Librarian Details Soviet Agent Hunted Wartime Secrets
Mrs. Joseph J. Franey of Buffalo testifies before the American activities committee about Andrei Scevchenko a Soviet purchasing agent who sought highly confidential NACA and other wartime reports. FBI involvement helped turn microfilm reports into evidence with deliveries continuing until early 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bell Aircraft Co
FBI
Joseph J. Franey
Buffalo
N. Y
House
American Activities Committee
Andrei Scevchenko
National Advicery Committee For Aeronautics
Buffalo War Plant
Franey
Anr
Hospital tragedy at Fulton state mental facility
Teddy Alva Lane, 49, a state hospital mental patient, used a butcher knife and meat cleaver to fatally attack two fellow patients and injure a hospital employee at a Fulton Missouri building housing the criminally insane. Superintendent Dr. W J Cramer identified the slayer and noted Lane’s 1943 commitment for killing his mother.
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Fulton, Mo
W. J. Cramer
Teddy Alva Lane
Lane
Weather forecast: cool and fair tonight and Tuesday
The forecast calls for mostly fair skies tonight and Tuesday with cooler temperatures. No precipitation is expected and overnight lows will drop noticeably from today.
R S Campbell 72 Dies at Atlantic Hospital
Robert C Campbell 72 of 710 Olive street died Sunday afternoon at Atlantic Memorial hospital after a period of asthma and declining health. He was born December 21, 1876, in Audubon county and lived in the Atlantic area since 1943. Surviving are his widow, two sons Lyle and Max, two daughters Mrs J H Doughjerty and Mrs J M Dunham, a sister Mrs Edith Moore, two half sisters and a half brother, and eight grandchildren. Funeral at First Presbyterian church Wednesday at 3 p.m. with Rev Tom Fuhr officiating. Burial in Atlantic cemetery.
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Robert C. Campbell
Olive Street
Atlantic Memorial Hospital
Mr. Campbell
Charles
Belle Campbell
Audubon County
Marne
Carrie Gentle
Sarah
Idaho
Atlantic Vicinity
Campbell
First Presbyterian Church
Lyle Campbell
Salem
Ore
Max Campbell
Atlantic
J. H. Doughjerty
Cheyenne
Wyo
J. M. Dunham
Burbank
Calif
Edith Moore
Sioux City
J. P. Foltz
Audubon
Frank Johnson
Yakima
Wash
Jack Campbell
Ponca City
Okla
Tom Fuhr
Taylor Funeral Home
Atlantic Cemetery
Audubon Youth Drowns In Lake
Audubon Leroy Johnson 18 son of Harry and Daisy Johnson, a farm family near Anita, drowned Sunday after slipping in a dredged hole near Arrowhead Lake west of Black Hawk Lake and Lake View. He was fishing with Carl Jensen and Bernard Owen, both 17, when he went swimming. Firemen recovered the body in 12 feet of water about an hour later. No inquest will be held. Surviving are his parents, two brothers Marvin and Roscoe, and sister Phyllis. Body at Mc Fadden funeral home pending arrangements.
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Audubon
Leroy Johnson
Harry Johnson
Arrowhead Jale
Black Hawk Lake
Lake View
Carl Jensen
Bernard Owen
Swan Lake
Harry
Daisy Johnson
Anita
Marvin
Roscoe
Phyllis
McFadden Funeral Home
How to Lose a Pound by Exercise or Driving
A University of Alabama study reports hours needed to shed a pound by different activities. Dancers require 20% hours of waltzing, runners 43.2 miles at 10 mph, walkers 6% miles at four mph, drivers 68 hours behind the wheel, with strenuous work like sawing wood or football offering faster results. Directed by William J. Rauchman.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
William J. Rauchman
Bond set at 50,000 for Dr. Robert C. Rutledge Jr.
District Judge J E Heiserman set a 50 000 bond for Dr Robert C Rutledge Jr 28 of St Louis convicted May 28 of second degree murder in the death of Byron C Hartman 29. Bond allows travel but requires appearance for judgment and sentence as ordered. Rutledge in Linn county jail since March 28 after pleading innocent to first degree murder charges.
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Cedar Rapids
J. E. Heiserman
Robert C. Rutledge, Jr
St. Louis
Byron C. Hartman
Heiserman
Rutledge
Linn County
Hartman
Hattman
Sydney
William Crissman
Cooler Weather Expected Tomorrow After 83 Degree Noon
The mercury rose to 83 at noon, just one degree below yesterday. A cooler day is forecast for tomorrow with a low around 59 degrees.
Tighten Ring in Hunt for Gunmen
Three gunned men sought in the Richfield police officer slaying eluded Nebraskan patrols after kidnapping Mandan officer Ralph Senn. They hijacked at least four vehicles, released a hostage and drove toward Pilger and Wisner as authorities tighten the net around Arthur E. Bistrom Carl H. Bistrom and Allen C. Hartman.
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Norfolk
Pilger-Wiener Aree
Pilger-Wisner
Arthur E. Bistrom
Carl H. Bistrom
Allen C. Hartman
Fred Babcock, Jr
Minneapolis
Richfield
Ralph Senn
Mandan
N. D
Laurel
Neb
Senn
C. J. Sanders
Nebraska Safety Patrol
Ralph Clements
Hartington
Randolph
Sixth Brother Dies Today From Burns Hazleton Fire
A west Hazleton fire killed five Garrick children and claimed a sixth brother, Robert Garzick seven, who died of burns at Hazleton State hospital. Parents Steven and Mrs Garzick remain in critical condition as relief drives raise over $1,000 for the family of eight.
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Hazleton
West Hazleton
Robert Garzick
Hazleton State Hospital
Steven Gaizick
Gaizick
Garrick
Joseph
Richard
Leo
Thomas
Donald
Eastman Family Returns to Wichita After Visit
Mr and Mrs Ray Eastman and their son return to Wichita Kansas after spending two weeks with the Jens Nodgaard family at 408 Mapel Street. Arnold Nodgaard accompanied them on the trip.
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Kansas
Ray Eastman and Son
Arnold Nodgaard
Wichita
Kans
Jens Nodgaard
Mapel Street
D Day Fifth Anniversary Remembered On Omaha Beach
The article recalls D-Day five years later with grass reclaiming foxholes on Omaha Beach and peasant life returning to normal. It notes wreaths by two Norman girls and honors Brig. Gen Joseph O Hare and Capt Smith Hutton alongside a French guard and American Legion honor detail.
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Grass
Europe
Colgras
Easants
Brooklyn
Belsen
Hitler
United States
Joseph O'Hare
Paris
Smith Hutton
Naval Guard of Honor
American Legion
First Woman Treasurer Nominee Georgia Clark
President Truman nominated Georgia Neese Clark of Richland Kansas a banker as the first woman treasurer of the United States. Clark a 49 year old divorcee was backed by Mrs India Edwards head of the democratic women's division and arrived in Washington after a rush call. The nomination signals more female appointments to high federal posts including diplomatic posts.
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Washington
Truman
Georgia Neese Clark
Richland, Kans
United States
Clark
India Edwards
Democratic National Committee
Edwards
Cleared By Board Despite FBI Data
Des Moines reports Gov Beardsley refused clemency for C R Bruntlett of Council Bluffs and set July 6 for his hanging for the 1947 murder of Percy Smith. The article also recounts a Senate inquiry into AEC security and the handling of top secret atomic information and personnel.
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FBI
Des Moines
William S. Beardsley
C. R. Bruntlett
Council Bluffs
Bruntlett
Percy Smith
Iowa Supreme Court
Beardsley
District Court
Pottawattamie County
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Smith
Washington
Hickenlooper
R-Iown
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Iowa
Asacientista
Argee Littl
Wherry
Nebraska
J. Edgar Hoover
Justice Department
Navy Vet Drowns At Blue Lake Near Onawa
Gorden Clark, 23 year old navy veteran, drowned yesterday in Blue Lake west of Onawa. He was swimming with his young nephew. the boy said Clark went under but the report was dismissed. No lifeguard on duty. Clark’s clothes were found in the bathhouse at 7 p.m. and the body was recovered at 1 a.m.
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Onawa
Gorden Baker
Blue Lake
Here
E. E. Gingles
Clark
Gingles
Clair
al Rasmussen
Yateses Move to Lake City for Coaching and Feed Project
Mr and Mrs Arthur Yates relocated today to Lake City. Mr Yates, former Atlantic high school coach, will oversee the northwest Iowa district headquarters for the feed company he is involved with.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Yates
Lake City
Yates
Atlantic High School
Northwest
Iowa
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Hell
New York City
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NACA
Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
Igrey Ruble
Elmer Tichnell
West Virginia
Moundsville
Belfry
International Soundphoto
Julia Brittan
Chicago
Max Thorek
Mildred Shea
American Hospital
William Brittan
International Soundphotos
Clayton Hiatt
L. C. Hiatt
Maple Street
Mr. Hiatt
The
Hawkeye Casualty Company
R. S. Campbell
DR. Rutledge
H. Q. Langmeier
Pilger
Langmeier
Sean
Harvey Hudson
Omaha Beach
France
Adolf Hitler
Deny Bruntlett
Wly
Lillienthal
ARC
Lilienthal
Percens
Jobe
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Army
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Commission
U. S
Eisler
Becn
Batory
New York
Gerhardt Eisler
Southampton
England
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