Roosevelt Men Deny Tipping Russian Spies
Lauchlin Currie and Harry D. White deny aiding a wartime spy ring before the House Un American Activities Committee. Both officials reject Bentley and Chambers claims, assert they are not communists, and say their past contact with Vincent Silvermaster’s network had no secret information transfer.
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Washington
Lauchlin Currie
Harry D. White
Roosevelt
Currie
New York
White
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Whittaker Chamber
Patterson
Army Intelligence
G. W. Strong
Army
Silvermaster
Bentley
Secret Police
U. S
William Ullman
Lilly Reunion Opens on Flat Top Mountain Gathering
The fourteenth Lilly reunion launches today atop Flat Top mountain between Beckley and Princeton with gates at 8 o clock and a Welch high school band concert at 8 30. State and local officers guide traffic as an expected crowd from across states fills the grounds for a two day event highlighted by a monument dedication to Robert and Fannie Moody Lilly and speeches by West Virginia leaders.
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Welch High School
Flat Top Mountain
Beckley
Princeton
Lillys
Aerys
Robert
Fannie Moody Lilly
Hinton
Lilly
J. H. Lilly
Bluestone River
Bluestone
West Virginia
Force and Violence Denounced by Henry Wallace
Henry Wallace, third party presidential candidate, on NBC says the Progressive Party will not tolerate anyone who preaches overthrow of the government by force. He rejects communism and argues for progressive capitalism through decentralized planning and an aroused electorate.
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New York
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
NBC
Wallace
Bodies Of Two Area Soldiers Are Returned
In San Francisco on August 13, 119 World War II dead were shipped home from the Pacific theater on the Dalton Victory. Among them were McDowell County residents Seaman Second Class George W. Banks and Army Corporal Price M. Henderson, identified by the Army in Washington. Banks was the son of Mrs. Elnora Banks of Vivian and Henderson the son of Hugh D. Henderson of Panther.
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San Francisco
United States
Pacific Theater
Dalton Victory
McDowell County
West Virginia
Department of the Army
Washington
George W. Banks
Elnora Banks
Vivian
Army
Price M. Henderson
Hugh D. Henderson
Panther
Tobin Accepts Labor Secretary Post in Truman Cabinet
Tobin, 47, former Boston mayor and Massachusetts governor, takes oath as secretary of labor and pledges to repair damage he says the 80th Congress caused. His tenure depends on November election outcomes. Dever attends as Tobin withdraws from Massachusetts governor race.
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Washington
Maurice J. Tobin
Labor Department
Tobin
Boston
Massachusetts
Truman
Paul A. Dever
Dever
80Th Congress
12 Navy crewmen listed missing after Rota crash
The navy reports 12 crew members listed as missing after a four engine reconnaissance plane crashed on Rota Island in the Pacific. Earlier reports from Guam said wreckage had been found on a 1500 foot cliff above the island. The weather mission plane failed to return and search parties with doctors and rescue crews were sent to the scene.
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Washington
Navy Today
Rota Island
Pacific
Guam
Rota
Bluefield Bus Fare Case Is Postponed
Charleston West Virginia August 13 A city request to raise water rates was submitted to the public service commission. The docket also lists Appalachian Electric Power petitions to buy small distribution systems and Tri City Traction tariffs for Bluefield Princeton. Hearing on Appalachian petitions set for Monday and Tri City for Wednesday.
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Charleston
W. Va
Parkersburg
Public Service Commission
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Tri-City Traction Company
Bluefield
Princeton
Appalachian
New River and
Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company
Newhall and
Hartwell
McDowell County
Cucumber
Brewster-Roger Development, Company
Alloy
Fayette County
Electro-Metallurgical Company
Tri-City Traction
Mother Faces Life Or Death Decision Over Doomed Child
In Chicago a mother Irene Lamphere and her husband Fred Lamphere seek a judge's ruling to operate on their 22 month old daughter Francesa born with her bladder outside her body. Doctors say she may live two to three years without, one in a hundred with the operation. The judge will defer to a committee of the deans from Northwestern Chicago Loyola and Illinois for expert opinion.
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Chicago
Fred W. Lamphere
Walter R. O'Malley
Francesa Lamphere
Irene
Louis Cermak
Early Changes In Installment Buying Likely
Washington reports controls on installment buying set to take effect mid September if President Truman signs the Republican anti inflation bill. Details include down payments, 18 month auto terms, and varied payments on appliances, with exemptions for small and high end items. Charge accounts remain unaffected.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Congress
Charles G. Ross
Treasury Department
Senate Sweeney and Kilgore Asked to Present Arguments
Washington Aug 13 Senate invitation asks Kilgore and Sweeney to submit legal arguments in the election contest over Kilgore's 1946 reelection. The senate elections subcommittee investigates Sweeney charges of fraud in 12 southwestern West Virginia counties. Chairman Jenner Bricker and Myers sit on the panel. no replies yet.
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Washington
Kilgore
D-Wva
Tom Sweeney
Haveeen
Sweeney
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Senate
Nelson Deranian
West Virginia
Jenner
R-Ind
Bricker
R-O
Myers
D-Pa
Communist Forces In China Escape Trap Across Hopei
Peiping reports two columns of Communist troops about 30,000 slipped from a government trap in eastern Hopei province crossing into Jehol and Manchuria. General Fu Tso-yi led government forces, while Lin Piao commanded in Manchuria. No serious fighting reported in eastern Hopei. Reds plan a winter drive, but national troops are in a strong position to resist.
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China
Peiping
Hopei
Great Wall
Jehol Province
Manchuria
Fu Tso-yi
Lin Piao
Boy Minister David Walker Not Neglected or Dependent
Indianapolis August 13 A juvenile court ruled 14 year old evangelist David Walker is neither neglected nor dependent. Medical tests by Dr Hazel Stevens Dr David Boyd Jr and J Casely found no health danger from his preaching work. Guardianship dispute remains pending in Marion county Probate court.
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Indianapolis
David Walker
J. Casely
Indiana University Medical Center
Marion County
Cut In Exports To Europe Seen
Secretary of commerce Sawyer said improved crops in Europe should allow a substantial cut in U S wheat exports under the Marshall plan. He opposed any increase in shipments, stressing attention to American households. Exports to eastern Europe fell sharply, with Russia shipments nearly gone, though not all exports are shut off.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Commerce Sawyer
Dennis A. Fitzgerald
Economic Cooperation Administration
Fitzgerald
U. S
Sawyer
Cabinet Food Committee
Brannan
Marshall
Western
Russia
Commerce Department
Woman charged with murder in baby death in Virginia
Radford Va Aug 13 Commonwealth's attorney Julius Good man of Montgomery county issued a warrant charging murder against Mrs Connie Roop Funkhouser of Riner near Christiansburg Va in connection with the discovery of a newborn baby's body at the Funkhouser home July 23 The mother Elizabeth Funkhouser was previously served with a murder warrant July 29 after a coroner's inquest and autopsy showed the infant born alive The body was found in a pit near the Funkhouser home
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Radford
Commonwealth
Julius Goodman
Montgomery County
Connie Roop Funkhouser
Riner
Charistainsburg
Funhouser
Goodman
Funkhouser
Two Escaped Lifers Suspected in Local Break Attempts
Brooke County Sheriff Hoyt Allen said two escaped state penitentiary lifers Otto Neff and Hollie Starcher are believed behind three attempted break ins in Hollidays Cove over the past 48 hours. The pair escaped from Moundsville last month with a rope ladder and earlier tried at Scott Lumber, Jim White Trucking, and Cusick's garage before breaking in.
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Wellsburg
W. Va
Brooke County
Hoyt Allen
Moundsville
Hollidays Cove
Otto Neff
Hollie Starcher
Allen
Scott Lumber Company
Jim White Trucking Company
Cusick
Grocer Offers Steak On Easy Payment Plan
Holdrege Nebraska August sign in a meat market states customers can buy a Tbone steak with one third down and 18 months to pay. Owner Herb Bierhaus says the device aims to revive business that has fallen due to high meat prices.
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Grocer
Holdredge
Nebr
Holdrege
Herb Bierhaus
Budget Shortage Faced By Nation
Washington reports a mid year budget review indicating a shift from a forecast surplus to a possible deficit for the current fiscal year ending next June 30. The change is driven by a $4.6 billion drop in revenues from the tax cut and unforeseen defense costs.
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Washington, D. C
Truman
White House
Republican Congress
Congress
Hunt No Gag Turns Into Bride for Annette Newman
Camden announces John Taylor of Stratford N J won a wife hunt he thought a publicity gag He is a 30 year old construction worker widower with six children aged five to fourteen The six kids include a stepchild Taylor said He went to meet Ann Newman and decided to pursue marriage after initial skepticism
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Camden
N. J
Annette Newman
Newman
Derby
John Taylor
Stratford
Taylor
Ann
Russians Leave Berlin Council After Four-Power Breakup
Berlin reports say the Soviet led Kommandatura collapsed as the Russians pulled down their flag and left the allied building leaving Lenin portraits. The four power body ruled for three years, now a divided city council remains amid spikes in unrest and new street protests over prices and labor. American C-54s delivered 2,029 tons of food and fuel in a 24 hour period while tempers flared and ADN warned Berliners of possible danger from the accidents at Tempelhof.
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Berlin
Kommandatura
Lenin
Alin
Socialist Unity Party
SED
Tempelhof
Royal Air Force
Gatow
U. S
ADN
Germany
Greeks Close Key Guerrilla Supply Route Through Grammos
Greek army troops began closing the Communist guerrillas last major supply route through the Grammos mountains to Albania. Columns driving from Alevida advanced toward the main highway within a short range, aided by artillery, as a general staff spokesman said.
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Athens
Grammos Mountains
Albania
Alevitsa
Sliminitsa
Personal Radio to Launch Private Broadcast Stations
Washington reports the federal communications commission will soon license individual private communication in a citizen radio system. The pocket sized two way sets will be worn or carried and require a license, offering practical uses from farm supervision to remote home links and hiking party coordination. The voice range is 10 to 50 watts and operates on the 460-470 megacycle band.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Citizens Radio
Commission
Ical
Hubby
Citizen Radio
Soviet School Teachers Seek Asylum in United States
United States promises asylum to refugee Soviet school teachers amid protests in New York. Oksana Kosenkina, injured from a third story window at the Soviet consulate, accuses officials of detaining her. Michael Samarine Ivanovitch testifies before the House un American Activities Committee and seeks protection. Officials say the case tests freedom versus state domination and outlines possible asylum status for the teachers and their families.
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Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
New York
Washington
United States
Roosevelt Hospital
Michael Ivanovitch Samarine Ivanovitch
Samarine
Jacuse Committee On un-American Activities
Russia
State Department
Moscow
Michael J. McDermott
Ko‘senkina
Soviet Union
Thirteen Killed In B 29 Crash Near Roswell New Mexico
Roswell New Mexico August 13 Thirteen men died in the flaming wreckage of a B 29 bomber from Walker base the air force announced late today Eight others were injured one critically The superfortress crashed at 1135 pm mst yesterday six miles south of the base where its crew were stationed as members of the 509th bomb wing Col John D Ryan field commandant said the big ship crashed on takeoff for a routine flight There was no official comment on a Roswell Record report that the bomber was leaving for Labrador The paper said five other B 29s en route to Labrador had takeoffs postponed due to the crash
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Roswell
N. M
Walker Base
Air Force
509Th
John D. Ryan
Jon
Two Killed in Bruceton Laboratory Blast
A gas cylinder blast at the U S bureau of mines experimental laboratories in Bruceton south of Pittsburgh killed two men and injured four others. The dead are Sidney Weinstein and Robert Kallenberger, both Pittsburgh chemical engineers. Kallenberger died at the main building area while Weinstein died at Mercy hospital. The four injured had minor cuts and the explosion shattered about 1600 glass panes, with force toward the building exterior.
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Pittsburgh
U. S. Bureau of Mines
Bruceton
Here
H. P.greenwald
Sidney Weinstein
Robert Kallenberger
Chemical Engineers
Kallenberger
Weinstein
Mercy Hospital
Greenwald
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Wife
Stalin
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O’dwyer
House Committee On the American Activities
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