Lattimore Urged Mongolia Recognition, Bullitt Testifies
Former ambassador William C. Bullitt testified before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee that in April 1936 Owen Lattimore urged immediate U S recognition of the Mongolian People s Republic, then under Soviet control. Bullitt said Lattimore may have known little about the issue or aided Communist expansion.
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Washington
William C. Bullitt
Russia
Owen Lattimore
U.S
Outer Mongolia
Lattimore
Moscow
Mongolian Peoples Republic
Bullitt
Asia
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Far East
Roosevelt
Igor Bogolepov
Mongolia
League of Nations
Bogolepov
Hisses Called Russian Agents
William C Bullitt recalled a 1939 French report alleging the Hiss brothers were Soviet agents in the U S state department He dismissed the name as a joke but said Alger Hiss appeared next year as Hornbecks aide Bullitt urged an immediate probe of Alger while noting no comments about Donald Hiss beyond the French report Alger Hiss serves a five year term for perjury convicted of lying about giving state department papers to a spy ring
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Washington
INS
William C. Bullitt
Hiss Brothers
U. S. State Department
Hiss
Bullitt
State Department
Stanley Hornbeck
Alger Hiss
Hornbeck
Alger
Donald
Whittaker Chambers
Two Die in Mass War Game Jump at Fort Hood
In Exercise Long Horns second mass parachute jump two men died. An air force pilot perished when two F-51 fighters collided and crashed in flames. A paratrooper died after leaping from a troop transport. his parachute did not open.
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Fort Hood, Texas
Air Force
Dean Shot Over Pictures of Girls at Rabun Gap
In Clayton Georgia two 15 year old boarding school students, Fred R. McCall of College Park and Randolph Fugate of Boca Grande, fired on Dean J. T. Stukes from Rabun Gap school after he refused to let them keep pictures of girls in bathing suits. One shot wounded the dean seriously. Both youths face open charges as police investigate and the dean’s condition remains critical.
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Clayton
Sheriff's Office
J. T. Stukes
Rabun Gap School
Fred R. McCall
College Park
Randolph Fugate
Boca Grande
Fla
Lamon Queen
Costello Sentenced to 18 Months and Fined 5000
Gambler Frank Costello received 18 months in federal prison and a 5000 fine for contempt of the senate crime committee. Judge Sylvester J. Ryan said the refusal to testify was premeditated and deliberate as Costello sought to delay testimony, with an appeal announced by his attorney.
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New York
Frank Costello
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Sylvester J. Ryan
Costello
Costtello
Senate
Ryan
Kenneth M. Spence
Nunan Illness Delays Testimony Before Tax Panel
Former Internal Revenue Commissioner Joseph D. Nunan Jr. cannot attend the House Ways and Means subcommittee session due to illness and will undergo a specialist examination. Chairman Cecil R. King notes observed illness patterns among subpoenaed witnesses as the panel seeks access to Nunan’s actions from 1944 to 1947 and has questioned Bolich previously.
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Washington
LLP
Internal Revenue
Joseph D. Nunan, Jr
House
Cecil R. King
Dcalif
Ways and Means
Daniel A. Bolich
Nunan
Office of Internal Revenue Commissioner
King
Slayers Award Reduced in Des Moines Case
Des Moines AP says 18 year old Tommy Ellis serving a 50 year term had a $40,000 damage award against the estate of late Sheriff Howard Reppert cut to $15,000 by District Judge Russell Jordan. Ellis claimed injuries from 1948 prison beatings. If not accepted within 15 days, a new trial may be ordered.
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Des Moines
Tommy Ellis
Russell Jordan
Ellis
Fort Madison
Howard C. Reppert
Polk County
Reppert
Jordan
Opportunity and Daring Path to Desk Jobs
A humorous take notes that America remains a land of opportunity where a man can rise from ditch digging to a desk job if he accepts financial sacrifice and persistence. The line emphasizes ambition and the pay-off of hard work in a light tone.
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America
Anamosa Man Sentenced to 10 Years for Bank Burglary
Martin W. Schipper, 35, of Anamosa, received a 10 year federal prison term after pleading guilty to two bank burglary counts. He burglarized banks at Baldwin and Wheatland in Iowa, with the sentences run concurrently. His February arrest tied up a series of Eastern Iowa burglaries.
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Dubuque
Martin W. Schipper
Anamosa
Graven
Schipper
Baldwin
Wheatland
Iowa
Muscatine Board approves $100 cost of living raises
Muscatine public school teachers custodians and clerks received $100 cost of living increases at a special board meeting Monday night.
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Muscatine
Musicatine
Muscatine Board of Education
Rain and Cooler Weather Forecast Across Iowa
Iowa faces a shift to cooler air with showers forecast Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. River flooding looms in Sioux City as volunteers guard Missouri river dikes against the 22 foot crest expected late Saturday, while Cedar Rapids records 70 degrees after a 39 degree low.
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Iowa
Sioux City
Missouri River
Cedar Rapids
Mrs. Ryan Quits Conservation Post
Gov. Beardsley announced the resignation of Mrs. Emmett Ryan from the State Conservation Commission effective immediately for personal reasons. The Underwood farm wife, mother of eight, was the sole woman member and had been appointed to fill an unexpired Des Moines seat with about three years left in the term. The governor did not name a successor.
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Des Moines
Beardsley
Emmett Ryan
Underwood
State Conservation Commission
Ryan
David S. Kruidenier
House Judiciary Committee Extends Truman Powers to June 30
The house judiciary committee voted unanimously Tuesday to renew President Truman's wartime emergency authorities through June 30, ensuring continued executive powers during the wartime period.
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Washington
INS
House
Judiciary Committee
Truman
Turnout at Polls High In Illinois
Balloting opened at 6 am as warm weather spurred heavy turnout in the Illinois primary. Officials forecast nearly two million voters, the largest in a decade, with brisk write in activity for the presidential race and heavy Republican participation in Cook County.
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Illinois
Chicago
G.O.P
State Office
Cook County
Edmund K. Jarecki
Glenn McCarthy quits firm and forms new company
Glenn McCarthy resigns Tuesday as chairman of the McCarthy Oil and Gas Company which owed Equitable Life Assurance Society $34 million. Control passes to Equitable. McCarthy announces plans to form Glenn McCarthy Inc to aid the poor.
Cedar Rapids mother questions school traffic safety after boy struck
Mrs Dean Godden told Cedar Rapids school board her five year old son Carl Dean Godden was hit by a car at Johnson avenue and Twenty first street NW while school stop signals were unattended. She urged reviews of crossing signals and patrols and suggested parents or PTA volunteers help supervise. Board promised to meet with city officials to assess safety and enforcement, while noting patrol training and public support are essential. Her son, now in a cast after a hospital stay, is recovering.
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Cedar Rapids
Dean H. Godden
Twentieth Street
Johnson Avenue
Twenty-first Street
Carl Dean Godden
Cleveland
Godden
Ment
Carl C. Kesler
Cedar Rapids Faces 30 Day Steel Shortage Threat
Cedar Rapids industries estimate steel stocks could last 3 to 4 weeks with overtime and stretched inventories. A nationwide steel strike cuts almost all civilian supplies, leaving only mills without strikes or independent unions likely to operate. Subcontract components and defense contracts add risk as most plants lack enough defense work to sustain production without steel.
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Cedar Rapids
National Production Authority
Wedding of Miss Truman and Marvin Braverman Seen
Stanford economist Theodore Krebs predicted a White House wedding for Margaret Truman and Marvin Braverman in August or September. Braverman, a Washington lawyer, has often escorted Miss Truman. Braverman denied the report and a Truman aide called it an old rumor.
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Miss Truman
Marvin Braverman
San Francisco
Theodore J. Krebs
Stanford
Truman
Margaret Truman
Cedar Rapids
Kreb
Margaret
Braverman
Washington
Krebs
James Helm
Iowa City Drops Dog Resolution
Iowa City council dropped a plan requiring dog owners to keep pets on property or on leashes. About 100 residents attended the meeting to oppose the measure, with complaints ranging from a 12 year old child to an 80 year old woman. The proposed rule would have allowed a fine up to 100 dollars for out of home or unleashed dogs under consideration.
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Gazette
Iowa City
Iowa City Council
Seizure Hinted As Steel Strike Looms In 1949
Washington officials said the commerce department may run the steel industry if President Truman orders seizure. A 650000-strong steelworkers strike was set for midnight with officials debating legality, while Wage Stabilization chief Feinsinger pursued a settlement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Commerce Department
Truman
Commerce
Sawyer
Detroit
Office of Defense Mobilization
Nathan Feinsinger
Ban Eases on Steel Shipments to Civilians Under New Policy
Ban Based government Tuesday eased its ban on steel shipments to civilian manufacturers pending a walkout. Mills may ship steel products to civilian manufacturers and exporters if steel workers stay on the job. Warehouses remain barred from selling steel to non essential firms.
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Washington
INS
Girl Smuggles in Tools to Aid Jail Escape
INDIANAPOLIS AP Seven prisoners used saw blades smuggled in by the friend of one escapee from the county jail early Tuesday Four were recaptured within a short time Sheriff Dan Smith said Madeline Louise Harrison 18 admitted she smuggled five saw blades Monday to Keith Wright 24 held on a burglary charge Smith said he arrested her on a tip from another prisoner
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Indianapolis
Dan Smith
Madeline Louise Harrison
Keith Wright
Smith
Exemption from Credit Control Is Broadened
The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday broadened installment credit exemptions. Purchases costing under 100 dollars are now exempt, up from the previous 50 dollar threshold. The move follows reform of consumer credit controls to ease small purchases.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
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