Coplon Spy Trial Pauses Amid Lawyer Turmoil
Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan adjourned the Coplon Gubitchev espionage trial until Monday after a sealed chambers conference with Miss Coplon. Rumors said Coplon may fire Archibald Palmer, while Palmer denied plans to sever relations as tensions rise between defense attorneys.
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New York
Sylvester J. Ryan
Coplon-Gubitchey
Chambers
Judith Coplon
Miss Copson
Archibald Palmer
Ryan
Palmer
Miss Coplon
House Rule Panel Halts FEPC Bill
The House rules committee split six to six stalling the FEPC anti discrimination bill. Administration backers seek a showdown next week while opponents fear further delays in civil rights action.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
FEPC
House
Fair Employment Practices Commission
Sabath
Summit man finds peak of pleasure
Irven J. Pelka proclaims Calvert Reserve tastes better and the blend is the best whiskey buy. Calvert Reserve Blended Whiskey 86.8 proof uses 65 percent grain neutral spirits from Calvert Distillers Corp. NYC.
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Calvert Reserve
Irven J. Pelka
Calvert Distillers Corp
New York City
New Blood Lion Cubs Move to London Help Zoo Strains
Sabena Airlines hostess Nina Ornstein holds a lion cub as five cubs are flown from South Africa to London to boost the English zoo and circus lion strain.
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NEW Blood
Sabena Airlines
Nina Ornstein
London
South Africa
Britain protests Hungarian trial amid Vogeler case
Britain delivered a sharp protest note to Hungary on the eve of the Buda est trial of Robert E. Vogeler and associate Edgar Sanders. The British note denounced Hungary for violations of humanitarian justice and cited refusals to grant consul access and a visa for a British lawyer. Hungary prepared indictments but details remained unreleased. venue was expected at Budapest's old red brick criminal court building.
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London
Britain
Hungary
Budaest
Robert E. Vogeler
Sanders
Budapest
America
Vogeler
State Prosecutor
Criminal Court
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Peoples Court
Dallas Chief's Murder Trial Moves to Kaufman County
Former Dallas Police Chief Robert L. Jones has the murder trial moved from Dallas to Kaufman County after two days of juror examinations failed to yield a fair jury. Jones, 53, is charged with killing his son-in-law George A. Vadere on a Dallas street January 7, 1948, and had pled self defense at his first trial last March, which ended in a hung jury.
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Dallas
Criminal District
Robert A. Hall
Robert L. Jones
Kaufman County
Kevy
Hall
Jones
George A. Vadere
Uranium Ore Found in Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Uranium deposit located in Michigan's upper peninsula is reported as the ore discovery. Authorities have not released expected production plans or dates. Local officials note geological surveys confirm mineral presence.
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Michigan
Upper Peninsula
Bridges Defends Union Ties Over Communist Allegations
San Francisco tale of CIO Longshore chief Harry Bridges during a perjury trial. He argues his troubles stem from union leadership not communism, noting work stoppage in 1945 to aid soldiers’ return and denying Communist ties while acknowledging fellow witness Schrimpf’s party membership.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
CIO Longshore
F. Joseph Donohue
Bridges
Communist Party
Donohue
CIO Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s
Henry Schrimpf
Schrimpf
Australia
United States
Labourite Backs A Talk Demand In Churchill Russia Call
In Birmingham Labour MP Captain Albert Blackburn supported Churchill’s call for another talk with Soviet Russia to curb the arms race. Attlee and Bevin opposed the plan, while Morrison backed Bevin. The election campaign intensified with Attlee’s Loughborough stop and Churchill denying a death rumor as miners and students clashed outside.
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London
Labor Party
Winston Churchill
Russia
Clement R. Attlee
Ernest Bevin
Albert R. Blackburn
Labor
Birmingham
Attlee
Loughborough
Churchill
Leicestershire
Loughborough College
Diamonds Found in Meteorite at Canon Diablo Arizona
The Encyclopedia Americana notes minute diamonds occur in meteorites, including a specimen found at Canon Diablo Arizona by Dr. G A Koenig in 1891.
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Encyclopedia Americana
Canon Diablo
Arizona
G. A. Koenig
Bank Cashier Admits 27-Year Embezzlement in Ohio
Damon Grow, 50, cashier at First National Bank in Jackson, admitted embezzling about $102,000 over 27 years to cover bills. FBI and prosecutors say the theft spanned his 30 years with the bank, with $51,813 posted as a false entry in 1949. Bank insured the loss. no depositor withdrawals occurred. Grow faces federal charges and awaits transfer after pleading guilty in Chillicothe.
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Jackson
Ohio
Damon Grow
FBI
First National Bank
Benson Owens
First National
Grow
A. E. Ostholthoff
Cincinnati
Federal
Charles F. Bruny
Bruny
Owens
Chillicothe
Columbus
China and Soviet China sign mutual aid pact
Pravda blames United States and Japan for the Soviet Chinese treaty saying US pressure turns Japan into a base against Moscow and Peking. Izvestia calls the pact a basis for long friendship as Yoshida hopes for an early peace with Japan.
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Moscow
United States
Japan
Pravda
Soviet Union
People’s Democratic
China
Tokyo
Izvestia
Stalin
Shigeru Yoshida
Diet
Yoshida
Russia
National Guard Fighter Makes Belly Landing Near Gonzales
A Texas National Guard F-51 Mustang experienced an engine failure over Gonzales and executed a wheels up dead-stick landing in a rocky cornfield on the Chas Tieken farm four miles north of Gonzales. The pilot was uninjured.
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Gonzales
Texas National Guard
Chas Tieken Farm
Kittens Born in Roof Rain Gutter Delights Denton
Mary the ordinary cat belonging to Mrs. J. E. Howard gave birth to four kittens on a rain gutter roof after a dog frightened her. The tale paints the kittens as gutter cats with a high born distinction.
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Denton
Mary
J. E. Howard
Howard House
Tristan and Isolde to Close San Antonio Opera Festival
San Antonio ends its 1950 Grand Opera Festival with Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde at Municipal Auditorium Sunday. Astrid Varnay stars as Isolde with Max Lorenz as Tristan, Blanche Thebom as Brangaene, and Lorenzo Alvary as King Mark under Max Reiter conducting. Tickets on sale at the box office.
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San Antonio
Richard Wagner
Municipal Auditorium
Astrid Varnay
Isolde
Metropolitan Opera
London
Covent Garden
Tristan
Max Lorenz
Bayreuth
Brangaene
Blanche Thebom
Met
King Mark
Lorenzo Alvary
Marko Rothmueller
Michael Rhodes
Luigi Vellucci
Lloyd Harris
Max Reiter
River Boundary Water Flow Record
The Columbia River forms the Washington Oregon boundary and is believed to carry more water than all other American Pacific coast streams combined.
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Columbia River
Washington
Oregon
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International Telephone and Telegraph Company of
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Kaufman
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Germany
Laborite
Bevin
Truman
Josef Stalin
Blackburn
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Herbert Morrison
Far Eastern Commission
Douglas MacArthur
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Milady
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J. Rogers
W. B. Pryntel
T. Willson
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