Soviet exile teacher aids by FBI in New York escape
A Soviet schoolteacher Mikhail Samavin and his wife Oksana Kosenkina hid in New York with FBI help to avoid repatriation to Russia. The case involves a network of anti-communist Russians and linked figures including Countess Alexandra Tolstoy and Soviet officials seeking them. Samavin turned himself in to FBI, while Kosenkina remained in custody of the Asian Consul General.
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FBI
Russia
Mikhail Samavin
New York
Oma
Oksanasanovna Kosenkina
Cob M. Lomakin
Arm
Lomakin
Clarkstown
Kosenkina
Alexandra Tolstoy
Dughter
Samarin
York
Sama
Tolstoy
Russ- 5
General warns guardsmen of world crisis impact on return
General Ray Fountain of the 34th infantry division warned Iowa and Nebraska guardsmen during two weeks of summer training that a global crisis could threaten their return home. He described the risk of dynamite and urged calm despite the tense climate, while noting the soldiers face life in a dangerous world.
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Kan
Ray Fountain
Naal-Guard
Iowa
Nebraska
Red Bull
Fountain
Jon World Affairs
Tobin Weighs Labor Secretary Post Visit with Truman
U.S. union leaders praise Maurice J Tobin as potential secretary of labor while Tobin contemplates the offer. He plans to visit President Truman within days to discuss the cabinet post and a run for governor of Massachusetts.
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Washintton
Kesmen
Jjanized Labor
Maurice J.tobin
Labor
Tobin
Massusetts
Boston
Tru
Aveen
Madison A A trebles in Size at State Penitentiary
In a prison magazine report by Percy Lainson, the Alcoholics Anonymous club at the state penitentiary began prary with 10 members and has grown. Inmates show concern for their problems and a willingness to work toward solutions, as stated in The Irsidio.
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Madison
Percy Lainson
Poholics Anonymous
State Penitentiary
Hicklin Seen As Qualified Speaker Candidate
Rep J C Davis says Rep M F Hicklin is well qualified for speaker of the house. Hicklin, a World War II veteran from Louisa County, is one of four candidates for the post and would enter a fourth term if elected. Other contenders include W H Nicholas, Guseuckier, Grawold, Schwengel, and Kuester supporters noted. party leaders and attendees from Governor's Day events referenced.
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Clear Lake
Rep
M. F. Hicklin
Wapello
Davis
Friday Hicklin
Louisa County
Hitklin
the Register
W. H. Nicholas
Mason City
Post
Guseuckier
Grawold
Pred Schwengel
Davenport
Kuester
Schwengel
Beardsley
Guard Goes Pullman To Training Camp
CAMP RILEY KAN UP The 34th national guard infantry division comprising 7000 officers and men from Towra and Nebraska began a two week training period here. Advance elements of the Red Bull division arrived Saturday with the bulk arriving Sunday in 18 trains. Guard officers called the troop movement swank noting 200 pullman cars carried troops with porter service and each man enjoyed a separate berth as in peacetime.
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34Th
National Guard Infantry
Towra
Nebraska
Red Bull
Average Weekend Death Toll Exceeds Two Hundred Fifteen
United Press reports at least 215 people died over a summer weekend from traffic accidents drownings and miscellaneous mishaps. Traffic crashes caused 114 deaths Y while California led with 11 traffic 11 miscellaneous and two drownings. Indiana and Michigan tied with 17 each. A NSC spokesman called the toll just about average for the period.
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Indiana
Michigan
National Safety Council
Lions to Hear UIU President at Oelwein Club Meeting
Members of the Oelwein Lions club will hear Dr Vivian T Smith president of Upper Iowa University speak tonight on The G I Tn School. Dr Smith’s address focuses on veterans education and the GI Bill context for UIU students.
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UIU
Locat News Wean
Oelwein Lions Club
Vivian T. Smith
Upper Iowa University
Smith
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Ambush of U S officials near Bad Kissingen shocks Berlin
Lt. S. F. Turner the U S military governor of Bad Kissingen and an official from Berlin were ambushed by two armed Russian soldiers just inside the Soviet zone near Bad Kissingen. Their chauffeur, seeing the attack, fled with the car toward the U S zone, while Meyers remains missing. In Berlin, Soviet moves to control food rationing split the city as western sector officials faced arrests and a police clash.
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S. F. Turner
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Turner
Rowland M. Meyers
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Paul Fuellsack
Food Administration
West
Arab Demand Upsets UN Palestine Refugee Plan
The UN plan to ease Palestine tensions by settling Jewish Arab refugee issues collapsed as Arab leaders demanded Jews held on Cyprus be sent back to Europe. Jamal El Husseini warned the UN Security Council that Arabs will not shelter Jews and that 550 660 refugees must return to Israel, complicating Count Bernadotte’s mediation effort.
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Palestine
Cyprus
Europe
Arab Higher Committee
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Jamal El-Husseini
Council
Israel
Folke Bernadotte
Holy Land
Middle East
Credit Controls Seen by September
Washington reports a likely one third down payment on autos refrigerators and radios under a Republican anti inflation bill expected to be signed by President Truman. The Federal Reserve Board would curb installment buying as in wartime, with a 30 day setup for business. Excluded are goods under $50. Furniture and cloth floor coverings would require 20 percent down and up to 18 months to pay off the remainder.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Federal Reserve Board
Truman Poised to Sign Limited Bills Amid GOP Critique
Washington report states President Truman will likely sign four of 18 requested items, including measures on installment buying, bank credit, private home construction aid, and a $65 million UN building loan. Advisers warn Congress failed to act on inflation and housing, plans for a sharp statement accusing GOP leadership, with talk of another special session but no firm decision.
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Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
United Nations
Day of Repentance For Draft Urged
Niney nine Protestant clergymen urge the nation to observe August 22 as a day of mourning and repentance in protest of the peacetime draft. The date precedes registration for men aged 18 to 25 and stems from concerns that the draft is dangerous and provocative, according to the National Council Against Conscription.
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Washington
National Council Against Conscription
Stanley Business Men Sponsor Children's Parade
Stanley business men sponsor a parade for children under 12 on Wednesday August 11 at 7 15 p m. Prizes include best decorated bicycle best decorated youngest entity best costume and most vicious pet. Boy Scout troop No 99 will lead the parade with treats for all participants.
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Stanley
Boy Scout Troop No. 99
Parker Gift To Medical Library Accepted By State
The state executive council accepted for the Iowa Medical Library the medical books and instruments of the late Dr. James D. Parker of Fayette who died April 18, 1947. The collection includes a full American Medical Journal file back to 1856 and old Civil War era instruments. Mrs. Parker will guide delivery by truck to Fayette, noting the long family medical legacy from Dr. C. C. Parker to his son Dr. J. D. Parker.
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Iowa Medical Library
James D. Parker
Fayette
C. C. Parker
J D. Parker
American Medical Journal
Iowa
J. D. Parker
Dr. Parker
H. K. Parker
Newark
N. J
Dorothy Goebel
Robert Fox
Baltimore
Dewey to Seek Cabinet Pay Boost If Elected President
Gov Thomas E Dewey plans to ask Congress to raise salaries for cabinet officers and top government employees if he wins the presidency He paused his Quaker Hill farm vacation to prepare for a nationwide campaign Returning to Albany he will fine tune speeches for the drive and likely address the cost of living blaming the Truman administration for inflation
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Pawling
Thomas E. Dewey
Congress
Dewey
Quaker Hill Farm
Albany
GOP
Gale Lashes Channel Drowning Toll Mounts Across Coast
A severe summer gale pounded the English Channel coast with eight lives lost, five yachts wrecked, and extensive damage to farms, sea walls, and phone lines. Off Perros-Guirec in Normandy a fishing boat sank, 13 tourists in the wreckage with five saved and five bodies recovered. three remain missing. The 7,000 ton William Hawkins drifted off Beachy Head, later continuing under its own power. Ushant damaged Panamanian steamer Cockerel. tug Dextrous assisted from Falmouth. Flood tides and 70 mph winds breached Brooklands sea wall near Clacton, flooding 450 cottages as more than 1,000 vacationers were rescued.
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English Channel
Perros-Guirec
William Hawkins
Beachy Head
Newhaven
Tig
Hawkins
Cockerel
Ushant
Dextrous
Falmouth
Brooklands Estate
Clacton
Home Town Set For Hoover's Visit
West Branch prepares for Herbert Hoover's 74th birthday visit with a parade, picnic, and ceremonies. Hoover will arrive by auto from Cedar Rapids, attend a picnic in his honor, and speak at Hoover Park. Prominent guests include Governor Blue and state officials from Iowa and nearby states.
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West Branch
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Cedar Rapids
Hoover Park
Robert D. Blue
Iowa Supreme Court
T. G. Garfield
J. E. Mulroney
N. R. Hayes
Sioux K. Grigsby
South Dakota
Paul Rosenquist
Illinois Department of Revenue
Virgil Hancher
University of Iowa
W. T. Smith
Upper Iowa University
Henry Olson
Buena Vista College
Housing Prospect Bright for Iowa State Students
Ames report quotes President Charles Friley saying housing for single students entering Iowa State College this fall quarter will be adequate, and married housing prospects remain about the same as last year.
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Ames
Iowa State College
Charles Friley
Friley
U S Population Rises 9 Percent In Seven Years
The census bureau estimates the United States population at 143,414,000 in 1947, up about nine per cent since 1940. The Pacific coast leads gains with 41 percent growth, and thirty-nine states show net increases while North and South Dakota and Montana post declines.
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United States
Census Bureau
Pacific Coast
North
South Dakota
Montana
West
Wartime official defies questions in espionage hearings
Elizabeth Bentley testifies that Victor Perlo supplied information to Soviet agents and that she passed data to communists in New York. Perlo refuses to answer on constitutional grounds, citing potential self incrimination as a wartime government economist for the War Production Board. Bentley reiterates accusations of a spy ring tied to Laughlin Currie and Roosevelt aides.
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UEP
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Victor Perlo
War Production Board
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Roosevelt
Longstaff Seeks Legislative Seat in Polk County
DES MOINES UP Roy Longgraif, a railroad brakeman who briefly ran for governor as a Republican, announced he will run as an independent for Polk county representative in November on a platform including abolishing the national guard. He also advocates liquor by the drink and higher old age pensions.
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Des Moines
Roy Longgraif
Polk County
National Guard
Attempt to Burn Out Hornets Sets Porch on Fire
A hornets nest caused a porch fire while an attempt to burn out hornets at the Simon Kortenkamp residence 719 2nd Ave SW went wrong. The back porch was damaged about $200 as flames spread to eaves. Oelwein fire crews also answered a weed fire call with no damage reported. A noon siren test followed the morning blaze.
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Simon Kortenkamp
2Nd Ave. S. W
Oelwein
6Th Street
S. W
State to Use Plane For Traffic Control
The Iowa Aeronautics commission was authorized to bid on a new two place airplane and to repair its present plane. The four place plane was damaged in a wind storm at Des Moines airport, and the state plans to use two aircraft for highway patrol traffic control conservation work and contour observation by the Department of Agriculture.
Attend Institute For Church Workers at Wartburg College
Elizabeth Klug represented Zion Lutheran Sunday school at the Lutheran teachers and church workers institute at Wartburg College last week. Elsie Gresens visited the school for two days. The institute is one of three in the American Lutheran church this summer with Dr J H Hiltner as chairman of the Parish Education committee for the Iowa District.
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Elizabeth Klug
Zion Lutheran Sunday School
Lutheran Teachers' and Church Workers’ Institute
Wartburg College
Elsie Gresens
J. H. Hiltner
Towa
R. A. Vogeley
Columbus
Ohio
H.W. Siefkes
Iowa
American Lutheran Church
Marie Shupe
Dorothy Pols
Amber
Mich
ALC
P. J. Neubauer
Oelwein
Crump backs Democratic nominees after primary loss
Memphis political leader Crump, who ruled Tennessee politics for two decades, says he will support the Democratic nominees for senator and governor after his hand-picked candidates were defeated. He denies reports of rifts with party foes and critic Drew Pearson.
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Memphis
Tenn
Ed Crump
Shelby County
Tennes
Crump
Aio
Drew Pearson
Bhatter
Idates
Toke Jobr
iMeCord
State Legion Convention Opens in Des Moines
Des Moines Iowa, more than 4,000 Legionnaires expected as three day state convention opens. District caucuses set for today with officer nominations Tuesday and election Wednesday. Frost Patterson Fontanille and George White Marshalltown named state commander candidates. all WWI veterans. Parade will include 30 bands and 40 and 8 units. R H Williams Ames elected Chef de Gare of 40 and 8, succeeding H C Holloway of Dubuque.
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Legion
R. H. Williams
Ames
Williams
H. C. Holloway
Dubuque
Cub Dad Camp at Ingawanis Highlighted By Cubs
Cub Scouts Jimmy Wheeler Max Wolfgram attended the Cub Dad camp at Camp Ingawanis over the weekend. Their fathers Rod Wheeler and Werner Wolfgram joined them. Activities included archery swimming shuffleboard volleyball rifle range and a ball game with a joint campfire Saturday night.
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Ingawanis
Rod‘erick ‘Wheeler
Werner Walfgram
Ornery
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