Soviet May Seek Separate German Peace
Allied officials predicted Russia would sign a separate peace with eastern Germany later this year after civilianizing the Soviet zone. The plan includes replacing four military governors with diplomats, forecasting a post election peace, and maintaining Soviet occupation while pursuing sovereignty moves in West Berlin.
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Berlin
Russia
Germany
Moscow
Vassily I Chuikov
Soviet Control Commission
East Berlin
West Germany
East Germany
Kremlin
Control Commission
West Berlin
West Virginia boy acquitted of murder in rifle slaying
Jimmy Basham, 15, was found not guilty of murder in the April 2 rifle killing of his 45 year old coal miner father Charles Ted Basham. The verdict came after hours of deliberation and the boy wept, hugging his lawyer as his mother expressed her hatred of the slain man.
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W. Va
Lad
Charleston
Jimmy Basham
Hansford
D. Jackson Savage
East Bank High School
Charles Ted Basham
False invasion report jolts Panama and Tocumen
A bogus United Press flash claimed Russia invaded West Germany with over 100 000 troops. Pan American World Airways teletypes and Tocumen airport machines circulated the item before Panamanian authorities and the Panama American newspaper confirmed no such message. radio station HOG corrected its report as officials sought the source.
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Balboa
C. Z
Germany
Panama
Canal Zone
Pan American World Airways
Tocumen
United Press
Russia
West Germany
Panama American
HOG
U. S. Army
Navy
Washington
Pan American
Senate Sends Statue Off To Smithsonian
The senate voted to transfer a plaster cast of George Washington to the Smithsonian Institution. The cast, made from life for Virginia by Jean Antoine Houdon between 1785 and 1788, will go to the House for action.
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Washington
Capitol
Senate
George Washington
Smithsonian Institution
House
Virginia
Jean Antoine Houdon
Wandering Pachyderm Takes Over Empty Barn
Julius Eastwold found an elephant in the J. R. Grapham farm barn in Stanley North Dakota after a circus elephant escaped during rain. The animal, one of two from Seals Brothers Circus, had opened the barn door and stayed until circus attendants retrieved it.
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Stanley, N. D
Julius Eastwold
J. R. Grapham
Seals Brothers Circus
Stanley
Dealer Fined For Cruelty To Cats
Chicago judge fines Leslie J. Elmendorf for cruelty to animals after testimony shows 36 cats crowded into two crates on April 14 for transport to a biological supply house. Veterinarian notes infectious disease in ten cats. judge calls for punishment.
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Chicago
William V. Daly
Leslie J. Elmendorf
East Leroy
Mich
Allen A. Glisch
Animal Welfare League
Elmendorf
Glisch
C. Ferraro
iDaly
Truman to Speak on Foreign Policy in Missouri Tour
President Truman arrives in Missouri for two foreign policy addresses and a reunion with World War I comrades. He meets with Secretary Acheson after White House talks and will speak at the University of Missouri in Columbia and at the Jefferson Memorial site in St Louis.
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St. Louis
Truman
Missouri
White House
State Acheson
University of Missouri, Columbia
Jefferson Memorial
Mississippi River
France
Independence
Mary Jane Truman
Grandview
J. Vivian Truman
Columbia
Dixie Presbyterians Elect New Moderator
Massanetta Springs Virginia June 8 Dr Benjamin R Lacy Jr 63 president of Union Theological Seminary of Richmond was elected moderator of the general assembly by acclamation at the opening of its 90th session It marked the first acclamatory choice in 21 years Lacy a Raleigh native has led the seminary since 1926 and served as a World War I chaplain and pastor in Atlanta
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Massanetta Springs
Benjamin R. Lacy, Jr
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
General Assembly
The
Presbyterian Church
United States
Lacy
Raleigh
N. C
Union Seminary
113Th Field Artillery
Atlanta
Central Presbyterian Church
Cupid Must Wait On Prison Sentence
Donald F. Petty 20 of Indianapolis pleaded guilty in federal court to forging stolen money orders. He asked for probation to marry his intended bride, but Judge William E. Steckler sentenced him to 30 years in prison.
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Indianapolis
Cupid
Donald F. Petty
Petty
William E. Steckler
Memphis Man Indicted Over 50 Cent Church Theft
Shelby county grand jury indicted 64 year old John Tuminello for larceny of 50 cents from a church altar plate in Memphis Tennessee. Police inspector Bill Raney said Tuminello was found with two marked quarters in a pocket.
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Memphis, Tenn
Shelby County
John Tuminello
Bill Raney
Tuminello
Senate group approves three year extend draft law with race rule
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted to grant a three year extension of the draft law with emergency presidential powers, while attaching a race based amendment opposed by the administration. Senator Russell sponsored the measure as the current peacetime law expires June 24.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen
Russell
D - Ga
Congress
Senate
House
Defense Johnson
Blondell Wins Divorce From Producer Todd in Las Vegas
Actress Joan Blondell obtains a divorce from Broadway producer Mike Todd on cruelty grounds in Las Vegas. She travels to Hollywood to begin a new film, accompanied by her 11 year old daughter Ellen Powell. Blondell previously married cameraman George Barnes and actor Dick Powell and has a son Norman Barnes aged 15.
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Las Vegas
Joan Blondell
Mike Todd
Irvington
N. Y
Hollywood
Ellen Powell
George Barnes
Dick Powell
Norman Barnes
Squirrel Electrocuted After Attacking 7000-Volt Line
In Wheeling West Virginia a curious squirrel climbed a power line pole and touched a 7000 volt wire. The animal was electrocuted and 56 Chapel Hill homes lost power briefly while officials investigated. Mrs. Grover Shook observed the animal reach a transformer box before lights failed. The dead squirrel lay at the pole foot.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Chapel Hill
Grover Shook
Wheeling Electric Company
Senate Backs Law To Seize Narcotics Transport
The Senate passed a bill giving the government power to seize ships boats automobiles or airplanes used by narcotics rings. The measure moves to the house for quick passage as the crime investigating committee targets a large drug network.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury
McCarran
D-New
Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
D. C. Officials Urge End to Illegal Milk Peddling
Washington hearing reveals an estimated sixteen thousand gallons of illegal milk sold daily in the city. Vernon West says 1925 law required DC farm inspected milk, and wartime imports were allowed through 1942 extensions. current status deemed possibly illegal. Debate also touches on defining milk and low local consumption.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Nny
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Vernon West
Congress
West
Indiana
Senator Gillette
Iowa
Landslide Buries Fifty Japanese Workers Near Tokyo
A massive landslide near Karuizawa 60 miles northwest of Tokyo buries about fifty Japanese laborers. Reports say fifteen were rescued and taken to hospitals as workers cleared debris from a previous slide that blocked a railroad line between Kumandaira and Yokogawa.
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Tokyo
Karuizawa
Kumandaira
Yokogawa
U S Sees Dual Rebuff on Japan Germany Moves
The United States issued a sharp note backing General MacArthur on Japanese war crime paroles and rejected the Warsaw pact recognizing Poland’s postwar boundaries with Germany. Washington also defended MacArthur’s authority, stating he may parole but not alter sentences, amid Potsdam era border disputes along the Oder Neisse line involving Poland, Germany, and Russia.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Germany
Russia
Douglas MacArthur
State Department
MacArthur
U. S
600 Gallons Of Gas Poured Into Sewage
Teaneck New Jersey reports 600 gallons of gasoline diverted into the sewer system after a tank truck driver connected a hose to the wrong opening at a local station. The incident, which left a gasoline odor across the town, resulted in a police investigation and a $122 bill left by the driver.
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Teaneck
N. J
Bees Return To Busy Columbus Intersection
Bees swarmed the Roberts building at the Gay and High streets intersection in downtown Columbus causing pedestrian detours this morning. No injuries were reported as observers likened the insects’ return to the annual swallows at San Juan Capistrano.
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Columbus
Capistrano
Roberts
San Juan Capisae Mission
San Luis Rey
Alif
Bill For Military Building Favored
A senate house conference committee reached agreement on a 596 million military construction program. The bill includes 189.241 million in projects deemed highest priority by the defense department. Senate armed services also cleared a three year plan for National Guard and reserves across all services.
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Washington
Senate-House
Senate
Defense Department
Senate Armed Services Committee
West Virginia Methodists Hear Warning On Reds
Charleston June 8 West Virginia Methodists heard that communism is a major threat to Christianity. William E Craig reported that the church must define what Communists are to the world. A conference business session will consider a $675000 loan to build three more buildings at West Virginia Wesleyan College. District lay leaders were elected including Wheeling Fairmont Central Parkersburg Charleston and others.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Wheeling
W. Frank Keefer
Fairmont
H. K. Rust
Central
George L. Strader
Grantsville
Buckhannon
Jay T. Dyer
Park
Bluefield
J. S. Sanders
McComas
T. E. Campbell
Marmet
Lewisburg
E. V. Gore
Bob Hope signs exclusive long term NBC contract
New York report says Bob Hope signed an exclusive long term contract for radio and television. NBC will air his show with Liggett and Myers Tobacco sponsoring the NBC radio program upon its fall return after Lever Brothers declined renewal. Hope quips about keeping work since Uncle Sam spends it.
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New York
Bob Hope
Levers Brothers Co
Hope
National Broadcasting Co
NBC
Liggett and Myers Tobacco Co
Lever
Sam
Jury Indicts Remington On Perjury Count
Government economist William W. Remington was indicted by a federal grand jury on a perjury charge for denying Communist affiliation. If convicted he faces up to five years in prison and a $2,000 fine.
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New York
William W. Remington
Alger Hiss
State Department
Remington
Washington
U. S
Irving H. Saypol
Saypol
J. Howard McGrath
Commerce Department
Office of International Trade
Michael E. Lee
Congress
Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Elizabeth Bentley Firs
Miss Bentley
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
National Broadcasting Company
General Foods Corporation
Eden Wins Divorce From Wife In Five Minute Hearing
Anthony Eden testified his wife deserted him and won a divorce after a five minute hearing before Justice Francis Hodson. The case ends the 27 year marriage with the decree final in six weeks if no new evidence appears. The outcome could affect Eden's political prospects as a possible successor to Churchill. Eden said his wife visited the United States in 1946 and refused to return, spending much time in the U S and Bermuda.
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London
Anthony Eden
New York
Winston Churchhill
Francis Hodson
Eden
Churchill
United States
U. S
Bermuda
Judge Fills In For Shy Defendant In DUI Sentence
Pittsburgh June 8 A defendant who pleaded guilty to drunken driving refused to name his own sentence fearing a harsher outcome. Judge Michael A. Musmanno offered a pad and pencil to George E. Lloyd 57 a steelworker. Lloyd declined and the judge set 30 days and costs.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Michael A. Musmanno
George E. Lloyd
Lloyd
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