Government report cites 1743 federal staff fired or quit for subversion
Washington AP reported that 1743 federal workers had quit or been fired between May 28, 1953, and last June 30 over subversion related information. The Civil Service Commission released the figures amid campaigns, noting 2611 fired, 4315 resigned, total 6926, with subversion the largest single category.
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Washington
Civil Service Commission
Army
Air Force
Veterans Administration
Navy
Philip Young
Half Million Dollar Jewel Theft Stuns New York
New York advertising executive Armendo Araujo reported the theft of six items dating to Emperor Maximilian from his Park Avenue home. Police found no forced entry and Araujo said insurance had lapsed six months ago. Intrinsic value is about 75000 dollars yet collectors may place a value near 500000.
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New York
INS
Maximilian of Mexico
Park Avenue
Armendo Araujo
Carlotta
Araujo
Maximilian
FTC Charges Coffee Exchange With Restraint on Trade
Federal Trade Commission charged the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange and related bodies with unlawfully restraining international coffee trade to push higher prices. The complaint cites an agreement among the exchange officers and the clearing association to restrict futures trading to certain Brazilian coffee grades. It argues the practices hinder competition in interstate and foreign commerce and affect U.S. coffee imports.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange
the Exchange, Inc
New York Coffee and Sugar Clearing Association, Inc
FTC
Exchange
Clearing Association
New York
U.S
Suburban Rain Belt Rescues by Chicago Boat Patrols
Coast guardsmen rowed through flooded Chicago suburbs rescuing people and pets after the heaviest rain in 70 years. Homes, streets, and basements flooded while shelters opened in schools and fire stations. At Union Station 5650 were stranded overnight as the river overwhelmed a retaining wall.
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Chicago
Coast
Red Cross
Army
Officials foresee rapid Soviet return of ships leased in WWII
Washington officials predicted that Russia would soon agree to return another group of naval craft land leased to the Soviet Union during World War II, signaling progress in postwar weapons and asset settlements.
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Washington
Russia
Soviet Union
Cedar Rapids Marion Community Chest kicks off residential solicitation
The Cedar Rapids Marion Community Chest annual drive begins with residential solicitation led by General Chairman John B. Tuthill. Kick-off meetings are scheduled this week in precincts and areas with 100s of women volunteers set to canvass homes to reach those not contacted by other means.
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Cedar Rapids- Marion
Tuthill
Garfield
Kenwood
Marion
The
Legion Hall
LeRoy Nelson
Otto Koeppen
Kenneth Holly
W. R. Reed
Vernon Clark
Lucille Sweet
Hurricane Hazel Aims at Haiti From Miami Report
Hurricane Hazel moved north north east at eight mph toward Haiti after a 115 mph turn. The storm was about 230 miles southwest of Port au Prince with Haiti’s southwest tip under 100 miles in the forecast path. Weather advisories warned of heavy rains destructive winds and high tides as Haiti prepared.
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Miami
Hazel
Haiti
Port Au Prince
Caribbean
Miami Weather Bureau
Quiet Engineer Fights Flood to Save Chicago
Donald R. Brown chief hydraulic engineer for the Chicago sanitary district led a 30 hour effort to control water along the Chicago river and Illinois waterway during a severe rainstorm. He ordered the lock gates opened at the river mouth allowing river water into Lake Michigan to protect the city’s water supply and prevent greater property damage.
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Chicago
Rogers Park District
Donald R. Brown
Chicago River
Illinois
Lake Michigan
Lockport
Brown
Sanitary District
Peoria
Burlington
Milwaukee
Pennsylvania
Gulf, Mobile
Ohio
Santa Fe
Reds Demand Formosa Exit
Moscow radio reported that the Soviet Union and Red China urged evacuation of American forces from Formosa and Japan while agreeing to withdraw Soviet troops from Port Arthur and return installations to China. The Peiping conference communique called for friendly trade with Asia and joint efforts to settle Asiatic questions.
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London
INS
Russia
Red China
Japan
Formosa
Port Arthur
China
Moscow Radio
Peiping
Miller Siamese Twins Separated in Four Hour Operation
MEMPHIS AP reports a team of neurosurgeons separated Claudette and Constance Miller, conjoined at the head, in a tense four hour operation. Both placed on the critical list, Claudette slightly better off than Constance as surgeons say brains were connected by only a few vessels and the twins are essentially separate.
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Memphis
Claudette
Constance
Siamese Twin Nanedge Dies After Surgery
Paris AP reports Nanedge, one of Siamese twin girls separated by surgery Thursday, died Monday. Michele, the surviving sister, is reported in good condition.
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Paris
Nanedge
Michele
Burglars Caught In West Liberty High School
Three transients broke into the West Liberty high school Sunday night and were trapped inside. They identified as Robert E. Ambs 16 of Walla Walla Washington Carl Strunk 21 of Williamsport Pennsylvania and Benny Walker of Chicago. Night Watchman Clarence Seeley and Patrolman Harley Erts with citizen aid recovered them after a rear window was broken. The trio were locked in the city jail pending charges.
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the Gazette
West Liberty
Robert E. Ambs
Walla Walla
Wash
Carl Strunk
Williamsport
Benny Walker
Chicago
Clarence Seeley
Harley Erts
Seeley
Eris
Osi
It Was a Little Out of His Line
A startled American was taken from bed to accompany a Chinese Nationalist press party to Quemoy Island. Upon return a press officer asked for more details and he replied he was with the Foreign Operations Administration's spy division.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Quemoy Island
Foreign Operations Administration
Fractured Skull Suffered After Cedar Rapids Cab Fight
Louis Schuster 50 of 401 Seventh Ave SW was in critical condition with a fractured skull after a Saturday night cab altercation on Fourth Street and Seventh Avenue SW. Cab driver Raymond Harville 28 said Schuster refused to pay and swung first. Harville slammed him to the pavement. Schuster remained hospitalized after police booked him on drunkenness charges.
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Louis Schuster
Seventh Avenue
University Hospitals
Cedar Rapids
Raymond Harville
150Th Street
Harville
Schuster
Fourth Street
Howard Walsh
St. Luke's Hospital
Iowa City
Twenty-second Street
Linn
Sinclair Avenues
Eighth Street NW
N and
O Avenues
Wilson Avenue
N Street
Escapee Gets 15 More Years For Kidnaping Larceny
Darrell Watts 23, a reform school trusty from Boone, pled guilty to kidnaping grand larceny and escape. Judge Floyd Philbrick gave five years on each count to run after his 10 year auto theft term, with Fort Madison prison to hold the kidnaping and larceny terms. The kidnaping stemmed from the gunpoint abduction of Mrs Earl Byerly last week. she was unharmed and drove away. Watts was recaptured in East Dubuque. Larceny stemmed from $280 cash and a pee from Rolland Brown’s home, at the Anamosa reform school where Watts had earlier been assigned as houseboy.
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Gazette
Anamosa
Darrell Watts
Watts
Reformatory Trusty
Boone
Floyd Philbrick
Fort Madison State Prison
Earl Byerly
Speech about national debt as boy jokes future generations
A schoolboy lampoons the national debt noting future generations cannot witness the so called magnificent uses of their money. The quip highlights misgivings about government spending and long term costs in a lighthearted classroom moment.
Heavy Rains Sweep Cedar Rapids and Iowa
A midwestern storm dumped over two inches in Cedar Rapids with widespread flooding and road washouts. The Mississippi Valley region saw heavy rain, with towns like Dubuque and Algona reporting over an inch, while Chicago area rivers threatened tracks and power plants.
Many Idled In Wake of 6 Inch Rain
Heavy rain returned to Chicago creating widespread flooding that paralyzed commerce. Water from the Chicago River flooded basements and sub basements while rail traffic at Union Station stopped and power output fell, leaving thousands out of work.
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Patrick McNichols
Chicago
Loop
Union Station
Dearborn Station
Des Moines
Pacific
Northwest
Chicago Daily News
Commonwealth Edison
Monticello Express Sold to Iowa Newspaper Men
Monticello Iowa Monticello Express sold effective November 1 publisher Wilbur K Doxsee announced the paper will join a group of Iowa editors and publishers W Earl Hall Leon Barnes H M Jones Reeves Hall Jones named general manager with Fred Tunks as news editor of the Independence papers to assist.
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Gazette
Monticello
Monticello Express
Wilbur K. Doxsee
Iowa
W. Earl Hall
Mason City Globe Gazette
Leon Barnes
Northwood
H. M. Jones
Reeves Hall
Independence Bulletin-Journal
Independence Conservative
Coxsee
The
Express
Jones
Independence
Fred Tunks
German airline permit reported in Bonn approval
Allied sources said West Germany can operate a civil airline as part of moving toward equality with Free Nations. Lufthansa plans a March 1 ceremonial flight over Theodor Heuss's Bonn residence and will import four Convair 340s flown by German pilots trained in England. The carrier plans to acquire Super Constellations for international routes.
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West Germany
Free Nations
Lufthansa
Bonn
Theodor Heuss
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