King Reveals Russian Spy Ring Details
Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King told Parliament that Canada is gravely concerned about Russian espionage extending through the dominion into the United States and Britain. He warned against an open event with the Soviet Union while maintaining belief that Stalin was ignorant of such espionage and urged pursuing only the best relations with the USSR.
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Harry T. Montgomery
Ottawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
Pariament
U. S
Britain
Canada
Russia
King Reveals Atlantic Chase Over Spy Plot
Prime Minister Mackenzie King disclosed he crossed the Atlantic last fall to intercept a British scientist he believed aimed to reveal atomic secrets to Tuasia. He did not name the man or say if he was apprehended, while detailing a broad espionage inquiry touching Canada, the United States, and Britain and citing Soviet embassy activities in Ottawa as long-running.
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Ottawa
Ww. L. Mackenzie King
Atlantic
Tuasia
King
Britain
United States
Canada
Parliamen
Alis
Great Britain
United Kingdom
Plans Approved for New ISD Vocational Building
The Legislative interim committee in Des Moines authorized the estate board of education to contract an architect and plan a vocational building at the Town School for the Deaf. David A. Dancer, secretary to the state board, said bids will be invited when plans and specifications are ready. Site selection and budget are not yet finalized.
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Des Moines
Turseday
Estate Board of
Ducati
Itn
Annd
Town School For the Deaf
David A. Dancer
Sir Row
TSD
Rel Cri
Resumes Column Reappears After Censorship Claim
The Rome Mali Call column reappears in Stars and Stripes on Tuesday two days after the paper announced it would be discontinued over alleged censorship by Theater Cotes 16 Caen. An area speaker offered no apology or explanation.
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Rome
Mali
Stars and Stripes
Ty Theater
Cotes 16
Caen
John Ee
Witness for Goering Tells of Peace Plan to Britain
Swedish engineer Birger Dahlerus testified that Sweden rejected mediation between Germany and Britain weeks before World War II. He said he carried a six point peace plan from Adolf Hitler to British leaders four days before Germany invaded Poland. Dahlerus described a midnight Berlin meeting with Hitler and outlined proposals including alliance with Britain and guarantees for Poland.
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Noland Norgaard
Mernberg
Birger Dahlprus
Gustaf V
Germany
Britain
Duhborus
International Military Tribunal
Adolf Hitler
Chamber Jaln
Wehrmacht
Poland
Hermann Goering
Dahlerus
Tuehrer
Berlin
Mitter
Hris
Foreign Office
Hitler
Downing Street
Chamberlain
Lord Halifax
England
Danzig
British Empire
Iain
Runaway Heiress Questioned After Disappearance
Suzanne Froedtert a 16 year old Milwaukee heiress and her companion Ollie J Williams were questioned by Prosecutor Gerald OBrien amid a nation wide search. OBrien said no charges will likely be filed due to the father's stance and noted Suzanne will be sent to a juvenile home while Williams will be returned to Highland Park jail. The two were detained Monday in a Highland Park rooming house after meeting on a bus from Madison. Suzanne had left Edgewood academy to be independent and found work briefly at a candy factory.
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Deroit
Suzanne Froedtert
Milwaukee Seudal P
Gerald K. O'Brien
O'Brien
Ollie J. Williams
Kurtis Froedtert
Milwaukee
Suzanne
Wayne County
Willams
Highland Park
Momlay
Williams
O'Belen
Froedterl
Miami
Fla
Odille J. Williams
Edgewood Academy
Madigan
Madison
Froedtert
Flo Hy
Detroit
Bennie Ivie
Jinin
Morse Incident Is Closed Says Byers
Mayor W A Byers states the airport commission resignation issue involving Leon E Morse is closed. He had asked Morse to resign after a Sun-Times article sparked the controversy, but Morse refused and Byers will not force the issue. The matter originated from a piece titled Value of Te Beaple and related law enforcement questions.
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W. A. Syers Salares
Leon E. Morse
Municipal Airport Commission
Morse
Byers
Marse
Hue
Sun Tw
Penal Probe Set by Blue Appointed Committee
District Judge F H K Cooney said the state penal institution investigating committee he chairs will begin the probe Gov. Blue requested. It seeks $10,000 to supplement $5,000, with a formal request to the board of control planned, to aid probes at Fort Madison, Anamosa, Rockwell City, Eldora, and Mitchellville institutions.
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Attorney General's Office
State Legislative Interim Committee
State Board of Control
Board of Control
Cooney
Robert D. Blue
Chicago
Fort Madison Penitentiary
Anamosa Reformatory
Rockwell City Women’s Reformatory
Eldora
State eyes fifth mental hospital site under review
Des Moines interim committee reviews Schick general hospital at Clinton and Fort Des Moines buildings for a fifth state mental hospital. Architect Ralph Arnold: Schick would require major changes and is not fireproof. Fort Des Moines buildings also unlikely. Board of Control cites need for about $100,000 extra this year plus higher costs for staff, food, and supplies to operate up to July 1.
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Irving D. Long
Schick
Fort Des Moines
Arnold
P. J. Hopkins
Board of Control
Wherry Attacks Ward Politics in Foreign Relations
Senator Kenneth Wherry Republican of Nebraska denounces administration foreign relations as ward politics and warns of secret deals by bureaucrats in foreign trade finance and politics. He says such moves could force adoption of totalitarian tactics akin to Russia if pursued. The Nebraska pre-primary convention delegates will select first and second choices for June primaries, with the Griswold Butler Senate race as the principal contest in Omaha.
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Kenneth Wherry
Rneb
Senate
Nebraska
Omaha
Russia
Dwight Griswold
Hugh Butler
Red Crone Glenwood Lumber Co Robbed Details
Sheriff reports theft at Glenwood lumber offices with adding machine and sales ticket machine taken. In a separate incident Monday night robbers rifled Fullerton Lumber offices, damaged the safe door knob, but did not reach the safe.
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Red Crone
Glenwood Lumber Company
Glenwood
Fullerton Lumber Company
Robert I Moore
Lumber Company
Iran protests Russian troops at UN Security Council
Iran has filed a new protest with the United Nations Security Council over the continued presence of Russian troops in the country. Gholam Abbas Aram, first secretary at the Iranian embassy, said Ambassador Hussein Ala delivered the protest to UN Secretary General Trygve Lie in Washington on Monday night, following instructions from Prime Minister Ahmed Qavam es Saltaneh in Tehran.
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Washington
Iran
United Nations Security Council
Gholam Abbas Aram
Hussein Ala
Trygve Lie
UNO
Ala
Ahmed Qavam Es Saltaneh
Tehran
Aram
Red Cross
Nonpareil Adopts Regal No 2a Type for Easier Reading
The Nonpareil announces a new Regal No 2a typeface from Intertype to be used in its pages, touted for legibility with only slight letter changes. It explains the mechanical shift involves many matrices and a headline word count remains unchanged despite larger appearance.
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Tisgalice
Weather forecast for Iowa and Nebraska Districts
The U S Weather Bureau reports Iowa will run about 8 degrees above normal with a warm spell into Wednesday and minor fluctuations thereafter. Precipitation near one inch with rains Thursday. Nebraska sees no rain until Saturday or Sunday with general showers and thunderstorms, and heavier rain in extreme western areas. Warmer into Thursday then a Sunday cooldown, temperatures about four degrees above normal. Hourly readings show a range from 37 to 50 with humidity around 93 percent. Total precipitation shows an excess of .83 inch.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Iowa
Nebraska
First day of spring arrives at different times
The weather bureau notes spring timing varies by region with the vernal equinox marking the start. In the eastern U. S. spring begins on March 21 local time, while most of the country sees March 20. Clocks and time zones shift how the date is read across locations from San Francisco to Council Bluffs.
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United States
Weather Bureau
San Fran
Cisco
Denver
Council Bluffs
mid-Pacific
Midway
Buenos Aires
Minimum Wage Bill Hits Snag
Senate leaders delayed the 65 cent minimum wage bill amid strong opposition and a farm bloc threat to attach farm price boosts. Backers hope delaying will aid passage via two pending appropriation bills funding federal pay raises and war agencies. Critics warned any parity plan would destabilize prices and trigger wage demands, risking food price inflation.
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Washington
Senate
Jeaders
Lucas
D.-Il
Popper
DeFla
Murray
D.-Mont
Russell
D.ga
Dokla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Bankhead
D-Ala
Pepper
Agriculture Department
The
Red Cross
Edwin Locke Named Presidential Assistant
The White House announced that Edwin A. Locke Jr., 35, a Boston native, will serve as presidential assistant to President Truman and work on governmental reorganization and related duties.
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Wasilington
Truman
Edwin A. Locke, Jr
White House
Locke
Boston
Nagano enters Sugamo prison after war crime ruling
Fleet Admiral Osami Nagano, who ordered the Pearl Harbor attack, was imprisoned in Sugamo prison on Tuesday. He said he was confident he made no mistake, insisting without it Japan would have been defeated earlier.
Six Seek Local School Position for Superintendent
Six applications for the superintendent of schools post have been received by the board of education. Two from Council Bluffs and four from outside towns. names were released by newly elected board president Clyde Cavitt. Applicants include Dr. Louis A. Bragg, Dr. Allen P. Burkhardt, Russel J. Moorer, Charles J. Calthorp, and the high school principals G. W. Kirn and Ray F. Myers. Dr. C. L. Crawford has not yet resigned as local superintendent.
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Council Bluffs
Board of Education
Clyde Cavitt
Missouri Valley
Louis A. Bragg
Ainsworth
Neb
Allen P. Burkhardt
Norfolk
Truman affirms pledge to perfect United Nations charter
President Truman told Congress the United States must perfect the UN charter to honor those who fought for lasting peace. A report on the London UNO meeting notes America's aim to implement and strengthen the charter, with Byrnes preparing the briefing for Congress. The message stresses vital American participation in founding UN institutions.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
United States
United Nations
UNO
London
America
Byrnes
General Assembly
Dan
Red Cross
Margaret Welch Named District Vice President in Credit Women
Margaret Welch of Iowa Clothes, 1108 Seventh Avenue, elected district vice president of the Credit Women's Breakfast Club of North America at the Des Moines state convention. Welch, president of the local club, will serve the sixth district. Katharine Russell is a delegate to the convention. The event closes Tuesday.
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Mass
Margaret Welch
Seventh Avenue
Iowa
Credit Women's Breakfast Club of North America
Des Moines
Miss Welch
Katherine Russell
Giate Quavention
GM Pact Ratified by Auto Workers After Long Strike
The CIO United Auto Workers announced ratification of GM's national agreement after a 113 day strike. VP Walter Reuther told GM's VP Harry Anderson sufficient local approvals existed. About 175000 workers, some returning to plants, faced ongoing local issues and continued strikes at several facilities including Flint Buick and 18 other GM plants.
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Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Walter P. Reuther
Harry W. Anderson
Uawcio
Reuther
Anderson
Saginaw
Mich
Flint
Buick
Lewis Renews Demands in Coal Strike Saga
John L. Lewis pressed bituminous coal operators over his nine general demands for 400000 United Mine Workers. He alleged 23000 miners died and 1004000 injured in 14 years as proof of “slaughter,” contrasting operator claims of safety gains and payroll deductions profit. The miners seek abatement of the losses and an end to extortion.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
John the Red Crow
Red Cross Reports on Iowa Relief Work
The Red Cross reports spending 378 240.44 in Iowa for emergency relief and rehabilitation over the ten years ending June 30. Disasters caused 51 deaths, 268 injuries, and 5160 seeking assistance. 5190 buildings were damaged or destroyed.
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Red Cross
Iowa
St, Louis
Towa
Lowe
Midwest
Farragut Family Moves Into School House Home
Floyd Napple sold his Farragut farm and planned possession in March. The Omaha home was unavailable, so the Napples moved into Maple Valley school house four miles northwest of Barragut and are staying there until possession of their Omaha quarter is granted.
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Nonpsrell
Farragut
Floyd Napple
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