USSR Knew Pearl Harbor Plan, Yoshikawa Testifies
Mitsusada Yoshikawa testified that Soviet spy chief Sorge’s network informed Moscow in October 1941 that Japan would attack America and British holdings if talks failed. Maj. Gen. Willoughby said he sought to expose the spy ring in 1949 but was overruled. The hearings probe Soviet influence on U.S. policy and named Guenther Stein and Agnes Smedley as alleged ring members.
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Charles Willoughby
Washington
Yoshikawa
Sorge
Moscow
Shirston
America
Japan
Singapore
Sumatra
Willoughby
Douglas MacArthur
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
U.S
Tokyo
Guenther Stein
Agnes Smedley
Depression era auto hits Dayton family killing child
In Dayton a 1935 auto jammed with 11 people struck a family near Route 69. Eight year old Talmadge Howard died at Miami Valley Hospital. Another child, six, underwent brain surgery in poor condition. Driver Clyde E. Mann, 41, Dayton, was arrested for intoxicated and reckless driving.
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Dayton
Bernice Howard
Talmadge Howard
Miami Valley Hospital
Sist
Howard
Joan
Harold
Clyde E. Mann
E. C. Eubank
Mann
Blaik to Outline Future Amid Army Probe
Earl Blaik to hold an 11 am press conference at a midtown cafe to reveal plans for his future at Army as questions swirl over the honor code scandal. He may remain coach to rebuild the team, or resign in solidarity with cadets facing dismissal.
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NEW York
Earl
Red) Blaik
Army
West Point
Military Academy
West Point Coaches Defend Football Recruiting
Senators debate West Point policy after Col. Farr Blaik confirms recruiting high school players. Hoey notes colleges recruit top high school athletes each year. The investigations favor a hands off approach as 90 cadets are dismissed for cheating and poor work.
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Washington
West Point
Hoey
DNC
Senate
Farr Blaik
Smallpox Vaccine Rush Aims 7000 Shots In Reedsburg
In Reedsburg Wisconsin a team of six doctors worked to vaccinate 7000 people at a high school clinic to curb an outbreak. The drive began after a 55 year old rural woman was diagnosed with smallpox and extended to nearby farm families.
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Reedsburg
Wis
Wisconsin
Frankie Sinatra To Divorce Nancy For Ava Gardner Marriage
Frank Sinatra announced in Reno he will divorce Nancy to wed Ava Gardner. He planned to file during a two week Reno engagement at the Riverside Hotel and noted custody and money terms from a prior separation. He said he would consult lawyers after the six week Nevada residency requirement.
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Frankie
Reno
Will
Ava
Nev
Frank Sinatra
Nancy
Ava Gardner
Riverside Hotel
Sinatra
Nevada
Lang Refuses to Talk in Cincinnati Tow Yard Probe
Joseph Lang known as Little Joe, held in protective custody, refuses to discuss police payoffs in a probe into tow truck operations. He plans to testify before the city council committee but will invoke constitutional rights. Forty five officers remain temporarily relieved as witnesses describe kickback payments ranging from five to ten dollars.
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Little Joe
Lang
Cincinnati
Joseph
Little Joe) Lang
John R.lewis
Anthony Brueneman, Jr
Larg
Council
Robert L. Rosenfeldt
Rosenfeldt
Liquor Chief Questions Ohio Profit Report
Ohio State Liquor Director William C. Bryant doubts the state earned and reported six million dollars in profit from liquor sales over the last two years. Senator Daniels claims hidden profits and large inventories while Gov. Lausche defends officials as prudent and transparent with ongoing inventory figures and weekly financial statements.
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Columbus
William C. Bryant
Frank J. Lausche
Daniels
Liquor Control
Herbert Defenbacher
Ohio
General Revenue Fund of
Allied Troops Find No Reds In Pyongyang
U S Eighth Army reports.UN forces entered Pyongyang for about an hour discovering Red troops had abandoned the Iron Triangle stronghold for the second time. The advance marked the first penetration of the city in three weeks on the central front north of the 38th parallel with brief fighting reported on surrounding fronts.
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U. S
Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
Red
Iron Triangle
38Th Parallel
Sou
Kumsong
Chorwon
California Polio Strikes Six of De Mars Children
In Los Angeles six of eight children in brick worker Donald F. De Mars family are hospitalized with polio. Richard, 3, and Donald, 10, on respirators. others include Davis 10 months Shirley 5 Audrey 7 and Patricia 12. National Foundation offers to cover full treatment costs. De Mars moved from Watertown South Dakota six months ago.
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Los Angeles
Donald F. de Mars
Los Angeles General Hospital
Richard
Donald
Davis
Shirley
Audrey
Patricia
National Foundation For
Minnesota
Reno
de Mars
Watertown
S. D
Desperado Killed After Standoff With FBI Agents
Desperado Billy Davis, 23, who vowed not to be captured alive, was killed by FBI agents at a farm home after a confrontation with a sheriff's deputy. Davis had been on the run since July 11 after a jewelry store robbery near Birmingham, Alabama, and had recently breached police fire in Columbus, Georgia.
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IDEA
Ala
Billy Davis
Desperado
FBI
Tennessee
Davis
Birmingham
Allega
Columbus
Gary Cooper Resting After Hernia Operation
Veteran actor Gary Cooper aged 50 rests comfortably at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica after undergoing hernia surgery. The AP reports he is resting well with doctors monitoring his condition.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Gary Cooper
St. John’s Hospital
NPA says housing freeze does not power up building
The National Production Authority says the August 3 order does not bar starting industrial commercial or housing projects. It sets post September 30 limits on steel copper and aluminum. projects with available materials may begin now and finish is tested by after September 30 needs.
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Washington
National Production Authority
NPA
NPR
Housing Relaxed for Wright Patterson Area Units
The Housing and Home Finance Agency eased credit controls for 1,500 housing units within 20 miles of Wright Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton Ohio. Of these, 1,000 are rentals and 500 are for sale to serve military and civilian personnel amid a recently designated defense area. Rentals include 200 one bedroom up to 67.50 monthly, 600 two bedrooms up to 75, and 200 three bedrooms up to 85. Three hundred sale homes up to 9,500, and 200 up to 10,500 for two and three bedroom units.
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Washington
Dayton
Retail Food Prices Steady
Washington reports retail food prices held steady between June 25 and July 15 with higher prices for chicken pork dairy and eggs offset by lower fats oils fruits vegetables lamb cereals and bakery items. The July 15 index stood around 228.5 percent of the 1935 39 average, about 0.7 percent higher than the prior month and 124 percent higher than June 15, 1950. Meats poultry and fish rose 0.3 percent overall driven by a 2 percent rise in chicken and 0.5 percent in pork. beef and veal were unchanged.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Johnston Predicts Living Cost Boom Under Price Controls
Washington AP reports Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston warned that living costs could rise by ten to sixteen billion dollars next year under the current price controls bill. The remark was attributed to him at a meeting of Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson's advisory board.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
ESA
Johnston
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Army grid star claims he was made to squeal
Harold Loehlein captain elect of Army's 1951 football team says he was forced under threat of prison to reveal his part in the exam cribbing scandal. He says he checked 20 names and admitted cribbing while declining to name teammates. He describes a bare conference room with three lieutenant colonels and an oath recitation before the questioning.
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Army Grid Star
West Point
N. Y
Harold Loehlein
Army
U. S. Military Academy
Rabe
New York Journal-American
Loehlein
Connally Sees NATO Needing More GI Units
Senator Connally said NATO may require more than six divisions stationed in Europe, a view offered after a Senate Foreign Relations Committee meeting with General Omar Bradley. He stressed it was his opinion and Bradley gave no indication such a move was imminent amid ongoing defense funding debates.
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Washington
Connally
United States
North Atlantic Defense Army
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bradley
U. S
House
Warns Of Malaria In Rotated Vets
The U S Communicable Disease Center alerted doctors to a malaria outbreak among returned Korean veterans. Dr R A Vonderlehr urged prompt reporting to local health officers to maintain freedom from endemic malaria and to apply long lasting insecticides near patients homes in areas with Anopheline mosquitoes.
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Atlanta
U. S
Vonderlehr
Desert Hunt Called Off
Riverside AP reports the Air Force ended the search for Klaus Martens and Marijane Walker after eight days of desert rescues in Arizona. Martens, 28, and Walker, 22, remained missing following weeks of intense efforts in blazing sand and trackless terrain.
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Riverside
Calif
Pasadena
Arizona
Klaus Martens
Marijane Walker
Enemies Send Request To Ridgway In Korea Talks
A sharp message from the Communist command to Gen. Ridgway warned against fabricating incidents to halt armistice negotiations. The Korean truce talks, suspended after Chinese troops entered Kaesong, may resume soon as UN and Allied negotiators stand by at their peace camp.
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Olen Clements
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
Kae- Song
United Nations
Peiping Radio
Kaesong
Korea
Allied Charge of Red Truck Denied by UN and Reds
The Communist cease fire delegation accused Allied warplanes of attacking a Red supply truck between Kaesong and Pyongyang. Admiral Joy denied the charge as invalid and questioned Red markings. UN said Reds failed to notify Allies of the truck’s route, breaching armistice safe conduct.
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Tokyo
Kaesong
Pyongyang
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam Il
Joy
United Nations
Eer
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Jap Prober
MacArthur
Sarge
Britain
Pacific
House un-American Activities Committee
Mitsusada Yoshikawa
Richard Sorge
Blaik
Miss Gardner
U S
Spain
Mexico
Laurance Rigney
Melzer
Liquor Chief
Albert L. Daniels
R Greenfield
Bryant
State Liquor Department
Defenbacher
California
W. D. Boudreau
Bradley, Ill
Kankakee
Ill
Boudreau
Edmund LaPorte
Kankakee County
Karl R. Bauman
NATO
Desert Hunt
Peiping
Red Guards
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh- Huai
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