Dozen G CO P Senate Antipact Votes Seen
Nearly a dozen Republican senators were aligned with Taft in opposing the North Atlantic pact while more than two thirds of the G O P favored ratification. Taft faces reelection scrutiny as he defends his lone opposition amid a larger GOP split on the arms program and European security.
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Ashington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Connally
D.-Texas
Foreign Relations Committee
Ens. Donnell
Missouri
Young
North Dakota
Europe
Security Alliance
Sen
Morse
Ore
Soldier Held by Russians Faces Trial for AWOL
Berlin July 16 A New York soldier suspected of spying says he was held questioned and mistreated for months in the Russian zone of Germany. He named Christus Rangaves 21 as the man treated for malnutrition and later returned to the American zone of Berlin by the Russians. An Army spokesman said Rangaves showed signs of mistreatment relating to food but there was no direct evidence of physical violence. He will be tried for being absent without leave after Army authorities decide his next steps.
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Berlin
New York
Germany
Christus Rangaves
I Rangaves
Celebration Set for Africa's Oldest White Man
Johannesburg July 16. Peter Chandler Bringle plans to turn 119 tomorrow and says he is Africa's oldest white man possibly the oldest in the world.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Peter Chandler Bringle
Africa
Spangler Declines G.O.P. Chairman Race
Iowa businessman E. Spangler stated in telegrams that Republican National Committee members will elect a new chairman without outside help. He said he is not running to replace Rep. Hugh D. Scott Jr., who intends to quit if a successor can bring harmony to the party’s top body. Scott, elected at last year’s convention on Gov. Thomas E. Dewey’s urging, is an outsider to the committee.
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Washington
Ison E. Spangler
Iowa
Republican National Committee
Hugh D. Scott Jr
Scott
Spangler
Thomas E. Dewey
Dew
Hawaii Dock Unloading Strike Spurs Arrests in Honolulu
In Honolulu 96 pickets were arrested for disorderly conduct as Hawaii Stevedores Ltd began unloading the Isthmian Steamship Co freighter Steel Flyer with nonunion workers. The action follows a longshoremen strike that has disrupted Hawaii’s docks and prompted talks of a special legislative session.
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Hawaiia Stevedores, Ltd
Steel Flyer
Seafarers’ International Union
Jett Morrison
S. L
West Coast
S.1u
TL. W.U
U. S
American Can’ Co
Heawali
Ingram M. Stainback
Territorial
Washington
Thomas
Utah
Senate Labor Committee
Sin
Plot to Embarrass Me and the President Suit
Missouri Congressman Leonard Irving denounces a Kansas City court suit as a scheme to embarrass him and President Truman. The Democratic lawmaker and two union officials are accused of diverting union funds, with treasury shortfalls cited at about 37 thousand dollars in five to six months.
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Leonard Irving
Congres
Truman
Missouri
Associated Press
Washington
Kansas City
Irving
A. F. L. Construction and General Laborers’ Union
iRoy E. Livingston
Auvin Butcher
Clit Langsdale
Paul Barnett
Treasury
Dead Man's Voice Warns U S Against Asia Communism
New York dated July 16 veteran correspondent H R Knickerbocker who died in a plane crash near Bombay last Tuesday warned in his final broadcast that World War I I era threats require the United States to go all out against Communism in Asia. He urged appointing a high level official to coordinate Asia strategy and said the U S must invest whatever it takes to secure national defense.
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New York
H.R. Knickerbocker
U. S
Asia
Knickerbocker
Bombay
Singapore
Moscow
United States
Europe
Assault Charge Filed in Racial Disguise
A white woman, Mrs. Ora Jones, was jailed on assault charges after an incident in Highway Village north of here. Lorena Ballard, a Modesto L. O. organizer, was struck on the head and arm with a tire iron by a male assailant amid tensions over a Negro family moving into the area.
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Here
Ora Jones
Lorena Ballard
Modesto C. L O
Labor Strikes Escalate as Auto and Steel Faced Tests
Across the nation wage talks surged with the United Automobile Workers pressing Ford for pension and health plans while a steel wage dispute faced a 60 day delay for a federal fact finding board. In New York City a mass bus strike disrupted service for 1.1 million riders with potential expansion as Mayor O Dwyer cut vacation to manage the crisis.
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Prost
Tacio
Offul
Brotherhood of Railroad
Whitney
Cleveland
New York
Big Steel
United Automobile Workers
Milwaukee
Ford Motor Ca
Ford
Detroit
C. T
Truman
Washington
Slong
Steeel
CLO
O'Dwyer
William O'Dwyer
Mexico City
New York City Omnibus Corp
Fifth Ave
Michael J. Quill
C. X
Third Ave
Quill
Bowron Pledges Action Against Organized Crime
Los Angeles July 16 mayor Fletcher Bowron pledged strong action against organized crime as the county grand jury prepares indictments next week in a Hollywood madam case alleging payoffs to police for protection. Jury foreman A Lawson said more indictments may target police officers and investigators plan to question the five man police commission about police connections to crime and telephone tapping. Bowron, seeking reelection, warned against an unholy alliance of organized crime and radicals undermining law and order.
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Los Angeles
Nora
Fletcher Bowron
Hollywood
Lawson
Bowran
Pope and Reds Fight for Czech's Loyalty
The Vatican and Czechoslovakia’s Communists clash over 8 million Catholics as Prague orders a hard line against church leadership. The Vatican moves to enforce excommunication for adherents to anti Christian Communist doctrine while clarifying the decree also targets non member fellow travelers.
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Associated Prean
IHE
Vatican
Czecheoslovakia
Prague
Thue
Catholica
Josef Beran
Czechoslovakia
Beran
Seare
Justices Roles in Trial Attacked
Two Republican House members condemned Supreme Court Justices Frankfurter and Reed for testifying in the Hiss trial and called for a law to bar such appearances. Rep. Keating plans to introduce a bill to prohibit U S justices from serving as character witnesses in court cases.
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Washington
Republican House
Supreme Court
Frankfurtern
Reed
Hiss
Rep
Keating
R.-N.y
U. S
P. Velde
R.T
Frankfurter
Harvard
Velde
Truckful of Dynamite Crashes Near Underpass
A truck carrying 10 tons of dynamite crashed into an underpass abutment near Roseville California. No explosion occurred. Driver Vincent A. Lamarra of San Francisco suffered facial cuts as 1160 pounds of blasting caps were scattered over the highway. Some dynamite cases were crushed.
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Roseville
Calif
Vincent A. Lamarra
San Francisco
Stranger Pays for Last Rites of 7-year-old Hero
In Portland on July 18 a masked Californian funded funeral costs for Jacob Sumner, a 7 year old boy who died helping another child across the Sandy River. The donor arrived at police and offered $225.53 to cover expenses, insisting on anonymity and asking for the amount to be filled in. The Bank of America San Mateo check was confirmed good.
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Stranger
Portland
Ore
Jacob Charles Sumnera
Jacob
Aoets
Joe Sumners
Sedalia
Seda
Ostergren
Aueebline
Califor
Day Bank
San Mateo
Bank of America
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Berkeley
Lake Tahoe
Wales
Marrin
Leonia Cauchers
Fay Webb
Jane Greer
Dead Man
Washington, D. C
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