Vargas Death Marks End of Era After Self-Inflicted Wound
Brazil’s President Getulio Vargas shot himself in the heart at Catete Palace four hours after agreeing to step down under army pressure. Vice President Joao Cafe Filho takes over as a national union government is pledged to pacify the nation.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Getulio Vargas
Vargas
Catete Palace
White House
Caido de Castro
Joao Cafe Filho
Cafe
Varga
Air Force
Carlos LaCerda
Army
Lacerda
Ruben Vaz
Vaz
Congress
Hungarian-born actress Ilona Massey testifies on Red atrocities
Ilona Massey, Hungarian born actress, testifies before the Special House Subcommittee on Communist Aggression at the Federal Courthouse in New York City. She tearfully describes Red brutality against her family in Hungary.
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Ilona Massey
Special House
Federal
New York City
Mies Massey
Hungary
Eisenhower Praises GOP Record in Denver Address
President Eisenhower urged voters to support the Republicans as the 83rd Congress ends its session. He spoke from a Denver studio in a nationwide radio and television address touting administration gains and Western Europe’s security amid Brussels defense talks.
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Denver
Eisenhower
83Rd Congress
America
Europe
European Defense Army
Brussels
Congress
West Reich Rearmament Seen Likely
Senate members urge rearming West Germany if Brussels fails to unlock the European Defense Community. Mansfield calls the stalemate a Soviet victory while Russell warns of catastrophe and Watkins favors rearmament. Suydam notes study of the whole picture. Eisenhower downplays gloom as officials seek salvage options and potential sovereignty moves surface.
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Washington
European Defense Community
United States
West Germany
Sen
Mansfield
Watkins
Rutah
State Department
Henry Suydam
Department
Brussels
Eisenhower
Europe
Britain
Germany
Churchill
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
EDC
East Germany
Russia
Adenauer
Western
Mendes France Faces EDC Crisis Amid French Dissent
Paris AP report says Premier Mendes France weighs new EDC changes as cabinet lines split over the six nation defense treaty. He met Churchill in Britain and briefed President Coty, with Pinay urging immediate six nation action while seeking revisions during an 18 month trial period.
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Paris
Pierre Mendes-France
Mendes-France
Britain
Winston Churchill
Inet
Rene Coty
Normandy
Bagnoles de L’orne
Antoine Pinay
Nevada Quake Damages Lovelock. No Casualties Reported
A strong quake centered near Lovelock caused damage to a two story office building and the Lovelock Mercantile Building with possible demolition. Stillwater and Fallon reported damage and shaking while the shock measured about magnitude 6 and was felt from Reno to Salt Lake City.
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Reno
Nevada
Lovelock
Here
Fallon
Stillwater
University of California
W. C. Marion
Berkeley
Calif
Sierra Nevada Range
Salt Lake City
San Francisco Bay Area
Boise
Idaho
San Diego
Gordon Richardson
Lovelock Mercantile
Japs Smash Black Market Money King
Police in Kobe Yokohama and Tokyo arrested seven foreigners including American Joseph Debella 26 for running a multimillion dollar black market currency ring. Five Indians and one Englishman joined the operation moving US dollar checks at premium rates then routing funds to Hong Kong and Red China through banks and traders.
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Tokyo
Red China
Kyodo News Service
Kobe
Yokohama
Kyodo
Joseph Debella
Hong Kong
Baby Boy Born Aboard Navy Transport James O Hara
The Navy transport James O Hara left Yokohama on August 12 with 829 passengers and docked with 830 aboard. The 830th passenger was James Richard Davis born two months premature to Pvt. Skie J. Davis of Woodland California and his Japanese wife aboard the ship. Mother, son, and father were reported as good sailors.
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Seattle
James O'Hara
Yokohama
James Richard Davis
Skie J. Davis
Woodland
Calif
Five Charges Named for McCarthy Censure Hearings
A Senate committee announced five charge categories for public hearings on censure of Sen. McCarthy. The categories cover contempt of the Senate, urging federal employees to break laws, handling of confidential documents, abuses of other senators, and the Zwicker incident at Camp Kilmer. The hearings start Aug. 31, with related work on the Army-McCarthy matter continuing.
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Washington
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
Wis
Watkins
Utah
United States
FBI
Sen. Hendrickson
Ralph Zwicker
Camp Kilmer
N. J
Zwicker
Stevens
Flanders
Fulbright
D-Ark
Morse
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Army
New York Times
New Industrial Defense Plan Put Into Effect
Washington Defense Mobilization Director Arthur S. Flemming ordered a new plan to keep the nation’s military production facilities ready for rapid war production. The Aug 25 order funds private industry to maintain idle essential equipment in production condition and preserves key personnel and up to date production techniques, at a cost of several hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
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Washington
Defense Mobilization
Arthur S. Flemming
Flemming
Airline Strike Settled Ends After 25 Days of Action
American Airlines and the AFL Air Line Pilots Association announce a truce ending a 25 day strike over westbound transcontinental flights lasting more than eight hours. The agreement allows nonstop westbound flights while arbitrator David L. Cole studies the issue with non binding recommendations.
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Washington
American Airlines
A. Duipasquale
American
Clarence N. Sayen
AFL Air Line
Assn
Sayen
David L. Cole
Paterson
N.J
Cole
Laven
More Women Needed In Church At World Assembly
At the World Church Assembly in Evanston, delegates from 163 denominations discuss unity and social issues. Miss Madeleine Barot urged forming a department to integrate men and women in church life, arguing women’s work remains a shadow church.
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Assembly
Evanston
Ill
World Church Assembly
Madeleine Barot
World Council of Churches Assembly
Miss Barot
Unity Movement
Best Friends Said Behind Iron Curtain
Hungarian clergyman Msgr. Bela Varga testified before the House Committee on Communist aggression describing strong anti Communist feeling in Hungary. He, a former speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, said Russians committed rape and plunder to break the Hungarian spirit after his escape from detention.
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New York
Friends of Freedom
Msgr
Bela Varga
Hungarian National Council
Hungary
House Committee
Varga
Dulles Expands Island Defense to Include Smaller Holds
Secretary of State Dulles said American forces could defend some Nationalist-held islets between Formosa and the Chinese mainland beyond Formosa itself if attacked. He said military leaders would decide which islands to defend as part of aiding Chiang Kai Shek's regime, while Eisenhower has pledged fleet protection for Formosa.
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Washington
Dulles
Formosa
Peiping
Chiang Kai-Shek
U.S
Eisenhower
Europe
West Germany
French National Assembly
Industrial Accident Kills Three at Cleveland Plant
An industrial accident at American Steel & Wire Co in Cleveland killed three men and fouled a blast furnace area with carbon monoxide. Fire officials cited high humidity and deadly gas pockets. ten others were affected while attempting rescue.
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Cleveland
American Steel & Wire Co
Willis McClure
McClure
George March
John J. Schmidt
Casimer Smolinski
Pete Swet
Michael Virgalla
March
Schmidt
Smolinski
Swet
Virgalla
Youth Cleared In Sex Killing in Toledo Schreiber Confesses Blame Shift
In Toledo, prosecutor Harry Friberg said a 12-year-old boy was cleared of blame in the rape and death of Mary Jolene Friess, after 17-year-old Bernard A. Schreiber admitted to raping and stabbing the victim. Schreiber said the 12-year-old struck her with a club but then took all the blame.
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Toledo
Ohio
Harry Friberg
Friberg
Bernard A. Schreiber
Mary Jolene Friess
Here
Schreiber
Hunt Traces Of Wrecked Dutch Plane
Dutch search teams comb the stormy North Sea for the missing airliner en route from New York with 21 aboard. Only wreckage and a child's body found. identity tentatively linked to a 5 year old twin of Mr and Mrs Joseph Yarrow of Woodbury Connecticut.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
North Sea
New York
Coast Guard
Joseph Yarrow
Woodbury
Richard
Peter Yarrow
KLM
Royal Dutch Air Lines
German Youth Seeks Church Guidance on Modern Times
Ernst Lange of Berlin urged the World Council of Churches delegates to offer clear church guidance as youth distrust political and social fixes. He said young people feel modern society is controlled by unseen agencies and seek active, creative church teams rather than paternalism, with some turning to churches for structure even without full Christian commitment.
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Evanston
Ill
World Council of Churches Assembly
Germany
Ernst Lange
Berlin
Eisenhower signs broad anti Red forces bill at vacation base
President Eisenhower approved a measure outlawing the Communist party and cracking down on Red infiltrated unions. The signing occurred at his Lowry Air Force Base vacation headquarters with details announced by James Hagerty.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Communist Party
Congress
Senate
House
Man Trapped Seven Hours In Wrecked Subway Cab
New York motorman David Moclair aged 52 spent seven hours trapped after his train smashed into a cement wall. An failed trip device caused the crash and rescuers used torches then saws to reach him. His legs were crushed and one foot was amputated. he was in critical condition with his wife Mary and 16 year old son at his side.
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New York
Daevid Moclair
Moclair
Moeclair
Mary
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