House orders probing the B-36 purchase questions
The House unanimously passes a resolution for a searching investigation by the Armed Services Committee into B-36 procurement and the Air Force’s choice of the six engine bomber as its primary striking weapon. Rep. Van Zandt cites rumors involving defense officials and defense policy debates.
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Air Force
House
Armed Services Committee
James E. van Zandt
Defense
Louis Johnson
W. Stuart Symington
Arthur H. Vandenburg
Mich
Senate
Miners Ordered to Leave Jobs Next Week
John L. Lewis ordered all coal miners to stop work next Monday for one week in both soft and hard coal fields. He cited instability from current production and said the union authorizes a brief stabilizing period of inaction amid ongoing contract talks with parts of the soft coal industry.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Mine Workers Union
Des Moines Weather Summary
Mostly cloudy this afternoon tonight and tomorrow with scattered showers across parts of Iowa. Highs 65 to 75 today with 55 to 65 in the northeast and 86 in the southwest tomorrow. Southeast winds 18 to 22 mph today shifting to south-southeast 20 to 25 mph tomorrow.
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Des Moines
New DVM D W Gregory Opens Washington Veterinary Practice
Dr D W Gregory DVM native of Cheney Kansas arrives in Washington to work with Dr Fred E Reid in his established veterinary office. He brings a long background in poultry diseases, military service, and advanced degrees from Kansas State NC State and Minnesota. Mrs Gregory and two children accompany him staying with relatives in St Paul Minn until a home is found.
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David W. Gregory
Cheney, Kansas
Washington
Fred E. Reid
Gregory
Panama Canal Zone
American Bible Society
North Carolina State College
Kansas State College
North Carolina State
Kansas State
University of Minnesota
Reid
Mrs. Gregory
Paula Jean
Ronald
St. Paul, Minn
Dr. Gregory
Fire damages Coppock home. roof destroyed
A fire at a Coppock residence was reported at nine this morning. Firefighters gained control by eleven as wind complicated efforts. The Van Sants had earlier started a small fire. an REA man noticed smoke and alerted Gleede Coldin Coppock. Loss partially insured and thought caused by a defective flue.
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van Sants
REA
Mt. Pleasant
Gleede
No Motive In Slaying of Mason City Man
Marshall county authorities obtained a second confession from Alvin Junior Brown 20 Tulsa Oklahoma in the Mason City hitchhike slaying case County Attorney E W Adams said charges including first degree murder would be filed Brown provided new details of the ride during which William J Muldoon a Mason City painting specialist was shot twice Brown gave no motive for the first shooting saying the fatal shot was fired during a struggle for the gun He said he ran away from his wife and four month old baby in April and wished to go home but felt unfit to return
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Marshalltown
Marshall County
E. W. Adams
Adams
Alvin Junior Brown
Tulsa
Okla
Harry Jennings
Brown
Mason City
William J Muldoon
Jennings
Marriage license issued at court to McAllister of Winfield
A marriage license was issued today at the courthouse to Ray mond W. McAllister of Winfield. The record notes his name and residence as part of the official filing.
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Court House
Raymond W. McAllister
Winfield
Taxpayers Cover Part of Congress Recordings Costs
The House Appropriations Committee disclosed that taxpayers funded part of recordings made by members of Congress for home broadcasts, totaling $15,824 in the first nine months of the fiscal year. The panel urged self funding of the operation and noted other budget items within a $62,200,705 fiscal 1950 legislative appropriation bill.
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Vandenberg
Economic Co-operation Administration
GOP
Congress
ECA
Paul C Hoffman
Senate Appropriations Committee
Hoffman
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
General Tax Fund
End Learn-to-Swim Week at the YWCA Saturday
Learn-to-swim week ends at the YWCA this Saturday with over 495 girls in daily classes. A Saturday demonstration plan will be announced later. Regular pool hours resume Friday 4 pm, but Friday evening Y-Teeners take precedence and YWCA swimming is closed.
Mrs. Butner Joins Upper Iowa Faculty for 1949 Summer
Irma N. Butner, social science teacher at Washington junior college, joins Upper Iowa University to teach political and social science during the 1949 summer session. She holds a BA from Iowa State Teachers College and an MA from the State University of Iowa after teaching at Neola Earnham Lake City Gladbrook Waterloo and Washington.
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Irma N. Butner
Washington Junior College
Upper Iowa University
Butner
Iowa State Teachers College
The
State University of Iowa
Neola
Earnham
Lake City
Gladbrook
Waterloo
Washington
FBI Data in Espionage Trial Airing of Memo Slips Set
Federal Judge Al bert Reeves allowed defense to submit twelve secret FBI memorandum slips on communist espionage as evidence in Judith Coplon’s trial. Prosecutor John M. Kelley warned publication would harm national security, but Reeves ruled otherwise. The government said Russian business agents shipped scientific instruments for atomic research to Russia without export clearance. Coplon, 28, a former Justice Department analyst, is accused of stealing the slips and other data for Russia. Val Y hin e, a suspended UN employee, was arrested with her.
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Washington
FBI
U.S
Judith Coplon
Attorne Archibald Palmer
Albert L. Reeves
John M. Kelley
Reeves
U. S
Russia
Miss Coplon
Justice Department
Thursday Mixed Swimming Schedule For Schools
Thursday is mixed swimming day with grade school morning sessions junior high in afternoon and high school and above in evening Exact times to be printed later The high school and above rate is 20 cents per swim but activity tickets cover swims without extra charge Two dollar tickets cover only pool use Private instruction offered by lifeguards Marilyn Cook and Jane Whitehead two hours weekly Tuesday and Friday afternoons 1 0% to 2 00
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Marilyn Cook
Jane Whitehead
Farmers Set to Use Federal Aid for More Grain Cribs
Washington officials predict a wave of storage expansion as farmers rush to build cribs and bins under the new farm storage program. The plan offers partial price supports on distress wheat and up to 90 percent loans for constructing storage with four percent interest over five years to bolster market prices amid a looming record wheat crop.
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Washington
Charles F. Brannan
Agriculture Department
Banksy Ta
Corn Resealing Program Offered To U S Farmers
Howard L. Witting announces a USDA corn resealing program allowing 1948 crop loans to mature July 1950 or purchase agreements to mature July 31 1959. Farmers extending loans get a 10 cent storage payment per bushel. action aims to slow market movement. Deadline dates include October 31 1949 for loan extensions and June 30 1949 for loan or purchase agreement placement.
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Howard L. Witting
Washington
CCC
AAA
Potato chip industry uses twenty billion bushels in 1948
In 1948 the potato chip industry consumed about 20,000,000,000 bushels of potatoes.
Hickenlooper Attacks Norwegian Atomic Materials Shipment
Sen Bourke Hickenlooper accused the Atomic Energy Commission of endangering safety by sending radioactive isotopes to Norway for military research. He cited alleged violations of program rules and questioned the loyalty and clearance process behind a case labeled Case A.
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Hickenlooper
Norway
Washington
CAP
Sen Bourke
Iowa
Atomic Energy Commission
House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee
David BE
Lilienthal Lilienthal
Truman
Polish Student Is Speaker at Ys Men’s Club Meeting
Janusz Zawodny a State University of Iowa senior and Po land native spoke to the Washington Y s Men s club on conditions behind the iron curtain and his World War II allied efforts. Richard E Sweitzer introduced him. Irvin Rich arranged the program with Roy.
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Janusz Zawodny
Poland
State University of Iowa
Washington Y
Zawodny
Richard E. Sweitzer
Italy
Irvin Rich
Roy
Wagner to quit. son to run for aging senator
Robert F. Wagner 72 plans resignation before July 6 to allow a successor elected next November. His son Robert F. Wagner Jr. 39, former State Assemblyman and World War II veteran, is believed the likely Democratic candidate. If Wagner quits after July 6, Governor Dewey would name a successor. Wagner Jr. is a New York City Plan commissioner.
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Robert F. Wagner
Robert F. Wagner, Jr
New York State
Wagner
Thomas E. Dewey
Wagner, Jr
New York City
International
Western observers foresee failure of big four talks in a week
Western observers in Paris expect the Big Four foreign minsters council to collapse within a week. Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky likely to denounce Western plans for a single German government and veto abolition. The West urges accelerating West Germany state plans as a Berlin standoff grows. Berlin border guards blocked CARE relief trucks. U S envoy Stuart to travel from Nanking to Shanghai before returning to the United States.
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Paris
Big Four
Council of Foreign Ministers
Germany
Andrei Vishinsky
Berlin
Dean Acheson
Acheson
American Care Relief Agency
Blackpool
Eng
Herbert Morrison
Labor Party
Britain
Nanking
U. S
Jo Leighton Stuart
Shanghai
United States
Truman
Two Washington Counts Students Named for Iowa Graduation
Mareia I. Masson of Washington and Richard O. Beck of Kalona were announced as candidates for B A degrees at the University of Iowa graduation exercises. The list names two more Washington County residents among the degree recipients.
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Washington Counts
University of Iowa
Mareia I. Masson
Washington
Richard O. Beck
Kalona
Dismissal Filed in District Court Case
A dismissal has been filed in district court in the ongoing case heard here. The document signals a procedural step toward closing or narrowing the issues in the litigation, with the court likely to review the motion and issue a ruling.
Fields acting as chairman in the absence of the program chair man
Fields serves as chairman while the program chair remains absent. The assignment shifts leadership to maintain meeting flow and decision making, with Fields guiding agenda and facilitating discussions as interim chair.
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Fields
Camp Reservations Must Be Made Soon
Washington boys desiring to attend the Ottumwa YMCA Camp in July should make their reservations immediately. Artemas Brown reported that Ottumwa has only a few vacancies left before applications are turned down. Thirteen local boys have signed to go to the camp this summer and more have expressed intent.
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Washington
Ottumwa
Artemas Brown
Brown
Harold Anderson Named LOOF Noble Grand in Local Lodge
Harold Anderson was named noble grand at the LOOF election during Tuesday evenings regular lodge meeting. Jesse Stout was chosen as vice grand. Work in the second degree was conducted and plans were made for third degree work next week. Cloyce Horsey led refreshments at the close of the meeting.
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Harold Anderson
Jesse Stout
Cloyce Horsey
Newton Boy Four Shot to Death
A seven-year-old boy, Tate Stevens, told deputies the shotgun shooting of his four-year-old brother Lester was done in play. Jasper County Coroner Ralph Toland said Lester Stevens died from shotgun wounds found near the family home, with initial reports of a fall revised after pellets were discovered. The mother was shopping at the time.
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Newton
Hes
Ray &. Barber
Tate Stevens
Lester
Jasper County
Ralph Toland
Toland
Lester Stevens
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Coppock
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Western Union
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Wooley of
Crawfordsville
Mrs. Butner
Upper Iowa
Miss Co Ien
New York
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Y’s
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Carlos HL Walling
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