Soviet Agent Tried to Get Jet Secrets
A Buffalo Bell Aircraft librarian testified that a wartime Soviet agent, Andrei Schevchenko, sought ram jet and swept back wing secrets. He paid $200 to $250 for microfilm reports as the FBI monitored the case from 1945 to 1946, with deliveries to New York and interactions with Bell staff.
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Washington
Bell Aircraft Co
FBI
Jomph J. Franey
Buffalo
House UN- American Activities Committee
Andrei Scevchenko
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Buffalo War Plant
Franey
Hooker Electro Chemical Co
Schevchenko
New York City
Bell
Liafson
Diploma Awarded on 100th Birthday in Marion
On his 100th birthday Jackson Bowdish of Marion received a bachelor of philosophy degree from Cornell College Mt Vernon in a home ceremony. Bowdish had left Cornell before graduating 77 years earlier to take a job and never returned. President Russell Cole presented the degree as Bowdish, now wheelchair bound, could not attend the 96th commencement.
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Marion
Jackson W. Bwdish
Cornell College
Mt. Vernon
Bowdish
Cornell Academy
Russell D. Cole
Cornell
Home Fire Fatal to Six Brothers in Hazelton
A west Hazelton house fire killed six brothers, five as youths and one, Robert Garzick, seven, who died at Hazelton State Hospital. Parents Mr and Mrs Steven Galzick remain in critical condition as relief funds surpass $1,000 for the family of nine. The father works as a mine laborer.
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Hazelton
West Hazelton
Robert Garzick
Hazelton State Hospital
Steven Galzick
Aldex
Russian Purge Now Under Way
New York Times reports a political purge in Russia with at least 300,000 expelled from the Communist Party and Komsomol membership dropping. Several top leaders are missing, including Voznesensky Kuznetzov Popkay Zhdanov and Golyakov, linked to the Zhdanov faction. Zhdanov’s death in 1942 fuels rumors of liquidation.
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New York
New York Times
Piaee
Russia
Paris
Co. L
Supreme Soviet
Yuri A. Zhdanov
S Tate
Stalin
Times
Georgi M. Malenav
Molotov Placed in Charge of China Policies
A Paris informant says Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Deputy Prime Minister, has been made responsible for Russia policies in China and the orient. The move signals a shift from diplomatic aloofness to a guiding Soviet "big brother" role toward the emerging communist regime.
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Paris
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Russia
China
Orient
Molotov
Kremlin
Sioux City Trucker Critically Injured Near Lemars
George E. Arndt, 21, of Sioux City, was critically injured early Monday when his truck ran off Highway 73 two miles south of Lemars, plunged into a ditch, and caught fire while headed toward Spencer with a fruit load. The cab and motor were destroyed in flames.
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Sioux City
Lemars
George E. Arndt
Here
Arndt
Spencer
Oherod
Shrelff
Frank Scholer
Vatley Boy Wins Second in Essay Contest
Ronald W. Butler, 14, of Point Pleasant, West Virginia, was named second prize winner in the national high school essay contest conducted by the National Father's Day Committee and the Ohio Railway Company. Nick Ryan, 16, of Missouri Valley, Iowa, took second place and Barbara Jean Allen, 15, of Richmond, Virginia, earned third. The essay asked how fathers can help make us better citizens.
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New York
Ronald W. Butler
Point Pleasant
W. Va
National Fathers Day Committee
The
Ohio Railway Company
Nick Ryan
Missouri Valley
Barbara Jean Allen
Richmond
Paving and Sewer Projects Before City Council
Proposed paving and sewer work totaling about 600000 will go before the city council Monday night for action. City Solicitor George H Mayne says resolutions are ready to prepare construction bids for Fifth Avenue resurfacing Avenue A paving Avenue A storm sewer and a small sanitary sewer between avenues C and D from Eighteenth to Twentieth streets. The Fifth Avenue project costs about 144000, Avenue A paving about 200000, with a public hearing planned. the small sanitary sewer project is about 2000 and the Avenue A sewer plan, prepared by Henningson Engineering of Omaha, is under 250000. If approved bids may be advertised.
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George H. Mayne JM
Fifth Avenue
Avenue
Avenues C
Mayne
Iowa
Forest E. Grover
Henningson Engineering Company
Omaha
USDA Readies Storage Plan Amid Grain Shortfall
The Agriculture Department plans immediate steps to back up the Price support program by restoring the Commodity Credit Corporation’s authority to provide emergency storage for grains. A Southwest storage shortage has lowered new wheat prices 35 to 40 cents below the government support level, about 1.94 per bushel. Temporary storage in unused military facilities may be used while farmers in the corn belt are urged to expand storage. The plan may include loans for building corn cribs and federal aid to farmers lacking storage.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Truman
Congress
Commodity Credit Corporation
Southwest
Department
Texas
Wheat Belt
Plea for Quick Repeal of Taft Hartley Law
Sen Filbert Thomas urged rapid repeal of the Taft Hartley labor act, arguing the 1940 election showed the law was a mistake. As labor debate opened, Republicans and Democrats prepared strategy but showed no movement in positions.
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Washington
Filbert D. Thomas
Utah
Senate
Thomas
Senate Labor Committee
Republican Policy Committee
Labor Committee
Name a School: Suggestions Sought for North Broadway
The North Broadway school may soon need a name and the school board has not set a procedure. President E L Allphin invites letters to The Nonpareil's Voice of the People with a brief reasoning for the proposed name. Some Council Bluffs schools honor individuals, others use street names.
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North Broadway
E. L. “Vern
Allphin
Voice of the People
Council Bluffs
Committee Favors Anti L crying Bill
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved an anti lynching bill introduced by Senator Ferguson of Michigan. Chairman McCarran said no roll call vote was taken. The measure sets a maximum $10000 fine or 20 years imprisonment for conspiracy to incite aid or commit a lynching and covers peace officers as well as lynch mobs.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate
Congress
McCarran
D-Nev
Navy Veteran Crowns in Blue Lake Tragedy
Gordon Baker, 23, a navy veteran, drowned Sunday at Blue Lake west of Onawa. Acting Coroner E. E. Gingles said Baker took a young nephew swimming. the boy reported the man went under, but the sighting was ignored. No lifeguard was present. Baker’s clothes were found in the bathhouse at 7 p.m. and the body was recovered at 1 a.m. Monday.
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UNAWA
Gordon Baker
Blue Lake
Here
E. E. Gingles
Clark
Gingles
Fort Dodge lawyer to speak at 11th district bar meeting
MaidaalliuwN Allen Loth of Fort Dodge will headline the district bar gathering at 6 p m Wednesday at the Tama country club Merle Royce president of the Marshall County Bar association announced The 11th district covers Marshall Tama and Benton counties and the meeting will be held in Tama City
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Maidaalliuwn
Allen Loth
Fort Dodge
11Th Judicial District
Tama Country Club
Merle
Royce
Marshall County
Pastor Rev Loren Works resigns from First Christian Church
The Rev. Loren Works, pastor since 1940, announced last Sunday his resignation to be effective within 60 days. He cited burden of leadership, a strained broadcast program, and a lack of appreciation for his efforts as reasons, noting plans to rest and consider other church offers while staying in ministry.
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Loren Works
First Christian Church
Works
Hugh Blackwell
KFMX
South Side
South Tenth Street
Kiwanis, Community Chest
Chamber of Commerce
The
Recreation Commission
22 Die in Air Crash Near Athens
The Greek airline TAE reported 18 passengers and four crew died when a Dakota passenger plane crashed about 17 miles north of Athens. Sabotage was suspected by authorities.
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Athens
TAE
Here
West Awaits Reaction to Compromise Berlin Talks
Western powers await Moscow's reaction to a potential compromise with Russia on Berlin. Dean Acheson met Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky at the U S embassy and signaled how far the U S would go at the foreign ministers conference. Schuman warned of several weeks of hard work, with no immediate Berlin settlement expected.
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Paris
Moscow
Dean Acheson
Russia
Berlin
Acheson
U.S
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
U. S
Achesor
Germany
Big Four Council
Vishinsky
Kremlins
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Berin
To Open Bids on Hospital Project
Des Moines bids will be opened this week by the state board of control for Independence state hospital. A steam turbine generator estimated at 50 000 to 75 000 will be bid Tuesday. Thursday bids cover kitchen and dining room construction with equipment, totaling about 300 000. The generator will supplement existing power, and new electrical devices have nearly reached full load. The kitchen will provide cafeteria service for patients.
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Des Moines
Board of Control
Independence State Hospital
P. F. Hopkins
Rutledge Bond Set at $50,000
Cedar Rapids district judge J E Helserman set a $50,000 bond for Dr Robert C Ruttledge Jr of St Louis who was convicted May 28 of second degree murder in the death of Byron C Hartman 29. Bond was not posted immediately.
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Cedar Rapids
J. E. Helserman
Robert C. Ruttledge, Jr
St. Louis
Byron C. Hartman
Land Flood Covers Colorado Farmlands
Floods along the eastern fringe of the Rockies and through the Arkansas River valley inundated thousands of acres of Colorado land, with Monday’s runoff swelling rivers and threatening crops and towns.
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Denver
Rockies
Arkansas River
Colorado
Body Found by Rock Island Tracks Near Marengo
Sheriff identifies the deceased as John A. Grimley, 43, of Chicago. The body was found beside the Rock Island railroad tracks two miles east of Marengo on Sunday. Authorities say the man apparently fell from a train.
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Marengo
Rock Island
Here
Milford Englebert
John A. Grimley
Chicago
We Can Rebuild St Lo and the World Through Belief
Bal Boyle writes from St Lo France five years after heavy wartime losses. He argues Americans and allies must share faith with locals to rebuild the town and world, noting mutual responsibility, liberty, and the end of want. The piece stresses unity across enemies and friends, urging collective reconstruction through trust.
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Bal Boyle
ST. LO
France
St Lo
America
Inos
Bruntlett's Hanging Date Set by Iowa Governor
Gov. William Beardsley refused clemency for C. B. Bruntlett of Council Bluffs and set July 6 for the death sentence to be carried out. Bruntlett was convicted of first degree murder in the December 1947 death of Percy Smith after shooting and burning Smith on Bruntlett's farm. The Iowa Supreme Court upheld the sentence 6 to 3 amid questions of sanity and legal appeal.
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William
Beardsley
Des Moines
C. B
Bruntlett
Council Bluffs
Bruntlettt
Percy Smith
Lvestock
Iowa Supreme Court
Dave Burrows
Brantlett
District ‘Court of
Supreme Court
Burrows
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Sanity Burrows
Brunnett
Don Hise
Harold E. Davidson
Ft. Madison
Charles C. Graves
Hise
United States Supreme Court
State
Senate Approves Atlantic Pact Report for Ratification
Senator Fulbright announced that the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Monday approved the Atlantic pact and a report urging Senate ratification. The action follows debates over alliance commitments and American overseas security obligations.
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Washington
Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Hickenlooper targets ABC quiz on security lapses
Senate inquiry probes how an AEC employee with a 1947 emergency security clearance faced an FBI check only after a 1948 derogatory report. Lilienthal testified about safety practices while Hickenlooper pressed for broader FBI-led atomic security. Closed-door session set to discuss how the senator proceeded.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Rtown
Congress
FBI
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
David E. Lillenthal
Congressional
Iowa
Lilienthal
ABC
Baeout Eh Rueeion
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
J. Edgar Hoover
Hickanlooper
Justice , Department
Ivory Red
Sioux City Hosts Iowa Postmasters Convention
Sioux City welcomed more than 25 postmasters at the opening business session of the Iowa chapter, National Association of Postmasters. Mayor Dan J. Conley and Sioux City Postmaster Harry J. Gleason spoke as Harold Murphy of the chamber of commerce presented a city key to Lee E. Finders, Oelwein, chapter president, who presid ed.
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Sioux City
Iowa
National Association of Postmasters
Dan J. Conley
Harry J. Gleason
Harold Murphy
Chamber of Commerce
Lee E. Finders
Oelwein
Crushed boy dies in farm truck incident near Riceville
Funeral services are set for Larry Stephenson two year old son of Mr and Mrs Lyle Stephenson who was fatally injured Saturday when struck by a truck on the Stephensons farm southwest of Riceville. The tragedy occurred on the family property leaving neighbors and relatives in grief as authorities investigated the accident details.
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Riceville
Larry Stephenson
Lyle Stephenson
Stephensons
College President Dies at Wartburg College
WAVERLY August Engelbrecht, 87, president emeritus of Wartburg College, died of a heart attack Sunday. He served the college 45 years, including 24 years as president.
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Waverly
August Engelbrecht
Wartburg College
Engelbrecht
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