Counterfeit Ring Busted Near White House Falls Apart
Secret service agents seized nearly 10000 in counterfeit bills in a raid a few blocks from the White House and Secret Service HQ. Four men and a woman were arrested in an office on 1807 H Street NW linked to the World Bank area. Charges include manufacturing and passing counterfeit currency.
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Washington
Secret Service
White House
Treasury
H Street
Northwest
World Bank
Eugene Hammon Creighton
Walter Wilbur Kidwell
William F. Hughes
Josephine
Arthur M. Bers
St Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
Memphis
Dallas
Fort Worth
Atlanta
Richmond
Baltimore
Court Reverses Christoffel Ruling in Perjury Conviction
The Supreme Court reversed Harold R. Christoffel’s perjury conviction, ruling 5-4 that prosecutors must prove a quorum was present when the accused allegedly lied to the House Labor Committee. Christoffel, a former Milwaukee labor leader, had received a two to six year sentence after claiming he had no communist ties.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Harold R. Christoffel
Milwaukee
Christoffel
U. S. District Court
House Labor Committee
Supreme Tribunal
House Committee
Missing Butter Truck Haunts Sioux City Driver Confesses
Harry Koraens Borden, a Sioux City driver, told Detective Chief Harry Green in Omaha that an 18000 pound government butter shipment bound for Lowry Air Force Base was missing after he parked the truck. Green cited intoxication and said a charge for passing no account checks will be filed. Borden admitted cashing a check in February.
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Harry
Koraens
Harry Green
Omaha
Borden
Sioux City
Lowry Air Force Base
Denver
Central
Green
Rousing Welcome on Good Will Tour
Nonpareil staff writer reports the Council Bluffs Good Will caravan greets four towns Glenwood Malvern Hastings and Emerson amid crowd receptions despite threatening weather The tour leader and local officials highlight town features and plans before continuing through Red Oak Esse Shenandoah Sidney Tabor Oakland Griswold Atlantic Carson Treynor en route to final stop Wednesday
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Emerson
Council Bluffs
Glenwood
Malvern
Hastings
Millis
Bob Moore
Pottawattamle
Glenwood Chamber of Commerce
Glen Hamm
Paul Sulhot
Council Bluffs Chamber
Amorg Thage
Kswl-Kfmx
Alfred Standiford
Glenwoods
Sulhoff
Malverm
Francis £. Pace
Malvern Commercial Clubs
Mills County Fair
F. A. Wortman
Malvern Leader
E. W. Burdie
Malvern Ife
Otha Wearin
Jack Sargent
Mervin Turner
Red Oak
Esse
Shenandoah
Sidney and
Tabor
Oakland
Griswold
Atlantic
Carson
Treynor
No Decision by Mr. Truman on Arms Program
Washington reports President Truman has not decided when to send the arms for Europe program to Congress. Senate leaders and administration aides expect swift action on the pact and the arms measure, with debate timing tied to ratification. The administration also proposed a $100,000,000 revolving credit to aid Latin American military purchases from the United States.
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Mr. Truman
Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
Lucas
Omahan Dies in Highway 75 Gasoline Transport Crash
Norman D. Wissenburg aged 34 of 316 South Twenty Sixth Street Oma ha lost his life when a gasoline tractor trailer overturned on Highway 75 eight tenths of a mile south of Honey Creek shortly before noon Monday The tractor broke loose and Wissenburg was crushed under the overturned vehicle The trailer carrying 5400 gallons of gasoline did not ignite Aileen Klingman of Estherville driving a car clipped by the transport was not harmed Coroner H Stanley Woodring will handle the inquest This marks the ninth traffic fatality in Pottawattamie County and the eighth outside Council Bluffs this year.
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Norman D. Wissenburg
Twenty-Sixth Street
Omaha
Highway 75
Honey Creek
Wissenburg
Estherville
Aileen M. Klingman
H. Stanley Woodring
Potta“attamle
Council Bluffs
Not Properly a Military Device Says Senator
Senator Flanders proposed that Congress declare the United States will not use atomic bombs except to retaliate if another nation uses atomic warfare. He argued the bomb is not a proper military device but a means for mass murder and urged a national policy against employing it as a weapon of war until UN controls are in place, while directed to prepare for overwhelming retaliation.
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Washington
Flanders
Congress
United States
Senate
House
United
United Nations
Break in Humid Weather Forecast for Council Bluffs
Forecast shows break from humidity for Council Bluffs Monday night with mostly sunny Tuesday and temperatures in the mid 80s. Monday night expects lingering heat and showers, then clearing and cooler conditions with lows in the 60s. Sunday's high reached 89 prompting thousands to Lake Manawa. 20,000 bathers reported and large picnic grounds, with 4 to 5 truckloads of garbage afterward. Gusts up to 34 mph caused brief power outage in western city as a downed limb damaged a wire near 35th Street. lights restored by morning.
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Council Bluffs
Weather Bureau
Lowes
Lake Manawa Beach
Gene Catrier
Town Power and Light Company
Thirty-fifth Street
Weekend Iowa accident toll tops four dead
Four persons died in Iowa traffic incidents over the week end. A head on collision on highway 30 near Le Grand killed Mrs. Alma Kilmer, 78, of Fort Lauderdale. Mrs. John E. Gustason, 27, of Tama died in Marshalltown hospital from a broken neck. Adet Kilmer, 76, was hospitalized in Marshalltown with critical injuries. Andrew Hogg, 64, of Clinton died in Davenport hospital from injuries after hitting a bridge near Wilton. Luis Wooten, 75, of near Clarion died at home from injuries from a hayrack fall ten days earlier.
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Tne Associated Press
Iowa
le Grartd
John E. Gustason
Tama
Marshalltown
Alma Kilmer
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Adetf
Leslie Kilmer
Andrew Hogg
Clinton
Davenport
Wilton
Hoge
Iowa Bureau, of
Labor
Luis Wooten
Clarion
Iowa GOP faiths plans clean sweep in 1950
Des Moines delegates of the Iowa Republican Party met to mobilize for a clean sweep in 1950. U S Senator B B Hickenlooper National Committeeman Harrison Spangler and State Chairman Whitney Gilliland attended. John Laughlin Cherokee attorney was named eighth district member to succeed Coburn on July 1. The central committee urged district legislators to appoint a legislative committee member and asked auxiliary units to designate representatives for nonexecutive meetings.
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G.O.P
Iowa
U. S
B. B. Hickenlooper
Doud
Republican Party
State Central
John Laughlin
Coburn Laughlin
Art Coburn
Cherokee
Coburn
State Squad Commission
Mer
Willis York
Madrid
Spangler
Virginia Bedell
Spirit Lake
Central Committee
Coal Operators Debate Program in New Work Plan
A large group of northern and western coal operators met behind closed doors in Pittsburgh to discuss John L. Lewis new share the work plan. A decision may be announced to United Mine Workers president Tuesday at White Sulphur Springs WV as contract talks resume. Lewis proposed keeping miners in the pits after expiration if the industry agrees to a uniform three day work week during negotiations, with a full shutdown at all bituminous mines as the alternative.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers | i
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Jaw Teader
Albia Airport Manager Dies From Spray Plane Crash
Jon Davis, 27, manager of the Albia airport, died in a hospital of third degree burns from a spray plane crash Saturday. Survived by his widow, two children in Albia, his parents in Oskaloosa. World War II Air Forces veteran.
Landlords May Ask Ceiling Hike
Washington reports that about a million landlords may seek rent increases under the 1949 rent control act as new rules grant local rent directors leeway to authorize boosts for remodeling decor upgrades and new equipment. The policy requires tenant consent though multiple grounds allow overruling objections to preserve property conform with local practices or raise rental value in a normal market.
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Washington
Woods
Congress
Man with car theft mania dubbed Mr X held at Centerville
Centerville sheriff said a young man identified as Robert Stuart, 32, has an apparent mania for stealing cars. He has served at least four jail terms since childhood for auto theft and was sentenced to up to 10 years in Fort Madison state penitentiary under the alias Mr X. FBI files show numerous aliases.
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Centerville
A. G. Morlan
Mr. X
Fort Madison State Penitentiary
Robert Stuart
Morgan
FBI
Des Moines man admits grocery store holdup
Bernard Lloyd Zarnes 24 of Des Moines was arrested at his home early Monday in connection with a $212 holdup of the Winick brothers grocery store Sunday night. Sheriff Heppert said Zarnes signed a written statement admitting the holdup.
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We Moines
Bernard Lloyd Zarnes
Des Moines
Howard Heppert
Zarnes
Winick Brothers
Drowning Fatality at Crystal Pool In Council Bluffs
Teresa Ann Stazzoni age 14 died after sinking at Crystal pool in Council Bluffs Sunday afternoon. Lifeguards and emergency crews could not revive her. autopsy confirmed drowning. She went to the pool with Diana Freeman and was found at the nine foot depth by a teen diver. The body remained at Woodring’s funeral home as relatives mourn.
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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
The
Red Cross
Hudson
Dwayne ‘Tweeddale
Omaha
Ruard
Creighton University
Teresa Ann
Diana Freeman
Dominic
Woodring
Florida Governor Bride on Honeymoon
Gov. Fuller Warren of Florida and his California bride Barbara Manning wed in a candle lit ceremony at Westwood Community church. The couple left for an unannounced southern California destination and planned to fly to Ft Walton, Florida, with the governor returning to Tallahassee in about four days for state business.
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Los Angeles
Fuller Warren
Florida
California
Barbara Jeanne Manning
Westwood Community Church
Ft Walton
Fla
Pensacola
Tallahassee
Manawa Custodian Breathing Easier After Clothing Theft
A Lake Manawa custodian breathed easier when a 10 year old Omaha youth claimed a boy's clothing found at the lake. The lad had left his clothes under a swing and later returned in a bathing suit, discovering part of the attire missing and his street clothes gone.
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Gene Carrier
Cassodian
Lake Manawa
Cartier
Atolen
Izaak Walton League Convention to Meet in Des Moines
The Izaak Walton League announced dates for its national convention to be set later in Des Moines. The executive board wrapped up this year’s convention on Saturday with the decision.
Iowa Traffic Deaths Reported By Associated Press
A June 27 1948 Associated Press tally notes multiple traffic fatalities in Iowa. Details specify casualties across several counties with brief situational notes on the incidents and locations as reported by AP correspondents.
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Iowa
Associated Press
Gillette Seen Winner in His Fight on Judge Switzer
Democratic Senator Gillette appears poised to prevail in the fight over confirming Carroll Switzer to a federal judgeship in Iowa. Gillette criticized Switzer as lacking training and experience while noting past votes against a Virginia nominee. a subcommittee will hold hearings July 5 with McCarran leading the panel.
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Washington
Gillette
Truman
Iowa
Carroll ©. Switzer
McCarran
Senate Judiciary Committee
Waa
Kilgore
D-W Va
Eastland
Dmisa
Wiley
R-Wis
Langer
R-Nd
Switzer
Des Moines
Missouri
Virginia
Roosevelt
Senate
William F. Riley
Ed Halbach
Clinton
Sleeping on Blanket Man Run Over at Lake Manawe
Roland Rayburn aged 22 from 224 North Twenty fifth Street was injured when a car ran over him while he slept on a blanket near Lake Manawe on Sunday. Driver Leon Robertson of Omaha said he did not know Rayburn was sleeping there. Robertson and a companion took Rayburn to Mercy hospital where he was treated and released. no money was broken in his leg.
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Roland Rayburn
North Twenty-Fifth Street
Lake Manawe
Sheriff's Office
Leon Robertson
Omaha
Robertson
Sheriffs Office
Rayburn
Mercy Hospital
Harvard football immortal Tack Hardwick dies at 58
Cuttyhune Massachusetts Huntington R. Tack Hardwick a Harvard football great and four gold ball man died of a heart attack while walking on Church's Beach. The Quincy native enrolled at Harvard in 1911 and earned All American end honors in 1914 along with track star status and the university's H award in three major sports.
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Cuttyhune
Mass
Huntington R
Tack) Hardwick
Harvard
Church’s Beach
Hardwick
Quincy
Towboat Destroyed Above Grand Tower on Mississippi River
A towboat was destroyed by fire caused by an explosion on the Mississippi River eight miles above Grand Tower Illinois. The crew of eight escaped aboard lifeboats and were later rescued by the towboat Wabash.
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Grand Tower
Fie
Mississippi River
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Stazzoni
Bluffs
Teresa
Ann Staszoni
Waltons
Desh Moines
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