Clergymen Are Named Communists
New York AP report says witnesses linked to Stalin era networks named several American clergymen as Communist party members. House Un-American Activities Committee leader Rep. Kit Clardy announced closed hearings with Benee Gitlow Joseph Kornfeder Archibald Roosevelt and others providing testimony on infiltration of clergy.
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NEW York
House Un-American Activities Committee
Stalin
Communist Party
Kit Clardy
R-Mich
Gordon H. Scherer
Clardy
United States
Benee Gitlow
Joseph Korneder
Gitlow
Reds
Kornfeder
Col
Archibald Rooevelt
Presdent
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
John E Marqusee
Cornell University
Vladimir Petrov
Scherer
Marqusee
Petrov
Instructor Powder Puff Derby Winner
In Long Beach California a flying school instructor was named winner of the seventh Transcontinental Women s Air Race. Frances S Bera of Inglewood won the handicap race with first prize of 800 and is one of several California pilots highlighted along the 2678 mile course from Lawrence Massachusetts. Jean Carolyn Barker of Arcadia placed second, flying solo in an 85 horsepower Cessna, while Doris Johnson Bacret of Elko Nevada took third in a 90 horsepower Cessna.
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Long Beach
Calif
California
Ninety-Nine, Inc
National Organization of
Lawrence
Mass
Frances S. Bera
Inglewood
Jean Carolyn Barker
Arcadia
House Ways and Means approves six month excess profits tax
The House Ways and Means Committee approved President Eisenhower's six month extension of the excess profits tax in a 16 to 9 vote. The move, praised as a ruling administration victory, kills attempts to amend or soften the tax and sets floor consideration for soon. The extension would run to January 1 and aims to raise about 800 million dollars in revenue. House GOP leaders plan floor action soon as committee divisions were not recalled.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Eisenhower
Ways and Means Committee
Daniel Reed
R-Ny
Reed
House Gop
Tax Committee
Rules Committee
New Super-Sabre Jet Declared Successful
Los Angeles reports the YF100 super Sabre jet passed maiden flights with test pilot George Welch stating it does everything hoped. Welch flew two test flights in one day at Edwards Air Force Base where North American delivered the aircraft as the company announced yesterday without any performance details.
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Los Angeles
George Welch
Welch
Edwards Air Force Base
North American
Bricker Says Treaty Amendment Plan Faces Run-Around
Washington Senator Bricker charges administration leaders stall action on a proposed constitutional amendment to curb treaty making. He warns he will go public if the Senate republican policy committee delays and discusses compromise language drafted by Atty. Gen. Rowe. Bricker lists 63 co-authors and cites Dulles and Eisenhower positions on constitutional supremacy and foreign affairs.
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Washington
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Enate
Rownell
Dulles
Eisenhower
Bricker
Taft Undergoes Exploratory Abdominal Operation
Senator Robert A Taft R Ohio underwent an exploratory laparotomy at New York Hospital to gain precise knowledge of his disorder. Hospital bulletin reported he stood the operation well and his condition is good with doctors from Cincinnati Washington and New York present. He previously received treatment in Cincinnati Washington and New York and may stay about two weeks.
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New York
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
New York Hospital
Cincinnati
Washington
Taft
Senate
Sen
Knowland
Rcalif
Weather turns warmer then showers forecast
The Weather Man reports thundershowers early tonight with a cooler, fair Thursday. At 6 am the low was 68 compared with 62 yesterday. The day’s high rose to around 94 Tuesday and is expected to return to that range today.
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Mercury
East Berlin sitdown strikes threaten new unrest
Thousands of East Berlin industrial workers staged sitdowns across Soviet plants and state mills demanding release of June 17 detainees and restoration of travel and transit. Authorities say intra-city traffic will resume and border crossings reopen under martial law, signaling a calmer but tense stand-off.
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East Berlin
People’s
Radio Berlin
Red Army
West Berlin
Johannes Stumm
Red Radio In
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Bergman Borsig
Stalin Allee
Hennigsdorf
Rudersdorf
U. S. High Commission
Neuwe Zeitung
Iran Premier Is Warned To End Oil Fight
Tehran reports President Eisenhower warned Iran's premier to end the oil dispute or lose U S economic aid until a settlement is reached The note cites U S concern over Tudeh Party activities and the Anglo Iranian Oil Co nationalization affecting 142 billion in assets Britain and Iran have sought a settlement with U S mediation failing to yield a breakthrough
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Tehran
Eisenhower
Premeir Mossadegh
U. S
United States
Tudeh
Anglo- Iranian Oil Co
Britain
Two Injured As Cars Ram On Manchester
Two Middleton residents suffered injuries in a two car crash at Manchester Avenue and North Sutphin Street at 12 08 p m Police reported Vincent Mazzarella 34 1906 North Ave driver of one car was admitted to Middletown Hospital X rays were ordered to assess injuries Mary Harris 53 528 Kensington St sustained a lacerated knee and chest and eye injuries She was released after emergency treatment Mrs Harris on Manchester Avenue reportedly struck Sutphin Street driver Mazzarella Patrolman Arnould Ferguson investigated Further details were unavailable
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Manchester Avenue
Sutphin Street
Middletown Hospital
Vincent Mazzarella
North Ave
Mary Harris
Kensington St
Harris
Sutphin
Mazzarella
Arnould Ferguson
Red Book Titles Are Made Public in Overseas Libraries
Washington AP reports a list of 25 book titles removed from government information libraries overseas. The eight alleged Communist authors include Earl Browder and William Z. Foster, leaders of the U S Communist party, and Ilya Ehrenburg among others.
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Washington
Earl Browder
William Z. Foster
U. S
Communist Party
Ilya Ehrenburg
Johnson broomed books amid budget strain and move
Dr. Robert L. Johnson, retiring head of the International Information Administration, testified that he and his wife burned many books and manuscripts after moving to a smaller home due to government employment costs. He compared his action to a librarian in Sydney but stressed that no one else would burn books.
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Washington
Robert L. Johnson
International Information Administration
Johnson
House Appropriations
Sydney
Prominent Names Named in Debate Over Overseas Library Removals
The list includes Soviet propagandist Trofim Lyssenko Soviet scientist Maxim Gorki Russian revolutionary writer John Reed Agnes Smedley and Anna Louise Strong. These figures were cited as the first names officially released in the controversy triggered by Senator McCarthy's demand to purge 30 000 Communist books from overseas libraries. The State Department briefed a House appropriations subcommittee.
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Trofim Lysenko
Maxim Gorki
John Reed
Agnes Smedley
Anna Louise Strong
Gorki
Reed
Miss Smedley
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Ohioan Leads British Open After Early Round 70
Frank Stranahan of Toledo shot a two under par 70 to take an early lead at the British Open in Carnoustie. Ben Hogan finished at 73 as Stranahan's 37 33 gave him a two stroke edge over the field, with Locke, Thomson, Rees, and DeVincenzo two behind. Daly closes a stroke back.
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Carnoustie
Scotland
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Ben Hogan
Stranahan
Hogan
Texan
Bobby Locke
South Africa
Peter Thomson
Australia
Dais Rees
Wales
Roberto DeVincenzo
Argentina
Fred Daly
Philippine leader undergoes surgery in Baltimore
President Elpidio Quirino of the Philippine Republic was diagnosed with a gastric ulcer and underwent surgery at Johns Hospital in Baltimore today. The operation was performed under general anesthesia with no immediate complications reported.
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Baltimore
Elpidio Quirino
Philipine Republic
Johns Hospital
Eisenhower Seeks Peaceful Reunification of Korea
President Eisenhower stated the U S government seeks peaceful reunification of Korea and will work toward it. He declined to confirm whether South Korean President Syngman Rhee would accept an armistice and cautioned that Korea's outcome remains uncertain. He noted North Korea and the U N proposal allows truce talks without Seoul if necessary and emphasized Rhee’s insistence on unification. He also commented on East German unrest and the appeal from American labor leaders for aid to workers in Soviet occupied Germany.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Korea
Syngman Rhee
U. N
Mark W. Clark
U. S
Rhee
North
South Korea
East Germany
Ger
Red
Britain
France
72 Arrests Mark New York Gambling Sweep
Police rounded up 72 alleged policy bookmakers in a city wide crackdown involving over 200 detectives. The raids spanned 103 locations across Manhattan Brooklyn Queens Nassau Yonkers White Plains and New Rochelle with seeks to disrupt an organized policy racket. Key figures included Murray Zucker linked to headquarters in a downtown office and five employees from media firms questioned for supplying race data used by racketeers.
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New York
Manhattan
Hogan
Brooklyn
Queens
Nassau County
Yonkers
White Plains
New Rochelle
N. Y
Hudson
New Jersey
Murray Zucker
Zucker
New York Post
King Features Syndicate
Western Union
T’ Daily Mirror
Widowed GI Sergeant Puts Children In Home
In Cincinnati an Army sergeant to return to Korea next week has placed his ten children in the General Protestant Orphan Home. The home said the Day family is the largest ever admitted, following the death of his wife Blanche, 34, two weeks before he reached her hospital side from Korea.
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J. D. Hullinger
Clinton
Lucille
Margaret Ellen
Cincinnati
Korea
Protestant Orphan Home
Elmer A. Day
Blanche
Stiff Rules Laid Down On Control Of South Koreans
Communists in Seoul announce readiness to discuss armistice details while South Korea objects. letter to General Clark outlines conditions on compliance and prisoner repatriation, signaling a new crisis as Robertson pursues a truce. South Korean President Syngman Rhee demands unification terms and warns a postarmistice conference must progress within 90 days.
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Seoul
South Korea
Red High Command
Mark Clark
Panemunjom
Syngman Rhee
Washington
Rhee
Red
Reds
U. N. Comemand
Stockades
Gen. Clark
Tokyo
U. N
Korea
Eisenhower
Walter S. Robertson
Robertson
U.S
Karl Hong Ki
Republic of Korea
America
United States
Clark
Kim I Sung
Peng Teh-hua
Truce Must Come Says U S Officer
Washington AP reports a top official says a final Korea armistice truce must happen, with possible British and French security guarantees acceptable to Syngman Rhee. Key questions: whether Rhee will resist ceasefire and whether UN Command can proceed despite opposition. Assistant Secretary Robertson negotiates with Rhee.
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Rhee
Washington
United Nations Command
Red Chinese Renew Assaults After Defeat By U N Force
Seoul dispatch says a Chinese Red battalion up to 1,000 men renewed attacks near Arrowhead Ridge after a 40 hour Western Front battle. U S Seventh Division held bunkers on Porkchop Hill as Inchon front weathered heavy artillery and renewed crossfront assaults near East and Berlin outposts amid misty rain.
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U.N
John Randolph
Seoul
Arrowhead Ridge
U. S
Arrowhead
Porkchop Hill
Chorwon Valley
Porkchop
Ian
Berlin
East Berlin
Korea
U. 8
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