Uranium Shipments to Russia Highlight Communist Infiltration
Congress hearings reveal two uranium shipments totaling 1300 pounds sent to Russia during 1943 amid pressure from suspected Soviet agents. Witnesses including Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers tie espionage to key posts in commerce and other agencies.
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Washington
Russia
Rep
McDowell
R-Pa
Rankin
D-Miss
House UN- American Activities Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce Department
Wallace
Mundt
R-S.d
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Red Underground
Samuel Klaus
State Department
Senate
William W. Remington
Remington
Ferguson
Senate Committee
Truman
FBI
United States
Treasury Department
War Production Board
Office of Strategic Services
United States Army
Truman blasts spy hearings as red herring over inflation
President Truman denounces congressional probes of communists as a red herring meant to distract from inflation. He urges faster action on price controls and anti inflation measures, says hearings have harmed reputations and yield no new evidence. He notes refusals to hear three cabinet members and cites plans to curb high prices.
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Washington
Truman
Congressional
Congress
Senate
House
FBI
New York
Grand Jury
Rep. Wolcott
Rich
House Banking Committee
Wolcott
Sawyer
Krug
Two Inmates Escape from Independence Mental Hospital
Independence Iowa inmates Norbert Heying age 44 from New Vienna and Donald Freerksen age 32 near Marshalltown escaped the state mental hospital after seizing keys from guard William Goff at about 2 30 a m. Heying was previously in Fort Madison for murder in 1938 and Freerksen arrived at the hospital early last month.
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Independence
INS
Emery A. Hart
Norbert Heying
New Vienna
Dubuque County
Donald Freerksen
Marshalltown
Hart
William Goff
Heying
Fort Madison
Iun
Freerksen
Nebraska Republican Named Western Campaign Head
AP reports A T Howard named Western campaign manager for the Dewey Warren ticket says GOP state chairmen from multiple Midwest and Rocky Mountain states will meet in Chicago around August 16 to plan strategy. Howard, Nebraska GOP chairman, will keep his post as state leader and coordinated campaigns alongside Herbert Brownell.
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Washington
A. T. Howard
Midwest
Rocky Mountain
Chicago
Howard
Warren
Mississippi
Herbert Brownell
Nebraska
Scottsbluff
Samuel McKelvie
Brownell
New York
Koenig critiques Wallace and communism for Lions club
Dr Myron Koenig former Coe professor and George Washington University dean argues Wallace and the Progressive party are Communist fronts. He notes Russia influences in occupied zones and says the regime uses deception and terror as policy. He warns voting for Wallace aids these aims.
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Cedar Rapids
Henry Wallace
Myron Ae
Lions Club Thursy
Wallace
Progressive Party
Koenig
George Washington University
Washington, D. C
Wallace Party
America
G O P Leaders Rebuffed On Housing Bill Action
Senate banking committee backed the Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill over a watered down substitute in a 7 to 5 vote. The action, pushed by Democrats and President Truman, foreshadows a showdown with the House over public housing and slum clearance provisions.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Tion
Tobey
R-N.h
House
G.O.P
Wolcott
R-Mich
House Committee
McCarthy
R-Wis
U S Proposes UN Watch over Danube River
U S ambassador Cavendish Cannon urged a new international Danube regime with the United Nations as watchdog to curb Russian monopolistic control. He accused Soviet shipping firms of privilege and noncompliant licensing, and urged open Danube commission meetings to U N observers, noting Russia blocks such observers.
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Belgrade
United States
Danube
United Nations
Cavendish Cannon
Yugoslavia
Russia
Cannon
Danube Commission
U.N
Ford Announces Boost in Prices
Detroit AP reports Ford Motor Company raised prices on almost all models by 75 dollars due to higher material and labor costs. The lowest priced model, the business coupe, dropped five dollars to 1158 dollars.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Guard expands officer enlistment to boost strength
Washington AP reports the national guard lifted the officer and warrant officer enrollment ceiling to build up expanded state units. Maj. Gen. Kenneth F. Cramer said officers will no longer count against unit quotas, allowing more qualified men to enlist. Revised state quotas include Iowa 5206 ground and 838 air.
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Washington
National Guard
Kenneth F. Cramer
Guard Bureau
Guard
Congress
Cramer
Iowa
Fugitive Saved From Chain Gang
Governor Alfred E. Driscoll refused to extradite John Colier to South Carolina for a $5 theft, citing that Colier has paid his debt to society. Colier, a Black man, had fled a 19 month sentence 11 years ago and faced alleged torture and beatings during prior confinement and in a Newark holding period.
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Trenton
N. J
Alfred E. Driscoll
John Colier
South Carolina
Colier
Newark
Driscoll
Cab Radio Feud Between Petersons Sparks Arrests
In Chicago a taxi ride ended in a brawl when Frank Peterson 23 battered a radio unit and tossed out passenger John Peterson 21 after a dispute over a dispatch voice. Both were arrested for disorderly conduct as Judge Michael Kula pushed the case to August 12.
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Chicago
Petersons
Frank Peterson
John Peterson
Peterson
Michael Kula
Cold Wave Covers Nation With Mild Scandinavian Readings
A vast cold wave grips the nation from the Rockies to the North Atlantic, with little change expected. Scattered showers may raise readings briefly along the Missouri River but highs likely stay in the seventies hereafter. Wisconsin records near freezing at several points. Cedar Rapids reached 75, then 54, while Elkader measured 40.
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Cedar Rapid News
Rocky Mountains
North Atlantic
Missouri River
Wisconsin
Iowa
Elkader
Cedar Rapids
House approves measure curbing credit to fight inflation
The House passed a Republican anti inflation bill 264 to 97 on Thursday after blocking Truman price and wage controls. The plan allows Federal Reserve controls on installment buying to March 15 1949 and raises reserve requirements to curb credit expansion.
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Washington
House
Truman
Senate
G.O.P
Congress
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve System
Russians Relax Berlin Blockade to Free Funds
Berlin authorities and Western firms will receive enough blocked Russian mark funds to cover weekend payments. British finance official Charles Giffard said the releases have no strings, and Western Allies view the move as allowing Berlin life to continue during Moscow talks. The Kremlin discussions with Premier Stalin prompted the shift in policy amid the East-West currency dispute.
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Berlin
Kremlin
Stalin
Charles Giffard
Giffard
Moscow
Iowa House approves anti inflation measure with GOP support
In Washington reporters noted eight Iowa members alignment with the majority as the GOP backed an anti inflation bill. The vote reflected bipartisan rhetoric amid debate over cost of living and federal policy on economic relief.
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Washington
AIHI
Iowa
House
G.O.P
Council Bans Parking on Four Congested Cedar Rapids Streets
Cedar Rapids city council approved no parking on Ellis Lane south side from Ellis boulevard to the park custodian's driveway Fifteenth Street east side between A avenue NE and First avenue Park Court east side from First to Second avenues SE and Second Avenue north side from North Western tracks to Tenth Street SW The move aims to ease congestion and hazards after events at Ellis Park and near the park's baseball diamond.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
L. W. Remington
Tom Condon
Ellis Lane
Ellis Boulevard
Fifteenth Street
First Avenue
Park Court
First
Second Avenues
Second Avenue
Tenth Street
Remington
Ellis Park
Richard C. Jones
Seventh Street
Second
Third Avenues
Traffic Department
Hunger demonstrations erupt in Soviet zone Germany
Die Welt reports hunger protests across Saxony Thuringia and Mecklenburg as Soviet police with dogs arrest protesters and force grain collection. In Wismar longshoremen riot over butter rations, resuming work after the mayor promises special cargo-derived rations.
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Berlin
INS
Germany
Die Welt
Saxony
Thuringia
Mecklenburg
Zeitz
Wismar
FCC Targets Radio Cash Prizes in Lottery Like Schemes
The FCC proposes cracking down on radio cash prize programs that resemble lotteries or rely on chance. The action cites rising numbers of money programs and references the communications act prohibiting ads or information about lotteries or prize schemes dependent on chance.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Kalamazoo Butcher Gives Free Aspirin With Meat Purchases
Merle Nichols of Kalamazoo is offering a free aspirin tablet with every meat purchase to ease headaches from rising meat prices. The practice aims to attract customers and provide relief amid inflation.
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Kalamazoo, Mich
Merle Nichols
Kalamazoo
Nichols
Now the lecturer asks for a man to stand
A lecturer tests the crowd by asking a man to let his wife be slandered without speaking. A nervous attendee stands, prompting a sharp correction when the man apologizes, mishearing slaughtered for slandered.
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