Senate Suspends Hearing Over Spy Ring Evidence
Washington August 6 Senators investigating a Communist spy ring suspended public hearings citing the Truman administration refusal to provide needed facts. Attorney General Tom Clark refused FBI records on Remington, a 30 year old suspended Commerce official named by Elizabeth Bentley as an informant. Mundt promised closed inquiries would continue and a secret House session was held to interview a mystery witness, with next week’s public hearings expected to crack the case wide open.
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Washington
Truman
Ferguson
Rep. Mundt
R-Sd
Clark
FBI
Remington
Presiden Truman
Congress
Commerce Department
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Miss Bentley
New York
Senate
House
Mundt
Opening Dorothy's Beauty Shop in Clymer Pa
A local notice announces the opening of Dorothy's Beauty Shop on Franklin Street in Clymer, Pa, set for Friday August 6. The item also notes Keith R. States, 21, of Rossiter, was treated at Adrian Hospital in Punxsutawney for a finger injury while repairing a bull dozer.
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Keith R. States
Dorothy
Franklin St
Clymer
Reds Turn In Bus Hall In Cleveland
Arno Gust Halbere a 37 year old Navy veteran and chief Cincinnati Ohio communist party official pictured at the U S District Attorney office in Cleveland amid indictment with eleven others on charges of conspiracy to overthrow the government by force. He had been on vacation during FBI search.
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Bus Hall
Communist Party
Ohio
U. S
Romania Defies Dollar Diplomacy Over Danube Bargain
Belgrade reports Romanian Prime Minister Ana Pauker accuses the United States of using dollar diplomacy to press for influence in the Danubian Basin. She cites a U S protest over joint shipping firms and says Romania backs a Russian plan for an international Danube regime controlled by Eastern bloc states.
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Belgrade
Ana Pauker
Romania
United States
Greece
China
Italy
France
Cay
Endish
Russia
Danubian
Danube
Europe
Austria
Germany
Pauker
Heilwood School Robbery Confessions Tie Four Men to Loot
Four men confess to the Heilwood High School robbery on April 18. Joseph Loncar, Clune, Richard Jenkins, Ernest Kosis, and Harold Ulech signed statements in the county prosecutor’s office. The loot totaled 375 to 400 dollars plus a pistol later found with Loncar in Detroit. Detectives Washington and O mara linked the case to other county robberies and safe cracking.
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Heilwood High School
James Washington
John O'Mara
Indiana
Joseph Loncar
Clune
Richard Jenkins
Ernest
Tony Kosis
Pat Saks
Harold
Ulech
Loncar
Detroit
Mich
O'Mara
Washington
Jenkins
Kosis
Heilwood Bur
Guardsmen Mobilized In Tennesee Two Die In Election Gunplay
National Guardsmen were mobilized to Polk County in southeast Tennessee after election night violence in which two men were slain and a third wounded. Widespread disorder accompanied ballot disputes over absentee ballots in Copperhill and Bucktown as political tensions rose around Crump backed candidates. Command authority shifted from Cleveland to Benton as troops moved in to secure ballot boxes and nearby communities.
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Nashville
Tenn
National
Polk County
Tennessee
H. &. Brewer
Ducktown
Copperhill
Bucktown
EB. H. Crump
U. S. Senate
Tom Stewart
Estes Kefauver
U. S
Kefauver
Crump
John A. Mitchell
Stewartl
Hilton Butler
Jim McCord
Cleveland
Benton
Wayne Kimsey
Chester Goode
Hardy
Cobby) Loudermilk
Loudermilk
Earnest Loudermilk
Polk
McMinn County
Athens
McMinn
Royal Family Holiday at Balmoral in Scotland
King George VI Queen Elizabeth and Princesses Elizabeth Margaret arrived for a Balmoral holiday. The king wore Highland dress and inspected the Scottish Guard unit. A helicopter delivered the morning mail to Balmoral Castle as Princess Elizabeth wore a lime green dress. Margaret joked about measles amid memories of last May.
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Balmoral
Scotland
George VI
Elizabeth
Loverhead
Balmoral Castle
Margaret
Indian native Curry C Brown Held On Driving Charge
Curry C Brown 38 of Indians was arrested by State Police from the Indiana substation and jailed in Indiana County Jail. He faces a charge of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor per a police report. Fish N Chips 50c Ricuperos.
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Curry C. Brown
Indiana
Brown
King Says He Cannot Be Drafted To Stay Leader
Ottawa reports Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King told about 3,000 National Liberal delegates he cannot be drafted to continue as party leader. He resigns after 29 years, plans to hand over leadership and the prime ministership to his successor, likely Louis Stephen St Laurent, with Gar diner as a leading rival. He urged the party to choose a successor and warned against communism as a menace.
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Otiawa
W. L. Mackenzie King
Canada
National Liberal Party
National Liberal
Ihing
Louis Stephen St. Laurent
House of Commons
St. Laurent
James Garfield Gardiner
King
St. Laurent-Gardiner
Delgates
Marion Center man charged with theft of automobile
Earl H. Thomas, 30, of Marion Center Rural Delivery 2, was jailed in Indiana County Jail after a hearing before a local justice of the peace on charges of stealing an automobile owned by Jefferson Tire Car in Indiana. The vehicle was later found abandoned in East Mahoning Township. State Police arrested Thomas following the incident yesterday afternoon.
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Earl H. Thomas
Marion Center R. D
Indiana
Marion Center RD
Jefferson Tire
East Mahoning Township
Indiana Justice of the Peace
Kalamazoo Bechtel Shopkeeper Offers Headache Tablets
In Kalamazoo Michigan on August 6 a local butcher reports his customers face high prices and he responds by giving an aspirin sample with each bill. Three boxes of tablets were dispensed in one day and many customers left smiling.
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Kalamazoo
Mich
White House huddle of Democratic leaders held
President Truman hosted a White House meeting with current and former Democratic national leaders to discuss campaign strategy. Attendees included Vice Presidential nominee Senator Barkley and DNC chairman Senator McGrath, along with five former chairmen. Cox attended. Farley and Hull were absent. The gathering aimed to align on campaign messaging against the perceived record of Congress and to anticipate Dewey’s positioning.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Democratic Party
Charles G. Ross
Senator Barkley
Kentucky
McGrath
Rhode Island
Democratic National Committee
Geo. White
Ohio
Robert E. Hannegan
Frank Walker
Homer
Cummings
Edward J. Flynn
Ross
James M. Cox
James A. Farley
Farley
Europe
Cordell Hull
Hull
Thomas E. Dewey
Elephant Birth Delighting Rome Zoo Fawns Homa
In Rome on August 6, a 2244 pound elephant calf arrived at the Rome Zoological Gardens. Dr Ermanno Bronzini confirms a healthy birth, the first in Europe in a decade. The newborn, named Homa, carries a nod to the city of her birth.
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Rome
Romeo and Juillet
Europe
Rome Zoological Gardens
Ermanno Bronzini
Mercury Dips To 48 Degrees Here In Indiana County
Furnace fires and extra blankets were needed as the temperature fell to 48 degrees in Indiana County after all day rain. Fog blanketed the area and lights were on early as residents felt an autumn preview. Temperatures elsewhere ran about 20 degrees below normal with frost reported in Land O Lakes Wisconsin. Rain ended after showers, helping late crops and forecasting a warmer weekend.
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Fog Blankets County
Indiana
Upper Plains
Land O' Lakes
Wis
Ten Killed In Collision Of Navy Planes Near Miami
Navy board studies wreckage after a transport plane crashes with a training Stearman trainer 23 miles north of Miami. Ten men die, six bodies found outside, others inside. Names released include Lt. Comdr. Walter Bascon Shrout and Lt. Comdr. P. Peters. WAVE aboard report denied. civilians escaped.
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Miami
Fin
Navy Board of Inquiry
Navy
Stearman
Here
Camdr
Phil Peters
Mobile
Ala
Florida Highway Patrol
Fla
Walter Bascon Shrout
USN
Ridge Ave
Norfolk
P. PF
Feters
Brown Street
W. J. Robb
Baker Street
J. C. Hodges
Ahelmic Street
Vas
W. ‘Hernandez
S. 8Th Street
Brooklyn
N. Y
CG. A. Alien- Bena
Margaret Street
Monson
Mass
J. L. Alden
Liddesdale
Detroit
Mich
O. Rodriguez
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Gr iner Baking Co Wins Freer Trophy for Farm Maid Bread
Greiner Baking Co wins the Harry M Freer Trophy for July marking the fourth Indiana win in two years. Since 1921 the Freer Trophy honors top bread quality based on tests by a dedicated laboratory. Gr iner Baking Co praises its workers for the achievement.
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Harry M. Freer
Indiana
Freer
Greiner Baking Company
Western envoys confer with Molotov over Berlin crisis
US Britain and France sent Walter Bedell Smith Frank Roberts and Yves Chataineau to the Kremlin to meet Molotov in session aimed at bridging east west gaps over Berlin. They had met Stalin Monday night and planned a four power approach for a new foreign minister council.
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Moscow
lEnvoys
United States
Britain
France
Molotov
Walter Bedell Smith
Kremlin
Frank Roberts
Yves Chataieneau
Stalin
Berlin
London
National Zeitung
Walter Re Fdell Smith
Ohrly
U.’S
Wnibil
Smith
Roberts
Changes In GOP Bill On Prices
The Senate Banking Committee approved two main changes in the Republican anti inflation bill. It struck out a House provision for a gold reserve boost and raised reserve requirements to 2 and 5 percent on time and demand deposits. It kept installment buying restrictions but moved the effective date to June 30. A Capehart price freeze proposal failed five to five.
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Washington
iSenate Banking Committee
House
Federal Reserve Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Federal Reserve
Senate
Truman
Capehart
R-Ind
Tobey
R-Nh
Ewing To Testify On Government Code Food Service
WASHINGTON Aug 6 Oscar R Ewing will explain today why a government paid code has fixed meals for guests at his federal security administration office since last November He spoke at a news conference after a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing Neazer J Kelly head cook at St Elizabeths Hospital testified he was detail ed part time to work at Ewings office last November 30 St Elizabeths a DC penal institution supervised by the FSA is paid back by the agency Madden an administrative assistant at the hospital described the double duty arrangement for which Kelly is paid by the hospital The hospital then bills the FSA for the service
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Washington
Oscar R. Ewing
Federal Security Administration
Senate Appropriations
Neazer J. Kelly
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Ewing
St. Elizabeth’s
District of Columbia
FSA
M. K. Madden
Kelly
Licenses For Fair Concessions In Indiana County Fair
Vendors intending to serve food and drinks at the Indiana County Fair must hold an antinerant license before opening. Applications are available at 624 Church Street Indiana Pa.
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Church Street
Indiana
Six Crippled Miners to Get New Treatment in New York
Six crippled coal miners from Indiana County will travel to New York for treatment at Post Graduate Hospital under the United Mine Workers of America. The group includes Frank Truda Ernest Melvin Moore and Walter Cameron from Homer City Kenneth Nelson, Clune Joan Klimchak Josephine and John Silka from Johnstown. They will be transported by ambulance and car to Pittsburgh for the midnight train to New York. Dr. Mark Zeigler, UMWA doctor, says they are not hopeless cases and additional injured miners will be sent as bed space becomes available.
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New York
Post Graduate Hospital
United Mine Workers of America
Frank Truda
Ernest
Melvin Moore
Walter Cameron
Homer City
Kenneth Nelson
Clune
Joan Klimchak
Josephine
John Silka
Mark Zeigler
UMW
James Mark
Dietrick
Thig Iejimeah
Zeigler
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