Hiss and Chambers Sought Links to Westminster Farm
The House Un American Activities Committee hired an investigator to probe a new angle on Alger Hiss and Whitaker Chambers. A handwriting expert was brought in to compare signatures, and reports claim a Maryland farm link may show closer ties than previously indicated.
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William TF
Washington
House
UN American Activities Committee
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Westminster
Hiss
Maryland
Chambers
Rep
Nixon
Calif
Baltimore News-Post
Hiss-Chambers
Louis Budenz
State Department
American Activities Committee
Soie
Underground
Ranc
William Rosen
Rosen
Austria
Ren. McDowell
R-Pa
Ford
Budenz
Champers
Fordham University
Teel Pressman
Nathan Witt
John Abt
Edwin Smith
National Labor Relations
Reds Mob Berlin City Hall Again
In Berlin angry demonstrators forced entry into the city hall, disrupting an anti Communist council meeting and pressing for a Soviet dominated labor union committee to replace the council. Police and Allied officers faced off with protesters as the crowd pledged to return, while Soviet and American officials traded denials and accusations over police protection and political interference.
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Berin
Cty Hall
Wr ‘Action Committee
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Cyechoslovakia
MUNIN
Mitj
Alexander Kotikov
Germany
Meirime
Otheaklem
Col
Prank
Howley
U. 5S
Sayx Howley
Berelin
Yelisavov
Berlin Ery Hall
Pankrupt
Atlower
City Hal
Princeton Murder Case Seeks Financier Brooks
Police intensified the search for New York financier Henry M Brooks on a murder charge in the shooting of his business partner Joseph A Watkins. Brooks body later found in a Greenwich hotel room with a bullet in the head. Two other suspects were being checked as letters with stamps addressed to Brooks were found. investigators pursued leads in Greenwich North Street estate and Reading Pennsylvania.
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N. J
New York
Henry Martin Brooks
Want
Joseph A. Watkins
Salka
Mareer County
Watkins
Brooks
Asbury Park
uPi
Manmouth Counsty
Charles Brankel
Henry M. Brooks
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Conn
Tory
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Muchee
Partney
Joseph RK. Watkins
Frankel Sale
Frankel
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Albion
Jeemeklas Brooks
Frenkel
Po Uce
North Street
Reading
Adou
Elizabeth
John M. Gleason
Weather Outlook for La Crosse Area Saturday Heat Wave Likely
Considerable cloudiness and local thundershowers tonight and Saturday. Continued warmth and high humidity with a low around 72 tonight and a high near 92 on Saturday. Municipal pool water temperature Friday was 70 degrees.
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la Crosse
Close Swim Pools In Drive To Curb Polio
Milwaukee health officials ordered the closure of city public pools to keep children 12 and under away, and urged the county to seal wasting pools and suspend playground activities. Dr Krumbiegel called for limiting child activities and keeping youth at home. Polio deaths rose to 20 with new cases bringing total victims to 27 nonresidents.
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Milwaukee
Bea Songer Messures
EB. R. Brumbievel
Krumbiegel
Parente
Burkey
Brumbiexel Hid
Dawes Celebrates 83rd Birthday at Work in Chicago
Charles Gaius Dawes, 83, vice president under Calvin Coolidge, marked his birthday at the office. He serves as chairman of the board of City National Bank and Trust Company, with a family party planned.
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Chicago
Charles Gaius Dawes
Calvin Coolidge
City National Bank and Trast, Company
Seek Definition Of Radio Rights Atheists Fight For Air Time
Washington lawmakers opened a hearing to define radio airtime rights for atheists seeking to respond to religious broadcasts. Chairman Harness said the FCC must clarify when stations may deny or grant opportunities to respond to controversial religious content. The case involves Robert Scott of Palo Alto accusing KWQ, San Jose, KPO, and KERC of denying him time for atheist discussions, prompting debates on free speech and equal opportunity.
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Washington
Harness
Special House
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Arness
Robert Harold Scott
Palo Atla
Calif
Ie Commission
Amber
Harness Committee
Draft Board Seeks Volunteer Registrars For Draft Bond
The local draft board in La Crosse County calls for volunteers to assist in registering men for Bond No. 84. Women and girls, especially fast typists, are asked to volunteer during the next three weeks. Call or visit Draft Board Office Room 108 Vocational School between hours 9 to 4:30 or telephone 743 between 2 and 6 p.m.
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la Crosse County
Draft Board
Vocaional School
Charges Conservation Policies Controlled By Big Business
Wisconsin conservation policy is controlled by big business interests that exploit natural resources. William D. Carroll, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, said the state is losing its resources and sacrificing natural beauty to special interests in a Ashland radio address. He criticized a costly Douglas county reforestation project sold to lumber interests. Henry J. Berquist, People's Progressive candidate, urged a five year farm to market roads reconstruction financed without extra taxpayer cost. At a Webster rally he called for a more equitable gas tax refund, proposing an increase to per mile from six cents with a focus on safe, durable reconstruction.
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Associated Breads
Wisconsin
William D. Carroll
Prairie du Chico
Ashland
Carroll
Douglas County
Henry J. Berquist
People’s Progressive
Webster
Berquist
Paradise Heat Wave Trials Record Temps Across Michigan
Detroit report notes Paradise in Washtenaw County hit 96 degrees while Paradise in Chippewa County recorded 91 as Michigan endured a fierce heat wave with towns named Paradise reflecting local population counts.
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Detroit
Hel Andi Paradise
Michigan
Hell
Washtenaw County
Paradise
Chippewa County
Weather Alert Forecast for Heat Wave Continues
Expect continued hot humid conditions across the region with mid 90s to near 100 degrees. A cold snap is unlikely until a low pressure system forms over the Dakotas Friday. some relief possible from tonight’s showers. Wisconsin reports five heat related deaths as August records fall in Milwaukee Madison Green Bay and other cities.
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A. D. Sanial
la Crosse
Unity
Sanial
Mercury
Hui Inuggs
Weathwood
Associated Press
New England
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Madison
Green Bay
Prairie du Chien
Dalton
Watertown
Hillsboro
Janesvilles
Lancaster
Plymouth
Fund for Refugees of Communism Established in New York
Common Cause Inc announced the Kasenkina fund to aid refugees from Communism in the United States. The fund will cover medical expenses legal aid and future employment for Oksana Kasenkina a 52 year old Russian schoolteacher who escaped from a Soviet consulate. The state department promised her asylum and she was treated at Roosevelt Hospital after injuries from the escape. Her hospital interview was broadcast by Voice of America to Moscow.
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New York
Common Cause, Inc
Oksana Kasenkina
Moscow
Voice of America
Requiem High Mass Planned For Bishop McGavick
St Marys Catholic congregation will pay tribute to the late Bishop Alexander James McGavick who died Wednesday. Services at St Mary's will be held Saturday at 8 p.m. and Msgr. Robert B. Condon will offer the requiem high mass. Other La Crosse congregations will also host services this week and next.
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St. Mary's
Appropriate Funds For Tax Checking In Wisconsin
MADISON Wis The state emergency board appropriated 15000 to the tax department yesterday to be used in checking on non-filers of income tax returns The request for funds was made by Tax Commissioner Arthur Wegener Last year a similar appropriation was made to his agency and resulted in the collection of 10000 in taxes from persons who failed to file returns Regular appropriations do net cover hiring extra help needed to barry on investigations
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Madison
Wis
State Emergency Board
Tax Department
Arthur Wegener
Barry
European Political Atmosphere Calmer Than In U S Dulles
John Foster Dulles, Republican foreign policy adviser and Protestant church layman, arrived in New York stating Europe’s political atmosphere is calmer than America’s and that he did not sense any imminent war. He had flown from Amsterdam after attending the World Council of Churches assembly.
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New York
John Foster Dulles
Europe
America
Amsterdam
Grain Storage Shortage Risking Farmers Thousands
Washington reports a severe grain storage shortage threatens hundreds of millions in income. Storage up to 1,009,000,000 bushels looming as a 3,500,000,000 bushel corn crop nears harvest. Farmers may incur losses from spoilage and lower market prices below government support. If stored safely, grain qualifies for price support. otherwise farmers face selling below support levels. The article notes government storage capacity and looming next year decisions on loans and facilities.
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Ovida
Martin
Prain
Siiely
Tony
Congress
Seed Corn Geneticist Develops Stubby Plant
Dr W Ralph Singleton senior geneticist at Brookhaven National Laboratory announced a redesigned Meld corn plant that grows about the height of an average man. Slightly smaller ears, but more plants per acre, making harvest easier and reducing storm vulnerability.
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Brookhaven
W. Ralph Singleton
Brookhaven Nations Laboratory
Singleton
Illinois Lake Michigan diversion dispute heats up on water flow
Chicago and neighboring Great Lakes states clashed over Lake Michigan outflow as a state water resources board proposed boosting diversion to 3,500 cubic feet per second for sewage needs. Chicago opponents urged maintaining the existing 1,506 cfs limit despite high lake levels, with Wisconsin and Illinois voices staunchly opposing any increase.
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Chicago
Minois
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Illinois Waterway
U.S
Green Oflinois
Tllinois
Herbert, Naujok
Great Lakes Harbor Association
Grover Broadfact
Wisconsin
Take Extreme Measures To Guard Forests
An emergency ban on campfires and smoking is in effect in Wisconsin forests due to drought and hot winds imperiling millions of acres. Conservation Director Ernest Swift ordered the ban, with Chief Ranger Neil H. LeMay coordinating recalls of equipment and urging adherence across Adams, Juneau, and multiple northern counties.
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Wis
Wisconsin
Ernest Swift
Neil HW
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Jus
Tomahawk
le May
Conservation Department
West Allis
Friendship
Adams County
City Warns Residents To Pause Night Sprinkling
Cyde Allen chief engineer at the city water pumping station pleads for water users to stop sprinkling until 6 pm and urges cooperation as reservoirs strain. He says staff are working long shifts with wells running around the clock to stabilize supply.
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Cyde Allen
City
Allen
Commere
Grand Jury to Consider Additional Evidence in Communist Case
A special federal grand jury that indicted 12 top American Communists last month has been summoned for September 14 to review further evidence. U.S. Attorney Thomas Donegan announced the call and said the panel would sit through most of September. Trial for the 12 on charges of conspiring to overthrow the government by force is tentatively set for October 25. all are free on bond.
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New York
United States
Thomas Donegan
U.S
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