Questioning of Ring Leader Sets Red Probe Tone
New York and Washington hearings of the House Un American Activities Committee focused on a top alleged Russian underground leader. Subpoenas were issued for J. W. Peters and Robert Jing as Rep. Nixon and others prepare to question wartime espionage links. The panel pushed to reveal a broader Soviet ring in the United States amid the Hiss Chambers feud.
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Alexander ‘Evens
un-American Activities
Mittee
Congress
Richard M. Nixon
Cal
York
Erican
Jon J. W.peters
United States
Rep
Ard
Nixon
Calif
Robert Jing
Parnell
Ters
Uniivan Activities Committee
Sederal
M. Nixon
Calabove
John McDowell
Peters
Ashington
Aing
Truman
J. Parnell Thomas, R
House American Activities Committee
State Department
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Tom Do. Clark
White House
Hiss
Chambers
Time Magazine
Rainy Weekend Forecast After Nights Of Heavy Thunderstorms
Last night brought 2.27 inches of rain with a steady electrical storm until after midnight. By 8 am the temperature was 65, with a forecast low of 62 and highs near 98 tomorrow. Across the nation a heat wave has claimed over 200 lives this week, while Canada sends cooler air to provide brief relief.
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United Press
Canada
A. L. Sugg
Chicago
W. R. C. Plans Rummage and Bake Sales
The W R C executive board met at Margaret Steggal’s home and arranged a rummage sale for the near future. They also planned a bake sale for Sept 4 at the Interstate office, 7 FF.
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W.R.C
Margaret Steggal
Sean
NOWADAYS magazine section joins Register Weekly
The Oelwein Daily Register adds NOWADAYS a color weekly magazine in the newspaper with news articles features and illustrations on national affairs foreign developments cooking homemaking agriculture youth business health fashions sports cartoons science Hollywood and more The section designed for reading tastes aims to give subscribers a finished magazine for the price of one per week recognition by Newsweek and Time and designed by Otto Forkert as a top typography authority
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Oelwein Daily Register
Mmagazine
U. S
Daily Register
Newsweek
Time
Otto Forkert
Publishers Weekly
Forkert
Architectural Forum
Emew
Register
Funeral rites for S/Sgt John Rockford in Sumner Tuesday
Final services for S/Sgt John Rockford Jr arrived in Sumner will be at 9:00 am Tuesday at Immaculate Conception church with Rev R H Dietz officiating Rosary follows Monday night at 8:00 at Berg Funeral home Burial with military rites will be in Lawler Rockford born November 11 1916 in Fredericksburg entered service April 1942 trained at Camp Roberts served in Trinidad Cuba North Africa Bermuda Guam and Leyte Philippines where he was killed Survived by his father John and three brothers James Ralph Merie and sister Mrs Loren Billmeyer with his mother deceased.
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Sumner
John Rockford, Jr
Camp Roberts
Cal
Trinidad
Cuba
North Africa
Bermuda
Fort Benning
Pacific
Guam
Leyte
Philippines
John
James
Ralph
New Hampton
Merie
Fredericksburg
Loren’ Billmeyer
Hawkeye
Westgate Tavern Sold to Jesup Pair Buy Partners
The Westgate tavern changes hands with Leonard Luleff and Willis Jacobsen of Jesup as new owners. The Luleffs, with their son and daughter, will move to Westgate once living quarters are ready.
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Jesup
Westgate Tavern
Westgate
Leonard Luleff
Willis Jacobsen
Mrs. Luleff
Fire Hits Sargent Plant in Des Moines Losses Put at 125000
Fire destroyed part of the Sargent and Company feed plant in Des Moines yesterday. Estimated loss about 125000 with about 18000 bushels of grain and 200 tons of feed lost. Owners say most loss covered by insurance and rebuilding will proceed promptly.
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Sargent
Des Moines
Sargent and Company
Defiant South Doesn't Dampen Wallace Spirit
Henry Wallace faced heckling and eggs thrown in Burlington as he tried to speak on a downtown street corner. In Durham he vowed to continue his seven state southern trip despite near riot scenes and a free for all that ended with National Guardsmen escorting him to the armory.
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Defiant South
Wallace
Burlington
N. C
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Durham
N.C
Henry A. Wallace
Apti
National
Armory
South
Durham, N. C. Armory
Kremlin Envoys Hold Eighth Meeting On Berlin Crisis
Western envoy team led by Walter Bedell Smith met Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov for the eighth time today in Moscow. After a 2 hour 10 minute session with Molotov and Deputy Vishinsky, Smith said no communique would be issued tonight and talks would continue. It was uncertain whether a final statement on a Berlin currency union and the blockade’s lifting could be agreed.
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Moscow
V. M. Molotov
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Berlin
Mystery Fires Firestarter 13 Year Old Girl Confesses
A 13 year old girl from Macomb Illinois admitted starting a series of fires that destroyed a Willey house and two barns. State's Attorney Keith Scott said the girl lit the fires to avoid returning to a farm and that she acted alone using matches. She told authorities she began the blaze in the house and then set fires to the barns before leaving unseen.
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Macomb
Charlie 'Willey
Willey House
Keith Scott
Scott
Bloomfield
Janet McNeil
Burgard
Willey
Willew
Craig
First to register for peacetime draft in Oelwein
Norbert Earl Dulfy, route 2, was the first to register for the postwar draft at the Oelwein fire station as officials opened the local board from 1:00 to 5:00 PM. He, born in Fairbank and now a junior at Upper Town university, said the draft is timely with about fifteen registrants by 1:55 PM. The article also details arson investigations surrounding Charley Willey, including state officials’ promises to identify the culprit and use police experts.
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Feen
Dexkh
Oelwein
Willace Keith Doty
Norbert Marl Dulfy
Route 2
Norbert Earl Dulfy
RED 2
Fairbank
Duffy
Owalwein
Sacred Heart
Up ‘Per Town University
John Craig
Burgard
Craig
State Criminal Investigation and Identification Bureau
Northwest Airlines crash near Fountain City claims many lives
Eyewitnesses describe a Martin 202 plunging into a 550 foot bluff on the Mississippi riverfront. 37 bodies recovered as crews search through rain and wreckage while authorities suspend operations of remaining planes for inspection. Mary Elizabeth Ungs, 26, of Dyersville, a flight stewardess, among the dead.
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Oelwein
Decorah
Fountain City
Wisconsin
Mary
Lizabeth Ungs
Dyersville
Charles Ungs
Wis
Northwest Airlines
Mississippi River
St. Paul
Nwa
Heagiquarters
Ann Runite
Huge Grasshopper Army Reported Near Celweiln
Motorists returning from the State fair about 3:00 p m observed aerial swarms of grasshoppers spanning about two miles ten miles west of Celwein. On reaching home radiator inspection revealed very few insects, suggesting the insects were aloft during travel.
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Celwein
Register
Women Bowlers Plan Meeting To Form Teams
Plans for forming women's bowling teams were outlined by the local club at a meeting announced for Tuesday evening at 7 p m. All women interested in bowling were urged to attend. An earlier session had few attendees.
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Celle
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