Stalin Doctrine shapes Europe as five nations feel pressure
Paris dispatch details the Stalin doctrine taking shape in Austria Hungary Italy France and Bulgaria. Communists gain influence or control in each country while strikes purport to be communist driven. Observers see this as Moscow’s reply to Truman aid plans for Greece and Turkey with Hungary’s coup marking a decisive shift.
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Europe
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Yugoslavia
Reds Seek Overthrow of Austrian Government
A Vienna official said Austrian Communist Ernst Fischer proposed a new Communist regime with Russian support to rule without parliament. He warned of serious repercussions if Austria maintained a western orientation and cautioned the Soviet Union would not sign a peace treaty with the current moderate cabinet.
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Vienna
Etern
Soviet Union
Ernst Fischer
Russia
Fischer
US Ready For Occupation If Peace Treaty Fails Says Official
Washington officials declare the United States would prolong the occupation of Austria indefinitely if needed to prevent Communist takeover. Vienna reports of Communist pressure on the coalition government add a continental angle, with Hungary and Bulgaria showing a similar pattern and concern it may spread to Czechoslovakia.
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Washington
United States
Austria
Vienna
Hungary
Bulgaria
State Department
Czechoslovakia
Austrian Communists Seen Pressing Moscow Style Offensive
Western diplomats report concern over a Soviet influenced push in Austria following Hungary and Bulgaria. A proposal to two Austrian cabinet members was rejected, signaling expectations of a tougher Russian stance. Communist spokesman Fischer reportedly offered during a private Vienna dinner hosted by Kristovic Binder as officials noted efforts to recruit influential Austrians to back an offensive.
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Hungary
Bulgaria
Russia
Austrian
Fischer
Vienna
Kristovic Binder
People’s Party
Chamber of Commerce
Minister's Son Killed In Accident On Asheville Highway
Franklin June 7 Dewey Medlin 26 son of the Rev and Mrs D Judson Medlin of the West Mill section of Macon county was fatally injured and four other sons were hurt in a collision of a motorcycle and an automobile on the Asheville highway on Cowee mountain State highway patrolmen said Medlin operated the motorcycle Carl Deitz son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Deitz of the West Mill community rode as passenger and was admitted to Angel hospital with a fractured skull and other injuries His condition is not regarded as critical
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Franklin
Dewey Medlin
D. Judson Medlin
West
Mill
Macon County
Asheville
Cowee Mountain
Medlin
Carl Deitz
Wrence Deitz
West Mill
Angel Hospital
Vet Confesses Slaying Wife in Muhlenberg County
Sheriff said J. W. Crick a 24 year old war veteran confessed to murdering his wife Mrs Margaret Lucille Bryant Crick aged 29 whose body was found buried in a shallow grave on the Crick farm Muhlenberg County Crick led officers to the grave and admitted striking her with a crowbar to free himself to return to Italy to marry another woman.
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Greenville
Otis Robinson
James Dorris
J. W. Crick
Italy
Crick
Robinson
Muhlenberg County
Margaret Lucille Bryant Crick
Tobacco Farmers Seek Week-Earlier Auction Openings
Sanford Carthage and Aberdeen tobacco farmers urge moving auction sales up one week to align with border belt markets. They seek support from Rep. Deane and Folger and a committee from the Bright Belt Warehouse Association if the American Tobacco Association agrees. County farm bureaus emphasize regional ties to the southeastern belt.
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Sanford
Prests
Tacco
Carthage
Aberdeen
Reps
Deane
Folger
Border Belt
Fred S. Royster
Henderson
Bright Belt Warehouse Association
Highland Mill Strike Ends as 325 Workers Return
Approximately 325 striking workers at Highland Cotton Mills will return to work next Wednesday morning after a contract agreement reached between TWUA CIO and mill management. The walkout began May 28 while 125 non members kept the second shift running. Full operation requires schedule rearrangements and a brief delay.
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Highland Cotton Mills
TWUA
CIO
Childs Blames Wallace for Labor Liberal Split
New York June 7 Dr John L Childs vice chairman of the liberal party declared that Henry A Wallace has split labor liberal forces with an extreme foreign policy stance and insistence on a united front with the Communists He warned New York county organizers that the labor liberal bloc may face a choice in next year’s crucial national election between Truman on one side and Bricker Taft or Dewey on the other.
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New York
John L. Childs
Liberal Party
Henry A. Wallace
New York County
Truman
Bricker
Taft
Dewgy
Black Market For Babies
Atlantic City reports a growing black market for adopted babies with prices around 2500 dollars, rising from 1500 to 1700 for girls and boys respectively. Drs Weisman and Tollefson urge action to protect unwanted babies and stop underhanded brokers and legal facilitators.
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Atlantic City
N. J
New York City
United States
American Society of Sterility
Abner I. Weisman
Donald G.ea
Cree University of Southern California
Los Angles
Ruth F. Brenner
Free Synagogue Child Adopted Committee
Truman Presses Congress to Restore Farm Program Cuts
President Truman challenged Congress to reverse House reductions in farm and interior funding saying the cuts threaten military and economic strength. He warned of shortages in copper steel oil and petroleum and urged unified armed forces higher wages broader social security and health programs.
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Kansas City
Truman
Congress
House
Agricultural Department
United States
Senate
House of Representatives
France
Grandview
Martha E. Truman
Richardson resigns as Thomasville police chief
E R Richardson resigns after eight years as police chief in Thomasville. The resignation takes effect June 1 and was accepted by City Manager R M Cooksey. First Sergeant Fred B Kaney will serve as acting chief until decisions are made amid reports tied to a $3,353 police safe theft investigation.
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E. R. Richardson
Thomasville
R. M. Cooksey
Richardson
Cooksey
Fred B. Kaney
N. C. English
State Bureau of Investigation
Negro Fatally Shot By Warrenton Police
Warrenton, June 7. Norlina police chief W N Carter says he shot and fatally wounded 25 year old Henry Andrews as Andrews attacked him after being arrested for drunken and disorderly conduct at Scott s store. A Warren county coroner s jury ruled the shot was in self defense. The chief said the attack happened in a car driven by Warren County deputy sheriff Mark Bottoms.
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Warrenton
W.N. Carter
Norlina
Henry Andrews
Andrews
Warren County
Carter
Scott
Mark Bottoms
Seven Dead in Iowa Flood as Ottumwa Braces for Rescue
Des Moines River flood swelled to 20.4 feet in Ottumwa, causing at least seven deaths and leaving more than 16 000 residents homeless. Rescue crews coped with rising waters as 2 000 people were stranded and power, water, and communications failed across the city.
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Des Moines
Iowa City
Joe Griffin
Red Cross
Myron McCaughy
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Herschel Loveless
Pauline Williamson
Charles Saunders
Loveless
McCaughy
John Deere Farm
Homer Darbyshire
Iowa Southern
Griffin
Fim
Rockefeller Donates Manhattan Land For Hospital
John D. Rockefeller Jr. donates an entire Manhattan block valued at about 3.5 million dollars for a memorial hospital treating cancer and allied diseases. Reginald G. Coombs announced the gift, which sits 20 blocks north of the UN site, bounded by Second and Third Avenues and 68th to 69th Streets. The hospital already has land deeded by the Rockefellers nearby. no use plan was announced.
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New York
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Manttan
Memorial Hospital
Reginald G. Coombs
Rockefeller
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Rockefellers
Efelier
Manhattan
Museum of Modern Art
West 54Th
Woman Killed In Fall From Plane At Air Carnival
Miss Mitchell Irma Long aged 26 of Birmingham was killed when her parachute failed during a dual jump at Birmingham's national air carnival. Her partner John B. Vanhooz er, also of Birmingham, survived with injuries after his parachute opened and he landed in a tree from about 9 000 feet.
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Birmingham
Ala
Mitchell Irma Long
John B. Vanhoozer
Glenn Smith Named AB Club Governor
Glenn Smith of High Point was elected governor of the Second District of American Business clubs at the 25th annual district convention in Asheville North Carolina. He succeeds Charles Robbins of Spruce Pine and other officers include Hale Newman Greensboro Ed Gwynn Greenville South Carolina and John Hooff Alexandria Virginia as lieutenant governors.
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Asheville
Glenn Smith
High Point
American Business Clubs
Carolinas
Virginia
Charles Robbins
Spruce Pine
Hale Newman
Greensboro
Ed Gwynn
Greenville
8. C
John Hooff
Alexandria
Tornadoes devastate parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio
A 75 mile path of destruction across northeastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania leaves five dead and hundreds of thousands in property damage. Cities hit include Ravenna Warren Youngstown Niles Sharon Farrell Mercer Grove City with 40 hospitalized. Red Cross relief stations opened as power and communications collapsed.
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Sharon
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Summit County
Akron
Mercer
Ravenna
Warren
Youngstown
Niles
Farrell
Grove City
Albert Beachler
Ag Neiswoner
Howard Gray
Miller
Burghill
Edwin Snook
Henri Todd
Ambridge
Shook
Myron Jones
Sharon City
Ravenna, C., Arsenal
Mercer Fairgrounds
Red Cross
William Courtney
Mercer County
Earl Holby
UN May Admit Axis Nations To Stall Communist Seizure
Lake Success June dispatch notes early U N consideration to admit Italy Hungary Bulgaria and other defeated states to curb spread of communism. Britain and the United States favor bringing ex enemies into the U N now so their governments can engage on equal terms with others.
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U. S
Wallace Attacks Truman Doctrine In Montgomery Speech
Wallace charged Universal military training under the Truman plan would push war and warned the two billion dollar program could be spent to educate youth for peace. He, speaking at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery, said war indoctrination and a military big business alliance threaten democracy.
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Montgomery
Ala
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Montgomery’s
Cramton Bowl
Reynolds Strike Ends After 38 Days
The 38 day walkout at R J Reynolds Tobacco in Winston Salem ended after a one hour negotiating session with the Food Tobacco and Agricultural Workers. Agreement reached pending member acceptance at a June 8 meeting at Southside baseball park. Union sought 15 cent hourly increase. company offer described as about 2 1/2 cents.
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Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Food, Tobacco and Agricultural Workers
Southside Baseball Park
Air chemist reports rare gas aran affects health
Dr Manfred Curry of Chicago says after 15 years of study he found in air a rare highly active gas named aran that influences body function. Absence of aran may trigger infections. high levels may provoke migraine, asthma, angina, epilepsy and embolism. He notes aran resembles ozone and varies with wind direction.
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Atlantic City
Manfred Curry
Chicago
Curry
American College of
Flagstaff
Ariz
Munich
Germany
Police Seek Killer Of Two Ohio Babies In Massillon Ward
Massillon police hunt a unknown killer after two eight and nine week old girls died from skull fractures in room 407 of City hospital. nurse found them after a 7 45 pm discovery during a thunderstorm. no weapon found and guard posted at hospital.
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City Hospital
Stanley W. Switter
Dane J. Brand
Leo Brand
Rosemary Morton
Harry E. Morton
Switter
Marian Silleck
Pediatrics
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