Trial by ordeal echoes in Czechoslovak show trials
The piece argues current Czechoslovak political trials resemble ancient ordeals with little chance of acquittal. It notes 11 of 14 defendants are Jewish and accuses Moscow aligned rulers of crafting a Zionism charge to scapegoat for economic decline, labeling Sovietism a pogrom in modern disguise.
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Christian Science Monitor
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Rudolph Slansky
Vlado Clementis
Moscow
Republic of Israel
Slansky
Klement Gottwald
Stolen Greek Children Questioned by UN Assembly
The UN General Assembly Special Political Committee condemned the Soviet Union for refusing to repatriate about 13,000 Greek children taken behind the Iron Curtain during the Greek civil war. It criticizes Stalinist regimes for using children to spread indoctrination and as potential slave labor or cannon fodder, urging lasting action by the free world.
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New York Times
United Nations General Assembly
Special
Soviet Union
United Nations
Red Cross
Kremlin
Greece
Snowbound Pupils Take Shelter In Lewiston Neb Town
Lewiston Nebraska faced a blizzard that trapped 105 out of town pupils at the Lewiston Consolidated School. Power and phone services failed, roads blocked supplies, and some homes housed many boarding children. Supt. Edwin Wieland praised orderly conduct as 35 to 40 pupils awaited road clearance by Friday.
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Lewiston
Neb
Hamelin
Edwin Wieland
Metz Family Hosts Thanksgiving at Keokuk Home
At Metz home in Keokuk Mrs Arnold Odem and husband Denver visited for Thanksgiving, first time home for a holiday in 15 years. Mike Metz had just returned from Portland and begins work in Burlington Monday. Joe Metz of Atlantic also joined, Troy Rhodes of Glenwood could not travel due to the storm.
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Metz
Wiota
Mike Metz
Arnold Odem
Denver
Keokuk
Mike
Portland
Ore
Burlington
Joe Metz
Atlantic
Troy Rhodes
Glenwood
Atlantic News-Telegraph Publishing Rates and Details
The Atlantic News-Telegraph lists subscription prices for local and distant readers, detailing carrier and mail options. Rates vary by location, with specific monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual figures for Atlantic, Cass counties, other Iowa areas, the U S, and Canada.
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Atlantic
Cass
Iowa
U. S
Canada
Strange Dis appearance of Noel Field Explained in Czech Trials
The Fields disappearances from 1949 are linked to Czech and Hungarian spy trials. Noel Field, a former State Department official, vanished after Prague hotel notices and later appeared to be arrested by Moscow aligned authorities.
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Drew Pearson
Noel Field
Iron Curtain
Field
Washington
Three Fields
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
State Department
Prague
Rene Kime
Herman
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Volksstimme
Fields
Erika Glazer - Wallach
Berlin
Leo Bauer
Moscow
Europe
Unitarian Service Committee
Hiss
Jules Humbert- Droz
Communist Party
E. F. Gonda
Poland
Russia
Childhood Bedtime Nightlife Pressure
The poem reflects a child's view of bedtime in childhood. It contrasts the rush of dusk with the urgency of sleep as parents insist on rest before guests arrive, highlighting a longing for more play and shared party moments.
Baetz Family Wintering in Fayetteville
Mr and Mrs Mike Baetz left Sunday for Fayetteville North Carolina to spend the winter with their son and family A special service was held at the Christian church Saturday evening in their honor Mrs Baetz and Fred Exline were presented for baptism and on Sunday morning they and Mr Baetz joined the church membership.
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Anita
Mike Baetz
Fayetteville
N. C
The
Christian Church
Briton claims atomic stores near US air field in England
Tom Driberg, a British Labour MP, said a U S Air Force officer told him there were tactical atomic bomb stores near the American jet base at Wethersfield England. A U S Third Air Force spokesman denied any discussion of atomic matters and called the issue classified.
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London
House of Commons
England
Tom Driberg
Wethersfield
Driberg
Aneurin Bevan
U.S
Third Air Force
Britain
Ki nen Family Back After Prairie Vacation
Mr and Mrs Wm Ki nen and grandson Gene Kinen return home from a trip visiting St Francis Kansas Philip Kinen home Fort Collins Colorado John Andrdjeski home Estes Park Cheyenne and Denver.
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Wiota
Wm. Kinen
Gene Kinen
St. Francis
Kan
Philip Kinen
Fort Collins
Colo
John Andrdjeski
Estes Park
Cheyenne
Denver
Parents and Schools Debate Moral Training in Education
The article argues parents hold guardianship of children and should decide schooling, with rising independent and parochial schools seen as answers to perceived moral gaps. It cites J Edgar Hoover, Harvard president James Conant, and debates over church state separation and religious instruction in secular schools.
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J. Edgar Hoover
James B. Conant
Harvard
America
Saturday Review
Conant
Marx
Lenin
Stalin
God
The prophets saints and disciples in a secular education
A 1952 King Features Syndicate critique argues against utterly secular schooling separating children from cultural traditions. It warns that education without tradition leaves youths adrift in a disorderly world.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Vegetarian Society of New York Hosts 22nd Thanksgiving Dinner
The VeGETarian Society of New York held its 22nd annual dinner with 250 members attending. The menu included soy bean roast fruit salad celery and olives combination salad baked potatoes and yams vegetable soup whole wheat pumpkin pie and apple pie mint vegetable coffee and butter. Dr Robert Anderson gave the Thanksgiving address urging gratitude for life rather than death.
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New York
Vegetarian Society of
Robert Anderson
Iowa Corn Weight Sets Record Low Average in 1952
The average weight of Iowa field corn reached 53.7 pounds per bushel in 1952, the heaviest since tests began in 1929, according to government reports. The 2-year average was 54.9 pounds per bushel, based on tests this month. some samples show variation.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Corn moisture report says 64-pound bushel weight average
The U S Weather Bureau and Iowa Agriculture Department released a report on corn moisture and grain weight. It states the average moisture across the state was 15.1 percent on November 20, higher than 13.9 percent in 1939, and notes 1952 remained well above normal corn production while 1951 was below normal.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Iowa Department of Agriculture
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