Secrecy Shrouds Talks of Big Four in Kremlin
Whittaker Chambers testifies before the House committee that Alger Hiss Nathan Witt and others formed an underground group linking to Harold Ware and Miss Elizabeth Bentley. He says Witt led the group with Hiss later involved in conferences at Yalta and Dumbarton Oaks. Chambers renounced communism in 1937 and notes Hiss’s later role with the Carnegie Endowment.
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Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
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Truman Proposes 4.3 Billion Levy on Excess Profits
President Truman asked Congress to implement a 4.3 billion excess profits tax patterned on the wartime levy but with larger exemptions and a softer schedule. Rep. Dil of Michigan plans to introduce the bill tomorrow. The move coincides with GOP talks on civil rights, inflation controls, housing and bank reserve actions as Congress debates rules and deadlines.
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Western powers and Russia seal talks on Berlin crisis
Western envoys from the United States Britain and France met Soviet Premier Stalin at the Kremlin for over two hours amid a strict information lid. State Department officer Michael McDermott said no comment would be issued. The meeting boosted hopes for easing Cold War tensions. Stalin Molotov attended, with Smith Roberts and Chataigneau reporting back and signaling a possible communique.
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Secretary of State
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Troops Use Tear Gas As Univis Plant Reopens
Dayton Ohio August 3. National Guard troops tanks and guns guarded the Univis Lens Co plant as non-striking workers entered for the 91st day of a CIO United Electrical Workers strike. Tear gas grenades dispersed about 75 pickets while 1400 guardsmen held a cordon and a Sherman tank aided crowd control.
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Univis Lens Co
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Arthur L. Garfield
New York
Patton Dominates 200 Meter Dash as U S Sweeps Shot Put
At Wembley Patton of Southern California wins the 200 meter dash defending U S claim with teammate Wilbur Thompson leading a sweep of the shot put. Thompson shatters the Olympic record as Fuchs and Delaney follow in the medal positions. European rivals excel in women’s events led by Hollands F E Blankers Koen who ties the old world mark in the 80 meter hurdles. Babe Didrikson’s legacy noted as comparison.
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England
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Wilbur Thompson
California
Michigan
Charley Fonville
U. S
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Hans Woellke
Germany
Berlin
Francis Delaney
San Francisco
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Delaney
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Holland
Babe Didrikson
Antitrust Suit Filed Against Decca Firm
Attorney General Clark announces civil antitrust action against American Decca and British Decca Records Co in New York federal court. The government alleges a conspiracy to restrain sale and distribution of commercial phonograph records. American Decca and British Decca allegedly conspired to divide world markets with EMI LTD.
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Decca Phonograph Records
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Budget Adopted for Long Beach Schools
Record budget for Long Beach schools is adopted as city officials announce funding targets and outline spending priorities.
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Long Beach
Federal Communist hunt reshapes Capitol scene
Foster pledges Reds to Wallace as national political tensions rise. Arctic blockade halts supplies to Alaska. Greek army reshuffles and captures a Red bastion in a strategic shift. News from your old home town appears on page A-3.
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Shipping table shows ages and names in society notes
Shipping table lists ages A-12 A-13 and Deeget A-11. Society pages appear on B-4 B-5 B-6 and tides and temperatures on Page C.
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Hollywood Club Bankrupt Filing in Federal Court
Creditors filed three demands against the Florentine Gardens, a Hollywood night club, in a bankruptcy petition on record in Federal Court. The case was referred to Federal Referee David B. Head for action.
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Infant found strangled in east San Diego district
Authorities search for person who killed an infant found in a residential area with a garter around its neck. The body was discovered yesterday in San Diego.
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Ora
Grenade Found in Vatican City Near St Peter’s Square
A street sweeper located a tiny red hand grenade near St Peter’s Square entrance. The pin was out and explosives experts moved it away from the colonnade before safely detonating it. Achille Tripanera of the St Peter’s security detachment coordinated the response.
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Achille Tripanera
St. Peter’s
Air France Grounds All Liners After South Atlantic Vanishing
Paris August 3 Air France grounded all air liners like the one that vanished over the south Atlantic Sunday with 52 aboard pending an exhaustive study.
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South Atlantic
Pasadena Family Faces $10,000 Auto Mishap
J B Staple of Pasadena California had a station wagon tire blowout costing about 10000 dollars. The wagon and a house trailer it was pulling jackknifed the trailer overturned and gasoline spilled destroying both vehicles and their contents including 380 dollars in cash. Staple his wife and three children escaped unharmed and planned to return home by train.
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Man Dies After Saving Two From Farm Fire at Hospital
An Augusta State Hospital employee awakened two fellow workers to escape a blaze that destroyed three large cattle barns on the hospital grounds. The worker perished in the fire, reported August 3 in Augusta Maine.
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Augusta State (Insane) Hospital
Son Fires at Prowler. Mother Shot in Back Yard
Mrs Edna Mills 50 of 2721 Golden Ave told police at Seaside Hospital that she went out at 3 a m to chase a prowler heard a voice in the yard and saw a figure climb the west fence Her son Chatwin Sanders and husband James said they fired after her shouts The 410 gauge blast left 67 pellets to be removed from her back and she is expected to recover.
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Man loses scalp to bear near Kenai Alaska
A 55 year old man, D. C. Walker of Kenai, was mauled by a brown bear while returning from Whitney cannery with his wife and small dog Boots. He suffered scalp loss, a crushed elbow, and a bruised eye but remained conscious and was flown to a hospital for treatment. his wife and dog aided in defense, marking the first bear sighting in the area.
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Pappy) Walker
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Orange Woman Fatally Injured in Auto Truck Collision
FAIRMONT Minn August 3 Mrs Rudolph Stade about 65 of Orange Calif was fatally injured last night in an auto truck collision Hospital attendants said her husband suffered seven broken ribs but is expected to recover Levert Knutson driver of the truck is not believed seriously hurt Stade a former Martin County resident was on his annual inspection tour of his farms
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Martin County
Jap Denies Arson He Robbed Bank Messenger Last Fall
In Hiroshima Japan police investigating an arson case questioned a neighbor who denied arson. He admitted only robbing a bank messenger last fall of half a million yen and detailed the robbery method.
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