Joy Sets Hard Lines at Korea Armistice Talks
Vice Adm. Joy leads four allied delegates in Kaesong as talks open on Korean terms only. No political or economic issues or matters outside Korea will be discussed, with fighting to continue in neutral zones until a cease fire and armistice commission are in place.
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Seoul
Korea
C. Turner Joy
United Nations
Kaesong
Joy
Mee Soda
Adm
China
Formosa
Tokyo
Autopsy Report Delayed in Roegge Case Homicide Suspicions
Eldorah Roegge 37 was found dead Sunday in Sand Run with officials probing suspicious circumstances. Her husband Frank and his brother Ray faced liquor and weapons findings as state and federal agents seized a 50 gallon still and moonshine at the Roegge home while both men remained in county jail for fines.
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Waldron
Frank Roegge
Murray City
Floyd Stiff
State Highway Patrol
Roegge
Ray
Preston Oil Co
Roegge’s
Athens County
John H. Elias
Hocking County
Stout
Nelsonville
Columbus
Author Hammett Seeks Bail After Contempt Sentence
Mystery writer Dashiell Hammett, jailed for refusing to name bond sources for four fugitive communist leaders, seeks bail. Fellow trustee W Alphaeus Hunton also jailed. both appeal. U S Attorney Saypol moves to revoke $181000 bail for 15 indicted communists if appeal fails. Field, Vanderbilt heir, previously jailed 90 days but later released on bail.
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NEW York
Dashiell Hammett
Sylvester J. Ryan
W. Alphaeus Hunton
Hammett
Civil Rights Congress Bail Fund
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Hunton
U. S
Irving H. Saypol
Congress
Saypol
Ryan
Hammett and Hunton
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Field
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt
Thomas W. Swan
Crime Around Camps Probed
Senate crime investigators promised full cooperation in a probe into complaints that prostitutes and gamblers gather near Army camps. Chairman O Conor said investigators have looked into prostitution claims and hearings may occur, but early signs show little evidence of interstate organized prostitution near bases.
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Washington
Senate
O’conor
D-Md
Crime Committee
Dudley Fisher Dies Noted Cartoonist at 61
Rockport Massachusetts reports the death of Dudley Fisher, age 61, creator of Right Around Home and Myrtle. He died of coronary thrombosis shortly after arriving for a summer vacation with his wife Anne and daughter Marian. The party had flown from Columbus Ohio.
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Rockport
Mass
Dudley Fisher
Myrtle
Anne
Marian
Fisher
Columbus
Ohio
Three furnished rooms for rent at 35 Brown Ave
Local rental notice advertises three furnished rooms available at 35 Brown Avenue. Contact phone 21208 for details and leasing terms.
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Brown Ave
Intense Enforcement of Slot Law Underway
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover disclosed a campaign enforcing a new law banning shipment of slot machines across state lines. He reported 208 machines seized and 15 arrests with 40 more cases under active investigation.
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Washington
FBI
Bureau
J. Edgar Hoover
Weather Outlook for Columbus Temperatures Vary
Temperatures will average normal with a high near 83 and a low around 62. Cooler Thursday, warmer Friday then cooler weekend. Showers expected Wednesday and again Friday or Saturday, with total rainfall around one inch.
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Columbus
Kentucky Governor Leads Bluegrass Delegation To Malabar Visit
Governor Lawrence Wetherby heads about 75 Kentuckians to Louis Bromfield's Malabar farm for a grassland exchange. The party, flying in airliners and private planes, carries a case of bourbon and Kentucky ham as a symbol of state pride amid Bromfield’s remark that bluegrass is a noxious weed.
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Louisville
Ohio
Louis Bromfield
Mansfield
Sunday Messenger
Kentucky
Commonwealth
Bluegrass
Louisville Courier-Journal
Bromfield
Malabar
Lawrence Wetherby
Wetherby
Russia Would Pin Us Down in Korea Says Dewey Short
Congressman Dewey Short of Missouri told the district Rotary convention that Russia would pin down U S troops in Korea and then strike elsewhere, urging a forceful conclusion rather than prolonged conflict. He warned Iran supplies and urged wary handling of communism, aligning with General MacArthur on the 38th parallel and promising no American lives sacrificed for a lost cause.
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Russia
Korea
Dewey Short
District Rotary
Gallipolis
Iran
Iraq
Missouri
Rotary Clubs
Farmer's Hotel
Congressman Short
House of Representatives Armed Services Committee
Dwight Eisenhower
Thomas A. Jenkins
Washington
Short
Douglas MacArthur
Kremlin
Night curfew ordered for Abadan and Shatt El Arab shipping
Brig. Gen. Azizullah Kamal, Abadan's military governor, ordered a midnight to dawn curfew for the Abadan refinery area and halted shipping on the Shatt El Arab River. No reason was given amid Iran’s move to withdraw recognition of the World Court after UN tensions over nationalization of the Anglo Iranian Oil Company.
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Tehran
Iran
Azizullah Kamal
Abadan
Anglo- Iranian Oil Company
Shatt el Arab
United Nations
World Court
Hague
Britain
Trygve Lie
International Court
Midwest Weather Brings Cool, Wet Stream Across Region
A cool wet air mass moves into the Midwest with showers across the Central Great Plains and northern Rockies. Heaviest rainfall lands in Kentucky and Missouri, while Bowling Green reports 1.15 inches and Malden 4.15 inches. Eastern states stay fair and warm. Gulf Coast remains hot and humid.
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Great Plains
Rockies
North Central
Kentuky
Tennessee
Missouri
Malden
Bowling Green
Gulf States
Southwest
Gambler Mickey Cohen Sentenced In Income Tax Case
In Los Angeles the 37 year old underworld figure Mickey Cohen receives five years in prison and a large fine for income tax evasion. The court assessed about 156 thousand dollars for 1946 1948 plus penalties and interest and court costs potentially reaching 100 thousand dollars. Cohen plans to appeal the verdict despite the sentence by Federal Judge Ben Harrison.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Sam
Ben Harrison
Guard Fends Off Hold-Up as Two Gunmen Die
In Chicago two ex convicts were killed during an attempted armored car robbery against a Brink's guard named Julius Blanchart Jr. The 25 year old guard suffered a possible skull fracture after a gunman struck him with a shotgun. Two other bandits escaped. Slain suspects were identified as Rocco Belcastro and Frank Piazza.
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Chicago
Brink's Inc
Julius Blanchart, Jr
Blanchart
Rocco Belcastro
Frank Piazza
Death of Air Officer Announced by Soviet
Moscow reports the death of Air Lieutenant General Vasily G. Ryazanov, 52, a Red Air Force officer, with an official note saying he died July 8 in an untimely manner.
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Moscow
Vasily G. Ryazanov
Red Air Force
Ryazanov
Learn Russia's Secrets as Groves Urges U S Action
Retired General Leslie Groves urges the United States to infiltrate Russia by teaching Russian language and culture. He criticizes State Department understaffing and warns diplomacy has ceded initiative to Moscow since Yalta. He doubts Korea cease fire talks will quickly resolve tensions.
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Darien
Conn
Leslie R. Groves
U.S.A
America
Russia
State Department
Groves
Korea
Washington
Cut of Funds In Department Of State Seen
The House Appropriations Committee proposed an 18 percent funding cut for the State Department, reducing the appropriation to 231,432,000 from 283,686,476 requested by President Truman. Republicans aim to force Acheson from office on the House floor next week, but no proposal to withhold his salary was offered in committee. Democratic leaders expect a close vote.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
State Department
Acheson
Truman
Mafias Suspected After Fallansbee Cigar Store Bombing
A bomb ripped through Ted's Cigar Store in Fallansbee West Virginia early today sending shock waves through Main Street. No injuries were reported though 23 buildings suffered shattered windows and 300 nearby workers fled in fear. Ted Leone, 37, was in bed upstairs. his brother Tony runs a rival shop in Weirton. Sheriff Hogg cited Mafia as a possible motive.
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Follansbee
W. Va
Ted
Fallansbee Steel Co
Ted Leone
Main St
Tony Leone
Weirton
Dick Hogg
Former Nazi Official To Be Indonesian Guest
Paris dispatch says Hjalmar Schacht, Hitler's top financial brain, will visit Indonesia as an official guest to discuss economic and financial problems. A spokesman at the Indonesian embassy offered no details on timing duration or current location.
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Paris
Hjalmar Schacht
Adolf Hitler
Indonesia
Schacht
Italy
Berlin Pays Tribute to Airlift Victims Memorial Unveiled
West Berlin officials and Allied leaders dedicated a 63 foot stone statue at Tempelhof announcing that 51 American and British airmen who died during the Berlin airlift are honored. The memorial marks the 11 month siege and memorializes crashes that occurred in service.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Temelhof
Execution Stay Granted for Ohio Pen Inmate Stevenson
Lon Steven son aged 19 was to be electrocuted at Ohio Penitentiary but was granted a stay of execution after the Cuyahoga Court of Appeals agreed to hear his appeal. He was convicted of murder and criminal assault of Mrs. Pansy Whitley, 42, in the Greyhound action here where she was a waitress.
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Cleveland
Lon Stevenson
Ohio
Cuyahoga Court of Appeals
Stevenson
Pansy Whitley
Greyhound
Senate Probes Voice of America Red Infiltration Claims
Senate investigators examined charges that Red sympathizers infiltrated the Voice of America in New York. Senator McCarran said testimony at a closed hearing supported the claims, while State Department officials offered no comment. Other senators described the testimony as hearsay pending verification.
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Washington
Senate
State Department
New York
Voice of America
McCarran
D-Nev
Japan Independence via New Peace Treaty Draft
Washington reports a nearly final 5500 word peace treaty draft that would restore Japan's independence with no formal restrictions on its military political or economic development. The United States has submitted the revised draft to major wartime Pacific allies for signing in about two months with few changes.
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Washington
Japan
United States
Pacific
Engineers Walk Out Shuts Atomic Plants in Kentucky
Virtual shutdowns persisted as operating engineers walked out at Paducah and two related sites. About 7000 workers were idled at the Paducah Atomic Plant and TVA Shawnee steam plant nearby and Electric Energy plant also affected. All sites are tied to the atomic installation project.
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Paducah
Atomic Energy Plant
Tennessee Valley Authority
Shawnee
Electric Energy, Inc
Tax Invalidates One Percent Corporate Levy in Youngstown
A court ruled Youngstown's 1 percent income tax on corporations invalid, restructuring municipal revenue plans. Decision affects corporate assessments and potential reform of city tax policy.
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Youngstown
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