Typewriter match ties Mrs Hiss to key Alger Hiss documents
FBI expert testified 64 typed sheets in the Alger Hiss case were produced on the same Woodstock typewriter used by Mrs. Hiss for letters in the 1930s. The government says those copies contained state department secrets passed to Whittaker Chambers for a Soviet agent.
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New York
FBI
Alger Hiss
Ame
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
Feehan
Lloyd Paul Stryker
State Department
Eperts
Washington
Bryn Mawr
Philadelphia Free Library
Defense
Federal kidnapping warrant issued for Arthur Bistram
A federal kidnapping warrant and removal order were signed for Arthur Bistram, 37, St. Paul Minnesota, by Judge James A Donohoe. Bistram and two others are accused in the abduction of Ralph Senn. The trio faces trial in Fargo North Dakota after removal from Oklahoma?
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Omaha
Neb
Arthur Bistram
St. Paul
Pistram
Carl
Allen Hartman
Ralph Senn
Mandan
N. D
Des Moines Weather Forecast Shows Warmth and Winds
Des Moines area reports generally fair conditions today and tomorrow with warmer readings in east and south central parts. Highs range from the mid 80s to around 90, tonight's lows about 59 to 67, and southerly winds up to 30 mph tonight and 25 mph tomorrow. Wednesday's forecast calls for a high near 83 and a low around 58.
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Des Moines
Nordyke Elected to Los Angeles Women's Club Board
Grace D Nordyke daughter of Mrs Emma Nordyke of Washington is elected director of the Los Angeles California Business and Professional Women's Club She will act as secretary for the coming year and join the executive board for three years She has led Iowa clubs and chaired the radio committee for the LA group with broadcasts from Columbia Square Hollywood Installation is set for June 1 at the Biltmore Hotel Nordyke previously worked five years at the Iowa State Department of Public Instruction and now serves as secretary to a California Bank vice president in Hollywood California
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Grace D. Nordyke
Emma Nordyke
Washington
Los Angeles
Calig, Business and
Professional Women's Club
Miss Nordyke
Des Moines
Webster City
Iowa
Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Iowa Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs
Columbia Square
Hollywood
Raintow
Biltmore Hotel
Iowa State Department of Public Instruction
California
California Bank
Calif
Truman Renews Support of Farm Subsidy Plan
President Truman reaffirmed support for the Brannan farm subsidy plan, stating it should pass this or the next session of Congress. He said parts may wait but the program would be completed before the 81st Congress ends, denying claims the move is timed for political gain.
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Truman
Washington
Congress
Charles Brannan
Brannan
Red Cross Chapter Appeals for Help Finishing Quotas
Winnie F Beiter reports a grateful note from Alton Illinois where the Red Cross sent clothing after a tornado and says supplies were badly needed. County quotas show bathrobes finished and only a few layettes remain while 30 pairs of slippers are still required for veterans hospitals.
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Winnie F. Beiter
Washington County Red Cross
Alton
Ill
Red Cross
John Cherry
Veterans
Red Cross Office
Group to Buy Site for Home for the Aged in Washington
Local business and professionals raise funds to purchase three-tract site south of Washington County hospital for a proposed United Presbyterian Home for the aged. John Owen announces completion of purchase plan after option notices and state aid via bequests. committee eyes landscaping and one-story fireproof cottages.
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Washington
South Lawa Avenue
Washington Home Association
South
Washington County Hospital
Robert Day
Samuel Simmering
Fred Wagner
Iowa Avenue
Simmering
Wagner
Bob Hartsell Marks First Anniversary Pig Stand
Today marks the first anniversary of the Hartsell Pic Stand on Highway 92 one mile east. The Pig Stand opened June 16, 1948 offering sandwiches short orders complete dinners and carhop service and has drawn steady patronage, with the Bar-B-Q feature especially popular.
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Bob Hartsell
Hartsell
Highway 92
Arraign Girl in Waitkus Shooting
Ruth Steinhagen, 19, was arraigned on a charge of attempting to kill Eddie Waitkus. she expressed remorse then told a psychiatrist she would have killed someone else if not for the shot. Bond set at 25000. judge ordered examination at Cook County Behavior Clinic and continued the case to June 30. She wept and told reporters she realized what she had done.
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Chicago
Ruth Steinhagen
Eddie Waitkus
Philadelphia Phillies
William H. Haines
Waitkus
Matthew T Hartigan
George Bieber
Cook County Behavior Clinic
Phil Cavarretta
Cubs
Dr l L. Be Brown
Masonic Hospital
Cavarretta
Phils
International Soundphoto
Blast Wrecks Home Kills Young Farmer
A gas explosion at a Waterloo area farm killed 26 year old Roder Rottinghaus and injured others while a nearby blast wrecked a home where a young farmer Waitkus faced possible murder charges if he dies. Doctors say Waitkus has a 50-50 chance of surviving with oxygen support.
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Waterloo
Roder
Rottinghaus
Ick
Pital
Hen Produces About 200 Eggs a Year in PES Output
An average laying hen producing roughly 200 eggs yearly yields nearly five times her body weight in PES.
Russians Bar Allied Vehicles From Road To Western Germany
Berlin reports say the Russians halted all allied auto traffic leaving Berlin for four hours then lifted the measure claiming it was a mistake. Col. J T Duke said vehicles were turned back at the soviet checkpoint outside Berlin for lacking Russian signed passes while trains between West Germany and Berlin remained halted amid a rail strike.
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Germany
Berlin
J. T. Duke
Duke
Western Germany
West Berlin
West Germany
Bogan to Head GOP Publicity
Gerald Bogan a Des Moines newsman was named state publicity and public relations director for the Republican party announced by State Chairman Whitney Gilliland. He will assume duties July 1 succeeding Robert Klauer who resigned last March. He has six years in Des Moines news service and earlier held UP leadership roles.
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Des Moines
Gerald Bogan
Republican Party
Whitney Gilliland
Robert Klauer
Clarinda
Towa
United Press
Iowa Daily Press Association
YMCA Hike Plans For Friday Overnight Outing
Grade school and junior high boys intending to join the YMCA overnight hike must bring all equipment to the YMCA by 10:20 Friday morning. Don Wilson in charge reports tents will be available for everyone and urges boys with tents to contact him to borrow additional ones if needed.
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YMCA
Don Wilson
Mr. Wilson
State VFW Meet Opens With Delegates From Washington
OTTUMWA Iowa veterans gather at a naval base for the Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. Delegates include Commander Raymond Glasgow Marsh Atkinson Everett R Burham and Milo Steele Jr alternates Dale Atkinson Bernard Weiss. VEW auxiliary representatives will also attend. events center on resolutions about federal pensions for able bodied veterans and auto license relief for amputees amid calls to reapportion state legislative seats. Three candidates contest junior vice commander as Creston selects future leaders.
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VEFW
Washington
Raymond Glasgow
Marsh Atkinson
Everett R Burham
Milo Steele, Jr
Dale Atkinson
Ottumwa
Iowa Veterans of Foreign Wars
Naval Base
Here
Iowa
VFW
Veterans Administration
George Hartnett
Hubert Opsaht
Deborah
Clifford Dawson
Davenport
Paul Conway
Creston
Worth Karns
Joseph McGlade
Waterloo
Sergeant O Leary Returns to Jail in Military Pretense Case
Sibley Iowa police report "Sergeant O Leary" once a noted phony army recruiter back in jail on a charge of obtaining property by false pretenses. Donald E. Taylor 48 arrived with a wheelchair and crutches posing as a disabled veteran. He previously enlisted boys using forged government blanks and fled with 35 youths.
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Osceola County
Taylor
American Legion
Sibley
Taylors
Bugs
Wisconsin
Eldora
O'Leary
Enlst
Army
Des Moines
Council Bluffs Man Heads Iowa Masons
Don Carpenter of Council Bluffs was named grand master of the Iowa Masons after the grand lodge elected Burlington as the 1950 convention site. Other officers elected include Harry Downs, Foster Iddings, C D Cox, and Earl Delzell, with Charles Clark reappointed on the board of custodians.
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Cedar Rapids
Don Carpenter
Council Bluffs
Iowa Masons
Grand Lodge
Burlington
Carpenter
Iowa
Charles Clark
Towa Lodge
Clark
Harry Downs
Greene
Foster Iddings
Sioux City
C D. Cox
Ottumwa
Earl Delzell
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Ence
Red Cross Chapter
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Tion
John Owen
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L. J. Kehoe
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Washington Chamber of Commerce
Harriet Coulter
Henry Briley
M. L McCreedy
George Kerr
Sam Turkington
L. H. Orr
Dream
Come
United Presbyterian Home
Washington Home
Josephine B Elder
Stanley Richards
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S. W. Livingston
Rovertway L
Claude Tucker
Roger Sherman
Washington State Bank
Julius Kunik
Robert Arthur Earle F. Libe
Walter Farrell
Eddie
Walter
Rita
John Boyle
Hartigan
Ilinois Masonic Hospital
Boyle
Helmstedt
Bigs Four Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
Bogan
GOP Publicity
and Bernard Weiss
VEW
Sions
Springfield
Mass
Anna M. Ally
Main Street
Nashua
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