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Confident It Will Win in November to Cheering Convention Throng WAGE BOOST TO By jack max Associated Press SUff Writer CONVENTION HALL, Philadelphia Iff) -The Republicans made it a Thomas E. Dewey-Eart Warren ticket today and closed their convention cheering for a coast-to-coast victory in November's presidential California's Governor Warren got the vice-presidential nomination by acclamation once New York's Governor Dewey, unanimous ly nominated Thursday night for the presidency, pointed him out as the man he wanted for a running mate following aeries of Tno gavel ending the 24th National Republican convention banged down at 11:30 a.m. (CST). Chairman Joe Martin ended it on the same "victory" note hit on Monday when It opened. Just before the session's end, he introduced Warren as the "next vice-president of the United States." 1 5 Dewey Waves v- Vy- AX TRUMAN SIGNS Here Is an overhead view of the huddle of the California delegation on the Republican National convention floor at Philadelphia, which resulted In release of California delegates pledged to Gov.

Earl Warren, assuring-Thomas E. Dewey of the G.O.P. nomination for the presidency. Governor Warren was chosen today as the vice-presidential candidate. (AP Photo).

Smiling exuberantly, Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York waves a greeting to wildly cheering delegates who nominated him to head the G.O.P. ticket On the speaker's Stand with Governor Dewey la Mrs. Dewey.

(AP Photo). -Eyes Filled British Cabinei Meets iD- Nina Warren 'Happy' To Be With Husband Russians Stop Food Shipments to Allies By RICHARD KASISCHKE Associated Press Staff Writer BERLIN UP) Russia struck another blow at the western By MAX HALL Associated press Staff Writer" CONVENTION HALL, Philadelphia UP) Mrs. Nina Elizabeth Warren, her eyes filled with tears, sat in the balcony today and heard her husband nominated for vice-president of the United States. How do you feel about it, Mrs. Warren "All I can say Is I'lf always be happy wherever he Is to be with him, whatever he wants," she said.

Her three blond daughters. Virginia, 19, Dorothy, 17, and Nina, 14, sat with her," solemn-eyed and awed, as the Republican convention whooped its approval of their father California's Gov. Earl Warren, allies in Berlin today, stopping food shipments from the Soviet zone into the western sectors. Traffic already was suspended on the railroad supplying those sectors with food from the western occupation cones. Under the four-power agreement trie western zones have furnished about two-thirds of Berlin's food and the Soviet zone one-third.

The food was distributed through a central German agency to Insure even The cheering delegates left no. doubt they believed him, that this is the year when the G.O.P. can end 18 years of Democratic rule. 1 Warren, in an acceptance speech, pledged "every bit of loyalty In my make-up." He took the speaker's stand and drew a laugh at the outset by saying: "For the first time in my life I know what it feels like to get hit by a streetcar. "Yesterday, I received something of a jolt I had no idea, I am sure, that there was any such shock awaiting me today.

And before you change your mind, I want to say I accept. "Now, the reason that I am so quick to say that, Is that I have not yet recovered my breath, much less my thoughts. "If I let it, go any longer, I'm afraid I'll forget to say even that "I am more grateful to you than you know for the great honor that you have given me. "And then, I pledge to yon that if the people place their confidence In as, as I believe they wUL that daring the next four years, I will give every bit of loyalty in my makeup." No other name than Warren's was presented for the vice presi dency, Arizona gave notice of nomln King Harold E. stassen, but a Farmers Can Hide Past Bad Economic Storm, Says Iowan AMES Uft Dr.

W. O. Murray, Iowa State college economist says fanners are in a position to ride through an unfavorable economic period, if one should develop. Addressing a group of eastern Journalists, agriculturists and financial leaders at a dinner here, Murray said farmers "are now using their high post-war income for reserves and better living, rather tnan bidding up. land values like they did in 1919 and 1920." "In case farm prices decline and farm costs continue high, farmers will still be able to weather the economic storm with much more success than 25 years ago, he added.

Showers to Fall in Iowa This Week-End DES MOINES Iowans can expect scattered showers this week-end and again early next week, the weather bureau said today. Between one and two Inches of rain are expected in showers Sat urday, Monday and Wednesday, the bureau said in its five-day iorecasi. Only rainfall reported Thursday was a trace at Davenport and Ot-tumwa. Thursday high mercury reading was 88 degrees at Oskaloosa and this morning's low was 54 at Ma son City. U.

N. Says Egyptians Shoot at Its Plane TEL AVIV, Israel CP) A United Nations spokesman said today the Egyptians had fired upon a marked, white United Nations truce plane piloted by an American. The spokesman said also that the Egyptians had refused to permit an approved Jewish supply convoy to pass to settlements in the Negeb, and both incidents were regarded by the United Nations commission here as violations of the truce. REFUGEE BILL WASHINGTON VP) President Truman signed today a bill to let 205,000 European war refugees come to this country in the next two years. Mr.

Truman said be signed the bill "with great reluctance" because It was not what he had requested of congress. He issued an state ment criticizing some of the bill's provisions. Of the total number to be admitted, 2,000 would be Czecho-Slovakians who have fled their homeland since January 1, and would be displaced orphans under the age of 16. The remaining 200,000 must' meet specif io qualifications. tew minutes later withdrew It.

Chairman Martin put Warren's name before the convention and declared him nominated by acclamation. New York's Dewey, getting his second chance at the presidency, solemnly set a goal of freedom for men everywhere In accepting the nomination Thursday night "As long as the world la half free, must peacefully labor to help men everywhere achieve liberty," he told cheering delegates. "Above all other purposes," he said, "we must labor by every peaceful means to build a world order founded upon Justice and righteousness. That kind of a world will have peace. That kind of peace will be worth having," World freedom and an appeal for unity to help achieve It were the two central themes of the New York governor's 15-minute acceptance speech.

"We are a united party," he told the Republicans, but "our nation stands tragically in need of that same unity." The unity to be sought is "most of all spiritual," he said. "We have found the means to blow our world, physically, apart. Spiritually, we have yet to find the means to put together the world's broken pieces, to bind up Its wounds, to make a good society, a community of men of good will that fits our dreams. "We have devised noble plans tor a new world. Without a new spirit our noblest plans will come to nothing.

We pray that In the days ahead, a full measure of that spirit may be Dewey referred to the six other candidates for the nomination as "high minded men of character and ability and deeply devoted to their country." "Never has a political party produced such distinguished men," he said. The convention gave a burst bf applause to each, as he named them. Fire Roars Through Lewis, Iowa, Stores LEWIS VPh Fire swept through the business section of this town about midnight Thursday, damaging five business places. Damage was estimated at approximately $100,000. Atlantic and Griswold fire departments were called to help fight the blaze that started in a cafe, which was destroyed.

The fire fighters were hampered by a lack of water. Only one of the town's two wells was PUSH PRICE OF COALUP AGAIN Steel Industry Refuses to Sign New Agreement WASHINGTON WW Jofia. L. Lewis and most of the soft coal operators today signed a new coal contract, providing a $l-a-day wage increase and twice as much money for the miners' welfare-pension fund. An official of the steel Indus try-owned coal mines had an nounced earlier he would not sign the-agreement A joint announcement by Lewis and the operators who signed said the new contract except for the ln creased wages and pension fund, kept "all other terms and condi tions of the previous wage agree ment" This Includes an outright continuation of a anion shop provision, despite a Taft-Hartley labor act ban against the union shop nnless It Is authorized by the National Labor Relations This union shop clause caused Harry M.

Moses to balk at sign- lng for the steel industry's, coal mines. The new contract is effective July 1 and will replace ope expiring June 30. The miners, however, begin their annual 10-day vacation Saturday and will not return to work until July a. "I'm not In accord with tha contract and I'm not signing 5Ioses told newsmen. Indicated he feels continuation of the union shop clause in the contract is a violation of tha labor law.

The remaining coal operators and Lewis, in their joint statement, said: "In the Interest of promoting harmony In the bituminous coal Industry and to cause a cessation of the constant bickering that has beset the Industry during the past year, the (Joint bargaining) committee 'deems the agreement to be a respectable and reasonable one. "No matter what the feelings of either side were about the law and the (miners welfare) futsd, they have decided to co-operate with each other so far as they can In operating it (the fund) success fully." Industry men estimated 'tha wage and welfare concessions In the new one-year contract will add 40 to 50 cents to the cost of producing a ton of coal. Placing the number of bituminous coal diggers at 50,000, the Industry officials said the increased eotit would be at tha rate of $750,000 per day, 000 a week, and more than million a year. The flat fl wage boost raises the miners baste wage rate to $14.05 for an eight-hour day. The joint statement said tha operators feel this is "in keeping with wage Increases currently adopted by other mass Industries." Payments Into the miners' wel fare and pension fund will be made through a 20-cent-per-ton royalty levy, doubling: the present rata of 10-centa-per-ton.

The new levy will raise an esti mated $100 million a year, con sidered sufficient to provide $100 monthly pensions for retired min ers 62 years of see or older with 20 years of service in the pits. Lewis has insisted an along on $100 monthly pension payments. A dispute over pensions led to a six-week strike last spring and until, three days ago had blocked barualninjr over a new contract 1 9 A. M. Saturday Is The Dssdlir.3 for WANT ADS In Your SATURDAY PEESS-CmZEN On ail other week-days your WANT ADS will be received gladly until 10 a.

m. for publication the same day. DIAL 1181 WANT AD DEPT. A SOVIET ASKING GERMAN UNITY Soviet Bloc Drops Idea of Setting Up New Eastern State By LARRY ALLEN Associated Press Staff Writer WARSAW CD Russia and seven European satellites urged today that a ''provisional democratic, peace-loving all-German government" be set up. They did so in a communique by their foreign ministers, who ended a two-day conference at midnight in Wilanow palace, eight miles east of here.

(The communique, as broadcast by the Moscow radio and distributed In London by the Soviet news agency TASS, said an all-O a government should be created by Big Four agreement) The foreign ministers, Including V. M. Molotov of Russia, said the government in Germany should be made up of representatives of democratic parties and organizations and should guarantee against any more German aggression. In the conference Russia were Albania, Bulgaria, Czecho slovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania and Yugoslavia. Russia and Poland called the meeting.

Delegates talked over a recent London conference of the United StaUw, Great Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The six western nations agreed to act up a federal government in western Germany. Well-informed sources said some in the Warsaw meeting wanted to counter this with an eastern Ger man state but the conference finally agreed upon one more try for German unity. They said if this failed the Soviet bloc would create a separate East German govern ment The Warsaw Communique as distributed by TASS in London said the governments that took part "consider as Demilitarization by agreement of the Big Four. Four control "for a definite period' over the Ruhr's, heavy Industry to keep from restoring Germany's war potential 3.

-Creation by four-power agree ment of a "provisional democratic, all-German government" with the aim of "creating guarantees agalnste repetition of German aggression." of a peace treaty with Germany and withdrawal of all occupation troops a year later. on fulfillment by Germany of her reparations obligations towards the states which suffered from German aggression." Two More Patients In Iowa Polio List COUNCIL BLUFFS UP) Two more persons were admitted to Mercy hospital today for treatment of polio, to bring to 33 the number of cases reported in southwest Iowa this year. The new patients are Gary Oloff, 13, Portsmouth, and Janice Fitx-patrick. 7, Little Sioux. In alL 19 polio patients now are under treatment at Mercy hospital.

JACOBS LEADS IN SEMI-FINAL OKOBOJI W) Johnny Jacobs, Cedar Rapids, and Bob Mann, of Spencer, were leaders at the halfway mark today in their 36-hole semi-final matches in the Iowa amateur golf tournament Jacobs, shooting for his fifth title, was three up at the end of 18 holes over Tom Chapman, Sioux City. The Cedar Rapids ace finished with a three-under par 70 while Chapman posted a par 73. Mann, with a 74, was one-up over Oskaloosa's John Campbell. Mason City Site of Legion Junior Play MASON CITY WK-The regional American Legion junior baseball tournament has been awarded to Mason City for the fourth consecutive year. The tournament, which win involve the state champions of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, will be held here August 21-24.

Davenport won the meet here last year in competition with St Louis, Topeka and Tulsa. The junior State meet is also slated to be played In Mason City, august 7 and 8. '1 by Tears- to run lor vice-presiceni. They were perched In the sams lofty balcony seats from which they had witnessed the other sessions of the convention. They stood and bowed their heads when today's opening prayer was offered.

By that time the word 'was already spreading that Warren had been chosen by Thomas E. Dewey as his running mate. "Bless him," said the preacher, meaning Dewey, "and the man whom we shall choose to stand by his side. Bless them and their' families Mrs. Warren and the girls wept silently.

When it was announced that Sen. Irving Ives would second Warren's nomination, Mrs. Warren nodded to her daughters and said in a low tone, "That's New York." It was like saying, "It's true. They've chosen him as the candidate." When a reporter began asking questions, Mrs. Warren said with a smile: ''Don't ask me anything political." bhe said she had been getting her information about the day's developments 'right here." She hadn't seen her husband yet.

Later, when Governor Warren arrived to accept the nomination, Mrs, Warren and the girls went on the platform with him and smiled proudly as the crowd cheered the family group. 'The Warrens have three sons, too, but they are in California. They are Jim, 28, Earl, Jr, 18, and Bobby, 13. Truman Sees G.O.P. Moving Into Power Of 'Conservatives' WASHINGTON UP Sen James E.

Murray (D-MonL) today quoted President Truman as saying the Republican National convention has shown that "conservative interests' are in control of that party. Officially, Mr. Truman has maintained silence about the convention and the selection of New York's Gov. Thomas E. Dewey as nominee.

Murray was asked about Mr. Truman's reaction to the G.OJ. meeting after he had talked with the president at the White House. Murray told reporters "He (Mr. Truman) seemed to regard the platform as a reiteration of promises the Republicans have failed to carry out la the past." 1 supplies for all areas, American and British experts said that, while no Immediate danger of starvation exists, the food situation eventually will become impossible if the Russian blockade continues.

Frank Howley, commandant of the American sector of Berlin, said: "We are living off food reserves which should last a month. It the blockade against shipments from the west continues. It will require action by higher authorities. There was indication that such action was already tinder way. The British deputy military governor, Maj.

Gen. Nevll C. D. Brown-John, flew to London talks with British authorities. He left after his chief, Gen.

Sir Brian Robert son, held discussions with Gen. Lucius D. Clay, the American military governor, In London, Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the house of commons a "delicate state of affairs" exlts In Berlin. The British cabinet was summoned Into special session, presumably to dlscuu the Berlin situation. The blockade left ohly the air ways for bringing food from the west to the 2,000,000 residents of the British, French and American zones In Berlin.

Allied experts acknowledged this would not work the long run. missed after the mistake was discovered. He said J3.000 bond was posted for release of James L. White, 33, held on another charge. The Whites, who are Negroes, were In the same day room when Urban called "James White." The maa held on the murder charge responded and asked no questions when Urban told aim to prepare to leave.

A few minutes later, however, a brother of James L. White, who had the bond money, asked when his brother was to be released. "He just went out" Urban 'aid. The brother disputed Urban and the clerk went Into the day room and found James L. White sleeping on a couch.

Urban said he told him be had not heard his nam called earlier. New Draft Law Goes in Effect Story on Page Father's Truck Runs Over, Crushes Baby Playing in Driveway IOWA TRAFFIC DKATHS By Tha Auocuted Pre. June IMS aae 25, 1M7 Z22 IONIA UP) Patty Diesburg, 15-month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Diesburg, was crushed to death Under the wheels cf her father's off truck today.

Mr. -Diesburg, who operates a filling station here and delivers petroleum products in the country, did not see the little girl playing in the driveway as he backed his truck but of the garage. Wheels of the truck passed over the child's head and she died Instantly. Mrs. Diesburg also was in the yard with their only other child, Daniel, 4.

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Warden Frank Sain said Edward E. Urban, jail clerk, had been dis- Pfc. Elmer LeRoy Borgstrom was killed in Italy with the 91st Infantry division, June 22. Srgt Rolon Borgstrom's bomber limped back to England from a raid over Germany August 8 with his body in its riddled fuselage. Pfc.

Rulon Borgstrom, Rolon's twin brother, died 17 days later of wounds he received while the 38th infantry, second division, was attacking Le Dreff, Fiance, TREMONTON, Utah W) The four Borgstrom brothers, who gave their lives in separate battles from Guadalcanal to Germany, are to gether again. The sons of Mr. and Mrs. Alben Borgstrom separated October 12, 1940, when the oldest enlisted in the marine corps. Today their bodies, home after honored escort from their temporary graves overseas, lay side by side in Gag-draped caskets.

Gen. Mark Clark, sixth army commander, Gov. Herbert B. Maw yt Utah, President George Albert Smith of the Latter Day Saints (Mormon) church and other dignitaries will honor them in full military funeral services. The four brothers were killed within a lees than six months' period In 1944.

Pfc. Clyde E. Borgstrom fell with the marines March 17 ia the Solomons. ft.