British share in a bomb to be discussed
An Atomic Energy Committee will meet in a closed session to discuss relations with Britain and Canada on atomic energy. President Truman’s Blair House talks are cited as central, with opposition among lawmakers to sharing know how with Britain or Canada and potential legal barriers to any postwar exchange of A bomb information.
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Washington
Britain
Canada
McMahon
D-Conn
Truman
Blair House
Joint Congressional Committee
Department of State
National Military Establishment
Atomic Energy Commission
United Kingdom
Congress
Senate House Committee
Palace in Guatemala City battleground after army chief's assassination
Armored troops fight for control of the national palace as confusion and violence grip Guatemala after the slaying of army chief of staff Colonel Francisco Javier Arana. Warplanes roared above the capital while civilians roamed streets amid curfews and nationwide emergency decrees.
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Guatemala
Francisco Javier Arana
Manuel Galich
Revolutionary Action Party
Juan Jose Arevaio
Jacobo Arbenz
Arevalo
Congress
Arana
Defense Council
Arbenz
Col
Francisco Cosenza
Florida Pair Held In Theft
A Tampa Florida couple were detained without charge after a jewelry store window was smashed and about $1 000 in wrist watches were stolen. Police found 18 watches under a mattress in the Oakleys hotel room and planned further questioning.
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Zanesvile, O
Tampa
Fla
Floyd Moore
Julius R. Oakley
Moore
Veterans Seek Writ to Free Captain Cochrane
The Cuyahoga County Joint Veterans Commission said it would seek a writ of habeas corpus to free Capt. Vincent F. Cochrane of Kent, Ohio, from prison. Cochrane is serving a 10 year term for shooting to death an American soldier in Germany and the petition argues his court martial violated constitutional rights.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga County Joint Veterans Commission
Demands Rise for Kaufman Inquiry in Hiss Case
Washington AP In a muted shift the House Judiciary Committee faced new calls to probe Judge Samuel H Kaufman over alleged bias in the Alger Hiss trial. Rep Keefe and others signaled no immediate steps without a formal push, while Celler warned he would recuse if the panel moves. No impeachment articles or resolution had been filed.
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Washington
House Judiciary Committee
Alger Hiss
Congress
Celler
D-Ny
Samuel H. Kaufman
Hiss
State Department
The
United States
Keefe
Rwis
Kaufman
Judiciary Committee
Walter
D-Pa
Representative Velde
R-I
Truman Aide Tied to Per Cent Data in Waitt Case
Washington Post links Maj. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan to improperly furnished personnel data that led to Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt’s suspension. Senate inquiry probes James V. Hunt and alleged use of Vaughan to shield contracts. Gordon Gray says Army had no authority over Vaughan as president’s aide.
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Washington
The
Washington Post
Harry H. Vaughan
President Truman
Alden H. Waitt
Post
Vaughan
James V. Hunt
Army
Senate Committee
Hunt
Waitt
Chemical Corps
Secretary of the Army
Gordon Gray
Herman Feldman
Senate
Shafer
R-Mich
Gray
Deaf mute recounts failed death pact as wife kills self
Samuel L. Billups described in sign language how Vivian Billups, 27, died by suicide after they agreed to end their lives with two shotguns. He said she fired first and he could not go through with it, dropping his gun and fleeing. The事件 occurred in Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Tulsa
Okla
Samuel L. Billups
James P. Devine
Vivian
Flags Abuse Reported at Shanghai Harbor
Nationalist China protests to the United States and Britain over alleged abuse of British and American flags by small vessels in Shanghai harbor. Official comments say foreign ensigns are used for protection against air attacks, with no attacks reported yet.
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Canton
China
United States
Britain
Shanghai
Foreign Office
U. S
Shih Chaoying
Dr. Shi
Pact but not arms appears Senate view
Eleventh day of Senate debate on the North Atlantic Pact brought renewed demands to day that it be divorced beyond any doubt from an arms for Europe program. Senator Wherry urged that the United States not commit to supplying arms in advance of an attack and proposed a ratification amendment to reject any moral or legal obligation for military aid. Other leaders opposed the move, while Donnell warned even with a reservation the U S could be bound to aid Italy or France if Communists took them over.
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Washington
Senate
Wherry
R-Neb
Alliance
United States
Congress
Europe
Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Donnell
Italy
France
AWOL Marines Face Charges in Circleville Case
Two AWOL Marines were bound over to the Pickaway County grand jury on armed robbery and auto theft charges. Ralph D. Lester 18 Chicago and Claude Sweitzer 20 Dayton natives were jailed after failing to post 2000 bonds. They were captured in Glouster by highway patrolmen after admitting thefts from a Columbus driver and a Shawnee driver and came from Camp LeJeune N C.
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Circleville
Pickaway County
Ralph D. Lester
Chicago
Claude Sweitzer
Dayton
Thurman I. Miller
Glouster
Camp LeJeune
N. C
Lancaster
Lester
Sweitzer
Columbus
Charles Gordon
Shawnee
Elmer Knowlton
Gordon
Route 75
Amnesia Victim Identified as Dorothy Free in Springfield
Springfield police confirmed the amnesia patient at City Hospital is Dorothy Joy Free a 34 year old woman from Troy Colorado The identification followed verification of ownership of the car she drove and she was placed in protective custody after lacking past details.
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Springfield, O
Springfield
City Hospital
Dorothy Joy Free
Troy
Judge To Face Judge In Cincinnati Auto Case
Nathan Judge, 44, faced multiple traffic incidents in Cincinnati as police traced a streak of accidents to his license plate. From 3:50 p m to 7:35 p m several hit run reports cited Judge as the involved party before he was finally apprehended.
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Cincinnati
Nathan Judge
Judge
Raymond Stephenson
Edward Strohmeier
George Ruff
Bevin Links U S Farm Supports to Britain’s Dollar Crisis
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin told the House of Commons that high U S farm prices financed by the government contribute to Britain's dollar shortage. He equated U S welfare state policies with Britain’s social programs and noted many lost dollars go to American agriculture. The Commons debate followed Commonwealth finance ministers meeting.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Britain
United States
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Free Enterprise
Bevin
The
House
Commons
Exhumation Sought Into Death Of Retired Ohio Blacksmith
Urbana Ohio AP reports the body of 68 year old Emmett Comer will be exhumed to reassess his death cause. Coroner David Moore cites conflicting health notes from Dr Joseph Fergus including arthritis and nervous system disease. Comer’s will left $32 000 to former housekeeper Dorothy Adams. his brother Harry Comer contests claiming undue influence. Post mortem exam to be performed at St Paris by Moore and pathologist Mary Hunter.
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Comer
W. R. Frederck
Moore
Spring Grove
Millerstown
Richard P. Falkner
Dorothy Adams
Harry Comer
Lena
Miami County
Emmett
St. Paris
Mary Hunter
Springfield City Hospital
Daytonian Found In Field Tells Various Stories
A man calling himself Harvey Beavers 40 of Dayton Ohio railroad fireman was found in a lot with a fractured right leg. He gave conflicting accounts of how the injury occurred ranging from a fall being struck by a car to a fall from a freight train. Police report he also claimed Tennessee as his home.
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Cincinnati
Harvey Beavers
Dayton
Joseph Cushman
Leo Hereth
Beavers
Hereth
Tennessee
Herreth
She Won't Give Up Atop Pole In Revere Beach Standoff
Mrs. Jean Ellis a 24-year-old mother remains on a 50-foot pole at Revere Beach for the sixth day. She says she will stay aloft until she and her family are offered affordable livable quarters. Her husband Arthur W Milia lives with their four year old daughter Sharon and has pleaded for her to come down.
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Revere
Mass
Jean Ellis
Revere Beach
Ellis
Arthur W. Milia
Sharon
Rodger Young Returns Home For Last Rite
The body of Pvt. Rodger Young, Medal of Honor hero from Fremont, arrives by Nickel Plate train to Green Springs for funeral rites. The 25 year old fireteam hero died in action on a Solomon Islands island in 1943 after firing on a machine gun nest. Chaplain Lt. Col. Joel M. Wareing will preside at the Green Springs Methodist Church service, with burial at McPherson Cemetery in Clyde.
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Fremont
Rodger Young
Green Springs
Young
Ohio
Georgia
Solomons
Joel M. Wareing
Washington
Green Springs Methodist Church
McPherson Cemetery
Clyde
Haigh condemned to death in famed London killings
John George Haigh, 39, self described vampire slayer, was convicted of murdering Mrs Olive Durand Deacon in February. A jury deliberated 15 minutes before finding him guilty of killing, drinking her blood, and disposing of her body in acid. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Lewes
England
John George Haigh
Olive Durand-Deacon
Haigh
Flagstad Gets Opera Backing For San Francisco 1949 season
San Francisco Opera Association directors ruled the 1949 season must proceed as planned with Kirsten Flagstad to sing, after War Memorial trustees had barred her four Wagner appearances earlier due to wartime activities. Her postwar clearance by Norway Britain and the U S State Department had cleared her.
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San Francisco
Kirsten Flagstad
San Francisco Opera Association
Memorial Opera House
Opera House
Miss Flagstad
Germany
Norway
Henry Johansen
Britain
U. S. State Department
The
Opera Association
Health officials begin DDT spray to combat polio in Greenville
Darke County health authorities spray Greenville alleys and park areas with a DDT solution to kill adult flies and mosquitoes believed to carry measles polio.
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Greenville, O
Darke
Greenville
Maurice M. Kane
Murphy dies. Frank Murphy, Michigan governor and U S chief, is honored
Supreme Court Justice Frank Murphy died in Detroit at 59 after coronary occlusions. Appointed to the U S Supreme Court in 1940 by F D R, he previously served as Michigan governor and as attorney general. His tenure amid sit-down strikes and reforms left a lasting impact on state and national politics.
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Michigan
United States Supreme Court
Detroit
Supreme Court
Frank Murphy
Henry Ford Hospital
Murphy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Philippines
United States
Washington
Senate-Tied Move Sinks Brannan Farm Plan Trial Run
The Senate Agriculture subcommittee rejected a Brannan farm plan trial run for hogs in a closed session as the House prepared for extended farm legislation debate. Chairman Gillette said the report would return the bill without recommendation while Gore pressed a rival substitute to continue the present program. Cooley remained confident the administration bill with a modified trial would pass in the House.
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Capitol
House
Supreme Court
Murphy
Detroit
Senate Agriculture Subcommittee
Brannan
Secretary of Agriculture
Gillette
D-Ia
Senate Subcommittee
Gore
Dtenn
Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
Missing AEC Official Last Seen In El Paso
H Tracy Snelling a 37 year old information director at Los Alamos Atomic Energy Commission project is reported missing since last Wednesday. Security forces including FBI New Mexico State Police Texas Border Patrol Santa Fe officers search with hotel reports placing him in El Paso and Las Cruces area while he planned to lead reporters to the first atom bomb site.
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Santa FE
N. M
Texas
H. Tracy Snelling
Los Alamos Atomic Energy Commission Project
Los Alamos Security Guard
FBI
New Mexico State Police
Texas Border Patrol
Jerry Polanco
Hotel Fisher
el Paso
Tex
Snelling
Albert Bourland
San Diego
Calif
Polanco
Phoenix
Bourland
Associated Press
la Fonda
New Mexico
Dayton Woman Dies After Sickle Accident
Mrs Frank Vannicola aged 25 of Dayton died from head injuries after a sickle in her husband s hands struck her in an accidental incident, police said.
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Dayton
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