Counter Spy Role Told By Boris Morros
Boris Morros, a 62 year old film producer and former counter spy, told reporters at the New York courthouse that Soviet espionage remains deeply organized. He described his decade plus in service, his work with the FBI, and his abrupt end after a Moscow trip in 1950 with GPU chief Fedotov, warning of a Pan Slavist plot rivaling Hitler in scope.
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Sew York
INS
Boris Morros
U. S
New York
Morris
Yreka ii
Imeelf Andithis
Metros
FBI
Moscow
Vienna
Kremlin
Thitler
Morros
Sovtes
GPU
Secret Police
Europe
United States
Payrolls Hit Record High
The government reported all time high employment in the United States at 67,221,000 in July. A joint Commerce and Labor study showed about 700,000 more job holders, while unemployed fell by 300,000 to 3,007,000 or 4.2 percent of the civilian labor force. Hiring of youths in summer activities and a small farm workforce drove the rise, with unemployment dropping as students and graduates entered the labor market.
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Washington
United States
Commerce and Labor Departments
Walkouts Close Area Salt Plants
Newark and four other cities see five Leslie Salt Co. plants idled as 220 union members walk out at Friday noon, with no negotiations planned. The company offered an 18 cent wage hike for a two year deal, while the union seeks a one year contract. Plants in Newark Mt Eden Redwood City and Napa affected.
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Newark
Leslie Salt Co
General Warehouse Food Processors and Production Workers Union
Mt. Eden
Redwood
City
Napa
British Seize Rebel Capital In Arab War
British and Omani forces captured Nizwa, the self styled Imam’s capital, after a swift assault with no resistance. Sultan of Muscat and Oman’s forces gained the strategic victory, while Cairo discussed Oman at the UN Security Council. British envoys praised speed and support.
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Bahrein
INS
Lawrence Sinclair
Muscat
Oman
Nizwa
Cairo
Arab League
United Nations Security Council
Tmam
Fahud
Richardson Ouster Backed by Local Groups
Two new groups demand Eden Hospital Director Marvin D. Richardson resign. United Steelworkers Local 4468 and Club Iberico in San Leandro cite his eight month absence and protest a day-rate hike at the hospital. Richardson is noted to be assigned abroad by his employer.
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Eden Hospital
Marvin D. Richardson
United Steelworkers Local 4468
Richardson
Club Iberico
San’ Leandro
Tony Polyarasa
Canada Airliner Crash Nation's Worst Tragedy
A chartered Trans-Canada Air Lines Convair or similar airliner crashed in a swamp near Quebec City killing 79 people, including 73 passengers and six crew. The aircraft exploded on impact, with chaos and limb by limb dismemberment reported. Passengers were WWII veterans and British‑born relatives visiting former homes in the United Kingdom. Captain Norman Ramsay, 34, reported clear weather before the crash and later faced prior incident discipline.
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Britain
Cnto
Maritimes
Central Air-1
Imperial Division
Legion i
Toronto
Alexandre” Deblois
Ste. Croix
Canada
Kingdom
Blé
Norman Ramsay
Montreal
Weather Bureau
Ramsay
Trans-Canada Airlines
Brampton
Youths Warned On China Trip
The State Department bluntly warned 46 Americans attending the Youths Festival in Moscow that a planned three week trip to Red China would subvert U S foreign policy. The embassy stressed that such travel undermines policy and breaches passport rules. White outlined that the U S does not recognize Red China and travel there is banned. Penalties for going ahead were not specified.
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Washington
INS
State Department
Moscow
Red China
U.S
Department
China
Lincoln White
Slap Leads To Wife's Death by Own Action
Mrs Edith Scorginelli a 47 year old Belmont housewife was found fatally shot in her bedroom after a neighborhood party. Police called the death death by own action saying she died from 32 caliber bullets in the face and left temple. Witnesses at the party said her husband John slapped her after she slipped and fell knocking over a vase. Scorginelli told police he and his wife returned home and heard two shots while he was putting out the car.
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Edith Scorginelli
Belmont
John
Scareinelli
Machinists To Vote On Wage Offer
San Francisco area machinists vote on a tentative wage agreement ending a 40 day strike lockout that idled about 1000 workers. Local ballots planned for Tuesday with some decisions Wednesday. if accepted, 4000 others idled by the dispute may return to work Thursday. The deal was reached between the California Metal Traders Assn and the International Assn of Machinists.
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San Francisco
Bay Area
AFL
San Leandro Blunts
California’ Metal
Traders ‘Assn
International: Assn
Ispute
Tast
CIC
East Bay
Bay Sea Foundries
Affair Told at Trial in Confidential Libel Case
Hollywood witnesses describe Francesca de Scaffa saying she had an affair with Clark Gable to obtain material for Confidential. Howard Rushmore testified that Francesca, ex wife of Bruce Cabot, claimed she would have an affair with any man to gather story information.
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Today
Francesca
Je Scaffa
Clark Gable
Gable
Howard Rushmore
Atty
Arthur J. Crowley
Crowley
Rushmore
Miss de Scatfa
Bruce Cabot
Two Children Die In Mojave House Fire
A Mojave blaze killed three year old Barbara Fay Bent and her brother William Joseph Bent. Their mother Catherine Bent, 23, remains in critical condition with burns covering about 30 percent of her body.
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Barbara’ Fay Bent
Mojave Medical Center
William ‘Joseph Bent
Catherine Bent
Weekends Deadly Crashes Leave Many Injured and Families Wiped Out
A Castro Valley man Ivar M Eleven 54 died and four others injured in a head on collision on Jackson Street near Calaraga Avenue Hayward. The weekend toll rises with Ralph N Turk 31 dies after motorcycle crash in San Leandro. Two families lost several members in a fatal crash on Highway 50 east of Livermore. Funeral rites for Kleven and the Sacketts pending in San Leandro.
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Jackson St
Calaraga Ave
Hayward
Alameda County
Ivar. M
Orchard ‘Ave
Castro Valley
Ralph N. Turk
Carta
San Lorenzo
Highland Hospital
San Leandro
Highway 50
Livermore
Paul F. Lockett
Pauline
Bal Harbor
Clarence E. Fischer
Castle Air Force Base
Page
Rey
Terry
Kleven
the Sacketts
Santos & Robinson Funeral
Estudillo Ave
Stella
Second Climber Found Hanging Dead in Alps
Rescue teams from five countries report the second of four mountaineers entangled in ropes on Mount Eiger has died. Stefano Longhi, 44, Italian, was found head down on the icy wall after a long hours struggle, as a blizzard hampered efforts to reach him. One companion was saved yesterday in a dramatic haul, while two Germans are feared dead in the ongoing alpine rescue. Alfred Hell, German climber, aided Claudio Corti of Lecco, Italy, before weather again halted operations.
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Longhil
Tyre
Swiss’ Alps
Alfred Hellpart
Claudio Corti
Lecco
Italy
Corti
Hellpart
Longhi
Civil Rights Bill Near Passage With Jury Trial Provision
Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson said the Civil Rights bill with a jury trial clause could clear by midweek, paving quick adjournment. Speaker Rayburn indicated House support if Republicans truly want it, though he opposes sending to conference. The Senate approved jury trials for criminal contempt in civil rights cases. the House had passed without that provision.
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Washington
Senate
House
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sam Rayburn
Reds Win Control Of Java Cities
Communists secure Bandung as West Java capital and claim central Java wins. Early returns suggest gains in Surabaya East Java and Semarang Central Java, placing red forces in control of all three provincial capitals.
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Reds
Java
Jakarta
Indonesia
Bandung
West Java
Surabaya
East Java
Semarang
Central Java
Lost Pilot’s Wife Plans Divorce After Return
Bridgeport news reports Air Force Lt. David A. Steeves who survived 54 days in the High Sierra after a jet crash plans to divorce his wife. He crawled out with an injured leg and subsisted on fish reptiles and a deer while awaiting orders. The couple, married two years, had talked of a second honeymoon before family moved in with the wife’s mother.
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Bridgeport
Conn. R
Air Force
David A. Steeves
High Sierra
Steeves
Trumbul
Conn
California
Florida
Fairfield
Bachelor
Belling Air Force Base
Washington
Marines Start To Leave Japan
Tokyo reports the United States began withdrawing about 7000 Marine combat troops from Japan as part of a broader ground forces pullout. Approximately half of the troops depart by tomorrow with the remainder by the end of the period.
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U.S
Japan
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