Record clear per Genter probers told
Major General Harry H. Vaughan testified before the Senate Investigations subcommittee that he never authorized John Maragon to represent him or the White House and that there is nothing to conceal in his public record. He said he has known Maragon since 1941 but has had no business ties, and he denied attempting to influence housing officials over the Tanforan race track. He described gifts of seven deep freezers to Mrs. Truman as coming from two old friends and paid for by the Verley Perfume Company.
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Washington
Harry H. Vaughan
John Maragon
White House
Senate
Tre
Vaughan
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Maragon
Pentagon
Weeny Vaughan
Maraeson
Albert J. Verney Perfume Company
Chicago
Europe
Aremy
Herbert C. Hathorn
New Jersey
Agriculture Department
Hathorn
Tanforan
California
Tighe Woods
Woods
Legionnaires Parade In Philadelphia Aims For 12 Hour Marathon
American Legionnaires at their first national convention parade in Philadelphia is set to run from 10 a m to at least 10 p m with about 1 000 000 spectators and 30 000 marchers including units from the U S Army Navy Marines and Air Force. President Truman attended and pledged support for Britain while warning on world peace.
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Philadelphia
American Legionnaires
U. S. Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Truman
Missouri
White House
United States
Legion
U. S
Great Britain
Britain
Louis Johnson
Army
Omar Bradley
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Lucius D. Clay
U.S
Germany
Clay
Per
Egyptian swimmer Hamad quits English Channel attempt near Cap Gris Nez
Egyptian Army warrant officer Marie Hassan Hamad failed to complete the English Channel crossing, pulled from squally seas after 14 hours of swimming. He was brought to Folkestone by the Britannia and suffered jellyfish stings while receiving eye irrigation and nourishment. His physician noted he can be counted as a strong man but tides and darkness ended the attempt.
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Folkestone
Eng
Marie Hassan Hamad
English Channel
Cap Gris Nez
France
Britannia
Hamad
Drafts Called As Bolivia Revolt Expands Across Nations
In Bolivia a government draft and mobilization orders were issued as a revolt by the National Revolutionary Party grows. Reservists aged 20 to 24 and men 19 to 50 are to mobilize, with fighting centered in Cochabamba and other major cities. Rebels control Santa Cruz, Potosi, Sucre. La Paz faces ongoing clashes.
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la Paz
Bolivia
Cochabamba
Camiri
Sucre
National Revolutionary Party
MNR
Santa Cruz
Potosi
Revolutionary Left
PIR
Mamerto Urriolagoitia
Minimum Pay Bill To Pass In Senate By Nightfall
Senator Pepper predicts quick passage of a 75 cent minimum wage bill in the Senate as debate continues. The House already passed the bill applying to fewer workers than current law, and a conference will reconcile differences if the Senate approves. Pepper notes the labor committee dropped aims to extend coverage this session.
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Washington
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate
House
Senate Labor Committee
Police Hold Two Men In $25,000 Gem Theft
Akron AP police questioned two men held after a $25,000 jewelry robbery. A briefcase with 560 diamond rings stolen from Dave Moss of Joseph Berland Co. was recovered. suspects used false names, later tied to hires and a bellhop. No charges filed yet. investigations linked to earlier robberies in Cleveland and Minneapolis.
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Akron. O
Cleveland
Sid Walker
New York Commission
Albert Warner
Omaha
Chicago
John F. Struzewski
Dave Moss
Joseph Berland Company
New York
Struzewski
Moss
Rudy Travis
Capt. Struzewski
United Airlines
Genevieve Zereaniak
Minneapolis
Anti red move uncovered in Czechoslovakia
Prague announced the crackdown on an underground anti communist group tied to a western power. Six were condemned to death, ten given life terms, many others jailed, with ten acquitted after a secret multi week trial in the Prague state court.
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Prague AP
Josef Charvat
Jaroslav Borkovec
Prague Police
Prague
People’s Democratic
Double Ruling In Hawaii Strike Upholds Dock Operations
In Honolulu a federal court upheld both the territorial government’s continued stevedoring and the ILWU picketing of government docks. Judges McLaughlin and Metzger ruled the emergency law allows operation of docks while the union continues to protest. The decision delays a permanent injunction hearing.
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Honolulu
Territory of Hawaii
CIO
U. S
J. Frank McLaughlin
Delbert E. Metzger
Territorial
Islands
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
ILWU
Senate economy bill stalls after tight vote defeat
In Washington the Senate faltered on a $14.0 billion defense and economy bill after failing to secure the two thirds needed for a spending-cut rider. The defeat blocks a Truman expenditure cut while the House prepares to rework changes before September action.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Barkley
Wiley
R-Wis
Douglas
D-Ii
House
Bridges Attacks Van Horn Over Pension Fund Stand
Concord. UMW welfare fund trusteeship sparring as Senator Bridges accuses Ezra Van Horn of obstructionism for blocking fund moves while John L. Lewis and other trustees push to keep the program functioning. Bridges defends pension plans and warns against blocking welfare aid amid mining hazards.
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Concord
N. H
Ezra van Horn
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
U.S
Bridges
R-Nh
van Horn
New Hampshire
UMW
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW Welfare Fund
Washington
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Illinois
Mayor's Mother Dies in Ohio Obituary
Mrs. Lillian McNeil Burke 78 mother of Cleveland Mayor Thomas A. Burke died last night at a daughter’s Elyria home. The mayor’s father died six weeks earlier. Survived by another daughter Mrs. Clarence J. Maloney of Evanston Illinois.
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Cleveland
Lillian McNeil Burke
Thomas A. Burke
Elyria
Allen W. Fritzsche
Burke
Clarence J. Maloney
Evanston
Motorcycle crash kills man from Jamestown in Fayette County
Injuries suffered in a Sunday night motorcycle crash into a ditch in Fayette County proved fatal. David Blackley, 32, of Jamestown, Ohio, died after being admitted to Springfield City Hospital.
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Springfield, O
Fayette County
Springfield City Hospital
David Blackley
Jamestown
Fact-Finding Board Weighs Mediation in Steel Pay Fight
Labor and management weigh a presidential wage mediation offer as a strike looms September 14. The panel seeks replies from 68 companies and the CIO Steelworkers while warning any pattern from mediation could set a wage trend for mass production.
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New York
Labor and Management
CIO
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Carroll R. Daugherty
Northwestern University
White House
Polio Deaths Rise in Cleveland as New Cases Grow
A 30 year old father of four Albert Grywalski died from infantile paralysis in Cleveland marking the eighth fatality this year. The city reported six new cases bringing the yearly total to 266, up from 95 cases and 10 deaths the previous year at this time.
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Cleveland (Ap
Albert Grywalski
Cleveland
September Blues At The Public School Opening
The piece notes kids resist the end of summer as September approaches and schools reopen. It contrasts barefoot freedom with the return to class, stressing that public schooling brings structure and relief for weary parents.
Tito to Seek U S Loan Amid Cold War Tensions
Washington AP report says Yugoslavia seeks about 25 million dollars from the Export-Import Bank for American machinery to aid copper, lead and zinc mines as Secretary of State Acheson signals strong support. Tito’s independence from Moscow is stressed as a condition for approval.
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Washington
Marte
Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Acheson
Achesom
Cavendish Cannon
Belgrade
Ito
United States
International Bank
Daughter Born in Columbus to Polio Victim Family
A daughter was born last night to Mrs. Fred Schleup in Columbus. Hospital authorities report both mother and baby are well and in good condition.
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Columbus
Fred Schleup
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