Fur Union President Is Indicted for Perjury
A federal grand jury indicted Ben Gold, fur union president, on three counts of perjury for swearing in an August 1950 NLRB affidavit that he was not a Communist. A warrant was issued for Gold with bond set at 10,000, while authorities also ordered deportation for his brother-in-law Max Young, a top Young Communist International official. Gold, 54, has led the International Fur and Leather Workers Union of the U.S. and Canada, ousted from CIO in 1949 over alleged Communist infiltration.
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Ben Gold
National Labor Relations Board
Justice Department
Gold
International Fur and Leather Workers Union
U. S
Canada
CIO
NLRB
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Wan Commune
Brownel
Max Young
New York
Brownell
Young
Young Communist International
North and
South America
Who's Who In Labor
Russia
Furriers Union
U S Air Drill Planned in Far East by Twining
The U S Air Force announced a major combat training exercise in the Far East featuring B-36 bombers B-29s jet fighters and reconnaissance planes. The program aims to demonstrate air power reach against potential Soviet bases near Japan with jet bomber operations and aerial refueling insights.
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Tokyo
U. S. Air Force
Far East
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Washington
Rewen
Japan
Kurile Islands
Sakhalin Island
Jthe
Kuriles
Sakhalin
Strawberry Point Man Arraigned on Burglary Charge
A 53-year-old Strawberry Point man named George Dillon was arraigned in district court on a burglary charge for his alleged role in the August 19 Coca-Cola Bottling Company safe cracking. Cedar Rapids police say fingerprints matched at the scene led to arrest by Judge Floyd Philbrick. The bottling company reported $0.49 in cash and $188.45 in checks were taken.
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Strawberry Point
Coca-Cola
George Dillon
Floyd Philbrick
C Ce
Dillon
Charles Shepard
Comcoe
Mt Vernon Man Dies in Church
Mt. Vernon Charles H. Reed 3 lifelong resident of Mt. Vernon ty was found dead about 10 30 a m Friday in Mr. Ford an elder of the church had been custodian since he retired from farming last Novem ber He was clerk of for the church is for many yea Survivors include his wife a Long Be Mrs J M Clark of Calif a son David Lord of Cedar Rapids a sis Mrs Anna Gormly of Mt Sue and one grandchild The body was taken to Morgan funeral home Funeral arrange
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Charles H. Reed
Ford
J. M. Clark
Calif
David Lord
Cedar Rapids
Anna Gormly
Mt Sue
Morgan Funeral Home
Loveless Expected To Try It Again For Governor
Ottumwa mayor Herschel C. Loveless reportedly plans to announce his Democratic gubernatorial candidacy around January 1. The Morning Democrat says the move would come as his second term ends and he does not seek re election. Loveless, who defeated Otha Wearin in 1952 for the nomination, notes uncertain backing from the state committee amid reported friction with party chairman Jake More.
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Democrat
Herschel C. Loveless
Ottumwa
Loveless
Imayor
Otee
Otha D. Wearing
Hastings
Atie
State Central Committee
Democratic
Jake More
Townsend Returns to London Amid Royal Reception
Capt Peter Townsend arrived in England from Brussels for the first time since his exile amid a wartime romance with Princess Margaret. Surrounded by photographers and reporters, Townsend, a divorced commoner, expressed astonishment at the unusual reception and the presence of royal attention.
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INS
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England
Wey
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Scotland
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Knowland warns Japan on rearmament lag on defense
Senate Majority Leader Knowland on a Far Eastern tour urges Japan to pick up its defense effort and warns against procrastination in arms buildup. He lands in Pusan with Gen. Clark and plans talks with South Korea's President Rhee. He says each nation must bear fair defense burdens and defends broad concept of needed strength.
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Mark Clark
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Washington
Plane Riders To Tell of Collision
Passengers aboard two commercial planes will testify at a federal inquiry after a collision 11 000 feet above Michigan City Indiana. Inspectors from the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Civil Aeronautics Authority questioned crews about takeoffs from Midway Airport. One hundred percent of the two flights were involved and a number of passengers were injured. United Air Lines and American Airlines planes left Midway one minute apart en route to Detroit.
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Ind
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Civil Aeronautics Authority
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United Air Lines
American Airlines
Detroit
Thai military chief and 12 others arrested in coup plot
Bangkok officials report the force chief of staff and twelve more individuals detained on charges tied to a plot to overthrow the government. Police say the group planned actions aimed at destabilizing the state and seizing power. The arrests underscore ongoing tensions within Thailand's military and political factions.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Lai Force
Two Red Leaders Captured After Sierra Hideout Standoff
In the High Sierras near Sonora California FBI agents trapped and arrested two fugitive Communist leaders, Robert G. Thompson and Sidney Steinberg, along with three others for harboring fugitives. A sixth person, Patricia Blau, was stopped en route to Stockton.
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Red Mountain
FBI
High Sierras
U. S
Joseph Karesh
San Francisco
Carl Rasi
Shirley Keith Kremen
Samuel Coleman
Sidney Steinberg
Steinberg
Robert Thompson
Sonora
Calif
Condiae
California
Twain Harte
Patricia Biau
Janet Conroy
Modesto
Stockton
Boost Asked on Rates for Low Distance Calls
The Bell System telephone companies proposed interstate long distance rate increases totaling 66.4 million dollars per year. They filed with the FCC and expect the changes to take effect October 1 unless suspended. The plan hikes night and Sunday basic rates and overtime charges for day, night, and Sunday calls to cover higher costs. Basic per minute rates would remain unchanged.
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Bell System
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Texas Flood Strains Grip Amid Dreath In Texa s
United Press reports widespread drought conditions with scarce water in parts of the nation while Texas faced floods and drought effects. Friday rain totals reached about 1.14 inches in some southern states, suburban Chicago police issued tickets for water waste, Maywood paused drinking water, and several Kentucky counties reported large grass and forest fires amid tinder dry conditions. Temperatures soared to 105 in El Centro and 97 in Chicago area with heat records broken for a second day. More than a dozen North Carolina counties sought disaster status as the drought persisted.
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Florida
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Chicago
Maywood
Ill
Chilcago
Mercury
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Kentucky
el Centro
Calif
Seasonal Note at Golfcrest School Post Sign Altered
A sign near Golfcrest elementary school was altered Thursday by a youngster, muttering a message about the opening of school nearing. The incident occurred as the new term approaches, with authorities reviewing the vandalism.
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Houston
Golfcrest
Siena Dees
Federal agents seize nearly 700 stills in South
Federal agents last month seized nearly 700 stills used to produce illegal liquor in the South, according to the Internal Revenue Service report released Friday.
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Washington
South
Internal Revenue Service
Resignation Tied to Feud Over Toastmaster Gillette
CHICAGO UP John J. Kelly resigned as general chairman of a $100-a-plate Democratic dinner amid a dispute with National Chairman Stephen Mitchell over selecting toastmaster Gillette. Mitchell refused to confirm the fallout and noted no comment on the dinner, while sources suggested a clash between old-line Democrats and anti-establishment figures led by Mitchell and Adlai Mitchell.
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John J. Kelly
Stephen Ace
Mitchel Janes Sen
Gillette
D-la
Mitchell
Kelly
Promi
Chie
Aoa B Yn
Chancery
Supesua
Poetrooees
Adlair Mitchell
Pair Fail in Bid To Free Czech Wives
WAIDHAUS Germany UP West German border police seized two Americans attempting to cross into Czechoslovakia to rescue their Czech wives. Peter Dudlach 25 of Chicago and Benjamin Kienzynsky Gary were handed to U S intelligence and released. They had planned since meeting in Chicago three years earlier to free their wives despite border restrictions. Dudlach married in 1948 in Czechoslovakia. Kienzynsky married a Czech pen pal in 1949 and never saw his son again. The men were stopped a few yards from Czech territory at the Waidhaus frontier station. After release they left for an unknown destination.
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Germany
Czechoslovakia
Peter Dudlach
Chicago
Benjamin Kienzynsky
Gary
West
Dudlach
Kienzynsky
Ney
Czech
Waidaus
Dudlacht
Strike Ordered Sept 10 by ORC
The Order of Railway Conductors with about 35 000 members set September 10 as the date for a possible national rail strike. A Cedar Rapids ORC spokesman said the strike could halt every railroad employing ORC members if called, though it may not be necessary. The date arose from a Chicago meeting amid summer talks over a graduated pay scale tied to engine size, an approach conductors want extended from firemen and engineers.
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Order of
Cedar Rapids
ORC
Chicago
Christopherson's Body Recovered in Cedar River
The body of Carl Christopherson, 39, who drowned early Wednesday, was recovered from the Cedar River about 5:30 p.m. Thursday. Volunteers Oscar Young and Paul 3M helped drag operations and found the body half a mile below the Rock Island railroad bridge. An autopsy by Dr. W. E. Weland confirmed drowning as the cause of death.
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Cedar Rapids
Carl Christopher‘son
Cedar River
Rock Island Railroad Bridge
Oscar Young
Pith Street
Paul
Poirtieth Istreet
W. E. Weland
FE Locals Win UE Injunction Amid Interunion Fight
In Rock Island a circuit court granted a temporary injunction blocking United Electrical Workers representatives from diverting funds or meddling in local business of four Farm Equipment locals. The action advances a protracted split as Quad City FE locals left their UE affiliation, with the Harvester plant at East Moline central to the dispute.
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Rock Island
United Electrical Workers
Leonard Telleen
Interunion
Quad‘City FE
Harvester
East Moline
India withdraws from bid for parley seat at UN
India withdrew from a bid to join the Korean conference at the United Nations. The General Assembly approved a Western-backed resolution inviting countries that fought for the U.N. in Korea to participate. India’s V K Krishna Menon appealed to avoid a vote, and the assembly also invited Russia to attend if desired by the other side. The drumbeat of diplomacy showed India’s stance amid U.S. led Western support and Soviet bloc opposition.
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United Nations, N.Y
India
U.N. General Assembly
U.S
U.N
Korea
V. K. Krishnan Menon
Russia
China
Argentina
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Andrei Vishinsky
Wanted Fugitive Held in Seattle
The FBI and Seattle police captured Jack Gordon White 34 of Atlanta one of the ten most wanted criminals He waived preliminary hearing on charges including unlawful restraint and interstate armed robbery and faced return to Nashville North Carolina He was cornered at a Seattle intersection Friday awaiting bond reduction or surrender for prosecution in Nash ville.
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INS
Jack Gorrdon White
Atlanta
FBI
Nashville
N.C
White
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