Ex Hungarian Foreign Minister Rajk Sentenced to Death
Laszlo Rajk former Hungarian foreign minister was sentenced to death for treason along with two co defendants for plotting to overthrow the communist regime with Yugoslavia's Tito and Western powers. The court overruled his plea for mercy via his lawyer and sentenced seven others to prison or life terms.
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Laszlo Rajk
Rajk
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tibor Szonyi
Hungarian Workers (Communist) Party
Andras Szalai
Paul Justus
Hungarian Radio
Lazar Brankov
Legation
Milan Ognyenovics
Enthusiasm High for Kenosha County Community Fund Kick-Off
About 130 chairmen and leaders gathered at Bristol Church hall for the annual Community Fund Kick-Off dinner. W. B. Tower lauded last year’s results while warning the 1949 goal of 153000 requires more pledges. V J Luccareli urged hard work and world cooperation, with plans to meet milestones set by Davis L. Phillips and George B. Price. Peter Sprindis sang, and Zion Lutheran women prepared the dinner with Kenosha Evening News support.
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Evening News
Proto Plan
Bristol Church Hall
Ed Toelle
Wheatland
George Vincent
Randall
Genevieve Jorgensen
Bristol
Robert M. Rasmussen
Pleasant Prairie
Mary Fox
Brighton
Gilbert Tuttle
Salem
George B. Price
Frank Newman
Somers
Ernst Larsen
Paris
Community Fund Campaign
Kenosha County
County Fund
W. B. Tower
Tower
V. J. Luccareli
Community Fund
Lucareli
Davis L. Phillips
Price
W. B. Bernitt
Bernitt
E. J. Smith
Howard Shankland
Shankland
Peter Sprindis
Evelyn Richter
White Dove
Zion Lutheran Church
Kenosha
Kiwanis Leader to Speak to Wisconsin and Upper Michigan Members
J Hugh Jackson president of Kiwanis International will address Wisconsin and upper Michigan Kiwanis at the Plankinton house Monday night.
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J. Hugh Jackson
Palo Alto
Calif
Kiwanis International
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Plankinton House
White House withholds further comment on Russian atomic blast
The White House refused to elaborate on President Truman's disclosure of an alleged Russian atomic explosion. Press Secretary Ross said no further statement was planned today and would not discuss a Stockholm radio report of a second blast near the Crimea on Sept 14. Informants noted the president's announced explosion was the only one the U S government knows about in Russia.
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Russia
Charles G. Ross
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Johnson
Louis Johnson
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Arctic
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Alaskan
Third Infantry Division
Sweden
Siberia
New York Daily News
Rome
Mr. Truman
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United Nations Assembly
New York
Teamwork Helped U S Learn of Soviet A Bomb Blast
Two top security officials described how the White House learned of the Soviet atomic blast through teamwork among the state department military CIA and allied nations. They noted hundreds were involved and that evidence was complete though not seismographic. The timing aligned with Senate action on arms aid and Britain devalued its currency.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
White House
Britain
Canada
State Department
Military
Central Intelligence
Recessed Steel Talks Hinge On Monday Resumption
Wage talks in the U S steel industry pause for the weekend as five major producers resume negotiations Monday led by United States Steel and the CIO United Steelworkers. The key issue is pension and insurance costs with a tentative 10 cent raise from a Truman board recommendation debated amid a potential October 1 strike deadline. Other talks involve Jones and Laughlin, Crucible, Inland, Bethlehem, and Republic Steel with locations in Pittsburgh Chicago New York Cleveland.
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CIO
United Steelworkers
United States Steel Corporation
Murray
John Stephens
U. S. Steel
Stephens
Truman
Steel
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Crucible Steel Corporation
Inland Steel Corporation
Chicago
Bethlehem Steel
New York
Republic Steel
Cleveland
World Atom Control Urgency Mounts as Plane Bomb Plot Uncovered
A traveling salesman J A Guay and wife Simard 29 charged with murder for planting a home made bomb aboard a Quebec airliner that exploded killing 23. Simard confessed to handling the parcel but denied knowledge of its contents. Mrs Pitre 41 confessed to sending the bomb box as Guay sought $10 000 insurance. The crash near St Joachim Quebec on Sept 9 killed 20 Canadians and three New York industrialists.
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U.P
J. A. Guay
Simard
St. Joachim’s
New York
RCMP
Rene Belec
Elephant ride fuels Southeast Asia reporting tale
An Associated Press correspondent rode an elephant through Cambodian jungles to file a story from Angkor Watt. He paid 25 cents for the ride and did not claim it on his expense account, joking about rent for one elephant. In Kenosha a major story is the Community Fund drive and its progress. Pledges determine the drive's success.
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Associated Press
Southeast Asia
Angkor Watt
Cambodian
O.K
Kenosha
Bolt of Lightning Kills Two Students in Yard
A noon lightning strike hit a grade school yard in Du Bois Pennsylvania. Two 11 year old boys, Jimmy Proske and John Hillard, were killed as four others were treated for shock. The bolt descended from the chimney and spread across wet grass after a heavy rainstorm. The school building sustained minor damage.
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Jimmy Proske
John Hillard
F. I. Gilling
du Bois Hospital
Patricia Ann Muray
Samuel Connors
Robert Muth
William Wyant
Chile Attacks Vishinsky Peace Bid at U N in Irony
Chile’s Hernan Santa Cruz dismisses the Soviet five power peace plan as profoundly ironic saying Moscow speaks of peace while backing aggression against Yugoslavia and pressing a pro Soviet government. U S Ambassador Warren Austin calls it propaganda.
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Chile
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Russia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Hernan Santa Cruz
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
China
Vishinsky
Warren R. Austin
U. S
Santa Cruz
Assembly
Belgrade
Security Council
Wisconsin frost and cool forecast promise warm weekend
The Associated Press notes a brisk Wisconsin night with sub freezing readings across the state led by Land o Lakes at 25 degrees. Frost was heavy in the north while ground fog kept killing frost away in the south. Highs ranged from the 50s north to the mid 60s south as temperatures rise for a pleasant fall weekend.
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Wisconsin
Beloit
Howard Thompson
Land O’ Lakes
Thompson
Park Falls
Blair
Lone Rock
Prairie du Chien
CIO Officials Expecting Split
New York report says pro communist affiliates in the CIO may attempt to form a new labor federation. The New York Times notes right wing forces of CIO President Philip Murray ready to charter groups to back dissidents. Key events include a New York CIO teachers union factional clash, autonomy and wage policy fights at the Cleveland convention, an EE and RM workers convention demand, and Farm Equipment Workers resisting CIO merger orders.
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New York
CIO
Nist
New York Times
Communist Party
Washington
the Times
Philip Murray
Times
CIO Teachers Union
Cleveland
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers
Murray
Farm Equipment Workers Union
United Automobile Workers
Army Wonders Can Russians Deliver Bomb
Army experts debate Soviet capability to strike US targets with atomic bombs. Russia’s bomber limits, Alaska airfield seizure, Arctic defense, and US anti atomic attack measures at Fort Benning and Washington are discussed, with Johnson denying immediate force changes.
Russian Atomic Blast Triggers Global Debate
U S officials insist America holds a wide lead in atomic weapons and will likely stay ahead after Russia’s blast. Truman’s disclosure sparked calls for strengthened international controls and eased some opposition to sharing secrets with Britain and Canada. Analysts weighed whether the event was a bomb or an accidental explosion while questions linger about timing location and implications.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Truman
Nationalists claim two Amoy victories in battle
The Chinese Nationalists announced two successes in the defense of Amoy, the southeastern Chinese port, detailing progress in the ongoing engagement.
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Canton
Amoy
Southeast
China
Barkley to Attend Party in St. Louis
Vice President Barkley is in St. Louis for a birthday gathering at Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley’s home. Hadley, 38, says the event is a small celebration, though host Mrs. Layman expects at least 60 guests.
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Barkley
Carleton S. Hadley
Hadley
T. A. Layman
Washington
Mrs. Hadley
St. Louis County
Europe Reacts to Atomic Blast With Mixed Alarm and Optimism
European governments and press react with caution and hope after Russia’s atomic blast. Britain expects more atomic developments and debates potential parliamentary action. France Sweden and Italy report detections or interpretations while Russia stays silent on Truman’s statement.
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