Guatemala Junta Disbands Liberation Army After Revolt
Disgruntled Guatemalan army regulars backed cadets with mortars and tanks and forced President Castillo Armas to disband the anti communist liberation army. At least six died and 12 were listed by officials as killed, with 42 wounded. U S Ambassador Peurifoy and Archbishop Russell Arellano helped negotiate the cease fire. Regulars from Aurora air base aided, and 800 Arbenz refugees remained at the Mexican embassy. The agreement bars reprisals, disbands the liberation army, and places the regular army under the junta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GUATEMALA
Castillo Armas
revolutionary “liberation army
Roosevelt hospital
liberation army
Arbenz
Aurora
Enrique Oliva
Enrique Close
Col
J. Paiz
the
military academy
Aurora air base
Weather Forecast for Bridgeport and New York City
Official weather data from Bridgeport and vicinity with cloudy periods and scattered showers. Highs in the 80s, lows near 70, southerly to westerly winds shifting. New York City mirrors Bridgeport readings with temperature values and a trace precipitation. Almanac notes indicate August date and summer day lengths.
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U & Weather Surear
BRIDGEPORT
NEW YORK CITY
Probe Jewel Robbery Report At Lake Placid
LAKE PLACID N Y Aug 2 AP Police investigated a reported 100000 jewel robbery at the Lake Placid Club hotel in this Adirondack resort. Mrs Edward Jeddroe of Texas, a guest, reported jewels were stolen from her room with a list of missing gems and values. The largest item named is an emerald cut solitaire valued at 26000 dollars.
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LAKE PLACID
N. Y
Lake Placid Club
Adirondack
Edward Jeddroe
Texas
FBI Agents Seize Two More as Reds in Colorado
FBI agents arrested Joseph William Scherrer 34 at his Pueblo home and Maia Scherrer 36 at Stapleton airfield, naming them Colorado communist party leaders. Seven party figures have been arrested in Colorado and California in the last 24 hours on Smith Act violations. Bonds set at $100,000 each. Scherrer is a former Colorado University and Regis College student linked to Civil Rights Congress and Communist groups.
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DENVER
FBI
communist party
Colorado
California
Charlies W. Brown
Joseph William Scherrer
Pueblo
Brown
Scherrer
Maia
Stapleton airfield
Logan street
state capitol
Arthur Bary
Anna
Harold Zepelin
Lewis M. Johnson
Patricia Blau
Los Angeles
Bary
Colorado communist party
Joseph D. Neff
U. S
Neff
Agate, Colo
Colorado university
Regis college
Civil Rights Congress
attorney general
Woodring Denounces Gen Marshall in Public Letter
Former secretary of war Harry H. Woodring confirms writing a letter in which he accuses General George C. Marshall of betraying trust for personal gain. He cites Marshall's China mission and support for Chiang Kai-shek as evidence of selling out. Woodring spoke from Topeka after McCarthy published the letter copy to Bob Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Harry H. Woodring
secretary of war
McCarthy
RWis
George C Marshall
Woodring
Topeka
Kan
Robert M. Harris
New York
Harris
Bii- Carthy
Marshall
China
Chiang ahi-shek
Contractor Testifies of Payoffs To AFL Painters Union Agents
Philadelphia contractor Cristodoulou testified he paid over 3500 to AFL Painters union agents in Newark Baltimore Washington and Chester as part of a racketeering probe. He claimed a 20000 to 25000 cash bankroll funded the payouts for crew use. Arch ie Moore said he received over 1600 in 1963 1952 as bribes. Lowry denied knowledge of the payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AFL
WASHINGTON
Philadelphia
Cratodoulou
AFL Painters union
Newark
Baltimore
Chester
Cristodoulou
House
Pennsylvania railroad
New York
Archie Moore
Washington District Council Painters union
national capital area
Moore
investigato
Robert C. Lowry
District Council No. 51
Lowry
Jack Seidman
Paramount Decorating company
Seidman
Stock Nominated for Second Term by 21st District Democrats
Democrats of the 21st Senatorial district renominated State Senator Jack Stock to a second term. Benjamin Leipner praised Stock as an outstanding freshman senator and urged him to push direct primary reform while maintaining party loyalty. Leipner noted Stock’s 1952 defeats of Palladino and Demas and highlighted his work on the educational program.
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Stratfield
Jack Stock
Stock
Nicholas Palladino
C. Gus Demas
Benjamin Leipner
Leipner
ike Jack
Will to resist vital Nixon says at VFW
Vice President Richard M. Nixon told the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Philadelphia that the United States cannot aid communist-endangered nations without a will to resist. He warned that Indochina proves where there is no will to resist, people fall under communist domination. Nixon accepted the VFW Bernard M. Baruch award for outstanding contribution to American life and world peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PHILADELPHIA
Richard M. Nixon
United States
Indochina
Nixon
VFW
Bernard M. Baruch
veterans’ organization
Milford Official Accused of Fraud
Milford town councilman Frederic L. Street, 55, of Farview Beach, had been missing since July 6. He walked into police headquarters at 1 p.m. with William D. Max, was detained on a Branford charge of issuing a fraudulent $55 check dated June 21, released on $500 bond, and scheduled for town court appearance. Harrison, N. Y., warrants are pending. action to follow Branford case. Street claimed he was visiting his sister in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MILFORD
Frederic L. Street
Stevens street
Farview Beach
Po- Nce
Branford and Harrison
N. Y
Street
Branford
Lee Marowski
Harrison
Robert F. Dixon, Jr
Capt
Dixon
William D. Max
Merwin, Farview, Burwell Beach association
Mr. Street
Elizabeth Jones
New York
Cyclist 22 Dies After Orange Crash in Milford
Richard L. Meyers, 22, of 40 Indian Hill road Milford, died in St. Raphael's hospital Milford from injuries after a Sunday night motorcycle collision on the Post road in Orange with Edward Welch of 33 Bostwick avenue Bridgeport. Meyers, a stock car racer, was hurled onto the pavement suffering a fractured skull and internal injuries. Welch, also a stock car racer, was arrested on a technical charge of violating auto laws after being en route home from West Haven races and posted a $500 bond. Meyers was son of the late Lawrence Meyers who ran a clothing store opposite Town hall. a Milford High School graduate in the class of 1849, he attended the University of Connecticut.
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MILFORD
Richard L. Meyers
Indian Hill road
St. Raphael's hospital
New Haven
Post road
Orange
Cart F. Peterson
Edward Welch
Bostwick avenue
Bridgeport
Meyers
Welch
West Haven
Lawrence Meyers
Town hall
Milford High school
University of Connec
Senators Probe McCarthy Methods Sparks Special Committee
Fairfield University opens eight campus entrances for Connecti cut Pops concert with Witte mor e Lowe Dame Saidenberg conductor to ease traffic after July 23 snags. New parking areas and staked entrances accommodate over 2 500 cars. Committee, university officials, and contractor revised plan after a campus ground breaking and traffic complaints.
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Fairfield University
Connecticut Pops seies
Wittemore
Lowe
Dame Saidenberg
North Benson road
Demas Named Alderman in Fifth B District
C Gus Demas Socialist of 492 Weet Taft avenue was elected by the Common Council to fill the unexpired term of Spencer H Anderson in Fifth B. Demas previously served as alderman from the Fourth district 1949 51 and was sworn in by City Clerk Fred D Schwarzkopf. Anderson resigned after moving to Fairfield.
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C. Gus Demas
Weet Taft avenue
Spencer H Anderson
Demas
John Jo Schiller
Jacob Burstein
Fred D. Schwarzkopf
Anderson
Fairfield
U S Again Orders Haymes Deported
Crooner Dick Haymes was ordered deported for a second time by Immigration Service officer Ralph Farb in Los Angeles. The case hinges on his 1940s reentry after visiting Rita Hayworth in Hawaii and questions whether he needed permission to reenter. Haymes’ attorney Bartley Crum vows an appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals, arguing entrapment and that Hawaii remained U S. soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOS ANGELES
Dick Haymes
Ralph Farb
Immigration Service
Farb
Haymes
Board of Immigration Appeals
Washington
United States
Hawaii
Rita Hayworth
Herman R. Landon
Landon
Hawa
singer
Argentina
Crum
New York
Bartley Crum
Madison Bank Officials Hurt In Tractor Trailer Crash
Three Madison Trust company officers were injured when their car collided with a tractor trailer at Post road and Island avenue. John Goldhamer and Arthur Scheppach were hospitalized with possible fractures and abrasions. Ward Scranton sustained abrasions. The truck driver Octavio A. Viveiros was uninjured. The crash propelled the car 125 feet onto a lawn near Judge Lyman Steele’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MADISON
Madison Trust company
Post road
Island avenue
John Goldhamer
Grace-New Haven
Arthur Scheppach
Ward Scranton
New Haven hospital
Jacob Rickert
Mr. Scranton
Octavio A. Viveiros
Portsmouth
R. I
Lyman Steele
Mr. Goldhamer
Senator McCarthy censured call sparks Senate inquiry
The Senate voted 75 to 12 to form a three by three special committee to investigate Senator McCarthy and his Communist hunting methods. McCarthy challenged critics on the floor, labeling their charges as scurrilous, then voted Present as colleagues moved for instant censure. The panel is to report before adjournment, potentially shaping a forthcoming showdowns on the censure effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Senate
McCarthy
Senate Investigations subcommittee
Republians
Senate GOP
Knowland
Calfornia
Congress
Flanders
R-VI
Fulbright
D-Ark
Morse
ind-ore
National Committee
Nixon
Maurice Rosenblatt
Committee
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Armas
Peurifoy
John E. Peurifoy
Mariano Russell Arellano
San Salvador
Mrs Scherrer
Brooklyn
Russia
U.S
Communist Political association
Buffalo
American Youth for Democracy
Sheppard
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
Common Pleas court
Cleveland
William J. Corrigan
Gen
Telegram
Angelo Patri
Constantine Brown
eeeewee Dr. Bundesen
Erich Brandeis
Sylvia Porter
seewe
VITAL
Councilman Street
By TERE PASCONE
Barlow road
Dill road
Holland Hill road
Round Hill road
Old Barn road
Thaw
North road
Round Hill
North Benson
university
George E. McCarron
S.J
Stewart Baker
Connecticut Symphony
Frank D'Addario
D'Addario Construction company
Henry W. Hylen
Pops Parking committee
D'Addarnio
G. DEMAS
Rita
Madison Bank
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