AP Correspondent Oatis Confesses in Prague Spy Trial
AP correspondent William N. Oatis testified against himself in a Prague spy trial confessing that his espionage aimed to check dispatches by Western reporters. He said he used Czech informants and claimed Western papers sought anti Communist stories, while Czech prosecutors allege political military and economic espionage and complicity in a Czech officer’s murder.
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American News Service
Czechoslovakia
CIO chief demands release of AP reporter Oatis
President Harry Martin of the CIO American Newspaper Guild urged Czechoslovak authorities to free AP correspondent William Oatis. He condemned police state tactics and accused officials of pressuring him into another coerced confession.
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Harry Martin
CIO American Newspaper Guild
Today
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Guild denounces Czech regime over Oatis confession
The Guild charges Czechoslovakia extorted a phony confession from Oatis and railroaded him to prison. Prosecutor plans to call 11 witnesses including Czech writers and former Pan American Airways and United Press staff. Oatis, 37, Marion Indiana native, testifies behind prison bars amid limited contact with USA officials.
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Fourth of July schedule noted for Mid dletown Journal
The Mid dletown Journal will not publish on Wednesday in observance of Independence Day. The paper does not issue on Independence Day or Christmas and employees may observe the holiday with families.
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Middletown Journal
Ohio Turnpike Feasible Says Engineering Firms
Two engineering firms told the Ohio Turnpike Commission the proposed northern Ohio superhighway is feasible both engineeringly and financially. Parsons Brinckerhoff Hall and MacDonald and J. E. Greiner Co. project cost ranges around 297 to 298 million dollars with potential operation by July 1, 1954 if financing is arranged.
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Ohio Turnpike Commission
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New York
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Wage Panel To Study Exempt Industries Wages
A Wage Stabilization Board panel will meet in Cincinnati to decide if wages in price free industries should stay uncontrolled. Chairman Theodore Wheel and Richard Lester are expected to urge no wage controls unless pay gaps hurt related sectors. The review, led by a six member panel under Kheel, weighs defenses to price controls and is subject to final approval by the Wage Stabilization Board and Economic Stabilizer Eric Johnston.
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Wage Stabilization Board
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Theodore Wheel
New York
Richard Lester
Princeton University
Kheel
Eric Johnston
Korea Truce Won’t Stop Defense Plan
W Averell Harriman told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the Kremlin views the Korean attack as a major blunder and that the conflict has spurred accelerated rearmament. Defense Mobilizer Charles E Wilson said a truce will not affect the preparedness program and urged approval of a $10 billion annual tax hike.
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Senate Finance Committee
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Defense
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W. J. McNeil
Goodyear Tax Appeal Upheld for 1946 Levy Increase
The State Board of Tax Appeals ruled Goodyear Tire & Rubber must pay about 200000 more in 1946 state taxes on machinery and equipment at its Akron and St Marys plants and for Goodyear Aircraft. The board raised valuations and depreciation rates, boosting the tax bill. future year decisions are pending.
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Goodyear
St Marys
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Edward J Kirwin
DiSalle Predicts Higher Prices If Rollbacks Ended
Price Stabilizer Michael V. DiSalle warned that lifting rollbacks could push prices five to seven percent higher. He said OPS will aim to maintain July ceilings under the new temporary law, with possible ceilings on pork if parity hits 100 percent. Parity, the fair price benchmark, governs farm product ceilings.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
DiSalle
Finland votes to end two day parliamentary balloting
Finland concluded a two day election to choose 200 parliamentary deputies. The ruling coalition remained favored to win with Communist prospects seen as unlikely to break the coalition.
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Helsinki
Finland
Treasury Budget Shows 1951 Surplus Shrinking To Deficit
The Treasury reports a 1951 end-year surplus of 3.51 billion dollars, with spending likely to outpace income by about 3.5 billion in the next quarter. Secretary Snyder cautions that 1952 may yield a ten billion dollar deficit unless tax measures pass, while Congress debates a tax hike.
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Treasury
Judge Forfeits Bonds Of Four Missing Reds
Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan forfeited bonds totaling 80000 for four missing Communist leaders Henry Winston Robert Thompson Gilbert Green and Gus Hall after they failed to appear in court They faced a nationwide FBI and Police search and were to be sentenced alongside seven other leaders who began prison terms yesterday The convictions were upheld by the U S Supreme Court last June 4.
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Eugene Dennis
New York
U. S
Sylvester J. Ryan
Dennis
Communist Party
Davis
New York City
Politburo
Henry Winston
New York State
Robert Thompson
Ilinois
Gilbert Green
Party
Gus Hall
Ryan
United States
U. S. Supreme Court
Iran British Oil Nationalization Stalemate Deepens
In Tehran the Iran Britain oil dispute stalls with the Anglo Iranian Oil Company cutting production to under half capacity to delay refinery shutdown. Premier Mossadegh appeals to President Truman for support as talks continue, while a managerial slowdown may stretch operations for about 20 days. Mossadegh rejects a temporary settlement and threatens an oil holiday.
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Iran
Truman
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Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
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President Truman
United States
Czechs To Free American Pilot
Czechoslovakia announced the release of Lt. Luther Roland an American jet pilot held near Prague for about a month after a mistaken landing. He will be handed to West German authorities at the frontier at 10 a.m. tomorrow. a Norwegian pilot Lt. Bjoern Johansen remains unnamed in the note.
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U S
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Harriman urges unrelaxed effort to strengthen free world
In Independence Day remarks Philadelphia, Harriman says the Korean war may end soon but Americans must not ease in pushing global liberty. Truman adviser warns that world peace hinges on ready leadership and allied readiness to fight for liberty if needed. The celebration marks Pennsylvania and the 175th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
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Attorney General Warns on Aiding Fugitive Officials
Washington AP reports Attorney General McGrath threatened federal prosecution for anyone helping four Communist Party officials evade arrest. He cited a $1,000 fine and up to six months in prison, or both, for concealing a fugitive from justice.
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McGrath
Communist Party
Missing Reds spark fears of new underground leadership
Government officials debated whether the absent four readers fled or went underground as part of a larger Communist escape plan. Indictments against 21 Red leaders for conspiring to overthrow the government were issued June 20, with 17 arrested and four at large James E. Jackson Sidney Stein Fred Fine and William Marron. Judge Ryan ordered forfeiture of bonds with defense attorneys Sacher and Isserman to represent the 11 jailed leaders.
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James E. Jackson
Sidney Stein
Steinberg
Fred Fine
William Marron
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Harry Sacher
Abraham Isserman
Allies plan July 10 cease fire talks in Korea
General Ridgway accepted a Chinese North Korean plan for a July 10 armistice meeting in Kaesong and proposed a July 5 preliminary session to fix details. He urged rapid action to end the 53 week war while UN forces continue fighting fronts with air and ground attacks.
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Matthew B. Ridgway
United Nations
Kaesong
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Ate Polowetzky
Moscow
Washington
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Kim Tl Sung
North Korea
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China
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Caupo
Foreign Relations Committee
Flks
Parallel Not Peace Line Sparks Senate Warning
Senator Sparkman of Alabama said the United States must not accept any ceasefire that makes the 38th parallel an international boundary between Koreas. Officials voiced caution as Ridgway and Rusk discussed timing for talks and the need for international inspection to monitor any ceasefire terms.
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Washington
Strike Nears End as Transit Talks Endorse Settlement
After 17 hours of continuous talks, officials from the company and the union announced an agreement moving toward ending the drastic capital transit strike.
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Washington
Forty Women Drown in Indian Canal Tragedy
An Indian village in West Godavari District saw 40 farmwomen drown when their boat capsized in a canal last weekend near the southeast coast. Local press reported the disaster.
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Madras
India
West Godavari
Veeck Completes Browns Purchase
St Louis AP report says Bill Veeck reached the 75 percent stock threshold to take control of the St. Louis Browns as Herbert Waltke sold 8 572 shares, removing a major holdout. With the option still in play, Veeck anticipated full ownership after the deal.
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Taft denounces Truman inflation talks as propaganda
Senator Taft declares the Senate approved a strong price and wage control bill and accuses President Truman of using propaganda to shift blame for inflation. He criticizes calls for unlimited powers to license businesses control rents and build defense plants, urging restraint in extending emergency powers.
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