Truman Pegs Spy Furore on Postwar Hysteria
President Truman attributed the spy investigation furor to postwar hysteria saying it recurs after every war. He urged reading 1790s alien and sedition laws and Jefferson administration history to see parallels and how cases ended. He dismissed claims of FBI inquiry being quiet and defended Edgar Hoover’s standing.
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President Truman
Truman
Jefferson
Ku Klux Klan
KKK
Indiana
Justice Department
Judith Coplan
Russia
Alger Hiss
State Department
New York
Providence Th. 1. Journal
FBI
Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Clark
Kerrigan May Join State Highway Commission
Reports from statehouse circles indicate F. R. Kerrigan a Dubuque Democrat may be appointed to the state highway commission by Gov. Beardsley. If named the appointment would take effect July 1 with a four year term, subject to Senate confirmation in the next session. Kerrigan serves as Dubuque county agent.
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Highway Post
Des Moines
Statehouse
F. R. Kerrigan
Dubuque
Towboat Alexander Sunk After Collision in River
In a Wednesday night incident the $850,000 towboat Alexander struck a rolling boulder and sank in the river. Captain Paul Rose reported the hull caved in with damages around $100,000. Two loaded gasoline barges were cut loose and sent to the Stanard Oil dock to aid the sinking craft. The boat rests on the river bottom with water reaching the main deck. Comedian Milton Berle remarried his former wife Joyce Matthews in New York last Thursday, following their Reno divorce on October 22, 1947.
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Alexander
Paul Rose
New York
Milton Berle
Joyce Matthews
Berle
Reno
Driver License Renewals to Begin in Iowa Monday
Iowa will renew about 500000 licenses numbered below 500000 starting next Monday under a 30 day renewal window aligned to the holder’s birthday on or after July 5. Renewal costs 75 cents this year. mail renewals are not allowed. bring the old license, or request a verification card if lost.
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Iowa
Des Moines
State Department of Public Safety
State Public Safety Department
Clarence Shirer
Statehouse
Dewey Defends Aid to Europe
New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey returned from western Europe convinced that aid to Europe must continue via the Marshall plan. He said economic cooperation is essential for a stable Europe and a united continent, noting ongoing Cold War tension and a partisan struggle with communism.
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New York
Thomas E. Dewey
Europe
Newsymen
Marshal Plan
Mermaids in Yokohama Bowl Hit by Rocks
At a Yokohama trade fair a group of Japanese girl swimmers known as glamorous mermaids swam in an oversized fishbowl on stage. American GIs watching threw rocks, flooding spectators down front.
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Yokohama
Japan
Communists Defeated in Dutch Municipal Elections
Communists suffered a crushing defeat in Wednesday's elections across 23 municipalities. They lost 33 of their 71 seats in city councils of municipalities with over 20 000 inhabitants.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Reds on the Defensive in Cold War Tactics Shift
Washington officials note a possible shift in communists from westward expansion to defending eastern Europe. A Bucharest bulletin published by the Communist International Information Bureau says it is now a cardinal task to block Americanism and to "poison" working classes with American ideas. The defense-focused stance may indicate top Soviet-led strategy changes in Europe.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
State Department
Europe
Communist International Information Bureau
Bucharest
Romania
United States
Believe Bluffs Man Drowned in River
A man tentatively identified as Clarence Lee, found in a council bluffs house trailer, is believed to have drowned in the Missouri River near the Ak-Sar-Ben bridge. Omaha police report he fell from a government boat at about 4 a.m. near foot of Douglas Street. Lee suffered a severed hand and missing fingers on the other hand, according to investigators.
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Clarence Lee
Fourth Avenue
Council Bluffs
Missouri River
Omaha
Lee
Douglas Street
Ak- Sar-Ben
Pilot Preacher Plans Airborne Sermons Over Countryside
Gut J. Wetzel a 42 year old former test pilot turned Baptist minister, rigs a two seat plane with a loudspeaker and records to broadcast sermons from the air. He will glide at about 1000 feet over crowds this summer delivering remarks and religious music as he sees gatherings. Wetzel, long time pilot and Piper wartime instructor, studied at Bob Jones University and awaits his ministerial license. He is married with four children.
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Lock Haven
Gut J. Wetzel
First Baptist Church
Wetzel
Piper Aircraft Corporation
Bob Jones University
Greenville
D. C
Question on Lost U235 Recovery Sparks Senate Inquiry
Senator Hickenlooper questioned whether Argonne National Laboratory has found the container for the lost uranium-235 from February. He cited a jar claim, noting prior reports said a brown bottle held the material, with FBI concurring that the jar had contained the missing U235.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Argonne Atomic Laboratory
Senate House Atomic Committee
FBI
Walter H. Zinn
Chicago
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
David E. Lillenthal
Truman
Lewis Straus
Strauss
Lilienthal
Aerosol wax bombs promise quick home car care
Chicago reports a new aerosol bomb used to spray DDT is also able to wax a car in five to ten minutes for about a dollar. E. B. McKernan of Continental Filling Corp describes how the bombs, with fine textured wax and compatible propellants, can cover two autos and pave the way for home wax and cleaner combinations.
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Chicago
National Association of Insecticide and Disinfectant
McKernan
Danville
Ill
Continental Filling Corporation
Student escapes four thug kidnappers in Manhattan chase
Four men abducted Harvard student George H. P. Dwight on Park Avenue early Thursday. Dwight escaped after a gunfire filled pursuit in Manhattan upper east side tenements. The stolen car overturned. two suspects were captured while one leaped rooftops and was injured by a clothesline.
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New York
Harvard
Park Avenue
Upper East Side
Manhattan
George H. P. Dwight
Great Western Train Hearing Set For July Thirteenth
The Iowa commerce commission schedules a July 13 hearing in Fort Dodge at 9:30 a m in the Webster county courthouse regarding Chicago Great Western's discontinuation of passenger trains Nos 31 and 32 on the Omaha Council Bluffs to Minneapolis run. The trains were cut May 11 on a trial basis to test revised services by trains Nos 33 and 34.
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Des Moines
Iowa Commerce Commision
Fort Dodge
Chicago Great Western Railroad
Omaha Council Bluffs
Minneapolis
Webster County
Highway program appears brighter for Iowa roads
Des Moines reports that county officials heard executive secretary Claud Coykendall say Iowa has a favorable background for a comprehensive highway program. He cited improved laws, financing, and materials, but warned progress will be slower than the urgent primary road work demands, with ten years lost.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Claud Coykendall
Iowa Good Roada Association
Coykendall
Elgin Lad Killed in Car Fire Near Church
A two year old boy, Jimmy Winkler, died from burns suffered in a car blaze while his mother attended a church meeting at Alyria Methodist Church south of Elgin. His sister Jennie Belle, 12, briefly stepped away. the fire likely started from a lit match. He died four hours later at West Union hospital.
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Elgin
Jimmy Winkler
Clarence Winkler
Winklers
Otis Rothlisberger
Jimmy
West Union
No Charge Placed Yet in Meldrum Case
No charge filed against First Ward Alderman Clarence B Meldrum by 1 30 p m Thursday. Meldrum was in custody Monday night under a 500 bond. County Attorney Don Jackson said a preliminary information was prepared awaiting potential signature by police officers.
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First Ward
Clarence B. Meldrum
Meldrum
Liberty
Don Jackson
Burlington to Get 50 Masonic Parley
The 150th annual Iowa grand Masonic lodge session concluded in Cedar Rapids with Don Carpenter of Council Bluffs elected grand master. Other officers include Harry Downs, Foster Iddings, C. D. Cox, Charles C. Clark serving six-year term as custodian of work. Clark turns 90 July 10, oldest living past Iowa grand master Earl B. Delzel. Next year’s communication will be in Burlington June 13-15.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa Grand Masonic Lodge
Don Carpenter
Council Bluffs
Harry Downs
Greene
Foster Iddings
Sioux City
C. D. Cox
Ottumwa
Charles C. Clark
Burlington
Clark
Shenandoah Youth Chosen for 4-H Conventions
Ames Iowa will host 4-H girls and boys conventions with eight female candidates and eight male candidates announced. Girls meet June 21 24 at Iowa State College campus for nominations including Donna Eichelinger Muscatine Barbara Flemin Runnells Ann Hamilton Elwood Ramona Jones Chillicothe Virginia Laymiller Grinnell Coral Legg Hudson Margaret Mitchell Fairfax and Doris Whade Linn Grove. Boys meet June 27 30 on campus for short course to elect a new president from Wilford J Becker Watkins Richard A Closing David Diehl Boone Jack Miller Osceola Wayne Spies Eldridge Dean M Stall Ankeny Gradydon Trible Waterloo and Don Teachout Shenandoah.
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Wilford J. Becker
Watkins
Richard A. Closing
Ruthven
David Diehl
Boone
Jack Miller
Osceola
Wayne Spies
Eldridge
Dean M. Stall
Ankeny
Gradydon Trible
Waterloo
Don Teachout
Shenandoah
June Assistance Roll Increase in State Welfare
Des Moines report shows June welfare rolls up 132 from May while down 471 from last year. Old age aid, aid to the blind and aid to dependent children outlay totals 2,685,494 dollars, up 18,447 from May and 171,374 from a year ago.
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Des Moines
State Department of Social Welfare
Department
Truman silent on 1952 presidential run report
Washington President Truman offered no comment at a news conference when asked about a magazine story claiming he would not seek re election in 1952. He was informed of the report but declined to elaborate.
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Washington
Truman
Disabled American Veterans Open State Convention Here
The twenty sixth annual state DAV convention opened with over 1000 delegates registered by noon Thursday at Hotel Chieftain. Activities include simultaneous DAV and auxiliary sessions, a Friday morning business agenda, and a Broadway parade with 40 units and four bands. Delegates hail from Davenport, Burlington, Mason City, Des Moines and more. notable visitors include national and department officers.
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Hotel Chieftain
Auxiliary
Floyd Hunt
DAV
John Kates
Davenport
Burlington
Mason City
Des Moines
Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodge
Cherokee
Newton
Hampton
Eldora Newell
Madrid
Marshalltown
Gilman
Storm Lake
Council Bluffs
D. M. Brown
Akron
Ohio
Cecil Decker
Waterloo
Ned Richards
RL. Whelan
Florence ‘Kluss
Water
Joe
Ann Weber
Colorado Springs
Cal
National Adjutant
J. E. Post
Council Blutts
Patron Motorcycle Crash Kills Two Boys in Sheldon
Sheldon police report two local youths, Robert Holtop aged 17 and Carl Lode aged 16, died in a head on collision with a car driven by Merlynn Miler around 10:30 PM Thursday. A third person injured was hospitalized with cuts and bruises.
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Sheldon
Robert Holtop
Carl Lode
Merlynn Miler
Miller i
Red Clause Sought for Labor Bill
Washington report notes Senate debate on Truman labor bill adding a non communist oath provision. Amendments expanding good faith bargaining and financial disclosures for unions and employers were approved by voice vote, though not identical to Taft Hartley. President Truman opposes revisions while Taft and allies push a conservative substitute keeping key TH provisions.
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Washington
Truman
Taft
Warm and Windy on Friday Menu
A Friday forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in the Council Halis area with continued warmth and wind. Temperatures are expected to reach the high 80s, while Thursday should see mid 80s highs and mid 60s overnight.
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Halis
New
New England
Maine Woodlands
Frederick G. Payne
U. S. Weather Bureau
Chicago
One Man Recruiter Held on Bond in Local Case
Donald E. Taylor 46 known as Sgt O Leary held on $3000 bond after pleading innocent to obtaining property by false pretenses. The man, who served a prior prison term for recruiting Eldora state training school inmates for the army, allegedly hoodwinked residents by posing as helpless in a wheelchair during a 1941 recruiting drive.
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Sibley
Donald E. Taylor
Eldora State
Taylor
Sgt. O'Leary
Inelde
Former Marshalltown Chief of Police Dies
W. E. Nicholson, 84, longtime Marshalltown police chief, died late Wednesday in a local hospital. A lifelong Marshall County resident, he was active in Elks and Eagles lodges. Survived by his widow. Services set for 2 p m Saturday in Marshalltown.
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Marshalltown
W. E. ‘ Nicholson
Marshall County
Elia and Eagles Lodges
Seek Recognition in Bell Phone Labor Campaign
CHICAGO two Communications Workers of America units announced a campaign for recognition by the Bell Telephone system. They threaten a nationwide strike if necessary to back their demand.
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Chicago
CIO Communications Workers of America
Bell Phone System
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