Leading Educators Urge U S Banked From School Staffs
Twenty top educators including General Eisenhower and Harvard’s James Conant called for banning Communist members from teaching. The NEA and NAS Administrators commission urged teaching about totalitarianism without advocacy, stressing objective study of communism and related dangers.
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Ashington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harvard
James B. Conant
National Education Association
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Copant
American Association of School Administrators
Soviet Union
Communist Party
United States
Communist Party of the United States
Chambers Confesses Perjury to Shield Hiss and Others
Whittaker Chambers testified in Hiss's perjury trial that he lied seven times to the federal grand jury to protect Alger Hiss and others accused of involvement with a prewar Soviet spy ring. He cited friendship with Hiss and a desire to spare them from consequences, while psychiatrists and defense counsel questioned his motives amid ongoing testimony.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Chambera
Hiss
Chambers
Courier
Red Spies
Federal Grand Jury
State Department
Grand Jury
Carl Binger
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Cromb
Aszaletant U.S
Thomas F. Murphy
Speedy Senate to OK Gordon Gray for Army secretary
Washington June 8 AP speedy Senate approval of Gordon Gray as Secretary of the Army was forecast by chairman Tydings. Gray a North Carolina lawyer publisher and Army department veteran since September 1947 appeared surprised to lawmakers and to Gray himself as he prepared to testify. Johnson previously favored Calder but Gray won Johnson's endorsement. Matthews as Navy secretary leaves Symington as the remaining top Forrestal era holdover.
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Washington
Senate
Gordon Gray
Tydings
Armed Services Committee
Truman
Gray
North Carolina
Department
Congress
Sen. Gurney
South Dakota
Louis Johnson
Curtis B. Calder
Electric Bond & Share’ 'Co
Calder
Johnson
James Forrestal
Francis F. Matthews
Navy
Forrestal
Air Force
W. Stuart Symington
Tourist Business Helping Britain
London report states the tourist trade brought in more dollars than any manufacturing export in 1948, with a record 504,364 overseas visitors. They spent 47 million pounds, including 21 million in dollars and other hard currency, while the pound stands at 4.03 dollars.
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London
Britain
British Travel Association
Greeks Doom Seven for Aiding Rebels
A Greek military court sentenced seven of 36 defendants to death for aiding guerrillas through a Communist underground. Two were given life terms, four received 18 year terms, and one was sentenced to nine years. Other defendants got lighter penalties or were acquitted.
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Athens
New Ilse Koch Trial Planned
Munich reports plan for a new trial of Ilse Koch widow of the Buchenwald commander. Her life sentence was commuted to four years by American authorities after a review found no evidence she participated in inmate killings. Evidence of mistreatment and involvement in killings was cited by Bavarian justice officials.
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Munich
Ose Koch
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Buchenwald
Hans Walther
Department
Justice Ministry
Truman News Chat Weekly White House Conference Note
Washington dispatch reports President Truman will hold his weekly press conference at the White House tomorrow. An RBC briefing is not yet detailed, but officials expect updates on domestic policy and wartime reconstruction matters.
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Washington
Truman
RBC
Russia widens radio war jamming Allied programs
Washington June 7 The United States and Britain report Russia has intensified jamming of Allied broadcasts. Moscow has tripled jamming stations to about 205, crippling some domestic programs and shrinking propaganda reach abroad while Western outlets shift frequencies to counter. Officials foresee new tech and stronger transmitters to overcome the conflict.
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Ashington
Russia
United States
Britain
State Department
Voice of America
British Broadcasting Corp
Moscow
BBC
State Partment
BHC
Replanted Texas Cotton Fields Ripped by Rain
A district extension agent estimates 200000 acres of new cotton planted on the Texas south plains have been wiped out by rains hall wind and sand. Storms last night brought more rain and hail striking Silverton and Kress areas. In Pecos flood waters were channeled and a 50-foot water tower incident at the state prison prompted a sitdown strike.
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Lubbock
Texas
Hall
Texas South Plains
W. N. Williamson
South Plains
Silverton
Kress
Charity Stuart
Night Twister
Plains
Pecos
Wisconsin State Prison
Taylor
Kenosha
Wis
John Burke
Burke
Below Freezing Temperatures Mark Midwest and Northeast
Chicago reports below freezing in parts of the Midwest as cool air sweeps across the region. Northeastern areas see lower readings while Gulf states stay hot. Yuma reaches 104 degrees, Cadillac records 21 degrees above, and some northern Lower Peninsula locations dip to or below freezing amid clear skies and a distant thunder show.
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Chicago
Midwest
Gulf States
Yuma
Ariz
Cadillac
Lower Peninsula
Giucie A
Convict George Taylor Abandons Hunger Strike at Waupun
A prisoner at Waupun State Prison, George Taylor, ends his hunger strike in the yard tower after reportedly growing tired of the fast and seeking concessions. Officials said the move followed a brief stand in the yard.
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Waupun
Wis
George Taylor
Dead End Kid Actor Becomes Doctor in Georgia
Milty Bernard Puisly once known as Milty the fat boy of the Dead End Kids is now a doctor. The Berkeley California native earned his medical degree from the University of Georgia in Augusta and began practice after entering the Army in 1942.
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Augusta
Milty
Bernard Puisly
Berkeley
Valif
University of Georgia
School of Medicine
Punsly
Greek Government Imposes Tax on Rich to Trim Deficit
Athens June 8 Greek government levies a capital tax on wealthy individuals and firms to raise about 200 billion drachmas (roughly 20 million dollars) amid a swollen budget deficit from civil war. Financial circles call it a historic first for such a levy.
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Athens
Greece
Germans Resist British Plan to Dismantle Synthetic Plant
In Dortmund German workers formed a human wall to block British attempts to dismantle a synthetic gasoline plant. About ten German workers were at the site with British officers as protests spread in the Ruhr. The plant, a key source of paraffin and oil, is among those slated for removal by the four occupying powers.
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Dortmund
Germany
Ruhr
North Rhine Westphalia
Dortmotund
Estate Must Pay in Alleged Fraud
The estate of Charles Louis Reimer must pay 50 percent of a 374401 tax assessment for fraud in evading federal taxes for 1941 to 1944. Judge C Rogers Arundell reviewed the case and added 47266 due after Reimer’s death on February 23 1947. Reimer co headed Reimer and Bloomgren Machine Co.
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Cleveland
Charles Louis Reimer
Akron
Reimer
C. Rogers Arundell
United States Tax Court
Reimer & Bloomgren Machine Co
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Use Powers to Stop Hawaii Port Strike Urgently Urged
Washington June 8 AP Joseph R Farrington Hawaiian delegate to Congress urged President Truman to use full powers to halt a longshoremen strike across Hawaii ports since May 1 He proposed a special law to handle shipping stoppages in territories Hawaii Alaska and Puerto Rico and said the President doubts he has adequate authority Talks with Truman yielded no assurances and legal advice would be sought He noted the territories depend on shipping for their economic backbone and the strike harms local business employment and bank activity with 2000 workers affected
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Washington
Joseph R. Farrington
Congress
Truyman
Hawaii
Farrington
Truman
White House
House Public Lands Subcommittee On Territories
Ha’waii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
U. S
Burma Socialists Laud Red Victories
The Burma Socialist party announced adherence to communism and praised Communist victories in China. The central executive committee declared that China’s triumphs mean Burma’s victory, stating that revolutions by the oppressed anywhere in the world are one and the same.
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Rangoon
Burma
Burma Socialist Party
China
Party
Gunmen Hurt in Crash Held in Kansas Hospital
Two gunmen wanted for murder and kidnapping were in satisfactory condition after a crash near Washington Kansas. Brothers Carl and Alan Bistrom and third member Arthur Bistrom eluded five states for 72 hours before surrendering in Nebraska. they kidnapped six people and killed Minneapolis officer Fred Babcock Jr. Beatty, a hitchhiker, was also hurt.
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Kansas
Marysville
Kan
Marysville |T Hospital
Washington
Carl Bistrom
G. Hartman
St Paul
Amfinn
Arthur Bistrom
West Point
Neb
the Bistroms
Fred
Washington County
Bill Smith
Bistrom and
Hartman
Puerto Rico Plane Crash Toll Estimated at 54
In San Juan Puerto Rico June 1 searchers using flares probed murky waters where a charter plane crashed yesterday All 81 aboard are feared dead with at least 54 confirmed perished The survivor count stands at 27 with 19 children and six crew among the passengers Most were bound for Miami and Newark from the United States authorities launched investigations noting the aircraft was a former C46 Army transport chartered by Strato Freight Inc The crash occurred four miles off the San Juan coast during a rain storm
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Goiden
U. & Bat
Coast Guard
Navy
D. H. Dexter
U. S. Coast Guard
United States
Jerry Andrews
Civil Aeronautics Board
Miami
Stratofreight, Inc
Fla
Newark
N. J
Police Halt Picketing in Dock Strife in New York
Police order halt to picketing by longshoremen factions outside A F L headquarters after a violent city street clash. About 2500 dock workers participated as rival unions clashed. 2000 more loyal to Joseph P Ryan massed across the street, police and emergency squads intervened quickly.
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A. F. L. Longshoremen
Joseph P. Ryan
Thhe Afp
le International Shoremen’s Association
Rlers
Setesterday
Ryan Sup
Ryan
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