Budenz Tells Senate Hollywood Funded Communist Plot
Louis Budenz former Communist editor now Fordham professor testified to a Senate subcommittee that Hollywood financed the Communist party to seek Russian dominance in the United States. He identified Elizabeth Bentley as a Soviet spy who named numerous wartime officials and said Bentley acted as a courier for espionage purposes.
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Washington
A.P
Louis Budenz
Hollywood
Communist Party
United States
Red
Fordham University
Elizabeth Bentley
Moscow
Belive
Budenz
Senate
Miss Bentley
Jacob Golos
Communist Party Control Commission
Communist Party of the
Leon Trotzky
Mexico
Trotzky
Sen. O’connor
Russ Accused of Balking U.N. Arms Cut
Frederick H. Osborn, the U.S. delegate, accused Russia of obstructing efforts to reduce and regulate world armaments at a United Nations Commission on Conventional Armaments meeting in Lake Success. Jakob A. Malik of Russia countered that the United States and Britain sabotaged disarmament efforts, as delegates clashed over the commission report.
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Lake Success
N .Y
Frederick H. Osborn
United State
Russia
Jakob A. Malik
United States
Britain
United Nations
Osborn
U. S
Probe of Big Firms Price Hikes Urged
A House banking committee hearing discussed a congressional probe into recent price increases by major firms led by U S Steel. Rep Spence urged testimony from steel executives while Rep Smith warned against scapegoating industry and urged identifying the causes of higher living costs.
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Washington
A.P
U. S. Steel
House Banking Committee
Rep
Spence
D.y
Wolcott
R.-Mich
Rep. Smith
Ohio
Diplomats Visit Kremlin for Stalin Talks in Moscow
U S Ambassadors Walter Bedell Smith and Frank Roberts and French envoy Yves Cha taigneau met with Joseph Stalin in the Kremlin as part of Western efforts to ease East West tensions. The quiet visit followed days of harsh weather and tight official secrecy.
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Moscow
A.P
U. S
Britain
France
Kremlin
Stalin
Walter Bedell Smith
Frank Roberts
U. S. State Department
Russia
Whitfield 800 Title in Olympics as Smith Vaults for US
Mal Whitfield of Ohio State set an Olympic 800 meter record in a dominant win, while Guvin Smith cleared 14 feet 1 1/2 inches to clinch pole vault for the United States. The US team collected five track and field titles as Patton, Ewell, and Bourland advanced in the 200 meters. A French Air Lines flying boat with 52 aboard was missing after departing Martinique, with search efforts ongoing and no confirmed American casualties.
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Lympic Stadium
Wembley
England
Mal Whitfield
U. S. Army
Guvin Smith
United States
Whitfield
Ohio State University
Smith
San Francisco
Paris
Air France
South Atlantic
Martinique
West Africa
Dakar
Patton
Barney Ewell
Cliff Bourland
California
Alistair McCorquodale
Great Britain
Bourland
U.S. C
John Treloar
Australia
Ewell
Lancaster
Herb McKenley
Park chief Herman Scherer dies at retirement
Obituary notes the death of Herman Scherer, longtime park superintendent. Other brief items include the recovery of a drowning victim’s body, a censorship dispute involving a Truman adviser, and hunger and disease threatening 300,000 Arab refugees, with regional briefs on pages A-2 and B-1.
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Herman Scherer
Truman
Local Newspaper Page Index Summary
The page listing outlines sections and page numbers for Bridge Comics Editorial Markets Local news Pitching Horseshoes Radio Shipping table tides temperatures and Women activities across pages A-6 A-7 A-8 A-10 A-11 B-1 B-3 B-5 B-6 B-7.
Live hog price at all time high reached $31 10 per cwt
Chicago August 2 hogs set another price record at 31.10 per hundred pounds for one load, 10 cents above Friday's high. The general hog market was steady to 25 cents higher than Friday, while cattle were steady to 50 cents lower and steady to 50 cents higher than Friday's trade.
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Chicago
Plot to derail a train near Pasadena area
Pasadena officials report an apparent attempt to derail the Santa Fe Super Chief near the Arroyo Verde crossing. Police found a 36 foot steel rail near the tracks and theorize the locomotive knocked it off the embankment as the east bound train continued undamaged.
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South Pasadena
Santa Fe
E. O. Setzer
Arroyo Verde
Setzer
Man sells wife for 55 million Chinese dollars
Chow Nan-fu, a Kiangsu refugee, sold his wife to Ma Feng wen for 55 million Chinese dollars. The amount equaled about $6.50 in U.S. money. Mrs. Chow complained to police, Ma was arrested, while Chow remained at large.
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Shanghai
Chow Nan-fu
Kiangsu
Ma Feng Wen
U. S
Chow
Republicans Fail to End Southern Filibuster in Senate
In Washington on August 2, a Republican bid to end the southern anti-poll tax filibuster failed as Senate President Arthur H. Vandenberg blocked the cloture move. He ruled cloture could only limit debate on a measure, not a motion to consider, leaving the three day filibuster tied to the pending anti-poll tax bill. The petition included four Democrats and over a dozen Republicans led by Kenneth S. Wherry.
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Washington
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Administration
Vandenberg
Kenneth S. Wherry
Nebraska
Alben W. Barkley
Kentucky
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Theodore Francis Green
Rhode Island
Claude Pepper
Florida
Wind Kills 3 in Japan Zone
Three persons were killed and 86 injured in a brief freak wind storm at Kawasaki between Tokyo and Yokohama, Kyodo News reported. The wind burst dissipated in three minutes, with no Allied casualties. Tokyo observed only rain while a tropical storm veered toward Nagoya.
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Tokyo
Kyodo
Kawasaki
Here
Yokohama
Nagoya
Wives Use Phones in Boycott Fight
Dallas reports housewives rallying support for a week long boycott against high meat prices by calling every number in the phone book. The effort mirrors campaigns planned in Atlanta Corpus Christi and Orange Texas led by Mrs. R Vaughn of the Dallas Women's New Commerce. The boycott runs August 9 to 16.
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Dallas
Atlanta
Corpus Christi
Orange
Texas
Jas’ Ee
R. Vaughn
Seeing double third twin set in 27 months
In Akron Ohio a 30 year old wife of a chemical company worker gave birth to her third set of twins in 27 months. Charles and John Summers weighed four pounds each at birth and were reported doing fine. The couple from Doylestown had two earlier sets Susan and Patricia born May 26 1946 and Michael and Paul born Sept 2 1947.
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Akron
Ohio
Chemical Company
Charles E. Summers
Anes Doylestown
Charles
John
Susan
Patricia
Michael
Paul
Militia May Help Reopen Lens Plant
The Ohio National Guard may be ordered to restore order if Univis Lens in Ayton resumes operations after a 90 day strike. Local 768 rejects a tentative UE leadership settlement, while 200 picketers face injunctions and nonstriking workers stay away. The mayor and governor threaten guards if violence recurs.
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Ayton
Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Univis Lens Company
Louis Lohrey
Thomas J. Herbert
National Guard
C. I. O. United Electrical Workers
Bruce van Winkle
U. K
U. E
Yugoslavia Fires Envoy to Romania
Belgrade August 2 Yugoslavia's ambassador to Romania Radonja Golubovic has been fired the Yugoslav news agency announced. The dismissal follows the split between Premier Marshal Tito and international communist leadership.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Romania
Radonja Golubovic
Truman Will Not Recall Congress If It Adjourns
Independence Missouri August 2 President Truman said he would not recall Congress if it adjourns without action. He plans to return to Washington after voting in the Democratic primary and may call lawmakers back only if urgent price or housing bills pass. Republican leaders intend to adjourn promptly and wait for the public to decide.
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Sen
Capehart
R.-Ind
Porter
Congress
Truman
Thomas B. McCabe
Federal Reserve Board
House Group
Independence
Washington
Mr. Truman
Yardstick Lax Truck Too Big for Firehouse
Harmony firemen raised $17,000 and waited two years for a new fire truck. It arrived eight inches too tall for the firehouse, forcing volunteers to raise funds for a new building.
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Harmony
Pennsylvania
Russia proposes Danube pact granting eastern bloc control
Russia circulated a Danube River pact at the eleven nation conference aimed at giving eastern Europe’s Communist states near exclusive control over the 1800 mile waterway. Andrei Vishinsky said the document would be formally presented tomorrow and its passage is seen as nearly certain. The bloc holds seven votes to three over the West with Austria observing. The session also set a simple majority rule, rejecting a two-thirds plan France had proposed.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Russia
Europe
Andrei Vishinsky
Austria
France
One Killed Two Hurt in Big Bear Plane Crash
A training plane crash near Big Bear Lake killed 25 year old Bill Wilkes of Victorville and left Ralph W. Doren and Robert Sackrider badly burned. Sackrider was not expected to live. Both Doren and Sackrider sustained third degree burns.
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Big Bear
Big Bear Lake
Bill Wilkes
Victorville
Ralph W. Doren
Robert Sackrider
Apple Valley
Sackrider
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June Buzzell
Portland
Ore
Associated Press
U.N
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Senate Banking Committees
Paul Porter
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
Beach Haven
N. J
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Philadelphia Enquirer
Pasadena
Japan
Reds
Danube
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