Jap Reds Ordered Kicked Out Of Public Offices
Tokyo June 6 General MacArthur ordered the Japanese government to purge all 24 members of the Communist party central committee. The move bars committee members from any government position and targets Communist leadership as a threat to democratic institutions in postwar Japan.
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Gen. MacArthur
Communist Central Committee
Tokyo
MacArthur
Communist Party
Central Committee
Shigeru Yoshida
Japan
Yoshida
Red Party
Truman weighs panel on McCarthy Reds claims
President Truman considers appointing a special panel to review McCarthy claims that the state department harbors Reds and fellow travelers. A White House informant says a decision may be announced tomorrow amid Capitol Hill talks with Senator Tydings. Archibald Van Beuren and Emmanuel Larsen testify as the Amerasia case draws debate.
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Washington
Truman
State Department
McCarthy
R-Wis
White House
Tydings
D-Md
Capitol
Maryland
Senate
Emmanuel
Larsen
Amerasia
Margaret Chase Smith
Rme
GOP
Wisconsin
Supreme Court tie again on Taft-Hartley oath ruling
The Supreme Court divided 4 to 4 over upholding the Taft-Hartley oath requiring union leaders to deny communism. The May ruling 3 to 3 remained unsettled, with justices split on the belief section while upholding Congress power to require anti communism pledges. Justices Minton and Douglas did not participate in part of the order.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Congress
Communist Party
Cayne
New York City
Wholesale and
Minton
Douglas
Vinson
Reed and Burton
Senators Seek Senate Inquiry Into Gasoline Price Rise
Senators Ferguson and OMahoney introduced a resolution calling for an inquiry into the rising gasoline prices. Ferguson argued the trend signals monopolistic practices and possible anti trust violations, noting ten price increases in four years and that one firm's rise prompts others to follow.
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Washington
Senate
Ferguson
R-Mich
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Michigan
Congress
Western Union Indicted on New Jersey Gambling Charges
Bridgeton New Jersey June 5 Western Union Telegraph Co was indicted on gambling charges for transmitting money order horse race bets in New Jersey Deputy state Attorney General Nelson F Stamler said about 300000 in bets yearly passed through the Western Union office serving a 16000 population town Western Union collected roughly 26000 in message charges and about 120000 returned as money orders to successful bettors Stamler said the facilities were used to circumvent gambling laws
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeton
N. J
Western Union Telegraph Co
New Jersey
Nelson F. Stamler
Western Union
South Jersey
Stamler
Arms aid program faces slow progress says Acheson
Secretary of State Acheson told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the foreign arms aid program will not reach 50 percent completion by June 1951 and urged continued funding. Defense Secretary Johnson testified that the 1952 budget should not exceed 1951 levels with hopes for later decrease.
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Washington
State Acheson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Truman
Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Acheson
Kee
D-W. Va
United States
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
China
Europe
Far Eastern
Joint Employer Talks With Union Optional
Washington June 5 The Taft Hartley act chief enforcement officer said employers cannot be forced to bargain jointly with a union. Robert N Denham NLRB general counsel said an employer may bargain for his own workers and need not join other employers in bargaining for all workers.
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Washington
Robert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Board
Denham
State Road Bond Bid Date Set for June 14
Charleston governor announces bids will open June 14 for an additional 6 million dollars in secondary road bonds. The sale, largest yet attempted, will be at 1 p m in the governor's office and raises total bonds sold to 15 million from the 50 million authorized in 1948.
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Charleston
W. Va
Patteson
Britain Plans Its Own Steel and Coal Cooperation
London reports Britain is drafting its own coal and steel cooperation plan to keep aligned with Monnet's euro structure. A top committee led by Sir Edwin Plowden is shaping proposals while studying Schuman plan impacts on Britain. Italy Belgium Luxembourg Holland France and western Germany back unity under an international board.
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Britain
Jean Monnet
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Coal and Steel
France
Germany
Edwin Plowden
Plowden
Monnet
Italy
Holland
Belgium
Luxembourg
Wyoming Man Dies Of Injuries In Bus Collision
George Rose of Ike's Fork Wyoming county died at Bluefield Sanitarium from head injuries after a Sunday morning crash on U S Route 52 between Welch and Bluefield. The collision involved a car with James Marcum of Gary. the bus carried the Elizabethton Tennessee baseball team of the Appalachian league.
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Bluefield
George Rose
Ike's Fork
Wyoming County
Welch
G. H. Osborne
M. S. Hof- Stetter
Rose
James Marcum
Gary
Elizabethton, Tenn
Maybeury Mountain
Jack Crosswhite
Marcum
Elizabethton
British blockade runner Cheung Hing shelled by Chinese Nationalist ships
The coastal steamer Cheung Hing, carrying 100 plus passengers and four British officers, was attacked 22 miles off Amoy by Nationalist warships. Six Chinese passengers were killed and six wounded while the ship developed a leak and listed slightly. Owners call the attack criminal and say the vessel was engaged in legitimate trade.
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Hong Kong
Wang Ying-Chung
Ta Hing Shipping Co
Cheung Hing
China
Amoy
Wang
J. Skinner
Hickenlooper Sets Early Iowa GOP Nomination Pace
US Senator Hickenlooper leads the Iowa Republican field as 77 of 2,474 precincts report. Loveland tops Democrats in early counts for the Senate nomination while Kraschel and Wearin trail. Governor Beardsley runs unopposed in the GOP primary. If no candidate clears 35 percent, a post primary convention will choose the nominee.
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Des Moines
B. B. Hickenlooper
Albert J. Loveland
U.S
Brannan Farm Plan
Hickenlooper
Harry B. Thompson
Muscatine
Earl F. Wisdom
Loveland
Nelson G. Kraschel
Otha D. Wearin
Alvin P. Meyer
van Meter
Ernest J. Seemann
Waterloo
M. W. Shaw
Newton
Iowa
William SS. Beardsley
Lester S. Gillette
Fostoria
Myron J. Bennett
Robert L. Larson
Bernard A. Brown
Sioux City
Larson
Senate
Atomic Energy Commission
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Economic Aid Bill Signed by President Truman
President Truman signed the $3.1215 billion foreign economic aid authorization, describing it as a memorable step for peace. The package includes $2.85 billion for year three of Marshall Plan aid in Europe, $35 million for the point four program, $194 million for Korea and Asia relief, $27.45 million for Arab Palestine refugees relief, and $15 million for UN children’s welfare programs, with actual funding to follow in appropriation bills.
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Washington
Truman
Europe
Mr. Truman
Korea
Southeast Asia
China
Palestine
U. S
United Nations
Ella Halsey Seeks Legal Separation After 47 Years
Mrs. Ella Halsey, 80, filed for legal separation from Charles W. Halsey, 75, after 47 years of marriage in Rockville Center New York. She cites her husband's terrible temper as the reason for the split.
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New York
Ella Halsey
Charles W. Halsey
Rockville Center
N. Y
Coast Guard: Plane With 65 Aboard Believed Down Off Florida
Coast guard reports a non scheduled plane carrying 65 passengers vanished after radio contact at 10 06 p m east of Cape Canaveral Florida and northeast of Nassau The C 46 was en route from San Juan Puerto Rico to Wilmington North Carolina with one engine out and had tried to turn back toward Nassau Two coast guard aircraft searched the area.
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New York
Coast Guard
Atlantic Ocean
Florida
Cape Canaveral
Nassau
Bahamas Islands
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Wilmington
N. C
Mauna Loa Eruption Drives Out 30 Families
A fourth lava river from Mauna Loa reached the sea on its fifth eruption day amid high speeds up to 40 mph. The advancing flow forced 30 families from their homes and damaged structures near Opihali, with seismographs at Barberber's Point registering reduced intensity.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
TP Uuit
Barberber
Oahu
Ray H. Finch
Hilo
Ohio Lodge
Opihali
Pro Leopold Victory Gains in Belgian Elections
In Brussels on June 5 the Social Christians widened their lead with a corrected count from Charleroi and Tournai giving each the Social Christians and Communists one more seat. The Social Christians hold 108 of 212 lower house seats and near total Senate control is anticipated with the Interior Ministry predicting at least 90 of 175 seats. A Socialist leader cautioned doubt over King Leopold's permanent return to the throne.
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Brussels
Belgium
Social Christians
Charleroi
Tournai
Social Christian Party
House of Representatives
Social Christian
Reds Plan Rally to Oppose Schuman Plan
A massive Communist Youth rally in west Germany was planned to fight the Schuman plan. Red leaders urged opposition to Robert Schuman's proposal to pool western Europe's coal and steel resources including the Ruhr. Soviet propaganda agencies in Germany denounced the plan as a direct danger to Moscow's peace policy.
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Berlin
West Germany
Red
Schuman
Robert Schuman
Europe
Ruhr
Sovet-controlled
Germany
Moscow
Impeachment Move Against McCarthy Meets Long Odds
Washington June 5 The AVC calls for McCarthy impeachment citing unfitness and attack on the state department. History notes senators are rarely impeached with expulsions more common. William Blount was briefly impeached and expelled in 1797 but political support remained strong.
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Washington
U. S
National Planning Committee of the American Veterans Committee
AVC
Senator McCarthy
State Department
Rep
Chauncey W. Reed
Bill
House Judiciary Committee
Reed
Talmadge Defies Segregation Ban
Governor Herman Talmadge of Georgia vows that Negroes will not be admitted to white schools while in office. Supreme Court decisions order integration in Texas and Oklahoma and challenge segregation on trains. Southern leaders react with differing calls for equality and caution.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Supreme Court
University of Texas
University of Oklahoma
Talmadge
W. A. Fowlkes
Atlanta Daily World
George Mitchell
Southern Regional Council
Supreme Court Bans Segregation at Two Univs and Rail Cars
The Supreme Court, in three precedents, strikes down segregation at two state universities and on southern railways while avoiding broad constitutional questions. It orders Texas to admit Herman Sweatt to law school and Oklahoma to desegregate graduate classes, and rules dining cars violate interstate commerce law. The term also covers Prichard ballot case, loyalty review, Stuyvesant Town denial, film company divestitures, and Martinsville rape convictions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
South
Texas
Herman Marion Sweatt
University of Texas Law School
Vinson
Oklahoma
G. W. McLaurin
University of Oklahoma
McLaurin
Burton
High Court
Prichard
Edward F. Prichard, Jr
Lexington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Dorothy Bailey
Bailey
Desperado Pair Still Object of Police Hunt
Police in the southeastern states hunted a man and wife linked to a Chattanooga escape after they fired on a Tennessee patrolman four days earlier. Their alleged accomplice was captured in Spartansburg, S C. Authorities sought Carl Baskin Hensley 34 and Martha Louise Hill Hensley 35 of Spartansburg. Edward Clyde McAllister 34 of Huntsville, Alabama was later arrested in a Spartansburg truck stop incident.
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Shelby
N. C
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Spartansburg
S. C
Carl Baskin Hensley
Martha Louise Hill Hensley
Janey
Edward Clyde McAllister
Huntsville
Ala
Hensleys
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State Dept
J. Tydings
Archibald van Beuren
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
Grim
Eaton
Foreign Affairs Committee
London
Foreign Office
Wyoming
McDowell
Temper Foo
Atlantic
Pro-Leopold
Reds
Arthur Edson
House
William Blount
Blount
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
Floridas
Louisiana
England
Spain
Britannica
E. B. Says
Blound
Tennesseetate Senate
Pern
M. D. Collins
North Carolina
University of North Carolina Law School
All White
University of Florida
U's
Justice Department
California
Gulf Coast
Stuyvesant
Black
Federal District Court
Loews, Inc
Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc
Twentieth Century Fox Corp
Virginia
Martinsville
Desperado
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