McCarthy Accuses U S Envoy as Foreign Agent
Senator McCarthy in Janesville Wisconsin charged a United States envoy as a foreign agent. The claim followed a Senate inquiry into State Department security files listing 81 people including Browder and Field who refused to answer questions. The committee plans to study the files and consider contempt charges.
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Washington
McCarthy
United States
Senate
Wisconsin
Janesville
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
State Department
Truman
Edward P. Morgan
Earl Browder
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Congress
Browder
American Communist Party
Field
New York
Tydings
D-Md
THE
Wisconsin Federation of Young Republicans
U.S
City Mourns Coup Figures In Mosinee
Mosinee Wisconsin mourns two community leaders from last Monday's mock Communist coup. Mayor Ralph Kronenwetter died from a cerebral hemorrhage after being seized by Red troopers at dawn. Rev Will La Brew Bennett, 72, died at home of a heart attack following a barbed wire camp scene. Both participated in the American Legion sponsored event.
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Mosinee
Wis
Ralph Kronenwetter
Wausau Hospital
Will la Brew Bennett
Spirit of American Legion
Marietta Man Is Missing
Four Air Force corporals set out on the Potomac River in a 10 foot boat built in Boling Field hobby shop. Water was rough and planes and boats searched for James O. Ramsey James L. Triplett Edward J. Barry and James D. McKee, all missing.
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Washington
Air Force
Potomac River
Boling Field
James O. Ramsey
Gaffney
S. C
James L. Triplett
Marietta
Once-a-Day Delivery To Be Permanent
John Leahey, national postal director, said the order cutting daily mail will become nationwide by July 1. He spoke to 120 postmasters, supervisors, postal union officials and staff from four states in Sioux City Iowa.
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Sioux City
John Leahey
Washington, D.C
Post Office Department
Leahey
Post Office
Classified Ad Promise Boosts Quick Local Results
The Messenger promotes classified ads as quick acting and inexpensive tools that generate many inquiries for sellers in Paraguay. Dial 0242 for The Result Number and faster sales with minimal delay.
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Paraguay
Chrysler Work Resumed As Union Turns to GM
The United Auto Workers threaten to cancel its contract with General Motors unless progress is shown after a 100 day Chrysler strike. The 89,000 Chrysler workers returned to jobs as the union eyes GM, seeking pensions and wage gains, with Ford already granting similar benefits.
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Chrysler
Detroit
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Chrysler Corp
UAW
General Motors Corp
Ford Motor Co
Michigan
General Motors
Ford
Convicts Escape Tarzan Style From London Prison Farm
Three inmates used an electrical cable to swing 70 feet from the London Prison Farm’s main building and fled. Identified were Luscious Langworthy 32 from Hamilton County, Lloyd Russell 30 and Paul Russell 26 from Lucas County. The break followed a movie and a stairway hideout, marking the prison’s second escape in 12 years.
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London
Victor J. Monte
Luscious Langworthy
Hamilton County
Lloyd Russell
Paul
Lucas County
Monte
Sabotage Blamed for India Train Wreck Tragedy
Investigators blame sabotage for India’s worst rail accident as the Punjab mail derailed from a Bihar bridge killing at least 82 people and injuring more than 100. Bihar CID chief says fishplates removed. villagers reportedly looted before guards fired. A. G. Ansari escaped injury despite riding the train.
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New Delhi
India
Punjab
Bihar
Bihar Criminal Investigation Bureau
A. G. Ansari
Ansari
Agnes Smedley Dies In Nursing Home
Agnes Smedley 56, American writer famed for China reports, died in an Oxford nursing home. She faced a wartime spy accusation by a U.S. Army report later deemed unproven. The Missouri born journalist had been linked to a Soviet spy ring in Japan, a charge the Army later said lacked evidence.
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Oxford
England
Agnes Smedley
China
Movie Theater Pioneer In Ohio Valley Dies
George D. Spragg 76, early motion picture theater operator, died Monday in St. Marys Hospital Huntington. He opened the Nickelodeon in Bellaire in 1908 and later ran theaters in Zanesville Columbus Martins Ferry Ohio Wheeling and Fairmont West Virginia before retiring in 1928.
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Huntington
W. Va
George D. Spragg
Ohio Valley
St. Mary's Hospital
Spragg
Bellaire
Zanesville
Columbus
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Wheeling and Fairmont
Coffee Prices Cut by Two Cents a Pound
A food marketing firm announced a wholesale price reduction of two cents per pound on all its vacuum packed coffee brand lines.
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New York
Four men escape from tuberculosis hospital ward
Four men considered public health hazards but not incurable escaped Monday from the isolation ward of Benjamin Franklin Tuberculosis Hospital. Details on their identities and location were not released.
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Columbus
Benjamin Franklin Tuberculosis Hospital
Man Killed As Car Rams Tractor-Trailer
In Cleveland a car crashed into a parked steel tractor-trailer. Passenger John Draper 42 of Bowling Green died. Driver James Nicholson 32 of Bedford Ohio had minor head injuries. Truck driver Edward Swank 43 of North Lima was unhurt. Nicholson said he braked 20 feet from the rear and skidded into the trailer after stopping to pour radiator water.
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Cleveland
John Draper
Bowling Green
James H. Nicholson
Bedford
Ohio
Nicholson
Draper
Youngstown
Elyria
Edward Swank
North Lima
Strongsville
William Tomson
Heer Defense Weighs Stand as Fraternity Row Murder Trial Opens
In Columbus James D Heer faces first degree murder charge for the fatal Nov 12 shooting of James T McKeown 21 Norwood near a fraternity house Heer's defense plans to call only character witnesses and police officers today He is 21 from Euclid Ohio and a Delta Tau Delta pledge
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Columbus
James D. Heer
Heer
James T. McKeown
Norwood
Matthew L. Bigger
Euclid
McKeown
Delta Tau Delta
Son-in-Law Killed In Political Argument
In Millen Georgia a 57 year old farmer Seab L Newton was killed in a shooting dispute with his son in law over Gov Herman Talmadge and former Gov M E Thompson. Newton's father in law Lee Proctor was wounded twice in the exchange and listed in serious condition.
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Millen, Ga
Herman Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Seab L. Newton
Newton
Lee Proctor
Hoover urges against recognizing Communist China for UN
Former president Herbert Hoover says the United States should not recognize Communist China and must oppose its UN membership. He argues the UN must free itself from communist domination to be useful to humanity.
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China
Hoover
Washington
Herbert Hoover
United Nations
United States
Cantwell names Fedor to House Judiciary post
Chairman John F Cantwell of Mahoning named Representative George E Fedor of Cuyahoga to chair the House Judiciary Committee.
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Columbus
John F. Cantwell
Mahoning
Rep
George E. Fedor
Cuyahoga
House
Judiciary Committee
New Flood Threat Faced By Winnipeg
Winnipeg faces a fresh flood threat as Red River swells from Midwest rainfall. Army orders 1500 residents to evacuate low areas while more than 4400 people have already fled. About 2000 homes abandoned with damages running into millions as dikes strain near Norwood and East Kildonan.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
North Dakota
Minnesota
Red River
United States
U. S
R. E. A. Morton
Norwood
East Kildonan
Morton
Storm Kills 25 as Floods Mount North America Wide
A three day storm killed at least 25 people and damaged vast areas in Minnesota North Dakota and across Canada to Winnipeg New York and New England. New York area rescue efforts saved about 40 people as 65 mph winds sank boats and flooded coasts. Winnipeg faced the worst floods with thousands displaced while Crookston and Grand Forks faced renewed Red River rises and power cuts.
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Minnesota
North Dakota
Canada
Winnipeg
New York
New England
Midwest
Upper
New York State
New York City
Long Island Sound
Red River
Crookston
Minn
Redlake
Grand Forks
N. D
Montana
Wyoming
Nebraska
South Dakota
Wheat Belt
Kyser’s Mother Emily Howell Kyser Dies at 86
Mrs. Emily Royster Howell Kyser, mother of band leader Kay Kyser, died this weekend in Rock Mount North Carolina at age 86. She was known as the mother of the famous entertainer.
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Kyser
Rock Mount
N. C
Emily Royster Howell Kyser
Kay Kyser
Fire destroys Rimouski after 30 hour blaze
A forest of chimneys and smoke marked Rimouski Quebec as a 20 million dollar fire wiped out a third of the town on the St. Lawrence River. The lumber yard blaze left more than 300 houses a hospital a theater two hotels and the county courthouse burned. No deaths were reported though 2000 residents were displaced by the wind driven fire. Light snow aided exhausted firefighters in containment efforts as winds subsided.
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Rimouski
Quebec
St. Lawrence
Army
Red Cross
Price Brothers Lumber
Truth Would Have Helped Holdup Slay Victim in Cleveland
Theodore Roosevelt McClure confessed to shooting Nicola Salupo, a Cleveland grocer, after a lie detector test. His Columbus attorney said the defendant appeared relieved at confession and the court of last resort ended its inquiry after obtaining a 60 day reprieve seconds before an electric chair date.
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Columbus
Theodore Roosevelt McClure
Cleveland
McClure
Court of Last Resort
Nicola Salupo
William H. Brooks
Brooks
Dykstra Dies at 67 Former UC Provost
Dr. Clarence Dykstra 67, former head of the University of Wisconsin and provost of the University of California, died on Saturday in Laguna Beach California. His career included leading roles in major public universities and contributions to higher education policy.
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Dykstra
Laguna Beach
Calif
Clarence Dykstra
University of California
University of Wisconsin
Author Kills Mother 74 in Back Bay Hotel Suite
Boston police held 49 year old novelist Gordon Hillman today for the bludgeon murder of his 74 year old mother, Mrs Carolyn Hillman, in their suite at the Copley Plaza Hotel. An oral statement cited financial troubles as motive and the body was found after a caller alerted authorities.
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Boston
Gordon Hillman
Back Bay
Francis Wilson
Hillman
Carolyn Hillman
Copley Plaza
Wilson
Sympathy for Old Doc Bramlett Loosens Debts in Georgia
Cincinnati readers sympathize with Dr. R. H. Bramlett of Forsyth County who after a major operation advertised for patient payments to cover his medical bills. St Marks Storrs Church members in Cincinnati sent a substantial sum to J L Reeves of the Forsyth County News in Cummings, Ga. Bramlett says he has about 25 000 in unpaid bills since starting practice in 1911.
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Cincinnati
Forsythe County
Georgia
R. H. Bramlett
Atlanta
St. Marks-Storrs Congregational Church
J. L. Reeves
Forsyth County News
Cummings, Ga
Bramlett
Dog Bites 12 Children in Bronx School Yard
In a Bronx school yard a large dog attacked a crowd of about 400 students, biting 12 children ages 8 to 11 while others fled. Patrolman William Carr restrained the animal by the collar as teachers assisted, and the injured were taken to a hospital for treatment. The dog is held for rabies testing.
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New York
Bronx
William Carr
Weekend death toll reaches high mark in months
Columbus report by the Associated Press counts 17 violent deaths over a 54 hour period ending Sunday midnight, with a possible 18th. Among the victims is Emmett Whaley, 39, of Portsmouth who disappeared after attempting to swim the Ohio River on a bet as bystanders heard screams.
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Columbus
Associated Press
Portsmouth
Emmett Whaley
Ohio River
Whaley
Bridge Collapse In Anatolia Kills 25 Passengers
A bridge in Northern Anatolia collapsed on Sunday sending a bus with 49 passengers into a ravine. Twenty five people were killed and twenty four injured.
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Istanbul
Anatolia
Middletown Pilot Belly Lands Plane at Norton Field
Naval Reserve flyer J. H. Thompson, 28, from Middletown belly landed his plane at old Norton Field after loss of engine at about 300 feet. He walked away unharmed and reported the motor cut out while aloft.
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Columbus
Middletown
Old Norton Field
J. H. Thompson
Officials Discuss Firm for Ohio Turnpike Survey
State Highway Director T. J. Kauer conferred with engineers on choosing a firm to conduct a survey of the proposed Ohio turnpike. The meeting aimed to finalize qualifications and plan the initial surveying work for the project.
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Columbus
T. J. Kauer
Truman campaign tour on 66th birthday trains coast to coast
President Truman toured the Midwest aboard a 13 car campaign train. He spoke in Ohio Indiana Illinois Iowa and headed for Lincoln Nebraska for a farm speech as VE day anniversary frames his policy push. He backs the Brannan Plan to aid farmers and aims to counter Republican charges of Communist influence.
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Truman
Midwest
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Iowa
Lincoln
Neb
State Department
Acheson Opens Cold War Talks in Paris
U S Secretary of State Acheson began a round of Cold War discussions in Paris amid French pleas for rapid aid to bolster independence for Indochina. Diplomats say Washington seeks a guarantee of genuine independence for the Indochinese as talks move to London. The meetings aim to curb Communist expansion worldwide.
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Paris
U. S
Acheson
United States
London
GOP Moves to Cut Bill By Over One Billion Dollars
House Republicans prepared to mobilize all strength behind two measures to trim about 1.3 billion dollars from a 29 billion dollar appropriation bill nearing a final vote. They had failed in four prior attempts to cut the bill and were pessimistic about success before the final showdown ahead of sending the measure to the Senate late this week.
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Washington
House
Senate
Vassar Senior Reported Missing From Poughkeepsie
Alice Lindabury a 22 year old Vassar College senior was reported missing Monday. Authorities said she left Poughkeepsie by train Saturday but failed to reach her home in Princeton New Jersey. Her father Richard Lindabury is an associate editor at Crowell Collier Publications in New York.
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Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Alice Lindabury
Vassar College
Princeton
N. J
Richard Vv.Lindaburgry
Crowell-Collier Publications
New York
Bakers Strike Doubtful Centered on Continental Baking
A planned nationwide strike by about 2500 AFL Bakery Workers at 29 Continental Baking Company plants is due at midnight but the union is reportedly considering calling it off.
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Washington
AFL
Continental Baking Company
Fire Destroys Aluminum Co Factory in Marion
A fire leveled the Aluminum Co factory in Marion causing an estimated 500000 dollars in damage. Firemen battled the blaze for over two hours leaving a smouldering shell. Two night watchmen found the blaze. 90 workers normally employed, 35 CIO United Auto Workers on strike.
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Marion
CIO
United Auto Workers
Gale Fire Hits Jamaica Bay Rail Trestle
A spring gale sparked a million-dollar blaze that destroyed a 2500-foot section of the Long Island Rail Road wood trestle spanning Jamaica Bay. The fire last night and into today cut the main link between Queens and Rockaway, jeopardizing coastal transit.
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New York
Jamaica Bay
Long Island Railroad
New York City
Queens
Rockaway
Atlantic Ocean
Divers Claim Galleon Find at Tobermory Scotland
Royal Navy divers report locating a 16th century Spanish galleon off Tobermory with legends of a gold cargo valued at about 68 million dollars. Supposedly the Duque Florencia of the Spanish Armada sank in 1588 while carrying 30 million ducats. Divers surfaced two silver medallions from the wreck mud after weeks of work.
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Tobermory
Scotland
Royal Navy
Britain
Youth Admits Killing Over Hunting Incident
Twenty year old Harry Robert Reckner confessed to state police that he killed one neighbor and wounded another because they shot too close to the last hunting season. He is held on an open charge and could face murder charges.
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Confluence
Harry Robert Reckner
Howard Stephens
Reckner
Typhoon Heads Toward Guam With 90 MPH Winds
Guam braces as a typhoon pack 90 mile an hour winds approaches. The storm is forecast to hit at around 10 a.m. tomorrow after planes and ships evacuated to safety. By noon it was reported 260 miles southeast of Guam moving northwest at eight miles an hour.
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Guam
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