Britain Puts Nation Above Europe Unity GOP Senators Probe Amerasia
Twenty one Republican senators seek a congressional inquiry into the Justice Department's Amerasia case. Senator Capehart introduced a resolution directing the Judiciary Committee to study DOJ conduct in the Amerasia prosecution. The five year old matter centers on seized secret documents and alleged government cover ups. Jaffe faced a $2500 fine for conspiracy to unlawfully obtain documents. Browder and Field faced contempt considerations.
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Washington
Justice Department
Amerasia
Capehart
R-Ind
Senate Judiciary Committee
McCarthy
R-Wis
GOP
Judiciary Committee
Department of Justice
Ameraca
New York
Congress
Philip Jaffe
Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Jaffe
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Earl Browder
Communist Party
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Field
Subcommittee
Edward P. Morgan
Traffic Mishaps Kill 2 and Another Drowns in Iowa
Two people died in traffic crashes and a woman drowned in Iowa on Monday. Mary Elizabeth Solakion of New Hartford Connecticut 24 Lewia Miller 54 near Kingston and Thelma Becker 37 of Cedar Rapids were the deceased. Solakion was killed when her car skidded in mud on a county highway overturned in a ditch. Miller's car overturned on a country road five miles from Kingston and his son escaped serious injury. Becker drowned when a rented rowboat overturned in the Cedar River with Bernard Club 25 and Elmer Thumpold 39 aboard.
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Associated Press
Iowa
Mary Elizabeth Solakion
New Hartford
Conn
Lewia Miller
Kingston
Thelma Becker
Cedar Rapids
Miller
Miss Becker
Bernard Club
Elmer Thumpold
Cedar River
Sweden's King Gustav VI Adolf to marked 92nd birthday
King Gustav VI Adolf of Sweden, the world's oldest monarch, turns 92 this Friday. He has led Sweden for about 43 years, with a long reign noted in Stockholm.
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Stockholm
Gustav VI of
Sweden
Weather Outlook for Southeast Region
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with thundershowers this evening in extreme southeast portion. Cooler with winds shifting from 20 to 25 mph this afternoon to 15 to 20 mph northeast by Wednesday. Thursday and Friday remain partly cloudy and warm with scattered nighttime thundershowers.
Mao Sets Demobilization Plan Amid China Economic Shift
Mao Zedong outlined a phased demobilization of armed forces, land reform, and retention of some capitalist elements at the Chinese Communist Party convention in Peiping. He warned of world war risk, urged controlled economy, and listed land reform, nationalization, and cutting state costs as three goals to reshape China’s finance and economy over three years. The broadcast did not specify numbers of soldiers to be demobilized.
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Tokyo
Radio
Peiping
Mano Tze-tung
China
Mao
Formosa
Tibet
Communist Party In China
Fearful Crash Kills Most On French Air Flight
Air France reports all but six of 61 aboard a C-54 Skymaster perished when the aircraft ditched off Bahrien Island near the Persian Gulf. Survivors include four male passengers, a radio operator, and Chief Pilot Jean Fladek. four bodies and two women remain unidentified. The Karachi to Cairo hop was to land at Bahrein after the pilot requested instructions.
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Paris
Air France
Bashrein
Persian Gulf
Jean Fladek
Bahrein Island
Karachi
Pakistan
Cairo
Bahrein
Pioneer News Service Chief Denies Mob Control of St. Louis Racing News
William Molasky, part owner of Pioneer News Service, told a Senate crime investigating committee there are no gangsters or organized crime figures connected with or employed by the agency. He asserted that racing news distribution in St. Louis is not underworld controlled.
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Washington
William Molasky
Pioneer News Service
Senate
St. Louis
Molasky
Pioneer News
Tot's Coaster Wagon Accident Fatal
Neola Iowa youngster Stanley Brich two years old died after a coaster wagon struck a barbed wire fence Sunday. He and sister Carolyn seven were riding on a sidewalk when the girl lost control. he suffered throat lacerations and was treated by a Neola physician before dying Monday in a Council Bluffs hospital.
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Neola
Jerome Stanley Brich
Paul Brich
Council Bluffs Hospital
Carolyn
Cass County Population Drops by 115 in Decade
Preliminary figures from district census supervisor E A Dubeck show Cass County population slipping to 18 538 from 18 647 in 1940.
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Cass County
E. A. Dubeck
Council Bluffs
Jury Deliberates in Poison Whisky Murder Trial
A 12-member jury began deliberations at 10:58 a.m. in the poisoning case of Viola Gavie 33, Emmons farm wife. Judge Martin A. Nelson instructed the panel to return a verdict of guilty of first degree murder or acquittal.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Viola Gavie
Emmons
Martin A. Nelson
Health Dept Polio Precautions Outlined For Public
Des Moines report notes polio precautions to cut infection risks. Department urges reducing daily contacts, washing hands, avoiding gatherings in polio areas, and seeking early medical care for sore throat or neck stiffness. Do not rely on DDT. pollution in surface water discouraged. 1949 polio cases totaled 1,217 with ages from one month to 73 years.
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Des Moines
State Department of Health
Iuwa
McKellar Collapses Near Senate Chamber
Senator McKellar of Tennessee fainted after leaving the senate chamber but recovered with help. He was aided to the sergeant at arms office by Senators Maybank and Knowland and a Capitol policeman. he is the 81 year old dean of the senate in service. Also noted are youths returning home from a Presbyterian conference at Dana College Blair Nebraska with listed attendees.
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Washington—i
M’ Kellar
D-Tenn
Senate
Maybank
D-Sc
Knowland
R-Calif
Capitol
McKellar
Whale Attack Sinks Boat Kills One in Japanese Fishing Row
A Japanese fishing boat hauled a whale causing a violent thrash that capsized the vessel. Eight crewmen were thrown overboard and one died as the whale escaped.
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Yokoshika
Japan
Court Rules Ball Field A Nuisance In Adams County
Iowa Supreme Court rules baseball games at a park near Carbon in Adams County a nuisance. It ordered 45 days to move home plate away from Am Dor’s home or ban play. Co E Am dor v Wesley Cooney et al. Lower court ruling reversed.
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Des Moines
Iowa Supreme Court
Carbon
Adams County
Co. E
Supreme Court
Amdor
Amador
High Tribunal
Washing Machine Blast Kills Three Children in Fire
In Oakland Maryland a washing machine exploded starting a blaze that killed three children aged 12, 5, and 2. The home of Mr and Mrs Homer Ash burned, injuring the couple and Wanda Lee Knox, 12, while Mrs Emerson Knox and the Ash couple are in critical condition.
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Oakland
Homer Ash
Tommy
Peggy
Wanda Lee Knox
Emerson Knox
Ash
Milk strike in Western Pennsylvania escalates with arrests
State police patrolled a seven county area near Pittsburgh as four pickets were arrested for blocking a highway with a car and signs during the milk workers walkout. Governor Duff ordered guards after multiple dump incidents disrupting deliveries to the region.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
James H. Duff
Andrew J. Hadock
Greensburg
Westmoreland County
APL Dairy Workers Union
Washington
House
Senate
World’s largest helicopter crashes during test flight near Eastleigh
A Cierva Air Horse helicopter described as the world’s biggest crashed at Eastleigh airport in Southampton during a test flight. The pilot and two gunners were killed in the blaze. The craft features an all metal fuselage and three rotors with three blades each.
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Southhampton
England
Cierva Air Horse
Eastleigh
Water Flow Of Me Ample For Many Uses
John B. Gage told a public conference on the presidential water resources policy commission that the Missouri river has adequate flow for irrigation flood control power and navigation. He urged large reservoirs as essential and noted 46 year runoff data. Sioux City chamber endorsed national soil and water conservation as a problem.
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Sioux City
Missouri
Presidential Water Resources Policy Commission
John B. Gage
Flood Protection Planning Committee
Greater
Kansas City
Truman
Gage
Yankton
S. C
Congress
Czech Delegate Allowed to Stay in United States
Vladimir Houdek former Czech representative to the United Nations was granted permission to remain in the United States on grounds he might face danger if forced to return to Czechoslovakia. He resigned his UN post on May 16 and differs from other satellite diplomats who gained asylum. Secretary Acheson withheld deportation consent under immigration law, allowing him to stay.
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Washington
United States
Vladimir Houdek
United Nations
Houdek
Czechoslovakia
U. S
Acheson
Red Flag on Fishpole Aims to Cut Tractor Accidents
Des Moines reports a Towa farm safety committee plan to observe national farm safety week June 25 29. A red flag on a pole above slow moving tractors is proposed to warn approaching motorists, with a night device study set. The 1949 Town highway tractor accidents totaled 206, 19 fatalities, says Norval Wardle Iowa State College.
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Des Moines
Towa Farm Safety Committee
Towa
Norval Wardle
Iowa State College
Farm Safety Committee
Laborites Reject Binding Plan For European Pool
Prime Minister Attlee told Parliament Britain aims to help not hinder the Schuman plan for pooling western Europe's coal and steel. Labour fears a supranational authority and insists sovereignty and Commonwealth ties must endure, while negotiations on details proceed with Paris talks next week.
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London
Attee
Schuman
Europe
Lebor Party
Attlee
Paris
Labor Party
Britain
Germany
France
Belgium
Italy
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Atlantic Council
Atlantic Community
Coroner's Jury Rules Railway Death in Villisca
A coroner's jury in Villisca ruled that Earl Pat Lewis of Lafayette Indiana a 43 year old railroad worker died after being struck by a C B Q railroad train with his body between the rails. Sheriff George Christian reported a pickup notice for Cecil Dams of Duquoin Illinois an inquest witness who left Villisca Saturday likely cancelled.
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Earl Pat Lewis
Lafayette
Ind
George Christian
Cecil Dams
Duquoin
Villisca
Sheldon Chamber offers $1 for uncounted census resident
The Sheldon Chamber of Commerce will pay one dollar to any person who provides the name of a resident who was not counted in the census. The program aims to identify undercounted individuals and improve local representation.
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Sheldon
Sheldon Chamber of Commerce
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