FBI Agent Tells of Red Clergymen
Former FBI undercover agent Herbert Philbrick testified that seven or eight Boston clergymen formed a secret pro group of about 70 to 80 professionals who were dedicated Communists. He said the cell operated underground with code names to hide identities and that Elizabeth Moos supervised church members obeying Communist orders. The testimony came from New York hearings and was released by the House Un-American Activities Committee.
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Washington
Herbert Philbrick
FBI
Boston
House un-American Activities Committee
Archibald Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
New York
Joseph Zach Kornfeder
Philbrick
Pro
Elizabeth Moos
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
Miss America 1954 is Evelyn Ay of Pennsylvania
Evelyn Margaret Ay, a 20 year old from Ephrata Pennsylvania, won Miss America 1954 in Atlantic City. She earned 50000 dollars in prizes including a 5000 scholarship and an automobile. Ay impressed judges with talent and interview answers, especially her India career comment and views on marriage and citizenship.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Evelyn Margaret Ay
Ephrata
Pennsylvania
Neva Jane Langley
Macon
Aye
New York City
Joan Cecilia Kaible
Virginia
Anne Lee Ceglis
Norfolk
Alabama
Virginia Me‘David
Birmingham
Mississippi
Susanne Dugger
Picauyne
South Dakota
Delores Jerde
Dohnamyi
Evelyn Ay
India
Evelyn
California
Delaware
Oregon
South Carolina
Wyoming
Two Injured in Crash of Car and Semi-Trailer
In Cedar Rapids at Bowling street and Wilson avenue SW two men were hurt when a car collided with a semi trailer. Grover Bell 34 suffered a severe cut over the left eye and Wesley Green 26 had a cut forehead. Aubray Collins 30 uninjured. Bell faces potential drunk driving charges after treatment.
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Cedar Rapids
Bowling Street
Wilson Avenue
Grover Bell
Eighth Avenue SE
Wesley Green
Bell
Aubray Collins
Green
Collins
Henry Overman
John Russell
Coralville
C. H. Wilson
Iowa City
Floyd Honn
Overman
Two Women Die in Car Truck Crash near West Bend
A collision at a county road intersection near West Bend killed two women, one from West Bend and the other from Dubuque. Four others were injured, including Mrs. Lyle Runchey and her three children, hospitalized in Algona. Driver Wallie L. Norman cited obscured vision due to corn.
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West Bend
Dubuque
Charles Alfers
Clem Monoman
Monoman
Lyle Runchey
Runchey
Nicosia Reports No Further Casualties After Early Incident
In Nicosia authorities say no additional casualties or property damage were reported after an earlier incident this week. No further details were provided.
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Nicosia, A
INS
Warren Mentioned as Possible Labor Secretary in Ike Plans
Washington reports rumor that Gov. Earl Warren of California is being considered for both chief justice and labor secretary posts. A GOP insider says Warren could replace Durkin as labor secretary, while others tie him to a Supreme Court elevation. Burton of Ohio is mentioned as potential chief justice.
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Washington
INS
Earl ‘Warren
California
Eilsenhower
United States
Warren
Martin P. Durkin
Plumbers
G.O.P
Durkin
Ike
Supreme Court
Harold H. Burton
Ohio
Noted Met Star Werrenrath Dies
Reinald Werrenrath former Metropolitan Opera and radio star of the 1920s died Saturday at Physicians’ Hospital in Plattsburgh New York aged 70. He had been in poor health since a stroke a year earlier. Born in Brooklyn he debuted at the Met in 1919 as Sylvia in Pagliacci and remained a familiar figure on stage into the mid 1930s.
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Plattsburgh
N. Y
Reinald Werrenrath
Metropolitan Opera
Physicians’ Hospital
Brooklyn
Werrenrath
Met
Sylvia
U S Bonn Housing Project Criticized as Too Luxurious
Congressional investigators called a 17 million dollar U S housing project in Bonn too lavish. The 1951 development housed American officials and transferees, with five homes valued up to 227000 each and 458 furnished apartments. The report questions legal authority and urges a more modest scale.
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Washington
U.S
Bonn
Germann Y
State Department
Frankfurt
Rep
Brownson
R-Ind
House
Office of the High Commissioner of Germany
HICOG
Commission Orders County Tax Changes
The State Tax Commission sent notices to county auditors to adjust assessed values for farm machinery personal property city lots and agricultural land to improve uniformity. Increases up to 50 percent in personal property and 40 percent in farm machinery were ordered with raises also in city lots and agricultural land. some counties saw decreases. The notices list specific counties and percentages and set a 10 day hearing window before changes take effect.
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Des Moines
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Webster County
Greene
Guthrie
Henry
Keokuk
Story
Adams
Appanoose
Carroll
Chickasaw
Decatur
Lee
Lucas
Palo Alto
Polk
Ringgold
Tama
Emmet
Sac
Cherokee
Humboldt
Mitchell
Oscelon
Wright
Emmet County
Two Hurt in Lowden Car Truck Collision
Special to The Gazette two men were injured Saturday evening in a car truck crash on highway 30 at the west edge of Lowden Leo Koons 34 Des Moines driver of the car and James Dwyer 20 Laurens seaman riding with him were taken to St Louis hospital for treatment Koons suffered a lacerated chin possible punched jaw and other cuts Dwyer had multiple cuts to the forehead and face The truck driver was not injured.
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The
Gazette
Lowden
Highway
Leo Koons
Des Moines
James Dwyer
Laurens
St. Louis Hospital
Koons
Les Dwyer
Soldier to face court martial for striking Swedish truce inspector
Panmunjom reports say Pfc. Willard E. Armstrong of Louisville Kentucky will face a special court martial in Taegu starting Monday. He is charged with assault and violation of immunity rules for striking a Swedish member of the neutral nations inspection team during the Korean armistice supervision. If convicted he could receive up to six months hard labor and loss of pay.
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Panmunjom
U.S
Korea
U.S. Army
James A. van Fleet
8Th Army
Harold E. Fischer
Swea City
Reds
United States
Taegu
Pfc
Willard E. Armstrong
Louisville
Army
Armstrong
Budget Cuts In France Amid U S Aid To Indo China
Paris officials announced the first postwar budget cuts as the United States contributes 385 million dollars to the Indo China effort. Finance Minister Edgar Faure said France could trim public spending by about 571 million dollars, with a total next year of 10 571 428 000. The cabinet also ordered an overhaul of the antiquated civil service and a construction push to supply 200 000 houses next year and 250 000 in 1955 to address housing shortages.
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Paris
United States
Indo-China
Edgar Faure
France
Faure
Joseph Laniel
Europe
U. S
Democrats Plan Debate On Loyalty Pledge
Democrats plan a wide open discussion of the loyalty pledge at a two day Chicago meeting led by national chairman Stephen A. Mitchell. Former President Truman and other leaders assemble to heal wounds and prepare for next year’s congressional elections amid internal party tensions.
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Chicago
Stephen A. Mitchell
Mitchell
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Jackson
Miss
Hugh White
Mississippi
White
India Edwards
National Committee
Lewis Stone Dies Veteran Actor at 77
Hollywood veteran stage and screen actor Lewis Stone, 77, died of a heart attack after going to his swimming pool to investigate a noise he thought came from rocks thrown into the water. He collapsed beside the pool Saturday night.
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Hollywood
Lewis Stone
Keyserling Hired as Economic Consultant by Farmers Union
Leon H. Keyserling, former chair of President Trumans Council of Economic Advisers, was hired by the National Farmers Union as an economic consultant in Denver.
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Denver
Leon H. Keyserling
Truman
Council of Economic Advisers
The
National Farmers Union
Khrushchev Elected First Secretary of Soviet Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev, age 59, named first secretary of the central committee of the Soviet Communist Party, boosting his influence and ranking as the second most powerful figure after Premier Malenkov. The move follows Stalin era power patterns and raises questions about Khrushchev's autonomy in future policy.
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London
Nikita S Khruschev
Ukraine
Central Committee
Soviet Communist Party
Moscow
Russia
Georgi M. Malenkov
Josef Stalin
Soviet Union
Khruschev
Malenkov
Stalin
Lavrenti P. Beria
Land
V. ‘Molotov
Beruscey
West
Soviet decree urges farmers to pursue private wealth
Moscow reports that the Communist party central committee issued a sweeping agricultural reform decree urging individual peasant prosperity as a path to national economic growth. Farmers were encouraged to acquire private property and increase production under Nikita Khrushchev as first secretary, with measures to stimulate work and improve living standards.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Communist Party Central Committee
Central Committee
Nikita Khrushchev
Contestant Drops Tearfully Out of Mrs. America
Mrs. New Jersey Anna Spada withdrew in tears at Asbury Park after her husband refused to sign a contract that would commit him and their nine children to pictures and endorsements. She said she entered the contest without his knowledge as the other 32 contestants gathered for personality interviews.
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Asbury Park
N. J
New Jersey
Anna Spada
Marius Spada
Soap
Spada
Pope Grants Special Audience To James A Farley
Castelgandolfo Italy reports Pope Pius XII gave a special audience Saturday to James A Farley longtime Democratic party leader.
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Castelgandolfo
Italy
Pius XII
James A. Farley
Democratic Party
Russians Keep Lend-Lease Ships Out of Reach of U.S.
State Department officials say the Soviet Union will not allow the 679 U.S. owned lend-lease ships to touch American ports. Undersecretary Wal ter B. Smith pressed Moscow for a plan, seeking return or settlement of about 800 million dollars. Ambassador Zarubin promised to relay the request but offered no commitments.
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U.S
Washington
State Department
United States
Soviet Union
Walter B. Smith
Georgi N. Zarubin
Russia
Zarubin
Smith
Moscow
Blockade Tightened as East German Police Shake Up Border
East German Communists overhaul the People's Police near West Berlin with guards along the border and fresh detachments. Shootings near Potsdamer Platz and near the Brandenburg Gate persist while refugees face tougher controls and Western food parcels draw East Germans to risk crossing. Underground sources report mass purges of police and crackdown on those aiding border crossers.
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Saxony
East Berlin
Thuringia
Potsdamer Platz
Wertheim
Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
Red
West Berlin
East Frontier
People's Police
East Zone
East German underground targets Soviet forces in Berlin area
Berlin report claims anti Soviet underground blew up a Red army ammunition dump killing 20 Russian soldiers and destroying a Soviet barracks at Wuensdorf. The claim ties to East German political tensions after Premier Grotewohl assailed Adenauer and Allied policy.
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Berlin
INS
Wuensdorf
Information Bureau West
Otto Grotewohl
Grotewohl
Konrad Adenauer
Germany
Enem
Colo Ve
Eubranden
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