FBI Report Names Top Film Stars Communists
Hollywood stars Fredric March Edward G Robinson and other West Coast figures named in a secret FBI report as alleged Communist Party members. The informant cited March as a CP member in 1947 and connected others like Dorothy Parker Donald Ogden Stuart Ruth McKinney Alfred Maltz Alvah Bessie Dalton Trumbo Millen Brand and Michael Blankfort to the movement. Parker said she knew no Russians and defended American allegiance amid questions about loyalty in the industry.
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Washington
Hollywood
Fredric March
Edward G. Robinson
West Coast
FBI
Communist Party
March
Dorothy Parker
Donald Ogden Stuart
Ruth McKinney
Alfred Maltz
Alvah Bessie
Dalton Trumbo
Millen Brand
Michael Blankfort
East West Unity Berlin Strike Threatens Trade Pact
Berlin officials said a railway strike by 14 000 anti Communist workers blocked East West trade talks. A settlement could allow agreements within 12 hours and a Paris proposal to report back by June 13. The dispute centers on union recognition and Reichsbahn ties to anti Communist unions.
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Berlin
United States
Paris
UGO
Reichsbahn (Railroad
Reichsbahn
New York
Jurors Find Cain Guilty In Gun Killing
A 53rd District Court jury found Milton Eugene Cain guilty of murder in the fatal Nov 18 1948 shooting of Dan Jefferson McMillin of Route Six. Cain received an 18 year state penitentiary sentence amid stunned courtroom reactions and discussions of appeal barriers.
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Cain
Milton Eugene Cain
Dan Jefferson McMillin
Route Six
Texas
McMillin
Star's Mother Seeks Divorce After Four Month Marriage
Gladys Sprigata O'Brien filed for divorce from Don Sylvio Sprigata in Los Angeles Superior Court alleging extreme cruelty in a four month Palm Beach marriage to film star Margaret O'Brien's mother. The suit dates May 23 separation with no alimony requested. Sylvio, 42, denies and says he cannot battle a child.
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Margaret O’brien
Don Sylvia
Mama
Los Angeles
Gladys O’brien
Don Syl
Sprigata
Sylvia
Margaret
Gladys Sprigata
Sylvio Sprigata
Senators Approve Rental Decontrol and Coal Shutdown
Washington action reports John L. Lewis ordering a weeklong coal mine shutdown starting Monday to curb stockpiled coal and pressure operators in upcoming contract talks. He seeks shorter work weeks and higher royalties for welfare funds, while miners face a June 30 contract expiry and potential further stoppages.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Key
US Steel Corporation
Philadelphia
Phillips 6 Hour Filibuster Fails To Block Final Action
The Texas Senate voted 25 to 3 to pass the rent control repeal bill after Sen. Jimmy Phillips ended a six hour filibuster. The measure moves back to the House for concurrence in two Senate amendments. Support grew for Phillips despite the failure to delay action until August.
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Phillips
Associated Press
Senate
Texas
Jimmy Phillips
Austin
Federal
Aikin
Taylor
House
Highways and Roads Committee
Committee On Commerce and Manufacturing
Taft and Pepper clash over Taft Hartley repeal
In Washington, Senator Taft argues for a technical repeal of Taft Hartley preserving main principles while Senator Pepper brands any compromise as a repudiation of Democratic pledges. The debate centers on labor law changes as rent decontrol fights unfold in the Senate.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate Labor Committee
Ohioan
Senate
Thomas
Labor
US Urges Quick Action on Berlin
At the Paris talks, US Secretary of State Dean Acheson urged a five day deadline for the Big Four to resolve Berlin’s trade and transport ties. If no deal is reached by June 13, foreign ministers would take up the issue. The session exposed waning hope for a rapid settlement of Berlin, with calls for special commissioners to handle technical problems as a three month adjournment looms.
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Paris
Dean Acheson
Berlin
Acheson
Germany
New York
Hope of Finding Two Bodies in Sea Fades
Newport Beach California June 8 Hope faded for finding the bodies of Geraldine Minette Clark twelve Houston Texas and Dr. Victor L Mann Jr thirty nine Fullerton California drowned when eighteen children were dumped in the ocean on a holiday cruise Passengers and crew of another craft saved the others after they floated an hour fourteen miles at sea The sport fishing boat heeled over and nearly swamped in a heavy sea.
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Newport Beach
Cal
Geraldine Minette Clark
Houston
Texas
Victor L. Mann Jr
Fullerton
Strike Mob Driven From Red Building
Four angry Russian officers beat back a mob of about 200 railway strikers who forced entry into the Russian controlled railway headquarters in the American sector of Berlin. West Berlin police ordered the crowd to leave after the clash as US military authorities distanced themselves from the incident.
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Berlin
Raus
West Berlin
Reed Estate Sues Over Notes In $82 500 Claim
Executors of Dave C Reed file three suits in 98th District Court alleging non payment of notes totaling 82 500 against William H Wilson administrator of Gilbert C Wilson estate. Wilson and Reed died in a Virginia private plane crash May 2 1948. Dispute over $100 000 life insurance proceeds naming Reed beneficiary. Notes dated March 13 1948 payable within one year amount to 14 738 42 30 819 12 and 37 000.
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Dave C. Reed
98Th District Court
William H. Wilson
Gilbert, C. Wilson
Reed
Wilson
Virginia
Reed Estate
Hiram M. Reed
Ruth Reed Dyke
Agreement avoids atomic plant strike in Oak Ridge
Oak Ridge Tennessee June 8 2 000 CIO workers at the uranium 235 plant avert a strike after 40 hours of talks. A new labor contract grants eight cent hourly increases across all job classifications. The deal was announced by Federal Conciliators Clyde Mills and Robert Donahoe.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
CIO
Oak Ridge
Clyde M. Mills
Robert W. Donahoe
Carbide and
Carbon Chemicals Corporation
CIO United Chemical Workers
Death by Own Action Ties Galveston Tragedy to Crystal Lake Couple
Mrs. Martha Pfeiffer of Crystal Lake Illinois, a divorcee, disappeared after the suicide of her companion Robert Emmett Benjamin, 33, of Crystal Lake and Chicago, in their Galveston apartment. Benjamin’s body was sent to Chicago for burial. Paducah relatives planned her return home.
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Galveston
Martha Pfeiffer
Crystal Lake
Robert Emmett Benjamin
Chicago
Paducah
Industrial Leaguers Reelect Dallas Man
Wallace Green of Dallas was reelected president of the Texas Industrial League. E. E. Dullahan of Houston was named first vice president, S. C. O Neal of Waco second vice president, and P. D. Barziza of Houston third vice president.
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Dallas
Wallace Green
Texas Industrial League
E. E. Dullahan
Houston
S. C. O'Neal
Waco
P. D. Barziza
Senators Foresee Lewis Strike Hurdling Taft Hartley Repeal
Washington June 8 United Press senators warned that John L. Lewis led coal mine strike would derail efforts to repeal Taft Hartley law. They urged quick cooling off period and potential presidential seizure of struck property if Congress delays.
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Ellender
Hubert Humphrey
Dminn
Lewis
Congress
Irving M. Ives
World's Largest Dam Planned by Mexico
Mexico invites four bids for a project in the Papaloapan River valley Vera Cruz that would be the world’s largest dam. It will be named for President Miguel Aleman and aims to store up to 5 billion cubic meters of water for irrigation hydroelectric power and flood control in the E region.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Papaloapan River
Vera Cruz State
TVA
Miguel Aleman
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FBI Report
Miss Parker
Maltz
Trumbo
Bessie
UN American Activities Committee
Sylvia Sydney
Lon
Miss Sydney
Council of Foreign Ministers
Robert W. Kenny
Rankin
Department of Justice
Canada Lee
Daniel L. Marsh
Boston University
Clyde R Miller
Teachers’ College
Columbia University
Norman Corwin
Columbia Broadcasting System
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
National City Bank
Paul Muni
Melvyn Douglas
John Garfield
John Howard Lawson
Moscow-dominal Comintern
ND 402
Daily Worker
V. J Jerome
SAS
William J. McCarthy
Daniel F. Garde
Lionel Berman
Polk Shelton
Star
Don Sylvio
Florida
Leonard Wilson
California
UMW
Mac Roy Rasor
Husky
Brazoria County
Jim Taylor
Kerens
G. C. Morris
Greenville
A. M. Aikin Jr
Kyle Vick
Andrei Vishinsky
Bern
Swain
Eugene Palombi
Eugene
Louis B. Trudel
Leo Palombi
Rose Eileen
Joseph Tully
St. Mary’s
Eileen
Mel
Tulleys
Palombis
Rose Eileen Tully
Tucson
Ariz
Eleanor
Suicide
T H
Allen J. Eilender
D-La
Elbert D. Thomas
Dutah
Robert A. Taft
Ge Lewis
John J. Sparkman
Dala
Eliender
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