Assassin Strikes Shelton Clan in Illinois Farm Conflict
Roy Shelton, 59, shot fatally while operating a harrow on his Pond Creek farm near Fairfield Illinois. A farmhand, Frank McKibben, 49, was also fired upon but not hit. The Shelton brothers, long linked to southern Illinois gang warfare, have endured a history of ambushes and killings dating back to the 1940s and 1950s with Carl Bernie Big Earl and others noted among the famed group.
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Fairfield
Roy Shelton
Roy
Illinois
Pond Creek Bottom
Shelton
Frank McKibben
Shelton Brothers
Carl
Bernie
Big Earl
Dalta Shelton
Cisne
Dalta
Little Earl
Dellos Wylie
Pond Creek
Carl Shelton
Peoria
Menard Prison
Wholesale Food Prices Rise to Highest Since 1949
The Dun and Bradstreet wholesale food price index rose six cents in the week ended June 6 to $6, the highest since January 18, 1949. The index compares with $5.73 a year ago and $6.02 on the 1949 date. The gain comes from increases in 11 food items and declines in seven others.
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New York
Dunana Bradstreet
Pochobradsky Named to CR School Board
Cedar Rapids appoints Louis J. Pochobradsky Jr 51 vice president and director of United State bank to fill J C Blodgett’s vacancy on the Cedar Rapids school board He is also a leader at People’s Fuel Cedar Rapids Feed and Supply and Sixteenth Avenue Commercial club He lives on Sixteenth Avenue SW with his wife and daughter Joanne and says he accepted to represent the south side district and civic duty.
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Cedar Rapids News
Louis J. Pochobradsky, Jr
United State Bank
South Side
Cedar Rapids
J. C. Blodgett
Pochobradsky
Charles Penningroth
Mr. Pochobradsky
People’s Fuel Company
Cedar Rapids Feed and Supply Company
Sixteenth Avenue
Girl, 5, Dies After 70 Mile Drive to Des Moines Hospital
Sharon Kay Bettis of Clio Iowa died on arrival at Blank Memorial hospital in Des Moines after a 70 mile drive by her parents from Leon. Autopsy planned to determine the cause of death. Parents reported she had been ill a week and diagnosed tentatively with polio at Decatur county hospital.
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Des Moines
Clio
Blank Memorial Hospital
Sharon Kay Bettis
Fred Bettis
Bettis
Sharon Kay
Decatur County Hospital
Leon
Marshall Warns Against Inaction
Gen. George C. Marshall told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that inaction would aid Soviet pressure, backing the 1.2225 billion arms aid bill. He warned Russia faces domestic troubles and a police state under strain, though he sees no imminent toppling.
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Washington
INS
George C. Marshall
United States
Russia
Army
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Marshall
Blondell to Divorce Mike Todd in Nevada Case
Las Vegas report says actress Joan Blondell will seek a Nevada divorce from producer Mike Todd on Wednesday. Attorney Paul Ralli states she requests no alimony or property settlement and cites cruelty as the grounds. Blondell, mother of Ellen Powell, has been married previously to George Barnes and Dick Powell. Todd and Blondell wed in Las Vegas on July 4, 1947.
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Las Vegas
Joan Blondell
Nevada
Mike Todd
Paul Ralli
Ralli
Ellen Powell
George Barnes
Dick Powell
Todd
Miss Blondell
Rejected Suitor Shoots Woman Then Kills Self in Davenport
Otis Clark, 51, wounded Mrs. Mabel Kluever, 58, as she prepared breakfast for her three grandsons, then killed himself. Neighbors say Kluever ended the romance after about three months. Clark used a .22 pistol. he left a postcard reading Goodbye to all. The family, including Richard 11, and his brothers 5 and 15, were at home. The man worked at the J I Case plant in Bettendorf.
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Davenport
Otis Clark
Mabel Kluever
Kluever
Clark
Richard Vance
Richard
Anna Vance
J. I. Case Company
Bettendor
Local Society Donations And Memorials Listed
A scanned ledger page lists donations and memorials to various groups and individuals. Entries include Camp Good Health with 1 788.51, Carpenters Local 308, Iowa Mutual Girls' Club, Jolly Workers Club Mt. Vernon, Silver Chain Circle of the King's Daughters, and tributes in memory of Bertena and other loved ones from community members and church groups.
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Carpenters
Iowa Mutual Girls’ Club
Jolly Workers Club
Mt. Vernon
Silver Chain Circle
The
King’s Daughters
Loyal Women’s Class
Federated Church
Lisbon
Harpst
P. A. Pusa- Sa
Myrtle Lodge
Bertena
Holmes says government ordered probe delay in Amerasia case
Brig. Gen. Julius Holmes testified that someone in the government ordered a delay in prosecution of the 1945 Amerasia case and he approached President Truman about it in 1945. He said Truman canceled the delay and urged vigorous action, and he declined to name the delay’s author. He also said it was not anyone in the State Department and that Alger Hiss was not the source.
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Washington
Julius Holmes
Amerasia
Holmes
U. S
London
Truman
State Department
David K. Niles
Edward P. Morgan
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Morgan
Niles
Alger Hiss
Sen
Ferguson
R-Mich
Hiss
Quartets Spurn "Sweet Adeline" at Omaha Singfest
The SPEBSQSA will hold its 12th annual barbershop quartet event in Omaha but none of the top groups will sing Sweet Adeline due to the song's alcoholic background. Judges also barred patriotic or sacred songs to avoid personal sentiment affecting impartial judgment.
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Omaha
Spebsqsa
Adeline
Spebsqsa — Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
America
Plan Commission approves 7500 survey by Bartholomew firm
Cedar Rapids Plan Commission votes to hire Harland Bartholomew and Associates of St. Louis for a 7500 survey assessing traffic, growth, and major streets. The study aims to map current traffic, forecast future flow, update the base map, and outline a five year street improvement program.
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Cedar Rapids
City Plan Commission
Harland Bartholomew and Associates
St. Louis
Russell H. Riley
Bartholomew
Riley
Data Theft Convictions Called Sure
Washington report says Joseph C. Grew told investigators he was assured before authorizing arrests in the Amerasia case that FBI evidence supported charges and prosecutions would likely succeed. Brig. Gen. Julius Holmes allegedly gave the assurance and urged avoiding advance notice to prevent bias in justice. Two of six arrested were state department workers Larsen and Service. penalties were paid by Philip Jaffe and Larsen.
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Washington
Joseph C. Grew
Amerasia
Grew
Robert L. Heald
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Administration
FBI
Julius Holmes
London
Holmes
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Dean Acheson
State Byrnes
State Department
Emmanuel Larsen
John S. Service
Philip Jaffe
Amerasia Magazine
Larsen
Court Orders Anti-Fascist Chiefs Jailed
Edward K. Barsky and 10 leaders of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee were jailed for six months or three months for contempt of Congress. All 11, from New York City, were fined $500. They refused to produce records for the House Un-American Activities Committee.
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Washington
Edward K. Barsky
Joint
Refugee Committee
Congress
Spain
Howard Fast
House
UN American Activities Committee
New York City
O. John Rogge
Richard B. Keech
House Committee
Justice Department
Keech
Rogge
Committee Backs Pervert Inquiry In Senate Action
The senate rules committee approved a resolution to investigate perverts on the federal payroll in Washington and elsewhere. It trimmed the investigation budget from 25000 to 10000 dollars and said the executive expenditures committee will handle the probe if the senate votes it. The panel noted about 100000 dollars in unused funds remains.
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Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Senate Executive Expenditures Committee
Senate
Rules Committee
Springville ward of Linn County sells Mary Jones home after 21 years
The Linn County Board of Supervisors sold Mary Anna Jones's Springville home for 1505 to Ralph and Ann Pederman, ending a 21 year county ward arrangement begun in 1929. Jones died April 7 in the Linn County Home after a life cared for by the county. A. B. Cooper offered 1000 as the second bid. The board also accepted the final report from Rapids township constable George Thomas, resigning June 1.
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Springville
Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Mary Anna Jones
Linn County
Boards of Supervisors
County Ee
Roulette Fatal To Wayne Walker
Seventeen year old Wayne D. Walker of 2507 C avenue NE died at 1 50 p m Wednesday at University hospital Iowa City after shooting himself in the head in a Russian roulette game He had been unconscious since the wound was inflicted about 1 am Tuesday in a friend's living room Surgeons operated on Tuesday to remove the bullet and his condition was critical until his death.
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Cedar Rapids
Wayne D. Walker
C Avenue NE
Canvass Planned Tuesday by Linn County Supervisors
The Linn county board of supervisors will conduct an official canvass of Monday's primary election results next Tuesday. Unofficial results shown in Tuesday's Gazette indicate an error in Howard McLaughlin’s precinct tally, though page one totals were correct. McLaughlin had 2,299 votes, Willis A. Glassgow 5,195, and Ted V. Ruffin 2,295.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Howard McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Auditor’s
Willis A. Glassgow
Ted V. Ruffin
Eden Sues For Divorce In London Docket
Anthony Eden former foreign minister and Conservative leader ally is suing for divorce. The action appears in the divorce docket for Thursday in London and lists his spouse as the defendant.
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Anthony Eden
London
Britain
It Was To Be Quiet but Oxen Had Different Idea
In Kansas City a centennial pageant was to show a quiet wagon train scene with two 600-pound oxen pulling a cart. The oxen bolted, damaging the cart and scattering 300 performers. An actor portraying Daniel Boone was shaken as the animals brushed his horse, and a technical adviser was injured. The oxen were startled when their wheel grated a stage set.
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Kansas City
Daniel Boone
Oregon
Ed ward S. Harkness Dies at 75 Widow of Financier
New York AP reports Mrs Edward S. Harkness died Tuesday at age 75. Widow of the financier famed for philanthropies totaling 120 million dollars, she supported charitable causes and institutions during her life.
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New York
Edward S. Harkness
Warren Far In Front in G.O.P. Poll
Warren leads in California Republican primary as Warren gains big margin over Roosevelt in the Democratic race across the state. Roosevelt claims victory but hedges as cross filing raises questions about nominations. Douglas secures Democratic Senate nomination while Nixon dominates the Republican side in statewide results.
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James Roosevelt
California
Earl Warren
South Dakota
Chan Gurney
Senate Armed Services Committee
Francis Case
Warren
Roosevelt
Truman Fair
Helen +eung
Douglas
United States Senate
Sheridan Downey
Manchester Boddy
Downey
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Melvyn Douglas
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Sears Roebuck Sales Set Record For May And Year
Sears Roebuck and Company reported record sales for May at 213,787,189 dollars, up 11 percent from May 1949. For Feb 1 through May 31, the four month period totaled 735,760,105 dollars, a 7.4 percent rise from 685,098,186 dollars a year earlier.
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Chicago
Sears, Roebuck and Company
Montgomery Ward sales dip in May reports
Montgomery Ward and Company reported last month sales of 97,704,534 dollars, down 2.6 percent from May 1949. For the four months ended May 31, the total reached 341,898,847 dollars, 4.7 percent below the prior year.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward and Company
Barbecue King Arrested Over Marijuana Grow Operation
Oakland police charged Henry Daniels 54 cafe owner known as the barbecue king after finding about 500 marijuana plants on his roof and yard valued at 50 000 dollars. They said he used the restaurant pit ventilators to dry leaves.
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Oakland
Calif
Henry Daniels
Daniels
Guy Skelton
Glen Nor High School Class of '34 Reunion This Friday
Media Pennsylvania reports the Glen Nor high school class of 1934 plans a reunion Friday inviting members to reconnect and see old photos and memories. The piece notes attendees may recall classmates and school days as they gather at a local venue.
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Media
Glen- Nor
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Shelton Clan
Gang Brothers
Associated Press
John M. Murphy
Staten Island
N. Y
West Point
Henry C. Hodge
Stamford
Conn
Point
Gazette
Paul Speraw
17Th St
Farm
Renez Robb Marion Er
Society
Sweet Adeline
Plan Commission
Cedar Rapids ‘News
Wayne Walker
Warren Far
G.O.P
Sears, Roebuck
King
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