American airman convicted in Germany for passing data to Soviets
Corporal Gustav Mueller of St Paul Minnesota was sentenced to five years in prison and dishonorable discharge after a two day court martial in Garmisch Partenkirchen Germany for attempting to give secret U.S. military information to Russia. He claimed he aimed to trap Soviet spies and testified that he was loyal to the United States. The trial drew about 100 American soldiers and wives as spectators in the Alpine resort.
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Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germany
Air Force
Gustav Mueller
St. Paul
Minn
Russia
Mueller
U. ¢Agenia
Bern
Switzerland
Hie
U.S. Intellligence School
Oberammergau
United States
Burma
Senator urges Budenz to name 400 hidden Communists
Senator Ferguson proposes that Louis Budenz supply names of 400 concealed Communists at a closed Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee meeting. Budenz, once Daily Worker editor, now teaches at Fordham University and is set to testify at a public hearing amid McCarthy charges that the State Department employed Communists or Fellow Travelers. He previously said he could name 400 yet avoided libel risk, claiming immunity at the hearing.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
Louis Budenz
Senate
Budenz
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
The
Daily Worker
Catholic Church
Fordham University
New York
Owen Lattimore
Communist Party
Lattimore
Michigan
United States
Senate Committee
Rail strike threat grows over extra Diesel crew demand
The Independent Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen warns a nationwide rail strike could be called at any time after negotiations failed to secure an additional Diesel crewman. A union committee will meet in Chicago to discuss the situation, despite a 1948 presidential finding.
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Washington
David B. Robertson
Chicago
Independent Brotherhood of Firemen and
Robertson
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Justice Department to Aid Senate Crime Probe
Senator Est was assured the Department of Justice will back a $150,000 Senate crime inquiry with full support. Attorney General McGrath may provide experts as the five man committee is set for approval, though party leaders debate oversight between Judiciary and Commerce panels.
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Washington
KeFauver
D-Tenn
Department of Justice
Senate
Justice Department
KeFauber
McGrath
Lucas
Illinois
U S and Czech, Romanian and Ruhr Debates
The United States denounces Czechoslovakia charges about the U S Information Service in Prague as propaganda. Romania rejects a U S protest over Bucharest center closure while France delays Ruhr control law after a proposed ownership plan. Trieste votes loom for Yugoslav styled Front victory and Tito influence. UN chief Tryave Lie plans Moscow talks if the trip materializes.
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Associated Press
United States
Czzechoslovakia
U.S
State Department
Ruhr
Krupp
Trieste
People’s Front
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
Tryave Lie
United Nations
Kremlin
Moscow
Way Being Paved For Inventing In German Industry
Charles Marshall of the U S High Commission predicted an Allied plan to permit foreign investments in west German industry soon. He spoke to reporters and 62 Massachusetts industrialists touring Frankfurt amid wartime economic tensions and German calls for economic revival.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Charles Marshall
U.S. High Commission
Marshall
Massachusetts
Doolittle Raiders Reunite Plan Aid For Jake and China
Doolittle's Tokyo raiders gather in Palms Desert California for the fifth reunion with 36 of 80 veterans attending. Lt. Horace Crouch says it is time for a purpose as they plan to write their histories and fund Jake Deshazer's missionary work in Japan and aid Chinese relief, aiming to extend the raid's impact beyond 1942. The group recalls the 16 B 25s raid and considers financing humanitarian efforts sparked by the mission.
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Palms Desert
Cal
Horace E. Crouch
Columbia
S. C
Doolittle
Tokyo Raiders
Crouch
Galveston
Tex
Stea
James H. Doolittle
Robert L. Hite
Earth
Jake
Corp
Jacob D. Deshazer
Madras
Ore
Hite
Voice
Japan
Free Methodist
China
Senator proposes dropping potato price supports
Senator Holland urged dropping government price supports for potatoes saying the idea is unworkable. He was the sole no vote on a sub committee plan to impose drastic controls on planting and marketing, requiring two thirds of growers to approve before price supports would apply.
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Washington
Holland
D-Fla
Agriculture
America
Secretary of Agricuture
Wintry Weather in the U S Eastern Area Eases
Forecasters say spring cold spell is ending as milder air moves in from the south. Record mid-April lows hit seven states including New York and Georgia. snow blanketed eastern towns while southern fruit crops suffered tens of millions in losses.
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Federal Weather Bureau
Midwest
East
Plains States
Atlantic Seaboard
Mercury
West Central States
North Central
Bowling Green
Atlanta
New York City
Washington
Jerome Namias
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Alabama
New York
North Adams
Mass
Metropolis
North Dakota
Army
Air Force
Akron carpenters win pay boost in AFI set
About 3,000 AFI Building Trade workers in Akron gain raises of 70 to 12 cents per hour. Carpenters, receiving the largest hike, will now earn $2.37 an hour.
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Akron
Lucas Seeks Working Agreement On Foreign Policy
Senate Democratic Leader Lucas of Illinois calls for a formal working agreement between the President and Congress to keep lawmakers informed on foreign policy. He argues for close executive legislative cooperation to reduce friction and mis understandings between parties and to ensure lawmakers are not left in the dark. Senator Ives supports appointing Republican representatives. Senator Kerry cautions that several Republicans must be named for the plan to succeed.
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Washington
Senate
Lucas
Illinois
Congress
Illnois
Ives
R-Ny
Ted
Kerry
Nebraska
Strauss Quits AEC Post opens race for chair
AEC vacancy arises as Lewis N. Strauss resigns to rest on his Virginia farm. President Truman contemplates a new chairman to lead atomic bomb and peaceful energy research with Sumner T. Pike acting atop the agency.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
Lewis N. Strauss
Congress
Commission
Virginia
New York
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Sumner T. Pike
Opening Day Cheer Sparks Nation for Baseball Time
Spring energy sweeps the nation as fans greet the baseball season with grandstands, peanuts, beer, and shouting at umpires. Mullville and Old Casey are referenced in a lighthearted, nostalgic tone as crowds anticipate home runs and the joy of the game.
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Mullville
Casey
Missing Plane Search To Be Halted Sunday
General John K Cannon announced the missing Nave Privateer search in Europe would be abandoned at sunset Sunday. Sixteen US Air Force planes based at Copenhagen reported better Baltic weather as crews combed water areas, including waters near Latvia, for the missing crew of ten and the four engined bomber.
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Wifsbaden
Germany
John K Cannon
U S. Air Force
Europe
Sundesn Tomer- Ten
Air Force
Copenhagen
Baltic
Beankfort
Fiers
Latvia
Kattegat
Skagerrak
Denmark
Nor Way
North Sea
Nearway
Fonda Returns to Broadway After Wife's Death
Henry Fonda resumed performances in Mr Roberts at Beacon New York after his wife’s suicide at a private sanitarium. She was 42, reportedly distressed by a pending divorce and romance rumors with Susan Blanchard. He traveled with his mother in law and faced news as Broadway mourned.
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Beacon
N.Y
Henry Fonda
Broadway
Fonda
Susan Blanchard
Oscar Hammerstein II
Miss Blanchard
Hollywood
New York
Eugene Ford Seymour
Craig House Corporation
L. Ed
Barkley Warns Internal Threats Endanger Freedoms
Vice President Barkley called out internal forces as the sharpest threat to American freedoms during a Washington speech for the centennial celebration. He contrasted this with a hostile external foe, naming the Soviet Union obliquely and condemning amid warnings against rumors and suspicion at home.
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Washington
Barkley
Russia
Soviet Union
Caesar
Alexander
America
Plan To Help World's Needy Can Succeed Says University Leader
Dr Alan Valentine president of the University of Rochester told the 64th annual meeting of the American Academy of Political and Social Science that Truman’s Point Four program can succeed if several conditions are met. He warned failure would be tragic and urged restoration of private capital spirit and supportive US policy to counter communism appeals.
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Philadelphia
University of Rochester
New York
Truman
Alan Valentine
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Valentim
United States
Washington
iLake
Dr. Valentine
Netherlands
The
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Piqua Man Edward Jones Dies at 68
Edward Ted Jones longtime general manager at Jackson Steel Tube in Piqua died yesterday after retiring January 1 following three years with the firm. He was 68.
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Piqua
Piqua O
Comer
Jackson Steel Tube Company
Edward
Ted) Jones
Jones
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