FBI hunts for four missing bigwigs in American Communist party
Justice Department says 12,000 other Communists are under study as indictments and raids target the party's high ranking leaders. Seventeen indicted in dawn raids include James Jackson and William Merron with bail totals set at 191000. Frederick Vanderbilt Field pled bonds for four defendants.
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New York
FBI
American Unist
Justice Department
U. S
G-men
Pittsburgh
Samuel H. Kaufman
James E. Jackson
William N. Merron
New York State Party
Sidney Steinberg
National Labor
Fred Fine
Party
R . Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Park Avenue
Congress
Communist Party
Military Buying Method Under Fire In Congress
Congressional probes blast absurd armed services buying methods and name George S. May in the defense contract case. Three committees fault procurement practices noting supply problems and biased treatment of servicemen. The Senate panel also criticizes unfulfilled promises to boost small business contracts.
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Washington
Congressional
Chicago
George S. May
House
House Armed Services Subcommittee
Senate
Small Business Committee
Armed Services
Texans Relief From Tornadic Wind As Summer Arrives
The U S Weather Bureau reported no thunderstorms statewide overnight ending two weeks of damaging wind and hail. Scattered showers were possible in the Panhandle and northern East Texas tonight as heat persisted with temperatures over 100 degrees in multiple spots, Presidio at 116 and other highs listed.
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United Press
Texas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Texans
Panhandle
East Texas
Presidio
Big Spring
Salt Flat
Rio
Laredo
Senators Extend Wage and Price Controls Eight Months
The Senate Banking Committee approved an eight month extension of wage price and rent controls after a 12 to 1 vote. They also kept the earlier veto on price rollbacks with a 7 to 6 vote and delayed beef price rollback orders. A separate plan to form a small defense plants corporation was rejected 7 to 6. The public posting deadline for new beef ceilings moved to August 1.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Han Wring Ralthenke
Wigtvil LA Wall
Praes LuuaLne
Michael V
Irving M.ives
New York
Senate
Paul H. Douglas
Smhdlick Defense Plants Corporation
Quadrille Contest At Mexia Football Stadium Saturday
Mexia Riding club readies for the annual Quadrille show in Mexia with out of town teams Angelina County Mounted Quadrille and Texarkana Quadrille. The parade starts 5 PM from the football field and the show begins 8 PM with tickets at 25 cents for children and 75 cents for adults. If rain, events move to Mano Miles arena on Tehuacana road. Judging panel includes Rufus Peeples Grady Monaghan and W P Selton with Jack Marrs as arena director.
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Mexia Riding Club
Apcalfe HL
Angelina County
Lufkin
Texarkana
Mexia
Mano Miles
Tehuacana Road
Rufus Peeples
Tehuacana
Grady Monaghan
Mart
W. P. Selton
Waco
Jack Marrs
Coast Guard Lt Crosses Atlantic In Sloop Ran
Clyde W. Deal Jr., a former Coast Guard lieutenant from Oakland, completed a solo Atlantic crossing aboard his 33 foot sloop Ran. He sailed from the Canary Islands 53 days ago toward New York and was sighted off New Jersey. The Ran carries no radio or engine and he planned to reach New York this afternoon.
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New York
Coast Guard
Clyde W. Deal Jr
Atlantic
New Jersey
Deal
Oakland
Calif
Canary Islands
Africa
Bi-Stone Square Dance Tonight in Tehuacana
Free lessons in square dancing offered every other Thursday at the Bi-Stone Square Dance club in Tehuacana. Harry Bounds of Wortham will instruct. The club dances tonight at the Tehuacana gym.
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Bi-Stone
Tehuacana
Harry Bounds
Wortham
UT Officials Report Shortage of High School Teachers
Officials of the University of Texas say yesterday that there is a shortage of teachers for high schools. The main demand is for liberal arts and technical instructors, with Surcin F noting the expected placement efforts amid this deficit.
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University of Texas
Surcin F
Mortar Shell Falls Short of Target Kills Marines
Investigators questioned expert mortar crews after two shells fell short and struck a battalion command post at Camp Lejeune killing eight Marines and wounding 23. A Marine board of inquiry probes whether the short rounds were defective or poorly aimed as officials withhold details.
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Camp Lejeune
N. C
Matthews to resign as Navy Secretary to become ambassador
Francis P. Matthews will resign as Secretary of the Navy to become the U S ambassador to Ireland. President Truman offered the diplomatic post in Washington D C, and Matthews accepted this week.
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Matthews
NAVY
Washington, D. C
Francis P. Matthews
U. S
Ireland
Saeteg
Bryman
Paunlan
East Texas Leaders Gather for Mexia District Meet
About 65 business leaders from 13 counties travel to Mexia for the East Texas Chamber of Commerce District 4 conference at J W Cafe. Howard Hambleton presides. speakers from OPS NPA Wage Stabilization and Department of Commerce explain price and wage controls for the defense program. John C. Flanagan will visit as new ET Chamber president outlining plans for East Texas development. Hubert Harrison reports on chamber activities. Attendees expected from Limestone Ellis Hill Navarro McLennan Freestone Bell Leon Robertson Falls Williamson and Travis counties.
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Mexia
Texas Chamber of Commerce
J&w Cafe
Howard Hambleton
East ‘Texas
C of C
Wai Pes
Office of Price Stabilization
National Production Association
Wage Stabilization Board
Department of Commerce
East Texas Chamber
John C. Flanagan
Houston
District 4
Pres. Flanagan
East Texas
Hubert Harrison
Limestone
Ellis
Hill
Navarro
McLennan
Freestone
Bell, Leon
Robertson
Falls
Williamson
Travis
Ralph Jones
J. A. Schriable
Limestone County
Chamber
Media C
H. F. Mace
J. A. Nussbaum
French Smash Three Communist Battalions
French and Viet Minh forces crushed three Communist battalions after a two day battle at the Red River Delta edge. Communists suffered over 500 killed and 300 captured as announced by Paris.
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Hanoi
Red River
Commie Unit Withdraws From South Korea as UN Pushes North
Chinese Communist forces withdrew the last of their combat troops from South Korea on Friday as UN forces moved into Kaesong near the 38th Parallel on the western front. Allied actions included ground advances into Kaesong, naval bombardment near Wonsan, and air battles over the region with several aircraft losses.
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Tokyo
South Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
Seoul
North Korea
Manchurian
Wonsan
Far East
Korea
Pilots Open to Resuming Talks With United Airlines
AFL Airlines Pilots Association says United Airlines strikers on day three are willing to resume negotiations at any time or place. Company officials declined to comment as word on President Truman’s intervention plans circulated. The walkout halted United’s flights nationwide and to Hawaii after talks over mileage limits collapsed.
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Chicago
United Airlines
AFL Airlines Pilots Association
Truman
Washington
United
Hawaii
Truman Seeks 535 Million for Civil Defense Program
President Truman asked Congress for 535 million dollars to fund civil defense, arguing the United States must assume Russia could drop atomic bombs on American cities despite defenses. He urged swift action to bolster readiness and protect citizens.
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Washington, D. C
Truman
Civil Defense
Russia
Iran nationalizes oil as Mossadegh wins confidence
In Tehran parliament Mossadegh’s government wins a 90 to 0 confidence vote and moves to seize the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company. Crowds storm AIOC offices, rip signs, wave flags, and celebrate as Iran takes over southern oil installations amid British protest and Middle East security alerts.
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Tehran
Iran
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Demateh
Swansea
Mossadegh
OF & Mossadegh Spok
Britain
AJSOC
Tran’s
Thran
Aioc
Middle East
Tran
London
Herbert Morrison
Retail Training Schedule Set By Mexia Chamber and UT
Tonight at 7:30 the Mexia Chamber of Commerce and Mexia public schools with the University of Texas Extension Division will outline a seven course retail training program. E A Willeford will lead the sessions offering 10 to 12 hour courses with credit for the opening 45 minute meeting. Enrollment is $1.50 for selling courses and $2 for management courses.
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Pee
Méxia Chamber of Commerce
Mexia Public Schools
University of Texas
Chamber of Commerce
E.A. Willeford
University of Texas, Division of Extension
Highway Worker Fatally Hit by Car Crash at Barricade
An Orange state highway maintenance worker Leonard Milles, 27, of West Orange was killed and another worker Willard Patillo, about 50, of West Orange was critically injured when a car speeding through a barricade struck them. The incident occurred today on the highway.
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Orange
Leonard
Milles
West Orange
Willard Patillo
Former Mexia Marine Wounded by Shrapnel in Korea
A former Mexia youth serving in the U S Marine Corps wrote his mother from Korea on June 4 describing chest shrapnel wounds. He noted his unit suffered heavy casualties with only about 15 of 250 men still able to walk and mentioned planes strafing and bombing their position. He expressed mixed feelings about being wounded but hopeful for a chance at life.
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U. .S. Marine Corps
Corpus Christi
Pauline ‘Roberson
Pié Arthur L
Remy) Tobias
Korea
Pfc
Tobias
John Douglas
Shiloh
Mexia
Fred the Young
Marine-ig
Shivers Signs Bills Barring State Policy Rackets in Texas
Governor Allan Shivers signed 46 laws including a ban on policy rackets with immediate effect. The measure imposes up to 1000 in fines and 90 days jail. The 52nd Legislature also banned slot machines and punchboards and set penalties for illegal possession or manufacture of bombs.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Texas
Shivers
Boc Co
Hurley Testifies Roosevelt Not Blame for Yalta Accord
Former ambassador Patrick J. Hurley told the Senate and Congress that mistakes were made in the Yalta agreement and that Roosevelt, already very ill, was not to blame. Hurley recalled his last meeting with Roosevelt and said the president later indicated some features of Yalta justified his fears. He noted Alger Hiss’s involvement and that Roosevelt was sent to London and Moscow to ameliorate the pact before his death.
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Washington, D. C
Patrick J. Hurley
Hurley
Senate
Roosevelt
London
Moscow
Yalta
Harley
Hoee White House
Congress
Ellie Macs Gr
Oulie
Hiss
Alger Hiss
Edward F. Shillotg
Sam. Ross T. McIntyre
A-Bomb Scientist Freed of Contempt by Congress
Giovanni Rossi Lomanitz 29, an atomic scientist and UC radiation lab researcher, was acquitted of contempt of Congress. Federal Judge Alexander Holt Zoff ruled five counts privilege against self incrimination, and the remaining count cleared after later testimony. Lomanitz, a Oklahoma City resident, faced June 1949 hearings on wartime espionage and discussion of Dr Joseph Weinberg aka Scientist XX.
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Washington
Alexander Holtzoff
Giovanni Rossi - Lomanitz
Congress
House Committee On UN
University of California
Lomanitz
Joseph W. Weinberg
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Claude Gilmer
Mexia Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Gene ‘Womack
Mexia C of C
Coman
Mexia Daily News
Mexia Football Stadium
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South ‘Korea
Linton W. Gerson
Alexander Tractenberg
Tom
Gerson
Okay
British Oil
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