Allies Call on Russia to curb 'police' force in East Germany
Washington notes from the United States Britain and France protest the creation of an armed East German police force in Soviet-occupied territory. They cite Yalta and Potsdam accords and urge dissolving the militarized units to restore international confidence. France warns the force has a military character, while the others call it a violation of four power agreements and oppose military revival in Germany.
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France
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French Republic
Paris
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Western Berlin
Waldemar Schmidt
East Berlin
Free German Youth
PDJ
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Moscow
West Berlin
Ernest Reuter
Berlin
Gerhart Eisler
Acheson To Give Public Report On Talks
Secretary of State Acheson will present a public report May 31 on the London cold war strategy talks before a private question and answer session with Congress. Only 433 House members and 96 senators may attend the hush-hush phase, amid expected leaks and swift off the record remarks.
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London
House
Connally
Dtex
Senate Foreign Regalations Committee
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R-Nj
Congress
England
Truman
Congressional Library
FCC aids Senate pry of U S gambling
Washington May 23 federal agencies moved to assist senate investigators tracing long distance calls used by gamblers and racketeers in nationwide operations. The FCC asked all telephone companies to retain long distance call records indefinitely.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Communication Commission
Philadelphian Accused Of Receiving Atom Secrets From Jailed Dr. Fuchs
Senate investigators under Tydings probe the Amerasia case and why only two fines were imposed in 1945. The panel, visiting the Justice Department, reviews secret documents found by the FBI during the Amerasia raid in New York. Amerasia editor Philip Jaffe, and officials John Stewart Service and Emmanuel Sigurd Larsen faced fines, while others had charges dropped. The inquiry seeks full accountability and links to alleged Communist activity in the State Department.
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State Department
Edward P. Morgan
Justice Department
FBI
Amerasia Magazine
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Amerasia
Philip Jaffe
John Stewart Service
Emmanuel Sigurd Larsen
Jaffe
Larsen
McCarthy
Man Held As Soviet Contact in Philadelphia Espionage Case
A 39 year old Philadelphia man, Harry Gold, was arrested on espionage charges for dealings with British spy Klaus Fuchs. He was held in 100000 dollar bail after a hearing before U.S. district Judge James P. McGranery. The government said Gold acted as an intermediary for the Soviet intelligence service and had admitted contacts with Fuchs and provided a detailed account of activities. Fuchs, jailed in England, has confessed to passing atomic secrets to the Russians. he and Gold met in New York, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Cambridge Massachusetts, Santa Fe, and Los Alamos listed as contact sites. The case centers on alleged atomic secrets related to the Los Alamos project.
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Harry Gold
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U. S
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McGranery
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Puchs
England
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J. Edgar Hoover
J. Howard McGrath
London
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Los Alamos
N. M
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Bronx
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Queens
Cambridge
Mass
Santa Fe
Three More Truman Reorganization Plans Approved
The Senate rapid fired approval to three more of President Truman's 21 reorganization proposals, bringing the tally to 16 accepted, with all 16 taking effect Wednesday morning. Plans reorganize the Commerce Department, assign GSA duties, and shift public works planning, after swift votes of 43 to 29 and 69 to 7.
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Truman
White House
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Commerce Department
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GSA
Citizens Committee For
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Sawyer
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Capitol Hill
Roosevelt Grandson Weds on California Coast
Curtis Buzzie Roosevelt grandson of a late president wed Robin Edwards in Santa Monica at St Augustine By-The-Sea Episcopal Church. Rev Wallace N Pierson officiated before about 200 guests including Eleanor Roosevelt James Roosevelt and John A Roosevelt.
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Calif
Curtis
Buzzie
Roosevelt
Robin Edwards
Episcopa
St. Augustine
Wallace N. Pierson
Eleanor Roosevelt
James Roosevelt
John A. Roosevelt
Warm Weather Forecast For West Virginia Ahead
The U S weather bureau issued a five day extended forecast predicting temperatures two to five degrees above normal. Warm days are expected tomorrow through Thursday with cooler Friday and another warm spell over the weekend. Rainfall is forecast Thursday and again over the weekend totaling half to three quarters of an inch.
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Huntington
W. Va
West
Maryland Governor Seeks Second Term
Annapolis Md May 23 Governor Lane announced he will seek a second term after a meeting with 27 Democratic leaders. He said he will run on his record and promptly issue a statement as his platform. He expects the support of all present.
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Annapolis
Lane
Grief Stricken Youth Ends Life at Sweetheart Grave
In Nashville a 23 year old man Charles Burt shot himself beside the grave of Ruth Keith 27 hours after her suicide. He collapsed at Spring Hill Cemetery and was taken to a suburban hospital. Authorities say Burt and Keith were once dating but had no recent meetings.
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Tenn
John Fields
District Attorney General’s Office
Charles Edward Burt
Charlotte
Springhill
Burt
Surburban Madison
Fields
Ruth Mason Keith
Miss Keith
Woodrow Carver
Carver
Miss Smith
Russians Develop Long Range Bomber For Atom Attack
Asher Lee a former British air ministry intelligence officer assesses the Soviet air force in a forthcoming book. He says Moscow plans a six engine long range bomber to rival the B 36 but the aircraft is only in prototype stages. Until completed Soviet bombers reach squadrons the atom bomb will lack a proper rack and the force lacks operational radar and overseas flight experience.
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Washington
Asher Lee
British
Air Ministry
Lee
Communists Warned Against Whitsuntide Parade in Berlin
East Berlin police warned 50 000 youths not to enter western Berlin with uniforms and banners for a planned Whitsuntide march. West Berlin prepares 13 000 police plus tear gas and water cannons as Allied troops stand by.
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East Germany
West Berlin
Germany
Churchmen urge halt to hydrogen bombs and weapons
The Presby terian general assembly in the U S called for immediate cessation of hydrogen bomb production and all mass destruction weapons. It urged repentance for atomic arms and proposed August 5 as a day of mourning recalling Hiroshima.
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General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church
U.S. A
Committee of Social Education and Action
Hiroshima
Coal Land Surface Must Be Preserved
Supreme court rules land leased for coal mining should be returned to owners with the surface in its natural state. Judge Frank C. Raymond cites the owners retain their absolute right to adjacent surface support, affirming Marion county ruling in a $10 000 suit by A Philip Erwin and others against Bethlehem Steel and related firms for surface damages.
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W. Va
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Frank C. Raymond
Marion County
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John J. Erwin
J. Paul Erwin
Aginst
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Industrial Collieries Corporation
Bethlehem Collieries Corporation
Witnesses Attack Foreign Oil Imports In Senate Hearing
Funeral services for City Attorney Luther G. Scott will be held today at 2 30 p m at Bland Street Methodist church with Rev. Glen W. Stewart officiating. Burial will follow in Monte Vista. Scott, 69, died after a heart attack and had served as city attorney since 1937. He came to Bluefield in 1911 and was respected as a dean of the local bar. He belonged to several bar associations and Kiwanis, resided with his sister Miss Rosa Scott, and left surviving siblings and nieces and nephews.
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Mr. Scott
Floyd County
Virginia
Walford Scott
Eliza Janet Scott
Bluefield Kiwanis Club
Oil imports prompt call for federal inquiry
Senate and House hearings heard calls for an oil industry investigation. Rep Cannon urged a $250000 FTC study to assess a national oil policy and fair prices, while coal and independent oil groups warned that foreign oil undercuts domestic producers and threatens energy supply.
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Rep
Cannon
D-Mg
Federal Trade Commission
House Commerce
General Motors and UAW Sign Five Year Pact
Detroit May 23 General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers signed a five year contract. The UAW gains a flat four cent hourly raise each year and $100 monthly pensions plus other benefits while maintaining the cost of living wage formula. The union agrees to no wage reopening and the pact spans five years with pensions largely company financed.
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General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter Reuther
UMW
Perty
Massive 12 Inch Hailstorm Strikes Oakville Virginia
In Appomattox county near Oakville a freak hailstorm dumped 12 inches of ice over a 600 yard by one mile area. Stones reached up to 1.5 inches and the storm lasted 10 to 12 minutes. No deaths or injuries reported. crop damage was not yet estimated. Deputy Sheriff David T. Robertson notes the event occurred near the one year anniversary of a similar Lynchburg storm. A. A. Babcock, a local farmer, witnessed clear weather just beyond the edge of the hail area.
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Lynchburg
Oakville
Appomattox County
David T. Robertson
Robertson
A. A
Hospital Patient Baptized In Physio-Therapy Bathtub
Huntington veteran Daniel Blankenship a 61 year old wheelchair patient at the Huntington veterans hospital was baptized today in a bathtub in the physio therapy clinic with Chaplain Henry J. Davis performing the service witnesses included a nurse two attendants and two newsmen Blankenship who has jaundice had sought baptism since illness after army service in 1919 his sons John 29 and Robert 26 were cited as assisting with the family saw mill and oil firm employment respectively.
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W. Va
Daniel Blankenship
Piketon
Huntington Veterans Hospital
Henry J. Davis
Blankenship
Davis
Church of Christ
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Germany
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Robert
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