Secrecy Breaks Over Hiss Hearing Amid Accusations
Washington Protest Mounts as Rep J Parnell Thomas accuses President Truman of hiding facts on Communist spying The House committee faces a leak row after Alger Hiss testified in a closed session and papers spill details prompting threats to probe oath violations and a confrontation with Whittaker Chambers.
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Washington
Rep
J. Parnell Thomas
Truman
Thomas
House Un-American Activities Committee
Capitol Hill
House
Alger Hiss
State Department
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
R-Nj
Nixon
R-Calif
McDowell
R-Pa
Hebert
D-La
Robert E. Stripling
Donald
House Committee
Carnegie Endowement For International Peace
Chamber’s
Time Magazine
Havin
Chambers
Russians Face Food Shortages in Russian Zone of Germany
In Berlin and Magdeburg the Soviet occupation zone endures growing shortages blamed on the Berlin blockade. Strikes at the Krupp plant in Magdeburg protest food paucity, while ADN cites coal and steel supply cuts from Ruhr disruptions.
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Berlin
Germany
Krupp
Magdeburg
Social Democrat
Ruhr
Hof
Bavaria
ADN
Poland
Telegraf
Salzwedel
City to Clamp Lid on Illegal Garbage Hauls
City to crack down on bootleg haulers and other violations of the garbage ordinance. City attorney Fred J. Schatzmann orders residents to shun independents and notes many trucks are dilapidated and spill waste. Police Chief Carmody to arrest unlicensed haulers, including farmers delivering garbage for hog feed. Residents may still haul to the city incinerator or dump, with enforcement tied to Middletown Service Company under a special license until year’s end.
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Fred J. Schatzmann
Thomas D. Carmody
Schatzmann
Middletown Service Company
Butler County Delays Annexation Vote by Dixie Heights League
County commissioners postponed action on Dixie Heights Improvement League petitions to annex four North Middletown subdivisions to genta at least five days for written objections. Hearing drew 59 residents with 39 pro and 20 against, involving about 700 parcels, 2400 residents, and 500 school children in Maple Park Dixie Heights Avalon and Roselawn.
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Butler County
Dixie Heights Improvement League
Middletown
Genta
Tuesay
P. L. Banker
Bing
G. W. A. Wilmer
C. F. Myers
League
North Middletown
William ©. Miller
John W. Sullivan
Myers
Maple Park
Dixie Heights
Avalon
Roselawn
Columbus fights utility rate hike in 4.4 percent increase
The city seeks to stop a 4.4 per cent electric rate rise by Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company. A Common Pleas Court judge granted a temporary injunction preventing the surcharge on Columbus electric bills pending a final hearing. No hearing date was set. once the company files its answer, a date may be scheduled.
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Columbus. O. (Ap
Columbus
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Electric Company
Common Pleas
Joseph M. Clifford
Bear Attacks Owner's Son Sparks Hunt Near Lisbon
A 600 pound black bear that mauled the 10-year-old son of its owner prompted a bear hunt southwest of Lisbon, as Fred C. Davis shot the animal at about 75 yards. Larry Kemmerling, 10, was hospitalized with back and leg scratches after the bear broke its chain.
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Lisbon
Here
Fred C. Davis
Pete Kemmerling
Larry Kemmerling
Salem Hospital
Eight Norwood youths arraigned on varied charges
Eight youths from Norwood, accused by two teen girls of ranging offenses from disorderly conduct to rape, pleaded innocent at arraignment before Municipal Judge Handley. Cases continued to August 26. Names include Noland Pollock Popperwell McDermott Combs Gulyas Costello and Costello's brother Maurice.
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Cincinnati
Norwood
Daniel C. Handley
Robert E. Noland
Lewis G. Pollock
Ervin V. Pop
Charles Rogers, 72, longtime harness trainer dies
O A P Charles Rogers, a retired race horse trainer and driver, died yesterday after a long illness. He trained harness horses on most U S tracks for over five decades.
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Tiffin, O
Charles Rogers
Babe Ruth Dies at 53 After Cancer Battle
The famed baseball star Babe Ruth died at 7 01 p m EST after a two year fight with throat cancer He was 53 and had received last rites before death Funeral services are slated for 11 a m EDT Thursday at St Patrick’s Cathedral with burial at Yankee Stadium The nation and world mourned the loss as President Truman and major radio networks paid tribute and Ruth’s family and friends gathered at his bedside in New York City
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M. L. Stephenson
NEW York
Babe Ruth
Memorial Hospital Center For
Mutual
NBC
ABC
Truman
Ruth
Riverside Drive
Polo Grounds
Yankees
Giants
New York Herald Tribune
Harvester's Plans Struck By CIO Union
Chicago AP report says twenty four thousand CIO United Auto Workers went on strike at seven International Harvester plants. Six plants halted production while Ft Wayne Indiana continued operations with 5500 workers. A Chicago talks session was set for 2 pm tomorrow as union cites indeterminate contract language.
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Chicago
CIO
United Auto
International Harvester Company
Ft. Wayne
Ind
International Harvester
A _ union
Richard Gosser
Cio-Uaw
Harvester
Harvest
Council Leader Resigns Over Ouster Fight
Clair Karr, president pro tem of the Pomeroy City Council and key backer of moves to oust Mayor Canaday, resigns citing desire to avoid a state feud after Gov Herbert action. Mayor Canaday expresses regret but notes longstanding friendship despite political rifts.
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Pomeroy
Clair Karr
D. A. Canaday
Karr
Alvin Norris
Thomas J
Herbert
Canaday
Kar
Haircuts in Chicago Raised to $1.25
Chicago barber prices rise as the Master Barbers Association votes 931 to 415 to increase weekday haircuts to 1.25 dollars starting Monday. Saturday cuts will be 1.35 dollars, with shaves up to 75 cents from 65 cents.
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Chicago
Master Barbers Association
Associa
Truman Signs Inflation Bill and Sparks Bitter Debate
President Truman signed the anti inflation bill amid sharp partisan rebuke. He called the measure a feeble response to rising living costs and argued for wartime control powers while GOP leaders decried the plan as misdirected for peacetime America. The Federal Reserve will set rules and an effective date later, with likely a one third down payment rule to emerge next month.
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Washington
Truman
Federal Reserve Board
GOP
Millikin
R-Cole
Senate Finance Committee
America
Wherry
Nebraska
OPA
Republic
Ohio Starts New Program To Help Blind
In Columbus the state launches a first of its kind training for teachers to guide blind residents in city navigation. Sixteen instructors from major Ohio cities will learn cane usage and street crossing at the Ohio State School for the Blind with two Kentucky officials directing. Local groups fund the trip and the diplomas enable service in their communities.
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Columbus
Ohio State School For the Blind
Ohio
American Foundation For the Blind
Kentucky State School For the Blind
Russians Close Embassy School
The Russian embassy offered for sale the equipment of a school for children of Russian officials in Washington. The classified ad lists desks and blackboards and notes hours and a contact. Embassy press secretary Mathhavariani said the school closed in June due to difficulty maintaining education standards, with most pupils and teachers returning home.
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Washington
Evening Star
Benjamin N. Mathhavariani
Greek Army Poised to Crush Grammos Rebels Soon
Government spokesmen declare the Grammos campaign against Communist guerrillas will end soon in victory for the Greek Army. A general staff briefing says the southwestern front line has collapsed and War Minister George Strates reports rebels are abandoning equipment and retreating wounded in disorder.
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Athens
George Strates
Foremen Not Classed Under LAB Program
The Sixth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that employers may not be forced to protect supervisory employees' union activities. The ruling upholds Taft Hartley exemptions, setting aside an NLRB order against Budd Manufacturing for interfering with foremen joining unions.
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Cincinnati
Sixth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
NLRB
Budd Manufacturing Company
Detroit Mich
Foreman’s Association of America
Congress
Nerves Blamed For Leap Of Red Teacher
New York Soviet Consul General Yakov Lomakin says a Russian woman teacher at the Soviet Consulate leaped from a third floor window in a suicide attempt driven by despair after a nervous breakdown. He accused anti Communist White Russians and U S officials of kidnapping and drugging her and causing the breakdown. Mrs Oksana Step anovna Kosenkina remains in Roosevelt Hospital with multiple fractures but shows slight improvement.
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New York
Yakov M. Lomakin
Lomakin
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Mrs William Green in Poor Condition in Newark
Mrs William Green wife of AFL President William Green is reported in poor condition at Newark Hospital where she has been a patient since Memorial Day.
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William Green
Newark
AFL
Newwark Hospital
West is mum about talks with Russia in Moscow
Western envoys and Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov held their sixth meeting in Moscow as observers await Russia's reply to proposals to end the Benin deadlock. The session lasted 3 hours 40 minutes, the longest yet, with no official comment from the diplomats.
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Moscow
Molotov
London
Russia
Benin
Frankfurt
U. S
Lucius D. Clay
Germany
Stalin
Kremlin
Walter Bedell Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Britain
Frank Roberts
Oriental Limited Derails injuring about sixty near Rugby North Dakota
About 60 people were hurt when ten cars of the Great Northern Railway westbound Oriental Limited derailed near Rugby North Dakota overnight. Thirty five taken to hospital. two in critical condition. Three coaches sleepers and a diner toppled. mail and baggage cars remained upright. Passengers and crews said the train slowed unusually. one estimate around 45 mph. The train was en route from St Paul to Seattle.
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Rugby
N. D
Great Northern Railway
Oriental Limited
North Dakota
Lars Molland
Benson
Minn
Minot
St. Paul
Seattle
Wash
Jews and Arabs clash in five hour artillery duel
In Jerusalem a five hour artillery battle pitted Jews against Arabs along the north to south corridor cutting the Holy City. Arab fire battered Jewish positions while Jewish artillery was heard throughout the engagement. The Israeli army did not report on Jewish counterfire.
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Jerusalem
Holy City
Alabama Ballot Appears Closed To Trumanites
Washington AP reports Truman allies in Alabama race to place 11 pro Truman electors against a ticket pledged to oppose him. Senator Sparkman doubts any path exists without a state legislative special session to seat Truman supporters, while existing Democratic electors back Governor Thurmond of South Carolina and States' Rights nominees.
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Washington
Truman
Alabama
Organized Labor
Sparkman
D-Ala
Trueman
Gov. J. Thurmond
South Carolina
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