Fog Hampers Aerial Search for Reservists
Dense coastal fog delays aerial search for seven Memphis Tennessee Navy reservists missing after a twin engined R4D plane based at Glenview Illinois failed to land at Clover Field Santa Monica last night. The craft had gasoline to sustain the search until 1 33 a m today. Four officers and three enlisted men aboard are unreported. Coast Guard, Air Force and sheriff units respond as weather clears.
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Santa Monica
Memphis
Los Angeles Municipal
Clover Field
Goa
Navy
H. S. Sorenson
Civil Aeronaucs Administration
Feld
Coast Guard
San Diego
Air Fore
March Air Force Base
Los Angeles
Long Beach rent de control hearing slated
News High Lights June 28 lists a hearing on rent de control in Long Beach set for June 28 as part of city coverage on Page B-1. City manager's $16,000 bid for city council work noted on Page 5-7. Other items include beach erosion west of Rainbow Pier and flood poisoning reports.
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Long Beach
Bisigette
Rainbow Pier
Brother of Oppenheimer Admits Communist Past Under HUAC
Dr. Frank F. Oppenheimer, brother of J. Robert Oppenheimer, testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee that he belonged to the Communist Party for three and a half years ending before his wartime work on the atomic bomb. He said he left the party before 1941 and answered questions about himself fully while declining to discuss others. He also stated he resigned from the University of Minnesota and noted his work at the University of California radiation laboratory from 1941 to 1947.
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Ashington
Frank F. Oppenheimer
Communist Party
Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
House un-American Activities Committee
University of California Radiation Laboratory
Berkeley
Frank Oppenheimer
University of Minnesota
Slim
Jacquenette
Pasadena
Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford University
Joseph
Weinberg
Lewis Tips Hand in Splitting Up Bargaining Fees
PITTSBURGH June 14 John 3% Lewis today exposed strategy of separating the coal industry into parts to push the best wage terms. He urged northern western and anthracite operators to meet for a new contract while coal mine operators consider a national czar plan. The Times and Iron Age note possible czar Harry M. Moses of U S Steel's Frick Coke Co. pickets patrol the fields to sway nonunion workers amid violence in West Virginia and Alabama. operations halted at Wilsonburg Tipple.
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Pittsburgh
John
Lewis
Western
VA. 5
Iron Age
Times
Harry M. Moses
H. C. Frick Coke Co
U. S. Steel
West Virginia
Alabama
Clarksburg
W. Va
Wilsonburg Tipple
L. B. Police Officer Faces Suspension Over Auto Incident
Patrolman William D. Rhoades of the vice squad could be suspended 90 days after an early incident on Pine Ave. authorities say he allegedly left the scene of a hit run in a police car and was stopped after a chase. Acting Chief Dovey recommends damage reimbursements to the city car and a civilian vehicle.
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William D. Rhoades
William H. Dovey
Carl B. Wirsching
Rhoades
Pine Ave
Ocean
Goodge River
Bans Wearearenes
Ninth St
Linden Ave
Robert Cabot
Dovey
Giffordie Rapinsah
Navy
Brush Fire Threatens San Diego Homes
A brush fire burned six acres near San Diego threatening homes yesterday. Fire officials say the blaze may be incendiary in origin as crews fought to contain it in rugged terrain. No injuries reported as residents kept watch alongside firefighters.
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San Diego
Paducah
Canyon
William D. Mesua
Bill Owings
McCracken
Owings
Shore
Jacobs Resigns as Ambassador to Czechoslovakia
President Truman announced the resignation of Joseph E. Jacobs as ambassador to Czechoslovakia. Ellis C. Briggs of Maine, ambassador to Uruguay, was named to Prague. Christian M. Rayndal of Iowa, a career diplomat, would succeed Briggs as ambassador to Montevideo.
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Washington
Truman
Joseph E. Jacobs
Scecchoslovakia
Ellis C. Briggs
Maine
Uruguay
Jacobs
Prague
Christian M. Rayndal
Iowa
Briggs
Montevideo
Oil Tank Fire Near Bowie Texas Traced to Bolt
Lightning struck a 55,000 barrel crude oil storage tank near Bowie Texas setting it afire. The tank, owned by Sinclair Oil Company, produced a black smoke plume rising high into the sky this afternoon.
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Chico
Texas
Bowie
Sinclair Oil Company
Nationalists Won’t Say if Yangtze Mines Were Eracted
A British official in Canton on June 14 stated informally that the Nationalist Chinese government had not confirmed mining on the Yangtze. The remark reflected uncertainty over river actions and official positions amid ongoing tensions in the region.
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Yangtze
Canton
Another F D R Takes His Place in Political Scene
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. took the oath as Congressman for the 20th New York District amid a Democratic House. He had backed Tammany Hall in a May 17 special election for the seat long held by Sol Bloom. Roosevelt sat with Democrats as the swearing-in lasted under two minutes.
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Washington
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
New York
Tammany Hall
Sol Bloom
Roosevelt
Four Freedoms
Ways and Means Committee
Paris Secret Meet of Big 4 Held for Hour
Paris officials reported a secret hour long meeting among the Big Four foreign ministers with Andrei Vishinsky leaving the rose marble palace with his delegation. Western ministers remained inside as talks paused until later today. Berlin cited a 24 day West Berlin railway strike continuing against Soviet controlled rail management despite a compromise proposal.
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Paris
Andrei Vishinsky
Russia
Rose Marble Palace
Vishinsky
Germany
West Berlin
Berlin
West Germany
Heinz Bracht
Ateiking
Frank Howley
U. S
Motorist swept into roaring Big Thompson flood
Loveland Colorado June 14 A car carrying a Loveland man was swept into the flood swollen Big Thompson River when a bridge at Idewild collapsed. The driver Harold Hudson tentatively identified was alone in the automobile and was driving across the bridge from a motel to the main highway U S 34 when the timbered structure was carried away in the thundering stream about 7 p m
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Loveland
Colo
Big Thompson
Idewild
Here
Harold Hudson
U. S&s
Hit and run details from Los Angeles incident
Police recorded a hit and run case where victims Dudley Campbell eight and Michael Campbell five fled after the accident. Officer Chapman pursued and caught the boys a block away as they ran after the driver faded from the scene.
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Los Angeles
Dudley Campbell
Michael
Chapman
Sitter Confesses Beating Boy to Death in Rage
Lancaster County reports a 14 year old babysitter Jean Sonnen of Lititz held after Ronald Keller died from head injuries. The incident occurred during a washing session when the boy pulled at an electric cord. Sonnen allegedly struck him with a two inch thick by sixteen inch wood club, then alerted the father. The girl was ordered held at the county shelter home for girls pending further action.
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Lancaster
Stiles Smith
Ronald Glen Keller
Lancaster General Hospital
Jean Sannen
Lititz
Lancaster County
John Milton
Smith
Sonnen
Paul Keller
Ronald
Keller
Jean
Sgt Smith
Garland Hard Hit Tornado Seen on More Garland
Storms and floods in Dallas County killed ten people and left one missing. Four drowned at Garland as Duck Creek swelled. a Frisco freight train hit a washout near Farmers Branch. a boy drowned in Denton County. Ten inches fell at Garland. Fort Worth area workers perished at a railroad crossing. Strong winds plus a reported tornado northeast of Fort Worth. Flood warnings issued for the upper Trinity River as Dallas braces for rising waters.
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Dallas
Dallas County
Garland
Dalles County
Farmers Branch
Denton County
Texas
Fort Worth
Air Force
U. S. Weather Bureau
Denton
Dorothy Cooper
Aulden R. King
Orp
Buddy King
John Kenneth Martin
Cal
Sallie Purnell
Mack Reilly
Lake Dallas
Wayne Taylor
Joe Edward Clowers
Ward A. Graves
Everman
Paris
Trinity River
Trinity
Duck Creek
Meat Costly Local Pork Thief Forges Chop-Chop Deal
A local pork thief raised a $25 payment offer in a disputed deal over a pound of pork chops valued at 74 cents. The package, placed in the owner Theo D Hill's possession at 327, involved chops on the scales at Jastler, with five days to settle the matter.
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Theo D Hill
Jastler
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Wender
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Las
Bolt
F.D.R
Jean Sennen Gion
Sitter
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