Bookbinder Rothschild Refuses to Answer on Communism Charges
Edward M. Rothschild a government printing plant bookbinder refused to answer questions about Communist party membership or theft of secret documents citing self incrimination. He was suspended without pay as McCarthy noted possible links to stolen secrets and questioned the plant’s security.
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Washington
Edward M. Rothschild
Communist Party
Rothschild
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
McCarthy
R.-Wis
Subcommittee
Wisconsin
Esther
Senate
James E. Phillips
Roy M. Cohn
FBI
Charles E. Ford
Edward Rothschild
Government Printing Office
Hungary frees Sanders after espionage case
British businessman Edgar Sanders, jailed in Hungary for espionage and sabotage, crossed into Austria from Nickelsdorf after a government pardon. He and Robert Vogeler were sentenced in 1950. Vogeler was released in 1951. Sanders' release followed a clemency petition to President Istvan Dobi and Britain’s negotiations with Hungary.
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Nickelsdorf
Austria
Edgar Sanders
Hungary
Robert Vogeler
Vogeler
Sanders
Legation
Budapest
Vincenzo Sciotto
Sciotto
Alfred Robertson
Robertson
George Sanders
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
It&t
Istvan Dobi
Winifred
Ex-Democrat Leader Flynn Dies in Ireland at 61
Edward J. Flynn, longtime chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Bronx County Democratic boss for 30 years, died while vacationing in Ireland at age 61. A confidant of Franklin D. Roosevelt, he had suffered a heart attack in May 1950 but stayed active in law and politics. Flynn was serving his sixteenth consecutive term as Bronx Democratic executive chairman when he passed.
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New York
Chicago
Manhattan
Flynn
Bronx
Democratic Committee
GOP Leader Shot by Burglar in Holyoke Home
Henry H. Noel, 72, Holyoke alderman for a decade and Republican state committee member, was killed in his living room by a masked burglar who surprised him in the early hours. Mrs. Anna Noel, the victim’s wife, saw the assailant described as young, tall, slender, wearing a two tone suit and a handkerchief mask. Noel had hosted Republican guests at the White House earlier this year.
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Holyoke
Mass
U.P
Massachusetts
Henry H. Noel
Republican State Committee
Noel
Eisenhower
White House
Anna Noel
Three Trapped Inside Deep European Cave
Comrades of three explorers stranded 1,254 feet below the Pierre St. Martin Caverns pit in the Pyrenees reported failed contact as a steel cable jammed on debris. Robert Levi, Norbert Casteret, and Dr. Andrew Mairey remained trapped with a rescue effort stalled by blocked mouth and depths estimated over 3,250 feet.
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Pierre St. Martin Caverns
France
U.P
Europe
Robert Levi
Norbert Casteret
Andrew Mairey
Pyrenees
Georges Trouthard
Marcel Loubens
Loubens
Spain
Polio Epidemic Hits Leipzig and Soviet Zone Cities
West Berlin's Kurier reports a polio outbreak spreading through Leipzig and other Communist controlled German cities, signaling growing health concerns in the region.
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Berlin
Leipzig
Kurier
Reds promise bigger POW repatriation as 11 nations listed
Seventy five more Americans reached freedom in the third week of the Korean War POW exchange. The Reds also returned 75 British and 300 South Koreans, with 456 more Allied captives pledged for tomorrow.
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Ralph Osborne
Munson Provisional Command
No. 3
Chongsong
5 Neutrals Proposed For Parley
Five neutral figures are proposed to join a parliamentary forum as debate opens. The plan calls for balanced representation and aims to broaden viewpoints in the upcoming discussions.
UN weighs Korean peace talks neutrals list and two sides rule
The Soviet Union proposed a five neutrals plus six fighting nations peace conference for Korea. Britain and France urged broader inclusion while the United States backed only the two sides, with Russia seeking a larger, round-table forum and China and North Korea rejected from invitation.
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United Nations
N. Y
Russia
United States
Britain
France
China
India
Poland
Sweden
Burma
North Korea
South Korea
General Assembly
Red China
Korea
Maurice Schumann
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Soviet Union
Lodge
Narriman Sues Farouk for Alimony
Ex queen Narriman sues ex King Farouk for alimony in a Moslem court in Cairo. The amount is not stated and the claim is brought through Farouks Egyptian assets custodian. Moslem law allows the husband to contest the claim and seek his wife's return.
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Cairo
Egypt
Narriman
Farouk
Kenoshan and Milwaukee sergeants charged in $73,415 Amex raid
Lloyd G. Eidser, 29, of Kenosha, and Arthur F. Schneider, 27, Milwaukee, were charged by the U. S. Army in the 1951 Aschaffenburg Amex safe raid in Germany. They allegedly stole 737,415 dollars in cash and traveler's checks, were arrested August 12, and face a court martial. Mine detectors helped locate some loot buried near a road. Eidser had prior arrests in 1948 and 1941.
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Wisconsin
Kenoshan
Milwaukee
U. S. Army
American Express Co
Germany
Lloyd G. Edisor
Arthur F. Schneider
Army
Frederick M. Drain
Wuerzburg
Aschaffenburg
Eidser
Schneider
18Th Infantry Regiment
Family Witnesses Farmer's Death in Tractor Accident
A farmer, Don Kaufman, 27, died when his tractor toppled into a ditch after he turned to call to his wife. The incident occurred as his wife and three children followed in a car. A Grant County rescue squad moved the tractor after the crash on a town road.
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Lancaster
Don Kaufman
Kaufman
Grant County Sheriff's Office
Wisconsin Sees Mild Summer Weather Amid Cool Night Readings
Temperatures in Wisconsin linger near low normal as 77 at a treatment plant 73 at Nash Motors and 72 in downtown today. Last night dropped to 59 with yesterday's high at 79. Cadillac Michigan recorded 36 degrees. Mostly fair skies forecast tonight and Wednesday with little temp change.
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Wisconsin
Nash Motors
Cadillac
Mich
Honeymooners Rest Comfortably After Car Crash
Richard and wife from Janesville wed Sunday morning and were injured when their car overturned on highway 12. They recovered in a Krohn Clinic double room where other patients sent flowers and a do not disturb sign. The car was towed and repairs completed. The couple resumed their honeymoon after breakfast.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Richard Walker
Janesville
Millston
Highway 12
Krohn
Walker
Liberated POW Newspaper Collapses Under Communist Demands
A liberated American soldier says a prisoner edited paper in Inchon Korea collapsed after the Communists insisted it print germ warfare charges against the United States. Pfc Lester E Robertson Browning III recalls the paper started by Chinese at Camp One Changsong and appeared irregularly with single copies printed by pencil and paper.
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Inchon
Korea
U.P
United States
Pfc
Lester E. Robertson
Browning
Camp One
Changsong
Income Tax Share Above Estimates
Kenosha city and county treasuries received more state income tax than planned. City: $445,260 plus earlier amount, about $30,000 over the council’s $1,150,000 estimate. County: $107,469 current plus about $15,000, totaling $270,360 against a $255,000 estimate. Last year both over and under estimates reversed.
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Kenosha City
Treasuries
B. A. Herrmann
Council
Walter E. Andersen
Big Three Accept Resuming Austria Peace Talks
Washington reports that the Big Three agree with the Soviet demand to restart a comprehensive Austria peace treaty talks if the Soviets stay on topic and complete the work. The United States backs shelving the abbreviated treaty and ensures Austria’s political and economic independence with no extraneous issues. The dispute centers on return of industries claimed by the Nazi regime.
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Washington
Russia
Austria
United States
London
Paris
Adolf Hitler
President Eisenhower to chair drought relief conference
President Eisenhower announced a Thursday meeting in Denver with agriculture department officials farm organization leaders and drouth relief chairmen from eight southwestern states to review the federal drought relief program and plan future actions.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Agriculture Department
Farm Organization
Paratroopers Guard Premier in Face of Massive Labor Showdown
Paratroopers guarded Premier Joseph Laniel's residence as he faced a potential violent clash with about 2 million French workers defying his back to work ultimatum. Fire erupts aboard the Italian freighter Tritone carrying fish meal after docking from Italy. Gov Kohler praises the Wisconsin Federation of Labor's support for broad social programs. Carpenters locals' delegates at the Wisconsin State Federation of Labor convention are ordered unseated.
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Paris
U.P
Joseph Laniel
Kohler
Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin Federation of Labor Today
Carpenters
Wisconsin State Federation of Labor
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Churchill presides at cabinet meeting in London
Prime Minister Winston Churchill chaired a cabinet meeting in London today marking his first attendance since a forced rest nearly two months ago. He arrived by car from Chartwell, his country home, where he had been staying during the rest period.
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London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Chartwell
Gillmore Named Chief of Thai Military Advisory Group
Maj. Gen. William N. Gillmore was appointed today as head of the military assistance advisory group in Thailand, strengthening U.S. military liaison and aid efforts in the region.
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Washington
U.P
William N. Gillmore
Thailand
Fire safety public service rules for homes
You can lose friends family pets and property all through carelessness with fire. Obey simple rules and teach them to your family to avoid fire dangers. Do not smoke in bed do not overload wiring do not use flammable fluids do not leave junk in attic or basement and do not let children play with matches. Do not give fire a place to start. Public service notice in cooperation with The Advertising Council.
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The
Advertising Council
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