Foreign Spy Ring Found Near Oak RidgeReported
Washington March 7 House unamerican activities committee chair John S. Wood said a foreign spy ring operates between New York and Oak Ridge Tennessee where atomic bomb work is done. A committee source named Russia as likely involved. Wood hinted Americans may be involved and hearings could be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John S. Wood
House
Unamerican Activities Committee
New York
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Wood
Russia
Canada
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Radtke to Speak to Washington County Educators
L J Radtke field service representative of the Iowa State Education Association will address the Washington County Educational Council at Washington High School on March 13 at 5 50 p m He will show the motion picture Assignment Tomorrow and discuss ISEA program Teachers have gained public favor, he says in a recent interview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington County Educational Council
L. J. Radtke
Iowa State Education Association
Washington
Radtke
Wnder
National Education Association
ISEA
Mr. Radtke
J N Waldschmidt 74 Dies Near Riverside
J N Waldschmidt 74 dies at home west of Riverside after weeks of heart trouble. Born March 17 1871 on a Riverside farm he lived his life there. Survived by children Emmett Gertrude Karl Ralph Albert Lupert Florence Elaine Inez Mary Loretta Laverne and others plus siblings. 23 grandchildren. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Riverside
Joseph N. Waldschmidt
Mr. Waldschmidt
Michael
Eva Streb Waldschmidt
St. Mary's Church
Viola Kueneman
Imelda
Waldschmidt
Holy Name Society
St. Mary’s Church
Emmett
Gertrude
Karl
Ralph
Albert
Indiana
Lupert
Wellman
Florence Schieher
Elaine Miller
Inez Wright
Mary O'Neal
Iowa City
Loretta Cameron
Center Point
Laverne Schnoebelen
Davenport
William H Mitchell In Fort Dodge Hospital In Serious Condition
News comes that William H Mitchell formerly of Washington and the Havre community is in serious condition at a Fort Dodge hospital. He suffers from diabetes and had one leg amputated some time ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Mitchell
Washington
Havre
Fort Dodge
Recognition of Education in the UNO Charter
The NEA motion picture shows teachers at work in and out of their professional duties for the betterment of public schools. It highlights classroom functions training conferences and teachers speaking before service groups and legislative committees as experts in their fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNO
NEA
Damages Sought After Train Crash Demolishes Car
Edward J. Schmitt sues the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railway in district court over a November 6 1942 crossing crash southwest of Washington. He seeks 885 damages plus 5 percent interest for a car destroyed and sold for 65 as junk. attorney Edmund D. Morrison Jr represents him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward J. Schmitt
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway Company
Milwaukee
Washington
Edmund D. Morrison, Jr
Pauley Defends Navy Nomination Against Ickes Charge
Edwin W. Pauley rejected the assertion that a former oil man cannot hold the navy undersecretary post. He accused the theory as an unsupportable canard and said he will testify again as Senate hearings continue. He also addressed allegations he offered oil money to influence government title to Tideland oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edwin W. Pauley
Navy Department
Inperiom
Pauley
Ickes
California
Tideland Oil
Ivy Mena
Fears of Unrest from Starvation Warned by Anderson
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson told 38 food trades that serious political unrest abroad could follow starvation in countries hosting U.S. troops. He urged a program to ship more food, conserve supplies, and sustain 10 percent more food for Americans than in 1945. He noted world wheat shortages may extend subsidies and supported price controls while opposing ceiling removals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
Stephen Pace
House Food Investigating Committee
Sail
U. S
Carl Kelly Elected Chief of Washington Fire Department
At last night’s election in the city hall firemen quarters Carl Kelly was chosen chief succeeding the late Hal Reister. He has been acting chief since Reister’s death and served as an assistant chief for about ten years. Earl Little and Floyd Roe were elected first and second assistants, Mike Crone as secretary treasurer, and truck drivers Harry Miller and James Causey Jr. selected. Council approval required. new officers and a ~30 man department will seek approval at April meeting.
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Washington Fire Department
Carl Kelly
Hal Reister
Mr. Reister
Mr. Kelly
Earl Little
Floyd Roe
Mike Crone
Harry Miller
James Cause
Ickes Speculates On Petroleum Policy Failures
The article questions the strategy of petroleum policy leaders and criticizes followers of a controversial philosophy. It calls for plain clear language to explain what is wrong with current approaches and proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iety
Ickes
Death of N O Loughlin aged 88 in Des Moines
N O Loughlin 88 died at 6 30 this morning in Des Moines. The body goes to L A Jones funeral home for plans. He was born at Richmond Iowa Aug 15 1857 and was a farmer in Washington and Jefferson counties. He is survived by wife Etta McFarland O Loughlin and a sister, plus children from a prior marriage. An 1892 Wyoming to Cheyenne overland trip is noted.
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Newton O'Loughlin
Des Moines
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Mr. O'Loughlin
John O'Loughlin
Richmond
Iowa
Christian Church
Washington
Jefferson Counties
East Second Street
Etta McFarland O'Loughlin
Will Horrell
Mitchell, S Dak
Soviet troop movements widen as Iran crisis drags on
An American officer reports one division of Russian troops moving north from Iran while forces along the Caspian south shore near Tehran show no evacuation signs. Russians drill for oil near Bandar Shah as dispatches note movements from Tabriz, Azerbaijan.
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Ministry of War
Iran
Samnan
Meshed
Shahrad
Caspian Sea
Tehran
Bandar Shah
Tabriz
Azerbaijan
Young Wife Esther Walker Dies of Heart Attack
Esther Juanita Lenninger Walker 20 died suddenly at 7 50 this morning at home 30344 East Second Street Washington. She married Thomas Walker last fall. Funeral arrangements with L A Jones. Survived by husband mother Anna Lenninger four brothers and four sisters. She was born January 28 1925 in Keota and graduated Washington High School 1944. She lived in Washington ten years and worked as cashier and at Curran Company office. She attended Methodist church.
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Esther Walker
Thomas Walker
Second Street
Mr. Walker
L. A. Jones Funeral Home
Dell Walker
California
Esther Juanita Lenninger
Keota
Charles
Anna Lenninger
Washington
Washington High School
Iowa City
Curran Company
LeRoy
Richard Robert Lenninger
Rdnen
Edward
Davenport
Robert Lenninger
Harry Heisdorffer
Raymond Baumert
Kinross
Howard Snyder
James Batterson
Iowa Kidnapers Held in Chicago
Chief R W Nebergall of the Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation said three Chicago arrests likely include the Iowa kidnaping suspects of highway patrolman John Mahnke. Mahnke was seized near Denison on November 28 1945, forced into a car, taken to a Hartley area school house, handcuffed to a stove, and freed after seven hours. He has since left the patrol and works at a Denison bottling works.
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Des Moines
Iowa
R. W. Nebergall
Iowa Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Chicago
John Mahnke
Mahnke
Denis
Tlartley
Denison
Divorce Granted to Mildred O'Brien in O'Brien suit
Judge Frank Sechly yesterday granted a decree of divorce to Mildred O'Brien in her action against James O'Brien. The decision ends the marriage between the two in the court ruling.
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Frank Sechly
Mildred O'Brien
James O’brien
Blattner Hurt When Hit by Car Near East Washington
Andy Blattner, 77, was seriously injured around 10 39 p m when struck by a car on East Washington street near Highway 92. He was taken to the county hospital and was unconscious most of the time at noon. He walked with a blind companion Keith Coakley when hit by Cloyce Rathmell's car near the Harry Ramseyer property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Blattner
East Washington Street
Keith Coakley
Harry Ramseyer
Red Cross Seeks Knitted Garments from Local Chapter
The Red Cross knitting division asks local women to convert all yarn on hand into coats sweaters and socks. The committee led by Mrs John Cherry Ella Gordon and Mrs T F Barker urges shipments in small quantities and notes the Atchison shop office is open Tue Wed and Fri afternoons. The appeal emphasizes aiding military and veterans hospitals and using yarn assigned to chapters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
John Cherry
Ella Gordon
T. F Barker
Atchison
American Red Cross
Custody Granted After Fort Madison Detention
A plaintiff awarded custody of two minor children following a confinement period at the state penitentiary in Fort Madison. The ruling implies ongoing care provisions and welfare considerations for the minors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fendant
State Penitentiary
Fort Madison
Agreement Reached on Wage Scale
United Press reports a nationwide telephone tieup was averted as the NFTW and American Telephone and Telegraph reached a weekly wage increase of 5 to 8 dollars. President Truman plans an emergency board to head off a railroad strike, with service partially disrupted in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh before restoration. The move could delay the 400,000 railroad workers for 30 to 60 days. Other notes include settling a Western Electric strike in Kearney New Jersey and a picket-line clash at Hicks Body Co. in Lebanon Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Alexander F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Cleveland
Ohio
Truman
National Federation of Telephone Workers
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Edgar L. Warren
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
White House
Warren
NFTW
Western Electric Co
Kearney
N. J
Hicks Body Co
Lebanon
Ind
Housing Bill Is Passed in House
The House approved a diluted Patman housing bill by a 357 to 24 vote to speed construction and expand government mortgage insurance by 1 billion dollars. Rep. Jessie Sumner opposed shelving the measure, but her motion failed. The bill sets price ceilings on new homes, limits scarce materials, grants veterans purchasing preferences, and gives administrators broad control over agencies to accelerate housing supply.
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Washington
House
Jessie Sumner
Truman
Wilson W. Wyatt
Wyatt
Senate
LaBarge Wyoming Claims Nation's Largest Shallow Oil Field
In Lincoln county Wyoming the northeast corner town of LaBarge is described as having the nation's largest shallow oil field. Local officials and oil industry observers note extensive oil deposits and potential for further development in the area.
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LaBarge
Lincoln County
Wyo
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National Beer Wholesalers Association
Hopkins
Carl Kelly Fire Dept
N. O'Loughlin
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Turkey
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Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
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