Wilson Says Korean Truce Won’t Slow U S Rearming
Defense Mobilizer Charles E Wilson told the Senate Finance Committee the Korean cease fire will not affect the nations preparedness program. He urged approval of the 10 billion dollar tax boost and said defense production progress must speed up.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Senate Finance Committee
Soviet Union
Wilson
Truman
Sen. George
Dga
Senate
George
Korea
Defense
Anna Rosenberg
W. J. McNeil
Grand Jury to Be Called in Collins' Death
A coroner's jury found Pete Alegria fired the fatal shot that killed Floyd S. Collins and that the act constitutes first degree murder. Nine construction workers and other witnesses described the Friday afternoon events in Lyle. Judge Nelson plans to convene a grand jury next week to indict Alegria.
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Pete Alegria
Floyd S. Collins
Lyle
Collins
Champaign
Ill
Bacilio Espinosa
Chicago
Alegria
Albert Reinartz
B. J. Cranwell
Wallace Sieh
Martin A. Nelson
Death Toll Rises to 74 in Dominion Day Holiday
Toronto reports 74 fatalities over the three day Dominion day weekend ending Monday night. Drownings reach 30, auto crashes 24, other accidents and fires 20. The toll tops 1949 postwar three day death record of 65.
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Toronto
Canada
Oatis Denies He Took Over Espionage Net
William N. Oatis denied a Communist prosecutor's charge that he led an espionage network when he became AP bureau chief in Prague. The trial in Pan Crac prison heard from witnesses, including former AP staffers and Czech informants, with three former AP employees testifying they also engaged in spying.
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Oatis
Frankfurt
Germany
William N. Oatis
Associated Press
Prague
Reuters News Agency
United Press
The
Tomas Svoboda
Pavel Wojdinek
Peter Muntz
Victor Slowinski Wounded in Korea
Pvt. Victor Slowinski of Waltham was wounded in action in Korea, the Defense Department announced in today’s casualty list. No further details were released. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John Slowinski.
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Victor Slowinski
Waltham
Korea
Defense Department
John Slowinski
Czech Official Rejects Protest as Insulting
The Czech embassy rejected a protest by the American Newspaper Guild calling Communist Czechoslovakia’s actions phony and extortionate. Guild president Harry Martin delivered letters to Jan Vinar, who left abruptly, saying the protest contained outrageous language. The ANG resolution, adopted in Pittsburgh, accuses Czechoslovakia of railroading William Oatis to prison under duress.
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Oatis
U. S
Frankfurt
Czechoslovakia
Washington
American Newspaper Guild
William Oatis
Harry Martin
CIO Union
Jan Vinar
Vinar
Martin
Guild
ANG
Pittsburgh
DiSalle Warns of Rising Prices Under Price Control Law
Washington report shows Price Stabilizer Michael DiSalle predicting continu ous rising prices if rollbacks ban becomes final. He says OPS will seek to preserve July ceilings under the 31 day law and may impose ceilings on pork if parity reaches 100 percent. Ceilings on farm products await parity or prewar price level.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
DiSalle
Senator Warns 38th Parallel Not to Be Dividing Line
Senator Sparkman of Alabama warned that the United States must not accept any peace deal that makes the 38th parallel an international boundary between two Koreas. He spoke as State Department cautioned toward cease fire talks and Ridgway sought an earlier start to negotiations. Sparkman stressed the U S should reject any settlement that redefines the 38th parallel as a permanent border.
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Washington
Sen
Sparkman
D-Ala
United States
38Th
Koreas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Dean Rusk
Matthew B. Ridgway
Peiping
Moscow
United Nations
Korea
38Th Parallel
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Hungary Demands U.S. Office Closure and Expatriate Recall
Hungary asked the United States to close its information service library in Budapest and recall three staff members. It also demanded a halt to the service's movie and music programs. The note linked the library to a claimed "bloody terrorist" plot around Archbishop Groesz who was convicted and sentenced to 15 years.
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Budapest
Hungary
United States
U. S. Information Service
U. S
Legation
Information Service
Joszef Groesz
Groesz
Washington
State Department
City to Fete 4th of July Rain or Shine
Austin area residents prepared to celebrate the Fourth of July hopeful that the day may bring relief from daily rain. The weather bureau remained uncertain about an end to the rain-splashed pattern. Despite forecasts, people carried on with outdoor plans and celebrations.
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Austin
Weather Bureau
Herald Holiday Public Day Observances Ahead
The Herald reports a closed schedule for Wednesday July Fourth with no publication. City and county offices and the library shut, mail service suspended, post office handling outbound mail. Water carnival and motor boat races start at East Side lake at 1 30 p.m. with families traveling to celebrate.
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Austin Safety Council
Oil Standoff Persists In Iran Anglo-Iranian Row
Tehran remains stalled as Mossadegh and British officials stay back while Abadan refinery output drops to under half capacity. Washington seeks a compromise to allow tankers to load oil without ending the nationalization fight. Mossadegh rejects temporary solutions and warns of a holiday for the industry.
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Tehran
Iran
Truman
Abadan
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Mossadegh
United States
U. S
Henry F. Grady
AIOC
Europe
Grady
Forest Fires Brought Under Control Across West
Forest fires across Western states were reported extinguished or under control, with over 85,000 acres burned in New Mexico, Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon and Arizona. Gila National Forest saw about 39,500 acres scorched in 12 days, while floods in Missouri and Kansas receded but still impacted levees and farmland.
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Midwest
Missouri
Kansas
New Mexico
Colorado
California
Washington
Oregon
Arizona
Gila National Forest
British Columbia
Vancouver Island
St. Charles
Allies agree on armistice talks with Reds in Korea
Gen Ridgway proposed a July 10 start for cease fire talks agreeing to meet in Kaesong near the 38th parallel. Reds proposed July 10 to 15. Front reports describe a major artillery duel and a Pyongyang airfield strike by US jets and B-29s.
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Ridgway
Clen Clements
Tokyo
Korea
Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Kaesong
Red
Kim Ilsung
North Korea
Peng Teh-huai
China
Humphrey Attacks Weaker Economic Controls Bill
Sen. Humphrey of Minnesota criticizes the Senate’s watered down economic control bill as inadequate for future emergencies. He cites failed price rollbacks and says Truman was not vigorous enough in using wartime powers. He urges strengthening the act in the House and faulted amendments weakening the original measure.
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Washington
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Senate
Truman
Congress
Executive Department
Truman seeks 4.5 billion for military construction
President Truman asked Congress for a supplemental budget totaling more than 4.5 billion dollars for military construction. Nearly 3,000 miners idle at 11 of 13 Cleveland Cliffs Iron Co mines on the Marquette range after a dispute over a miner’s firing for smoking underground. Two lake freighters collided in the St Marys River south of The Soo. the Robert Hobson sustained a 20 by 20 foot hole, the Lackawanna suffered no damage and no injuries were reported.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Marquette, Mich
Cleveland- Cliffs Iron Co
Marquette Range
Sault Ste. Marie, Mich
St. Marys River
Soo
Robert Hobson
Lackawanna
Man Dies From Car Crash Injuries In Duluth
Thomas Nelson of North Mankato aged 35 died at St. Luke's hospital from head and spine injuries after a June 25 rollover on McQuade road near the old North Shore road.
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Duluth
Thomas Nelson
North Mankato
McQuade Road
Old North Shore Road
St. Luke's Hospital
Truman to Deliver Independence Day Address from Washington Monument Grounds
President Truman will speak to the nation on Independence Day at 7 30 p m CST from the Washington monument grounds in Washington. The address is scheduled for Wednesday night and will broadcast nationwide.
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Truman
Washington
Washington Monument
Forfeit Bail of 4 Top Reds
Four top U S Communists failed to surrender to begin serving prison terms. Bonds of 20 000 each posted by the Civil Rights Congress were forfeited. Leaders include Henry Winston New York state Chairman Robert Thompson Gilbert Green and Gus Hall missing while others began serving terms.
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New York
U. S
Sylvester J. Ryan
Civil Rights Congress
Henry Winston
New York State
Robert Thompson
Illinois
Gilbert Green
Gus Hall
United States
U. S. Supreme Court
Thompson
Mrs. Burt Lancaster Welcomes 8-Pound Daughter Joanne Mari
Actor Burt Lancaster and wife Norma welcomed their eighth pound baby girl Joanne Mari in Santa Monica California on Monday The Lancasters already have three other children.
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Burt Lancaster
Santa Monica
Calif
Joanne Mari
Norma Lancaster
Newspapers Buy Mill at Little Falls
Tulsa based newspapers buy the Hennepin Paper Co mill in Little Falls Minnesota from St. Regis Paper Co for about 1.5 million dollars including inventory. Buyers include Tulsa Tribune Tulsa World and other papers published by Newspaper Print Corp and partners.
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Tulsa
Okla
Hennepin Paper Co
Little Falls
Minn
New York
St. Regis Paper Co
Tulsa Tribune
Tulsa World
Newspaper
Print Corp
Forrest City Publishing Co
Cleveland News and Plain Dealer
Express Publishing Co
San Atetonio Express and News
Chaseleston
W. Va
Walter D. Peek
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