Truman Backs Plan to Bar Subversives at U.N.
President Truman ordered the State Justice and Civil Service to craft a plan ensuring maximum security for U.S. personnel at the United Nations. Attorney General McGranery announced the move, with Sen. Wiley endorsing the effort ahead of Eisenhower’s inauguration. Twenty nine U.S. employees at the U.N. have been dismissed for communist ties or refusals to answer related questions.
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New York
Truman
U. S
United Nations
James P. McGranery
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Une
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wiley
U.N
Eisenhower
McGranery
Myles J. Lane
State and Justice Departments
Civil Service Commission
U. N
Washington
International Jurists
Trygve Lie
U. W
United States
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
State Department
Department
U.S
MacGranery
Appeal Planned in Bookie Trial Guilty Pair
Morris Lippe and Pete Curti were found guilty on two counts of bookmaking after a five hour jury deliberation. Defense lawyer McConnell said the verdict is inconsistent and announced plans to appeal. Judge Malt scheduled sentencing for Lippe and Curti, who remain free on bail.
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Morris (Jemeke) Lippe
Pete Curti
Superior Court
Atty
Andrew H. McConnell
Lione
16Th St
Curt
Hawaiian Gardens
McConnell
Joseph M. Maltby
Lippe
Curti
Salvage Efforts in Italy Target Grommet Reefer Wreck
Heavy seas and 50 mile per hour winds kept battering the broken U S refrigerator ship Grommet Reefer at Leghorn Harbor Italy. Navy plans focus first on salvage of the 176 tons of food aboard and then the two halves of the vessel. Comdr John J Slade of the Military Sea Transportation Service said weather permitting salvage operations would proceed to recover the food and eventually the two sections.
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Leghorn
Italy
U. S
Navy
Leghorn Harbor
Ssip
U. S.navy
Naval Academy
John J. Slade
Military Sea Transportation Service
U.S
Austria
Slade
Dutch Miller Leads College Orchestra and Red Cross Roles
A Christmas concert at Long Beach City College Lakewood campus featured the college orchestra directed by Dr. Gerald Strang with Royal W. Stenton leading the 60 voice choir. Lifeguard captain Capt. Roy J. Dutch Miller donated blood at the Red Cross blood bank and was appointed chairman of water safety for the local Red Cross chapter at a board meeting.
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Red Cross
Long Beach City College
Lakewood
Gerald Strang
Royal W. Stenton
Roy J
Dutch) Miller
Long Beach
Red Cross Board of Directors
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