Chambers Details Spy Ring Ties in Hiss Case
Whitaker Chambers testified in the Alger Hiss perjury trial that in 1935 Hiss used his NYE committee role to obtain state department documents via Mr. Green. Chambers said the papers were photographed and the film given to J. Peters, head of the U S communist underground, who recently departed the country.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
Senate
United States
NYE
Chambers
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
Green
J. Peters
Immigration Department
Murphy
Traffic Deaths Show Decrease in May in Iowa
Iowa safety officials report 38 traffic fatalities in May, the lowest for the month since 1945, with a 25 percent drop from May 1948. Five months total reached 177 deaths, 8 more than last year, most occurring in rural areas and at night. Seven victims were under ten, while two child deaths on private property are excluded from the toll.
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Des Moines
State Safety Department
Iowa
Safety Department
Private Funeral Services for Edwin M. Benson Held
Funeral rites conducted Wednesday afternoon at two o'clock at Jones funeral home led by Dr. George Kerr. Pallbearers listed were Richard Hotle, Marion Caldwell, Hatter Hull, Preston Wolf, Harold Wolf and Sam Marsh. Burial proceeded at Elm Grove cemetery.
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Edwin M. Benson
Jones Funeral Home
George Kerr
Richard Hotle
Marion Caldwell
Hatter Hull
Preston Wolf
Harold Wolf
Sam Marsh
Elm Grove Cemetery
YMCA announces swim classes for youth starting Monday
Anyone over seven interested in YMCA swim classes must call Saturday morning if they have not filled and returned a blank. Class times and staff will be announced in Saturday's Journal.
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YMCA
Des Moines Weather Brief Cloudy with showers and warm temps
Cloudy and cooler with showers and thunderstorms this afternoon. Highs reach 72 to 77 with southerly winds 20 to 25 mph east and southwest 15 mph west. Tonight cooler with lows 50 to 60. Tomorrow cooler with NW winds 15 to 18 mph and highs 70 to 75. Rainfall 1.03 inches.
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Des Moines
Thunderstorms and Tornadoes Hit Iowa Farms Night
Thunderstorms and strong winds swept across Iowa with reports of tornadoes damaging farms. A twister near Essex in Page County injured Mr. and Mrs. Stoldorf, hospitalizing them with a broken leg and cuts. Another tornado near Percival damaged two farms and structures, with rain and hail. Red Oak area windstorm destroyed buildings on three farms and cut lines. No injuries reported.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Melvin Stoldorf
Essex
Page County
Shenandoah
Stoldorf
Percival
Lowa
Red Oak
G. R. Stafford
Norwest
Leo Bruce
Paul Lathrop
Elliott
Tornado Toll Rises Across Iowa Missouri Nebraska Kansas
Heavy thunderstorms and six tornadoes lashed the Midwest injuring nine people and causing about 1 million dollars in rural damage. Three are missing as twisters struck near Burlington Junction Fairfax Bern St Benedicts and Nebraska City. Home farms were destroyed injuring the Clark and Stoldart families and several Louis relatives missing after a neighbor walked toward a storm. Communication lines failed and freight cars were blown from tracks.
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United Press
Midwest
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Sydney
Percival
Tarkio
Burlington Junction
Fairfax
Bern and
St. Bendtcts
Nebraska City
Neb
Researchers Open New Speed Realm
In Rosemount Minnesota scientists at the University of Minnesota Research Center introduced a wind tunnel achieving seven times the speed of sound. Head of aeronautical engineering Prof John D Akerman notes Germans could not record their Peenemunde tunnel speed. The device runs at minus 408 degrees Fahrenheit and follows prior work at four times the speed of sound.
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Peenemunde
Baltic
Rosemount
Akerman
Speedway Market Celebrates Third Anniversary
Fred J. Speed proprietor marks three years since opening June 3 1946 at the east side square. The store added refrigerated self service cases for vegetables and dairy, a meat department with Marion Thompson in charge, and updated check-out counters to speed service. The staff includes Dale Caldwell Monna Schlatter Marvilene Bence Mary Crossett Dick Minick Blaine and Maynard Goff.
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Fred J. Speed
Speedway Market
Speed
Marion Thompson
Thompson
Dale Caldwell
Monna Schlatter
Marvilene Bence
Mary Crossett
Dick Minick Blaine
Maynard Goff
Rain Totals Exceed One Inch in Washington
Over one and a half inches of rain fell in Washington over the past two days. The official weather observer counted .81 inch by 7 am and .22 inch by noon today, with .60 inch reported Tuesday night, totaling 1.03 inches since yesterday.
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Washington
Official Weather Observer
McFarlane and McFarland Families Return From Atlantic Visit
Mr and Mrs Frank McFarlane and Mr and Mrs Robert McFar land and son Robbie have returned from Atlantic where they visited with the Glenn McFar lanes.
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Frank McFarlane
Robert McFarlane
Robbie
Atlantic
Glenn McFarlanes
Isaac Wilson Dies at 64 in Ainsworth
Isaac Franklin Wilson 64 of Ainsworth died of a heart attack late Wednesday at Resthaven Nursing Home Mt. Pleasant after being cared for in a son’s home. Born Oct 17 1884 in West Chester he lived in Washington county and Wayland before moving to Ainsworth. Survived by three sons Lawrence Eugene and Roy, a brother James Pipestone Minn and six grandchildren. two brothers and two sisters are deceased. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at Sherman’s with Dr William Littlewood. burial Benson Cemetery southeast of Washington.
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Ainsworth
Resthaven
Mt. Pleasant
Mr. Wilson
Sherman
William Littlewood
Benson Cemetery
Washington
West Chester
James
Nancy Jane (Kerr) Wilson
Washington County
Wayland
Lawrence
Eugene
Roy
Pipestone
Minn
George
Laura Baker
Evelyn Wilson
Johnson Advocates Citizen Soldier for Peace at Creighton
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson told Creighton University graduates in Omaha that American strength and peace rely on a prepared citizen soldier rather than large standing armies. He urged citizens to prepare themselves, not rely on obsolete weapons, and pledged armed forces to the 72 strong America goal for a peaceful nation.
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Omaha
Neb
Louis Johnson
United States
Johnson
Creighton University
America
Plane crash near Washington ends with minor injuries
Fred Minden, manager of the Washington airport, and Evan Fishburn escaped serious harm when their Beech plane stalled near Ainsworth. They attempted a forced landing in a field south of the Charles Wolfe home, but the craft nosed over after hitting a furrow. Both men were not seriously hurt.
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Fred Minden
Washington
Evan Fishburn
Charles Wolfe
Ainsworth
Wolfe
Mr. Minden
Testimony on Missing Uranium at Hickenlooper Hearing
At a congressional hearing in Washington Rep. Charles H. Elston questioned Carroll L. Wilson about a missing quantity of uranium-235 from Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago. Wilson hinted at a fuller explanation in a closed session and confirmed outline details of a man with a grand larceny record accessing the safe. The dialogue touched on broader charges of alleged mismanagement and security lapses within the Atomic Energy Commission and the secrecy surrounding Eniwetok tests.
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Washington
Charles H. Elston
Join
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Carroll L. Wilson
Atomic Energy Commission
Wilson
Fiston
Argonne National Laboratory
Chicago
Joint Committee
David FE
Sen. Bourke Hb. Hickenlooper
Eniwetok
FBI
Sine Commission
Army
Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Bourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Joint
A.E.C
David EB. Lilienthal
A.F.C
Carroll Wilson
U.S. Atomic Energy Program
AEC
International Soundphoto
Government May Use Ships To Store Grain
The Brannan plan seeks to loan government cargo ships from the Maritime Commission to store surplus grain. Officials say only a limited operation is intended this year possibly 5 to 10 million bushels, with room for up to 100 million potential bins from reserve fleet vessels.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Charles F. Brannan
U. S Maritime Commission
Two Men Waive Hearings in DUI Case Bound Over
Richard Pollard and Leonard J. Marie appeared before the Justice of the Peace on charges of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Both were bound over to the September term of district court with Pollard released on 300 dollars bond and Marie on 500 dollars. Pollard was involved in a collision east of Washington on Wednesday May 26.
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Justice of the Peace
District Court
Richard Pollard
Washington
Leonard J. Marie
Forehead Gash Then Accident Occurs Wednesday Afternoon
A gash on his forehead was sustained in an accident that occurred at four o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
Civil Rights Bill Approved by House Sub Committee
The House labor subcommittee voted unanimously to prohibit job discrimination based on race creed or color and to create a federal fair employment practices commission with court power to enforce decisions. The measure, a major plank of the civil rights platform, faces the full labor committee next.
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House
Washington
Congress
House Labor
Fred Hawkins Hurt In Farm Accident
Fred Hawkins of the Ainsworth community was operated on at University Hospital after a Tuesday fall from a Burke McCreedy farm roof. He landed on his feet, breaking both ankles and multiple foot bones. He is said to be progressing satisfactorily but will remain confined for some time.
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Fred Hawkins
Ainsworth
University Hospital
Burke McCreedy
Mr. Hawkins
McCreedy
Town City
Hawkins
Fire damages car at Van Buren and South Marion corner
Firefighters answered an eight o clock call to extinguish a blaze in a car owned by Fred Bartow at the Van Buren Street South Marion intersection. Damage described as slight.
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Fred Bartow
van Buren Street
South Marion
Friday Y Events Plan Hikes and Swim Week at YMCA
A series of Friday YMCA events for boys begins with a grade school hike at 11 30 if weather allows. Tomorrow’s hike follows the morning session and Learn to Swim Week opens with 37 participants registered.
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Washington Ymca
Morrell and Company
Ottumwa
Silver Lake
Camp Arrowhead
Chinelar Lake
Western plan proposed for Berlin unity and four power control
The western Big Three proposed a five point plan to restore unity in Berlin under four power control after free elections. It calls for free elections, a provisional city government, a permanent city constitution, a restored four power kommandatura with limited veto powers, and equal four way sharing of occupation costs.
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Paris
Russia
Berlin
Andrei Vichinsky
Vishinsky
Council of Foreign Ministers
Moscow
Kommandatura
Drivers Fined For Stopping Violations In City Court
Four drivers were fined in city police court Wednesday evening for failing to stop at stop signs. Gerald Delong, Thomas E Murphy, Ronald Baker and Karl E Messer each paid one dollar fines at the session before Mayor Ernest Salladay.
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Gerald Delong
Thomas E. Murphy
Ronald Baker
Karl E. Messer
Ernest Salladay
Bicycle Safety Parade Entry Deadline Friday
Friday is the final time to enter bikes for the safety parade. No entries will be accepted after five p.m. According to Montgomery Ward manager Vernon Boshart the event aims to promote safe riding in Washington. The parade starts at ten at the Montgomery Ward store and ends at Central Park band stand with prizes for best decorated bikes awarded by Mayor Ernest Salladay Police Chief Carl Hancher and L. J. Kehoe.
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Vernon Boshart
Sporting Goods Department
Montgomery Ward & Co
Washington
Washington Safety Council
The
Police Department
Journal
Montgomery Ward
Central Park
Ernest Salladay
Carl Hancher
L. J. Kehoe
Probe into Bail Source for Eisler Investigators seek origin of 23500 bail for Gerhart Eisler and motives behind posting it.
House investigators plan to determine who supplied the 23500 bail for Gerhart Eisler and why. Representative Francis Walter says Chairman Wood will pursue the inquiry after Eisler announced plans to sue the United States for recovery and to reimburse the contributors.
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Sen
Styles Bridges
N. H
America
Vito Marcantonio
Alp
N. Y
House
Washington
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Francis
Walter
John S. Wood
American Activities Committee
Wood
Eisler
Germany
Supreme Court to hear Iowa land tax credit case
The Iowa agricultural land tax credit law, twice reviewed by the Iowa Supreme Court, will go to the U.S. Supreme Court for constitutionality. Laura Dickinson of Dubuque appeals, challenging repayment of public school taxes over 15 mills on farms over 10 acres. The state treasury holds 4.5 million dollars earmarked for tax credits, paused pending rulings.
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Iowa State Treasury
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