Subpoenas Sought in Bentley OSS Case Amid Denials
Washington AP report outlines State Department ruling allowing HUAC to serve a subpoena on Mrs. Oksana Kosenkina if reachable though not at the Soviet consulate. Duncan Lee, ex OSS operative, denied giving Bentley secret information while Bentley testified she heard of activities at Oak Ridge and OSS operations in China and the Balkans.
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Washington
State Department
House Un-American Activities Committee
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Michael McDermott
New York
Duncan C. Lee
OSS
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Lee
Office of Strategic Services
Miss Bentley
Oak Ridge
Tenn
China
Balkans
Bentley
Middletonians Identified in Newport Case
Two Middletown men are sought in a Newport crime case after a shooting that left Avery L. Hack of Alton Ill seriously wounded in Newport, Kentucky. Key witness Romaine Knight of Covington identified suspects from photos. Bardin transported them to Middletown and was paid with bloodstained money.
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Middletown
Newport
Jack Thiem
Avery L. Hack
Alton
Ill
Dayton
Romaine Knight
Covington
Hack
Thiem
Knight
Herb Bardin
Bardin
Avery Hack
John Schnelle
Stelle Holbrook
Southgate
Truman attacks Congress over housing bill limits
President Truman signed the Taft-Ellender-Wagner housing bill but blasted a Republican controlled Congress for neglecting the needy. He accused House leaders of blocking public housing and slum clearance while praising the TEW measure’s broader aims and warning that many families remain in urban and rural slums.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House
Taft-Ellender-Wagner
GOP
Comery
House of Representatives
Mr. Truman
Tobey
R-Nh
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Berlin blockade rumor denied as talks bog down
Reports on blocking issues persist as three western envoys meet Molotov in the Kremlin. British sources say talks are bogged down over immediate Berlin settlement while Moscow diplomacy hints at currency steps and possible dates for further meetings.
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Berlin
London
Molotov
Moscow
Russia
United States
East
West Berlin
V. M. Molotov
Germany
Europe
Stalin
Washington
Paris
Frankfurt
Polk County’s county quiet continues after election
In Benton Tennessee a canvass of last week's bloody Polk County general election was completed late last night under National Guard protection with machine guns. A squad of 65 state highway patrolmen aided guardsmen while election commissioners worked behind closed doors in the rugged east Tennessee mountain country.
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Benton
Tenn
Polk County
National Guard
East
Tennessee
Dewey Narrowly Feels Sure of Election and Talks Plan
Washington AP reports Gov. Thomas E. Dewey is confident of victory and may deliver fewer than 10 major speeches. A final campaign course will be set after an Albany meeting with Gov. Earl Warren. Dewey may undertake one long train tour then fly to fill individual dates, returning to Albany after each engagement.
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Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Friends
Albany
Earl Warren
California
Dewey
GOP
Truman
Democratic National Committee
Oberlin College Professor Killed on Mt St Helens
Lloyd W. Taylor, 55, head of Oberlin College physics, fell into a 50 foot crevice on Mt. St Helens in Skamania County while descending with his son Edwin Taylor and son-in-law Harold Deery of Kelso. The body was recovered and brought down the mountain.
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Kelso
Wash
Lloyd W. Taylor
Oberlin (O.) College
Mt. St. Helens
Skamania County
Edwin Taylor
Harold Deery
Taylor
Cleveland Youth Victim of Polio
Cleveland AP reports Audre Schimmelman, 12, died of polio in city hospital. She is the sixth polio death in the city this year.
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Cleveland
Audre. Schimmelman
City Hospital
Plea Entered in Murder and Robbery Case In Ohio
Mary Margaret Swackhammer Earl W Thomas and Milton S Drake pleaded innocent to first degree murder and robbery in the fatal beating of Albert Stout 70 in a shack near Zanesville Ohio They were held without bond for hearings August 235 Detectives said Drake admitted involvement in four other riverfront robberies and the others admitted attacking John Steed 70 the night Stout was killed.
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Zanesville
O.ap
Mary Margaret Swackhammer
Earl W.thomas
Milton S. Drake
Homer E. Walters
Albert Stout
Robert Snelling
Drake
River Front
Snelling
John Steed
Stout
Postman Finds $3020 Hidden in Downtown Mail Box
Cadiz Ohio AP reports mail carrier Ernest Long found 3020 dollars in a roll of bills inside a downtown mailbox. The cash traced to C M Parker Athens used car dealer through sales slips. Parker had left his wallet at a Steubenville washroom. two other patrons allegedly picked up the wallet and later hid the money in the mailbox. Long received a $20 reward.
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Cadiz. O
Ernest M. Long
John W. Martin
C. M. Parker
Athens
Parker
Steubenville
Long
U S Presses Russia to Return Trieste to Italy
U S delegate Philip C. Jessup urged the United Nations Security Council to have Russia restore Trieste to Italy. He cited earlier proposals by France and Britain and insisted Yugoslavia bears blame for treaty violations while Marshal Tito seeks to join Trieste with Yugoslavia.
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Lake Success
United States
Russia
Trieste
Italy
U. S
Philip C. Jessup
United Nations Security Council
Jessup
France
Britain
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tragic Pedestrian Death In Barbert on
Margaret Keenan aged 3 was killed in Barbert on when struck by a delivery truck in front of her home. Local authorities investigated the incident and secured the scene. No further details were released pending警方 statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barberton
Margaret Keenan
Labor Charge to Be Tasked In Dayton Meeting
James McNamara of the Federal Conciliation Service will meet privately in Dayton with Rep. Hoffman to discuss complaints that the service may bypass the Taft Hartley Labor Act. Hoffman announced a hearing by his Labor Subcommittee to examine the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
James McNamara
Federal Conciliation Service
Dayton
Rep. Hoffman
R - Mich
McNamara
Hoffman
Communist Party
Pastors Protest Day of Mourning in Amsterdam Stop
A group of American pastors denounced a U S clerical call for a day of mourning against the draft as unbiblical and un-American and urged House Un-American Committee investigation. The pastors spoke at Orly Airport during a stop en route to Amsterdam for the World Assembly of the International Council of Christian Churches from August 11 to 19.
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Paris
U. S
House UnAmerican Committee
Orly
Amsterdam
Holland T
World Assembly of International Council of Christian Churches
City Charter Revision Sent Back for Changes by Vote
City Commission votes 3 to 2 to refer the proposed charter revision to the Charter Revision Committee for adjustments. Objections center on vast powers for a city manager and pay for commissioners, with concerns about civil service, safety director, and board appointments. may miss the September 1 certification deadline for November ballot.
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City Commission
Special
Ross Hill
A. K. Lewis
Francis Carmody
Robert A. Gibbs
Marvin Clark
Butler County Board of Elections
Elliott D. Levey
Gibbs
Clark
City Safety
Civil Service
League of Women Voters
E. K. Smith
League
City to Put Garbage Plan and Two Mill Levy on Ballot
City commissioners approve drafting two measures for the November ballot one to establish a city operated garbage collection system and another a two mill tax levy to fund an incinerator and equipment. Estimated Middletown costs range from 150 000 to 160 000 annually plus capital and operating expenses.
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City Commission
Fred Schatzmann
Francis Carmody
Middletown
Gibbs
Sorg Paper Company
Roland Lussier
Young St
Schatzmann
Gamewell Company
Middletown Sees Tax Roll Peak At 72 Million
City Attorney Fred Schatzmann told the City Commission that county auditor R H Smith informed him a new tax roll for Middletown will total more than 72 million dollars. The current roll stands at 68.8 million with a rate of 17.26 per thousand, projecting about 55 thousand dollars in additional tax revenue next year.
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Fred Schatzmann
City Commission
R. H. Smith
Middletown
Wyoming considers garbage plant upgrade and costs
The council discussed a proposed incinerator resolution with a 4 to 1 vote, Robert A. Gibbs dissenting. Carmody cited Wyoming's adopted garbage plan and Schatzmann warned the current incinerator is worn out and only for standby use. He estimated a new plant would cost about 200000 and take two years to become operational. Gibbs asked about operating costs, and Schatzmann noted Wyoming officials reported the service cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erator
Robert A. Gibbs
Carmody
Wyoming
Cincinnati
Schatzmann
Gibbs
Babe Ruth Reported In Fair Condition
New York AP reports baseball icon Babe Ruth in fair condition at Memorial Hospital where he has been treated intermittently for a throat ailment over the past year and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Babe Ruth
Memorial Hospital
Akron CIO Union backs meat strike to push prices down
Akron's CIO Council representing about 90 000 members endorsed a local meat strike started by housewives. Executive secretary Paul Fessenden said the council voted unanimously to back the boycott, recalling a successful butter boycott two years earlier and expressing confidence in victory.
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AKRON
CIO Council
Paul Fessenden
Communists Win Danubian Parley Fight
In Belgrade Yugoslavia the Eastern bloc defeated a Western bid for Danube navigation guarantees. By 7 to 3 the conference rejected a French attempt to replace Russia’s draft preamble for the Central Europe waterway pact.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Europe
Danube
Russia
States' Rights Party Plans Campaign Tactics in Houston
States' Rights Democrats met in Houston to present their electoral college strategy to Gov. J Strom Thurmond of South Carolina. Thurmond flies from Columbia to accept as the states rights candidate at a rally tomorrow.
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Houston
Tex
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Solid South
Thurmond
Columbia
Winds Blow Planes Off Field at Pyote Air Base
Tor nado winds caused major damage to many planes at Pyote Air Base. Lt Everett Phillips said several aircraft, especially C-46 transports, were blown through fences and off the field around 8 30 p m. B 29s suffered lesser damage as they were pre pared for flight.
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Pyote
Tex
Pyeote Air Base
Everett Phillips
Hutchinson
Kans
Steel Workers Go On Strike In Youngstown Plant
Open hearth steel production halted at the Carnegie-Illinois Steel Ohio works in Youngstown as more than 650 workers walk out over seniority based objections to promoting a labor crew member to floor crew. The outage cuts daily output by 4,000 to 4,200 tons across 15 furnaces.
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Youngstown, O
Ohio Works
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporations
Arkansans Vote in Democratic Governor Primary Contests
Arkansas Democrats vote to decide between Sid ney McMath the Garland County prosecutor and Jack Holt the Little Rock lawyer for the next governor. The primary shapes the party’s choice as the Democratic nomination is the election in Arkansas.
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Little Rock, Ark
Arkansas
Sidney McMath
Garland County
Jack Holt
Little Rock
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R-Nj
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Mouse UnAmerican Activities Committee
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Earl
George Bria
Oberlin College
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U.S
Akron Cio Union
Danubian
States’ Rights Party
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