Two U S Jets Feared Down In Red Europe
Frankfurt dispatch reports two U S jet fighters vanished Friday during a training mission along the Iron Curtain area. Air Force searches with two dozen planes and helicopters covered western Germany from the North Sea to the Alps but found no trace. The missing aircraft from the 86th Fighter Bomber Wing at Giebelstadt are unnamed and presumed possibly in Communist territory.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Air Force
Iron Curtain
U. S
Europe
Barney Oldfield
Air Force Public Relations Office
Berlin
Air Force
North Sea
Alps
Soviet Zone
Czechoslovakia
86Th
Giebelstadt
Iran takes over Anglo-Iranian oil as flag flies over Abadan building
Tehran reports Iran symbolically hoisting its flag over the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company office at Khorramshahr near Abadan as negotiations with AIOC directors in Tehran begin. Iran plans oil nationalization with room for both sides, while AIOC contemplates fitting in or leaving. About 1,000 people applauded the move.
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Tehran
Iran
Abadan
London
B. R. Jackson
AIOC
Khorramshahr
A. EF. C. Drake
Iranian National Oil Company
Coburn Nabbed In Beverly Hills Card Game
Hollywood reports that actor Charles Coburn and four associates were cited for county gambling laws after a friendly draw poker game. Also cited were Howard Benedict Paul Malvern Morris Ryskind and Paul Yawitz. They face Beverly Hills justice court on Wednesday.
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Hollywood
Charles Coburn
Coburn
Howard 8. Benedict
Paul A. Malvern
Morris Ryskind
Paul A. Yawitz
Beverly Hills Justice Court
Opening of State Road Project Bids June 26
Bids on an estimated 1.89 million dollar West Virginia road program will be opened June 26 by the state road commission. Of 17 projects, nine will receive federal aid and bids await approval by the federal bureau of public roads. Projects include McDowell county grading draining and base on 3.781 miles of the Panther Virginia state line road and Monroe county surface treatment of 11.30 miles of the Peters Town Summers county line road.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
McDowell County
Monroe County
Peterstown
Summers County
Judge Medina Receives Promotion Amid Red Trial Fame
Washington reports President Truman promoted Harold R. Medina the 63 year old judge who presided over the nine month Communist trial and nominated prosecutor Thomas F. Murphy for the federal bench in New York City also advancing Frieda B. Hennock to the New York district court Murphy who prosecuted Alger Hiss for denying leaks to a Soviet ring said he was honored Medina famed for the Hiss case and Red conspiracy convictions faces a new role as the Supreme Court upheld the verdicts and Murphy reshaped the NYPD after corruption scandals
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Washington
Truman
Alger Hiss
Harold R. Medina
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
New York City
Medina
New York
Murphy
Hiss
State Department
Roosevelt
Mr. Truman
Frieda B. Hennock
New York District Court
Senate
Supreme Court
New York Police Department
Solon Rep Pleads Innocent In Union Funds Case
Kansas City June 11 A congressman from Truman’s district Leonard Irving pleaded innocent in federal court to charges of misusing AFL union funds in his 1948 campaign. He is president of the AFL local and is free on 2000 dollar bond. Also charged is Roy Livingstone, secretary treasurer of the local union, free on 1000 dollars bond. Irving plans to return to Washington after treatment for a cataract in the left eye.
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Kansas City
Leonard Irving
Truman
AFL
Richard M. Duncan
Irving
Roy E. Livingstone
Drowning Of Gilbert Boy To Be Investigated
Kenneth Dwight Bragg 15 drowned in the Guyan River near Gilbert West Virginia. His father Homer A Bragg and three brothers searched the river after he was last seen at a Gilbert carnival about 10 30 pm Friday. An autopsy was ordered to determine cause. foul play feared. The body was found near the highway accident site from the prior year.
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Lang
Third Mate Asks Divorce From Rooney
Mickey Rooney's third wife Martha Vickers filed for divorce in Los Angeles on June 11 charging habitual cruelty. The couple married June 3, 1949 and separated last December. Rooney, 32, will pay alimony and Vickers will get a share of their son Theodore Michael. Vickers' first husband was publicist A. C. Lyles.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Rooney
Martha Vickers
Rooney
Miss Vickers
Theodore Michael
Ene
Rooney's
Ava Gardner
Betty Jane Rose
Birmingham
A. C. Lyles
Wythe Fisherman Drowning Victim Near Barren Springs
In Wythe County near Barren Springs, Raymond R. Jennings a 38 year old knitter at Carroll Hosiery Corp drowned when a fishing trip with two companions ended as their boat capsized in New River. Two fellow anglers Am brun Semones and Bernard Allen escaped, while Jennings drowned in 14 feet of water despite two hours of lifeboat efforts. This marked the second local drowning in a week.
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Hillsville
Raymond R. Jennings
New River
Barren Springs
Wythe County
Jennings
Ambrun Semones
Bernard Allen
Carroll County
George L. Steele
Pulaski County
Carroll Hosiery Corp
Sylvatus
Donald
King
Claytor Lake
ILGWU Calls Strike Of Cloak Workers
The ILGWU, representing 65,000 cloak workers in New York and nearby states, called a strike for tomorrow morning amid employer groups reneging on two contract provisions agreed last week but not signed.
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New York
AFL International Ladies Garment Workers Union
ILGWU
Cloak Joint Board
Allies Hit New Chinese Defense Zone
Allied tank infantry forces pushed north of Chorwon and Kumhwa, occupying the southern anchors of the Communist iron triangle and driving toward Kumsong. A Chinese regiment delayed one advance while Chinese central operations reportedly shifted toward the Kumsong mountain stronghold. Front dispatches note fading eastern resistance as rear guards pull back, with Turkish Greek Philippine and Thailand troops aiding a major assault that broke the central triangle.
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Chorwon
Kumhwa
Communist Assembly
North Korea
Iron Triangle
Kumhwa-Kumsong
Chorwon - Kumhwa-Pyongyang
Kumsong
Wonsan
Yanggu
Inje
Hwachon
Imjin River
U. S
Marshall
Washington
Thailand
U. S. First Corps
South
Tennessee County's Beast Is No More
In Carthage Tennessee on June 11 a huntsman named J E Grisham killed the famed county beast after years of reports of a wolf or lion like creature. State game and fish technicians hold its head in Nashville as a confirmed 244 pound coyote believed to have destroyed over 3000 dollars in livestock. A visiting Texan verified its pedigree.
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Carthage
Smith County
J. E. Grisham
State Game and Fish Commission
Nashville
Grisham
Britons Debate Links Of Missing Diplomats MacLean Burgess
The House weighs possible ties of Donald MacLean and Guy Burgess to the Soviet Union as MPs question sexual scandal rumors. Informants say MacLean damaged furniture at an American embassy official’s Cairo apartment after a gay lunch, prompting recall and treatment. Burgess was pulled from the Washington embassy after high speed driving protests by Virginia Governor Battle.
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Donald Duart MacLean
Guy Burgess
Soviet Union
Thusiast
Washington
MacLean
Cairo
London
Burgess
John Battle
Virginia
Leopold Abdicates. Baudouin I to Be Crowned July 16
King Leopold III announces abdication on July 16 in favor of Prince Baudouin I, who will be crowned before a joint parliamentary session. Baudouin, 20, has acted as regent since last August after tensions and strikes threatened civil unrest. Leopold, who spent years in exile after surrender in World War II, will formalize retirement at a royal palace ceremony.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopold III
Prince Royal Bauaouin
Pholien
Leopold
Baudouin I
Baudouin
Switzerland
Royal Palace
Astrid
Josephine-Charlotte
Albert
Prince
Liege
Presbyterians End Meet Today
In Orlando on June 11 the 91st general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the U S voted to dissolve and absorb the Negro synod so races may sit together in business matters. Montreal college was named Presbyterian, five vice moderators were approved, and the union with three other church groups was continued. The dissolution passed after long debate amid strong Negro support. Col Francis P Miller of Charlottesville urged the move as a Christian community matter.
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Orlando
Fla
Southern Presbyterians
91St General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
U. S
Montreal College
N. C
Francis P. Miller
Charlottesville
Withholding Tax Plan OK'd By House Group
Washington June 11 The house ways and means committee voted for a 20 percent withholding on dividends interests and royalty payments as the source to ensure payment of income taxes by recipients.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wedemeyer Says China Ambassadorship Was Blocked
Washington reports Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer told senators he was slated for ambassador to China in 1946 but Communist protests blocked the move. He testified at the MacArthur hearings that Acheson relayed Marshall’s report of violent Communist opposition and said the appointment would not be made.
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Washington
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
Wedemeyer
MacArthur
Acheson
George C. Marshall
Bodies Of 288 Americans Return From Korea War
The department of defense announced the bodies of 288 Americans killed in Korea are being returned aboard the Rutgers Victory. Expected at the San Francisco port of embarkation around June 12, the shipment includes nine Virginians among the fallen, with Pfc. Robert S. Griffith listed as next of kin for Richlands.
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Washington
Department of Defense
Korea
United States
Rutgers Victory
San Francisco
Pfc
Robert S. Griffith
Buford A. Griffith
Richlands
Arbiter Role Fatal To Aged Mother
Huntington West Virginia June 11 A 70 year old widow Mary Caudill died of a heart attack while attempting to break up a fight between her son Paul Caudill and neighbor Ellsworth Kennedy who was treated for a chest knife wound and jailed on felonious assault charges
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Huntington
W. Va
West Huntington
Mary Caudill
Paul
Paul Caudill
Ellsworth Kennedy
Wedemeyer urges severing ties with Russia and Korea withdrawal
In Senate testimony Lieut. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer calls for immediate U S troop withdrawal from Korea and a break in diplomatic relations with the Kremlin and its satellites. He endorses MacArthur’s program, supports Formosa use if needed, and favors economic and psychological pressure to counter the Soviet bloc. He cautions war may be avoided through UN action or acting alone if necessary.
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Washington
Albert C
Wedemeyer
Korea
Russia
Senate
MacArthur Inquiry Committee
Kremlin
Pulbright
D-Ark
United Nations
U. S
China
Gals Scheme to Rob Men Is Unmasked
Two 27 year old women, Ann Louise Faulkner and Marie Esposito, faced robbery charges after luring men to a secluded area, forcing undress in the car, then fleeing with victims’ clothes and cash. Victims Thomas Ashe and Henry Moll reported losses of 40 and 60 dollars. police traced the suspects via a man linked to one victim.
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Hampton
Ann Louise Faulkner
Marie Esposito
Thomas F. Ashe
Henry L. Moll
Rep Brehm Fined $5000 for Campaign Gift Violations
Washington June 11 Rep Walter E Brehm R Ohio was fined 5000 for illegally accepting 1000 in campaign gifts from a clerk in his office Federal Judge Burnita Mathews suspended a five to 15 month jail term Brehm 58 in his fifth term from the 11th Ohio district was convicted April 30 of five counts under the corrupt practices act. Each count involved a 200 payment from Mrs Finma Craven while she was a clerk in his office in 1948. The maximum penalty was 15 years and 25000.
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Washington
Walter E. Brehm
Ohio
Burnita
Matthews
Brehm
Wheat Crop Forecast Falls Short of Federal Goal
Washington reports the agriculture department's June forecast for this year’s drought affected wheat crop at 1,053,000,000 bushels, below the government goal of 1,150,000,000. Winter wheat is seen at 705,175,000, spring at 248,650,000, with last year’s totals and ten year averages provided for context.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Bodies Of West Virginia Soldiers En Route Home
The bodies of nine more West Virginia soldiers killed in Korea are due to arrive in San Francisco tomorrow aboard the Rutgers Victory. Named are Pvt. Estell C. Alberty of Hensley in McDowell county, Cpl. Robert L. Hatfield of New Richmond in Wyoming county, and Pfc. David A. St. Clair of Glen White in Raleigh county.
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Washington
West Virginia
Korea
San Francisco
Rutgers Victory
Estell C. Alberty
Hensley
McDowell County
Robert L. Hatfield
New Richmond
Wyoming County
David A. St. Clair
Glen White
Raleigh County
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