Probers Tell Spy Trap Plan Balked by Byrnes
Testimony before the House un American Activities Committee described a staged decoy operation to trap a Soviet spy at Bell Aircraft in Buffalo. Loren Haas and Joseph and Catherine Franey said the plan unraveled when Secretary of State Byrnes vetoed arrests, allowing the suspect Andrei Shevchenko to depart.
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Probers
Byrnes
Washington
State Department
Loren G. Haas
Buffalo
N. Y
House un-American Activities Committee
James F. Byrnes
Supreme Court
Secretary of
Department of Justice
FBI
Haas
Francys
Andrei Scevchenko
Bell Aircraft Plant
National Advisory Committee On Aeronautics
NACA
Bell Plant
Chambers
Representative Mundt
House Committee
Hiss
Stryker
Mundt
Molotov Said Assigned to Woo Chinese Communists
Paris dispatch reports Russia may task V. M. Molotov with aligning Chinese Communists to Soviet communism. Western diplomats await Moscow confirmation as he shifts to a broad Far East role, potentially recognizing a new Chinese government after a Communist assembly.
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Soviet
Paris
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Joseph Stalin
Far East
United States
Britain
Council of Foreign Ministers
Moscow
China
Communist Party
Nicolai Roschin
Nanking
Canton
Roschin
Andrei Vishinsky
Consultative Assembly
Chambers Repeats Claim of 2nd Leaker in Hiss Trial
New York report details Chambers naming Julian Wadleigh as a second State Department employee who aided him in obtaining secrets for a prewar Soviet spy ring. The testimony covers alleged perjury, pumpkin microfilms, and repeated oaths broken by Chambers during the Alger Hiss case.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Julian Wadleigh
Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Samuel H. Kaufman
Pudgy
Time Magazine
Senate Takes Up Decontrol Today
Senate debates removal of rent control with a near certain push for approval amid a looming filibuster. The House passed measure 93 41 and a Senate committee endorsed it 15 0 adding city council reinstate control provisions. Senator Phillips vows hours of opposition while others move to advance the bill to floor debate.
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Fariny Senate
Senate
Jimmy Phillips
Angleton
Phillips
Ashley
Bell
Bracewell
Bullock
Carney
Corbin
Hardeman
Harris
Hazlewood
Hudson
Jones
Kelley
Edinburg
Kelly
Fort Worth
Lock
Martin
McDonald
Moore
Proffer
Homer
Tynan
Polio Cases Rise Across Texas As San Angelo Mayrelax Ban
Polio cases mounted in Texas with San Angelo seeking to lift bans on public gatherings by mid week. San Angelo reports six new polio hospitalizations, while the area records its seventh polio death of 1949. Houston and San Antonio show mixed year totals and ongoing diarrhea cases.
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182Nd
Texas National Guard
San Antonio
Associated Press
Texas
San Angelo
John Thomas Joyce
Girvin
Houston
Waller
Civic Club
Senate panel approves North Atlantic Treaty
The Senate foreign relations committee unanimously approved the North Atlantic Pact, 13 to 0, on its fifth anniversary of D-Day. Chairman Connally said ratification will have a tremendous beneficial effect and predicted overwhelming Senate approval. The report's key issue was Article 5 binding member states to respond to an attack in Europe or North America.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connally
Texas
Senate
Europe
Acheson
Paris
North America
North Atlantic
United Nations
Paulette Goddard Divorce Reported
The Herald-Examiner reports Paulette Goddard obtained a Mexican divorce from actor Burgess Meredith. Decree issued in Cuernavaca and becomes final next Wednesday. Meredith did not consent and was notified by publication. Goddard is said to be en route from El Paso by air.
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Los Angeles
The
Herald-Examiner
Paulette Goddard
Burgess Meredith
Cuernavaca
Meredith
el Paso
Texas
Movie Star to Marry Ex Ambassador's Son
Elizabeth Taylor is to marry William D. Pawley Jr. son of the former Brazilian ambassador. Mrs. Francis Taylor announced the engagement. The couple has not set a wedding date and they're visiting Pawleys’ sister Annie Hahr Pawley in Miami Beach.
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Miami Beach
Fia
Elizabeth Taylor
William D. Pawley Jr
Brazil
Francis Taylor
Miss Taylor
Pawley
Annie Hahr Pawley
Solons Hold Debate With Few Concrete Moves
Legislative session features heavy talk on finance and reform as House passes voter registration bill and sends it to the Senate. Senate shelves small loan regulation bill and delays rent decontrol, while a money-cutting resolution targets large appropriations. A housing and eleemosynary funding dispute looms with possible special session.
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House
Senate
Texas
Allan Shivers
Jimmy Horang
Archer City
Wayne Wagenseller
Fruitland
Beauford H. Jester
Jester
Horany-Wagonseller
resolu_ Oe aes
Eleemosynary
Judiciary Biis
State Banking Commission
Gus Strauss
Hallettsville
S. J. Isaacks
el Paso
Three Major Money Bills Loom in Texas Capitol Panels
Austin lawmakers wrestle with funding and revenue as committees study three big measures. debate centers on a tax plan, a building bond, and across the board cuts or deficits to balance a multiyear appropriation package totaling over 186 million dollars. Senate and House clash over building funds hospital projects and revenue increases, with possible temporary tax measures to cover current deficits.
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Raymond Brooks
Austin American Capitol
Preston Smith
Lubbock
Special-Fuand Treasury
Revenue and Taxation Committee
Fleming
Senate
House
Polish Liner Batory Sails From New York
The Polish liner Batory sailed from New York for Southampton Copenhagen and Gdynia after crew members were cleared of any role in Gerhart Eisler’s May escape. The ship departed at noon with 857 passengers and 351 crew under tight guard since docking last Saturday.
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New York
Batory
Gerhart Eisler
Eisler
Southampton
Copenhagen
Gdynia
Poland
Hickenlooper Charges AEC Recalled Suspended Employe
Senator Hickenlooper accused the Atomic Energy Commission of reinstating a suspended employee after an FBI loyalty report described as containing serious derogatory information. The man was cleared for access to secret data on June 18, 1948, amid broader AEC security questions and testimony before the Senate House atomic energy committee.
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Schevchenko
Haas
FBI
Bureau of Aeronautics
Stryker
Judge Kaufman
Chambers
House Committee
Nixon
Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission Review Board
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Truman
Lilienthal
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Argonne Atomic Laboratories
Chicago
Knowland
R-Cal
Carroll Wilson
Argonne Lab
Wilson
Argonne
Donnie Woodard Dies After Long Burn Battle
Vernon mourns as 10 year old Donnie Woodard dies at 5 a.m. after 27 days with 70 percent skin burns. He lived past predictions with transfusions and care, expressing desire to live and have a pony. Funeral held Tuesday with classmates as pallbearers. parents and six brothers at bedside.
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Vernon
Donnie Woodard
Donnie
James W. Woodard
Cliff Clines
South Lockett School
Clines
Stocks Slump To Two Year Low On Weak Market
New York June 6 Stocks slid to a two year low in a rapid session with overall market value falling about one billion dollars. The loss followed persistent declines in steel schedules and a faint recovery late in trading failed to offset earlier damage. US Steel fell 75 cents to 20.00, General Motors 87 cents to 53.37, and the Associated Press index dropped to its lowest since May 1947 as grains and cotton also eased.
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New York
Wall Street
US Steel
General Motors
Chrysler
Firestone Tire
Douglas Aircraft
Kennecott Copper
Dow Chemical
Radio Cooporation
American Woolen
Nickel Plate Railroad
Standard Oil
N.J
20Th Century-Fox
Associated Press
Agreement Reached In Power Line Fight
Milam County commissioners settled with Bartlett Electric Cooperative over relocating lines on the Rochdale Tracy farm market road. The company will move the lines immediately to allow road construction to begin on the Brushy Creek crossing. The high water bridge span is near completion and crews aim to finish eight miles of road before heavy fall rains.
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Rockdale
Spl
Milam County Commissioners Court
Bartlett Electric Cooperative
Rochdale
Tracy
Brushy Creek
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Vv. Molotov
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Solons
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A. M. Aikin Jr
McMahon
D-Conn
Joint Congressional Committee
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Jack Restive
Northwest
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