Eisler Fugitives Case Moves Backed By U S Officials
Washington reports Attorney General Clark says the United States will not extradite Gerhart Eisler from Czechoslovakia. Eisler, once described as the Kremlin’s No. 1 agent in the U S, fled aboard the Batory after bail was forfeited. He criticizes U S actions and vows to sue for bail money, citing personal and political motives.
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Washington
United States
Gerhart Eisler
Tom C.clark
Czechoslovakia
Eisler
Kremlin
U. S
Batory
United
Clark
Eister
Elster
England
Prague
Russia
Jire
Hoover
State Department
J. Edgar Hoover
Superman
Ambassador
New York
Hilsler
Jamapes
London
Elsier
Civil Rights Congress
Germany
Quick Justice Victim Wins Freedom After 17 Years
Rene DeMeerleer, once condemned for a Lenawee County gas station holdup murder, leaves Southern Michigan Prison after the U S Supreme Court ruled his rights were violated. He travels to Detroit for a promised automobile factory job as his parents and warden bid him farewell.
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Alphonse
Jelen DeMeekeer
Julian Frisbie
de Meerleer
Krisbie
Detroit
Lenawee County
DeMeerleer
Supreme Court
DeMeerteer
Victim of burns fed by tube use
Vernon Texas June 1 Doctors say progress for 10 year old Donnie Godard hinges on nourishment absorbed by his burned body. Food is pumped into his stomach via tube. intravenous feeding was not found. Donnie, burned by gasoline 22 days earlier, rallied yesterday and spoke with his father though temperature fluctuated.
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Vernon
Texas
Donnie Godard
Donnie
Cat home after 1000 mile journey from California
Tommy the cat, of dubious heritage, returned to Seattle today after a year and a half trek by foot from Palo Alto California. Taken in December 1947 by B F Sanders the cat disappeared for months before resurfacing.
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Seattle
Wash
Tommy
California
Palo Alto
Calif
B. F. Sanders
Ex corporal killed by stray bullet in Brooklyn
New York on June 1 reports former Infantry corporal Jack Lipstadt age 25 was fatally shot on his Brooklyn front step while reading a psychology book. Neighbor Edward Farvin, 25, was cleaning a hunting rifle when it discharged accidentally. Farvin faced homicide charges.
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New York
Brooklyn
Jack Lipstadt
Edward Farvin
Lip
Stadt, & Bwices
Purvin
Mud Harpers Delay Delivery of Mail
Salem postal anomalies arise as mud hornets flood mailboxes causing delays in delivery. Postman John Randall notes a surge this season and hints at housing shortages driving the infestation, hindering carriers from completing rounds.
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Mud Harpers
Salem
John Randall
Prize Winner's cash bond stolen in Washington
A Illinois quiz kid, 12 year old Gurtle Rhoads of Western Springs, won a $100 bond on the Quiz Kid program and a trip to Washington. He carried the bond and $12 in cash in his wallet when it was stolen yesterday after he showed the bond to relatives.
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Washington
Grand Jury Resumes Bridges Probe in San Francisco
A federal grand jury in San Francisco resumes its investigation into the Harry Bridges case and alleged Communist influence in Pacific Coast unions. Attorney General Tom Clark ordered the probe, with no discussion planned on tampering with witnesses. The case also involves perjury and fraud tied to Bridges naturalization in 1945. Mervyn Rathbone, a key witness, said Bridges’ lawyers visited him but he refused to disclose testimony.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Pacific Coast
Grand Jury
Witesses
Bridges
C. J. O. Longshoremen's and
Clark
F. Joseph Donohue
Donohue
Mervyn Rathbone
California C. I. ©. Council
George Andersen
Rathbone
Wwe
Radioactive drink fails to save Hodgkin girl
Joyce Lee Hughes a 15 year old high school student died after consuming "atomic cocktails" containing radioactive phosphorus at the isotope link of the University of Tennessee Hospital. She had suffered Hodgkin disease since November and wasted from 132 pounds to 85 pounds before death yesterday. Her parents Mr. and Mrs Byron B Hughes mourn the loss.
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Sirmingham
Alt
Joyce Lee Hughes
Hodgkins
Byron B. Hughes
University of Tennessee Hospital
Oek Ridge
Papers in Coplon Trial Withheld for Security
In Washington on June 1 twelve papers found in Judith Coplon s purse were not offered as government evidence in her espionage trial on grounds of security. FBI agent T Scott Miller Jr testified that other papers existed but were not introduced for security reasons. Judge Reeves allowed questions about the papers but forbidden disclosure of their contents. Reactions included shock at ties to figures linked to Communists, with mentions of Harold Ickes and Ruth Gruber drawing denials from both.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
John M. Kelley Jr
Miss Capron
Archibald Palmer
T. Scott Miller Jr
FBI
Brunetta
Palmer
Miller
Kelley
United States
Albert L. Reeves
Interior
Harold L.ickes
Ruth Gruber
Ickes
Secon
Alvin Sindertrand
Georgetown University Law
Caplan
Greece to seek UN refugee fund for 700000 people
Athens reports Greece will ask the United Nations for more than 180000000 to rehabilitate about 700000 refugees from the civil war. The government blames Yugoslavia Albania and Bulgaria for aiding guerrillas and cites UN charter violations by northern neighbors as the cause. The action follows a precedent set by UN aid to Palestinian Arabs.
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Athens
United Nations
Greece
Yugoslavia
Albania
Bulgaria
U. N
Parleys Between Church and State Advised Futile
In Rague Czechoslovakia June 41 Archbishop Josef Beran said negotiations between the Roman Catholic Church and the government would be superfluous and in vain. He cited a cabinet minister's claim that only Marxist state schools will be allowed, charging the government has shut the door on peace talks and threatens excommunication of Catholic collaborators.
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Rague
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Catholc
Summer Strike Wave Feared by Labor Officials
Washington officials warn of a summer surge in strikes as unions push for fourth round postwar wage boosts amid employer resistance and Taft Hartley tensions. Industry negotiations in coal steel auto and maritime sectors are pivotal for labor peace, with smaller strikes possible. Private advisers estimate wage gains average under 1 cent per hour, while broader control measures surface in clergy disputes.
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Washington
Jame
Beran
War Dead Soldier Chooses Blonde Over Waiting Wife
Anthony Martino, once listed as killed, says he prefers his wartime blonde companion to returning to wife Mary Martino of Waterbury. He lived with Dorothy Martino in New York, claiming deep love, while Army inquiries wait for his service record. A full investigation was ordered as he sought his records at a recruiting office.
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New York Daily News
New York
Anthony V Martino
Waterbury
EW York
Anthony Martino
Argal Wuce Bath
Army
France
Mar- Une
Washington
Today
Martino
Mary Martino
Conn
Dorothy Martino
New York City
Dotty
Europe
First Army
Connecticut
Foxy
Dorothy
Lan
State Dept OKs Pact Delay for Labor Bill Action
President Truman said the Senate timetable delaying the North Atlantic Pact until labor legislation is satisfactory to the State Department. Senator Vander berg urged swift committee action to aid Acheson at Paris, while Taft-Hartley repeal was moved ahead of ratification. The foreign relations panel is expected to approve the treaty, but the Senate floor date remains uncertain.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
State Department
Charles G. Ross
State
Department
Vander‘berg
R.-Mich
Foreign Relations Committee
State Acheson
Paris
Vandenberg
Acheson
Foreign Ministers’ Conference
Sen. Lucas
Mlinois
Congress
North Korea Inquiry Plan Again Fails
A second UN Commission on North Korea access failed to secure entry. The body sent a shipborne letter from Hong Kong in April seeking permission to enter North Korea, but no reply was received.
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North Korea
Seuul
Norea
TLE
United Nations Commission On Rea
Hong Kong
Bendix Rejects Ford Formula In Bendix Strike
Bendix Aviation Corporation rejected the United Auto Workers proposal to use the Ford settlement formula to end the 43 day old Bendix strike. UAW local leader Stanley Ladd said the union would arbitrate and favor a common formula, while Bendix industrial relations director Millard E Stone argued the Ford and Bendix cases could not be settled by the same formula.
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South Bend
Ind
Bendix Aviation Corporation
C. S. O. United Auto Workers
Ford
Bendix
WU A. W
Bendix U. A. W
Stanley Ladd
Millard E. Stone
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Wirapheta
Doris Day
George Weidler
Los Angeles
Ha Wor
A. P
Sanders
Chicago
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Dakotas
Minnesota
Towa
South Carolina
Montana
Oregon
Oklahoma City
Minneapolis
St. Paul
San Antonio
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Coplon
U.S. Security
Ruth-Gruber
U.n.refugee Fund
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