U S and Philippines Strike Mutual Defense Pact
The United States and the Philippines announced a mutual defense treaty pledging each nation to meet common dangers if either is attacked. The pact will be signed early next month, likely at the Japanese peace treaty conference opening September 4 in San Francisco.
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Washington
United States
Philippines
San Francisco
Manila
United
McCarthy
R-Wis
Pacific
MacArthur May Attend Japanese Peace Conference
President Truman said Gen. Douglas MacArthur could address the San Francisco treaty conference if invited. State Dept officials reportedly asked MacArthur to participate, though no official invitation has been confirmed, and no meeting with Truman was planned.
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Washington
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
San Francisco
State Department
MacArthur
White House
Japan
New York
Australia
Refinery Blast Fatal To Two At Esso Plant
A huge explosion hit the naptha treating plant at Esso Standard Oil refinery in Baton Rouge injuring 13 and killing two. Thick black smoke rose as five or six gasoline storage tanks burned. officials could not determine the cause.
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Baton Rouge
Esso Standard Oil Company
Esso
Mississippi River
Naptha
Everett Mitchell
US tells Russia San Francisco peace talks focus on treaty
Washington cautions Moscow that the Japan peace conference at San Francisco next month is not to reopen negotiations. The note says the gathering is for the conclusion and signature of an already drafted treaty, signaling limits on raising basic terms.
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Washington
United States
Russia
San Francisco
Moscow
U. S
Bases and aid agreements reshape Philippines military ties
States and the Philippines reach accords on American base use and military aid to bolster Philippine armed forces. The pacts mark a shift in defense cooperation and regional security posture in Asia.
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States
Philippines
Islands
Four Japan peace pacts projected for signing next month
The report outlines four anticipated peace pacts with Japan including a Japanese peace treaty restoring independence and rearmament, a U S Japan security treaty, and an American New Zealand Australian defense pact. Dulles warns of Soviet nerves warfare and China’s nonparticipation, Peiping denounces the San Francisco conference as illegal.
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Japan
Philippines
U.S
Pacific
Britain
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
China
Great Britain
Red China
Peiping Radio
Red
Chou En-Lai
San Francisco
Jersey Bootlegging Described To Probers
A retired Treasury intelligence officer testified before the Senate Crime Committee that Abner Zwillman led a northern New Jersey bootlegging syndicate that earned about 50 million dollars in six years and controlled 40 percent of illicit liquor during Prohibition. Edwin Baldwin said the group worked with Waxey Gordon and Dutch Schultz and fled with money and gold if exposed. The panel began probing gangster influence in northern New Jersey as it also examined political shifts and dope traffic in New York City.
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Washington
Treasury Intelligence
Senate Crime Committee
Abner
Longie
Dutch Schultz
New York
New Jersey
Rheinfeild
Crime Committee
Zwillman
Treasury
Baldwin
William O'Dwyer
New York City
Richard G. Moser
Crime Investigating Committee
Frank Hague
Jersey
Irving Sherman
O'Dwyer
Truman warns 52 hopefuls as 1952 talk heats up
President Truman, in a press conference, notes many ambitious for the 1952 presidency but declines to name any contenders. He forecasts the Japanese peace treaty signing and a Pacific defense pact, and comments on McCarthyism and political talk while urging focus on pressing issues.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
San Francisco
Rossford Depot Aides Accused In Shady Deals
Washington AP report says the House Expenditures subcommittee found evidence of highly irregular conduct by procurement officials at the Rossford Army Depot in Toledo. Chairman Hardy said the inquiry involves improper dealings with contractors holding large depot contracts and asks for Inspector General review and prompt Army reporting.
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Washington
Hardy
D-Va
House
Rossford Army Depot
Toledo
Secretary of the Army
Pace
Inspector General of the Army
Army
Pilot's Guns Rain Bullets On Ohio Town
An Air Force F-84 from the 166th Fighter Squadron piloted by Capt. Nelson J. McDonald discharged about 1 700 bullets at Groveport Ohio in Franklin County during a routine flight. No injuries were reported though four buildings were struck and damage estimated at 100 dollars. The jet suffered an overheated cockpit and made an emergency landing at Lockbourne Air Base.
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Columbus
Groveport
Franklin County
Lockbourne
Nelson J. McDonald
Clarence Stevenson
Lyle Claffey
William King
166Th
McDonald
Doctor Admits Wrong Drug Caused Two Deaths
Vermillion South Dakota AP reports Dr Louis F Michalek a university staff member signed statement I gave the wrong drug caused the deaths of Clay County technician Jack Clifford 30 and Ardys Pearson 26 a secretary in an inquest. The two died 25 hours after injections in a pain killer study.
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Vermillion
S. D
University of South Dakota
Louis F. Michalek
Clay County
Martin Weeks, Jr
Michalek
Jack Clifford
Ardys Pearson
Ronald Slaughter
University Medical School
Slaughter
Oregon Convicts Continue Strike Stoppage Halts Prison Work
Warden George Alexander refused to grant a guard transfer demanded by about 1,000 Oregon State Prison inmates who began a sit down strike over guard Morris Race. The protest halted all prison industry work as inmates called Race a troublemaker and orderly conditions persisted.
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Salem
Ore
George Alexander
Oregon
Morris Race
Ted Audett
Race
Bank President Slept Looting Charges In Pa
FBI arrested President L. R. Schlekat of Parnassus National Bank in New Kensington Pennsylvania and charged him with looting the bank of six hundred thousand dollars over the past sixteen years.
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New Kensington, Pa
FBI
L. R. Schlekat
Parnassus National Bank
MPs Beat Him Says Air Force Man Testimony
Pfc. John H. Butler presently at Wright Patterson Field testified in Cincinnati that two military police sergeants beat him months ago over a black four in hand tie with a white shirt.
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Air Force
Cincinnati
John H. Butler
Wright-Patterson Field
Lausche weighs Civil Service Commission candidates
Gov. Frank J. Lausche said his cabinet discussed about six names for a vacancy on the Ohio Civil Service Commission after the resignation of Gertrude Jones of Findlay. No decision was reached after a three hour meeting.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
State Civil Service Commission
Gertrude Jones
Findlay
Two Ex-GIs Accused In Wartime Killing Of Major In Italy
The Defense Department announced that Maj. William V. Holohan was killed in 1944 by two U S servicemen aided by two Italians. principal suspects are Aldo Icardi and Carl G LoDolce, with Icardi allegedly plotting after a dispute over arms for partisans. Italian court action considered as the path for prosecution.
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Washington
Defense Department
Department
William V. Holohan
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
U. S
Icemen
Aldo Icardi
Pittsburg
New York City
Icardi
Holohan
Carl G. Lodolce
Rochester
N. Y
LoDolce
Preakness
N. J
Department of Defense
Trail
Lake Orta
Alps
Trieste
Chambers Links Barnes and Field to Red Underground
Whittaker Chambers testified before the Senate Internal Security Committee that Joseph Barnes and Frederick Vanderbilt Field were named as members of the Red underground by a former courier for Communist spies. The hearings focus on subversive influence on U S Far Eastern policy and the Institute of Pacific Relations.
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Chambers
Barnes. Field
Red
Washington
Whittaker Chambers
United States
Joseph Barnes
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Red Underground
Aa Pee Fawmar
Coulesccu
LWT
J. Peters
Senate Internal Security Committee
U. S
Institute of Pacific Relations
IPR
Pacific Area
Clubb
State Department
Department
Loyalty and Security Board
Agnes Smedley
Charles A. Willoughby
Far East
Truman Pleads To Save Eight Point Five Billion Aid Bill
President Truman and top officials pressed to salvage the eight point five billion dollar foreign aid bill as Senate debate began. They warned cuts would hinder the anti Communist fight, while Republican critics urged further reductions, despite a House cut to seven point four eight four seven five zero zero.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Republica
New Hampshire
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
Egyptian French duel marks day in Channel swim chase
Twenty English Channel swimmers started from Cap Gris Nez as a field of Egyptians and French rivals led by Lt. Hassan Abd El Rehim Saied El Araby and Hassam Hammad raced toward the English coast. Roger Le Morvan and Louis Bombard trailed the pack with seven women among the entrants.
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Cap Gris Nez
Hassan Abd el Rehim
Saied el Araby
Hassam Hammad
Subcommittee to Seek Korean Armistice Demarcation Line
Armistice negotiators shifted to a new subcommittee phase to resolve the location of a demarcation line and buffer zone in Korea. Two reps from each side will meet at Kaesong, while full delegation talks pause. The UN favors a buffer along current lines, the Communists press the 38th parallel.
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Munsan
Korea
Kaesong
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam I
Joy
Lee Song Cho
Hsieh Fang
William J. Hodes
U.S. Army
William P. Nuckols
38Th
Sharp clashes disrupt quiet in Korea front
U S Eighth Army reports sporadic patrol clashes across the Korean front amid heat and dust. Mortars machine guns and some artillery repel Allied patrols from the Hwachon reservoir to the east coast as Ethiopian troops see action with United Nations forces.
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U. S. Eighth Army
Korea
Hwachon
Stan Cater
Kaesong
Fifth Air Force
Eighth Army
United Nations
Harriman Steps Into Iran Oil Talks to Push Settlement
In Tehran British and Iranian negotiators hold informal talks with W. Averell Harriman expected to press for a last-ditch settlement of Iran's oil crisis. It marks his first direct involvement since talks resumed between the two sides. Observers weigh whether his move can break the deadlock.
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Tehran
Iran
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
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