FBI Hints Ties In Red Embassy Espionage Case
The Judith Coplon espionage trial records secret FBI reports linking American counter spying to the Soviet embassy in Washington. Reports cite informants code named PT-1 and Tl on a White Sands barber Eugenio Chavez and a broader probe into Soviet embassy personnel including Valentin Sorokin and Vaili Zubilin.
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FBI
Red
Washington
Judith Coplon
White Sands, N. M
Valentin Sorokin
Vaili M. Zubilin
PTI
White Sands
Eugenio Chavez
Eugenio Arta
Chavez
Mexico City
Hoffman to Quit If Fund Slashed
Washington June 9 Paul Hoffman warned he will resign as economic cooperation administrator if Senate cuts European recovery funds too drastically He noted he would step down if he cannot make the program a success and turn it over to a successor.
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Washington
Paul Hoffman
Senate
Hoffman
Congress
Senate Appropriations Committee
ECA
San Francisco Felt Minor Quake Rattles City
A slight earthquake shook San Francisco at 9 07 p m Thursday with tremors felt for four to five seconds. No damage reported. The quake was also felt in Hollister about 38 miles southeast of the city.
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San Francisco
Hollister
Split over shipments of isotopes fuels Senate clash
AEC member Lewis Strauss testifies before the Senate House atomic energy committee about isotope shipments abroad. He opposed the 1947 decision and says he was overruled, amid charges of mismanagement and security concerns involving Norway and Russia.
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AEC
Washington
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Lewis Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Russia
Strauss
Congressional Committee
David E. Lilienthal
Joint Committee
Hickenlooper
R-Iowa
Lilienthal
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Norway
Hickenloper
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
White
the Treasury
Texas Boy Recovers From Denver Beating
Howard Wright a 14 year old from Gladewater Texas was treated for head wounds after a beating by Denver youths. He was part of the Gladewater High School Band traveling to Colorado Springs for the National Junior Chamber of Commerce convention when the incident occurred Tuesday night. Wright was released from Denver General Hospital Thursday.
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Denver
Howard Wright
Gladewater
Alcoholic Truth: A Quart of Whisky Daily Limits
Dr. Henry W. Newman of Stanford Medical School argues the average man can safely drink about a quart of 100 proof whisky per day. He cites dog experiments and body-weight comparisons, noting exceeding this leads to unconsciousness or death. Some drinkers dispute the estimate.
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Washington
Henry W. Newman
Stanford University Medical School
San Francisco
Newman
Science
Truman strikes at Lewis as Taft-Hartley repeal debate rages
President Truman labelled John L. Lewis a headline hunter while defending a broader push to repeal the Taft Hartley Act. He argued the law’s 80 day injunctions are unnecessary, urging Congress to consider presidential seizure powers in critical labor disputes amid a coal miners walkout looming next week.
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Washington
Truman
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Capitol Hill
Congress
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
Withers
Kentucky
Five Men Named by Chambers as Givers of Secrets
Whitaker Chambers named Julian Wadleigh Ward Pigman Harry Dexter White Alger Hiss and Vincent Reno as sources who supplied United States secrets to a prewar Russian spy ring. The testimony occurred at Alger Hiss perjury trial as new witnesses discussed Hiss finances and notes.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
United States
Julian Wadleigh
Ward Pigman
Harry Dexter White
Alger Hiss
Vincent Reno
Chambers
Hiss
Priscilla Hiss
New York Grand Jury
Wadleigh
State Department
Franklin Victor Reno
Aberdeen
Senate Approves Juryless Lunacy Trial Bill in Texas
The Texas Senate approved amendments to a bill abolishing rent controls and sending it to Governor Beauford Jester. The House backed the Senate changes 86 to 34, leaving the governor to decide whether to sign veto or let it become law absent his signature. The measure would take effect 90 days after passage.
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BO Byers
Associated Press
Texas
House
Senate
Beauford H. Jester
Jim Norton
Nacogdoches
Confederate Pension Fund
Norton
Jimmy Phillips
Okeh
Carlton Moore
Houston
Jack Brooks
Beaumont
Armed Services Pay Hike Approved by House Panel
The House Armed Services Committee approved a compromise pay bill for 1,626,000 military personnel at a cost of 307 million dollars per year by a 26 to 1 vote. Chairman Carl Vinson said the measure will pass in the full House next week. The vote followed earlier opposition to a higher 406 million dollar plan and comes amid broader calls for defense economy.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
House
Army Navy
Air Force
Vinson
Defense
Louis Johnson
McGuffin's Square Team Wins Judges Third Round
Leon McGuffin's square team won on Thursday night in the American Statesman Central Texas Square Dance Contest, beating Clemens J. Staudt's Del Valle dancers and earning a finals berth. The win secures one of five $1,800 prizes for finalists. preliminaries continue Friday with three teams chasing final spot. Judges were Elmo Cook, D H Turner, and John Focht.
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Leon McGuffin
Square
Austin
Clemens J. Staudt
del Valle
American Statesman
McGuffin
Paramount
Bert Nagie
Jane Nelson
Jessie Baldwin
Leela Love
L J. Janca
Leah Stenzel
Milton Stern
Marjorie Bieter
Barbara Massey
A. J. Rice
Tom Roberts
Perry Dawson
Hugo Kieke
Martin L. Hay
Liano
Jodie Gault
Cripple Creek
Elmo Cook
D. H. Turner
iJohn Focht
Reporter’s Alibi A Pickpocket Story Stolen
Harold Miloff, Winnipeg Tribune reporter, had gathered material for a Thursday story on how pickpockets operated. The material was stolen from his pocket while he walked on a crowded street.
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Winnipeg, Man
Harold Miloff
The
Winnipeg Tribune
Tribune
Ashley May Run To Halt Shivers
Texas state politics heated as Senator Carlos Ashley considers a run for governor next year to halt a perceived gravy train government and ultra liberalism. He criticizes House and Senate leadership and signals a bid amid stalled budget talks and a $56 million gap between appropriations and revenues.
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Ashley
Austin American Capitol
Carlos Ashley
AL Siuvoenor
Allan Shivers
Senate
Shivers
Austin-Llano
State Board of Control
Texas
House
Witness Admits Only She Was Lonesome in Edinburg Trial
In Edinburg on June 9, defense witness Mrs. Evelyn Goldsmith testified she felt lonely but had no intimate relation with Delbert G. Woodruff, accused of fatally shooting Jesse Evins and Frank Evins in a hotel on June 21, 1947. Goldsmith was divorcing Evins at the time and later remarried.
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Edinburg
Evelyn Goldsmith
Delbert G. Woodruff
Woodruff
Jesse Evins
Frank Evins
Rayburn Heads to Oklahoma Dinner Reception
House Speaker Sam Rayburn will attend the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner in Oklahoma City on Friday night arriving from Washington at 4:10 p m. The event is announced by State Party Chairman James Arrington.
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Oklahoma City
Sam Rayburn
Washington
James Arrington
Texas Congress
Oklahoma
Truman to Address American Legion Convention
Col. J. Monroe Johnson announced the President will attend the American Legion convention in Philadelphia as a delegate and receive the distinguished service medal. The gathering runs August 28 to 30 and Truman is slated to speak on opening day barring unforeseen developments.
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Washington
J. Monroe Johnson
Truman
American Legion
Philadelphia
Johnson
Interstate Commerce Commission
White House
Oil Vessel Explodes in Intracoastal Canal near Harvey
The oil exploration boat exploded and burned in the Intracoastal Canal near Harvey Louisiana on Thursday afternoon. Two unidentified men reportedly beached the craft and fled as it caught fire. The vessel is a converted 45 foot wartime landing craft owned by Harry Sweet of Harvey. No injuries were reported and wreckage poses no navigation hazard according to the Coast Guard.
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New Orleans
Intracoastal Canal
Harvey
Coast Guard
Harry Sweet
Sweet
Vishinsky Backs Quick Pace for East West Trade Talks
In Paris on June 9 Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky agreed to accelerate the Berlin East West trade talks. Trade experts will report to the Big Four Foreign Ministers by Monday as Western powers press for concrete results. The session, the longest and bitterest of its three week run, neared deadlock with officials signaling further delays possible.
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Paris
Andrei Vishinsky
Berlin
Russia
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Vishinsky
I. Ee
Trade and Commerce Group
Con
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Leona Saron
Soviet Information Bulletin
Leonid Pavlov
Bulletin Organization
College of New York
Hunter College
Columbia
Cornell
Council of Soviet-American Friendship
Shura Lewis
James Lewis
George Washington University
Miss Saron
Juarez
Mexico
Post Exchange
Sam Zuckerman
el Paso
Miss Coplon
Valentine Gubitchev
Coplon
Justice Department
Stioht
Phil Geraci
Frank Galle
Louisiana
Senator Knowland
Calif
Jackson
Millikin
Raps
John L
Lwnn O. de Lashmutt
Schmidt Motor Company
Randallstown, Md
Esther Chambers
Okehs
Tighe Woods
McGuffin's
Jim DeeVay
Tom Adams
Texas Star Square
Ramsay Playground
Rayburn
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