Weinberg indicted on perjury charge in atomic spying case
Federal grand jury charges Joseph W. Weinberg with three counts of perjury for denying Communist party membership and attendance at a Communist meeting. The indictment stems from his 1949 Senate House committee testimony about alleged infiltration at the University of California radiation lab and his connections to Steve Nelson and other Reds. Bond set at $10,000. Weinberg believed in Minneapolis area.
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Washington
Joseph W. Weinberg
Congressional
Communist Party
Weinberg
House
American Activities Committee
Oakland
Calif
Steve Nelson
Nelson
Pennsylvania
Alameda County
Russia
Fort Dodge Woman Held on Bigamy Charge
Eva Lee Pingle Terwilliger, 21, Fort Dodge, admitted marrying two servicemen without divorce to the first husband. She is held to the grand jury on a bigamy charge.
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Fort Dodge
Eva Lee Pingle Terwilliger
Senate Approves Immigration Bill Amid Debate
The Senate approved a 30 page immigration bill on a voice vote after week of contention. It preserves the 1920 population based quota, raises yearly admission numbers, revamps naturalization, gives skilled immigrants preference, and lifts Asiatic bars with strict entry limits. The measure heads to a conference with the House as President Truman’s veto could be sought. Senators Lehman and Humphrey opposed the bill and warned of a possible veto.
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Washington
Senate
McCarran
D-New
House
Lehman
D-N.y
Humphrey
D-Minn
Truman
U. S
Fire Hits Case Plant in Bettendorf
A blaze at the J. I. Case Co. plant in Bettendorf damaged two factory buildings along the river and threatened others. About 40 minutes after discovery at 12:20 p.m., explosions spread the fire, drawing Davenport Le Claire and Rock Island Moline units to assist. a score of workers were treated for minor burns with no reported fatalities. Case, a leading farm equipment maker, faced substantial damage to castings and machinery.
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Bettendorf
J. I. Case Co
Bettendorf Department
Davenport
le Claire
Rock Island
Moline
Case
Teading
Des Moines Man Sentenced for Assault with Intent to Rape
Des Moines resident Jerome Bishop aged 22 pleaded guilty to assault with intent to commit rape and received a five year term in the state men's reformatory on Thursday.
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Des Moines
Dean Jerome Bishop
State Men’s Reformatory
Russians Protest U.S. Aid to Iran Violates Pact
The Soviet Union charges that Iran’s acceptance of American military aid breaches the 1921 Soviet Iranian treaty admitting Russian troops if foreign forces use Iranian soil. The Kremlin delivered a formal note via Foreign Minister Vishinsky. U.S. officials say the protest aims to pressure Tehran while noting aid comprises equipment and three training missions.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Iran
Kremlin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
U. S
Russia
U N Planes Bomb Industrial Site
United Nations warplanes struck a large industrial complex southwest of Pyongyang in what the Air Force calls the era’s greatest saturation bombing attack. The raid, spanning Thursday morning to 4 p.m., involved nearly 800 fighter-bomber sorties against the target near the North Korean capital.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
House to vote on seizure power bill Monday
The House Judiciary Committee will vote on a bill declaring the President has no inherent constitutional power to seize private property. The measure, added to a war powers extension, was prompted by Truman's steel mill seizure and faces Supreme Court scrutiny on presidential authority.
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Washington
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Representative Pickett
D-Tex
Truman
Supreme Court
Bridges
Rnh
Morse
R-Ore
Oregon
Subcommittee
Iowa U. Probates 14 Students Over Panty Raid
The University of Iowa disciplines 14 men with conduct probation after investigation of a panty raid at Currier hall on May 13. Dean L Dale Faunce says more actions could follow and none expelled yet. Probation lasts varying lengths, with the longest through the academic career for some, and records may note the probation. Names of disciplined students are not released.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Currier Hall
L. Dale Faunce
M. L. Hull
Hull
Fraunce
Reds Agree to Three Day Recess in Korea Talks
Red delegates and North Korean Gen Nam I agreed to a three day recess in the Panmunjom armistice talks in Munsan Korea after Maj. Gen. W K Harrison warned the Reds their stand was unshakeable and no concessions would be made The next plenary session is set for Tuesday.
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Munsan
Korea
Red
W. K. Harrison
Nam I
Panmunjom
The Santa Claus Courier of the Stock Yards Boss
Anthony C. Adams a 42 a week messenger handyman at the Union Stock Yards and Transit Co stands accused in a forgery case after prosecutors say he forged his employer William Wood Prince Jr's name on vouchers and spent about 34300 over two years while claiming to be a high ranking World War II colonel. He often paid friends and saloonkeepers from company funds turning over his pay to his mother. Bond set at 10000 with case adjourned to June 20.
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Chicago
Anthony C. Adams
Adams
Archer Avenue
Colonel
James A. Brown
William Hbrumluk
Charles S. Dougherty
Awiuy
William Wood Prince, Jr
Union Stock Yards and Transit Co
Prince
Santa Claus
Brown and Brumluk
Brown
House votes against Spain and Austria aid amendments
The House rejected moves to deny military and economic aid to Spain and to cut further economic aid to Austria. Amendments were beaten by large margins as the chamber pressed toward a final vote on the administration's $7.9 billion foreign aid bill.
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Washington
House
Spain
Austria
Three Ottumwa Adults Face Delinquency Charges
Sheriff Everett Orman and Juvenile Officer Roscoe Beghtel report charges of contributing to the delinquency of 24 teenagers against Joe Simmons 24 in jail in Fairfield his brother Bob Simmons 21 a soldier on leave and Dave Potter 23 all of Ottumwa linked to liquor and joyriding in an accident inquiry.
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Ottumwa
Everett Orman
Roscoe Beghtel
Joe Simmons
Fairfield
Bob Simmons
Dave Potter
Six Western Nations Agree to Merged European Defense Force
Strasbourg France six Western European nations completed a treaty to merge their national armies into a single European defense force serving the North Atlantic community.
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Strasbourg
France
Army demotes two generals over Koje prison incident
Washington reports the army demoted Brig. Gen. Francis T. Dodd and Brig. Gen. Charles F. Colson after the Koje prison camp affair. Both were reduced to permanent grade of colonel following investigations by the Senate Armed Services committee.
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Washington
Army
Koje
Senate Armed Services Committee
Francis T. Dodd
Charles F. Colson
Aviation Fuel Shortage Grows Amid Airline Curtailments
With a near end to a strike, aviation gasoline shortages worsen as major airlines cut flights. Pan Am and American announce significant reductions while United reports mileage cuts. Government relaxes some fuel rules for autos and kerosene as refiners resume work, and a strike vote looms among California workers.
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Denver
Chapman
Petroleum Administration For Defense
PAD
Pan American
London
Paris
Frankfurt
United Airlines
California
Railroads Return to Private Firms After Army Control
The Army returned full control of U S railroads to private owners at 2 p m today after 21 months of government stewardship begun in August 1950 by order of President Truman. The action follows a peace plan accepted by management and the three unions representing engineers firemen and conductors.
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Washington
Karl R. Bendetsen
Truman
Amateurs Allowed in Des Moines World Championship Rodeo
Des Moines hosts the greater Iowa world championship rodeo June 11 15 allowing amateur Iowa cowboys to compete in the event.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Greater Iowa
Western Union Strike Ends After 1941 Pact Agreement
30000 Western Union workers and the company reached a wage and work rule settlement after 51 days on the key condition federal approval to raise telegraph rates. The pact shifts pre 1941 hires to 40 hour weeks with no pay change and post 1941 hires get a 10 cent an hour raise.
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Washington
Western Union
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
CTU
Cyrus Ching
Federal Mediation Service
W. L. Allen
Federal Communications Commission
Allen
Western Union Muscatine hours may expand after ratification
Western Union in Muscatine may extend its office hours if the ratified settlement ending the telegraph strike is approved. Manager Ray Dunker said current 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. hours would shift to 7 30 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily and that messages could be delivered to all points rather than only those with maintained service during the strike.
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Western Union
Muscatine
Washington
Ray Dunker
Dunker
Local soy processors protest OPS ceiling on oil meal price
Muscatine Processing Corp and Hawkeye Soy Products Co join soybean growers in alleging a 1950 Defense Production Act ceiling on soybean oil meal is illegal. The protest says the cap denies fair prices, harms producers and processors, and has led to plant shutdowns and meal shortages. Muscatine operates six days weekly, while Hawkeye runs intermittently.
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Muscatine Processing Corp
Hawkeye Soy Products Co
OPS
No Iowa Cities on TV Priority List
The Federal Communications Commission did not include any Iowa cities on its initial priority list of big cities without a local television station. The list determines first access to applications beginning July 1.
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Iowa
Washington
Iowa Cities
Federal Communications Commission
Local pugilist Ramsdell loses in police court verdict
Ted Ramsdell Golden Gloves champion of Muscatine pleaded not guilty to disturbing the peace after a Thursday night incident at Johny's Grill. Police cited a broken car window and a jaw strike. he was fined 25 dollars plus costs and faces a boxing match June 5 at the Uptown theatre.
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Ted Ramsdell
Ramsdell
West Fourth Street
Muscatine
Nathan Hoefflin
Martha Morgan
505
Hoefflin
Ramsell
Five Day Forecast Shows Mild Warmth and Light Rain
Temperatures will average two to four degrees above normal with normal highs near 76 and lows around 52. Rainfall totals reach one to one and a half inches, with showers today and Saturday and in the east Sunday. No major temperature changes expected.
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University of California Radiation Laboratory
Berkeley
Scientist X
Koje Island
U. N
James A. van Fleet
Kose
Farmer Jones
Cale
U.S
State Department
U.N
Iowa U
Reds
Go Handyman P
Samaritan
Boss’ Cash
Air Force
Pan American World Airways
American Airlines
American
Ann Meyers
New York
Riverside Drive
W. M. Huerstel
Tom Hearty
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