Trial Opens For Purged Czech Reds
Former Czech Foreign Minister Viladimir Clementis and Rudolf Slansky go on trial in Prague with 12 co defendants before a People’s court. They are charged with forming an antistate group to overthrow the Red government and Slansky faces accusations over medical treatment of a Slovak dissident and plotting elimination of President Gottwald. The case signals a major purge, with most defendants said to be Jews and observers noting possible anti Semitic Kremlin aims.
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People's Court
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Svermo
Klement Gottwald
Maria Svermova
I Pankrac
Ticah Associated Press
William W. Oatis
Final Lap Begun By Polar Plane
Scandinavian Airlines Viking with 35 aboard left Thule Greenland en route to Copenhagen completing the second leg of a polar flight from Los Angeles. The aircraft began its Edmonton to Thule leg Wednesday night and flew within 166 miles of the North Pole on the leg over the top of the world as it pursues a new commercial Arctic route.
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Scandinavian Airlines
Viking
Thule
Greenland
Los Angeles
Edmonton
Canada
North Pole
Not So Easy To Get Her Father
Red haired TV actress Rosemary Murphy age 25 paid a $60 fine after admitting responsibility for two of four parking tickets on her car. She suggested the others were her father’s as the magistrate asked who her father is and she said he is the U.S. ambassador to Japan, noting he cannot appear for years.
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New York
Rosemary Murphy
U.S
Japan
Churchill Hopeful Of Bomb Parleys
In the House of Commons Prime Minister Churchill said he hopes to discuss exchanging information on atomic and hydrogen bombs with the United States after President-elect Eisenhower takes office. He noted he looks forward to meeting Eisenhower and did not specify whether talks would be direct or via diplomats.
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Britain
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White House
Washington
U S Assairs Czech Claims In Fiery Note
The United States rejected Czechoslovakia’s charges of espionage as propaganda. Washington said the Kersten amendment funds refugees and condemned Prague for obscuring its own Communist oppression. The note mocked claims that Voice of America orders spies in Czechoslovakia as fantasy.
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Iowa Employers to report all wages and salaries paid
Des Moines reports that the Iowa Tax Commission will require employers to file every worker’s earnings each year using a new triplicate form. The measure targets tax avoidance, with initial tests at a large plant showing 1,000 of 3,000 employees had not filed returns. The form copies go to both employer and employee for attachment to tax returns.
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Iowa Tax Commission
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Calif
Leat
Isle Queen Says She Caused Two Deaths Not Six
Tokyo AP reported Mrs Kazuko Higa aged 32 who stirred sensational headlines on Anatahan Island arrived in Japan and claimed only two men died due to her actions not six One died by shooting the other by stabbing she said and she hopes to clear up misunderstandings held by the families of the deceased while she met a cheering crowd in Naha Okinawa and aboard the Chitese Maru
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Kazuko Higa
Japan
Pacific
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Naha
Okinawa
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Mes
Anatahan
Heirens Seeks Release From Life Sentence
William Heirens, 24, shackled to guards, appeared in Chicago court seeking freedom claiming constitutional rights violations in the murder case of Suzanne Degnan and two women.
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Chicago
William Heirens
Heirens
Suzanne Degnan
Reputed Capone Leader Cleared of Contempt Charge
Tony Accardo reputed chief of Al Capone’s crime syndicate and Joseph Scalleat of Hazleton Pennsylvania were freed on contempt of Congress charges. Indictments for refusing to answer committee questions were dropped as prosecutors cited self-incrimination concerns after study of related rulings.
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Tony Accardo
al Capone
Joseph Scalleat
Hazleton
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Accardo
Scallent
U. S
William Hitz
James R. Kirkland
Producer Head Chadwick Dies at 68 in Hollywood
Isaac E Chadwick longtime head of the Independent Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association died at age sixty eight in Hollywood from a heart attack. He led the association since 1924. Local industry figures mourn his loss and credit his leadership for shaping early film distributions.
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Isaac E. Chadwick
Independent Motion Picture Producers and Distributors Association
Pravda Calls U S Hydrogen Tests Blackmail
Moscow Pravda criticizes U S hydrogen bomb tests as blackmail in an editorial reacting to the Atomic Energy Commission’s announcement. The article argues that hydrogen blackmail could have greater impact than the atomic bomb.
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General Vandenberg Delivers Cookies to G I in Korea
Four star general Hoyt Vandenberg on a world tour delivered a paper wrapped cookie package to a U S Marine private at a forward airstrip in Korea. The exchange included remarks about the cookies and the general's mission completed. The story notes the marine and his family context and the anticipation from fellow soldiers.
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Truman Praises Eisenhower On Korean Prisoner Stand
President Truman expressed happiness over Dwight Eisenhower backing a no forcible repatriation policy for Korean prisoners. He outlined an orderly shift of power and unity, noting their discussions in New York with Sen. Wiley about UN principles and the prisoner issue.
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Eisenhower Trip to Korea Planned Without Front Visit
Dwight Eisenhower will not undertake risky front-line travel during his Korea briefing at Seoul headquarters. Plans call for a visit starting in Seoul to meet Gen. James Van Fleet and President Syngman Rhee, with safeguards against Communist agents. He may visit one army unit for a first-hand look, but a major miracle in settling the war is not anticipated. A Washington blackout was announced by the defense department for the visit.
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Eisenhower Names Dulles Wilson and McKay to Cabinet
President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower announced three cabinet picks: John Foster Dulles for secretary of state, Charles E. Wilson for secretary of defense, and Gov. Douglas McKay of Oregon for secretary of the interior. Dulles, 64, has long pushed a hard line against Soviet policies and led the 1952 Republican foreign policy stance. Wilson, 64, is GM president and recently met with Eisenhower, while McKay, 59, rose from newsboy to mayor of Salem, Oregon.
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Charles E. Wilson
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Oregon
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Wilson
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Vishinsky
Truman Defends Ewing Trip Against Rep Gross
President Truman faced questions on a possible abroad trip by Oscar Ewing and said details would be released only by the White House. Defense Secretary Lovett indicated White House approval. An Associated Press item notes Rep Gross criticized the trip as improper and unnecessary.
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Gross
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Federal Security Ad
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Defense Lovett
After 50 Years, Man Slugs Wife in England
Albert C. Southwood, 67, was fined five pounds for slugging his wife Emmie three months before their 50th wedding anniversary in Watford England. He said the quarrel started when Emmie came home late from a spoon.
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England
Albert C. Southwood
Southwood
Emmie
Biecame
Government trip by Oscar Ewing billed as official mission
A spokesman said Federal Security Administrator Oscar R. Ewing’s world tour, funded by the government, was planned months ago as an official business mission. The remarks came amid questions about the purpose and financing of the trip.
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Federal Security
Oscar R. Ewing
Ewing
Eight Flyers Die in Crash at Sea Near Block Island
Eight navy airmen were killed when a P2V Neptune crashed into the sea seventy miles southeast of Block Island during anti submarine warfare exercises.
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