Costello and Two Others Indicted on Contempt Charges
Frank Costello and racketeers Joe Adonis and Frank Erickson were indicted on federal contempt charges for refusing to answer questions before the Senate crime committee. Adonis and Erickson are jailed on gambling charges. Costello posted a $5,000 bond and awaits trial.
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Frank Costello
Costello
Joe Adonis
Frank Erickson
Senate Crime Committee
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Erickson
Senate
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Senate Committee
Senators Hear Lattimore Urged Support Of Red Plans
A senate internal security subcommittee opened an inquiry into the Institute of Pacific Relations. It disclosed that Owen Lattimore urged an East research group in 1938 to back Soviet policy without slogans. Witness Edward C. Carter testified about Field Currie and Lattimore relations and a 1942 Field Army assignment attempt.
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Robert Morris
Acheson Rejects McCarthy Plea Over Names
Washington reports Undersecretary Humelsine refused Senator McCarthy's demand to disclose reports and files. He cited President Truman's 1948 directive and said the 29 names include non employees and cleared staff. He warned lumping names could harm reputations and stated no employee will access secret material if it risks U S security.
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Appeals Court Upholds Banker Conviction
A federal appeals court in the Fourth Circuit up held the conviction of Annapolis banker Kramer former president of the Annapolis Banking and Trust Company. He was found guilty on a three count indictment and sentenced to five months. The court rejected claims that assets were not depleted or that there was no intent to defraud.
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Annapolis
Morris A. Soper
Appeals Court
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Divorcee Gets The Husband She Wanted All The Time
Vicksburg Michigan July 25 Jean Gregory a 27 year old divorcee who started a husband hunt two weeks ago obtained Lewis Kline a 33 year old truck driver from The Rivers Michigan They wed in Angola Indiana by a justice of the peace Publicity drew over 300 proposals and Kline proposed after calls Jean said she needed a husband to help care for her three children and an ill mother She had dated Kline for a year before a drift apart and after publicity he returned and proposed with a salary requirement of about 100 a week The couple say they are very happy and the hunt is over
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Lewis Kline
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He Met
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Mece
MacArthur vows to speak out to preserve public integrity
General MacArthur, self described old soldier, declares he will not fade away. He vows to raise his voice for the people and to help restore faith in private and public life. He references his April congressional speech where he said he would fade away.
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Boston
General MacArthur
Congress
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Grandma Wins Congress Seat in Pennsylvania
A 63 year old grandmother, Mrs. Frank Buchanan, won the 33rd Pennsylvania district seat to fill her late husband’s term, defeating Republican Clifford W. Flegal as voters backed Democrats in a Truman era election. Precincts reporting 40,607 to 25,123, the victory followed statewide primaries and a Musmanno Supreme Court win.
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Supreme Court
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Philadelphia
Daniel A. Poling
Boy King May Rule On Throne Of Jordan
Cairo July 25 A report from Jordan says a political shakeup after King Abdullah’s assassination could place 16 year old Prince Hussein on the throne with a regency. Hussein is son of Abdullah and nephew of acting regent Prince Naif while Jordan’s British backed Arab legion reportedly holds real power.
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Arab Legion
Patient Escapes Ambulance Driver Then Flees by Plane
A 50 year old woman being transported by a Bluefield to Richmond ambulance in Salem Virginia disappeared after asking for a drink. Police and the driver searched the area without success. Later reports indicated she boarded a plane from Roanoke to New York to join her husband.
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Bluefield
Richmond
Roanoke
New York
MacArthur Denounces U S Policy In New Boston Speech
General Douglas MacArthur assails American policy at home and abroad in a forceful Boston speech. He calls Korea’s outcome indecisive and criticizes U S governance costs, Formosa policy, cease fire talks, and Truman’s command actions, urging stronger independent America.
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Premier post offered to Paul Reynaud in Paris
Paris reports President Vincent Ancel offered the French premiership to 72 year old Paul Reynaud who led France in 1940’s dire days. The decision was announced amid ongoing efforts to form a government.
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France
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Concord He Mens Club Initiation At Mercer Springs Outing
West Virginia officials including Judge Willia Lovins and Governor Okey Patteson took a humorous oath at Concord College He Men’s Club annual outing at Mercer Healing Springs. About 400 attendees and 1,000 members from the region watched as leaders pledged to be non fragile and not “sissies” while taking part in pledge rituals and rustic games.
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Concorde Men's Club
West Virginia
Mercer Healing Springs Park
Okey Patteson
Judge Lovins
William C. Marland
William H. Ansel
Solons Draft Tough Measure To Reform GI Education Program
Washington July 25 A house committee led by Rep Teague has drafted a stiff bill to curb abuses in the GI education program. The special committee released a General Accounting Office report detailing 20 million dollars in over payments and various dodges to obtain benefits. The revision would tighten veteran eligibility reduce benefits and cut administrative costs while possibly making students pay more. The panel notes current law covers tuition books supplies and subsistence for veteran students and dependents, with about 1.6 million trainees drawing subsistence checks and high processing costs.
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House
Rep
Teague
General Accounting Office
Red buildup in Korea continues as lull holds front
Allied intelligence notes signs of Communist reinforcement along the Korean front while fighting remains lighter. A UN patrol near the former Iron Triangle area reports new Reds spotted by the Hwachon reservoir as forces push toward Pyongyang.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Allied Intelligence Today
United Nations
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Iron Triangle
Hwachon Reservoir
Chinese Red Attack Repulsed on Central Front in Korea
A reinforced Chinese assault on the central front in Korea was repulsed by a thunderous artillery barrage. The attack was driven back by 1:45 a.m. today, 10:45 a.m. EST, Wednesday, after last night’s Soviet allied forces repelled the assault.
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Allied Forces Hit Red Supply Centers On Front
Shelled for five and a half hours by 76 mm artillery, troops on the front faced probing enemy attacks that were repulsed. Allied warplanes targeted Soviet communications and supply hubs again on Wednesday.
Wealthy Leftist Fred Field Denied Bail by Supreme Court
The U S Supreme Court denied bail for Frederick Vanderbilt Field and two civil rights bail fund trustees Dashiel Hammett and W Alphaeus Hunton after they refused to disclose bail money for four fugitive Communist leaders. Field received 90 days for contempt while Hammett and Hunton were jailed months each. appeals court upheld.
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Frederick Vanderbilt Field
U. S. Supreme Court
Stanley F. Reed
Washington
Field
Civil Rights Congress
Dashiell Hammett
W. Alphaeus Hunton
Congress
Pield
Sylvester J. Ryan
Contemt
Hammett
Hunton
U. S. Appeals Court
Justice Reed
Capital Cops Disarm Reuther's Bodyguard
In Washington a man described as a guard for Walter Reuther, CIO leader, was briefly detained after carrying a loaded pistol in Lafayette Park near the White House. Secret service and police investigated an anonymous tip of a possible assassination attempt on President Truman. Edward Torlone was identified as the detainee.
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Aguard
Walter Reuther
CIO United Automobile Workers
Secret Service
Truman
Lafayette Park
White House
Blair
Edward Torlone
Torlone
Oh Not
Maude Kee Sworn In as West Virginia's First Woman Congressman
Maude Elizabeth Kee of Bluefield becomes the first woman to represent West Virginia in Congress. Speaker Sam Rayburn to administer the oath. In Charleston, D Pitt OBrien certifies July 17 special election results with Kee at 30 577 and Cyrus H Gadd at 21 789. County results show Gadd trailing in several counties.
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Maude Elizabeth Kee
Bluefield
Sam Rayburn
Charleston
D. Pitt O’brien
Fifth
Secretary of State
Kee
Cyrus H. Gadd
Renee
OPS Grants New Price Ceiling for Canned Vegetables
The Office of Price Stabilization set a higher ceiling on the billion-dollar canned vegetable industry on July 25, allowing prices to rise slightly. About 2.4 million workers rely on the sector, with increases approved for snap beans lima beans and sweet corn, while beets and tomatoes to be added later. Canners may price from the first 60 days of the 1948 pack plus specified cost increases since then, as OPS seeks to preserve the price status quo during a 31 day extension of the defense act.
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Office of Price Stabilization
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U N Discusses New Korean Cease-Fire Proposals
United Nations negotiators respond to a new Communist plan on the Korean cease-fire agenda as the Kaesong talks proceed. The ninth session yielded talk of formulating an agenda with foreign troop withdrawal to be discussed after an armistice.
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United Nations
Kaesong
Washington
United Nations Command
Nuckols
Tokyo
Reds
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Acm
Turner Joy
Slight dip in US cost of living index reported
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a 0.1 percent drop in the cost of living index from May 15 to June 15 the first decline since February 1950. The June 15 index stood at 385.2 percent of 1935-39 average with food down 0.2 percent and rents up 0.2 percent while other items held steady.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
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