Accuser Admits Perjury in Hiss Trial Confession
Whitaker Chambers confessed under cross examination that he lied to the federal grand jury that indicted Alger Hiss. The admission came during the fourth day of the perjury trial as defense lawyer Lloyd Paul Stryker pressed him about past meetings with Adolf Berle and alleged Soviet ties in Brooklyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Chambers
Imunist
Hiss
States Department
Stryker
Grand Jury
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Federal Grand Jury
Samuel H. Kaufman
Adolf A. Berle
White House
Col. Bykov
Bykov
Brooklyn
Boris Bykov
State Department
Soviet Russia
International
Financier Giannini Dies at 79 in Hillsborough California
Peter Giannini founder of Transamerica and head of Bank of America era dies at 79 after four weeks with a cold. He rose from a poor farm boy to lead a vast western banking empire and spurn bonuses from his companies. He was born in San Jose May 6 1870.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsborough
Calif
Adeo
Peter Giannini
Giannini
Gianninit
Bank of America
TransAmerica Corporation
San Jose
Genoa
Italy
Marriage license issued to Fry and Sleichter in Kalona
A marriage license was issued Thursday afternoon to Earl D. Fry and Norma Sleichter, both residents of Kalona. The pair are named in the official record as the applicants for marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl D. Fry
Norma Sleichter
Kalona
Pratt Couple Prepare Return to Bradenton After Visit
Mr and Mrs C A Pratt plan to return soon to their Bradenton Florida home after visiting here with relatives and friends.
Des Moines Area Weather Outlook
Hardy cloudy skies with sun mixed this afternoon and tomorrow. Winds around 10 mph today. Highs near 78 to 86. Tonight cooler in southeast with lows 46 to 52, northern areas 46 to 52 and southern 55 to 60. Tomorrow highs about 72 to 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Rommel Takes Over Box Lunch on North Marion
Alvin Rommel former proprietor of the State Cafe has assumed active management of the Box Lunch on North Marion Avenue. He completed the purchase from L D Utterback and plans for changes are not yet finalized but will be announced in a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Rommel
State Cafe
North Marion Avenue
Rommel
L. D. Utterback
FBI Chief Faces Jail Term Over Suppressed FBI Records
Federal Judge held Chicago FBI Chief George R. McSwain in contempt for refusing to produce confidential FBI records in the Touhy case. McSwain was sentenced to custody of the attorney general until he complies, amid a dispute over the 1933 Fac tor kidnapping and potential dangers from disclosure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
FBI
George R. McSwain
John P Barnes
McEwain
McSwain
Roger
Roger (the Terrible) Touhy That State and Federal Officers Connived With Touhy
Touhy
John
Jake the Barber
Robert Johnstone
U.S
Otto Kerner, Jr
Parnes
U. S
Center
F.B.T
Towhy
BI Records
International Soundphotos
Jake the Bather
Roger Touhy
Sixteen Arrested in French Plot Against Army
PARIS June 3 The interior ministry announced the seizure of two busloads of arms and the arrest of sixteen people after an investigation into an alleged plot to demoralize the French army. Among the detainees were three high officials linked to De Gaulle's rally, including a member of his private protective police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pariqa
Yen Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Interior Ministry
Paris
Perigeux
France
Democrats Offer Concessions for Taft Hartley Repeal
Senate Democrats offer five amendments aimed at Taft Hartley repeal including government seizure of plants for 90 days, a ban on union refusal to bargain, guaranteed employer speech rights, union financial disclosures, and officer oaths against communism. Truman urged action while debate looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sam Rayburn
House
Alben W Barkley
Truman
National Labor Relations Board
Dr M L Phelps To Address Washington Rotary
Dr M L Phelps of Denver will speak at the Washington Rotary club meeting next Monday noon at the YMCA. He currently serves on the policy committee of the American Medical Association regarding the proposed socialized medicine project and will discuss that topic at the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Phelps
Denver
Cole
Richard MecCleery
Washington Rotary Club
YMCA
American Medical Association
Admit Planting Bomb on Plane Explodes Killing 18
Two men confess to planting a time bomb on a Philippine Airlines airliner that disappeared May 7 en route from Daet to Manila and exploded over the sea. Ludvig Sundeen, 48, a mining engineer, and Richard Parker, 25, were aboard the doomed craft. Investigators said charges will be filed against the pair and two others implicated. evidence points to a mastermind among the plotters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Daet
Camarines Norte
Philippine Airlines
Ludvig Sundeen
Litchfield
Minn
Richard Parker
Rochester
N. Y
National Bureau of Investigation
Farm Event Postponed to June 18 at Kennedy Property
A gathering at the Charles Kennedy farm originally planned for next Monday has been postponed by one week and is now set for Monday June 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kennedy Farm
County Homemakers To See Palmer Home
Washington county homemakers and their husbands will visit the Fred Palmer home on June 14 for an open house highlighting household storage facilities. Mrs. Richard Stephens, county chairman of the Farm Bureau women’s committee, said the event caps a year of Family Living emphasis on planning adequate home storage. The Palmers are thanked for their generosity, with committee members including Mrs. Keith Barnes, Mrs. Chester Piper, Mrs. Paul Beard, and Mrs. William Crayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County
Fred Palmer
Richard Stephens
Farm Bureau
Palmers
Stephens
Keith Barnes
Brighton
Chester Piper
Paul Beard
Ainsworth
William Crayne
Washington
Mrs Twinam Named Master Farm Homemakers Guild Honoree
Merle Twinam of a Crawfordsville area farm is among five women chosen for the Master Farm Homemakers Guild of Town for 1949 by Wallaces Farmer and Iowa Homestead. The recognition luncheon in Des Moines honored the group of 35 women based on nominations by friends, scoring, and outside judges. Also named were Mrs O Neil Terril, Mrs Earl Dean Mason City, Mrs Arthur Tibben Victor, and Mrs LeRoy Witmer Tipton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Twinam
Crawfordsville
Wallaces
Iowa
Master Farm Homemakers Guild of Town
Des Moines
Master Farm Homemakers Guild
Master Farmers Organization
Wallares Farmer
Iowa Homestead
Friends
Louise Rosenfeld
Town State College
Mabel Hewitt
Fannie Gannon
Charles
Virginia Wl
Earl Dean
Mason City
Arthur Tibben Victor
LeRoy Witmer
Tipton
Corn led the nation in canning last year surpassing other vegetables
The report shows production of corn canned domestically exceeded all other vegetables in the previous year, reflecting strong processing demand. Industry data tallies canning output by crop, with corn topping the list and contributing to overall preservation trends.
Mrs Mary Drish 88 Taken at Brighton
Mrs Mary T Drish 88 died at home southwest of Brighton after five weeks illness. Funeral at Polishville Catholic church Saturday at 9 am with Rev Paul Wetzstein. burial in local cemetery. Born in Poland Oct 24 1860 she came to the U S at 19 and married Frank Crish in 1880. Survived by eight children, twenty grandchildren, five great grandchildren, two sisters and several relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Mary T. Drish
Paul Wetzstein
Omer Hoskins
Drish
Poland
Paul
Caroline Widlock
Frank Crish
Sophia Peck
Richland
Agnes Wiora
Julia Viora
Catheryn Paldaus
Chicago
Vincent Crish
Fairfield
Southwest
Lawrence
Sophia Polus
Alvina Puzik
Baptist Association Meets Sunday in Washington Church
The First Baptist Church of Washington hosts the Washington Baptist Association for a Sunday gathering. A pot luck supper at six precedes a joint youth session at seven in the prayer room and a general assembly at seven thirty in the auditorium featuring devotionals, pictures, and a sound slide on Esther. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church of Washington
Washington Baptist Association
General Assembly
Esther
Military Heads Meet in Berlin
Berlin four military commanders scheduled to meet for the first time since the Russians quit the Kommandatura last June. The talks focus on a 14 day old strike by west sector German railway workers that halted elevation train traffic and canceled trains in western Germany. The Russians invited the United States Britain and France after workers rejected a Soviet offered settlement paying 60 percent in western marks. The workers voted 123477 to 298 against the offer. they demand full pay in western marks worth four times eastern marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Berlin
Kommandatura
Western Rermenny
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Two men fined for reckless driving in H M Putnam court
Payne Thompson of Keota received a $50 fine and Austin L. Moore of Waterloo paid a $25 fine, totaling $75, after arraignment before H. M. Putnam earlier this week on reckless driving charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. M. Putnam
Payne Thompson
Keota
Austin L. Moore
Waterloo
Escaped Convicts Flee as Farm Couple Killed Nearby
Fourteen long term inmates hacked from West Virginia State Penitentiary and fled after a guard was overpowered. A Carrollton Ohio couple, John and [wife] George, were shot to death at their home within hours, with investigators linking the crime to the jailbreak and noting the killer wore a black cap. Police set roadblocks across three states as search intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moundsville
W. Va
West Virginia State Penitentiary
Carrolton
Frank David Roberts
West Virginia State Police
John George
George
Georges
Carrollton
Oral Skeen
Jackie James
James
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Disabled Tanker Lineo Sinks in Heavy Seas Off Florida
The 19,000 ton tanker SS Flagship Lineo flooded engine room with 12 feet of water and rode 15 foot waves in 20 to 30 knot winds 125 miles off the south Atlantic coast. A navy Dumbo plane could not land and the Dela ware Sun and another vessel stood by as distress signals grew feeble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
Lineo
South Atlantic
Delaware Sun
Sinen
Change Hours for St. James Services
St James Catholic Church shifts to summer mass times starting Sunday June 5 with services at six seven and nine in the morning Benediction follows the nine o clock mass announced by Rev H J Corcoran pastor of the church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. James Catholic Church
H. J. Corcoran
Dr Harper Warns Graduates to Guard Freedom
Dr Earl B Harper spoke at Washington high school and junior college commencement urging graduates to defend freedom. He warned of three blocks to freedom: denial of justice, suppression of speech, and erosion of ethics, urging active defense of rights for all Americans. Scholarships were awarded to Ronald Baker, David Chilcote, and James Dawson, with graduates listed from the high school class of 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl B. Harper
State University of Town
Washington High School
Junior College
Harper
Methodist Church
Dr. Harper
Europe
Marion S. George
Board of Education
Roy B. Minnis
Mr. George
Trin
Maynard Goff, Jr
America
Supt. M. Michell
Legion Auxiliary
Washington Junior College
Ronald Baker
American Legion
David Chilcote
James Dawson
George W and
Ella. Griffith
Elizabeth J. Applegate Ronald Gene Baker Donald Dean Bartholomew
Ruth E. Bartow
Naomi Mae Bell
Robert Bence
Martha Lou Benge
Patricia Brewer Patricia Alice Brown
Marilyn Jane Caldwell Raymond Earl Carter
David Owen Chilcote Donna Joan Crowe
Barbara Ann Dare James Henry Dawson Kenneth Lee Fenn Kathryn Evonne Flynn
Lucille June Franzen Harold Ralph Gamon John EF. Gault Rarphara
Jean Godwin
Virginia Ann Griggs
Carla Jean Guther
Andrew J Hanter Norman Richard Havel Robert Neil Havel
Harry Dean Hines John Leonard Holcomb
Ann Houck
Fdward
Ernest Jarrard Norman Dean Jarvis
Anne Marie Johnson John Charles Kennedy
Robert F Kleese Charlotte
Rene Little William
Tierd
Jean Marie McKinney
Rmeorgia Ane
Marshall Richard 1
Maxwell Roselyn Mae Mayer
Edith E. Miller
Ruth Trene Miller Joyce Flaine Montgomery Retty Lean Nelson Paul FL Nelson
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Alger
G-Man
W. Stuart Symington
Air Force
Carl Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Defense
Louis Johnson
Eberharter
Pennsylvania Railroad
Herman P. Eberharter
Senate Judiciary
Thethacher
Rotary
Palmer
Mrs. Twinam
Mary Drish
Baptist Association
Virginia
St. James Services
Richard S. Dare
Richard T. Doddar
Keith R. Duncan
Robert M. Ellyson
Evan 10. Fishburn
John H. Green
Paul H. Maxwell Robert J. Noonan Leland E. Schmitt
Francis P. Schneider Robert C. Steele
Eugene H. Wead
Edna Mercer
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