V-2 Rocket Bases Ring Western Europe Say Allies
Western Europe is reportedly ringed by Soviet V-2 rocket launching sites from the English Channel to the Adriatic. An escaped German expert, now in the West, says Eastern Germany and Czechoslovakia host five single batteries and six three-battery sites with radar to guide missiles.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Russia
Europe
English Channel
Adriatic
Western
Akia
V-W Bleicherode
Thuringia
Central Institute For
Moscow
East Germany
East Europe
West Europe
Industry faces Bad Week with mass strike risk
The nation faces a critical week of negotiations in steel, coal, and auto sectors that could leave over a million workers on strike or idle. CIO steel workers union and major producers resume talks, with a 12:01 a.m. Saturday deadline looming for 500,000 steel workers. Coal talks resume with little hope of quick settlement as an 11 day shutdown deepens. UAW and Ford pension talks continue with a potential walkout deferred, while a strike boxscore estimates 1,246,965 workers idled or striking by week’s end.
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CIO Steel Workers Union
USW
CIO Auto Workers Union
Ford Motor Co
Detroit
UAW
Steel
Ford
VFW seeks Idaho voter approval for veterans bonus
Idaho VFW leaders aim to place a state veterans bonus on the November 1950 ballot. Petition drive requires 18000 signatures to propose a $10 monthly domestic service and $15 monthly foreign service bonus with a $500 maximum. Also seeks a state veterans loan law to back loans for veterans starting businesses or farming.
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Idaho Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Idaho
Don Erdman
Coeur d’Alene
VFW
Twin Falls
Erdman
C Council
Funeral set for Earl Furniss after self-inflicted shotgun wound
Earl Lewis Furniss 59 of Moreland died from a 12 gauge shotgun wound in the head after leaving a farewell note reading Goodbye to all. Sheriff Gerald Johnson said no inquest will be held. Funeral services were pending Sunday in Blackfoot.
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Blackfoot
Earl Lewis Furniss
Moreland
Gerald Johnson
Bingham County
Furniss
Ralph Furniss
Jack Gaasch
Millionaire Blackmer Faces Six Indictments in Tax Evasion Case
Denver awaiting Henry M. Blackmer as federal court considers six indictments accusing him of income tax evasion over two decades. Blackmer fled the United States in 1924 to avoid congressional Teapot Dome testimony, later extradition being denied by France. He is expected to plead nolo contendere to one count, with prosecutors seeking dismissal of the others.
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Henry M. Blackmer
Colorado
France
Comeda
U. S
Denver
Federal District Court
Blackmer
Nolo Contendre
Othree
McCammon VFW Auxiliary Survives Theft to Continue Party
Thieves swiped sandwiches pie and chocolate from the Auxiliary after a bold raid during a business meeting. The McCammon group quickly regrouped and moved activities to a local cafe where the celebration continued without interruption.
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McCammon
McCammon Vfw
Auxiliary
Two More Arrests Sought in Airliner Bomb Case
Quebec police say two further arrests expected within 48 hours in the case of J. Albert Guay accused of killing his wife and 22 others by placing a time bomb aboard a plane. Investigators probe Guay’s dual relationships in Seven Islands as Scotland Yard seeks possible English ties.
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Quebec City
Royal Mounted Police
Seven Islands
Que
Guay
Nicole
Marie-Ange Robitaille
Miss Robitaille
Crash injures two cyclists in Idaho Falls area
Two Firth boys riding a motorcycle were injured when their cycle struck a pickup truck. Reed Larsen, about 20, was reported seriously hurt while his passenger Hal Monson sustained non serious injuries. Sheriff Gerald Johnson investigated the crash, which involved a pickup driven by Guinn Casey. both were treated at the Idaho Falls LDS hospital.
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Firth
Reed Larsen
Hal Monson
Idaho Falls
Bingham County
Gerald Johnson
Guinn Casey
Utahns Sweep Model Meet Across Two Venues
Utah model airplane enthusiasts dominated a weekend meet at the old Pocatello airport and Ross Park sponsored by the 20-30 club. Lewell Southam of Ogden won free flight and speed events, with Gil bert Wilson also of Ogden taking second in free flight and Don Bottcher of Twin Falls second in speed. Ray Bush of Twin Falls won stunt, with Dirkin Birch of Rigby second. Layton’s Pat Estes led the scale model contest among entrants from Pocatello Mountain Home Twin Falls Ogden Salt Lake City Rigby Blackfoot and Layton. Fred Dalton Jr. thanked Auburn Taylor and Werner Busby of Pocatello for assistance in staging the event.
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Utah
Pocatello
Ross Park
Lewell Southam
Ogden
Gilbert Wilson
Don Bottcher
Twin Falls
Ray Bush
Dirkin Birch
Rigby
Pat Estes
Layton
Mountain Home
Salt Lake City
Blackfoot
Fred Dalton, Jr
Police Seek Death Clue In Farm Shooting
Police in Hemlock New York sought a clue to the weapon used to shoot and kill 11 year old Jeena Lynn found in bushes on a local farm. An autopsy showed shots through the chest and back of the head. The sixth grader vanished a week earlier while walking to school.
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N. Y
Jeena
Lynn
Scheal
Gir
Trans-Pacific Plane Sets New Speed Mark
A Pan-American strato cruiser completed a pre inaugural flight from San Francisco to Tokyo Haneda in 24 hours 36 minutes, setting a new speed record for trans Pacific passenger service ahead of its official start next month.
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Tokyo
Japan
Haneda
San Francisco
Russia claims atomic bomb possession since 1947
Tass reiterated that Russia has had the atomic bomb since 1947 and urged unqualified outlawing of such weapons. It called for controls to ensure future prohibitions on building the bomb are carried out. Observers expected Vishinsky to again press the UN to outlaw atomic warfare.
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Moscow
Tass
Russia
Andre Vishinsky
United Nations
War More Likely Says Sen Douglas on Russia Bomb
Sen. Paul H. Douglas of Illinois warned that Russia possessing an atomic weapon greatly increases the chances of war. He told a Sunday press statement that the bomb gives Russia the possibility of a surprise attack, and he personally fears war is very likely.
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Washington
Paul H. Douglas
D., Ill
Russia
Douglas
Russia atom bomb claim questioned as propaganda
Authoritative sources doubt Russia's 1947 atom bomb claim and suggest it may be propaganda. A state department official notes interest in the Soviet call for atomic energy control but sees no shift in Moscow’s stance against international regulation backed by the United States and others.
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Washington
Russia
State Department
Kremlin
United States
Urey calls Russian atom bomb claim a bluff
Nobel chemist Harold C. Urey doubted Russia's 1947 bomb secret claim as a bluff from a hat. He trusted an American notice of a Russian explosion yet warned Russia cannot reveal the discovery date. He noted the United States learned about the bomb over a four year span.
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Chicago
Harold C. Urey
Russia
Urey
America
U. S
United States
Connally urges Senate arms bill support after Russian nuke blast
Persuasive Tom Connally of Texas says the Russian atomic explosion should be very persuasive in breaking House opposition to the Senate foreign arms bill. As foreign relations chair, he expects the House to back down from its request to cap the program at 819.5 million and will press for the Senate’s full 1.314 billion total.
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Washington
Tom Connally
Tex
House
Senate
Conally
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate House
Secret Meeting Aims to Boost Atomic Stockpiles in UK
A high level U S British and Canadian secret meeting to discuss locating and extracting uranium and increasing atomic stockpiles will be held at an undisclosed rendezvous in England this week according to reports Sunday.
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London
England
Russia Uses Forced Labor in Erz Uranium Mines
London dispatch says between 30 000 and 40 000 forced laborers may be used to mine uranium in 20 Erz mountains mines located between Karlsbad and Chemnitz. The mines were abandoned by Germans as worthless before World War II and details of production remain unclear to Western observers.
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London
Russia
Erz Mountains
Karlsbad
Czechoslovakia
Chemnitz
Germany
Taft urges early U S recognition of Spain
Senator Robert A Taft said President Truman s disclosure that Russia has the atom bomb makes early U S recognition of Spain necessary He cited military and personal reasons noting Spain is at peace with the United States He asked why recognition should be delayed.
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Cincinnati
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Russia
U. S
Spain
Taft
Secretary Johnson Tests Navy A-Bomb Delivery Concept
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson will fly from the carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard a P2V Neptune to study how the Navy could deliver an atomic bomb in wartime. The demonstration, rare for a cabinet member, aims to show carriers remain key in the atomic era.
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Norfolk
Defense
Louis Johnson
Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Johnson
Defense Army
Air Force
Lax Controls Alarm Congress Says Communist Infiltration Risk
Senator Herbert R. O'Connor and another Congress member warned that lax controls and a soft stance toward communism have left the United States wide open to infiltration and aided Soviet Russia's atomic ambitions. They urged a five point program to close the door.
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Washington
Congress
Soviet Russia
Herbert R. O'Connor
United States
Jailer Nips Aspirin Trip At Bannock County Jail
Seven women prisoners attempted an escape after an aspirin request. Betty Hudson, held on a vagrancy charge, signaled for help to Deputy J. P. Sappington. Five others rushed the door as the deputy stepped in. They returned to their cell and the jail kept control.
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Bannock County
Betty Hudson
J. P. Sappington
Charlie Lupice Comes to Earth After 117 Days on Pole
The world champion flagpole sitter Charlie Lupice ends a 117 day perch atop a pole in Cleveland. He descends at Municipal Stadium with tears, kisses his wife and four children, and receives gifts including a flagpole, a bed, a bathtub, bicycles, a gas range, puppies, and a new car. The event concludes as fans watch the final Indians home game of the season.
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Cleveland
Charlie Lupica
Charlie
Municipal Stadium
Cleveland Indians
East Side
Indians
Centerfield
Bill Veeck
Lupica
Detroit Tigers
Charlies
Bancrofters To Host Field Day In Dry Farm Demonstrations
Don Rigby place hosts Dry Farm Demonstration Day at 1 p.m. with Portneuf Soil Conservation district exhibitions of farm equipment and soil saving methods. Fred Cooper notes regional soil losses per U S Soil Conservation Service and aims to curb erosion in Gem and Portneuf Valleys. John Siddoway of the Tetonia Experiment Station presents soil conservation methods and tillage practices.
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Bancroft
Don Rigby
Portneuf
Fred Cooper
John Siddoway
Tetonia Experiment Station
Dry farm demonstration schedule near Bancroft outlined
The program runs from 10 a m to 5 p m with dealer equipment setup from 10 to 12, scheduling by district at noon, tillage equipment demonstration 1 to 3, Siddeway discussion 3 to 3 30, and plane seeding terracer contour liner demos 3 30 to 5. Officials and equipment experts will lead the talks and demonstrations.
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Bancroft
John Siddeway
Tetonia Experiment Station
Demonstrations Promote Stubble Mulch Tillage in Idaho
Cooper announces an afternoon field day to showcase stubble mulch tillage, crop benefits, and soil practices in southeast Idaho. Siddeway speaks on trial results, organic matter, rotations, and protein effects, with demonstrations of moldboards to drills from 1 to 3 pm and airplane seeding and terracing at 3:30 pm. Organizers include Norman A. Berg Oscar Onstott Wayne Birch Mert Mylroie Marion Anderson and E H Buehler.
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Cooper
Idaho
Siddeway
Siddoway
Norman A. Berg
Oscar Onstott
Wayne Birch
Soil Conservation Service
Mbert Mylroie
Marion Anderson
Bannock and
Caribou
E. H. Buehler
Portneuf Conservation District
Rain Delays End of Season Picnic for Idaho Farmers
Rain that dampened an end of season picnic in Southeast Idaho did not halt the 1949 harvest. County Agent Albert Mylrole of Bannock County reports potatoes have begun on some farms and will soon enter peak harvest, while sugar beets will likely wait about ten more days to maximize growth before harvest begins.
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Albert Mylrole
Bannock County
Idaho
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