Vaughan Authorized to Testify on Graft, Truman
President Truman said Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan may testify if called before the Senate committee probing five percenters. He denied decorating Vaughan in a mock ceremony and defended inquiries to prevent outsiders from steering government contracts. Sen. Hoey noted Vaughan could be asked to testify as the expenditures subcommittee continues its probe into influence in awards and suspensions have already occurred for two generals.
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Askington
Truman
Harry H. Vaughan
Senate
Vaughan
Washington
Effe Clen
Blair House
Newsweek Magazine
Guatemala
J. Vaughan
Newsweek
Union Station
Operation Union Station
Harry.h. Vaughan
Harry 5
Sen. Hoey
Hoey
Senate ‘Expenditures
Alden H. Waltz
Army
Chemical Corps
Herman Feldman
MalonE Assaultists Found Guilty By Jury
Three brothers of Dudley Field Maione fought with him after a traffic argument in Los Angeles. They were found guilty of battery and assault with fines of 150 dollars each or 30 days in jail and placed on probation for six months. Don and Robert Glasscock, on furlough from Ft. Lewis, testified. The incident began when Mrs. Masterson bumped the Glasscock car, leading to a curbside confrontation. Maione was knocked unconscious but not seriously injured.
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Los Angeles
Dudley Field Ma
Lone
Robert
Don Glasscock
Ft. Lewis
Maione
Yradic
John Masterson
Masterson
Warrants Out for 10 Jap Rail Union Men
Warrants were issued for the arrests of 16 Fukushima government railway workers union leaders on charges they beat and dragged a station master from office during a protest against management. Authorities say the leaders attacked the station master after his discharge of workers.
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Fukushima
Japan
Government
Railway Workers Union
Atomic Experts Named in West Coast Lab Probe
House committee named two atomic scientists Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz and David Bohm as members of a wartime Communist cell at the University of California radiation laboratory in Berkeley. The panel said it is pursuing other possible members and noted Lomanitz and Bohm refused to answer membership questions. It traced the background to Steven Nelson, a San Francisco Bay area Communist organizer.
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Washington
House
West Coast
House un-American Activities Committee
Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz
David Bohm
2 Cell
Radiation Laboratory
University of California At Bellieve
Steven Nelson
San Francisco Bay Area
Pennsylvania
Lomanitz
Fisk University
Nashville
Bohm
Princeton University
Nelson
Berkeley Laboratory
Spain
International Brigade
Berkeley
Giovanni Ross Lomanitz
Communist Party
Man Accused of Writing 100000 Bad Checks
Edward Gallion, 35, claims a $100,000 Eugene bank legacy covered the checks he wrote to aid friends. Police say his accounts show only $1.50. He pleaded guilty in Milwaukee area court to passing bad checks from a 1945 Kaukauna case, while lawyers say he handed out rubber checks in Missouri. He confessed writing several notes and a $2,000 wedding present check used to buy a car later returned when bounced.
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Appleton
Wis
Edward Gallion
Eugene
Ore
Gallion
Farmers and Merchants Bank
Kaukauna
Lee Miller
Sacramento
Call
Miller
Missouri
Kenovas
Galiton
Zere
Hunan News Dims Nationalists Hopes of Comeback
ANTON July 21 AP Nationalist China saw comeback hopes dampened as reports place Communists within 20 miles of Changsha. Moslem General Pai Chungsi commands about 200,000. Unclear whether he fights Reds in Hunan or moves toward Kwantung or Szechwan while Chiang Kai-shek returns south. Chungking looms as possible wartime capital under strain.
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Anton
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Canton
Central China
Bui
Changsha
Hunan
Ma Uke
Hupeh
Fran Ail
Pai Chung
Pal
Kwang- Tung Province
Szechwan
Chungking
Reenwans
Chianiang
Formosa
Amnesia Victim Seeks Police Help In Biloxi Case
An attractive young woman in Chicago says memory loss dates to July 16 1946 in Biloxi Mississippi after a night with a man met in a tavern. She claims to be Hilda Mae Covacevich 23 formerly a secretary for an Item newspaper in New Orleans. Police report she arrived at Central Station with a newspaper and spoke with Detective James Derrig and Officer Frances Knoch.
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New Orleans
Marybette Joseph
Veterans' Hospital
Ene Pontchartrain
Harry J. Daniels
Daniels
Marybelie Joseph
Chicago
Bijox
Miss
Central Police Headquarters
James Derrig
Frances Knoch
Hilda Mae Covacevich
Item
Biloxi
Poirce
Emer Oh Fu
Ion
Prise
Seven Die as Storm Slams New England
Severe rainfall and lightning killed seven people in southern New England after two days of scorching heat. High winds and fires caused heavy damage, devastating the Connecticut Valley tobacco crop while farms suffered from months of drought and insufficient rainfall.
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Chicago
Hot Belt
Plains
Midwest
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
New England
Connecticut Valley
Florida God Keeps Order in Race-riot Area
In Groveland Florida National Guard troops 300 strong patrol the town after racial violence began last Saturday following a white housewife's rape. Three Negroes, Charlies Greenlee Samuel Shepherd and Walter Irvin, are indicted for the crime. Brigadier General Mark Lance planned to visit to review security with Sheriff McCall. guards stay indefinitely.
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Groveland
Fla
National Guard
Mark Lance
State
W. W. McCall
Lance
Alabama
Georgia
Tate
Clermont
Willie Padgett
Lake County
Tavares
Florida
Charlies Greenlee
Samuel Shepherd
Walter Irvin
Death of Infant Held Accidental
Los Angeles report states two month old Trudy Hayes died after being found unconscious with injuries while two neighbor boys were allegedly involved in rough play. An autopsy suggests head injuries possibly from being pulled or falling from a crib. Police indicated the death is ruled accidental pending further investigation.
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Los Angeles
Trudy Hayes
Trudy
John Hayes
Hayes
Garrie
Raymond Carr Jr
Congress Sets Sept 1 as Target Adjourning Date
Congressional leaders set September 1 as the target to adjourn this session and finish lingering bills by late summer. House leaders plan to clear must bills by end of August including minimum wage, social security, and education aid, while major bills on Taft Hartley remain stalled.
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Congress
House
Me Cormack
Massachusetts
Ways and Means
Senate
Labor
Land Education Committee
Presiding Officer of Alabama Klan Quits After Row
The presiding officer of the Ku Klux Klan in Alabama quit amid a quarrel with another Klan official. Dr. E. P. Pruitt, a Birmingham physician, cited personal differences and disagreements with robed members who lash people. A grand jury probes floggings and cross burnings by masked mobs, indicting 17 men in 44 counts. State officials also target the Federated Ku Klux Klan Inc as part of anti mob actions.
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Birmingham
Ala
Ku Klux Klan
Alabama
E. P. Pruitt
Pruitt
Klan
William Hugh Morris
Morris
Wilton Hogan
Albert A. Carmichael
Federated Ku Klux Klan, Inc
Mail Service Stops to Manchurie and Communist Provinces
The British post office announced suspension of mail service to Manchurie and 12 Communist held provinces of North and Central via. The action mirrors a similar move by the U S post lattice.
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London
Manchurieé
North
Central
U. S
Lonely Hearts murder tale told in court
Raymond Fernandez testified about cross country romances with his partner Martha Beck as the pair face trial for the murder of Janet Fay of Albany New York. He described jealousies and alleged acts, while Beck urged him to tell more as spectators reacted with tension in the courtroom.
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York
Raymond Fernandez
Martha Beck
Triad
Janet Fay
Albany
Gan
Fernandez
Sara
Eck
Permissi
Martha
A' Queens
Jean
Deb
Michigan S
New York
Cooks and Stewards Defy C I O Chief in San Francisco
Cooks and Stewards union declares plan to affiliate with the World Federation of Maritime Unions. It reaffirms a policy of local autonomy within the CIO. The national CIO had ordered unions to quit the World Federation, citing closeness to employers and the Truman administration.
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San Francisco
National Marine ‘Cooks and Stewards Union
New World Federation of Maritime Unions
National
C. L Ov
C. I O
W. F
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Delores Felep
New York City
Ellison
Mickey Cohen
Arig
Hollywood
Cing
John K. Law
Charles Williams
K. M. Knowles
Cohen
Associated Press
Howser
Fred Howser
California
Harry Cooper
Cooper
A.P
Dudley F. Malone
Jap Rail Union
Hunan Front
By Spencer Moosa
Holland
Lancaster
Daniel Nolt
Isaac Hoover
Nolt
Alabama Klan
Hugh ‘Brye
Truman Administration
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