Phony telegram delays probe of housing scandal
The Senate Banking Committee disclosed a phony telegram signed in Chairman Capehart s name drew two St. Louis court officials to Washington to testify in a 1916 larceny case against Clyde L. Powell a former FHA official. The probe aims to locate the sender while Powell resigns and invokes immunity, as witnesses discuss windfalls from FHA and military housing projects.
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Senate Banking Committee
Capehart
R-Ind
St. Louis
Clyde L. Powell
Federal
Brownell
Federal Bureau of Investigation
St Louis
James McAteer
T.vanaugh
Ohio
Powell
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Page Manor
Wright Field
Dayton
French Hammer Viet Minh Bases Near Hanoi
French Union ground and air units struck Vietminh bases in the Red River Delta on the eve of Premier Mendes France’s ceasefire deadline. About 5,000 French and Vietnamese forces, with tanks, pressed a mop up of a guerrilla stronghold 18 miles northwest of Hanoi, claiming 28 rebels killed and 13 captured. Night raids hit camps and ammo dumps as talks in Geneva loom. Reports also said some Chinese residents of Hanoi evacuated, with others seeking departure if the city falls. In Manila, sources said U.S. carriers and destroyers sailed toward an unknown destination, fueling evaccuation speculation.
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Hanoi
Indochina
French Union
Red River
Pierre Mendes- France
Geneva
Paris
Haiphong
Manila
U. S
Mendes-France
Pham van Dong
Vietminh
Dong
Viet Nam
Armistice Commission
Typhoid Threat Looms as Floods Hit Austria
In Vienna and flood areas of Austria the typhoid danger rises after the worst floods in years. The U.S. Army rushed typhoid serum for 10,000 flood victims. A consulate car escorted by military police moved the serum from the 109th American Field Hospital at Salzburg to afflicted Danube regions.
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Vienna
Austria
U.S. Army
109Th
Salzburg
Danubys
Flanders Delays McCarthy Censure Move In Senate
Sen. Flanders postpones a vote on condemning Sen. McCarthy to July 30 to allow broader support and avoid delaying President Eisenhower's program. He cites Sen. McClellan's Arkansas campaign, time for senators to study the issue, and GOP leadership concerns. McCarthy calls Flanders senile and has not commented.
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Washington
Sen
Flanders
McClellan
Arkansas
Eisenhower
McCarthy Leads Brief Lively Hearing On Communists
Senate Investigations subcommittee chair Senator McCarthy presided over a short public session in which witnesses named alleged communists in defense industry. Charles Wojchowski of Boston was ejected after calling FBI informers stool pigeons, while Lawrence Parrish of Quincy was excused due to subpoena confusion. Undercover FBI agent James Glatis testified about infiltration into Boston’s Communist networks, with other witnesses tied to Allis Chalmers and the United Electrical Workers union.
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McCarthy
Adolf Hitler
Wisconsin
Charles Wojchowski
Allis Chalmers
Boston
Lawrence W. Parrish
Bethlehem Steel Co
Quincy
Mass
FBI
Wojchowski
Senate Investigations
Sen. Mundt
RSD
James We Glatis
Greece
Glatis
Capitol Police
Yates C. Holmes
Edward Garfield
Communist Party
Subcommittee
William Teto
Ashby
United Electrical Workers Union
Accused Murderer Weeps At Husband Funeral
PITTSBURGH July 19 A 34 year old woman accused of fatally shooting her husband attended his funeral under police guard today and wept as she sat in the front pew during a high mass. Police arrested Mrs Margaret Charles last Thursday after her husband Fred 38 was shot to death on the front porch of the family home. Police quoted her as saying she fired a shotgun only to frighten him. She says their 15 year marriage was one abuse after another and she is held on an open charge pending a coroner inquiry.
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Pittsburgh
Margaret Charles
Fred
Woman 86 Found Alive After Weeklong Wandering
FAIRMONT July 19 An 86 year old widow Mrs Elizabeth Stevens Martin was found dazed in a berry patch a quarter mile from her Dakota home where she had disappeared last Monday afternoon. She was taken to Fairmont Emergency Hospital and treated for hunger exposure and scratches in poor but responsive condition. A week-long search by Marion County and state authorities had found no trace until today.
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Fairmont
Anyi
Elizabeth Stevens Martin
Martin
Dakota
Dewey Norris
Mariona
Cohn Reported to Offer Resignation as Chief Counsel
New York July 19 Roy Cohn central figure in Senate investigations was reported to have submitted his resignation as chief counsel. Quotes attributed to Cohn say he feared ongoing slanders would repeat to weaken evidence. McCarthy denied any resignation, urged staff to stay, while talk of others resigning circulated.
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Roy Cohn
Storm Center
Senate
Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
Cohn
Joseph R. McCarthy
Tribune
Subcommittee
Washington
McCarthy
Commie
the Tribune
Communist Party of the United States
Brett Dirksen
R-Ii
Karl E. Mundt
R-Sd
Sam Qnettes
New York Mirror
Francis Carr
James N. Juliana
Donald Surine
Thomas Lavenia
The
Mirror
Mundt
Dirksen
Shirley's Young Son Is Ill In Hospital
SANTA MONICA Calif July 19 plc former child star of the movies was admitted to Santa Monica Hospital last night for treatment of an undiagnosed fever. Dr Leonard Montag said the boy Charles Alden Black Jr is very high temperature.
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Santa Monica
Calif
PLC
Santa Monica Hospital
Leonard Montag
Charles Alden Black Jr
Signing Seen On Cease-Fire For Indochina
Geneva observers report signs the eight year Indochina war will end with a ceasefire before midnight. Pierre Mendes France seeks a midnight armistice while Pham Van Dong asserts absolute certainty of a deal. Western powers push SEATO while partition and elections shape the final agreement.
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Indochina
Geneva
Pierre Mendes - France
Pham van Dong
Vietminh
Moscow Radio
Filibuster charges fly over atomic energy revision bill
Senate Republican Leader Knowland accused the liberal wing of the Democratic party of filibustering the omnibus Atomic Energy Act revision as Sen Gore of Tennessee spoke for hours against an amendment authorizing private power contracts for the Tennessee Valley Authority to be delivered in Memphis. Debate has stretched five days with politics and threats of victory or delay shaping the Capitol floor scene.
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Knowland
Washington
Senate
California
Sen. Gore
Tenn
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
Memphis
Gore
Bricker
Sparkman
D-Ala
Harry Truman
White House
Oratory
Two Mad Motorists Hospitalized After Second Collision
PASSIAC New Jersey July 19 Two motorists argued after a minor collision and went to police to settle it. They returned to the scene and another crash occurred with a car rolling over onto a parked vehicle injuring one driver who was hospitalized.
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Passiac
N. J
Evacuation credited with saving lives in Burnsville flood
In Burnsville West Virginia the Lite Kanawha River surged through the Braxton County town after heavy rains. Residents fled to higher ground as floodwaters rose, with boats rescuing those trapped on roofs. No fatalities were reported though the Smith family remained marooned in a farmhouse two miles from town. Crops were destroyed and locals called it the worst flood since 1943.
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Burnsville
W. Va
Braxton
Robert Blake
Oak Smith
Smith
O. D. McPherson
Gun to Be Passed to Five On Trial Sparks Arrest in Richmond
In Richmond, July 19, police arrested 26 year old Raymond Russell at Hastings Court after a tip warned an attempt to pass a concealed weapon to five men facing armed robbery charges. An unloaded pistol and a bullet were found on Russell. Russell claimed it was for repair. A companion, Alvis Miller, 21, was charged as a person not of good fame. Miller said the pistol was brought and given to Russell inside the courthouse.
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Richmond
Hastings Court
Raymond Lewis Russell
Russell
Alvis M. Miller
L. C. Cain
Miss Miller
Richwood Struck by Sudden Inundation and Flood Losses
Severe floods from the Cherry River devastated Richwood West Virginia causing one death, 50 homes damaged, 22 destroyed, and about 200 homeless. National Guard aided evacuation and looting control while Red Cross established feeding stations as two mobile purification plants rushed to supply clean water.
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Jim Comstock
Richwood News Leader
James Barber
Charleston
Adj
Charles R. Fox
Cherry River
Richwood
Fox
Comstock
Alleghenies
Red Cross
National Guard
Barber
Kanawha
Burnsville
Braxton County
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Grafton
T. J. Klauenberg
B. and O
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