32 Visitors Have Records Of Spy Work
The CIA told a Senate subcommittee that 32 foreign representatives with entry visas have records of spy activity abroad, among 100 in question. The group also includes 29 senior Communist officials. CIA warns no U.S. enforcement powers, dates from foreign countries only.
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Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Congress
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
CIA
Intelligence Agency
Communist Party
Adm
Roscoe H. Hillenkoetter
Wisconsin polio cases rise to 35 across 17 counties
Wisconsin health board reports 35 poliomyelitis cases across 17 counties up from about a dozen at the same point last year. The increase signals a wider outbreak across the state.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Board of Health
Wisconsin Weekend Forecast Predicts Clear Skies
Weather outlook for Wisconsin calls for clear skies and cool weekend temperatures with scattered showers in the extreme northwest on Sunday. Daytime highs reach 85 to 90 across most areas, cooler near Lake Michigan due to onshore winds. Yesterday saw a high of 88 shared by Prairie du Chien Menomonie and Madison with a 52 degree low at Land o Lakes.
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Wisconsin
Lake Michigan
Prairie du Chien
Menomonie
Madison
Land O’ Lakes
Green _Bay
Land O' Lakes
Park Falls
Kenosha
Steel Wage Board Takes On Postwar Steel Labor Fight
A three member presidential fact finding board led by Carroll R. Daugherty will study wage pension and insurance issues in the steel dispute. The panel must report by August 30 with a truce in place through September 14. Murray seeks a 20 cent wage boost plus pensions and a group life plan.
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Washington
Truman
Ane Vuaras
Philip Murray
CIO
White House
U. S. Steel
Carroll R. Daugherty
Northwestern University
Samuel I. Rosenman
David L. Cole
Paterson
N. J
Friends of the
Murray
That Gang Sponsors New York Conference Opens Here
A bill of rights conference sponsored by That Gang opens in New York today. It lists 640 sponsors including Paul Robeson Clifford Durr and Henry A Wallace. A key proposal is an investigation of the FBI.
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New York
Truman
Paul Robeson
Clifford Durr
Federal Communications
Henry A. Wallace
FBI
Reds Step Up Drive Against Catholic Church Prague
In Czechoslovakia the Czech Communist party manifesto calls for liquidation of the church as part of rapid Communization. It accuses the Catholic hierarchy of treason, threatens excommunication actions, and outlines a bill to place church leaders under government control as state employees.
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Reds
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Czech Communist Party
Church
Alexei Cepicka
Vatican
Josef Beran
Blonde actress Marion Hutton Weds Douglas Crickard in El Paso
In El Paso Marion Hutton, 30, married Douglas Linley Crickard yesterday in a small ceremony. The couple linked by a romance reported in local society pages.
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el Paso
Tex
Marion Hutton
Douglas Linley Crickard
Moon Rocket Trip Planned for 1960 by Canadian Society
The Canadian Rocket Society envisions a two way lunar voyage about 1960 in a 200 foot long moon ship weighing over 1000 tons. The project could cost around 5 million dollars with hundreds of millions for preliminaries and may be international or Canada only. Two routes are considered parabolic 15 hour flight or elliptical four day trip. The ship would have telescopic tripod legs for landing and takeoff near the equator with moon surface operations to follow.
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Toronto
UPR
Canadian Rocket Society
Boris Dyke
Moon
Canada
Earth
Duke
A F Whitney Dies Head of Rail Union
A F Whitney, longtime rail union leader, dies as UAW President Walter Reuther heads to Detroit with a $10 million strike fund for 1949 bargaining. Ford contract negotiations, extending by day, face wage and benefit demands from the union while delegates approve a strike fund increase and expel several officers for prejudicial activity.
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Milwaukee
U.P
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
Detroit
UAW
Reuther
Ford Motors
Ford
Tracey Doll
Sam Sage
Wayne County Cio Council
Doll
Sage
Patterson
Whitney 76 Labor Leader Dies of Heart Attack
Alexander F Whitney 76 fiery labor leader and longtime head of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen died at his Bay Village home after a day at the office and an evening with friends. He had backed FDRs policies and served on national committees and a 1936 delegation to Buenos Aires. His public feud with President Truman and role in 1946 rail strike drew national notice.
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Cleveland
Alexander Feh Whitney
United States
Brotherhood of Railroad
Bay Village
Dorothy Mae
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Whitney
Buenos Aires
Truman
Alvanley Johnston
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
White House
Brotherhood
Congress
Treasury
Snoozing German Bomb Halts London Area Evacuation
A 2500 pound bomb nicknamed Rip Van Winkle lies 25 feet underground near University College Hospital. Maj. F S Knight orders removal without defusal amid fuse doubt while 58 patients stay hospitalized and 427 relocated. An animal ambulance from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals assists pets.
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London
University College Hospital
F. S. Knight
Knight
Royal Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Detroit to Vote On Loyalty Issue
Detroit voters will decide if a city commission should monitor the loyalty of 30 000 public servants. The Common Council unanimously approved placing the question on the September 13 primary ballot. The charter amendment would create a system to investigate employees and a five member commission to hold hearings on suspected disloyalty.
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Detroit
Eugene I. van Antwerp
Soviet Beatings Charged by GI No. Rangraves Returns
American GI Christus Rangraves claimed Soviet guards beat him for five months while held as an alleged spy in Berlin. He told reporters of torture, solitary confinement, cold icebox cells, and forced naked exposure.
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Berlin
U.P
Haggard
Christus Rangraves
New York
Rangraves
Thomas Lancer
George P. Hays
Lie Test Upholds Woman's Story
Madison police and Dane county officials report a lie detector test supported Mrs. Frank Willman’s account that she accidentally stabbed her husband, Frank Willman, during a struggle at the Lake Koshkonong cottage. Dist Atty Robert Arthur will wait for a coroner’s verdict before pursuing charges.
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Madison
Wis
Frank Willman
Dane County Dist. Atty
Robert Arthur
Willman
Lake Koshkonong
Arthur
Adjutant General John Mullen Reported in Satisfactory Condition
Madison Wisconsin Adjutant General John F Mullen was reported in satisfactory condition today at St Marys hospital where he was taken for treatment of an illness.
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Madison
Wis
John F. Mullen
St. Mary’s Hospital
Western Allies to Cut Berlin Airlift Start
Western allies plan to reduce the Berlin airlift submitted to military governors to save about 3 000 000 dollars a day. Army sources say details will be announced soon and that ending the Soviet blockade makes the lift less vital to U S and British policy and the city’s needs.
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Berlin
Insane Patient Barricades Ward Refuses Surrender
In Taft Oklahoma an insane patient Rosenfelt James, 51, barricaded a hospital ward, fired on deputies during a tear gas attack, then changed his mind and decided not to surrender. The standoff began after confinement was tightened, with deputies using tear gas and the patient firing back until wind dispersed the gas.
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Taft
Okla
Rosenfelt Jarkes
E. P. Henry
Oklahoma Hospital
James
Henry
Muskogee County
Jim Simmons
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Spring Valley
N. Y
Fuchs
Ramapo
Fdr
Max Kramer
Max F. Kramer
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