Lattimore Denies Hearsay McCarthy Accusations
Washington columnist and officials report McCarthy's claim that Owen Lattimore is the USSR’s top spy in the State Department. Lattimore calls the charge pure moonshine from Afghanistan where he is on a UN mission and vows a detailed reply on his return.
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Owen Lattimore
McCarthy
Russia
State Department
United States
Law
Associated Press
Afghanistan
United Nations
Wisconsin
Lattimore
Baltimore
Detlev W
Drew Pearson
Soviet Union
Pearson
Owen Liaitimore
Senate Foreign Relations
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
J. Howard McGrath
Haldore Hanson
Senator Tydings
Dmd
Senate
Hanson
Truman says Lattimore case flimsy top Russian agent label
White House sources described labeling Owen Lattimore as the top Russian agent as flimsy. They said President Truman knew something about the charges but believed the case against Lattimore was pretty flimsy and that he did not think Lattimore was a spy.
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McCarthy
Lattimore
Pearson
Tydings
Key West
Fla
U.P
White House
Owen Lattimore
John Hopkins University
State Department
Truman
U S Protests Russia Over Ruble Exchange Rate
The United States protests to Russia against a new four-to-one ruble exchange rate for American dollars calling it completely unjustified.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Varied Mishaps In State Leave Nine Dead
A week end in Wisconsin saw nine fatalities from a jet crash an apartment fire drownings and auto crashes. Victims include Raymond Beaumont 25 Milwaukee in a Vernon county jet crash and two apartment residents Mrs. Mattie Holman 34 and Harry Davis 59.
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Mattie Holman
Harry Davis
Dust storms plague plains and wartime defense talks
Blinding dust storms sweep the plains as Johnson flies to Key West for a Truman conference on defense strategy. The talks center on Acheson defense policy amid Republican attacks, with plans for North Atlantic discussions and possible Army secretary nomination.
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Johnson
Truman
Key West
Fla
Defense
State Acheson
Vandenberg
Rmich
Netherlands
North Atlantic
Ross
Death Cuts British Labor Overall Majority to Three
A Labour MP died today in a London hospital, reducing the party's overall Commons majority to three. Speaker Col. Clifton Brown announced the death of F. A. Cobb to the house.
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London
Labor Party
House of Commons
F. A. Cobb
Col
Clifton Brown
Circus Elephant Tramples Boy at Ringling Show
A five year old boy, Roger Schooley, feeding peanuts to circus elephants, was killed when a circus elephant named Dolly spun and stomped him at Ringling Bros. Barnum and Bailey winter quarters in Sarasota. State Attorney Smiley reviews possible negligence.
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Sarasota, Fla
Schooleys
Roger
David
Ringling Bros
Barnum and Bailey Circus
New York
W. M. Smiley
Schooley
Highlands University of Las Vegas
Ringling Art School
Pomona
Calif
Circleville
Ohio
Milwaukee Fire Kills 2 in 45-Unit Building Blaze
A early Sunday fire in a 45 family Milwaukee apartment building killed two residents, injured ten others, and left about 75 homeless. The four story structure in the Negro district suffered heavy damage with one wing destroyed and the roof collapsing after firefighters spent over three hours bringing the blaze under control.
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Mike Probst
Menasha
Highway
Hilbert
Leon Ackerman
Milwaukee
Donna Holcomb
Clinton
Highway 15
Beloit
John
Phyllis
Marcia
Ellery Holcomb
Mattie Holman
Harry Davis
Edward Wischer
William Rossiter
International Falls
Minn
U.P
Dennis Contempt Sentence Upheld
The Supreme Court upheld Eugene Dennis's contempt of Congress conviction. Justice Minton wrote for a 5-2 majority, with Black and Frankfurter dissenting. Dennis argued juror bias due to federal employees. the court found federal workers are not automatically disqualified as jurors. Dennis was fined $1,000 and sentenced to one year in prison. George W. Crockett Jr. argued the appeal.
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Supreme Court
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
Dennis
Minton
Black
Frankfurter
Clark
Douglas
Vinson
Jackson
Reed
Burton
House
UN American Activities Committee
U. S
New York
George W. Crockett, Jr
Detroit
Crockett
Nash Workers Approve Pension Plan In 96 Percent Vote
About 2,800 Local 72 members of UAW CIO approved a new $100 monthly pension plan for Nash Motors, effective July 1 for five years. Milwaukee and Grand Rapids locals will vote on ratification soon. Union officials present included Leonard Woodcock and Herman Steffes.
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Local 72
Nash Motors
Eagles Club
Uaw-Cio
Milwaukee Body
Grand Rapids
Eagles
Leonard Woodcock
UAW
Herman Steffes
Milwaukee
Jack Webber
Boiler Explosion Scalds Four Men at Kips Bay Station
Four men were killed instantly when a boiler exploded at the New York Steam corporation's Kips Bay station on East 35th Street. Victims were Andrew Barney, Howard Trucano, Edwin Haffner, and Ernest Steskal. Witnesses reported a valve or pipe burst about 10 feet from the workers. The steam company is a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison and serves city and industrial heating needs.
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New York
Kips Bay
New York Steam Corporation
East 35Th Street
Peirce
Andrew Barney
Howard Trucano
Edwin Haffner
Ernest Steskal
The
Steam Company
Consolidated Edison Company
Family of Five Homeless After Monroe House Fire
A one story frame house in Monroe Wisconsin was destroyed by fire Sunday leaving a family of five homeless. Parents George and Mrs Strothman and two teenage children were away from home at the time. A 13 year old son Robert told Fire Chief Sickinger that he and two friends were at the front when the fire started at the rear.
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Monroe
Wis
George Strothman
Robert
H. L. Sickinger
Fire aboard Santa Rita prompts urgent Balboa approach
The American cargo ship Santa Rita, 8,297 tons, carrying 4,000 cases of dynamite, raced toward Balboa in the Canal Zone with a fire in its number 1 hold. She reported about 220 miles from Balboa and hoped to reach port by tonight.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Supreme Court Again Refuses Ruling on Seamen Halls
Washington reports the Supreme Court refused for a second time to rule on the legality of union hiring halls for seamen. The decision heightens the risk of a nationwide maritime strike across coastlines.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Bomb Found in Kilbourn Hotel Restroom in Milwaukee
A dynamite bomb with a burned out fuse was discovered today in a first floor restroom of the Kilbourn hotel in Milwaukee. Police sent the device to the state crime laboratory for examination.
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Milwaukee
Kilbourn
State Crime Laboratory
Red Cross campaign in Kenosha tops fourteen thousand dollars
H. J. Rafferty announces that Kenosha county Red Cross cash contributions total 14134.35 so far, about one third of the $42243 county goal. He describes services from disaster aid to Gray Lady hospital visits and home nursing courses aiding the community.
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H. J. Rafferty
Red Cross Fund
Kenosha County
Rafferty
Red Cros
Red Cross
Kenosha
Law Nabs Pair Catching Fish With Bare Hands
State Conservation Warden Robert Winnie arrested two Wilmot men at the Wilmot dam on Sunday at 5 am for catching Northern Pike during the spawning season with bare hands. Andrew Eisner, 33, fined $35 and costs in municipal court. Louis Gandt Jr., 34, to appear Saturday on the same charge.
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Robert Winnie
Wilmot
Wilmot Dam
Andrew Eisner
W. W. Davis
Louis Gandt, Jr
Winnie
Copper Wire Gang Seizes 42 Cars in Milwaukee
Police arrest ten youths aged 14 to 18 dubbed the copper wire gang after they used copper wires to jump car ignitions. The stolen vehicles were abandoned after thefts and the group forged street car passes to sell at 25 cents each.
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Milwaukee
Governor Talmadge to buy cattle at Wisconsin sale
Gov. Herman Talmadge of Georgia is slated to arrive in Waukesha to purchase about 50 head of cattle at the 36th annual Wisconsin Holstein Breeders sale. He will fly in from Georgia and proceed to Milwaukee.
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Waukesha
Wis
U.P
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Milwaukee
Sanderson to quit post to seek U S Senate nomination
William E. Sanderson of Black River Falls says he will resign as secretary to Rep. Merlin Hull when he begins his full time campaign for the Democratic nomination to the U S Senate.
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Madison
Wis
William E. Sanderson
Black River Falls
U. S
Merlin Hull
Dust Storms Blame Eight Highway Deaths Across Plains
Blinding dust storms with 40 to 80 mph winds swept Oklahoma Kansas and Texas causing eight highway fatalities and about 50 injuries. Fires damaged homes and outbuildings as prairie blazes spread. Nebraska and Colorado Wyoming faced heavy snow and blizzards. a tornado hit Little Rock Arkansas. heat peaked at 105 in Laredo Texas.
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Kansas
Texas
Plains
Oklahoma
Missouri
New Mexico
Nebraska
Gallup
N. M
Kansas Highway Patrol
Oklahoma City
K. D. Blood
U. S. Agriculture Department
Kansas State College
Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Tex
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska State Highway Patrol
Panhandle
Scottsbluff
Mitchell
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Gazette
Upper Michigan
Chicago Weather Bureau
Laredo
Weather brings showers with hints of spring in Wisconsin
The mercury rose to 60 in Kenosha at noon after last night’s rain. Forecasts call for more rain tonight and rain or snow Tuesday with colder temperatures. statewide rainfall amounts include Kenosha 0.38 inches Madison 0.54 Green Bay 0.96 Superior 1.69. In southwestern Wisconsin storms caused flooded streets, washed-out bridges, and broken windows. High waters closed 12 state and federal highways. Lightning struck barns near Wisconsin Rapids and Omro, killing 56 cattle.
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Kenosha
Weather Bureau
Madison
Green Bay
Superior
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Rapids
Omro
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