War Leak Suspected By F.D.R.
Washington insiders reveal that Franklin D Roosevelt believed wartime leaks came from the State Department and used Navy code for messages to Moscow. Admiral Standley testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee about the secret shift and noted possible leaks from disloyal personnel or code breaches.
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Washington
INS
Roosevelt
State Department
Moscow
Navy
William H. Standley
U. S
Soviet Union
Los Angeles
Calif
Standley
Nixon
House un-American Activities Committee
Louis Branston
Two Denver Boys Confess to Burn Vital Man for Fun
Two brothers aged 10 and 12 confessed they set fire to sleeping man Ben W. Fuller in Denver, claiming it was a joke. A 2 year old provided the tip after being promised ice cream, and Fuller is in critical condition at Denver General Hospital. Detectives traced the boys to a detention home as Juvenile Officers say they are "wild" and poorly controlled by parents.
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Denver
Ben W. Fuller
Denver General Hospital
Joseph Holindrake
Fuller
French Reds De Gaullists clash leaves one dead
In Grenoble a violent clash between Communists and De Gaullists wounded at least twenty people and killed a bodyguard. Police report 3,000 communists and 20,000 rightists swarmed after De Gaulle spoke. He warned the republic may restore itself if no general election is held.
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Paris
de Gaulle
Henry Queuille
National Assembly
Lyons
Beat Rush Register Now for Fall Voting
Cedar Rapids City Clerk Maude Krebs urged election-minded citizens to register for November voting noting 443 new registrants and 270 address changes since June. She outlined Iowa residency and Linn County stand requirements and highlighted updated polling places for precincts six and thirteen.
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Cedar Rapids
Maude Krebs
Miss Krebs
Iowa
Linn County
Sixth Precinct
New
Kenwood Firehouse
First Avenue NE
Kenwood Park
Reo Sales Company
Eighth Avenue SE
O’brine Auto Jand Body Company
Bystander Injured by Blast at National Plowing Match
In Dexter Iowa Irvin Yoder 36 of Wayland was struck by rock debris during a blasting demonstration at the national plowing match. He suffered a fractured leg and was treated at the grounds first aid station moved to Dexter clinic and then to Iowa Lutheran Des Moines before being flown to Iowa City later that day.
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Dexter
Iowa
Irvin Yoder
Wayland
Here
Yoder
Clinic Hospital
Iowa Lutheran Hospital
Des Moines
Iowa City
Mounted Peepers Terrorize Shrewsbury Township
Officials study reports mounted peepers in Shrewsbury Township New Jersey. Residents accuse horse riders of using elevation to peer into bedrooms. One local found three riders and their horses peering into a bedroom.
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Shrewsbury Township
N. J
India appoints governor for Hyderabad after surrender
India imposes martial rule in Hyderabad after its troops capture Secunderabad. A military governor takes charge as curfew is set, Razvi and the Razakars face possible dissolution while hunt continues for the Moslem leader.
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New Delhi
India
Hyderabad
Secunderabad
Qazim Razvi
Razvi
Storm Off Grand Cayman Aims Toward Cuba Becomes Hurricane?
The Miami weather bureau warned that a tropical storm off Grand Cayman Island near Cuba is expected to intensify into a hurricane within six to twelve hours. The system, about 55 miles south southeast of Grand Cayman, moves north-northeast at nine mph with top winds near 70 mph.
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Miami
Fla
INS
Weather Bureau
Grand Cayman Island
Cuba
Kansas Woman Injured In Crash Near Anamosa
A Kansas woman, Mrs. W. D. Rath from His City, suffered bruises and shock in a two car collision about five miles north of Anamosa. The 7 p.m. crash at the junction of highway 151 and a sideroad involved Harold Smith of Hopkinton and Rath. Smith’s car rolled and was demolished while Rath’s rolled but stood upright. Both drivers were uninjured. Rath was rushed to Monticello hospital by the Goettsch ambulance of Anamosa.
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Cedar Rapids
Kansas
Anamosa
W. D. Rath
Kan
Monticello
Goettsch
Scott’s Grove
Harold Smith
Hopkinton
Purse Snatching Reports Plague West Side Cedar Rapids
Three purse snatching incidents were reported to Cedar Rapids police on Saturday night. Victims include Violet Gallagher at Sixth Avenue SW near the Lutheran School around 8 30 p m and Mary Mikulas on the corner of Third Avenue and Seventh Street SW around 9 25 p m. A third incident occurred at 314 Sixth Street, details follow.
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Cedar Rapids
Violet Gallagher
Sixth Avenue
Sixth Street
Mary Mikulas
Fifteenth Street
Third Avenue
Seventh’ Street
Dewey Seeks Farm Policy Insight During Speaker Farm Tour
Governor Thomas E. Dewey hosted 83 farm editors from 30 states at Pawling Grange hall and on his 486 acre farm. He endorsed the farm bill with price supports while stressing continued support for agriculture, soil conservation, and expanding livestock output. He described his own farm practices including contour fields and a trench silo, milking 60 Holstein cattle.
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Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Pawling Grange Hall
Grange Hall
Dewey
Europe
Gov Dewey
Harlem
Crowds Flock to Cedar Rapids Air Field Airshow
About 2000 people gathered at Cedar Rapids Municipal Airport on Saturday afternoon to see U S air force planes from Omaha celebrating the first anniversary of the air force as a separate service. Aircraft included B-25s a T 6 trainer a P 51 fighter and an A 26. The show featured a formation takeoff around 4 p m after a brief air display.
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Cedar Rapids Municipal Air Field
Air Force
Omaha
Cedar Rapids
Typhoon Flood Toll in Japan Rises to 858 Dead
Japanese officials report 858 dead and about 700 missing from floods in central and northern Honshu after a typhoon. The disaster, affecting ten prefectures Thursday into Friday, caused widespread property damage in millions of yen.
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Tokyo
Honshu
Blind man’s hitchhike ends on train in search for sight
Clarence Peddicord a 30 year old sightless hitchhiker traveled from Portland to New York where Henry Karlan of Saratoga Springs offered to pay for a cornea transplant. Peddicord agreed to appear on the radio program We the People for an expense paid trip. Karlan a wallpaper maker said he wanted to help and spoke of his Nazi wartime losses. Peddicord hoped for admission to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital on a charity basis.
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Detroit
Clarence Peddicord
Jon
New York
Portland
Ore
Henry Karlan
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Peddicord
We, the People
Karlan
Lynn Bari Delivers First Child In Hollywood
In HOLLYWOOD a son was born Saturday to film star Lynn Bari and her studio executive husband Sid Luft. The baby weighed 7 pounds 4 ounces. It is the Lufts first child.
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Hollywood
Lynn Bari
Sid Luft
Lufts
Study course aids housewives in understanding athletic contests
In White Plains New York an adult education program added a new study course aimed at women. The course helps housewives grasp the fine points of athletic contests without pestering their husbands with silly questions.
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White Plains
N. Y
Pravda Accuses U S of Mistreating Crippled Girl
Pravda in Moscow claims American authorities mistreated 14 year old Galina Korlenko, a Soviet citizen with infantile paralysis, during her transfer from Berlin. The dispatch says U S officials hid her in a Catholic monastery and pressured her to state she did not want to return to Russia. American officials say she was moved from a German hospital in the American sector to Soviet control on September 6, under Four Power rules.
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Moscow
Pravda
Berlin
Communist Organ
Galina
Helena) Korlenko
Yuri Korolkov
Russia
U S
Helena Korlenko
International Refugee Organization
U. S
Frank Howley
TRO
Howley
Marshall to Fly to Paris for UN Session
Secretary of State Marshall heads to Paris for a United Nations assembly likely to confront Russia over the Berlin blockade. Moscow held talks with Molotov and Western envoys to signal Moscow's stance, with Bevin and the French foreign minister also en route for a critical decision day.
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Washington
Marshall
Paris
United Nations Assembly
Russia
Berlin
Moscow
Molotov
America
Britain
France
Bevin
U S Planes Sweep In from Distant Points
Washington reports the U S air force marks its first year with a nationwide bomber sweep of fifty three B 29s from Japan to Minneapolis and a 23 hour 30 minute flight setting a new world speed record. Major Richard L Johnson sets the record at Muroc Air Force Base California.
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Washington
U. S. Air Force
United States
Japan
Germany
William A. Buckley
Reseda
Calif
Misawa
Minneapolis
Wold-Chamberlain
Buckley
Eighth Air Force
Muroc Air Force Base
Richard L. Johnson
Editors Converse With Truman On Train in Iowa
Cedar Rapids Gazette editors Harry Boyd and Frank Nye met President Truman for seven minutes in his private car during a Iowa tour. The president expressed strong confidence in re election and appeared in good health, engaging warmly with locals and journalists.
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Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
United States
Harry Boyd
Truman Registers for November Election in Independence
President Truman returned to Independence for a weekend rest before resuming a 19 state stumping tour. After 14 speeches in three states, he and Mrs Truman and Margaret registered to vote at the courthouse, which stayed open as a favor for the sole chance of the family to register.
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Independence
Truman
Denver
White House
Margaret
Driver Injured When Truck Plunges Off Road
Cedar Rasida News reports 38 year old Charles Harry Simon of 628 Sixth Street SE sustained a bruised foot and shoulder and a possible skull fracture after the Nesper Sign truck he drove plunged into a ditch on Covington road at 8 40 p.m. He refused ambulance when crews arrived and was transported to St Luke s Hospital by Sheriff James Smith.
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Cedar Rasida News
Charles Harry Simon
Sixth Street
Simon
Nesper
Covington Road
St. Luke’s Hospital
James Smith
Barkley to Speak in Iowa Twice on Oct. 4
Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Alben W. Barkley will make two Iowa appearances on October 4. He will address a noon audience in Mason City and speak in Ottumwa in the evening. These are his only Iowa campaign events.
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Des Moines
Jake More
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Iowa
Barkley
Mason City
Ottumwa
More
Iowans React to Truman Talk at Plowing Event
President Truman drew praise for his informal remarks at the Dexter plowing match while his prepared speech to about 80 000 was flat. He contrasted farming progress from mule teams to tractors and joked about a misused witness. Republicans plan for Dewey at Drake Stadium.
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Des Moines
Truman
Iowa
Independence
Dexter
Gov
Dewey
Drake Stadium
Coli
Ohioan Wins National Contour Plowing Championship
Dean Wilson of Urbana Ohio won the National Contour Plowing match in Dexter Iowa with a score of 89.12 points. He narrowly defeated defending champion Ronald Orr of Beatrice Nebraska for the title. Gene Pereukon of Cedar Falls Iowa finished third and prize money totaled 100 78 and 50 dollars for first second and third respectively.
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Dexter
Iowa
Dean ‘Wilson
Urbana
Ohio
Aang Wilson
Ronald Orr
Beatrice
Neb
Gene’ S Pereukon
Cedar
Towa
Wil
Orr
Ferguson
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Howard Walker
Ralph Mortimer
Dallas Center
Rex Conn
Gazette Farm Editor
U.S
Cedar Rapids News
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Faltoriatn
Scsscevssvccsevevcavvess
Drew Pearson
IK Sports
Financial
Ivbtale
Cresewerd
Marion
Sas
Butléing
U.N
Marion Groundhor
Frank Nye
Grinnell
Trumans
Sen. Barkley
Herb Plambeck
Missouri
Jefferson
Harold Stassen
G.O.P
Nye
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