Soviet Spy Data Hunt Targets U S Industrial Hubs
Army officials in Washington confirm a Soviet information hunt aimed at three key U S military industrial centers Wichita San Antonio and Rockford Illinois. Requests sought public data such as maps directories and brochures to aid potential enemy espionage networks.
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Americania Freie
United States
Europe
Tech
Wichita
San Antonio
Rockford
Germany
Army warns businessmen on Russian data solicitations
U S army counter intelligence officers urge American businesses to beware of overseas inquiries that request data on products plant capacity and descriptions. They describe a Soviet campaign to gather industrial and military targets and advise consulting army navy air force FBI state department or National Munitions Board offices for guidance.
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Washington
United States Army
Germany
the Inquirer
Nore
Aaatt
United States
Army
Navy
Air Force
FBI
State Department
National Munitions Board
Witnesses Refuse to Answer Nixon Subcommittee Questions
Three former New Deal lawyers John Abt Lee Pressman and Nathan Witt refused to testify before Rep Nixon acting as a one man Un American Activities Subcommittee. They cited constitutional grounds self incrimination and an illegally established committee. Each was accompanied by attorney Harold Cammer.
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Washington
New Deal
Red Underground
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
House
UN American Activities Subcommittee
John Abt
Lee Pressman
Nathan Witt
New York
Abt
Pressman
Wallace
CIO
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Chambers
Witt
Rankin
Dmiss
Congress
Harold Cammer
Pressman, Witt and Cammer
Kravchenko Says He Aided Soviet Teacher Escape
Victor Kravchenko, author of I Chose Freedom, says he helped Soviet school teacher Mikhail Samarin escape NKVD custody. He details a pre-dawn ride to a New Jersey chicken farm hideout and a return to Manhattan where Samarin received protection. Kravchenko criticizes Soviet consulate bungling and cites rising defection as political significance.
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Kravchenko
New York
Victor Kravchenko
Mikhail Samarin
NKVD
Soviet Purchasing Commission
Samaria
Mre
Oksana Kosenkina
Samakh
New Jersey
Kosenkina
Samarin
Ordin
Greek government declares Grammos offensive a success
Premier Themistocles Sofoulis announced that the Greek government's assault on guerrillas in the Grammos mountains ended in complete success. Intelligence reports claim General Markos Vafiades is regrouping near Lake Maliquit in Albania and may attempt a second free Greece with villages used as depots and staging areas. The guerrillas are said to be reinforcing the Visti region in north central Greece.
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Athens
Grammos
Greece
Themistocles Sofoulis
Markos Vafiades
Lake Maliquit
Albania
Free Greece
Visti
President Truman Begins Nine Day Pre Campaign Cruise
President Truman sails on a nine day pre campaign cruise aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg carrying a briefcase full of papers. He said he will work on pressing issues during the voyage while public attention focuses on his campaign frame.
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Washington
Truman
Williamsburg
Walker Girl Crowned Linn County 4-H Achievement Queen
Margaret OConnell, 17, daughter of Mr and Mrs John OConnell of Walker, was crowned Linn County 4-H achievement queen at the fair Friday.
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Margaret O'Connell
John O'Connell
Walker
Linn County
All American Thrill Show And Parachute Display Tonight
Tonight at 7 30 p m a full program features an All American thrill show a final aerial exhibition and a lighted parachute jump Also scheduled are a light horse show and a special night thrill show with midway rides nine cents until nine p m Kids receive free balloons near Babe the elephant during Saturday events
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Midway
Babe
Elephant
Queen of the All Iowa Fair Crowned in Colorful Ceremony
Margaret earns recognition after a year of work crafting 105 home articles including room refurnishing, canning 284 quarts, freezing 25 quarts, sewing 44 new garments and remaking 10 old ones. Her chicken flock won first in the fryer class at the Chicken of Tomorrow district contest. Earlier she served as a Hawkeye Girls State delegate at Grinnell.
All-Iowa fair coverage spans pages with events and pictures
The Gazette highlights record-breaking All-Iowa fair coverage with judging of sheep and dairy cattle on page 20, horse races and innovations on page 7, plus additional pictures and stories on pages 11 and the Picture page.
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the Gazette
Walkerie girls win church tied crown at fair grandstand
In a community event at the fair grandstand, Walker mie girls, active in church and local affairs, competed for the crown in a ceremony led by Margaret Mitchell and Delores Staskal, daughters of Lester Mitchell Fairfax and Mrs Douglas Staskal. Attendance at the fair continued to boom.
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Walker Mie
Hersitteddinte
Margaret
Mitchell
Lester‘ Mitchell
Fairfax
Delores Staskal
Douglas
Staskal
Mt. Vernon
Pe Mae
Federal Reserve Orders Credit Curbs on Consumer Purchases
The Federal Reserve Board announces Regulation W restricting installment credit for items between 50 and 5000 dollars effective Sept 20. Down payments rise to 33 percent for autos and 20 percent for appliances, with 15 to 18 month repayment limits and penalties up to ten thousand dollars fine and 16 years in prison.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Calm View Of Charge In C R
Local business leaders and dealers in Cedar Rapids respond calmly to new credit controls. The Federal Reserve Board rules require a one third down payment on autos, with dealers noting no real change in the ready market and calling the measures a return to solid financing.
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Federal ‘Reserve
Mary
Stevenson
Ee Neeies
Federal Reserves: Board
Truman Orders Draft Questionnaires for Non-Veteran Registrants
President Truman ordered selective service to mail classification questionnaires to single non-veteran draft registrants by September 7 as part of peacetime draft regulations. Deferments for dependents workers and other groups are defined, with all registrants guaranteed equal justice, and processing starts with oldest birth dates.
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Washington
Truman
Selective Service Boards
Seruman
Army
Ito
Gag Bait Brings Angler the Limit
In San Francisco Bay Mrs. Woodward Melone fished on her first trip catching the daily limit. Her husband jokingly advised using fried bacon a tomato slice and a geranium as bait. She followed the tip and succeeded.
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San Francisco
Woodward Melone
Tugwell Faces Uneasy Stand in Progressive ranks
Rexford Tugwell former cochair of the Wallace for President committee told the Baltimore Sun he is uneasy with the Progressive party. Hesaid he hopes the party’s organization allows old fashioned American progressives to stay aligned, but he warned that if the wrong people gain control they may not feel at home in the Wallace movement. He dodged a direct label on Communists, saying they act as though they are.
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Federal Housing Administration
Eee
Baltimore
Rexford
Guy Tugwell
Baltimore Sun
Progressive Party
Wallace
U.S. Grants 16 Billion in Postwar Aid Across World
A Geneva AP report shows that from July 1, 1945, to March 1, 1948 the United States provided reconstruction grants and loans totaling about 16.326 billion to the rest of the world, not counting the ERP. Britain led recipients with 4.699 billion, most of which is repayable, while 84 percent supported areas designated as devastated by war. Canada and Latin America also received funds, with Soviet bloc aid totaling 1.457 billion.
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Geneva
United States
United Nations Economic and Social
Russia
United
Menta Hon
IRNY
U.N
Germany
Japan
Canada
Latin America
Britain
United Kingdom
Weather To Stay Ideal For The Fair In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids continues ideal fair weather with partly cloudy skies and warm temperatures. Friday saw a high around 88 to 87 and a low near 66 while forecasters predict Saturday highs in the 92 to 96 range and some relief this weekend before a warming trend returns next week.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Chambers
Couple Plans Pool and Home Link in Nashville
Mr and Mrs Charles Kemp seek a city permit to build a swimming pool as a learning site. After learning to swim they intend to place a house over the pool, using the pool area as the basement of their home in Nashville.
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Nashville, Tenn
Charles Kemp
City Building Inspector
Kemp
Soviet recall ultimatum on Lomakin and three teachers
A U S note condemned charges against three Russian teachers who refused to sail for Russia and demanded Lomakin leave the United States. The note, not signed by top State officials, said the United States would allow Lomakin a few days to wind up affairs before revoking his consul general authority. The teachers were offered protection under U S law and were not compelled to contact Russian authorities.
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UN Tykbad
Bae
Washington
Jecol
Nattseo
Molotov
Alexander
Panyushkirtin
Panyushkin
United States
Marshall
Robert Lavett
Ford
Truman
Lomakin
House
Ross
Soviet Consul General Lomakin Reported Asleep During Recall Drama
Newsmen in New York report Soviet Consul General Lomakin asleep at the consulate shortly before 10 am. The State Department demanded his recall amid charges, but guards indicated Lomakin is unaware of the details.
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Ragnhives Lomakin
New York
Lomakin
York
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U.S
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