MacArthur Bans 24 Japanese Communists From Public Life
Gen Douglas MacArthur outlawed Japan's 24 top Communist central committee members, barring them from propaganda or public activity under occupation law. The party headquarters burned its secret papers after the order, while officials said broader moves to outlaw the party were likely. Several purged members held seats in parliament.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Communist Party
MacArthur
House of Representatives
House of Councillors
Shigeru Yoshida
Courtney Whitney
Transcontinental Speed Record Is Set
Charles Soderstrom a California dealer landed his Beechcraft Bonanza at La Guardia Field at 1 05 p m EDT to set a West East speed record of 16 hours 12 minutes for light aircraft He took off from San Pedro California at 8 52 30 p m EDT yesterday on a non stop flight He touched down at La Guardia at 1 05 20 p m The National Aeronautics Association timed the flight and noted no prior record for this plane in the 185 horsepower class 3
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New York
Charles Soderstrom
California
la Guardia Field
Soderstrom
San Pedro
Calif
la Guardia
National Aeronautics Association
NLRB Rejects Plan to Ignore Taft-Hartley Union Shop
Washington June 6 UP The National Labor Relations Board rejected general counsel Robert N Denhams proposal to waive union shop provisions in the construction industry He argued elections are often unfeasible yet the board unanimously declined noting no authority to exempt by administration If union shop rules cannot work the board would report to Congress rather than change the law itself The union shop requires workers to join a union within 30 days after employment
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Robert N. Denham
Denham
Congress
McCarthy Reveals Secret Report on State Dept Reds
In Washington on June 6 Senator Joseph R. McCarthy released a photostat page from a so called secret report alleging that in May 1947 the FBI identified 124 Communist agents sympathizers and suspects in the State Department. The chart claimed 20 agents 14 sympathizers and 77 suspects, later reducing to 106 with about 74 officials still listed.
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McCarthy
Senate
Theft of Purse From Home Reported on City Street
Mrs Eugene Rader of Chicago Street reports her purse stolen from her home yesterday between 3 90 and 4 00 p m. The loss included five dollars in currency and several keys. City police were notified last night.
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Eugene Rader Nog
Chicago
Rader
Yesterdday
Man Dies in Indianapolis Nursing Home at 80
An elderly man identified as Witham FE Edwards aged 80, a retired clothing salesman from Pitham county, died yesterday afternoon in an Indianapolis nursing home after a long illness. He was born April 25, 1866, in Joeph and Mary Edwards’s family and moved to this vicinity in early life to pursue sales work before retirement. His death follows weeks of declining health.
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Witham FE Edwards
Pehanon Clothe
Indianapolis
Pitham County
Edwards
Joeph
Mary
Mary Shera
Democrats To Make Brannan Plan Big Issue
Washington reports the Brannan Farm Plan will be a major issue in the 1950 congressional campaign. Iowa Democrats split six-way in a state senate primary testing support for Brannan’s price program. Loveland led early but final returns unclear, Kraschel challenged, others faded. Brannan’s plan seeks to stabilize farm income while subsidizing prices, drawing opposition over costs and state intervention.
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Washington
Albert J. Loveland
Iowa
Loveland
Nelson J. Kraschel
Charles F Brannan
Congress
Democratic Party
National Farmers Union
Brannan
Joseph Lamar Expires Today in Indianapolis
Joseph Lamar aged 66 former county road supervisor died this morning at Robinson nursing home in Indianapolis after 13 years in the Zionsville district. Born January 27, 1884 in Hendricks County he was son of Creighton and Emma Tamar. Surviving are sister Mrs Maude Tamar of near Royalton three nieces and three nephews. Funeral arrangements incomplete. body at Phillippi funeral home in Zionsville for calling.
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Joseph
Phillippi
Zionsville
One Chest X Ray Reports Except on Mrs Van Riper Claim
Mrs Van Riper of Boone County Tuberculosis Association says all chest x ray reports have been delivered with one exception. The undelivered report concerns Etta Fondray or Fondray whose address card lists Route 3 without a town and efforts to locate her have failed.
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Paul van Riper
Boone County Tuberculosis Association
Etta Fondray
van, Riper
New Quakes Trigger Sixth Lava Flow on Mauna Loa
Ho Ono Hawaii June 6. New earthquakes shook Mauna Loa and sparked a sixth lava flow down the southwest slope. Rancher Robert Hind said the eruption from a fissure low on the slope appears limited in volume but with strong potential. Four other lava rivers have reached the sea along the Kona coast while a fifth flow veers southeast and is dying out due to tablelands.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Robert Hind
Kona
Frankie Miller Sentenced for Manslaughter in Indianapolis
Frankie Miller, 20, a divorced resident of a Frankfort area farm, was sent to Indiana Women's Prison in Indianapolis for 2 to 21 years after a manslaughter conviction for killing Leland Holliday, 41, on March 19 following a 12 year romance. Her attorneys will pursue parole after good behavior in about 17 months.
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Frankie
Frankie Miller
Indiana Women's Prison
Indianapolis
Leland Holliday
Hell
Holliday
Frankfort
Hes
Elkhart Tavern Tragedy Ends In Double Death
In Elkhart Indiana a tavern shooting left Evelyn Weldy dead and Edgar M. Stephens dead by suicide. Virginia Lawmaster present recounted Stephens demanded repayment of $100 million before firing five times. Roger Kulp was shot in the jaw by accident during the incident. Weldy and Stephens had been partners for five years. Weldy’s husband and two children were at home.
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Elkhart. Ind
Evelyn Weldy
Silver Grill
Edgar M. Stephens
Stephens
Weldy
Virginia Lawmaster
Kintner
Roger Kulp
Mrs. Weldy
Loveland Wins In Iowa Primary
Des Moines June 6 Sen Bourke Hickenlooper Republican and Albert J Loveland Democrat won senatorial nominations in Iowa in a primary. Loveland led a six man Democratic field with over 35 percent in 2349 of 2474 precincts and backed by the Town CIO. He carried industrial cities Waterloo Des Moines Ottumwa and Sioux City and captured several rural counties. Hickenlooper scored a lopsided GOP victory opposing the Brannan farm plan. Loveland’s campaign centered on support for the Brannan proposal with a clear November general election matchup to follow.
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Des Moines, Jr
Bourke Hickenlooper
Albert J. Loveland
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Loveland
Brannan
Agriculture
CIO
Waterloo
Des Moines
Ottumwa
Sioux City
Rec Parade Plans Complete for Community Event
Final plans for the annual Community Service Recreation Day parade are set. The event begins at 6 PM Thursday, forms at the Baptist church, travels west to Meridian Street and north to Memorial Park with motorized Lebanon High School pep band and Lions Club bands. Prizes for parade divisions will be awarded after. A new bicycle from Montgomery Ward will honor best decorated bike. Judges include Willett Parr Jr, Mrs Roe Mc Millen, and G A Benigar with placards for floats, trucks, and vehicles. Kip Parr, Mrs. Roland Reddish, and Dr Charles Parr also noted among participants.
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Baptist Church
Me‘ridian
Memorial Park
Lebanon High School
Lions Club
Montgomery Ward
Hicyele
Willett Parr Jr
Rod McMillen
G A. Benigar
A. L. Peeran
Percy McGhee
Robert Sterling
Kip” Parr
Roland Reddish
Charles Parr
Mendenhall Services Tomorrow Afternoon
Funeral services for Roswell Elsworth Mendenhall 76 will be held at 2 pm tomorrow at Hinshaw Funeral Home in Sheridan with Rev EO Howell officiating. Burial will follow at Crown View Cemetery. Survivors include two daughters Ora Arnold and Evangie McKenzie Route 3 a brother A D Mendenhall Whitestown and three sisters Mrs Harry Beaman Noblesville and Mrs Emma Mayfield Lebanon.
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Roswell
Two Boys Hurt When Truck Strikes Tractor
Two 15 year old boys riding a tractor were injured yesterday afternoon when a milk truck struck the rear of the tractor on U S Highway 52 near the county farm. Charles Bailey Route 2 treated and released at Witham hospital Ronnie Hackley Route 1 Whitestown reported in good condition. Harry Hughes 30 of Delphi said his foot slipped while braking and his truck hit the tractor.
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Charles Bailey
Witham Hospital
Ronnie Hackley
Whitestown
Harry Hughes
Delphi
Nerve Center Of Gambling Raided In St Louis
A raid in northwest St Louis County, triggered by a tip from New Jersey governor, shut down a major gambling nerve center. Police seized two men Syd ney Wyman 40 and Steve Montefelice 43 and large quantities of horserace paraphernalia and telegrams betting on races nationwide. Wyman called “current kingpin” and tied to a Los Angeles chief’s black book, faced charges with bond set at $1,000. Authorities said they would share findings with federal and Tennessee senator Kefauver’s inquiry. The operation fronted as Dr Rich and Company and targeted nationwide bookmaking networks.
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St. Louis
Madame
UPA
Alfred FE. Driscoll
New Jersey
St. Louis County
Het Lors
Sydney Wyman
Steve Montefelice
Stanley Walach
Wyman
Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Driscoll
Bridgeton
N. J
Western Union Telegraph Company
Forrest Smith
Missouri
Watach
Astes Kefauver
Tenn
Dr. Rich and Company
37 Rescued From Life Rafts By U S Warship
A U S S Saufley rescued 37 men from life rafts after a C 46 ditched off Florida. 28 others, including the pilot Capt Joe Halsey and 33 Puerto Rican laborers, were missing. The destroyer and planes pressed a coordinated search as survivors were reported in good condition aboard.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic Ocean
Florida
Iast
Saufley
Joe Halsey
Michigan
Coast Guard Rescue Control Center
West Air
San Juan
Puerto Rico
New York
Uni
Gangsters in Greenwich Village Hold Up Ends in Shootout
One holdup man was killed and two wounded in a running gun battle with police near two Greenwich Village night clubs in New York. A bystander was seriously wounded as the suspects fled in a car. Patrolman Delaney exchanged fire with the bandits, wounding the driver Ralph Chirrilles, 19, whose car crashed into a construction derrick.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Washington Square
Little Casino
John Delaney
Fifth Avenue
Delaney
Ralph Chirrilles
Chirrilles
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Emma Tom
York
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Jimmy Tom
W. E. Edwards
U. S
Yukio Ozaki
Yukika Sohma
Yukiteru Ozaki
Ozaki
Truman
Joseph Lamar
Elkhart
G. O. P. Victor
Mendenhall
Peru
Cuzco
Cusco
Te Wickes
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