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The Daily Nonpareil from Council Bluffs, Iowa • Page 4

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COUNCIL BLUFFS (IOWA) NONPAREIL--AUGUST 8, 1949. Spangler Plans; to Hold GOP Post Majority of State Committee Questioned CEDAR RAPIDS, ff Harrison E. Spangler, Iowa's republican national commlttccman, reiterated Monday he has no intention of resigning the He a i has not received from the G. O. P.

state central committee a resolution calling fot his resignation. It was adopted by the group at a meeting in Clear Lake Saturday. Although there are 1C members of the committee, only 10 were present. The resolution was reported passed by a vote of 6 to 1. Announcement of the commit tec's action carried no explana tion for the request.

However, the 70-ycar-old Cedar Rapids attor ney has been under fire from cer tain sections of the party since the 1948 republican national con ventlon. Represents Old Cuoid The opposition Is reported to feel that Spangler represents the conservative, old guard element In the party. The Iowa republican veterans league asked months ago for Spanglcr's resig nation. Later, there were reports out ol Burlington that'Spangler would Crushed Babbitt Automobile after it was hit broadside by a passenger vraln. Viewing the car are Ernie Nielsen, 1007 Sixth avenue, far side, and Bob Morse, j.324 Pleasant Photo.

ruj, i Two Local Youths Escape War Dads Honor a Death in Lar-1 rain Lrash Ex-Prexy Stafford Yanlta Brown Wins Miss Nebraska Title Arch Stafford, a past national ntwfc icslgn If permitted to name i president of the American War successor. He answered those re- Dads, was presented with a me- ports with a declaration that he! morlal scroll at Elmwood park was elected last year for a 1 Sunday. year term and that he had no in- He Is moving Tuesday from tentlon of resigning. Omaha to San Mateo, Calif. Spangler is credited with be- Representatives were present Ing Instrumental In forcing the from Council Bluffs and Atlantic, recent resignation of Hugh Scott' and five Nebraska cities, of Pennsylvania as G.O.P.

nation- Special guests of the War Dads al chairman, a post Spanglcr were 50 children of Gold Star held from 1910 to 1942. In Omaha and a like Helped Gabrlolson I number of Omaha war brides Spangler nlso Is credited with lorelgnjands. having an important part in the election last week of Guy Ga Miss Vanita Brown, who was brlclson, native lowan and now recently crowned Miss Omaha of New Jersey, to succeed Scott, will go to Atlantic City for the Scott was appointed through ss America competitor, as the Influence of New York Gov. Thomas E. Dcwey, the 1948 G.

O.P. presidential nominee. Spang Miss Nebraska. She won the state title Saturday In Lincoln Friday night Miss Brown was lor Is regarded ns a supporter of a guest performer at the Councl U. S.

Senator Robert A. Tnft's Bluffs competition at Playland nmbltlonn for the presidency. An Important ancle In the state committee's action is that It has no power to remove Spangler, cxci-pt for serious Incident. Spangler, who has held the office since 1932, was elected bv the Iowa delegation to the 1948 republican national convention. Auto-Truck Damage Suit Is Dismissed Federal District Judge Charles A.

Dewey Monday dismissed with prejudice $13,210 damage suit nrlslng from Nov. 2G, 1915 truck and auto crash. Plaintiff was Farmers Union Oil company of Menno, D. The out-of-cotirt settlement was made with Herbert H. Phillips, Kansas City.

Mo, the defendant. The accident happened on hlchwav nln" miles north of park at which Miss Barbara Jue of Council Bluffs was named Miss Iowa. Eight thousand Omahans their weekly community sing heard a pre-vlcw of oldtlme sing Ing by the all-male chorus of the Ak-Sar-Ben chapter of the So clety of the Preservation and En couragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing In America. The chapter will stake Its an nual Barber Shop quartet par adc Oct. 1.

The community sing held in world war II Me morlal park. Two Council Bluffs youths miraculously were alive Monday after their autqmoblle was crushed by a passenger train at he Wabash railroad crossing a ialf-mlle east of Mlneola. The accident happened about midnight Saturday. Beverly Connor, 16, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Lloyd R. Connor of 3301 West Broadway, was reported In "fair" condition at mercy hospital here. Mrs. Sumner Wells Dies in Switzerland LAUSSANE, Switzerland, Mrs. Sumner Welles, wife of the former U.

S. undersecretary ol state, died in her hotel here Sun day night. Mrs. Welles, the former Mathll de Townscnd, was second wife. His first marriage was dls solved by divorce in 1923.

Welles had two sons, Benjamin and Arnold, from his first marriage. The former undersecretary and his wife sailed to Europe a month ago on a trip planned to restore his health, which was damaged by exposure when he fell unconscious last Christmas night In a snowcovered field near his Mary 1 land estate. Welles explained July 7 tha he was making the trip to "try to get my health back." The Welles had been llvlnc quietly In their hotel since thelt In Lusanne July 19. Mrs. Wolles became 111 severa days ago, hotel officials said and was confined to her bed.

She died In the night. Fashions in Grandmothers for the Best CHICAGO, fashion in grandmothers has changed rad- Vallev. Phillips' car Ically. a University of Chicago to pass the oil firm's sociologist says, and he thinks It's for the best. Prof.

Ernest W. Burgess told the university's first Institute on problems of old age Monday pasollno transport truck and then fell hack Into the Inne behind the northbound truck Marden M. Ruse, coml.ic south, lost control of his car when he I "The day when grandmothers ac- saw Phillips -start 1o pass Rues's car struck the transport which hntl pulled over to the shoulder. The M3.210 claim was for truck damage nnd loss of Its use. cepjed a status as old and went to church on Sunciajs In black dresses anrl black silk bonnets is gone forever.

"But older people are frustrat- ed to a greater extent than peo pie in other ages Prof. Burgess said the basli yearnings of aged persons are much the same as those of thel Juniors--primarily for economic emotional and spiritual security But, "as a person become older, he loses spous'e and his by death hi friends. Many older persons feel pushed aside Lonesomeness Is a among older persons." He sal activities are necessary to com pensate for loneliness. i i a examination lowed she suffered a brain oncussion, a possible broken eg and numerous bruises and uts. X-rays were scheduled to taken Monday.

Myron Babbitt, 19, son of Mr. nd Mrs. Paul Babbitt, 10 Elmwood drive, driver of the auto, vas treated for cuts and bruises the hospital and released. He in "good" condition Mon- was lay. Sheriff Bob Moore of Glen wood aid the accident occurred where he Wabash tracks cross Mills ounty road F.

Witnesses said he couple had been to a dance at Mlneola. 'radically Demolished. The car was hit Just back of he front door on the fight side. Elect W. E.

to 40 and 8 Post Johnson Is Officer in Seventh District William E. Hill, 3606 West Broadway, was elected one of three grand chefs de train at the state 40 and 8 convention at Des Molnes Sunday evening. Edward Zimmerman of Red Oak was elected grand garde de la porte by the state American Legion honor and fun organba- tion. Clarence W. Johnson, 778 Madison avenue, was elected grand chemlnoux of the seventh district.

Election of state Legion officers will be held Wednesday. Marshall F. Camp, 33, of Creston, was the only announced candidate for state commander. Green Candidate If elected, Camp would be the first world war II veteran to hold the office." He is a former county attorney of Union county. New grand chef de gare of the Iowa 40 and 8 is Harry C.

Malloy of Marshalltown. James F. Green, Omaha, a candidate for national commander of the American Legion said Sunday the current peace is "a bewitching mockery." He paid a tribute to Iowa's war dead. "We are meeting in an aftermath of war, but we arc finding that the peace Is a bewitching mockery," he said. "Tears of the mourners were scarcely dry before the assassins of peace were again selling their wares." He called American forces "vol unteer firemen who twice had to quench the blaze of war." "We must find a formula," Green said, resolving world differences without the'destruc tion of war.

This is our debt to those of two generations who was practically 'he Impact ripped the roof of the nuto and crushed it downward near the front seat, where the youths riding. Both of the youths, however, thrown clear of the crumpled car. Sheriff Moore said the tracks and the gravel road cross at an angle. The sheriff said Babbitt old him he saw a light com- but thought 'it was a one- lighted car at first." Babbitt's father said Monday his son then thought "he was In the path of the train and was trying to get out of the way." The semi-parallel angle of the road and railroad evidently made him think he was in the path of the train before he actually was there, the elder Babbitt said. Spare Tire Blamed for Damaged Auto A spare tire was blamed for an automobile accident Saturday night on highway 275, about nine miles south of Council Bluffs.

Tommie Crocker, 29, Kansas City, was 'driving an automobile transport truck when the spare tire came loose and fell to the pavement. It rolled into the sWe of the car driven north by Mrs. H. L. FitzSimmons, Omaha, damaging a fender and door, according to the report to the sheriff's office.

Alaska, which the Unltod States bought from Russia for $7,200,000, has produced more than 5600,000,000 worth of minerals since 1880. died for peace and justice." International Exhibits MOSCOW, JP--The soviet union Is taking part In three interna tlonal exhibitions this year. They are scheduled for Plovdiva, in Bulgaria, Prague and Budapest. The main military items made by Ironfnakers during the Revo lutionary War were cannon and IOWA LANDSCAPE--Burley Hacker, 3107 Avenue puts the finish Ing touches to this colorful mural of Iowa landscape. He Is advcr tlslng art manager for Bevlngton and Johnson Distributing company.

The mural will decorate a local Photo. Today's Mirror Government Wants to Make It Easier to Get Money PAGE THREE plain It has switched from ghtlng Inflation to fighting de- atlon, and will make certain hat money is easy, and presum- bly stays cheap or gets cheaper. Consumer Credit Up The move comes at a time when consumer credit Is on the ncrease again, dip In he first few months of the The federal reserve board reports hat at the end of June a redlt outstanding to consumers vas $16,141,000,000 higher by 72,000,000 than the total a year Rrller. Easing its curbs on tallment buying was one of the irst steps the reserve board took fight the recession. Appar- intly.

the easier terms have Induced more people to buy on ime. By setting bank reserve requirements at the lowest point October, 1941. the federal eserve board will make It easier or the treasury to sell Its securities to the banks. They will tave more Idle money to put to vork. If the demands of business for loans doesn't take up the cash, the banks are expected to urn to government securities.

And Uncle Sam wants to sell hem more in the months ahead. 'ostmaster of Macedonia Approved WASHINGTON, Appllca- of Lawrence Isaac Colman has ieen approved for postmaster- ship of Macedonia, It was Monday. Included in other applications was Jack R. Campbell, Blockon, la. By Sam Dawton NEW YORK.

JP--The government Is moving to make it easier for businessmen to borrow money--and easier for Uncle Sam to borrow, too. The idea Is a double-barrel one to put a brake on the recession and to make the treasury's start of deficit financing less painful. It comes at a time when buying-on-time Is climb- Ing again, when past-due accounts are increasing, and when taxes are at an all-time peak. No wonder the financial picture makes you To Free Beiervis The federal reserve board at a time when businessmen pre sumably should be looking fo bank loans to prepare for fal and winter business. Some skeptics doubt If this wll do much to brake the recession They point out that business loans arc down $2.7 billions from the first of the year, and that th $1G million rise 10 days ag from the year's low scarcely indl cntes any great demand for bus ness loans which the banks can meet easily as it Is.

These ob servers contend that the banfc already have plenty of money lend, and that the real shortag is in borrowers. A MAN NEAR HERE FEU LIKE SWOLLEN BALOON: FULL OF STOMACH GAS 1 Recently a man living near her stated that he used to feel like a swollen ballon after every meal. He would bloat full of gas and spit up acidulous liquids for hours after eating. Was terribly constipated. This man one of hundreds in this vicinity who now praise INNER-AID.

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