East Germany Returns to One Man Rule Under Ulbricht
Walter Ulbricht, 61, has risen to deputy leader and chief force in East Germany, wielding tight control through the Socialist Unity Party. He is described as cold and ruthless, aiming to crush opposition and spread communism westward, with a potential for people’s trials against Western leaders.
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Erlin
East Germany
Ulbricht
Ruung Socialist Unity (Communist
Germany Democratic Republic
kKxremiin
Stalin
Red Party
Russia
Konrad Adenauer
Elbe River
Imperial Germany
Weimar Republic
Hitler
Leipzig
Walter
Union
Kaiser
Imperial Police
General Walker a New Patton Fighting in Korea
Tokyo dispatch portrays Lt. Gen. Walton H. Walker of the U S Eighth Army as a Patton-like commander. He fights on the front in Korea, visits battalion posts, and keeps staff close to crises, earning praise for holding the Naktong line and leading with fast decisive action.
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Tokyo
INS
America
Patton
Walton H. Walker
U. S. Eighth Army
George S. Patton
Europe
Korea
Walker
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Naktong River
G.I
Naktong
G.i.’S
Miss America 1951 Hope From Small Towns Urged
Atlantic City AP reports most Miss America entrants come from small towns with 54 contestants representing 46 states and several cities plus overseas territories. Irene Farren and Rowena Tallferro named among state entrants. Maxine Cothern will compete for Alaska, from Portales New Mexico to Fairbanks.
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James P. Hackett
Atlantic City
Rhode Island
West Virginia
Washington
D. C
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Canada
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Irene Farren
Grand River
Louisiana
New Orleans
Rowena Taliaferro
Winnsboro
Fi d
Burley
Idaho
Granite City
Clarinda
Rrnedwright
Millinocket
Crete
Ship Bottom
Oregon
Hah
DesMoines
Wash
Boston
Baltimore
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Dallas
Memphis
Maxine Cothern
Portales
New Mexico
Graceland College
Lamont
Fairbanks
Sergeant Bintner Ordered to Fort Sheridan Duty
Master Sergeant Matt Bintner of Cedar Rapids, a senior army instructor, left Friday with orders to report to Fort Sheridan, Illinois, for duty with the Ninth Corps. His future assignment remains uncertain. He has served with the senior army instructors’ group assigned to the 133rd Infantry Regiment and Cedar Rapids garrison units of the Iowa National Guard.
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Bintner
Fort Sheridan
Matt Bintner
Cesar Rapids
Ninth Corps
133Rd Infantry
Cedar Rapids
Iowa National Guard
1860 Treaty Documents Finally Back in France
Italy finally hands over to France the 1860 archives related to Nice and Savoy after 90 years and a lost war. A postwar peace clause prompted Italy to fulfill the obligation, and a committee of French officials retrieved the documents from Turin state archives.
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Rome
Italy
France
Nice
Savoy
Turin
Alzanas Star Balancing Feats at Ringling Circus
Harold Alzana leads the Alzana troupe in high wire balancing as Ringling Brothers and Barnum Bailey come to town. Performances are September 8 at Hawk Eye Downs with shows at 2 15 p m and 8 15 p m. The act uses no balancing poles though they sometimes improvise with a pole.
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Alzanas
Harold Alzana
Harold Aeaigh
Alzana
Ringling Brothers
Bernum and Bailey Circus
Hawk
Shotgun Rocket Weapon Proposed To Counter Huge Enemy Numbers
Edward F Chandler, an engineer and rocket inventor, urges a new shotgun like rocket system to outrange and outpace large enemy forces. He says light 10 pound rockets with bursting charges can be mass produced and deployed by troops with limited training to disrupt and reduce infantry assaults.
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New York
Edward F. Chandler
The Enemy at Home series debuts in The Gazette
A six part series by Malcolm Johnson warns of a covert fifth column in the United States. It claims 20 divisions of Communist undercover workers pose a grave threat to national security and urges readers to follow the reporting starting Monday.
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United States
Komet
U.S
The
Gazette
America
Malcolm Johnson
International News Service
Smythe Promoted to Major in Iowa National Guard
Robert O Smythe of Cedar Rapids is promoted from captain to major in the Iowa National Guard. He serves as S 2 intelligence chief of the 133rd Infantry Regiment part of the 34th Red Bull division.
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Robert O. Smythe
Cedar Rapids
Iowa National Guard
Major Smythe
133Rd Infantry Regiment
Red Bull
Bolivar and Amazonas Remain Largely Untouched Regions
The Bolivar state and Amazonas territory are described as largely unexplored areas with scant survey or mapping activity. Experts note vast interior tracts remain little known to researchers and authorities.
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Venezuelan
Bolivar
Amazonas
Chamber Groups Plan Meetings In Cedar Rapids
The Cedar Rapids Chamber of Commerce announces meetings this week. The Winter Fair committee will meet Monday at noon at the Montrose hotel called by John Holmes. The Retail Merchants bureau meets Tuesday at noon at the Roosevelt hotel chaired by Lew Van Nostrand to discuss Christmas store hours parade decorations and recent activities.
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Cedar Rapids
Attorney’s hiccup cure ends as suddenly as it starts
Greenville Mississippi story recounts attorney Howard Dyer Jr who began hiccoughs and tried remedies for eight days. He finally stopped hiccoughs as abruptly as they began, leaving medical curiosity in his wake.
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Greenville
Miss
Howard Dyer, Jr
Bulldog Mascot Lands New Job with the Navy
In Cumberland Maryland Private Striker a 7 month old bulldog mascot for the Cumberland marine reserves was left behind as the unit shipped out. Navy reservists adopted him outfitted him with a cap and put him in training. They report he is adjusted now to his new unit and rating Chowhound.
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Cumberland, Md
Cumberland Marine Reserves
Navy
Chowhound
Self-Filling Farm Water Barrel Baffles Residents Near Simmons
A barrel on the J. H. Orr farm near Simmons, Missouri, purportedly refills itself nightly, supplying the hens from a well 100 feet away. Visitors from Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas flock to view the apparent miracle, while experts suggest supernatural forces may be at play.
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West Plains
J. H. Orr
Simmons
Orr
Skin Color May Be Protective Says UC Scholar
In Los Angeles AP reports Dr. Raymond B. Cowles of the University of California suggests human skin color offers protection beyond sunburn. He cites skin thickening as key against sun exposure and notes dark skin helps in jungle camouflage, though not in northern forests.
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Los Angeles
Raymond B. Cowles
University of California
Summer School Aims To Benefit 1000 Students
School officials estimate easy access to 1,000 students who would profit from the program. Through parent education and better teacher training, staff believes this number may shrink to a handful in time. The academic phase improved reading, spelling, penmanship, and math concentration, returning students to regular classrooms better prepared to participate.
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Tom Reedy
Lenin
Anis
Walter Albricut
Germany
Alt
Ulbricht’s
Berlin
Spartacus Society
Wilhelm Pieck
Rosa Luxemburg
Karl Liebknecht
Communist Party
Moscow
Liebknecht
Frau Luxemburg
Pieck
Goering
Reichstag
Spain
Franco
Anton Ackermann
Franz Dahlem
Wilhelm Zaisser
Ackermann
Dahlem
Zaisser
Gomez
Gestapo
Sicherheits- Dienst
Kremlin
Walter Albright
General Walker
Frank Emery
Doughboy
Mans
Jacque Mercer
Phoenixville
Ariz
Miss Cothern
Penland
N. C
Jeanne Traun
Minnesota
Miss Traun
Texas
Tennessee
Lamont, Ia
Miss Virginia
Chandler
Colh. Stubbs
A. C. Hoblitzell
Colt & Company, Inc
O.R.C
Kendall
Jack Cohrs
Vogue Creme
Bulldog
Apex
obLe Way Electric
Robb’s Company
Second Avenue
Dial
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