Secret Session Hears Mrs Hiss in House Inquiry
The House Un American Activities Committee privately questioned Mrs. Alger Hiss and left undecided on using wives as witnesses. Rep. Nixon said no plans exist to bring in the wives, while the panel seeks more witnesses to fill gaps as Chambers testifies with Hiss expected in a dayslong confrontation. Senator Hatch criticized the effort as fishing for minnows while big spies escape.
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Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Communist Party
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Chambers
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Underground
Red Underground
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Injt
Peters
United States
Mintow Fishing
Sen
Hatch
Congressional
House
Senate
Navy Gas Tank Blast Kills Three in Guam Accident
Three Navy men were killed and another missing after a gasoline tank overfill ignited a blaze at Apra Navy base Guam. A chief petty officer died in a rescue attempt as flames spread to adjoining tanks and a jeep spark triggered the first explosion. About 1,000 civilian workers were displaced.
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Navy
Apra
Arca
Labor Relations Picture Altered On Taft Hartley Act Birthday
Washington notes the Taft Hartley act’s first anniversary with the National Labor Relations Board issuing orders against unions. Courts had already issued 14 injunctions against unions and 4 80 day cooling off orders. From Aug 22 1947 to July 1 1948 there were 2528 charges against employers and 739 against unions, with 148 complaints issued by the NLRB general counsel before July 3.
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National Labor Relations Board
Taft-Hartley
Com-1
Danica
NLRB
Fivesmall Labor Board
Paul M. Herzog
John M. Houston
James J. Reynolds
Abe Murdock
J. Copeland Gray
Robert N. Denham
Doctors Endorse Surgery Vital for Infant's Condition
In Chicago on August 27 a panel of six medical experts voted to proceed with a corrective operation for Pamela Lamphere, a 22 month old girl with a bladder outside her abdomen. The panel estimated a 90 percent chance of success, and the operation could take place within two months after court-ordered examinations and consultations with her parents and Judge Walter R. O'Malley. Pamela's mother had previously opposed the surgery citing low odds, but today said she would cooperate after hearing similar cases and testimonies from medical professionals.
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Chicago
Pamela
Fred Lamphere
Irene
Tal
Pamels
Walter R. O'Malley
Meyer
Isaac Abt
American Medical Assoc
Hyman Gordon
County Hospital
Joseph H. Kiefer
University of Illinois
Knowlton Barber
Children's Memorial Hospital
Herbert Landes
Loyola University, Chicago
Jews Seek Separate Arab Peace Talks Across Israel
Israel proposes separate peace talks with each Arab country in a new bid, with Trans-Jordan likely first on the list. Meanwhile the Israeli army conducts a wide sweep for draft evaders in Tel Aviv, imposing curfews and house to house searches, as UN observers report the truce holding except near Jerusalem.
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Arab League
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Trans-Jordan
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Trans - Jordan
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United Nations Struce
Haifa
Jerusalem
Lundstrosm
Ramallah
U. N
Count Bernadotte
Middle East
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World Council Opens With Call for Christian Salvation
Amsterdam news accounts the World Council of Churches opening session as Christianity offered as the world's sole hope to end unrest. About 1,800 delegates from 150 Protestant and Orthodox churches in 42 nations attend at the Cathedral of Holland through Sept. 4. The Roman Catholic Church sends observers, not delegates, citing Vatican tenets, while a pastoral letter urges unity through the Catholic Church. Dr John A MacKay and Dr John R Mott urge Christian leadership and missionary activity as fundamental to global salvation and religious freedom.
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Netherlands
International Assembly
World Council of Churches
Cathedral of
Holland
Vatican
John A. MacKay
Princeton Theological Seminary
Princeton
N. J
International Missionary Council
John R. Mott
New York
Orlando
World Ymca
Slowing Factory Output Signals Postwar Dip
The Commerce Department reports signs of a slower postwar rise in U S industrial production. June and July were moderately lower than earlier in the year, with overall six months output only slightly above late 1947. Prices rose further as costs and demand pushed the price level up, while few industries escaped rising costs and unfilled orders remained large.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Four GOP Leaders Die in Plane Crash
Four prominent Oregon Republicans and state legislators perished when their plane crashed into Lake of the Woods in Klamath County. Passengers included William Henry Fluhrer, Frank Van Dyke, John Snellstrom, Earle Johnson, and H. H. Evans, all tied to bids for state offices. Coroner George Alder confirmed the crash scene and subsequent transport to the airport for context during a gathering of lawmakers.
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GOP
Klamath Falls
Ore
Oregon
Republican Party
Lake of the Woods
Klamath County
Frank van Dyke
Jackson County
William Henry Fluhrer
Medford
State
Senate
John Snellstrom
Lane County
Earle Johnson
Benton County
H. H. Evans
GOP House
Lincoln County
George Alder
van Dyke
Pravda Attacks U S Officials Over Soviet School Case
Pravda accuses the State Department of urging unprecedented provocations against Soviet citizens in the United States to mask foreign policy failures. The article names the department and links White Guard terrorist groups to U S government organs while criticizing police actions in New York and viewing the Danube pact as a Stalinist victory.
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Moscow
Pravda
U. S. State Department
United States
Russian Communist Party
M. Matinin
State Department
Jacob Lomakin
New York
Mia
Oksana Kasenkina
Mikhail Samarin
White Guard
U. S
Russia
Britain
France
Ussr
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Jet Robots Slated As Gun Targets
The Air Force and Navy will buy radio controlled jet powered target planes from Ryan Aeronautical Co. labeled as XQ-2. A service test quantity about 13 planes will be purchased for gunnery practice with potential larger orders if successful. Estimated cost under 100000 dollars per unit.
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Washington
Air Force
Navy
Ryan Aeronautical Co
Egyptians Seek New Permanent U N Headquarters Site
Cairo reports Egypt plans a united Arab policy with Greece Iran India and China to push for moving UN headquarters from New York to Geneva Switzerland at the upcoming Paris session. The UN has long kept New York as its base and the United States has just approved an 85 million dollar loan for New York construction scheduled to start in about two weeks.
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Cairo
United Nations
Greece
Iran
India
China
United Nations’ General Assembly
Paris
U. N
Geneva
Switzerland
General Assembly
New York
United States Congress
Draft Ruling Spurs Cupid and Marriage Rush
Reports from several cities indicate a surge in marriage licenses as young couples rush to wed before draft rules take effect. In Brooklyn four hundred licenses were issued in half a day, about four times last year’s Saturday. Chicago saw nearly five hundred couples apply, while St Louis extended hours to handle the flood. officials called it a counterplay to selective service. Maj Hershey noted no official stance but called it a peculiar way to avoid service.
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Brooklyn
Uman
Chicago
St Louis
Mershey
Maj. Ger
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Western envoys delay four power talks with Molotov
Allied aides confer in Moscow awaiting a call to meet Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov. Yven Chataigneau and Frank Roberts met Walter Bedell Smith for 1 hour 45 minutes as rumors of discord among Britain, France and the United States swirled over currency in Berlin and no four power session occurred. The last talk with Molotov was August 16.
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Moscow
Russia
V. M. Molotov
Yven Chataigreau
Frank Roberts
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Berlin
Ays
Harlis
National Zeitung
A. Harlin
Neues Deutschland
London
Chiang Kai-shek warns treason prosecutions over new gold yuan
NANKING August 22 Chiang Kai-shek warned economic lawbreakers they will be prosecuted for high treason as enemies of the union. With a new gold yuan set to circulate Monday, he said the four financial regulations would be enforced to the letter and called on patriotic citizens to support the monetary system.
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Nanking
China
Chiang Kai-shek
U. S
Chiang
Hallington Tong
Rebels Shattered in Greek Victory Claims at Grammos
In a Greek army communique a rapid advance follows a Grammos victory with forces in the Vital area and Vitsi sector, 1500 guerrillas said to be in the zone. Officials claim Grammos pocket broken and rebels retreat as government aims for end of rebellion by year end.
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Athens
Grammos
Vitsi
Markos Vafiades
Nezdu
Free Grees
Parkos
Stelios Kitrilakis
Kozane
Vallades
Democratic Army
Record High Seen in Sel by US Education Officials
U S officials forecast nearly 32 million pupils will enter schools this fall with a rise to about 39 million by 1957 due to postwar birth rates. War veterans in college will drop to around 1 million. a worsening teacher shortage and crowded schools are predicted, prompting calls for more teachers.
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Washingttun
Office of Education
Rall L. Grigsby
Grigsby
Deputy Hustled Away in Jeep To Soviet Zone
Berlin August 27 Soviet military police seized American deputy chief Thomas Headen of the American information control division and forced him into a jeep in Potdam Plaza area. His wife and child were present as three Soviet soldiers with tommy guns escorted them into the Soviet sector. Headon carried a camera but was not filming.
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Berlin
Potadamer Plaza
Thomas Headen
Miletary
Syewitt
Headen
Frans Erdmann
Olympic Stadium
Headon
Redz Compared to Nazis by Captured American Official
BERLIN Av 122-7-Thomas Y. Headen U S Information officer arrested by Soviet military police today criticizes Russian suppression of German freedom of expression. As deputy director of the American military government's information control division he denounces censorship and contrasts occupiers over rights. Headen argues three powers support free speech while the fourth does not.
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Headen
Capture of Newspaperman Headen Near Potsdamer Platz
Soviet jeep seized N X C newspaperman Headen as he photographed in Berlin's Potsdamer Platz. His wife says he did not flee and was dragged into the jeep by Soviet soldiers. American and British guards and military police sought his release amid East West tensions and press attacks.
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Germany
Moscow
Headen
N.X.C
New York Sun
Europe
Hempstead
Long Island
N. Y
Kansas City
Potsdamer Platz
Berlin
Emperor’s Resignation Rumor Rears Its Head Again
The article notes ongoing speculation that the emperor may resign, citing past quitting as precedent. Blan Armoly reports in a media style from 1868, discussing public sentiment and rumored leadership changes.
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Japr
Blan Armoly
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