Communist Spies Seek Atom Data in US
Washington report says Rep John E Rankin claims American communists on federal payroll assist Russian atomic spy ring seeking secrets of the atom bomb. House committee leaders cite Oak Ridge security probes and possible involvement of international scientific societies in espionage.
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Washington
John E. Rankin
Miss
House
Unamerican Activities Committee
John 8. Wood
Karl E. Mundt
J. Parnell Thomas
N. J
Thomas
Mundt
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Atom Bom
Tbut
United States
Russia
Funeral services announced for two local residents
Funeral services for Mrs. Thomas Wilker are set for 2 30 PM Saturday at the Methodist church with Dr. Fred E Miller presiding. Burial will follow in Elm Grove cemetery. Newton O Loughlin’s funeral is 2 30 PM Sunday at the L A Jones funeral home, conducted by Dr. Fred E Miller and Rev T C Polk, with burial again at Elm Grove cemetery.
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Thomas Wilker
Methodist Church
Fred E. Miller
Elm Grove Cemetery
Newton O'Loughlin
L. A. Jones
T. C. Polk
Union Service at Baptist Church
Rev. Milo J. Phillips will deliver the sermon at the union church service Sunday evening at 7 36 o clock. The service will be held at the Baptist church with redecorated auditorium and a theme Relig ious Rheumatism focusing on good neighbors. Assisting ministers will participate and Boyd White will sing while Mrs. Charles Murdock plays the organ.
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Milo J. Phillips
Union Church
The
Baptist Church
Boyd White
Charles Murdock
Deanna Durbin in Wake of Returned General Mystery
Hollywood figure Deanna Durbin is linked with General Clifford Bieuel after his return from Bataan. Reports say Japanese claims about Deanna Durbin’s status were false, prompting speculation over the general’s statements and the alleged lies.
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Hollywood
Clifford Bieuel
Bataan
Deanna Durbin
Housing Kit Outlines Towns of Iowa Plans
Iowa state housing committee releases a housing kit with eight point program ideas for towns. It urges local surveys, building code revisions, info centers, and non profit building corporations to aid housing without tax money, plus coordinating supplies for new dwellings.
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Iowa
Des Moines
March
State Housing Committee
Schuyler S. Hunter
Municipal Housing Committee
Town Clock Strikes Overhauled After Brief Strike
The Washington town clock in the courthouse belfry stopped striking hours as workers went on strike amid labor tensions. Carris company, which maintains the clock, said routine adjustments failed and a full overhaul is planned for early next week possibly requiring parts from the factory and longer downtime. The clock has served the town for 65 to 70 years and may deserve a rest.
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Washington
Court House
Times
Carris Company
Vesper Service Program At United Presbyterian Church
The Fort nightly club music department sponsors a vesper service at 4 p.m. Sunday in the United Presbyterian Church. Free will offering to be received. Participants include the music department, the high school mixed chorus directed by Mary Margaret Broghammer, and the department’s women’s chorus with a varied program including works by Dudley Buck, Handel, Mendelssohn, and The Holy Moon selections.
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United Presbyterian Church
Mary Margaret Broghammer
Bethesda
Dean Shure
Palestine
Mendelssohn Washington High School
Mary Broghammer
Lyle Grove
Carolyn Hamilton
Boyd White
Handel
Mary Shields
Alice Hunter
Ralph Young
Walter Smith
Hear lowans On Nation's Corn Supply
The House food committee heard that drastic livestock production cuts are needed to stretch the corn supply for world needs. Oscar Heline of Des Moines urged a drastic hog-price cut after market weight and recommended reductions in beet lamb and poultry prices to divert corn to other uses.
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Washington, March
House Food Committee
Oscar Helmne
Des Moines
Farmers Grain Dealers Association of Iowa
William T. Brady
New York
Corn Products Refining Co
Fred Maynald
Iowa Farmers Grain Dealers Association
Truman
Maynard
Heline
Blattner Improves After East End Collision
Word from the county hospital says Andy Blattner is conscious and improving after a head injury suffered when struck by a car on Washington Street. He was to be taken to his home this afternoon barring a later setback.
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Andy Blattner
Wastington Street
Blattner
Weather accumulates near 1.49 inches this week
The week has seen 1.49 inches of precipitation by today noon, with .31 inch this forenoon. Rain plus wet snow contributed, as temperatures cooled to 32 degrees at noon.
Truman Silent on Churchill Speech
President Truman declined to state whether he approved or disapproved of Winston Churchill's Fulton speech. He said he did not know in advance what Churchill would say and that he hosted the event as a host, offering no comment after the speech.
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Washington
March
Truman
Winston Churchill
Great Britain
Fulton
Churchill
Mr. Truman
Federal buildings to arrive in Ottumwa for veterans housing
Twenty two federal government buildings will arrive about April 1 in Ottumwa to house 66 families. The Chicago federal housing authority notified Mayor David A. Nevin that the structures will be rented to veterans only, each building containing three apartments with four rooms and a private bath.
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Ottumwa
Iowa
March
Federal Housing Authority
Chicago
David A. Nevin
Reopen Washington Junior College Under Board Plan
The Washington Board of Education voted to reopen the Washington Junior College next fall pending state approval. M. M. Sthell named dean and supervisor of elementary education. The plan includes housing for junior high, high school, and junior college on one site with a temporary return to the old junior high location. James Street from the state department outlined reopening procedures and anticipated approval.
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Board of Education
Washington Junior College
State Department of Public Instruction
M. M. Sthell
Washington
James, I’. Street
State Department
Churchill Urges Anglo American Alliance in Richmond Speech
Winston Churchill urged continued wartime unity between Britain and the United States in a Richmond Virginia address. He warned peace cannot endure without warlike strength in dangerous times and recalled telling Franklin Roosevelt in 1941 that America and Britain must walk together in majesty and peace. He avoided Russia references and framed the alliance as essential for future generations.
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Richmond
Winston Churchill
Britain
Virginia General Assembly
Western Hemisphere
America
Fulton
Churchill
United States
Roosevelt
Globe
Evans Announces Candidacy for Lieutenant Governor
Lt. Gov. Kenneth A. Evans, en route home to Emerson Iowa, spoke at a Iowa City meeting last night and announced his bid for another term. He has served as lieutenant governor since 1944 and plans to run unopposed. Evans operates a large Mills county farm and previously served five terms in the state senate.
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Kenneth A. Evans
Washington
Emerson
Iowa
Iowa City
Mr. Evans
Mills County
Truman forms emergency board to delay railway strike
President Truman uses the railway mediation act to postpone for 30 to 60 days the planned railroad locomotive engineers and trainmen walkout. An emergency board, including Leif Erickson Frank Swacker and Gordon Watkins, will investigate and seek settlement while he declines to intervene in the General Motors dispute. He praised collective bargaining in rubber and telephone disputes and noted the steel wage increase applied only to basic steel, a point CIO leader Philip Murray contests.
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Washington
Truman Jody
Ailroad
CIO
Philip Murray
Murray
United Steel Workers
Truman
Leif Erickson
Montana Supreme Court
Frank M. Swacker
New York
Gordon S. Watkins
University of California
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corp
March Blizzard Hits Iown Today
Des Moines reports a severe March blizzard with 11 inches of snow in Atlantic and drifts up to six feet in places. Winds to 46 mph at Lasmoni caused isolation of parts of southwestern Iowa. temperatures fell from 54 to 38 as frigid air moved in.
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Des Moines
Atlantic
Weather Bureau
Lasmoni
Mercury
Burlington
Sioux City
IoWa
The
Telephone Company
Clarinda
Red Oak
Shenandoah
Fort Dodge
Ames
Mason City
Charles City
Spencer
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Ohio
James W. Huffman
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Joseph F. Gusey
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Henrik Shipstead
GOP
Thomas E. Dewey
Earl Warren
California
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
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Allen J. Ellender
Senate Banking Committee
Alben W. Barkley
Wyatt
Helen Harvey
George Werr
Israel
Dudley Buck
Milo Sorden
George Kerr
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