Nab Party Organizer In Raids
FBI raids in New York, Pennsylvania, and Michigan arrested Communist Party organizer Steva Nelson and five other leaders. The sweeps, announced by Atty. Gen. McGrath and J. Edgar Hoover, bring total Smith Act defendants to 57 for conspiring to overthrow the government by force. The group includes Nelson, Pittsburgh leaders, and Detroit, Pittsburgh residents named in the sweep.
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Washington
Communist Party
Steva Nelson
FBI
Pennsylvania-West Virginia
Atty
J. Howard McGrath
PRI
J. Edgar Hoover
Red
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Nelson
Communist Party of
Western Pennsylvania
William Albertson
Detroit
Benjamin Lowell Careuthers Sr
Pittsburgh
James Tulse Dolsen
Andrew Rudolph Onda
Irving Weiss
Dual Defense Lines Studied
Tokyo reports compromise minded junior truce teams worked on separate Allied and Communist defense lines across Korea for a second day. Negotiators may agree on a line for each side rather than a formal buffer zone. The area between would vary in width. The joint subcommittee’s second meeting was set for 11 a.m. Kaesong time, with no official announcement due to a partial news blackout.
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Tokyo
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
T. N
Savage Gale Hits Jamaica
Miami weather forecast reports a 420 mile per hour tropical hurricane moving toward the U.S. mainland. Charley was centered near 17.6 N 77.8 W just south of Jamaica, about 600 miles southeast of Miami, traveling west-northwest along a storm-worn path.
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Miami
Fla
Jamaica
U.S
Miami Weather Bureau
Probers Holding Up MacArthur Report
The Senate MacArthur committee voted 20 to 3 against releasing final reports on its lengthy inquiry to avoid jeopardizing Korean cease fire talks and the Japanese peace treaty. They will let senators file conclusions on President Truman's dismissal of Gen. Douglas MacArthur, with eight Republicans set to issue a minority report Monday.
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Washington
Senate
MacArthur Committee
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Los Padres Fires Burn in National Forest Fields
Two fires continue to burn in Los Padres National Forest after scorching about 20,000 acres of brush and timber. More than 700 men are fighting the blazes as crews work to containment and suppression efforts.
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Santa Barbara
Los Padres National Forest
Kidding Ourselves Editorial on Federal Tax Burden
The piece argues that even taxing all earnings over different thresholds would not cover federal expenditures. It emphasizes that all citizens contribute, with the majority of funding coming from those earning less than ten thousand dollars annually. It notes high earners pay taxes but also bear hidden taxes.
Jets Poise for Bendix Race in Detroit Air Show
Detroit hosts the 22nd National Air Races opening day with a Bendix Trophy dash from Muroa, California to Detroit Wayne Major Airport. Four F-86 pilots race 237 miles while two B-45/Tornado and F-86 jets chase the record of 529.614 mph set in 1949. Civilian air racing remains limited to one Quarter-Ton class Continental Motors trophy race amid military emphasis.
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Detroit
Air Force
Murae
Calif
Wayne
Swnday National Airaces
O'Stara
Chicago
Omer J. Reichman
Sherman
Tex
Frederick C. Blesse
Richmond
Lyles J. Brooks
Clayton
N.C
Jack C. Lewis
Healdsburg
Cleveland
Pefuzal
le Defense Dept
Bentrix
Vertton A. Ford
Middleton
Edge Air Force Base
Muroe
Bill Odom
Continental Motors
Goodyear
AF Colonel Clocked at 635 MPR in Test Run
DETROIT August 17 49 U S Air Force colored F Ancani 32 Rockford Illinois unofficially led a team run at about 635 MGH in preparation for the Thompson Trophy Event at Detroit Wayne Marr Airport. The 638 MPH speed clocked by observers surpassed John Douglas Derry of England 1945 world record by 30 miles per hour.
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Detroit
U.S. Air Force
F. Ancani
Rockford
National Air Rates
Detroit-Wayne Marr
John Douglas Derry
England
Poland Accepts Soviet Invitation to Japanese Peace Conference
Poland joined the Soviet Union in accepting an American invitation to participate in the Japanese peace conference in San Francisco, set to begin September 4. The disclosure was made today.
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Washington
Poland
Soviet Union
San Francisco
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