Coplon Faces New York Trial After Washington Conviction
Judith Coplon, 28, former Justice Department employee, faces a New York espionage conspiracy trial after a Washington verdict. She received 1 to 3 years on theft of secrets and 40 months to 10 years for intending to give them to a Russian engineer, with appeals filed.
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Judith Coplon
Washington
New York
Justice Department
Russia
Meyer Weinstein
Brooklyn
Rebecca Coplon
Alger Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Hiss
Communist Party
U. S
Coplon
Valentine A. Gubitchev
Archibald Palmer
Gubitchev
Samuel H. Kaufman
Hede Massing
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Igs
Albert Reeves
Valentin Gubitchev
NEA
Senator McKellar Presses Major Cut In ECA Spending
Len McKellar proposed a sharp reduction in European Recovery Act funds and urged the Senate Appropriations Committee to approve an 800 million dollar slash. He aims to cut the ECA budget from 4.198 billion to 3.398 billion, while noting current operations rely on Reconstruction Finance Corp. loans and warning of risks to recovery efforts.
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Washington
Len- McKellar
D-Tonn
Senate Appropriations Committee
McKellar
Economic Recovery Administration
Truman
Little Rock
Ark
Appropriations Committee
ECA
House
MecCarran
D-Nev
Wherry RN
Pinball Syndicates to Remove Machines in Steubenville
Five syndicates operating pinball devices in Steubenville will remove them under a county wide order issued by Jefferson County Sheriff Clarence Eberts. Police Chief Ross Cunningham said he summoned syndicate representatives after a conference with Sheriff Eberts and Mayor Walter Sterling yesterday. The removal campaign started last Saturday.
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Steubenville, O
Jefferson County
Clarence Eberts
Ross Cunningham
Eberts
Steubenville
Walter Sterling
Boston boy 14 shuns mother after custody release
Gerald Sullivan, fourteen, once hidden from his world due to illegitimacy, refused to join his mother Mrs. Anna Sullivan after state custody ended. Lawyer Daniel J. O'Connell took him away promising a visit with other boys while denying he would return him to his mother.
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Boston
Gerald Sullivan
Daniel J. O'Connell
Anna Sullivan
Gerald
Sullivan
Women’s Reformatory
O’connell
Judges battle in Connecticut over municipal court appointments
In Hartford Democrats and Republicans spar over control of 69 municipal courts. The dispute centers on whether Governor Bowles can replace incumbent judges. no confrontations occurred and Bowles urged dignified conduct while awaiting a state supreme court resolution.
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Hartford, Conn
Connecticut
State Supreme Court
Chester Bowles
Bowles
Truman Faces Record Budget Deficit and Rising Spending
President Truman faced a fiscal 1949 deficit of 1.811 billion dollars after a 18.5 percent rise in spending and a 9.4 percent drop in revenue. The year ended with revenue 38.247 billion and spending 40.057 billion, reversing a 1948 surplus and signaling possible larger gaps in 1950. Credit to Byrd and fiscal experts for estimates of 3 to 5 billion deficit in 1950.
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Washington
Truman
Treasury
Byrd
D-Va
Congress
Shanghai Bomb Target Again
Nationalist warplanes attacked Shanghai, dropping two bombs in the southwestern suburbs. Damage was slight with no casualties. The raids followed a heavier strike on Wednesday that killed 155. The bombs appeared aimed at rail yards and a river steamer in the Whangpoo, landing near Lunghwa air field.
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Shanghai
Whangpoo
Lunghwa
Ford and UAW Extend Contract Amid Strike Vote
Detroit AP reports Ford Motor Co and the CIO United Auto Workers extended their contract on a day-to-day basis as talks stall over pension and wage demands. The pact covers 106,000 workers and expires July 15, with renewal possible beyond that date. Chrysler also plans bargaining next week over a wage reopening. In Prague, diplomats are warned against unannounced trips to Slovakia amid violent clashes between Catholics and the regime, as the government moves to seize major religious holidays.
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National Safety Council
Chicago
New York Central
Indianapolis
Louisville
Detroit
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Ken Bannon
Chrysler
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Slovakia
Foreign Ministry
Msgr.” Gennaro Verolino
Cyril and Methodius
St. Prokop
John Huss
Straznice
Moravia
Josef Plojhar
Fire Marshal Bans Sparklers Across Ohio
Fire Marshal Harry J. Callan urged police and sheriffs to prohibit all fireworks sales. He cited serious burns to children and property damage from sparklers, firecrackers, and other fireworks, calling for a statewide ban.
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Harry J. Callan
Callan
CIO Union Director Accuses Steel Firms of Cutting Output
William F. Donovan of Cleveland says Republic Steel and Otis Works of Jones and Laughlin illegally reduced production to weaken wage demands. He cites March capacity at 102 percent dropping to about 70 percent and furnaces taken offline, while Republic and Jones and Laughlin deny and defend order cancellations and market conditions.
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Cleveland
Cio-United Steelworkers
William F. Donovan
Donovan
Republic Steel
Otis Works
Jones and Laughlin
Republic
Pittsburgh
United States Steel
Whic
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Otis
Republic Steel Corp
Browing
Dies Wissen
Dock workers reject offer in 63 day Hawaii strike
Hawaii dockers vote 10 to 1 against a peace plan for a 63 day waterfront strike. ILWU rejected a fact finding board proposal for a 14 cent hourly raise as employers push for less. Union leaders seek another session, possibly lowering demands from 32 cents, while employers doubt any raise above 14 cents will be offered.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
CIO International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s
Henry Schmidt
ILWU
Schmidt
W. Russell Starr
Factfinding Board
Harry Bridges
Ioe
Ohio Miners Defy Lewis Three Day Week Order
Bridgeport Ohio coal operators said mines would stay open for four days next week and five the following week despite United Mine Workers chief John L. Lewis ordering a three day work week after a 10 day vacation ends July 5. Ek W Lewis of the Ohio Coal Operators Association called the three day plan a violation of the union contract and anti trust laws though details on worker turnout were not provided.
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Bridgeport
John L. Lewis
Ek. W. Lewis
Ohio Coal Operators’ Association
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Treason Trial Seen Costly for Government
The Tokyo Rose treason trial opening Tuesday is projected to be expensive. A cost tally lists flying 19 Japanese witnesses first class to San Francisco at 23000, daily subsistence for each witness, defense and court costs, and expected six to eight weeks of proceedings.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Federal Court
Dimitrov Dies in Sanitarium Near Moscow
Moscow radio announced the death of Georgi Dimitrov 67 of Bulgaria after a long illness. He left Sofia for medical care in Russia in April and died at 9:35 a.m. local time at Berdikha sanitarium near Moscow, with the Bulgarian Communist Party reporting his condition worsening in Sofia.
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London
Moscow Radio
Georgi Dimitrov
Bulgaria
Dimitrov
Sofia
Russia
Vassil Kolarov
Moscow
Communist Party
Europe
Sossia
Berdikha
Central Committee
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Bolsheviks
Council of Ministers of the Ussr
Bordikha
Georgi Mikhailo
National Guard Officer Killed by Civilian Hecklers in Brooklyn
National Guard warrant officer Alexander J. Taras, 44, was knocked from ranks by two alleged civilian hecklers in Brooklyn as 955th Field Artillery troops marched to board a train for Pine Camp. Taras suffered a fractured skull and died at a hospital after officers redirected guardsmen to assist.
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New York
Alexander J. Taras
955Th Field Artillery
Eighth Ave
Brooklyn
Pine Camp
N. Y
Taras
Manufacturers Trust Company
Floggings Reported in Alabama as Jury Probes Hooded Attacks
A Jefferson County grand jury reported three additional robed night rider beatings near Birmingham, all dated May 20. Witnesses testified about an atmosphere of terror as mobs attacked homes and individuals with lashes and weapons across Jefferson and Clay counties.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County
Here
Clay County
Jack Alexander
Quintown
Alexander
Robert J. Wheeler
Ellis Gill
Mississippi
John Henry McCuller
Young Buney
Lineville
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Gates
U. S. Court of Appeals
Harold R. Medina
Judy
M’kellar
Reed Manufacturing
Newport
S. J. Bartlett
Ohio Anodizing Company
NEA Telephoto
Columbus
Ohio
National Guard
Alabama
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