Diplomat John Service Questioned Over FBI Data Testimony
Washington senators opened a public inquiry into the Amerasia case and questioned veteran diplomat John S. Service about alleged secret military data given to Philip Jaffe in 1945. Senator McCarthy claimed FBI testimony would reveal a hidden microphone and Service’s awareness of the data’s secret nature.
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Senate
John S. Service
FBI
Amerasia
Senate Foreign Relations
Service
State Department
McCarthy
R-Wis
Philip Jaffe
Amerasia Magazine
Senate Inquiry Committee
Jaffe
Statler
Robert Morris
China
Morris
Senator Tydings
Truman vetoes service credit bill for WWII postal veterans
President Truman vetoed a bill granting World War II veterans who entered postal service after the war full military service credit for promotion, with affected veterans set to receive $100 more pay per year of service under the rejected measure.
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Truman
Washington
Vote Walkout At Simmons Strike Approved By Union
Federal Labor Union No 18456 members at Simmons approved a strike 2,311 to 150 in secret ballots at Lake Front stadium. The walkout set for July 12 may be averted if a new contract is reached. talks continue on wage, paid vacation, seniority, hospitalization, and other benefits.
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Federal Labor Union No. 18456
AFL
Simmons Company
Lake Front Stadium
Wrangle Over Draft Continues in Washington
The peacetime draft is extended by 15 days with a Senate backed three year extension. Congress sent the stopgap to President Truman for signature. Disputes linger over who controls actual drafting and how long the authority lasts.
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Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Armed Services
Senate Armed Services Committee
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
Nebraska
Saltonstall
Mass
GOP
Armed Services Committee
George
Cold day winds sweep Two Rivers area
In Two Rivers Wis a southwest breeze sends temperatures down to 66 degrees while inland Manitowoc records 82 degrees. Local weather notes call the area the cool city as residents cope with the unseasonal warmth nearby.
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Two Rivers
Wis
Manitowoc
Scottish Earl Emerges As Princess Margaret's Choice
Princess Margaret has picked the Earl of Dalkeith as a probable fiancé. The 26 year old heir to the Duke of Buccleigh is immensely rich and Scottish, with deep family ties to the princess. If confirmed, engagement could be announced around her August 21 birthday.
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London
U.P
Margaret
Earl of
Earl of Dalkeith
St. Louis Bookie Firm Tied to $500000 Daily Mail Order Bets
Crime investigators name C. J. Rich and Co. a St. Louis betting house handling about 500000 dollars daily in horse and baseball bets by mail and telegraph. Kefauver notes records with committee. prior indictments tied to lottery laws were overturned due to claimed skill in choosing winners.
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Senate
St. Louis
Kefauver
D-Tenn
C. J. Rich and Co
Post Office
Clifton C. Garner
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
U. S
James V. Bennett
American Bar Association
Garner
Post Office Department
Three Die in Navy Plane Crash Near Bedford Virginia
A Navy AJ-1 attack plane crashed near Bedford Virginia during its first cross country flight from Edwards Air Force Base California to Patuxent Maryland. Pilot Lt Comdr Willard A. Sampson Holliday Lee Turner and James A Moore Jr died in the blaze after the aircraft plunged into brush near the Patterson rock quarry eight miles south of Bedford at 8 30 p m.
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Navy
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Patuxent
Phetterson Rock Quarry
Here
Willard A. Sampson
Evanston, Ill
Holliday Lee Turner
Navy Bureau of Aeronautics
Washington, D C
James A. Moore, Jr
Los Angeles
North American Aviation Corp
Hawthorne
Publicity man urged to conserve energy at regional NAIS talk
Ralph Lee of General Motors told a regional NAIS conference that people are born with load-bearing energy and should use public relations to conserve effort. He joked that man’s greatest urge is not self preservation but conserving energy.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Ralph Lee
General Motors Corp
National Association of Suggestion Systems
UAW Strikes Loom as Two Walkouts Threaten Auto Industry
UAW authorized a walk out against Hudson Motor Car and ordered 30 000 Briggs Manufacturing workers to strike at 10 am Monday. The union suspended Canton Ohio local leaders and named Patrick J O Malley administrator while Ford obtained a temporary injunction against picketing Local 542 at the Canton forge. Briggs rejected pension and medical offers and the union seeks wage boosts and scale parity with Evansville and Detroit.
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Detroit
Mich
CIO
United Auto Workers
Hudson Motor Car Company
Briggs Manufacturing Company
William Owen
Canton
UAW
Cleveland
Patrick J. O’malley
Ford Motor Company
Ford
Owen
AFL Brotherhood of Blacksmiths
Emil W. Mazey
Briggs
General Motors
Chrysler
Evansville
Ind
Senate committee backs Katz as Marshall Plan ambassador
Washington reports the senate foreign relations committee approved Milton Katz to succeed W. Averell Harriman as Marshall Plan ambassador in Europe. The panel also approved Henry F. Gardy as ambassador to Iran, Donald R. Heath as minister to Viet Nam Laos and Cambodia, H. Freeman Matthews as assistant secretary of state, and W. Walton Butterworth as ambassador to Sweden, plus a commerce treaty with Ireland.
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Washington
U.P
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Milton Katz
W. Averell Harriman
Europe
Donald R. Heath
Bulgaria
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
H. Freeman Matthews
Sweden
W. Walton Butterworth
Ireland
Western railroads halt service amid AFL strike push
Five western railroads begin stopping trains as AFL switchmen plan a Sunday strike to push a 40 hour week. Pullman conductors threaten July 10 action to cut monthly hours from 225 to 210. Embargoes on livestock and perishables affect shipments. Great Northern vows to maintain schedules.
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U.P
AFL
AFL Switchmen’s Union of North America
Rock Island
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Chicago Great Western
Western Pacific
Great Northern
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Wisconsin girls nominate for governor at Badger state
Madison reports Joan Normington of Waukesha and Patricia L Schlacht of Sheboygan were chosen as contenders for governor of Badger girls state. The 250 participants at the University of Wisconsin campus sessions nominated them late yesterday.
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Madison
Wis
Joan Normington
Waukesha
Patricia L. Schlacht
Sheboygan
Badger
University of Wisconsin
Weather Shapes Warm Wisconsin Day With Cooler Northwest
Forecaster says cool breezes will move across northwestern Wisconsin tonight and tomorrow while the southeast remains hot. Temperatures reached 89 at noon in downtown Kenosha with highs forecast 75 to 80 in the northwest and up to 85 in the southeast, and scattered showers in parts of the state.
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Wisconsin
Kenosha
Wiley Attacks Crime Investigators In Senate Hearing
Washington Senator Wiley criticizes the Senate crime investigating committee accusing it of chasing mice rather than exposing links between politics and crime. Philadelphia Samuel Fels, 90, pioneer soap maker and philanthropist, dies at Temple University Hospital. Madison Marcus seeks successor to Homer C. Bell after discharging him in March. Marcus calls for civil service examination for the motor vehicle post.
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Wiley
Wis
Senate Crime Investigating Committee Today
Pioneer Soap
Philadelphia
Samuel 8. Fels
Pioneer
Soa . A
Temple University
Himyo Borge Wary Hospital
Madison
Ben L. Marcus
Motor Vehicle Department
State Bureau of Personnel Today
Homer C. Bell
Marcus
House Group Votes Contempt Citation
The House un American Activities Committee voted to cite Steve Nelson for contempt for refusing to answer questions about Russian atomic espionage.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Steve Nelson
Referendum Nears in Wilmot School District Dissolution Fight
The Wilmot area faces a high stakes vote on May 13 to disapprove the May 25 1949 county order annexing territory to the Wilmot Union Free High School District. A majority no in all zones is needed to prevent dissolution and a new district.
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Wilmot
Kenosha County
Wisconsin
Union Free High
Citizens Committee
Central School Committee
County School Committee
Rescue of Eight B-29 Crew After Guam Crash
Eight of the 11 man B 29 crew were rescued by a crashboat after a crash 140 miles off Guam. Three crew members remain missing as Navy and Far East Air Force units search the area. The bomber from Guam’s 19th Bomb Wing was returning from a practice mission to Okinawa when contact was lost yesterday afternoon.
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Tokyo
Guam
Far East Air Force Headquarters
Okinawa
Stolen UW Exam Papers Spark Investigation in Madison
University of Wisconsin officials say several final examination papers were stolen and sold to students before tests. Dean Mark Ingraham confirms thefts, exams were rewritten, and officials will review whether more exam lists were taken and report findings to President E. B. Fred on his return to Madison.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
University of Wisconsin
Mark Ingraham
The
Letters and Science College
Ingraham
Pres. E. B. Fred
Life saved in wilds by abandoned packsack
Cpl. Vernon C. Bynum, lost in Alaska, survived ten days aided by a discarded packsack with moldy bacon eggs and bread. He endured a bullet wound, used a spruce hen lure, and limped to a survey camp where he planned to avoid returning to the woods.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Cpl
Vernon C. Bynum
Byum
Wilds
Alaska Road Commission
Hartford
Ala
Nurse Held After Bodies Found in Car Trunk
An 88 year old unmarried nurse in Racine Wisconsin faces an open charge after two newborns bodies were found in the trunk of her car in a Racine garage. One infant born 1947 and the other about a year and a half later both reportedly born dead.
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Racine
Wis
U.P
Edward Krenzke
Krenzke
Sunny Rest
Kenosha
B-36 Bombers Extend Pacific Test Flight Range
Six giant B-36 bombers flew a long Pacific training mission with a planned 38 hour aloft period. One engine trouble forced a seventh to return to Hawaii, while a spare aircraft accompanied the group. Lt. George E. Cameron reported a drop in oil pressure in engine five but continued homeward. Brig. Gen. C. S. Irvine rode with the remaining six as they neared completion.
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Pacific
Hawaii
Atomic Proving Grounds
Marshall Islands
Hickamfield
George E. Cameron
Nowata
Okla
C. S. Irvine
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