Coplon gets 40 months to 10 years in spy case
Judith Coplon, a former justice department employee, is sentenced by Judge Albert Reeves to 40 months to 10 years for spying for Russia. The judge also doubles her bail to 20,000 while recommending Alderson prison, and rejects a 100,000 bail demand.
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Unemployment Hits Seven-Year High as Youth Job Seekers Surge
Washington AP reports June brought a jump to 3,778,000 unemployed, the highest since February 1942, while employment rose to 59,619,000. Labor force up 1,415,000 with 721,000 farm jobs and 204,000 nonfarm. New York AP notes stock market pressure as 1949 recovery fades, prices stagnate, and unemployment peaks.
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Funds Raised To Complete DDT Spraying In Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids plans for DDT spraying over the Fourth weekend advance as the Linn County Citizens Health committee reports $1,700 raised for summer work. Weather forecasts promise four to five dry days, with crews led by Bob Jessen to spray downtown areas Saturday night or Sunday. Officials warn motorists to keep cars away from spray zones and urge residents to spray their own premises as a partial effort toward broader townwide coverage next month. The drive includes $500 from Linn county AFOP, $1,200 from the Retail Merchants Bureau, and $2,900 total campaign funding expected this summer. Mayor Hahn pledges to fund next year’s fly-control budget in the city.
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Young Men’s Bureau
Ouster of Prague Anti Reds Reported
Prague dispatch says Czechoslovak government forces discharge Prague residents deemed enemies of the regime to house loyal workers. Details on numbers are not given as able citizens are moved to the countryside and some sent to Sudeten areas. The move targets eradicating remnants of the capital's well to do class.
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Clark Backs FBI Policy Across Coplon Case
Attorney General Clark affirmed no change in FBI methods despite the Coplon trial uproar. He expressed confidence in the FBI and director J. Edgar Hoover after ten weeks of restriction and noted the department would clarify its position now the trial is concluded.
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Diane Pleads Not Guilty of Slaying
In Joliet Illinois Diane Allien aged 13 pleads innocent to a murder charge in the death of playmate Charles Snooky Johnson aged 7. Circuit Judge James V. Bartley sets trial for Sept 6 after denying a motion to quash the indictment. Defense lawyers seek to keep Diane in county jail for free consultation.
Committee To Handle Soley Duties At S U S
Iowa City five member executive committee named by President Virgil M Hancher to assume duties of dean of the college of medicine at the University of Iowa. The post became vacant June 21 after the death of Dean Mayo H Soley. The committee will hold full powers until arrangements are made. Members are Dr Robert T Tidrick chairman Dr E D Warner Dr W R Ingram Dr Willis M Fowler and Dr Wilbur R Miller.
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W. R. Ingram
Willis M. Fowler
Wilbur R. Miller
Bang Bang Biscuits: Oven Loaded Pistols Explode In Kitchen
Mrs. Lowell Long hid two .22 pistols in her oven and broiler weeks earlier. While baking biscuits Thursday, shells exploded in both guns. Neighbors watched as shots rang out. she recalled the hidden weapon and joked about a burglar. The biscuits, however, turned out fine.
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Marino Pledges Lie Test For He Said Lovers Lane Murder
Chicago news reports Arthur Marino, 27, promising Joan Coward’s parents he will take a lie detector test about his account of two men who killed his fiancée in a lovers lane and forced him to drink poison. His fiancée Joan Coward, 17, died. her parents pressed for proof while Marino recovers in hospital. Patrolman Mohr doubts the tale and found no evidence of the attack.
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U S Notes Russia Ignoring Balkan Treaty Provisions
The U S state department accused Russia of disregarding Balkan peace treaties and blocking action over alleged rights violations in Hungary Romania and Bulgaria. Britain and the United States had invoked treaty clauses to have the Big Three diplomats handle disputes, but Moscow claimed no violations.
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Smoke Scare Sweeps Chicago Hotels From Distant Fire
Smoke from a small South Side fire drifted into Chicago Loop hotels as fans fanned hot air during a heat wave. About 50 residents fled in nightclothes as Apex Interiors burned in the suburb. no injuries were reported.
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European Trade Formula Reached At Paris Talks
The Organization for European Economic Cooperation members reached a new trade payments formula to boost competition. Britain led by Sir Stafford Cripps opposed freer credits, fearing dollar losses, while the United States and Belgium favored broader credit use. The compromise allows 25 percent of Marshall plan credits to be used in any participant state and 75 percent only in the country of issue.
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Blast Kills Five Paratroopers in Quinper
Five French paratroopers were killed and six seriously injured Thursday when an explosion occurred as they were about to board a naval dispatch vessel in Quinper France. The incident details and the investigation are under military scrutiny.
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Vacation Subscribers Offered Mail Forwarding Service
The Gazette announces a vacation hold and forward plan. Readers may provide a vacation address and dates to stop delivery and resume on return, with the circulation department handling arrangements.
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Mercury Surges to 98 Degrees in Clearfield at 2 P.M
The high reached 98 degrees in Clearfield at 2 p.m. as residents reported the heat wave continuing through Friday. Temperatures remained steep with heat advisories in effect for outdoor activity and warnings issued for vulnerable populations.
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Iowa Heat Wave Sets Records Across Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids reports 98 degrees at 2 pm, three degrees above Thursday's record. The 2:30 reading is 97 with 70 percent humidity. Sioux City records a Friday storm with hail and a high near 72 at 11:30 am.
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Two brothers die in Sing Sing electric chair slayings
Ossining New York AP reports two brothers convicted in a New York holdup killing died six minutes apart in Sing Sing prison. The executions occurred Thursday night under the state’s electric chair protocol.
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