Hiss Accuser Admits Perjury Under Grand Jury Probe
New York report details Whitaker Chambers admitting he lied to the federal grand jury that indicted Alger Hiss. He testified he had no direct knowledge of Russian spy activity and acknowledged perjury. The trial centers on alleged secret disclosures by Hiss to a Soviet spy ring, with defense attacking Chambers' character as a key witness.
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New York
Whittaker
Alger Hiss
Chambers
Grand Jury
Hiss
Himself
Bois Bykov
Chinatown
Priscilla
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Stryker
North Texas Rain Cost Estimated 8 Million
Heavy mid May rains in the Dallas Fort Worth area caused an estimated 8.8 million dollars in crop losses and soil erosion. Louis P. Merrill regional director of the Soil Conservation Service said the figure came from checks on about 100 farms and ranches.
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Fort Worth
Dallas- Fort Worth
Louis P. Merrill
The
Soil Conservation Service
Hughes Develops Twin Jet Helicopter Flying Crane
Industrialist Howard Hughes is developing the XH 7 a large twin jet helicopter designed to pick up a box car load and move it short distances. The craft features two J35 engines and two 136 foot rotor blades and aims to settle over the cargo and haul it.
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Los Angeles
Howard Hughes Friday
Dr. H. J. Gondolf Dies at 56 in Austin Office
Austin pathologist Dr. H. J. Gondolf died suddenly of a heart attack Friday at 1 55 p m in his Capital National Bank Building office while reading a newspaper. He taught pathology at Tulane University and the University of Mississippi before moving to Austin and was a member of several medical associations. He leaves two children, a sister, and his former wife.
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H. J. Gondolf
Austin
Capital National Bank
University of Mississippi
American Society of Clinical Pathologists
American Medical Association
The
Texas Medical Association
Travis County Medical Society
Jack Gandolf
Dallas
Shirley Moroney
New Orleans
George Sassinot
Tampa
Fla
US May Drop Coplon Spy Trial To Protect FBI Secrets
Federal prosecutors warned the six week old espionage case against Judith Coplon could be dropped if the judge orders disclosure of vital FBI reports. Judge Reeves postponed ruling to Monday as defense counsel seeks access to data slips and FBI materials tied to counter espionage and the New York arrest of Coplon and Valentin Guitchev.
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Coplon
Washington
Judith Coplon
Albert L. Reeves
Archibald Palmer
Eet
FBI
John M. Kelley Jr
Nolle
Palmer
Miss Coplon
Justice Department
Valentine A. Guitchev
New York
Russia
Signs of Britain’s Economic Decline Spur Debate
London observers cite a plunging stock market, falling government security prices, and the pound’s reduced purchasing power since 1914. Amid devaluation rumors Britain's export prospects hinge on rising sales. Cripps denies any need for devaluation despite mounting recession warnings.
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Stock Exchange
Britain
Stafford Cripps
Lad in Long Coma Receives Tyler Fund Drive Help
The Wright family of Lindale Texas received 446 from Tyler residents via a Salvation Army worker to assist medical costs for Gary Wright a boy in a coma since May 9 after being hit by a gravel truck. He was moved to Baylor Hospital in Dallas.
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Dallas
Gary Wright
Tyler
Salvation Army
Gary
Lindale
Smith County
Baylor
Paris Council Matches Plans On One Berlin
Four power foreign ministers met in secret to discuss Berlin as a single city under joint occupation with a goal of enabling a unified administration. They failed to resolve veto rights over city government and currency issues, with meetings continuing as tensions over West and East Berlin currencies and governance persist.
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Paris
Berlin
Foreign Ministers Council
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Council of Foreign Ministers
United States
Russia
Dean Acheson
Dust Devil Haunts Panhandle Thunderstorm Damage
A dust devil struck Amarillo Air Field during a brief storm causing structural damage to the transmitter and barracks while TWA flights experienced outages. The Panhandle endured heavy rain, hail and wind with scattered totals across Vega Berger Dalhart Perryton Pampa Wellington and other towns. Wheat farmers eyed the moisture as harvest begins in 7 to 10 days.
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Amarillo
TWA
Panhandle
S$ Man
Bill Miller
Spearman Reporter
Vega
Berger
Dalhart
Perryton
Pampa
Wellington
Dumas
Spearman
Higgins
Follett
Siamese Twin Girls Developing Normally in Los Angeles
Siamese twin girls born May 14 in Los Angeles are gaining weight and developing normally, according to Dr. Phoebus Berman of Los Angeles General Hospital. The infants, joined at the tops of their heads, have two complete organ systems.
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Los Angeles
Phoebus Berman
Los Angeles General Hospital
Senator Questions AEC Report of Finding U-235
Senator Hickenlooper challenged the Atomic Energy Commission on the Chicago lost U-235 case, doubting the bottle found was the original container and raising espionage concerns. He urged Lilienthal’s firing amid ongoing Senate House hearings on atomic secrecy and questioned the recovered waste as the same missing material.
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AEC
Brien McMahon
D-Conn
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Bourke
Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Chicago
David E. Lilienthal
Chicago Argonne Atomic Laboratory
FBI
Alan N. May
Lilienthal
Senate House
Argonne Laboratory
McMahon
Joint Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Senate House Committee
Two Car Crashes Injure Four People in Friday Accidents
A Friday incident left four injured including two year old Robert Holloway Jr in critical condition after an auto pedestrian crash near his Willow Street home. Police say driver J C Awalt 38 of Willow Street was involved. Patricia Odell 12 of Pecos Street suffered leg and back injuries when two cars collided at Pecos and Clearview. Both drivers received emergency treatment for bruises and lacerations.
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Robert Lee Holloway Jr
Willow
Brackenridge Hospital
J. C. Awalt
Young Holloway
Patricia Odell
Pecos
Clarence Odell
Joe A. Nejtek
Nueces
Clearview
Emergency Panel Maps Fast Action against Polio in Austin
City and county officials and the Travis County polio committee plan air spraying of Austin and Travis County with DDT to halt polio spread. The effort includes cleanup drives, enforcement of garbage-can rules, and urged civic-club cooperation, with guard planes possible.
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Austin
Travis County
State Health Department
Taylor Glass
Tom Johnson
K. L. Berry
Texas National Guard
Health Department
H. E. Hargis
San Antonio
Charles L. Sandahl
Taylor City
Sandahl
Brackenridge Hospital
Charlie Perry
Georgetown
Glass
Bee Caves
The
Job Layoff Rate Falls But Continued Claims Rise
The Federal Security Agency reported a drop of 10 676 in initial unemployment insurance claims for the week ending May 28, totaling 326 100. Thirty four states saw declines, while continued claims rose for the third straight week to 2 076 700, reflecting longer unemployment durations and auto industry strikes contributing to higher continued claims.
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Washington
Federal Security Agency
F. L. Keenan
Bureau of Employment Security
Keenan
French Thwart Gaullist Plot Arrests Shake Paris
Paris reports 16 arrests including six Gaullist supporters amid a roundup by the Surete Nationale. Police seized machine guns as authorities say some Rally of the French People members may have sought army backing for a revolt timed for June 18. The RPF denies involvement and accuses Interior Minister Jules Moch of provocations.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Surete Nationale
FBI
Rally of the French People
RPF
Jules Moch
National Assembly
Air Secretary Denies B36 Politics Liar Claim
Air Secretary Symington publicly denied Van Zandt’s charges that the B36 bomber program was tainted by politics and said reports of a private Atlas-Odlum aircraft venture are false. He stated Johnson had no role in the B36’s establishment and that Air Force purchases followed the chief of staff’s recommendations. A House inquiry into the B36 program was launched.
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Washington
Symington
Air Force
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
House
van Zandt
D-Pa
Floyd Odlum
Atlas Corporation
Odlum
Consolidated Company
Johnson
Consolidated
Defense
James Forrestal
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Armed Services Committee
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Communist Party
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Ida Dates
America
A. A. Berie
Berie
State Department
Bykov
North Texas
Merrill
Shirley Larsen
C. E. Larsen
Duke
St. Bernard
Switzerland
Genoa
Italy
Larsen
San Francisco
Manila
SPCA
Dr. Gondolf
London
Financial Times
Oscar Hobson
Lord Beaverbrook
Daily Express
Acheson
Lewis Douglas
Douglas
Associated Press
B. Hickenlooper
David Lilienthal
Joseph Volpe Jr
San Angelo
Frank Edgars
Dotson
Edgars
Provocateurs
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