Counterfeit Cash Ring Busted Near White House
Secret service agents seized nearly $100,000 in counterfeit bills in a raid at 1807 H Street NW near the White House and Secret Service offices. Four men and a woman were arrested on manufacturing and passing charges, including Eugene Creighton Walter Kidwell William Hughes Josephine Hughes and Arthur Bear. Notes were produced in early April and circulated on a nationwide tour that yielded about $2,000 in passes in several cities before returning to Washington.
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Washington
Secret Service
White House
Treasury
H Street
Northwest
World Bank
Eugene Hammon Creighton
Walter Wilbur Kidwell
William F
Court Reverses Christoffel Perjury Conviction
The Supreme Court threw out Harold R. Christoffel's perjury conviction from a Milwaukee labor leadership case. He had claimed no communist ties before a U S House labor committee and faced a 2 to 6 year sentence. Justices split 5-4, ruling government must prove a quorum was present when perjury allegedly occurred.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harold R. Christoffel
Milwaukee
Christoffel
U. S
House Labor Committee
Supreme Tribunal
House Committee
Missing Butter Hoax Confessed by Driver in Omaha
Harry S. Bordens confession to Detective Chief Harry Green reveals the 37 year old Sioux City driver admitted the 18000 pound government butter cargo bound for Lowry Air Force Base was a hoax. He claimed intoxication led to the lie and police plan to file charges for passing bad checks from February.
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Harry S. Borden
Harry Green
Omaha
Borden
Sioux City
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Central
Green
Rousing Welcome on Good Will Tour
A rousing Good Will caravan greeted four towns in Mills County and Adams area as a three day tour began in Emerson. Crowds gathered despite threatening weather while officials from Glenwood Malvern Hastings and Emerson spoke of local progress and community pride. The tour moves to Red Oak Essex Shenandoah Sidney and Tabor with a Tuesday stop in Oakland Griswold Atlantic Carson Treynor and a Wednesday finale.
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Glenwood
Sul Hott
Malvern
Francis E. Pace
Mills County Fair
F. A. Wortman
Malvern Leader
E. W. Burdie
Malvern Ife
Main Street
Hastings
Othe Wearin
Jack Sargent
Mervin Turner
Emerson
Red Oak
Essex
Shenandoah
Sidney
Tabor
Oakland
Griswold
Atlantic
Carson
Treynor
No Decision on Arms Program Timing by President Truman
Washington reports President Truman has made no decision on when to send the arms for Europe bill to Congress. Leaders say timing matters, with some preferring delay until after the North Atlantic pact action. Administration seeks swift action on both pact and arms, and considers a $100 million revolving credit to aid Latin American military purchases.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
Lucas
Omahan Killed in Highway 75 Crash
Norman D Wissenburg a 34 year old of Omaha died when the gasoline tanker he drove overturned on Highway 75 near Honey Creek. The tractor wreck occurred after the load of 5400 gallons of panoline shifted and trapped him under the cab. Aileen Klingman of Estherville was also involved as the truck clipped her car before overturning. Coroner H Stanley Woodring investigated. the death marked the ninth traffic fatality in the county this year.
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Norman D. Wissenburg
Twenty-Sixth Street
Omaha
Honey Creek
Wissenburgh
W'isenburg
Estherville
Aileen M. Klingman
Wissenburg
H. Stanley Woodring
Fotta- Wattamle
Council Bluffs
Not Properly a Military Device Says Senator
Senator Flanders of Virginia proposes a senate and house resolution declaring the United States will not use atomic bombs except to retaliate after an attack with atomic warfare. He argues the bomb is not a proper military device but a tool for mass murder and urges control through the United Nations until a satisfactory framework is in place.
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Washington
Flanders
R-Vl
Congress
United States
Senate
House
United
United Nations
Break in Humid Weather Forecast For Council Bluffs
The weather office predicts a break from humidity Monday night with a Tuesday in the 40s, mostly sunny and warmer. Monday night should stay warm with early thunderstorms followed by clearing and cooler air. Sunday's heat pushed the high to 89, drawing thousands to Lake Manawa while 20 000 bathers crowded the area and litter cleanup followed. Gusts up to 34 mph caused outages near Thirty-fifth Street as power lines were blown down.
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Lake Manawa Beach
Gene Carrier
Town Power and Light Company
Thirty-fifth Street
Weekend Iowa traffic toll rises to four deaths
Four people died in Iowa over the weekend in traffic incidents. A headon collision on Highway 30 near Le Grand claimed two lives. Others included Alma Kilmer of Fort Lauderdale and Adett Kilmer, both injured or killed in separate crashes, and Andrew Hogg, an inspector for the Iowa Bureau of Labor, who died from injuries after a bridge collision near Wilton. A fifth man, Luis Wooten, died at home from injuries from a fall about ten days earlier.
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Associated Prensa
le Grand
John E. Gustason
Tama
Marshalltown
Alma Kilmer
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Adett Leslie Kilmer
Andrew Hogg
Clinton
Davenport
Wilton
Hogg T
Iowa Bureau of Labor
Luis Wooten
Clarion
Iowa GOP Faithful Plans Clean Sweep in 1950 Victory
Des Moines hosts GOP gathering as Hickenlooper Spangler and Gilliland attend a morning school for county chairs. Alden Doud denounces the Brannan plan as dangerous while John Laughlin is named eighth district central committee member. Coburn to resign July 1 for liquor commission. The group forms a legislative committee and calls auxiliaries to appoint reps for future policy talks.
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Des Moines
Iowa
U. S
B B. Hickenlooper
Brannan
Doud
Republican Party
State Central Committee
John Laughlin
Coburn Laughlin
Art Coburn
Coburn
State Liquor Commission
Mer
Wills York
Madrid
Spangler
Virginia Bedell
Spirit Lhire
Central Committee
Coal Operators Debate Program on Work Week Plan
Northern and western coal operators met behind closed doors to discuss John L. Lewis new share the work plan. They may answer to United Mine Workers president Tuesday as talks resume at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia. Lewis seeks a three day work week during negotiations or a shutdown of all bituminous mines if no pact.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Lewis
UMW
Airport Manager Dies in Plane Crash in Des Moines
Albia airport manager John Davis aged 27 died in a Des Moines hospital from third degree burns after a spray plane crash Saturday. Survived by his widow and two children in Albia and his parents in Oskaloosa. World War II Air Forces veteran.
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Des Moines
John Davis
Albia
Davis
Oskaloosa
Landlords May Ask Ceiling Hike
Washington reports potential rent increases under the 1949 control act as landlords file application blanks. Housing Expeditor Woods says new rules let local directors approve boosts for remodeling and new services with tenant consent.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Heart Disease Fatal to Harvard Immortal
CUTTYHUNK Mass Huntington R Tack Hardwick 58 Harvard football immortal died of a heart attack while clamming at Churchs beach. A friend with him said he toppled into the water as they walked the shore. Native of Quincy he entered Harvard in 1911 and was an all America football end in 1914. He was the universitys first and only four gold ball man and also a track star winning his H in three major sports.
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Cuttyhunk
Mass
Huntington R
Tack
Towboat Tessler Destroyed by Fire on Mississippi River
A towboat named Tessler was destroyed by a fire that followed an explosion on the Mississippi River eight miles above Grand Tower Illinois on Sunday. The eight crew members escaped in five boats and were rescued later by another towboat named Wabash.
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Grand Tower
Ill
Tessler
Mississippi River
Drowning at Crystal Pool Claims Stazzoni Girl
Teresa Ann Stazzoni fourteen-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs Ray Stazzoni of 1426 Fourth avenue drowned Sunday at Crystal pool in Council Bluffs. Lifeguards and emergency crew spent over an hour attempting revival. autopsy confirmed death by drowning. The body was found at the nine foot depth by 17 year old Phillip Fields. Red Cross instructor Jerry Hudson and medical student Dwayne Tweedale aided until help arrived. She is survived by her parents and a brother, Dominic. The body is at Woodring funeral home.
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Council Bluffs
Teresa Ann Stazzoni
Ray Stazzoni
Fourth Avenue
Crystal Pool
Mercy Hospital Inferne
H. Stanley Woodring
Miss Stazzoni
Phillip Fields
Avenue A
Jerry Hudson
Avenue D
Red Cross
Hudson
Dwayne Tweeddale
Omaha
Creighton University
Tereza Ann
Diana Freeman
Dominic
Woodring
Florida Governor Weds in California Honeymoon Plans
Governor Fuller Warren of Florida and Barbara Jeanne Manning, 23, wed in a candle lit ceremony at Westwood Community church in Los Angeles. The couple, after a reception, left for an unannounced southern California destination and plan to fly to Ft. Walton, Florida, with Warren returning to Tallahassee in about four days for state business.
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Florida
Los Angeles
Fuller Warren
California
Barbara Jeanne Manning
Westwood Community Church
Ft. Walton
Fla
Pensacola
Tallahassee
Manawa Custodian Breathes Easier After Clothing Mystery
Lake Manawa custodian relieved after finding a boy's clothing among the water. A 10 year old Omaha youth later claimed the items and explained he had left his street clothes under a swing and changed into a bathing suit. Some clothing had been moved and part stolen.
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Gene Carrier
Lake Manawa
Walton League to Hold 1950 National Convention in Des Moines
The Walton League delegates in Denver announce the 1950 national convention will be held in Des Moines at dates to be fixed later, as decided by the league’s executive board at this year’s closing session on Saturday.
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Waltons
Des Moines
Denver
Taask
Walton League
Traffic Deaths Reported in June City Area
A June traffic death report from The Associated Press notes fatal crashes across the city area. Police say speeding and alcohol were factors in several incidents. Local hospitals treated injured drivers and pedestrians as investigations continue.
Gillette Seen Winner in His Fight Over Nomination
Washington observers predicted on Monday that Senator Gillette will prevail against President Truman in the battle over nominating a federal judge in Town. Gillette, opposing Carroll O. Switzer, said his self-respect and duty as a senator compel rejection of Switzer.
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Washington
Nia
Gillette
Truman
Carroll O. Switzer
McCarran
Senate Judiciary Committee
Kilgore
D-W Va
Eastland
Dmise
Wiley
R-Wis
Langer
R-Nd
Switzer
Des Moines
Iowa
Missouri
Virginia
Roosevelt
Senate
William F. Riley
Ed Halbach
Clinton
Honey Creek Crash Fatal to Omahan
Norman D. Wessenburg, 34, of Omaha, was killed when his truck tractor and gasoline tank trailer overturned on highway 75 near Honey Creek shortly after 11 a m Monday. The 5,400 gallon load struck another car, slid into a concrete culvert, and pinned him beneath the wreck, according to sheriff's deputies.
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Norman D. Wessenburg
Omaha
Highway 75
Honey Creek
Wissenburg
Sleeping on Blanket Man Run Over at Lake Manawa
Roland Rayburn, 22, of 224 North Twenty fifth Street, was injured when a car ran over his knee while he slept on a blanket at Lake Manawa Sunday. Driver Leon Robertson of Omaha said he did not know Rayburn was sleeping nearby. Rayburn and a companion took him to Mercy hospital. he was released after treatment with no broken bones. Des Moines man Bernard Lloyd Zames, 24, was arrested for a $211 grocery store holdup at Winick Brothers, following a written statement.
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Roland Rayburn
North Twenty-fifth Street
Lake Manawa
Leon Robertson
Omaha
Robertson
Rayburn
Mercy Hospital
Des Moines
Bernard Lloyd Zames
Howard Poppert
Zames
Winick Brothers
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