New Cold Front Moves Into Iowa
A new cold front moved into Iowa prompting a forecast of temperatures dropping below freezing in the northeast overnight. Mild statewide conditions yesterday peaked at 81 in Oskaloosa and 43 in Spencer, with frost expected in parts of the state tonight and lows reaching 28 to 35 in the northeast and southeast regions.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Oskaloosa
Ppencer
Oak Row
Iowa Falls
Dubuane
Davenport
Destroyer Hit Mine Near Trieste Killing Three
The U S destroyer Douglas H Fox struck a mine 13 miles off Trieste while en route from Venice. Three sailors were killed and 12 injured, four in critical condition, as the crew received aid from another destroyer racing to the scene. The blast tore a hole in the stern below the waterline.
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Trieste
United States
Douglas H. Fox
Venice
U. S
Fox
Adriatic
Columbus Knights Install Officers
Washington council of the Knights of Columbus installed its new officers with District Deputy John Fox of Ottumwa as installing officer assisted by William Evans grand knight of Ottumwa. The supper was served by Hubert Redlinger George Sojka Raymond Stalder Earl Redlinger Ed Rich and Frank Redeker. The officers installed included Everette Swift Stephen Wolfer Dr J A Marie Kenneth J Blecha Henry TeBockhorst Aelred TeBockhorst Ed Lukavsky Joe Pacha Alex Gevock Charley Casper Joe Barnes Ernest Kloepfer Leusten.
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Washington
Public warned costs in construction won't drop soon
Des Moines report quotes F. W. Parrott of the Associated General Contractors of America saying construction costs will not rapidly fall. He notes inflationary postwar pressures and ongoing demand with $15 to $18 billion of work completed this year and nearly $50 billion in planning, amid material shortages and staff limits.
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Des Moines
F. W. Parrott
Sioux City
Associated General Contractors of America
Parrott
Funeral services for Mrs J W Isaslin held yesterday
Funeral services for Mrs J W Isaslin were conducted at the L A Jones funeral home with Rev TC Polk presiding. The body was transported to La Plata Missouri for burial, with pallbearers from that community listed to serve.
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J. W. Isaslin
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
TC. Polk
la Plata
U S Protest Over Soviet Attacks on Greece Policy
U S delegate Herschel Johnson told the UN security committee that Washington seeks to prevent a communist economic system in Greece and views the Greek crisis as a battle against communist ideology. Johnson joined British envoy Hector McNeil in condemning Soviet and allied efforts to derail the UN debate with broad accusations.
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N. Y
United States
Greece
U. S
Herschel
Johnson
Ussr
Soviet Union
Truman
Congress
Hector McNeil
Russia
Poland
Yugoslavia
Soviet Socialist
Ottumwa Plans a Big Comeback After Floods
Ottumwa, Iowa rebuilds after a $14.6 million flood loss with a wave of civic projects. City plans new industrial use at former naval air station, a 9-acre tract, a new depot site, and sewage and fuel controls. Churches hospitals and schools rise, aided by Red Cross relief and a push for Red Rock dam protection.
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Ottumwa
Raval Air Station
Navy
Burlington Railroad
Horace A. Brown
Red Rock
Ottumiwa
Des Moines
Congress
Ottumwans
Lillian Tarr
Holdingcorp
Red Cross
H. C. McCurley
Red Cross Disaster Relief Organization
Theed Cross
Work Stoppage Hits Harvester Plants in Chicago
About 7,000 International Harvester workers idled as sympathy demonstrations spread from Louisville to Chicago area plants. At West Pullman 1,860 idle plus 2,800 of 3,600 staff off. West 26th Street about 5,000 idle. West 31st Street crane and millwright crews idle, risking further layoffs. CIO reports dispute over maintenance contract sparked protests.
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Chicago
International Harvester Company
AU United Farm Equipment Workers
CIO
Harvester
West 26Th St
West Pullman
West 31St St
Louisville, Ky
Louisville
Haifa Explosion Kills 10 Britons and Arabs
In Haifa a 510 pound explosive barrel destroyed police headquarters killing ten Britons and Arabs and wounding fifty four. Four British constables four Palestinian constables and one Arab fruit seller died. British and Jewish witnesses described a barrel rolled from a trailer as attackers fled. The incident marked Haifa’s largest ever blast. The British navy anticipated incoming immigrants by Tuesday.
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Jerusalem
Haifa
Dardanelles
Holy Land
Palestinian
Divorce petition filed by Marion D. Rittenhouse
A district court petition seeks a decree of divorce for Marion D. Rittenhouse against Marjorie M. Rittenhouse. The couple married April 27, 1944, had prior marriages and divorces, and share three children aged eight to eleven who have lived with grandparents Mr and Mrs Walter Brown of Washington.
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Clerk of
District Court
Marion D. Rittenhouse
Marjorie M. Rittenhouse
Walter Brown
Rommel Loses Arm in Car Crash Near Muscatine
Alvin Duke Rommel of Washington sustained the loss of his left arm in an automobile accident about 18 miles southwest of Muscatine in Louisa county. He was taken to Bellevue hospital at Muscatine after a truck side swiped his car. his wife and brother in law were uninjured. Rommel, left handed and a World War I veteran and former American Legion post commander, recently sold his restaurant business here.
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Alvin
Duke’) Rommel
Washington
Here
Muscatine
Bellvue Hospital
Rommiel
George Benson
Muscatine Hospital
Rommel
Louisa County
American Legion Post
Services for Albert Ross Held in Wayland and Olds
Funeral services for Albert Ross 67 will be held Tuesday afternoon with a 1:30 service at the Leslie Ross home in Olds and a 2:30 service at the Green Mound church south of Wayland. Burial will follow in Green Mound cemetery. He died in Memorial Hospital Mt. Pleasant after six years of ill health. Born January 2, 1880 he lived in Wayland and Olds most of his life. His wife died three years ago. Surviving are a son Leslie of Olds a daughter Gladis Beaby of West Virginia a brother Jim of Wayland and a sister Mrs. Maggie Crowl near Wayland.
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Wayland
Albert Ross
Stacy Funeral Home
Leslie Ross
Olds
Green Mound Shurch
Green Mound
Mr. Ross
Memorial Hospital
Mt. Pleasant
Leslie
Gladis Beaby
West Virginia
Jim
Maggie Crowl
Navy father seeks custody while in service
The plaintiff, a Navy man, has allotted $70 weekly from his pay for the children and asks for legal custody with actual custody remaining with the grandparents while he remains in the Navy. Bald wrige Bailey are the plaintiff's.
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Baldwrige & Bailey
Drunken Driver Fined 500 In Kinross Case
Judge Frank Bechly in district court fined James M. McKenna of Kinross 500 for a second offense of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. McKenna appeared with attorneys L. J. Kehoe and C. W. off North English. County Attorney John C. Owen urged a six month license suspension and liquor purchase ban. The case completes much of the current term’s drunken driving docket. World wheat production is estimated 10 percent higher than last year, led by Western Europe and the Mediterranean.
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Frank Bechly
James M. McKenna
Kinross
McKenna
L. J. Kehoe
C. W. Off
North English
John C. Owen
Bechly
Owen
Europe
Rain and Warmer Turn Washington Day Festive
Rainfall of .28 inch drenched Washington Saturday night and a warm up brought a high of 72 to 3 degrees Sunday. The forecast calls for cooler, cloudy conditions today as autumn weather returns.
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Washington
Truman Eyes Early Session on Europe Aid
President Truman met with congressional leaders to urge rapid action on European aid and said a special session may be needed. Lucas cited no funds available without congressional approval and said foreign relations and appropriations committees would meet soon to assess options.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate Foreign Relations and Appropriations
Western
Europe
Scott W. Lucas
Congress
Lucas
White House
Bootblacks Strike Over Higher Shoe Shine Price
Ninety bootblacks at Grand Central and Pennsylvania stations walked out after employers raised shoe shine prices by 10 to 15 cents. Workers complained tips were lower, prompting the strike.
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New York
Grand Central
Pennsylvania
Three Die In Small Plane Crash Near Chicago
A light plane crashed near the Edward Hines Jr veterans hospital on the western outskirts of Chicago killing three occupants. The Cessna approached from the northeast at low altitude and exploded about 800 yards south of the hospital. Victims tentatively named Chariiyna Bb. Hokenstad Paul M. Gilfillan Jr. and Edward L. Bond Jr. all of Wichita were believed war veterans.
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Chicago
Veterans Hospital
Edward Hines, Jr
Edward L. Bond, Jr
S. Main
Wichita
Hekenstad
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