Wartime spy charge hearing highlights Perlo testimony
Victor Perlo rejected espionage charges as inventions and said he never violated the law. Elizabeth Bentley repeated claims of official groups passing secrets to the Reds as subpoenas target Russian teachers in New York and New Jersey. Mundt outlined steps to question Mikhail Samarin and Klaudia Samarina and noted diplomatic complications over Ksosenkina.
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Victor Perlo
Perlo
House un-American Activities Committee
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Reds
Miss Bentley
Rep
Mundt
R.S. D
New York
United Nations
Mikhail Samarine
Klaudia Samarina
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
New Jersey
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
State Department
Jacob M. Komakin
Kosenkina
Truman Plans Fresh Attack on Congress
President Truman faces critics as he prepares a new push against Congress. White House silent on strategy while housing and anti inflation bills move toward passage with supporters urging signature and critics calling the proposals inadequate. Senators Hatch Lucas Hoey defend or critique the measures as Capitol Hill politics heat up.
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White House
Truman
Charles G. Ross
Ross
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Sen. Hatch
New Mexico
Democratic Campaign Speakers Committee
Sen. Lucas
Illinois
Sen. Hoey
D.N
Ferguson
Hoey
Mr. Truman
FBI
Justice Department
Senate
House
Moscow
West's Envoys Molotov Talk Over Disputes
Berlin dispatch notes Telegraf report of Russian trench work and border fortifications along the zone front. Officials say border tightening reduced German movement, while Pravda cites alleged U S and British air violations in the Berlin airlift.
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Molotov
Berlin
United States
Germany
Storm Toll Heavy in Britain and France
Week-end storms in Britain and France left 22 people dead and caused extensive damage. Brest port losses estimated at 330000 dollars as boats and cranes were wrecked. Drowned include eight on a holiday near Perrs-Quiréc and five crewmen off other vessels. searches continue for missing sailors. Severe conditions hit Kent and Sussex with high tides battering the southeast coast.
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France
Brest
Perrs-Quiréc
Brittany
Vannes
Hendaye
Carnarvon
Wales
Kent
Sussex
England
Fire periled woman leaps three stories in Chicago blaze
A frantic woman scorched by flames jumped from a three story frame building in Chicago early today. Mrs Pauline Jarzembowska 41 was critically injured as one of about a dozen people left homeless when the structure burned. Her husband Anthony clung to a window ledge until rescued by firefighters.
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Chicago
Pauline Jarzembowski
Anthony
News High Lights Second Pedestrian in Two
A second pedestrian was struck on Beach Boulevard in a two incident sequence. Authorities continued to investigate the cause and monitor traffic patterns while urging motorists to slow down in the area.
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Beach Bivd
Panama invasion rumor sparks wartime talk
From Page A-3 the note hints at a rumored plan to invade Panama as part of wartime strategy. The headline suggests debate over potential homeland threats and military actions if the war resumes.
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Panama
Local Page References And Section Guides
The snippet lists section and page references for a newspaper including Bridge, Comics, Editorials, Locals, Radio, Shipping Table, Theaters, Tides, Temperatures and Women’s Activities across pages A-9 through B-7. It outlines multiple departments and page locations for convenient navigation.
World's Biggest Fighting Vessel Costs 125 Million
The Navy will build the largest fighting ship in the atomic era at Newport News Shipbuilding. The $125 million unnamed flush-deck carrier may measure 65 000 to 80 000 tons and feature radar, fire control gear, and air conditioned spaces. Keel laying date not set, first sea trial about four years away.
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Navy
Newport News
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Vallejo
Victim Holds Cut Throat After Collision
Edward Courval, 29, Rogers City Michigan, survived an automobile crash by grasping his torn throat with his hands after being thrown through the windshield. He received 26 stitches when a general nurse arrived and sewed the wound.
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Minneapolis
Edward Courval
Rogers City
Mich
Courval
Sleeping Sickness Deaths Climb in Tokyo
Tokyo reports 52 deaths from encephalitis and nearly 400 cases as doctors warn the epidemic could surge to 200 new cases daily before mid month. Officials say every ward and county has seen infections and total cases reach about 1540.
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Tokyo
Bears Huskies Win Olympic Oar Races
Pacific Coast and Washington crews win Olympic events on the Thames. California eight-oar shell clocked 5 56.7 on a shortened 1900 meter course to beat Great Britain and Norway, while Washington's four with coxswain beat Switzerland and Denmark in 6 50.3.
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Norway
United States
University of Cambridge
Washington
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Denmark
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Foxswain
Germany
Man Dies While Attempting Rescue of Youth
In Tucson Arizona on August 9 a sheriff's investigator died during a mountain rescue. He descended about 500 feet to reach 15 year old Guy Rockefeller Jr. trapped on a narrow ledge. After tying a rope and guiding the boy upward, the investigator slipped near the top and fell into a lake.
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Tucson
Ariz
Allerohn D. Anderson
Guy L. Rockefeller Jr
Anderson
Russians Kidnap U S Official on Inspection Tour
Lt. S. F. Turner, military governor of Bad River, and Rowland M. Meyers of the Berlin civil affairs branch, were ambushed by two armed Russian soldiers near Bad Kissengen in the Soviet zone while checking crops on a routine tour. Their chauffeur saw them being escorted away and no word has been received since.
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Frankfurt
S. F. Turner
Bad River
Berlin
Soviet Zone
Turner
Rowland M. Meyers
Meyers
Bad Kissengen
Burglars Fail to Crack 1000-Pound Safe at Local Office
Intruders at Low Beach Sandblasting Co. on 1 W. 12th St failed to open a 1000-pound safe despite several blows with a pick. They stole a $50 typewriter and left the scene, while owner David T. Merrill of 1809 Montair Ave. blamed decades of unsuccessful attempts to open the Navy surplus safe.
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Low Beach
Merrill
Navy Surplus
Weekend Traffic Toll Tops 215 in United States
United Press reports at least 215 people died in weekend traffic incidents and related causes. California led with 11 traffic deaths, followed by Indiana and Michigan with 17 fatalities each, amid drownings and miscellaneous mishaps.
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United _ survey
California
Indiana
Michigan
Woman Dies After Birth In Houston Hospital
A 22 year old woman who gave birth to a healthy girl in a Houston hospital died four hours later from infantile complications. The report from Wichita Falls notes the birth occurred yesterday and that the infant is surviving.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
Houston
Western diplomats press Berlin talks in Moscow Kremlin
U S Britain and France held a lengthy Kremlin meeting with Molotov to push a resolution of the Berlin blockade and East West differences. Bevin Spaak and others briefed London. officials say the talks aim to narrow the gap and set a Four Power framework for Germany.
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United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
Molotov
Berlin
Long Beach
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Frank Roberts
Ernest Bevin
Yves Chataigneau
Stalin
Smith
Roberts
Chataigneau
London
Bevin
Paul-Henri Spaak
Germany
Foreign Office
Spaak
Russia
Whitehall
Lightning strike kills 46 at Orient shirt factory
The Aug 9 report from Shanghai states 46 people died when a lightning bolt struck the Yung Pei Shirt Factory, a four story plant where 140 workers were present. Dozens more were burned or trapped as a fire followed the strike, with two days later 62 dead.
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Shanghai
Yung Pei
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