Mayor Fends Off Klansmen in Georgia Home Attack
Iron City Mayor C. L. Drake says 7 or 8 cars of hooded Klansmen rode to his house at 3 a.m. Sunday July 17 and opened fire as he fired back. He reports threats by phone and notes amid alleged intimidation tied to local politics. Barbertown residents say Klansmen rode through the area July 16 and fired shots, prompting fear among Negro residents.
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C. L. Drake
Iron City
C. L. Chandler
Seminole County
Barbertown
Iowa World War II bonus claims update faces delays and totals
Approximately 28,000 bonus checks have been mailed to Iowa WWII veterans with 4,000 more ready for check writing. The Bonus Board reports 50,000 processed claims, 512 disallowed for nonqualifying service or insufficient 120 days. About 230,000 claims were received, 100,000 acknowledged, with about 380 dollars average payment. Veterans may appeal within 30 days via district court.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Ray Johnson
Kallemyn
Barkley Visits Widow in St Louis Stirring Talk
In St Louis Vice President Barkley’s stop on route to Washington sparked social speculation about his visit to Mrs Carleton S Hadley widow of a 1945 railroad general counsel. The luncheon and social gathering drew guests including Republicans.
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ST. Louis
INS
E. M. Conner
Hadley
Dulles Assigned To Minor Posts
The Senate Republican policy committee approved assigning Sen. Dulles to the rules and District of Columbia committees. Earlier bids to place him on foreign relations or appropriations were dropped. His international experience sparked some support and protests over seniority rules.
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Washington
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Sen. Dulles
R-N.y
Rules
District of Columbia
Dulles
Marion Man Dies At Work First C R Heat Victim
Marion man Floyd L. Hill, 40, Cedar Rapids first heat victim of the year, died at 2 30 p m Monday at Colonial Baking Co. from heat prostration while washing walls. Autopsy by Dr. Regis Weland confirmed the cause. Survived by wife Virginia Jones Hill and daughter Neva Dee, plus siblings. Funeral plans set for Missouri. body to be sent to Ewing for services in Steffenville.
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Marion Man
C.R
Cedar Rapids
Floyd L. Hill
Marion
Colonial Baking Company
Robert Brosh
Hill
Baking Company
Mercy Hospital
Mr. Hill
Missouri
Collins Radio Company
Fruehaus Trailer Company
Culberts Grocery
E Onuly
Lewis County
Allison
Florence Lewis Hill
Virginia Jones
Neva Dee Hill
Lucille Noel
Ewing, Mo
Myron Hill
Keokuk
B. F. Hill
Marysville
Kan
Ewing
Steffenville
Yocom Chapel
General Electric vetoes fourth wage increase
General Electric announced it refused its 100,000 workers a fourth round pay rise stating the move would raise costs and prices, reduce jobs, and harm the interests of the employer, customers, owners, and the public. The CIO United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America proposed another meeting a month later. GE agreed to talks with warning.
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New York
INS
General Electric
CIO
United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America
Insects Create Traffic Hazards In River Cities
In Iowa towns along the Missouri and Mississippi rivers May flies swarm lighted streets and drop dead on roads and sidewalks. They clog windshields create slippery pavement and foul odors. Cities from Burlington to Dubuque report traffic hazards, bridges closed, and crews sweeping up millions of insects. Entomologists say no human disease but fish may be infected. fishermen expect better catches with big swarms.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Missouri
Mississippi
Burlington
Council ‘Bluffs
Omaha
Muscatine
Davenport
Dubuque
Vicar Refuses Angela Lansbury Wedding at Bow Street
London AP report says Bow Street vicar declined to wed actress Angela Lansbury and her fiancé Peter Shaw because Lansbury had been divorced. She had married Richard Cromwell in 1945 and divorced in 1946, seeking another London church for the ceremony.
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London
Old Bow Street
Angela Lansbury
Peter Shaw
Miss Lansbury
Hollywood
Richard Cromwell
Shaw
Church of England
Bow
Ansell
Revolt Reported Suppressed in Ecuador
Quito reports government forces crushed a revolt against President Galo Plaza Lasso. Troops repelled an attack on the presidential palace led by Col. Carlos Mancheno, a former dictator. Guayaquil remained quiet as the unrest unfolded.
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Quito
Ecuador
Galo Plaza Lasso
Carlos Mancheno
Guayaquil
Child Killed as Car Hits Boy in Iowa City
A 5-year-old Iowa City boy, George Lumsden, died after a car struck him near the business district Monday night. The vehicle fled the scene a half block from the police station. Dr. G. S. Fitzpatrick witnessed the crash but could not identify the car. Police noted a street light at the scene was out.
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Iowa City
INS
George Lumsden
Ralph Lumsden
Mercy Hos
G. S. Fitzpatrick
Shelf of Public Works Advocated
General Services Administrator Jess Larson calls for a large ready shelf of public works plans to spur economic activity in a downturn. He estimates about 100 billion dollars in new schools highways hospitals and other public buildings may be needed over the next 15 years while stressing he is not advocating an accelerated program now.
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Washington
United States
General Services
Jess Larson
Larson
General Services Administration
Federal Works Agency
Foul Play Feared As Cohen Shooting Witness Missing
Los Angeles state Attorney General Howser expressed concern that key witness Edward Johnson has not arrived for identification photos in the Mickey Cohen ambush case. Johnson, a San Diego sporting goods dealer, was vacationing in Lassen National Park and was to travel to Los Angeles. Meanwhile Anthony Trombino, a Kansas City hoodlum, surrendered to sheriff deputies and claimed he was sleeping at home during the shooting.
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Los Angeles
Fred N. Howser
Mickey Cohen
Edward Johnson
San Diego
Calif
Cohen
Johnson
Lassen National Park
Howser
Anthony Trombino
Kansas City
Trombino
Sylvan Covey
Anti-Trust Curbs Proposed Against Unions by Chamber
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged Congress to extend monopoly penalties of anti-trust laws to labor unions. President Herman W. Steinkraus said action is needed after John L. Lewis ordered a three day work week in soft coal mines, but warned against curbing legitimate union activity.
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Washington
INS
United States Charber of Commerce
Congress
Senate Banking
Herman W. Steinkraus
Steinkraus
John L. Lewis
Chamber
Radiation Peril Overrated by Atomic Board Doctor
CHICAGO AP AEC doctor Col James P Cooney on Tuesday called atom bomb radiation perhaps the most over evaluated war hazard He said residual radiation from an air burst is insignificant and that significant radiation occurs in micro seconds within a 2000 yard radius He urged reconsidering post bombing precautions after Bikini tests and noted sterility requires very large or prolonged doses The Radiology editorial urged reassessment of danger doses and cited past survivals up to 106 roentgens.
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Chicago
Atomic Energy Commission
James P. Cooney
AEC
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Cooney
Bikini
Armed Services
Radiology
National Committee On Radiation Safety
Grass roots Republican conference gathers 100 delegates
Fred A. Virkus of La Grange Illinois says a Thursday meeting in Chicago will be the first of its kind with no office holders present. About 100 delegates from 40 states will attend to push a new all American Republican policy aimed at winning the 1950 congressional elections.
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Chicago
Fred A. Virkus
la Grange
Ill
Virkus
National Committee
Gen
Robert E. Wood
Sears Roebuck and Company
Richard B. Vail
Illinois
The
Vail Manufacturing Company
George E. Q. Johnson
United States
Conference of American Small Business Organizations
H E
Mercury in Drop Yet Stickiness Lingers in Cedar Rapids
A seven degree temperature drop from 88 at noon to 81 by 2:30 PM in Cedar Rapids failed to ease the humidity. A downtown shower before noon may have caused the dip. Forecasters expect warm, humid weather to continue into Friday with highs near 95 and nights in the mid seventies.
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Cedar Rapids
Weather Bureau
Accused Slayer Hangs Self in Jail Cell
PAPILLION Nebraska reports man charged with hammer murder of 79 year old Mrs Fritz strangled himself in his jail cell. Guards had been guarding him after second degree murder charge but he tore up the mattress and made a rope from the ticking to strangle himself against the bars.
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Papillion
Neb
INS
Mary Fritz
George Froman
Crane
Murer
Juror Denies Bias in Rutledge Murder Trial
Emil Novotny juror in the Robert C. Rutledge Jr. murder case denies prejudice as defense seeks a new trial. He declares a categorical denial in an affidavit filed with the state's answer. Hearing on the motion set for Monday before Judge J. E. Heiserman.
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Cedar Rapids
Emil Novotny
Robert C. Rutledge, Jr
Rutledge
J. E. Heiserman
Novotny
Angelo J. Bishup
Mt. Vernon Road
Jack Phillips
Dalewood Avenue
Charles Blahnik
Blahnik
Plans Drawn Up For Enforcement Of World Peace
Washington AP says two world peace enforcement plans were drafted for Senate from Tobey Kefauver and Sparkman camps. Tobey proposes UN limited federation with enforceable peace power. Kefauver seeks Atlantic Pact alliance with convention calls. Sparkman would bypass veto with an atomic arms security force for UN supremacy.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Sen. Tobey
R-N.h
United Nations
Sen. Kefauver
D-Tenn
Free States
Sen
Gillette
D-Ia
Kefauver
Sparkman
D-Ala
Russia
U. N
Plan to Cut Truman Arms Aid Faces Bipartisan Clash
Republican backers led by Vandenberg and Dulles press an alternative to President Truman’s Europe military aid drive. They propose a $77.9 million surplus equipment plan plus $1 billion for new gear, aiming to keep total outlay under half of Truman’s request and shift details to closed committee sessions.
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Washington
Western
Europe
Truman
Congress
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Dulles
R-N. Y
State Department
G.O.P
Rep. Vorys
Ohio
Greece
Turkey
Hutchinson Nominated Assistant Secretary of Agriculture
Washington reports Knox T. Hutchinson a Murfreesboro Tennessee farmer has been nominated by the press to serve as assistant secretary of agriculture. Hutchinson is identified as a farmer from Murfreesboro and Tennessee.
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Washington
Ap) — Press
Knox T. Hutchinson
Hutchinson
Murfreesboro, Tenn
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