Kaltenbach Dead as Russians Inform Yanks in Berlin
Berlin AP dispatch says US headquarters reported Russians informed US officials that Fred W. Kaltenbach, ex-Waterloo Iowa, died last October in the Soviet zone of Germany. Kaltenbach, indicted in 1943 for Axis propaganda, had been ill with heart and asthma, with no camp records available.
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Berlin
United States Army
Fred W. Kaltenbach
Waterloo
Iowa
Germany
Kaltenbach
Bolivian revolt raises high toll in La Paz violence
Reports from La Paz say 100 killed and 150 wounded as a revolutionary outbreak culminates in an attack on President Villarroel. Shots fired from the crowd wounded three top officials on the presidential balcony, amid street clashes and reports of a military coup.
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Arica
Chile
la Paz
Guulberto Villarroel
la Cumbre
Santiago
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Villarroel
Julio Pinto
Francisco Barrero
Luis Arce Pacheco
Senate approves treasury post office funding bill
Washington AP Senate approval of a compromise with the house on the 1 604 862 140 treasury post office appropriation bill sent the measure to the White House. If President Truman signs it postal workers and some treasury employees can get mid July pay checks. Differences over most provisions had been ironed out but the price of treasury silver held up the measure, with the silver controversy moved to separate legislation to allow final congressional action on the supply bill.
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Washington
Senate
House
Treasury-Post Office
White House
Truman
Treasury
Congress
Mrs. Kudrna Ends Life by Hanging Near Marion Iowa
Cedar Rapids area report of 51 year old Mrs. Tony Kudrna who hanged herself at her Marion area home around 6 15 PM Friday. Coroner T Frank Hersch notes a note was found but contents not released. Born Anna Lakata in 1895 in Czechoslovakia she immigrated to Linn County in 1910. She married in 1913 and is survived by husband, two daughters Lumir Dostal and Mrs John Anderson, a son A K Kudina Jr and four grandchildren. Services set for 2 30 PM Sunday at Yocom chapel Marion with cremation to follow.
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Cedar Rapids
A. K
Tony” Kudrna
Marion
T. Frank Hersch
Kudina
Anna Lakata
Czechoslovakia
United States
Linn County
Lumir Dostal
John T. Anderson
A. K. Kudina, Jr
Theodore B. Hlubucek
Four Die, Dozens Hurt In Trailways Bus Car Crash
In Freeport Florida a National Trailways bus bound for Dothan Alabama collided with a car driven by a serviceman. Four people died and about 29 were injured in the crash Saturday, authorities said.
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Freeport, Fla
National Trailways
Dothan
Ala
House Probe of Political Drives Voted
Washington AP U S House authorized a five member committee to investigate this year’s election campaigns. The move targets PAC and CIO PAC activities against Rep Slaughter of Missouri and opposition in Georgia races Tarver and Gibson. The measure follows PAC criticism by Rep Domengeaux with Rep Smith leading the passage.
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Washington
House
Slaughter
D-Mo
Kansas City
Truman
CIO
Tarver
Gibson
Georgia
Missouri
Rep
Smith
D-Va
Rep. Domengeaux
D-La
Soviets Seize Austrian Land in Eastern Austria
Austrian sources say the Red army seized over 40000 acres of land and 72000 tons of crops including more than 15000 acres of farm land. The seizure covers property owned by Germans before and after March 15, 1938, with the Potsdam standard guiding external assets.
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Vienna
Red Army
Austria
Reich
Russian Emissary Flies to Moscow for Talks
Nikolai Novikov the Russian ambassador to the United States departed LaGuardia on Friday aboard American Overseas Air for London en route to Moscow. Asked about the sudden trip he gave no comment noting the hot weather. His family stays in Washington.
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New York
INS
Nikolai Novikov
United States
LaGuardia Field
London
Moscow
Novikov
Washington
Congressman's $2500 Campaign Check Under Senate Probe
Tacoma contractor Eivind Anderson said he sent $2500 to Rep. Coffee of Washington via his secretary in 1941 to aid a Fort Lewis project and insists the payment was honorable with no evil purpose. The Senate Mead committee investigates Coffee over the funds and related letters, amid broader scrutiny of war contractor activity.
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Barkley
Sen
D-Ky
Senate
Senate War Investigating Committee
Rep. Sabath
D-Nl
Combine
Washington
John W. Nenderson
Rep
Coffee
D-Wash
May
Illinois
Tacoma
Elvind Anderson
Paul A. Olson
War Investigating Committee
Congress
Tacoma, Wash
Eivind Anderson
Mead Committee
Rep. Coffee
Anderson
Fort Lewis
May and officers attend Murrray Garsson daughter wedding
New York Daily News published several copyrighted pictures on Saturday showing Rep May of Kentucky and high ranking army officers at the wedding party for Murray Garsson's daughter on January 2, 1944. The event followed the wedding of Natalie Garsson to Maj Louis Kiebenov. Photos depict May with Mrs Garsson and General Porter with the bride among other officers.
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New York
New York Daily News
Rep May
D-Ky
Murrray W. Garsson
Senate
Washington
Garsson
Pierre
Natalie Garsson Kaye
Maj
Louis Kiebenov
Chemical Warfare Service
May
Murray Garsson
Muriel Herman
Porter
English
Waitte
Herman
Essex Joins Ghost Fleet After Presidential Citations
The aircraft carrier Essex once hailed for major Pacific battles has entered retirement and joined the nation’s ghost fleet after receiving a Presidential unit citation days earlier. The ship’s retirement marks the end of an era for a veteran vessel.
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Seattle
Essex
Secret Police Hold Pair Of Yanks In Berlin
In Berlin, top American and Russian officers, Gen. Joseph T. McNarney and Marshal Wassily D. Sokolovsky, were reported to be meeting over the disappearance of Capt. Harold Cobin of Newark New Jersey and Lt. George Wyatt of Oklahoma City. CID officials said the men were seized by NKVD agents before reaching Oranienburg, suggesting a retaliatory capture for American actions against Russian spies.
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Berlin
Germany
United States Army
Joseph T. McNarney
Wassily D. Sokolovsky
Harold Cobin
Newark
N. J
George Wyatt
Oklahoma City
Army
Criminal Investigation Division
Cobin
Wyatt
NKVD
CID
Oranienburg
NEVD
Birkenwerder
Samuel Harrison
Finder of Longevity Serum Is Dead at 65
Dr. Alexander A. Bogomolets of Russia, who claimed a longevity serum could extend life to 150 years, died Saturday at 65 after a serious illness in Moscow. He had long suffered heart disease that kept him from using his own serum.
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London
Alexander A. Bogomolets
Moscow Radio
Caddies Sought for Cedar Rapids Open Sunday
Cedar Rapids Open golf tournament at Cedar Rapids Country Club needs caddies Sunday. Caddies report to the caddie master at 6:36 a.m. Sunday. officials urge boys to sign up for the event.
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Cedar Rapids Country Club
House Passes Measure for Atom Control
The House voted 265 to 79 to approve an atomic energy control bill and send it to a conference with the Senate. Debates spanned five days as amendments reshaped the bill to require FBI loyalty checks, add military representation on the proposed five member commission, and allow armed forces to make atomic bombs under certain directives.
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Washington
House
Senate
Atomic Energy Control Commission
FBI
Rep. Summers
Texas
Rep. Smith
D-Va
Atomic Control Commission
Art Bliss Dies By Revolver Shot
Arthur R. Bliss aged 43 of 811 Oakland Road NE died at 7 10 p m Friday from a gun shot wound to the right temple described by Deputy Coroner F W Mulsow as death by his own action No inquest will be held Bliss had attended a show with Mr and Mrs Charles Zavodsky with whom he had lived for 15 years He returned home after leaving the show and shortly after his return a shot was heard Miss Leela Zavodsky and Jerry Zavodsky were in the house when Bliss returned and found him unresponsive Ambulance and police arrived but he was dead no suicide note was found (Continued on Page 2 Col 7)
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Cedar Rapids
Arthur R. Bliss
Oakland Road
F. W. Mulsow
Mulsow
Bliss
Charles Zavodsky
Leela Zavodsky
Jerry Zavodsky
Marengo
Miss Zavodsky
Ideal Day Seen For Tournament
Weatherboy predicts fair pleasant conditions for a major Iowa golf tournament. He forecasts a bright day with moderate temperatures as 2:30 p.m. Saturday records show 87 degrees and a sunny scene. The lead meteorologist exudes optimism about a stellar field and ideal conditions for golf enthusiasts.
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Cedar Rapids
Weatherboy
Iowa
Pearl Harbor probes fault Navy Army leaders
Eight members of the Pearl Harbor committee blamed the army and navy for unpreparedness before the December 7 1941 Japanese attack. The majority faulted Admirals Husband E Kimmel and General Walter C Short while two dissenters faulted President Roosevelt. The panel urged integrated intelligence and unified command at outposts and condemned 25 security defects to prevent a repeat. The report said the disaster stemmed from deficiencies in administration and organization, not lack of will.
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Washington
INS
Pearl Harbor
Army and Navy
Hawaii
Roosevelt
Senate House
Husband E. Kimmel
Walter C. Short
Ferguson
R-Mich
Brewster
United States
Republic
Army
Navy
Kimmel
Short
Pearl, Harbor
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Department of Justice
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