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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1955

Page

8

Post Office Bans Soviet Publications

The Post Office Department halted delivery of Pravda and Tavestia to most U S subscribers under a Justice Department opinion. Publications are being confiscated and destroyed to curb Communist propaganda, with screenings at New York, New Orleans, San Francisco, and Seattle ports. Only official status entities may receive them. private individuals are ineligible.

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Army to Try GI Held by Russ Six Years

FRANKFURT Germany The Army charged Private William A Verdine 28 Starks Louisiana with being absent without official leave and ordered his trial in a general court martial The soldier who was handed over by the Soviets in Berlin January 20 said he had spent 244 years in the Arctic labor camp at Vorkuta Conviction could bring up to six months in prison a dishonorable discharge and loss of pay and allowances Verdine is in the Army stockade in Frankfurt

Frankfurt Germany William A. Verdine Starks U. S Berlin Arctic Vorkuta Verif Verdine

Reds Score Churchill for Bomb Boast

London radios reported Soviet reaction to Prime Minister Churchill's Commons speech. The Soviet broadcast accused Churchill of promoting an atomic and hydrogen bomb race and warned that the United States holds overwhelming thermonuclear superiority while the Soviet Union could not match in four years. The speakers argued global war would threaten total annihilation.

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