Warnings Of Reds Asiatic Grabs Barred At Washington
Senator Bridges cites a purported 1945 intelligence report claiming Russia joining the Pacific war would strip China of independence and turn Korea into the Asiatic Ruhr. He urged a defense review after noting the document may have been destroyed.
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Poland
Asia
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Defense
Robert Lobett
New Hampshire
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Hurley
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War Department
Yalta
MacArthur
More Preachers Is Baptist Plea
Southern Baptists urged expanded minister training with three existing seminaries to add two new plants. Dr. G. B. Dobbins of Louisville declared the need due to overcrowding and understaffing while F. Townley Lord of London urged church backing against communism and secularism. A resolution on mixed marriages with Catholics was presented to oppose pre nuptial pledges to raise children Catholic.
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Southern Baptists
G. 8. Dobbins
Louisville
Baptist
Dobbins
Baptist Seminary
Joe W. Burton
Nashville
Miner’s killing spree ends in self destruction in Republica
Uniontown, Pa June 21 Four persons die as coal miner William Johnson 51 shoots two women and assistant fire chief Michael Trocheck then kills himself in Republica. The victims Mrs. Frank Shiner and Mrs. Susie Gazzo were relatives in the same house. two children are rescued. Neighbors report Johnson had once owned the house and gave a room to Shiner.
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William J. Long
Fayette County
Pennsylvania
William Johnson
Long
Johnson
Frank Shiner
Susie Gazzo
Michael Trocheck
Republica
Trocheck
Shiner
Gazzo
Brownsville
Uniontown Morning Herald
Eccles Resigns Post With Federal Reserve
Marriner S. Eccles resigns as a governor of the Federal Reserve System effective July. The resignation letter, dated today and released by the White House, notes no stated difference with the Truman administration despite long time criticism of administration financial policy.
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Federal Reserve
Washington
Marriner
Administration
Federal Reserve System
Truman
White House
Fan in Cage Aids Phillies Hope In Chester Stunt
Bob Burger, 34, unemployed musician, has lived in a six foot square cage atop a downtown Chester lunch counter since June 8. He says he will stay until the Phillies lead, listening on a radio and surviving with water, food by ladder, and a tarpaulin shelter while fans peek in each morning.
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Bob Burger
Burger
Phils
Tony Cuilard
Cuilard
Lies
Phillies
False Kidnap Rumor Sparks Farmhouse Violence in Brundidge
In Brundidge Alabama on June 21 a mob of 30 to 40 white farmers shot Forrest Jones a 35 year old Negro field worker amid a false kidnap rumor. Jones was wounded in the hand and later taken to Pike County jail Troy. The crowd dispersed after Mrs. John Knight corroborated Jones’s ride with her to find his wife. Police chief John D Hughes said no one has been identified as the shooter and noted Jones has been law abiding.
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Brundidge
Ala
Forrest Jones
Jones
Pike County
Troy
Here
John Knight
John D. Hughes
Knight
Hughes
Beef Listing Still Delayed
Washington officials pushed the beef ceiling price postings from June 25 to August 1 marking the fifth date and fourth delay. The May 14 deadline was missed as lower retail prices take effect August 1 with a four and a half percent rollback in live cattle prices.
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Washington
Retai!ment
Office of Price Stabilization
Light Truck Output Cut Proposed by Makers
The National Production authority proposed material cuts to truck output causing a 40 percent drop for light trucks, 30 percent for heavy trucks, and 15 percent for medium trucks. Plant foremen forecast widespread layoffs, with an estimated 25 percent of workers likely to be discharged if the measures take effect July 1, following Defense Transport Administration recommendations.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
Defense Transport Administration
No Bids On Tazewell Project in Statewide Highway Resurface
In Richmond Virginia on June 21 low bids totaling 702757 for heavy highway resurfacing were opened by the state highway department. No bids were received for work on state route 36 in Chesterfield and Prince George counties and for U S routes 11 and 460 and state routes 12 85 in various counties including Tazewell Shenandoah and Page.
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Richmond
State Highway Department
Chesterfield
Prince George
Tazewell County
Shenandoah County
Page County
Jury Locked Up In Giles County Murder Trial
Giles county circuit court jurors were kept in custody, the first such lockup in decades, for the murder case of Eugene Thompson 40 charged with shooting Clarence B Sarver 26 on Guinea mountain February 16. Jury selection began with 24 panelists to be narrowed to 12 plus two alternates amid claims of relatives and anti death penalty beliefs delaying seating. Thompson allegedly shot to silence Sarver after disputes with another woman. witnesses say he then shot himself in the temple, narrowly missing his target. Barbara Sarver, the victim’s wife, watched as the case moved toward trial.
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Pearisburg
Giles County
Eugene Thompson
Thompson
Clarence B
Jack Sarver
Defense
Commonwealth
W. L. Sexton, Jr
Sarver
Barbara
Hat Garver
Guinea
Emory Chewning
I. C. Fuller
Fuller
Chewning
Allies Ready for Possible Communist Drive Near Seoul
Allied forces in Korea prepared for a possible limited offensive on Monday on the first anniversary of the war. Eighth Army patrols entered Kaesong twice amid rain, probing the northwest gateway to Seoul while about 1,000 Communist troops were reported dug in. Lt. Gen. Van Fleet expressed high confidence in allied firepower and troops to counter any attack.
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Eighth Army
Kaesong
Seoul
Pyongyang
United Nations
North Korea
Manchuria
James A. van Fleet
U. S. Fifth Infantry Regiment
Five Navy Fliers Die In Crash Near Seattle
Five naval reservists were killed and five injured when a PB-4Y2 Privateer crashed on a Puget Sound mud flat at Ska Git Bay during a routine training flight. Survivors were taken to Whidbey Island naval air station hospital. The crash occurred around 11 a.m. PDT and was linked to an unusually low tide creating the mud flat. Based at Sand Point, Seattle, the crew faced a difficult rescue.
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Puget Sound
Coast Guard
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station
Skagit Bay
Sand Point Naval Air Station
Bluefield to Serve More Lemonade Despite Heavy Rainfall
Heavy rainfall in Bluefield this June is expected to exceed the average while the Bluefield chamber plans another free lemonade distribution. Rain total already past three inches with more likely. temperatures have topped 92 this year and are forecast to reach the upper 80s to 80s with possible afternoon thundershowers.
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Chamber of Commerce
Aassin Intarforce
Bill Mivers
O. C. Keeney
C. K. Caldwell
Chamber
Paul Chryssikos
Iranian Youths Storm Anglo-Iranian Signs as Mossadegh Gains Support
Nationalist youths toppled Anglo-Iranian Oil Company signs in Tehran as Premier Mossadegh won a 91 to 0 confidence vote in the Majlis strengthening his move to seize control of AIOC operations. Officials warned of possible violence if the vote failed to end the dispute.
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Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Mossadegh
Abadan
AIOC
Majlis
Mossadegh
Four Powers Deputies End Talks On Big Four Effort
Paris reports say the deputy foreign ministers from the United States Britain France and Russia walked out of talks to craft a program for a Big Four conference. After 16 weeks and 74 meetings the western side blamed Russia for blocking progress and left open a possible July 23 Washington ministers meeting.
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Russia
Sawint Daanutea Faesian Minietar
David Wopyury Mvinpu
Andrei A. Gromyko
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Gromyko
Ernest Davies
U.S
U. S
Philip C. Jessup
RCA Challenges CBS Color TV Domination
RCA plans experimental colorcasts starting July 9 to rival CBS which begins commercial color programs with a world premiere in New York. The Supreme Court upheld the FCC ruling approving CBS revolving disc color system and dismissed RCA’s electronic color approach. A press demonstration at RCA’s Radio City exhibition hall will show RCA receivers receiving color broadcasts.
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New York
Radio Corporation of
American Today
CBS
RCA
Supreme Court
Federal Communications Commission
Reducing Woman Dreads New Operation
In Allegan Michigan Gertrude Lewandowski 58 underwent a February operation that cut her weight from 600 to 300 pounds and now faces a second procedure to shed about 50 more pounds. She said she dreads the new operation yet feels able to do things long denied after the first surgery. A tumor had caused the weight gain and left her nearly immobile. Doctors warned she might not live long without surgery. Fluid drainage accounted for much of the initial loss.
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Allegan, Mich
Gertrude Lewandowski
Atl Allegan Health Center
Lewandowski
Birthday Cake Cut At Charleston
Governor Patteson and his cabinet shared a slice of West Virginia birthday cake baked with 88 candles for the state's 88th anniversary. The cake, sent by the Lions club and American Legion of Clendenin, arrived as final property assessments for public utilities were being prepared by Attorney General W. C. Marland and the board of public works.
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Charleston
W. Va
Patteson
West Virginia
Lions Club
American Legion of
Clendenin
W. C. Marland
Board of Public Works
Powers Denied as President Seeks Expanded Control
Washington reports Banking committees in both houses approved short term wage price and rent control bills that would limit President Truman's authority to stabilize the economy. The senate bill restricts price rollbacks while the house bill adds housing provisions for veterans and tightens control powers for up to eight months. The final action date is uncertain as debates continue.
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House Committee
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Comeeeticut
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Robertson
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Frear
Delaware
Capehart
Indiana
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Ohio
Schoeppel
Kansas
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Office of Price Stabilization
Truman dodges questions at press conference on Korea and inter American ties
President Truman avoided controversy in a Washington press conference focusing on inter American relations and the Korea situation. He said he had no new UN peace efforts for Korea and noted the upcoming anniversary of allied actions there with a speech in Tullahoma. The Ecuadorian president and wife were guests, and Truman praised Plaza Lasso as a good man.
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Korea
Korean
Tullahoma
Tenn
Air Force Research
Galo Plaza Lasso
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