AEC Member Testifies on Isotope Policy in Senate Probe
Senatehouse atomic energy committee continues hearings on alleged mismanagement at the AEC led by Lilienthal. Lewis Strauss acknowledges some mistakes in isotope shipments abroad and notes no isotopes have been sent to the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Lewis JL Strauss
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Strauss
Senate-House Atomic Energy Committee
Hickenlooper
Iowa
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Rep
Jackson
D-Wash
Commission
Truman
State Department
Waives Hearing in Roadside Slaying
Alvin Junior Brown 20 of Tulsa waived preliminary hearing in Marshalltown on a murder charge tied to the roadside slaying of 35 year old William J. Muldoon a Mason City paint salesman. He was bound over to the grand jury and denied bail, with arraignment near 10:30 a.m. in a crowded municipal courtroom.
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Marshalltown
Alvin Junior Brown
Municipal
WiLliam J. Muldoon
Mason City
Brown
M. C. Farber
Tulsa
Okla
Young
JayCees plan big day for students at Pingland Park
Several thousand students from Council Bluffs and Pottawattamie county will converge at Pingland Park Saturday for JayCee Day. The event is highlighted with a story and picture on page 11.
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Council Bluffs
Pottiawatamie County
Pingland Park
Freedom League
McMille School
March as Fellow Traveler in FBI Spy Reports
Secret FBI memo named Eugenio Chavez alias Arta as allegedly passing secrets to Russia conferred with Judf Coplon case. It cites informants ND 402 and PT 1 claiming Fredric March and other Hollywood figures active in communist infiltration and party membership with figures like Edward G. Robinson and Paul Robeson.
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Washington,p
FBI
Judith Coplon
White Sands
N. M.) Rocket Proving Ground
Russia
Eugenio Chavez
Eugenio Arta
Washington
Freddie March
Holly Wood
March
Fredric March
Communist Party
William J. McCarthy
Daniel F. Garde
Lionel Berman
Cultural Committee
Hollywood
Ulfred
Edward G. Robinson
Paul Robeson
Dorothy Parker
Donald Ogden Stuart
Ruth McKinney
Alfred Maltz
Alvah Bessie
Dalton Trumbo
Millen Brand
Michael Blankfort
Weather Menu Calls for More Showers
The Sound Bluffs area can expect more showers on Thursday night with possible thunder storms and low temperatures in the low 60s. Friday looks partly cloudy and warmer with a thunder shower or two, highs near 80. Wednesday’s high was 75 and Thursday morning dipped to 62 with about 0.03 inches of rain.
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Sound Bluffs
Ladies Won’t Stand Slaps From Hanging Tree Branches
City weed commissioner Oscar Biesendorfer and Mayor George Sparks urged trimming overhanging branches and shrubs after residents complained. They cited town ordinance prohibiting violators from being arrested or fined for neglecting proper tree and bush trimming as phones rang with reports.
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Oscar Biesendorfer
George B. Sparks
Biesendorfer
Blesendorfer
Truman Nominates Switzer for Southern Iowa Federal Bench
President Truman named Carroll O. Switzer of Des Moines to be federal judge for the southern district of Iowa, succeeding Charles A. Dewey who retires. Switzer, former Polk County attorney and 194? governor candidate, faces Senate confirmation amid party debates over nominees.
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Washington
Truman
Carroll O. Switzer
Des Moines
Iowa
Switzer
Charles A. Dewey
Gillette JD
Fas
William F. Riley
Bes Moines
Edward C. Halhach
Clinton
Polk County
Towa
Senate
Southern Town
Dewey
Chambers Names Five Men as Government Documents Sources
New York. Whittaker Chambers testified he received documents from five men besides Alger Hiss. He named William Ward Pigman Harry Dexter White Vincent Reno Julian Wadleigh as sources. Pigman denied any dealings with Chambers. White died August 17 at 56. Reno alleged mathematics expert at Aberdeen proving ground. Wadleigh had been named in Hiss trials.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
William Ward Pigman
Harry Dexter White
Vincent Reno
Julian Wadleigh
Chambers
Wadleigh
Hiss
State Department
Pigman
Appleton
Wis
U. S. Bureau of Standards
White
the Treasury
Fitewillam
House
American Activities Committee
Washington
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Franklin Victor Reno
Aberden Proving Ground
Abideen
Town farm wife retracts abduction tale in St Louis
A Iowa City area farm wife, Coral Petsch, told police she fabricated her earlier claim of being abducted and forced to drive to St Louis with her 2 year old daughter. She said she drove for a long ride due to a strange impulse and did not seek help during the trip through Davenport Peoria and Alton.
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ST. Louis
Coral Petsch
Iowa City
Davenport
Peoria
Ailton
Bistram Waives Preliminary Hearing on Kidnapping Charge
Arthur Bistram 37 of St Paul Minnesota indicated to federal authorities in Omaha he will waive the preliminary hearing on federal kidnapping charges. The hearing was set for June 21 in Norfolk Nebraska but if waived the U S district attorney will move to transfer him to federal court in North Dakota.
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Bistram
Arthur Bistram
St. Paul
Minn
Omaha
U. S
Tangney
Norfolk
Neb
U. S. District Attorney‘s
North Dakota
Oklahoma GOP Leader Pioneers State Awaydies Former Committeeman
PUNCA CITY OKla Feb 6 Oklahoma oil millionaire and Republican leader Wentz died here Thursday after a two and a half month Mayo Clinic stay in Rochester Minnesota. He guided Oklahoma Republicans for years and pushed the Dewey presidential nomination during the 1948 campaign. Although influential, he never sought public office. Many urged him to run for governor or senator.
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Punca City
Oklah
Low Wentz
Oklahoma
Republican Party
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Thomas E. Dewey
Wentz
Heated Debate Over County Road Cut Delays Ditch Plan
A county board postponed final action on a road cut to drain Honey Creek lake after a clash between 12 landowners and three hunters near the lake. Opponents objected to a $7000 ditch that would lower water levels, seek time to study and possible engineer review before Friday’s 2 p.m. hearing.
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Honey Creek Lake
William Justesen
Oscar £. Johnson
John J. Hess
Council Bluffs
Earl Collins
Johnson
Fred Jepsen
Jepsen
Oscar
Mervin Knott
Knott
Library to Seek Extra Mill Levy for 1950 51
The Council Bluffs Free Public Library plans a one year 1 mill tax levy to raise about $30,000 for building repairs and improvements and higher operating costs for 1950 51. A $21,000 building expansion and remodeling program is part of the plan along with a modern lighting project and an elevator. The library has grown from 20 000 volumes in 1907 to 60 000 today and seeks $45,000 via taxation with $4,000 requested for operations and $4,300 from other income. Budget hearings are set for July and Robert W Turnen is re elected president with Roy Clay named secretary.
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Council Bluffs Free
Germaine Krettek
City Councis
Krettek
Robert W. Turnen
Roy Clay
Group of Iowans Would Defeat Pact
Dayton preacher M E Door said 48 Iowans asked Senators Hickenlooper and Gillette to vote against the Proposed Atlantic pact. The letter lists ministers, educators and other well known townspeople urging the state’s senators to oppose ratification and seek US Russia arms reductions.
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Dayton
Rev. M. E. Door
Hickenlooper
R-La
Gillette
D-la
Towa
Russia
United States
Red Feather Agency Budget Hearings Set for June
Budget hearings for seven Red Feather agencies will be held at the Community Chest offices on June 14 15 and 16 evenings. Carl Eckert Chest president stated the dates and schedule.
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Red Feather
Council Bhutta Community Chest
Community Chest
Carl Eckert
Chest
Farley Daughter Wed In New York Society Scene
Elizabeth Mary Farley daughter of former postmaster general James A. Farley married Glenn Montgomery a New York electrical engineer in a New York ceremony held Thursday.
Watson Heads Little Hoover Group in Iowa
Senator De Vere Watson will chair a nine member Little Hoover commission to study Iowa state government reorganization. The panel, created by the 1949 Legislature, has $30 000 in funding and aims to report to the next general assembly. An Iowa executive secretary will be appointed after subcommittee reviews.
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Des Moines
de- Vere Watson
Council Bluffs
Little Hoover” Commission
Iowa
Watson
William S. Beardsley
DeVere Watson
General Assembly
Robert P. Munger
Sioux City
George Rebb
Estherville
House
Beardsley
Towa
Ask Fen
George Faul
Faul
Chief and Two Firemen Die in St Paul Wall Collapse
St Paul fire chief Edward Novak and assistants Frank McMahon and Harold Barck were killed when a brick retaining wall collapsed during the final stages of a small fire at the Waldorf Paper Products plant on the western edge of St Paul. They were directing hose lines as the wall fell without warning.
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ST. Paul, Minn
St. Paul
Hosenes
Russian Officers Quell Looting Mob at Berlin Railway HQ
Four Russian officers beat back a looting mob of about 200 railway strikers who invaded the American sector headquarters of the Soviet controlled Berlin railway. Western police guarded the building entrance on U. S. military govern ment orders while rail strikers picketed the site. A strike spokesman said workers planned to bar headquarters staff from reporting for duty.
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Berlin
U.S
Kotikov
Watk
Groves to Speak at Des Moines Centennial Dinner
State and civic leaders will hear Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves, wartime head of the atom bomb project, during Des Moines centennial celebration and the Register and Tribune building dedication on June 21. The dinner features Groves as a key speaker among others at the civic event in Des Moines.
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Des Moines
Leslie Groves
Groves
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Soviet No on Berlin Rejected but Trade Talks Seen Near
In Paris and Berlin observers report Soviet officials likely rejected Secretary Achesons call to lift Berlin’s blockade by Monday. Western authorities say an east west trade pact could take effect soon if the Berlin railway strike ends and managers meet strikers demands. Western officials see Moscow using the foreign ministers conference as a cover to press aims while lingering on trade terms.
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Paris
Russia
Firel
Berlin
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Beriin
Nonpareil Men Fly With Constitution Flight Crew
Nonpareil editor W McManamy and sportscaster C Packard travel with Midwest newsmen to board the navy's Constitution on a Friday flight. They depart Thursday for Minneapolis where the aircraft begins its mission and will radio a five minute report from the plane between 8:15 and 8:45 am. The broadcast will be rebroadcast at 10:30 am on KSWI KFMX before the craft heads to Kansas City and returns Saturday.
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W. McManamy
Charles Packard
KSW1
WIN
Midwest
Navy
Constitution
Minneapolis
Councy
MccManamy
Packard
Kswi-Kfmx
Kansas City
McManamy
Truman to Address Legion Convention in Philadelphia
Col J Monroe Johnson announced that President Truman will address the American Legion convention in Philadelphia on August 28. Johnson of the Interstate Commerce Commission said Truman will attend as a delegate and will be presented with the American Legion distinguished service medal.
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Col
J. Monroe Johnson
President Truman
American Legion
Philadelphia
Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commisson
Truman
Mother and four children die in Northville fire
In Northville Michigan a 34 year old mother Mrs Cora Neeley and four of her seven children Shirley Fay 9 Linville 7 Phyllis 4 and Bruce jr 3 were killed when a two story frame home burned Tuesday. The father and three other children escaped with one child being aided from a window by the mother.
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Northville
Mich
Cora Neeley
Shirley Fay
Linville
Phyllis
Bruce, Jr
Lewis Action Deepens Debate Over Taft-Hartley Injunctions
Washington reports show UMW leader John L. Lewis ordering a weeklong coal pit shutdown and fueling senators’ push to repeal the Taft-Hartley act injunction. Some lawmakers say the move weakens chances to scrap the emergency provision while Lewis opposes the law and its injunctions.
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Marvie L. Arrowsmith
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Jan
Lewis
Capitol
Senate
Iit
Bogus Check Artist Uses Cop's Address in Obtaining Money
A man passed a $58.73 check at the Council Bluffs Club tavern using the address of policeman J O Olderoy, 1929 Avenue B, as his home. The check drawn on the Balard Motor Co Grand Island Neb bounced. bar owner Joe Koros reported the incident and noted the suspect used a butterhead letter from a former employer as identification.
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Council
J. O. Olderoy
Avenue B
Joe Koros
Club
West Broadway
Balard Motor Company
Grand Asland
Neb
Pagstr
Koros
Clderoy
Hot Rod Lands Schoolboy in Jail
Des Moines 17 year old John De Frees of North High School serves 15 days in jail on a speeding charge. Judge Howard Brooks added nine more days on other speeding counts to be served concurrently if the boy's mother disposes of the souped up 1934 sedan. The judge said the youth was practically a reclus at mechanics after remodeling the car in a short time.
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Des Moines
John de Frees
Howard Brooks
Brooks
Mechanics
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Southern Iowa
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C. Jeck
Atlantic
Florence Lynch
LeMars
Halbach
Riley
Department of Justice
More
American Bar Association
Lesy
St Lkely
Carroll
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Pact
Little Hoover Group
Gordon Gray
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Army
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Legion Convention
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