Currie and White Deny Aiding Soviet Agents at Hearings
Washington August 13 AP two top Roosevelt aides Lauchlin Currie and Harry D White testified before the House un American Activities Committee denying any secret information to Soviet agents and asserting they are not Communists Currie a 46 year old former Roosevelt administrative assistant now in New York exports and White a 56 year old former Harvard professor and ex assistant secretary of the Treasury now a financial consultant also rejected the Bentley allegations as false and affirmed loyalty to the United States They spoke as crowds filled the room during the ongoing hearings emphasizing their denials and past government roles
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Washington
A.P
Roosevelt
Lauchlin Currie
Harry D. White
Congressional
Currie
White
House un-American Activities Committee
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Whittaker Chambers
Currie and White
New York
Harvard
the Treasury
Miss Bentley
Communist Party
Acances
Ferguson Hopes Truman Won’t Criticize Spy Quiz
Detroit Aug 13 Senator Homer Ferguson urges President Truman to acknowledge Communist influence in the government after the Russian consulate incident in New York. He criticizes the administration for labeling congressional inquiries as red herrings and opposes a presidential commission, calling for disclosure of known facts.
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Detroit
Homer Ferguson
R.-Mich
New York
Truman
Senate
Congress
Ferguson
State Department
Department of Government
Kosenkina Rejects Move From Hospital After Soviet Visit
In New York on August 13, Mrs. Oksana Kosenkina, injured after jumping from the Soviet consulate, refused a Soviet vice consul’s offer to transfer her to another hospital. Detective Dyczko said she identified the consul, and the official then proposed arranging a visit from the consul general, which she also declined.
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New York
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Zot I. Chépurnykh
William Dyczko
Michael E. J. Ledden
Dyczko
McDermott
Yakob Lomakin
Kosenkina
Russia
Marshall
State Dept Offers Asylum to Soviet Teachers in Spy Case
The State Department pledges asylum to two Soviet school teachers involved in congressional spy inquiries if they wish to stay in the United States. It denies Moscow’s charge of U S involvement in kidnaping and refutes a Moscow radio claim about Lovett and the FBI.
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Washington
A.P
State Department
Molotov
New York
Soviet Union
Department
United States
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Michael J. McDermott
Moscow Radio
Robert A. Lovett
Michael Ivanovitch Lamarine
Federal Bureau of Investigation
McDermott
Moscow
Smith
Lovett
Lamarine
FBI
Samarine
Oksana Stepanova Kosen
Twelve Die in B-29 Crash Near Roswell Air Base
Roswell New Mexico August 13 twelve crewmen were killed and eight others were critically injured when a B 29 Superfortress crashed three miles south of Walker Air Force Base Col John D Ryan field commandant said eight men escaped but he declined to state the number of dead until relatives were notified The Record cited a responsible source for the death toll count.
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Roswell
N. M
Walker Air Force Base
Here
John D. Ryan
Two Flying Coal Cars Crash at Tempelhof Airport
Two United States four engined C-54s carrying coal and food crashed while landing in heavy rain at Tempelhof Airdrome Berlin. One aircraft burned after tearing a fence. crew of three escaped through an emergency hatch. The other crashed on a half finished runway. crew unharmed. Five Americans have been killed in these Berlin airlift crashes to date.
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A.P
United States
Berlin
Tempelhof
Graham A. Barden
Harold D. Cooley
Germany
Tempelhof Field
Francis J. Adams
Linton T. Floyd
Fairfield-Suisun
California
23Rd Air Transport Squadron
Henry T. Fulton
Ottumwa
Iowa
Maurice G. Sikes
Syracuse
N. Y
Leroy Wolfe
Pontiac, Mich
Four Marine Reservists Die in Car Crash
Bodies of four Marine Reservists killed in a car crash brought to the area. Report notes the tragedy as a developing local story with further details on the interior pages.
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Bradley
Washington
U. N
Danube Parley
Local News Page references and sections listed
A brief ouvrage lists sections such as bridge comics markets radio theaters and shipping table across pages B-1 A-7 B-6 B-7 B-8 and A-8 A-9 A-10 with stray entries like Kneens activities across B-2 and B-7 for Zee A-9 and A-10.
Marshall balks on turning over secret visa files
Secretary of State Marshall refuses to surrender confidential visa files to a Senate subcommittee citing potential harm to foreign relations. Chairman Revercomb had sought the records amid probes of foreign agents operating in the United States under United Nations credentials.
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Marshall
Washington
Senate
United States
Chapman Revercomb
R.W. Va
United Nations
State Department
Revercomb
Robert C. Alexander
Subcommittee On Immigration and Naturalization
U. N
Rainstorm Kills Cattle on English Scottish Border
A severe rainstorm across the England Scotland border reports heavy cattle deaths and widespread flooding. Rail traffic faces major delays as streams burst their banks and railway lines are affected.
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London
Scotland
President to Act on GOP Inflation Brake Today
President Truman plans to act on the Republican backed inflation control bill and release a critical statement by late afternoon. The measure would restore wartime style controls through the Federal Reserve Board, setting down payment and repayment terms on consumer purchases such as radios and washers.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross
Watkins
Federal Reserve Board
Ex Bolshevik Tells of Hiding Russian Teacher Family
Harry Schibamoff a chicken farmer in New Jersey recounts aiding Countess Alexandra Tolstoy in sheltering Russian schoolteacher Samarine his wife and daughter for nine days to avoid return to the Soviet Union He says he acted without force and seeks to protect the family amid refugee efforts in New York.
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Reehold
N. J
Harry Schibamoff
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Michael I. Lamarine
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Soviet Union
Schibanoff
Alexandra Tolstoy
New York State
New York
Tolstoy Foundation
Samarine
Russia
Wreck of Naval Plane Found on Rota Island
The burned four engine U S Navy reconnaissance plane that failed to return from a weather mission was found on a 1500 foot cliff on Rota Island Guam. Distressed islanders signalled search planes but no fate of the twelve crewmen could be learned.
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Guam
Rota Island
Here
Rota
Patrolman Rides Bus. Deputy Badge Stolen
SACRAMENTO Aug. 13 A private patrolman reported to the sheriff that while riding a city bus yesterday his deputy badge was stolen.
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Sacramento
W. O. Woodruff
Sheriff's Office
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Warrington
Ocean City
A. P
Mary Simmons
Mechanicville
Mary
Karen Stone
Carol Stone
Associated Press
Mrs. Kosenkina
Templehof
Royal Air Force
Gatow
United States Congress
Britain
G.O.P
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