Senators Hear 29 Subversive Agents Granted U.S. Visas
Rear Adm Hillenkoetter told a Senate subcommittee that 24 high ranking Communist officials were admitted on diplomatic visas and are likely working for their government. He added 32 others with alleged or reported ties to foreign intelligence services entered before. Pearlsoy said State officials blocked visa denials 109 times for diplomatic reasons. Subversive activity includes reporting on nations and organizing agents and communications for Soviet or satellite countries.
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Washington
Adm
Roscoe H Hillenkoetter
Central Intelligence Agency
Communist Party
U. S
Pearlsoy
Hillenkoetter
River Worker Charged In Circus Man's Death
In Nebraska City Nebraska a river boat worker was charged with first degree murder in the death of circus performer Jack Lopez 32. Wells admitted striking Lopez in a boxcar after he said Lopez took a pass at him. Lopez was found brutally beaten in the car hours later authorities said.
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Nebraska City
Nebb
Otto Wellensick
George ©. Wells, Jr
St. Joseph
Jack Lopez
Lopez
Wells
Marriage Licenses Issued to Des Moines and Washington Couples
A marriage license was issued today at the district court office to Richard B. Haskins and Carolyn Jean Gault of Des Moines. Another license was issued Friday to Robert D. Erlenbush and Joan A. Campbell of Washington.
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R. R. Noonan
Richard B. Haskins
Carolyn Jean Gault
Des Moines
Robert D. Erlenbush
Joan A. Campbell
Washington
Des Moines Forecast: Sunny Warm With Weekend Showers Possible
Sunny and warm today in Des Moines with highs 88 to 92. Tonight and Sunday look fair with a chance of local showers in the northwest portion Sunday afternoon or evening. Lows 65 east to 70 west tonight. Sunday will be warmer with highs 93 to 98 and light southerly winds turning southeasterly 20 mph Sunday as humidity falls.
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Des Moines
Four Iowa accident deaths reported including Fort Dodge woman
The day’s toll rose to four from separate Iowa crashes. Grace Anderson, 22, of Fort Dodge, died from a skull fracture after falling from a car fender on a gravel road west of the city. Richard H. Edwards, 46, and Lorenzo Sepeda, 35, of Mason City, died at the scene and later in a hospital after their car was struck by a train. William T. Lettington, 64, of Des Moines, was killed when a team of horses panicked a farm load of oats, breaking his neck southwest of Indianola. Police noted warning signals at the crossing were flashing and the train sounded its whistle.
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Fort Dodge
Iowa
Grace Anderson
Richard H. Edwards
Mason City
Lorenzo Sepeda
William T. Lettington
Des Moines
Miss Anderson
Edwards
Sepeda
Jacob E. Decker and Sons Packing
Lettington
Indianola
Ferguson pledges Senate fight to boost defense cut
Sen. Homer Ferguson says he will lead a floor fight to raise the proposed defense cut from the Senate Appropriations Committee. He seeks an additional 900 million beyond the committee's 1.01 billion slash, arguing some cuts are only paper savings. The panel approved about 14.9 billion for army navy and air force operations for the year.
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Washington
U.P
Homer Ferguson
Mich
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Army
Navy
Air Force
Taft accuses Truman of spending leading to socialism
Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio challenged President Truman on deficit spending and a path to socialism in a 15 minute radio address. Taft argued tax cuts and smaller government would restore prosperity and warned against a government that acts as a dictator over citizens.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Republican Party
Truman
Taft
Congress
Mutual Broadcasting System
Wei Omust
Seven Year Old Finds .75 Shell Toy in Urbana
A seven year old Ronnie Runyan found a .75 millimeter artillery shell described as a toy. His mother removed it and later police and air force specialists buried the device so it cannot be recovered.
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Urbana
Till
Ronnie Runyan
Ronnie
Two Washington Residents Praised For Honest Pocketbook Returns
Clarence Fulton commends Walter Rukgaber and Eddy Winga for returning lost pocketbooks. Joe and Mrs. Martin lost wallets earlier in the week. Winga returned Joe's wallet promptly and Rukgaber recovered Mrs. Martin's. The Martins praise Washington's fine citizens.
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Clarence Fulton
Washington
Walter Rukgaber
Eddy Winga
Fulton
Joe K. Martin
Joe
Rukgaber
Mrs. Martin
Blast in Old Nazi Bunker Fatal to 14
Amunitions explosion at the Siegfried line bunker near Proem Germany wounded and killed many. Fourteen dead, three missing, over 100 injured. initial French tally ~30 killed and 150 injured. Bunker partially buried on hillside near the German Belgian Luxembourg frontier. Forty homes wrecked and a 200 yard crater formed.
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Proem
Germany
Siegfried Line
Berlin
Paving Bids Sought for East Washington Street Section
The Iowa state highway commission in Ames invites bids Tuesday July 19 for paving the major portion of East Washington street a segment of highway 92 between Second avenue and Twelfth street about 6.1 miles long. If approved paving could start in August and finish by October with widening to 45 feet between Second and Fourth avenues and 40 feet east to Twelfth street.
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East Washington Street
State Highway Commission
Ames
Washington
Second Avenue
Twelfth Street
Second
Fourth Avenues
West Madison Street
Highway Commission
East Washington
Social Security Rep To Visit Washington and Wellman
A Social Security Administration representative from Burlington will visit Washington and Wellman next week. The official will speak at the Iowa State Employment office in Washington on Wednesday morning from 9:00 to 1:30 and at the Community building in Wellman on Tuesday afternoon starting at 3:00.
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Social Security Administration
Burlington
Washington
Wellman
Iowa State Employment Office
Resolutions plans take shape for county Farm Bureau
Plans for drafting resolutions for the Washington County Farm Bureau meeting next fall proceed. Robert Miksch chairs the resolutions committee with Doyle Palmer O Dale Jones Wayne Knupp and Mrs Joe Knotek as members. First township meetings will precede the drafting vote by county members. Mr and Mrs I Helman of Detroit visit Washington friends formerly connected to local business now housed by the Tom Duncan shop.
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Washington County Farm Bureau
Robert Miksch
Doyle Palmer
Seventy-six
O. Dale Jones
Clay Township
Wayne Knupp
Cedar Township
Joe Knotek
Jackson Township
Farm Bureau
I. Helman
Detroit
Washington
Helmans
Tom Duncan
High Ranking Generals Suspended Over Five Percent Deals
Maj. Gen. Alden Waitt and Maj. Gen. Herman Feldman were relieved from duty by Secretary Gordon Gray pending a Senate subcommittee investigation into five per cent contracts. Gray cited incomplete inquiry but said evidence suggests poor judgment. Hoey said army action was independent of the committee, which will continue its probe.
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Washington
POF
Gordon Gray
Alden
Harry Waitt
Herman Feldman
Waitt
Feldman
Gray
Senate
Gen. Feldman
Official
Defense
Louis Johnson
The
Munitions Board
Clyde R. Hoey
N. C
Army
Waitt and Feldman
Army Inspector General
Hoey
First Bonus Check Sent to Local Veteran at Airport
Fred Minden, manager at the Washington airport, likely among the county’s first veterans to receive the $500 Town bonus. He received his check in this morning’s mail on the first mailing day Friday and plans to use the money as many veterans will.
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Fred Minden
Washington
Fred
Nautical mile length varies by country versions
The standard U S nautical mile is 6080.27 feet. British French and German variants are shorter by two inches to four feet.
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U.S
Truman halts steel strike with 60 day truce
President Truman’s intervention delays a major steel wage showdown by forcing a 60 day truce among U S Steel Bethlehem and Republic while a three man fact finding panel studies the dispute. Officials expect a broader no strike stance to continue through September.
Truck Fire Ties Up West Fifth Street Garage Area
Washington firemen responded to Wheatley's garage on West Fifth Street Friday at 4 39 to a trailer truck fire in the alley behind the building. The blaze was controlled with minor damage to the vehicle.
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Washington
Wheatley
West Fifth Street
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