2 Army Aides Suspected Of Helping Reds NKVD
FBI extracts read at the Judith Coplon trial claim two War Department aides on a secret Russian desk may have leaked data to the NKVD. The reports detail meetings involving Army officers and a Russian agent named Irina Aleksander, with notes tracing contacts to the Russian consulate and alleged espionage links.
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NKVD
Washington
FBI
War Department
Judith Coplon
Miss Coplon
Valentine A. Gubitchev
United Nations
New York
Justice Department
A For— Power
Russia
Irina
Raida) Efimovna Aleksander
Bothidar Kassimir Aleksander
Espionag
Murphy
Bernard Koten
American Russian Institute
William Hermann Eckart Johnson
Annette F. Johnson
Washington, D.C
Letcher
Vera Sandomirsky Dunham
Vera
Elvin Sill
Arlington
Bureau
Henry Warren Dunham
US Army
Dunham
Sill
Yugo
Austria
Finalists Crowned in Fifth Round of Square Dance Contest
Hugo Kieke's Austin square team won the fifth round of the American-Statesman Central Texas Square Dance Contest, earning a spot on the Paramount stage to face four other squares for $1,800 in prizes. Friday night winners included Mr. and Mrs. Hugo Kieke and four other couples with caller Mrs. Tom Roberts. judges were Marvy Bruice Elmo Cook and Dr. T N Hatfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Kieke
Austin Square
American-Statesman
Perry Dawson
Austin
Martin L. Hay
Llano
Kieke
Paramount
L. L. Wallace
Arthur Amundsen
Clyde Willie
Tom Roberts
Marvy Bruice
Elmo Cook
T. N. Hatfield
Barbara Massey
A. J. Rice
Leon McGuffin
H. L
Atom Worker Testifies Scientist Led Him To Communist Meetings
West Coast wartime laborer Robert Davis testified before the House committee that an atomic scientist Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz took him to two or three meetings where he joined the Communist Party. Davis said his wife also joined and noted he burned his party cards before leaving Los Alamos in 1943. Lomantiz, a Berkeley physicist later at Fisk University, refused to confirm party membership but asserted loyalty to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atomic Laboratory
Robert Davis
House un-American Activities Committee
Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz
University of California Radiation Laboratory
Berkeley
Davis
Lomanitz
Lomantiz
Fisk University
Nashville
United States
Communist Party
Berkeley Laboratory
Charlotte
New York
Louis J. Russell
Los Alamos
N. Mex
Russia Proposes Reheated German Peace Plan at Foreign Ministers Council
In Paris on June 10 the Soviet Union revived its German peace proposal before the Council of Foreign Ministers. Informants say Western delegates pressed the conference to stop ceremonial dancing and begin practical work as US Secretary of State Dean Acheson and French Foreign Minister demanded concrete action.
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Paris
Russia
Council of Foreign Ministers
Moscow
London
Dean Acheson
Kert Schuman
Ernest Bevin
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Germany
Vishinsky
Acheson
Bevin
Berlin
Truman Flies To Little Rock For Reunion
President Truman traveled to Little Rock Arkansas to join the 35th Division for their annual reunion and deliver a major foreign policy address. He spoke at a war memorial dedication after a parade and planned receptions and meetings with old battery mates. In Washington, Allied and Soviet negotiators clashed over a potential German peace treaty and occupation terms at the Paris talks.
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Little Rock
Ark
Truman
Arkansas
Harry
129Th Field Artillery
White House
War Memorial Park
Mr. Truman
Washington
The
Independence
Sid McMath
Mary Jane Truman
Grandview
Tucker Indicted On 3 Charges In Auto Venture
Grand jury in Chicago charges Pres ton T. Tucker and seven associates with mail fraud SEC regulation violations and conspiracy. Indictment cites 31 counts after 54 days of hearings and notes $28 million spent on promoting the Tucker Corporation with 25 hand made cars. Bond set at 25 000 for Tucker Cerf Pierce Karsten and 10 000 for others.
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Chicago
Preston T. Tucker
Tucker
Senate
Grand
Tucker Corporation
John P. Barnes
Michigan
R. W. Parsons
Tucker Corp
SEC
Harold A. Karsten
Minneapolis
Illinois State
Karsten
Abraham Karatz
North Hollywood
Calif
Floyd D. Cerf
Robert Pierce
Detroit Athletic Club
Detroit
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Turn About Cyclist Has Kick Coming
Clark Pounell 39 of Unionville New York is in St Francis Hospital with a broken leg after a motorcycle crash on a country road. He says he hit a deer and was thrown over the handlebars then the deer walked over and kicked him.
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Port Jervis
N. Y
Clark Pounell
Unionville
Dennis
St. Francis Hospital
Pounell
Housing Head Flies Here To Urge Governor's Veto
Federal Housing Expeditor Tighe Woods flew from Washington to Texas to ask Governor Beauford H. Jester to veto the housing legislation. He said state rent control measures could be blocked in Washington if the governor does not act. The measure faced rough sledding before being enacted by the Legislature.
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Housing Head
Texas
Washington
Beauford H. Jester
Tighe Woods
Woods
Federal Housing Office
Jester
Georgia
Austin
Senate
House
Near-Record Wheat Forecast Shifts U.S. Crop Control Talk
A USDA forecast puts this year's wheat crop at about 1.337 billion bushels near a record, signaling a return to production controls in 1950. Quotas or planting allotments could govern supplies, with marketing quotas needing a two-thirds grower vote. Secretary Brannan will decide next week on possible controls as prices trend lower.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Department
Crop Reporting Board
Crop Board
USDA
Texas
Harwell Named CC Manager in Austin Change
William O. Harwell was named manager of the Austin Chamber of Commerce to replace Walter E. Long who retired Aug 1. The Austin Area Economic Development Foundation promoted Dr. Frank W. Jessen to take over as foundation manager and chief engineer. The foundation pledged to continue its industrial development program in full.
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William O. Harwell Friday
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Walter E. Long
Austin Area Economic Development Foundation
Harwell
Frank W. Jessen
Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Corsicana
Palestine
Kerrville
Denison
Rio Grande Valley
Austin Development Foundation
Dr. Jessen
Austin
University of Texas
Houston
Walter Long
Texas Commercial Executives
Texas Chamber of Commerce
Condition of S Ferris Remains Critical Here
S Ferris a 78 year old Austin merchant remained in critical condition at Seton Hospital late Friday night. Native of Lebanon he founded a successful mercantile in 1942 and remained active in real estate and other business interests. He was readmitted last Sunday in critical condition and had long given time to the Red Cross sale of war bonds and Chamber of Commerce activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Ferris
Austin
Seton Hospital
Ferris
Lebanon
E Successful Mercantile
The
Red Cross
Chamber of Commerce
Public Barred From AEC Loyalty Probe
The Senate House atomic energy committee voted 9 to 8 to go behind closed doors for loyalty testimony on AFC staff. Chairman Lilienthal protests and the panel will allow Hickenlooper to continue his case while excluding the public from the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AEC
Washington
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
McMahon
D-Conn
Hickenlooper
Iowa
AFC
David E. Lilienthal
Commission
Moore attacks Woods plea for rent control in Texas
Rep. Carlton Moore of Houston rejects federal pressure to veto the state rent decontrol bill. He says property rights are human rights and praises Gov. Beauford Jester for backing the measure, arguing the Legislature speaks for Texans and the governor will sign the bill.
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Carlton Moore
Houston
Karl Marx
Moore
Beauford H. Jester
National House
Tor Tighe Woods
Washington
Texas
Tighe Woods
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Princeton
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D-Ga
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mitchell W. Dalian
Oak Park
Ill
Otis Radford
Evergreen Park
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Detroit Banks
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Chrysler Corporation
Mac Roy Rasor
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Love Field
Jessen
A. B. Spires
A. C. Bull
Max Starcke
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