Adlai Names Friend Chairman of Democratic National Committee
Governor Stevenson taps Stephen A. Mitchell of Chicago to head the Democratic National Committee in a move aimed at placing loyal lieutenants in key campaign spots. Mitchell, a former House Judiciary subcommittee counsel, meets Stevenson and McKinney for strategy amid plans for a Washington conference with President Truman.
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Adlai Stevenson
Stephen A. Mitchell
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Mitchell
Stevenson
Frank FE. McKinney
Indianapolis
House Judiciary
Justice Department
McKinney
Kansas City
Sen
John Sparkman
Alabama
Wilson Wyatt
Louisville
Rock Valley
Washington
Truman
New Head Was Waterloo Milkman
Waterloo in 1948 story notes Stephen Arnold Mitchell named Democratic National Committee chairman. Born in 1903 at Towan he once delivered milk in Waterloo. He studied at Creighton and Georgetown, practiced law in New York, advised on Lend-Lease and State Dept. He met Stevenson in Washington. wife Evelyn Miller from Waterloo has a Crystal Ice and Fuel Co. brother. they have three sons.
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Waterloo
Democratic National Committee
Towan
Stephen Arnold Mitchell
Iowa
Eagle Center
Mitchell
Creighton University
Omaha
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
New York City
Lend-Lease Administration
State Department
Stevenson
Washington
Evelyn Josephine Miller
Crystal Ice and Fuel Co
Mitchells
McIntire Elected PMA Chairman in Muscatine County
McIntire was elected chairman of the Muscatine County Production Marketing Administration at a convention of township delegates held at the PMA office at 9 a.m. today. John Birkhofer was named vice-chairman with Ernest A. Kirchner as regular member and Clyde Minder as first alternate. Harry Finfeldt and Alman Meerdink were chosen as second alternate and secretary treasurer respectively. new officers assume duties Monday.
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Floyd
Eisenhower campaign gains get strong backing from Dulles
John Foster Dulles accuses Truman policy of peril to the nation and says only Eisenhower can block Soviet domination and avert war. He criticizes Stevenson as lacking experience and decision power while asserting foreign policy is the campaign’s main issue.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Truman
America
Dulles
Acheson
Eisenhower
Free World
Adlai Stevenson
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Stevenson
Western
Europe
North Atlantic
Russia
United States
Eisenhower to Confer Monday With Farm Leaders
Dwight D. Eisenhower the GOP presidential nominee will meet Monday with Republican members of the Senate and House Agriculture committees. The gathering emphasizes farm votes in the November election. Senator Richard M. Nixon will also attend. Eisenhower aides have held several farm policy talks this week with participants including Senator Frank Carlson Dr Milton Eisenhower Rep Ben Jensen Rep Clifford Hope Rep Leslie Arends and Angher Nelson Hutchinson Minn.
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iFi
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Senate
House Agriculture
Eisenhower
Truman
Richard M. Nixon
Sen
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Milton Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State College
Ben F. Jensen
Iowa
Clifford Hope
Leslie C. Arends
Illinois
Angher Nelson
Hutchinson, Minn
Two Y Women Enter Pipe Smoking Contest
Two New York women join about 400 male contestants in the international long distance pipe smoking title at Long Beach California. Mrs Hug Gnam Jr an advertising executive from Jefferson Valley and Mrs Kay Alderman Peekski bring experience as pipe smokers while Paul Spaniola of Flint Michigan defends the championship after an 88 minute 2 second record last year.
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Long Beach
Calif
Alderman
Mystery surrounds fate of American prisoner in Czechoslovakia
John Hvasta, a Hillside New Jersey native and naturalized U.S. citizen, reportedly escaped from Leopoldov prison in Czechoslovakia. U.S. officials say they have no knowledge of his current whereabouts or status, with Prague unaware of his location and the State Department offering no confirmation.
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Washington
John Hvasta
Czechoslovakia
Leopoldov
Jaw- 2
United States
Hillside
N. J
Hvasta
Hrasta
State Department
Prague
Foreign Office
Wile Kills Man On Fourth Try
Ex Marine Dan Webster Shattles, 33, was shot and killed by his wife Mary Helen Shattles, 35, who had fired at him three times over three years. Police booked Mrs. Shattles on suspicion of murder after she claimed months of quarrelling led to the fatal shooting.
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Atlanta
Dan Webster Shattles
Shattles
Mary Helen Shattles
Plowing Match Set for Tuesday in Polk City Area
Des Moines reports the Iowa contour plowing match and the State Soil Conservation District field day will be held next Tuesday at the Dr Wayne L Severson farm near Polk City? The event focuses on soil conservation techniques and agricultural practices in the region.
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Des Moines
Iowa
State Soil Conservation District
Wayne L. Severson
Polk
Justice Department cleanup steps under McGranery
Attorney General James P. McGranery drums up new top aides and announces investigations into alleged Chicago post office job sales and a 1946 shipyard sale at Jacksonville Florida. He signs a 39000 contract with Arthur Young to audit the alien property custodian as Truman names three new Justice department appointments.
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McGranery
St. John’s River
Jacksonville
Fla
Tampa, Shipbuilding Company
House
Justice Department
Supreme Court
Tom C. Clark
MacGranery
New York
Arthur Young and Company
Truman
Jumps in Bathtub To Resist Arrest in Kokomo
Norma Jean Turley, 32, charged with dis orderly conduct, locked herself in the bathroom and undressed when police knocked Friday. Officers removed the door hinges. she surrendered, dressed, and appeared in court. Judge Bolinger fined her $10 and costs and sentenced her to 10 days in jail.
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Kokomo
Ind
Norma Jean Turley
Harold Braden
Donald Bolinger
Bolinger
South Korean President Rhee to take second term
Pusan Korea President Syngman Rhee will be inaugurated next Friday for a second term with an annual salary around 2300 dollars.
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Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Baby Dies After Cedar Rapids Auto Crash
A three month old girl, Gloria Jean Schmickle, was fatally injured when the car she rode in with her mother went out of control and struck a light pole in Cedar Rapids. She was hospitalized in Iowa City with a fractured skull before dying.
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Cedar Rapids
iPi
Gloria Jean Schmickle
Iowa City
Blonde in Coney Island act calls wine bath educational
A platinum blonde performer named Tirza testified in court that her wine bath skit in a Coney Island girlie show was educational and historical, claiming the act imagined ancient Athens around 200 B C. The Supreme Court Justice, Anthony J. DiGiovanna, reserved decision as authorities had closed the show last week.
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New York
Coney Island
Tirza
Supreme Court
Anthony J. DiGiovanna
B. C
Athens
Giovanna
Buffalo Woman Pleads Guilty to Assault With Intent
Dorothy Stubbs of Buffalo Davenport 17 pleaded guilty to assault with intent to do great bodily harm after firing a shotgun at 10 year old neighbor Eugene Doss. She was sentenced to one year in the state women's reformator y.
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Davenport
Dorothy Stubbs
Buffalo
Eugene Doss
Friday
State Women’s Reformatory
Iowa to Be a Pivotal State in Fall Campaigns
Iowa officials expect a high profile series of campaign stops by Democratic and Republican leaders this fall. Promised visitors include Adlai Stevenson and John Sparkman for Democrats and Eisenhower and Nixon for Republicans with other national figures like Truman Barkley Roosevelt and current cabinet members possibly joining.
U S Sabre Pilots Down 19 MiGs in Six-Day Run
The U S Fifth Air Force reports 19 Communist MiGs shot down this week by American Sabre jets with no Allied planes lost in air combat. Four planes fell to ground fire and four to unreported causes as swift bomber sorties hit targets in North Korea near the 38th parallel.
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Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
North Korea
Haeju Peninsula
38Th Parallel
U. S. Eighth Army
Panmunjom
Masked Robbers Hit Hall Confectionery in Burlington
Two armed bandits wearing Halloween masks robbed the Hall confectionery in West Burlington Friday night of 55 dollars. They fled in an old model car and remained at large today according to the proprietor.
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West Burlington
Tragedy Near West Liberty Claims Teen John Hazelwood
A fatal car crash two miles east of West Liberty kills 17 year old John Robert Hazelwood and injures three other Muscatine youths. The four boys, struck by a semi trailer, were rushed to Hershey hospital where injuries were described as not serious. The driver of the truck, Ray Hollis of Peoria Illinois, was uninjured. An inquest was scheduled and Hazelwood’s funeral arrangements were announced as pending at the Wittich Funeral Home located in Muscatine.
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John Robert Hazelwood
West Liberty
Sander
Journal
Muscatine
Highway No. 6
East Ninth Street
Jefferson Street
Lonnie MclIntyre
Route 4
Hershey Hospital
Ray Hollis
Cherry Street
Peoria
Hollis
Hazelwood
Kennedy
Knight
McIntyre
William Catalona
Muscatine County
Charlies Anson
Leonard McIntire
Ralph Akers
Iowa Highway Patrol
Catalona
Herbert Conley
Ed Vanatta
John Hendriks
Geo. M. Wittich Funeral Home
Huttig Manufacturing Co
Howard H. Hazelwood
Texas
Bud Hazelwood Jr
Patrick Hazelwood
Mary Elizabeth
Margaret Ann
Betty Jean
Sharon Kay
Marilyn Hazelwood
Wittich Funeral Home
Greenwood Cemetery
Pleasant Weather Outlook with Light Rain Across Iowa
A cool mass moved into Iowa with showers and thundershowers. Highs reached the 80s in many areas while Spencer reported 53 at dawn and Knoxville 2% inches of rain. Rain totals varied from a quarter to half an inch across the state.
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Associated Press
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Spencer
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Lamont
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Agriculture Department
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Tennessee
WU. S
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Michigan
Illinois
Indiana
Bulgaria accuses Greece of aggressive shelling on Gamma island
Bulgaria filed a formal UN protest accusing Greece of provocative and aggressive acts as shells and mines reportedly hit Bulgarian territory during a Thursday attack on Gamma island in the Evros border area. The UN secretariat sent the protest to Athens and no immediate action was anticipated.
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Bulgaria
Greece
Gamma
Mintcho Neytchev
U.N
Evros
U. N
Neytchev
Athens
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