Truman calls Senate red herring on Communist probe
President Truman defends against congressional inquiries into Communist infiltration, calling the hearings a distraction from inflation action and slanderous. Lawmakers press on with investigations, with Rankin urging Wallace questioned and McDowell alleging uranium shipments to Russia and deep infiltration in several agencies during World War II.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate
House
FBI
Capitol
Congressional
Rankin
Dmiss
House UnAmerican Activities Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce Department
Wallace
Mundt
RSD
McDowell
Rpa
Russia
State Department
Treasury Department
War Production Board
Office of Strategic Services
United States Army
Ohio Communist chairman Gus Hall denies U S charge
Ohio Communist leader Gus Hall says he served in the Navy most of the time he was accused of plotting to overthrow the government by force. Bond set at 5000 dollars by U S Commissioner H A Horn, Hall to face a New York indictment with 11 others. Hall appeared in the district attorney's office, said he was on vacation and would surrender later.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Gus Hall
Navy
U. S
H. A. Horn
Hall
New York
FBI
William Z. Foster
Plane Crash Leaves Three Injured Near Cortez
In Cortez Colorado yesterday a plane traveling from Midland Texas to Delta Colorado crash near town injuring three aboard. Pilot John H Wallace 21 Otway Ohio suffered severe lacerations and shock. Wife Doris 23 sustained a broken neck. Colorado man Raymond Hunt endured serious internal injuries.
First polio case of year reported in Greene County
Diane Groom, age 12 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Kelly Groom of Xenia, was Greene County s first polio case of the year. The child was hospitalized in Springfield City hospital according to Public Health Commissioner Dr Gordon E Savage.
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Diane Groom
Kelly Groom
Xenia
Greene County
Gordon E. Savage
Springfield City Hospital
Hiroshima Faces Third Anniversary With Peace Drive
Hiroshima marks its third anniversary as the first atomic bomb victim city with a grand peace festival. Mayor Shinzo Hamai and civic leaders push a world peace message while preserving bomb landmarks. Plans include a replica of the Statue of Liberty on Hiroshima Castle site, and Major Jarvie pilots ambitious city planning as residents debate pace and scope of rebuilding.
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Richard C. Ferguson
Hiroshima
Japan
NEA
Ichiban
Kiyoshi Kikkawa
Shinzo Hamai
Ō‘ichiban
Hamai
T- Bridge
Bombardier
Hiroshima Peace Festival Society
America
S. A
Doubt Expressed Over Fren Plane Found In Atlantic
Paris reports spread that the missing six engined Air France seaplane with 52 aboard has been found in the South Atlantic. Air France officials expressed skepticism while the Latecoere 631 was said to have 40 passengers and 12 crew safe, 120 miles from last contact. The agency later called the report imprecise.
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Paris
South Atlantic
Air France
Martinique
French West Africa
Marseilles
Help Needed by Arab Refugees
UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte appeals for urgent aid to 300,000 Arab refugees from Palestine in Cairo. He asks the Security Council to affirm their right to return, warning the need is enormous and time short to prevent further suffering.
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Cairo
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
United Nations
Alexandria
Security Council
Lonnie Steele Dies After Farm Equipment Shock Incident
Lonnie Steele aged 48 died after an electrical shock while repairing a milk cooler on his farm near East Pike one mile north of Route 40 London Ohio. Authorities described the accident as fatal and ongoing investigations were expected.
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London
Lonnie Steele
East Pike
Route 40
Whitfield Fails In Bid For 400 Crown In Olympic News
Jamaica's Arthur Wint won the 400 meters in record time to deny Mal Whitfield a chance at adding the 400 to his 800 title. Whitfield finished third behind Wint and Herb McKenley as American divers and decathlon hopefuls pressed on. Univis Lens reports 463 production workers returned to work under National Guard protection as Gov Herbert weighs a peace feeler from strikers.
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Ohio State
Mal Whitfield
Jamaica
Arthur Wint
Whitfield
Wint
Herb McKenley
Dave Bolen
Colorado
George Guida
Villanova
America
Sammy Lee
Pasadena
Calif
E. Kistenmacher
Argentina
L. Heinrich
France
Floyd Simmons
Charlotte
N. C
Irving (Moon) Mondschein
New York University
Denmark
Greata Anderson
O. Sienerova
Czechoslovakia
Dwight Pitkin Dayton
Univis Lens Company
Thomas J. Herbert
M. H. Stanley
Univis
National Guard
Israel seeks peace talks via Bernadotte mediation
Israel's provisional government asked United Nations mediator Count Folke Bernadotte to transmit its invitation to Arab nations for peace negotiations. Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett spoke with Bernadotte for three hours and officially requested a conference with belligerent powers.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Folke Bernadotte
Arab Nations
Bernadotte
United Nations
Palestine
Moshe Shertok
Ford Hikes Prices Across Ford Cars
Ford Motor Company announced price increases averaging five percent on all new cars except one model. The rise translates to about 75 dollars per car, effective immediately.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
CIO field organizer defies subcommittee over Communist past
Lou Kaplan of the CIO United Electrical Workers refused to answer if he ever belonged to the Communist party during a House labor subcommittee hearing on a Univisions Company strike in Dayton Ohio. Kaplan stated he would exercise his basic American right and keep the matter private.
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Washington
CIO
United Electrical Workers
House Subcommittee
Communist Party
Lou Kaplan
Dayton
House Labor Subcommittee
Univisions Company
Kersten
R-Wis
Kaplan
Governor orders immediate replacement of striking workers
The governor announced plans to replace absent workers as six pickets, allowed by a court, stood in drizzle while non-strikers entered the plant under armed guard. Governor Herbert stayed with National Guard and highway patrol leaders, saying guards would not be withdrawn today and remaining open to further talks between CIO United Electrical Workers and Univis.
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Ley
Columbus
Herbert
National Guard
State Highway Patrol
Adjt
C. W. Goble
Kenneth Cooper
George Mingle
CIO United Electrical Workers
Univis
Housing Bill Approved by Committee In Senate Action
The Senate Banking Committee approved a revised Taft-Ellender-Wagner housing bill, aimed at public housing and slum clearance. The 7 to 5 vote substituted the modified T E W measure for Senator McCarthy’s alternative, with four Republicans opposing and five Democrats supporting.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Congress
Truman
McCarthy
R-Wis
Senate House
Senate
Tobey
R-Nh
Flanders
R-Vi
Soviets Close Small Roads Near Berlin Border
Berlin AP says border police report increased road blocks by Russians on the British Soviet zone near Luneburg. Small border roads are being closed with ditches dug and felled trees across. Russians promise 43 trains for western Germany at the Leipzig fair. US transport official predicts none will depart.
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Berlin
Lueneberg
Hamburg
Germany
Leipzig
U. S
Amer
Russians Ease Berlin Blockade Hint at Possible Currency Talks
The Russians relaxed their financial blockade of Berlin for the moment on the third day after Western envoys met Prime Minister Stalin in the Kremlin. The move suggests a possible compromise on the east west currency war used to justify the land blockade on the city.
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Berlin
Kremlin
Stalin
Americans Intensify Berlin Airlift as Blockade Persists
The U S and Britain extended their relief effort into Berlin with increased airlift. US crews dropped 2,104 tons of supplies in 303 flights while RAF operations added about 1,000 tons in 242 flights. Three Americans released after three days in the Soviet zone. one remains held.
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Ican
Berlin
U. S
United States
Britain
RAF
Ohio Court Upholds Tax Rulings On Out of State Sales
Ohio's Supreme Court upheld the Board of Tax Appeals in five test cases on out of state sales from Ohio stocks. The ruling affects about 20 thousand dollars and could alter hundreds of similar cases before the Taxation Department. Involved were accounts receivable from foreign corporations doing business in Ohio and selling Ohio manufactured products.
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Columbus, O
Ohio
Supreme Court
Taxation Department
State Board of Tax Appeals
Cor
National Distillers Products Company
Wheeling Steel Corporation
United States Gypsum Company
Cooperative
Transportation Brotherhoods
New York Central Railroad
Sandusky
Springfield
State Utilities Commission
American Railway Engineering Association
GOP Anti-Inflation Bill Passes House By Wide Margin
The House voted 264 to 97 to pass a Republican anti inflation bill amid a rules suspension. It restores wartime credit controls, tightens bank lending, and boosts federal bank reserves as the bill moves to the Senate. President Truman criticized it as feeble and a veto possibility looms.
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Washington
House Today
Truman
Senate
Congress
Monroney
Dokla
House
Walcott
R-Mich
Truman accuses Congress of feeble inflation cures
President Truman denounces a Republican Congress stance as feeble, urging action to curb high prices and protect consumers. He cites blocked testimony and delay tactics, while noting plans to adjourn and push a limited anti-inflation program including tax and housing measures.
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Washington
Truman
80Th Congress
Congress
U S Opposes Soviet Plan on Danube Control
Belgrade report says the United States accuses Russia of trying to freeze Soviet control over Danube shipping. Ambassador Cavendish Cannon told the Danube conference the Soviet proposal would grant exclusive control to Communist eastern Europe and deny freedom of navigation for ships of all nations. The U S plans to propose its own draft convention to replace the 1921 Paris agreement.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
United States
Russia
Danube
Europe
Cavendish Cannon
Paris
Election Ordered at Goodyear Tire Plant Akron
The National Labor Relations Board has ordered an election within 30 days at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company to determine if workers want the United Rubber Cork Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America CIO as their bargaining agent.
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Akron. C
National Labor Relations Board
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
United Rubber, Cork, Linoleum and Plastic Workers of America
CIO
Truman Aims to Outlaw Atomic Bomb Across World
President Truman said he hopes for world peace and that the atomic weapon should be outlawed after proper safeguards are set by the United Nations. He declined to discuss Moscow diplomacy and affirmed his ongoing hope for banning the bomb.
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Washington
Truman
Moscow
Drive Launched On Chiseling In War Vet Housing
Washington AP report on a nationwide drive against fraud in veterans housing. The Justice Department organized a two day conference led by Attorney General Clark with 21 district attorneys and seven housing expeditors from major cities to coordinate an all out campaign against violations in construction sale and financing of G I homes. FBI is pursuing hundreds of investigations though exact statistics are not yet compiled.
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Washington
USS
Justice Department
Clark
Tighe E. Woods
For
Veterans Affairs
Boston
New York
Atlanta
Dallas
Cleveland
Chicago
San Francisco
Veterans Administration
G. I
FBI
Men Killed From Ambush at Leslie County Courthouse
Two men were shot and killed from an ambush in front of the Leslie County courthouse in Hyden Kentucky early today. Sheriff Wiley Joseph identified the victims as Burley Sizemore 25 and John Henry Sizemore distant relatives. No motive was established and few clues were available.
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Hyden, Ky
Leslie County
Wiley Joseph
Burley Sizemore
John Henry Sizemore
Joseph
Injuries Fatal in Sandusky Co Truck Crash
Charles F. Strickfaden aged 24 died yesterday from injuries after a collision between an automobile and a truck on U S Route 2 in Sandusky County. Authorities reported the accident details pending further investigation.
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Sandusky CO
Charles F. Strickfaden
U. S. Route 2
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