to finalize arrangements.
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Pittsburgh
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Atlantic City
Philip Murray
Los Angeles
CIO
New Jersey
Murray
Upton
Officials Refuse Comment on H-Bomb Test at Eniwetok
Washington reports surge of eyewitness testimony claiming the United States exploded the hydrogen bomb at Eniwetok. The Atomic Energy Commission stays silent until the test concludes, while experts and congressional comments hint at a new era of atomic weaponry.
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Washington
United States
Eniwetok
Pacific Atoll Proving Ground
Atomic Energy Commission
America
Divorced Couple Remarry On Golden Anniversary
WAYLAND Mich. Mike Hannon 80 and his wife Josephine 70 were on a second honeymoon after remarrying Saturday to mark thirty years since their first wedding. Hannon visited his former wife who was ill, proposed, and she accepted, renewing their marriage vows.
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Wayland
Mich
Mike Hannon
Josephine
Hannon
Deluge Theme Song Floods City Jail Inmate Wreaks Drain Damage
In Salem Oregon an inmate in the drunk tank ripped fittings from a one inch intake water line. Water four inches deep flooded the tank as the incident disrupted jail operations.
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Salem
Ore
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