FBI says U S equipment shipped to Russia two years ago
The FBI disclosed that equipment used by the Atomic Energy Commission was shipped from the United States to Russia two years ago with two more shipments blocked in 1948 and 1949. The disclosure surfaced during the espionage trial of Judith Copson as lengthy secret FBI reports were read to the jury. Archibald Palmer, Copson’s attorney, plans to read 34 internal security reports and 80 to 90 pages not yet in evidence.
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FBI
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
United States
Judith Copson
Archibald Palmer
Miss Copson
Strike Ends Not Visible in Hawaii Waterfront Labor Fight
In Honolulu, after thirty nine days of a waterfront strike, CIO longshoremen at Hawaii's six ports demand a 32 cent raise to 1.72 an hour to restore the old Pacific coast differential. Employers offer 12 cents. Government mediators, the territorial governor, and public pressure failed to narrow the gap as talks stalled.
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Honoulu
Hawaii
CIO
U.S
Lies To Protect Hiss Trial Reveals Chambers Admission
Whittaker Chamber's testimony to protect Alger Hiss and others ties to a prewar Soviet spy ring. He admits perjury before the federal grand jury and says he lied to spare Hiss due to a past friendship and respect for his abilities. He led seven inquiries at the grand jury regarding the Hiss case.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger —Hiss
Chambers
Courier
Red Spies
Hiss
Johnson Approves Navy Equality Policy For All Personnel
Secretary of Defense Johnson approved the Navy plan to assure equality of treatment and opportunity for all service members regardless of race color religion or national origin. The policy follows President Truman's directive to abolish discrimination in the armed forces and aims to apply to enlistment training advancement assignment and housing and berthing without minority limits. An Army version was requested by June 20 after Air Force plan approval last month.
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Washington
Navy
Defense Johnson
Johnson
Truman
Air Force
Army
End conventions conclude with GAR Auxiliary elections
Conventions of the Grand Army of the Republic auxiliaries closed in Parkersburg with officer elections. Mrs. Virginia Remke of Wheeling was named president by the Ladies of the GAR and Mrs. Lucille Soell of Charleston was chosen as corresponding officer for the Women's Relief Corps.
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Parkersburg
Grand Army of the Republic
The
GAR
Virginia Remke
Wheeling
Women’s Relief Corps
Lucille Soell
Charleston
U S Steel Agrees On New Contract Talks In Coal Region
John L. Lewis announced U S Steel will hold new talks on coal mine contracts starting June 13 in Philadelphia to shape pattern for the soft coal industry. Negotiations with Southern Coal Producers Association proceed with little progress. The talks may affect a possible industry-wide strike when miners’ vacation ends early July.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
U.S. Steel Corp
Philadelphia
Lewis
Harry Moses
United Mine Workers
Steel Corporation
Tation
150 State Towns Choose Officers
About 150 West Virginia towns elected municipal officers in a day of local politics. Morgantown split council seats evenly between Democrats and Republicans while Dunbar re elected Mayor D L Salisbury for a sixth term. Grafton rejected a tax levy for street work by a 585 to 833 vote. Vienna approved annexations along with reelection of Mayor Blair.
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Charleston
West Virinia
Morgantown
Kanawha
Dunbar
D. L. Salisbury
Labraton
Suncrest
Charles Loar
Grafton
Wood County
Vienna
Charles Blair
Rosemar
Country Club
Maplewood
Parmacoad
Agree Reds Should Be Barred From Teaching Jobs
Twenty educators led by General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Harvard president James Conant urged banning communists from teaching and teaching only nonadvocacy of communism. The NEA commission urged education to address totalitarianism, with aims to prepare young citizens for global tensions in a cold war era.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harvard
James 3. Conant
National Education Association
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Conant
Educational Policies Commission
American Aviation of
Soviet Union
Communist Party
United States
AMA Leaders Say Mcclus? Not Retreating On Health Plan
Two AMA leaders, Dr. R L Sensenich and Dr. Elmer Henderson, reaffirm that restricting Dr. Morris Fishbein’s public commentary does not soften the fight against socialized medicine. They insist the stance on compulsory health insurance remains unchanged, despite questions raised by reporters about the board muzzling Fishbein. The editor of the AMA Journal has long criticized Truman’s plan to tax future sickness costs from workers’ take home pay. See CLAIM page 3.
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Atlantic City
American Medical Association
Morris Fishbein
R. L. Sensenich
South Bend
Ind
AMA
Elmer Henderson
Louisville
Sensenich
City council to decide next steps to raise funds in Grafton
City Manager Curtis D. Decker said raising funds for city operation falls under the council’s jurisdiction and any method will be chosen by them. Potential options mentioned include gross sales tax and service charges, though liquor profits shortages leave the city under budget and seeking new revenue.
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Grafton
Curtis D. Decker
Southern Producers May Ask Lower Pay
Southern producers may ask John L. Lewis contract bargaining team today for a lower wage scale than the rest of the soft coal industry. Operators expected to add proposals to those already before the United Mine Workers in negotiations here. Indications a bias to restore the old southern pay differential might be among the new items. A fight over the union welfare and pension fund also looms in closed sessions. Moody hints operators may seek to end the 100 a month pensions, though not flatly. SOUTHERNERS page 3
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Bluefield
John L. Lewis
Jrest
United Mine Workers
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Goal Producers Association
Moody
Mother Pleads Not To Shoot Son in Escape Case
Mrs. W. M. Humphrey of Parkersburg pleads with authorities not to shoot her son Gerald Nel and asks that police take him alive if found. Nelson, 18 or 19, is among three convicts still sought after a Moundsville escape. He was sentenced December 19, 1946 to 110 years for grand larceny.
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Parkersburg
Moundsville
W. M. Humphrey
Gerald Noland
Humphrey
C. C. Boles
Boles
Neland
Parkersburg Sentinel
Gerald
Carloadings: May 1949 at 267 367 cars for B and O
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad freight loadings for May 1949 reached 267 367 cars, down from 289 412 the prior year. April 1949 totaled 268 447 cars, with weekly totals for June 4 at 54 720 and 62 291 for the May 28 week. The year earlier week stood at 63 822 cars.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Stoppage at Paris Meet May Speed Arms Plan
Senator Connally said a breakdown in the Paris Foreign Ministers conference could speed action on the administration 1.13 billion Arms For Europe program. Democratic leaders paused rearmament until the North Atlantic treaty is ratified. President Truman not rushing to send the plan to Congress pending treaty outcome.
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D-Tex
Foreign Ministers
Paris
Senate
Truman
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Foreign Relations Committee
Russia
Europe
Acheson
Taft
Ohio
Financial Situation of Cities Discussed
Charleston news reports a conference of legislative leaders Governor Patteson and West Virginia University political science experts on city finances. It reviews Auditor Sims refusal to approve liquor profits distribution to municipalities, a Supreme Court ruling upholding that decision as unconstitutional.
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Charleston
Patteson
West Virginia University
Edgar B. Sims
Sims
Supreme Court
Former Graftonian Receives Degree and Commendation
John Fawcett, former Grafton resident, earned a Master of Arts from Arizona State College Tempe on May 24. His thesis on the physiological effects of Gila monster venom earned recognition from zoological and medical fields and was presented at Alpine Texas and Phoenix Arizona.
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John Fawcett
Grafton
J. C. Fawcett
Beech Street
Arizona State College
Tempe
Arizona
Fawcett
Phoenix
KE On Delta Pi
Ann
Seattle
Washington
University of Washington, College of Deniistry
Postpone Hearing On Water Rates Until Next Week
The Public Service Commission postponed Graf ton City's water rate hearing from June 10 to June 14 at 10 a.m. It will be held in the Taylor County courthouse and the city may present evidence while opponents may object. A legal notice will appear in tomorrow's Sentinel.
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Public Service Commision Today
Grafton
Ite
Graffton
Taylor County Court House
Eitin
Sentinel
Use Flares To Hunt Transport Victims
In San Juan Puerto Rico searchers used flares to scour murky waters after a transport plane with 81 aboard crashed in a rainstorm. At least 54 are believed dead with 27 survivors. Most passengers were Puerto Rican bound for Miami and Newark. a Coast Guard base led the recovery as investigations begin.
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Puerto Rico
U.S
Coast Guard
Navy
D. H. Dexter
U.S. Coast Guard
United States
Jerry Andrews
Civil Aeronautics Board
Strato- Freight Inc
Miami
Fla
Newark
N. J
Ruben Rivera Quiles
Five bank officials called to stand in Wheeling tax case
Five bank officers and employees testified to introduce bank records of William G Silas as part of the 1942 to 1946 income tax evasion case. James Flynn, vice president of Union Federal Savings and Loan Wheeling and longtime city council member, testified about deposits and municipal operations. Ott hinted at later questions to link the city council to semi legal slot machine activity in Wheeling. Other witnesses followed.
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Fairmont
William ‘G. Silas
Wheeling
Tederacourt
James §. Flynn
Union Federal Savings and Lolth
Flynn
Liss
Charles J. Marglotti
Ott
Iater
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