MacArthur Criticized as Tojo Figure by Peiping Radio
Peiping radio denounces General MacArthur for purging Japanese Reds and accuses him of defying Potsdam and Far East policy. Tokyo and Osaka police crack down on Communists, banning rallies and raiding offices. Cabinet session reportedly to consider expanding police and possibly outlawing the Communist Party.
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TOKYQ
MacArthur
Japan
Peiping Radio
Communist Party
Far Eastern Commission
Peiping Peoples Daily
United States
Tokyo
Osaka
Kyodo
Eiichi Tanaka
National Rural Police
Noboru Saito
Communist Central Committee
Red Flag
Russia
Anti Trust Indictments Target Alaska Firms
Alaska officials announce 10 indictments charging price fixing and restraints of trade across shipping meats distribution fuel liquor dry cleaning and taxi services. The cases name 23 corporations 138 individuals and two liquor dealer associations as defendants with Alaska Steamship Company singled out for civil action alongside others.
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Washington
McGrath
Alaska
Anchorage
Anthony J. Diamond
Big
Alaska Steamship Company
Seattle
Wash
Last Chance, Inc
Senate Orders Arrest Over Quorum in Rent Bill Fight
The Senate, short of a quorum during the rent bill debate, voted 29 to 15 to authorize arrest of absent senators and compel them to return to the Capitol. Senator Lucas urged action after a long filibuster by Senator Cain, prompting a failed adjournment motion and a roll call showing 46 present. Vice President Barkley ruled the quorum was not met.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
Knowland
Calif
Lucas
Illinois
Cain
Wash
Barkley
Wreck Uproots Tree But Driver Escapes
John Robertson of Rio Vista lost control on a curve north of Joshua Friday night. His car uprooted a 10 inch diameter tree and plunged into a ditch. Robertson suffered minor injuries.
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Joshua
John Robertson
Rio Vista
Here
Robertson
Weeds Wilt on Lake Austin and Court Targets Bad Checks
Weeds wilt as Lake Austin water is lowered to burn out the storch and nutria released for the job go unseen. County Court-at-law sentences hot check offenders firmly in a campaign to curb the practice. Central Texas areas finish nose counts. chamber officials await results.
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Lake Austin
Gunner claims B29 downed by its own fire during training
In SCULTHORPE England a US Air Force B29 crashed in the North Sea after bullets from its own gun turrets set it afire during gunnery practice off Great Yarmouth. Four of eleven crew were rescued, three bodies found, four missing. Captain Walsh cited a rare auto contour fire control failure over Lemon Bank range.
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Sculthorpe
Eng
North Sea
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
England
Henry J. Walsh
Lemon Bank
Remington Resigns Amid Trial Demand in Loyalty Case
William W. Remington a 32 year old Commerce Department economist indicted by a New York federal grand jury for alleged disloyalty resigned his $10 000 a year post to devote full time to his upcoming trial He asserted he never was a Communist and said he faced the charges with a heavy heart The resignation takes effect Monday and follows a May 27 directive from Secretary Sawyer to quit or be fired Michael Lee another $10 000 a year official also refused to quit and challenged loyalty board review while Remington noted overtime costs and limited funds for his defense.
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Washington
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
New York
Remington
Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Michael Lee
Department
Lee
Congress
Grand Jury
Truman
Loyalty Review Board
Remingston
Communist Party
State Education Board Approves Building Plan
The State Board of Education voted Friday to approve a plan for a new state office building for its use. It will not act immediately on bids for privately owned rental buildings or moving the department into unused Confederate Women's Home property. The board resumes Saturday to consider gradual textbook introduction for potential savings of over one million dollars.
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Raymond Brooks
State Board of Education
Confederate Woman's Home
Capitol
Paul Bolton
Legislative Council
Cecil Morgan
Price Daniel
R. B. Anderson
Emerson Stone
Jacksonville
J. F
J. W. Edgar
Texas
Morgan
Truman pledges aid to free nations amid Soviet threat
Missouri crowd in Columbia hears President Truman vow to carry aid to Western Europe beyond 1952 Marshall Plan end and warn against Communist expansion. He receives honorary law degree and Phi Beta Kappa key amid heavy rain and stadium chaos. He plans a major foreign policy address in St Louis and a Jefferson Memorial speech, with VOA broadcasts in 24 languages.
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Columbia
Truman
Free Nations
University of Kansas City
Memorial Stadium
Europe
United States
Frederick A. Middlebush
St. Louis
Jefferson
Kiel Auditorium
Jefferson Memorial
Battery D
France
Washington
Voice of America
Russia
Mr. Truman
Military Chiefs Urge More War Weapons To Meet Threats
Four top U.S. military leaders told a Senate subcommittee that the nation is not ready for a major war and urged rapid production of planes tanks and guns. They warned of an imminent inter continental air war and urged a 24 hour air defense alert plus a strategic striking force to hit back.
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Washington
Congress
United States
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Russia
Vandenberg
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
W. Stuart Symington
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Senate
London
Bradley
Collins
Alaska
Symington
Subpoena Forrestal Diary in Amerasia Probe
Senate investigators urge subpoena of Defense Secretary James Forrestal's diary to verify claims of a 1945 stop order in the Amerasia case. OSS officials challenge Justice Department views, saying the raid did not ruin the prosecution and noting the diary sits in the White House.
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Washington
Senate
Defense
James Forrestal
Oocli
Slarov
White House
William F. Knowland
R-Calif
Office of Strategic Services
Justice Department
OSS
Amerasia Magazine
New York
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
State Department
Homer Capehart
R-Ind
Indianapolis
Amerasia
Truman
Forrestal
Knowland
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Europe
James H. McInerney
Julius Holmes
London
Sam Rayburn Awarded Honorary Law Degree
Speaker Sam Rayburn of Texas received an honorary doctor of laws degree from National University in Washington Friday night. Associate Justice W O Douglas of the U S Supreme Court conferred the degree, serving as university chancellor.
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Washington
Sam Rayburn
Texas
National University
W. O. Douglas
U.S. Supreme Court
9-Year-Old Drowns In Dad's Stock Tank
Alf Whitaker, aged nine, drowned Friday in a stock tank on his father's ranch near Wichita Falls. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Ben Whitaker.
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Wichita Falls
Alf Whitaker
Here
Ben Whitaker
Tabulators Set Saturday Night Count Deadline
Census workers push a self imposed deadline with the slogan Saturday night or bust as Austin prepares for a population figure. Silas Maxwell says tabulation and editing proceed, but much work remains and the count may not be ready until Monday. Mayor Taylor Glass will receive and announce the figure for inclusion in almanacs maps and signs.
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Austin
Silas Maxwell
Maxwell
Taylor Glass
United States
Central Texas
Travis —E
Red Soldier Describes Guerilla War by Caucasus Rebels
A Soviet army sergeant who deserted to British forces in Germany says Caucasus mountaineers wage guerrilla warfare against Moscow. The British report identifies the rebels as Chechen and Ingushi survivors deported from their homeland to Siberia in 1944.
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Berlin
Germany
Moscow
British High Commission
Mikhail Amurkhanovich Kuratsyev
Siberia
Thundershowers Expected On Scattered Basis This Weekend
The Weather Bureau says thundershowers will be scattered and warm with humidity. Skies will darken Saturday afternoon but not spoil weekend trips or outings as showers remain far apart.
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Weather Bureau
Indictments Name Harry Gold in A Bomb Secrets Case
Harry Gold a 39 year old Philadelphia chemist and two unidentified persons were indicted by a Federal grand jury on charges of feeding atom bomb secrets to the Russians. Gold acted as intermediary between Klaus Fuchs and the Soviet ring and met with Fuchs in several U S cities during wartime. The indictment traces the espionage to December 1940 and alleges Gold supplied documents to the unnamed John Doe who transmitted them to the Soviets. Gold is held on 100000 bail in Philadelphia and plans to plead guilty as charged.
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New York
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
Gold
Klaus Fuchs
John Doe
John
Richard Roe
Sam
Russia
Fuchs
Switzerland
FBI
Britain
New York City
Boston
Cambridge
Mass
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Brooklyn
Los Alamos
Martin C. Epstein
J. Vincent Keogh
Eastern District
Keogh
James E. McGranery
United States
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Usibelli Coal Mine, Inc
Fairbanks
A. E. Lathrop
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