Churchill attacks Labour regime in major speech at Wolverhampton
Churchill accuses the Labour government of steering Britain toward imminent peril from Communism and bankruptcy. The Conservative leader vows a return to incentives and thrift, calling for a policy shift in a sold out rally at Wolverhampton stadium as the general election looms by 1950.
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Germany
Italy
Midland
Birmingham
London
Attlee Attacks Conservatives at Miner Rally in Durham
Prime Minister Attlee denounced the Conservative Party platform as dishonest during a miners’ gathering in Durham. He said the program is window dressing and claimed the Conservatives cannot offer a real Labour alternative, warning of how they would govern if in power. Thousands of miners and families heard the remarks as Attlee urged continued support.
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Attlee
Conservative Party
Wolverhampton
Winston Churchill
Conservative
Labor Party
Britain
England
Secret diary linked to Army officers suspensions probe
Senate investigators cited a bulky loose leaf diary owned by James V. Hunt as a data source in the five per center inquiry. It appears to have contributed to the suspension of Major Generals Herman Feldman and Alden H. Waitt, with Army Secretary Gordon Gray calling their conduct inappropriate for their ranks.
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Senate
James V. Hunt
Senator
D-Nc
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Herman Feldman
Alden H. Waitt
Chemical Corps
Gordon Gray
Taft Opposes Amendment To ECA Measure
Senator Taft of Ohio opposes a McClellan sponsored amendment to earmark about 1.5 billion dollars in European recovery funds to buy American farm surpluses. He calls the plan unwise and may back other amendments on Spain loans and a $74 million spending cut for ECA. The bill's Senate debate resumes next week.
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Taft
Ohio
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Republican Policy Committee
Economic Cooperation Administration
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ECA
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Lucas
Illinois
McCarran
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Spain
Atomic Worker Sentenced For Embezzlement
H Tracy Snelling former public information director at the Los Alamos atomic project was sentenced by District Judge Luis E Armijo to a year to 18 months in state prison for embezzling 1008 dollars of Red Cross funds. He pleaded guilty after waiving a preliminary hearing and asked to plead at once. Snelling appeared at FBI headquarters in Dallas after a week’s disappearance.
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Hamilton
Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dallas
Tex
Garbo Arrives in Paris En Route to Mystery Stay
Greta Garbo arrived quietly in Paris aboard the Queen Elizabeth on July 20 and is staying at the Lancaster hotel. Wearing glasses and masculine clothes, she refused to see reporters and departed for the French capital by automobile.
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Greta Garbo
Lancaster Hotel
Cherbourg
Automo
Ballot Reform Move Seeks End to Straight Ticket in Ohio
A Republican backed drive in Ohio seeks to replace straight-ticket voting with a Massachusetts style ballot requiring a vote beside each candidate. Circulators must collect 30,829 valid signatures to put the measure on the November ballot, with 100,000 petitions issued and 77,000 requested. The effort aims to curb Gov Lausche’s influence on party-ticket outcomes and affect Taft’s re election prospects.
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Frank J. Lausche
Secretary of State
Massachusetts
Lausche
Robert A. Taft
Cuyahoga County
Republican Central Committee
George H. Bender
GOP
Louis Cossitt
Toledo
Lucinda Baker
William L. Deckma
William H. Duross
Saul G. Stillman
Cleveland
Smilar
Ohio General Assembly
Strikers Seek Truman Aid In Dock Tieup
Honolulu AP report notes CIO Longshoremen appealing to President Truman to end Hawaii's 84 day dock tie up on its merits. Senator Morse urged arbitration and a presidential board to settle the deadlock while warning the strike could spread to major ports.
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CIO
Truman
Hawaii
Washington
Morse
R-Ore
Senate
Harry Bridges
Senate Labor Committee
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Bridges
Board of Arbitration
The
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Delay urged in European arms support
Senators Taft and Smith urged the Administration to delay its foreign arms program until the North Atlantic Council drafts a common defense plan. Smith backed a full council review before action, while Taft supported studying European needs prior to any vote. Mid‑September was set for the council to meet, as Truman postponed sending the $1.459 billion plan to Congress to avoid strengthening anti‑aid opposition.
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Ohio
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U. S
Canada
Lawrence R. Hafstad
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French Priest Is Disciplined By Paris Archdiocese Leader
Paris Archdiocese acting head Msgr. Roger Beaussart said Abbe Jean Boulier, a leftist priest, would be forbidden to say mass after September 14 and barred from confessions, preaching, conferences, or diocesan functions. Vatican decree and Czech Catholic Action actions tied to excommunications framed the broader religious clash.
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Paris
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JeAn Boulier
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Abbe Boulier
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Suhard
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Threat of Political Retaliation Tied to Klan Probes
A Ku Klux Klan spokesman warned of political revenge against officials pursuing charges linked to mob violence as a Birmingham grand jury indicted four more suspects in cross burnings and floggings. The proceedings continue while a prior panel indicted 17 men for night terrorism. all released on bond.
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Ala
Ku Klux Klan
Lycurgus Spinks
Mississippi
Tarrant City
Spinks
Thomasville
Alabama
Montgomery
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Lonely Hearts probe launched after man’s arrest in Virginia
Virginia state police said they sought information from almost every state on Ernest I. Torrence, the 57-year-old accused as a Lonely Hearts correspondence victimizer. He was arrested after a 15 mile car chase near Gate City. Police show about 300 love letters in a suitcase linked him to the case while victims in Carroll County and Pittsburgh report losses totaling 14 thousand to 14 thousand dollars. Authorities in Pennsylvania and Virginia connect Torrence to other cases and name potential victims and associates, including a missing partner from Johnstown.
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C. W. Blue
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Terrence
Pennsylvania
Rose Pietcher
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John
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Allegheny County
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Slayer Pays Death Penalty in Ohio Execution
Gaunt James C Osinski, 40, is executed in Ohio penitentiary for the murder of his wife and her parents. He abandons his 18 month old son John to die of exposure. Osinski recites the Lord’s Prayer as 1,950 volts of electricity end his life at 8 05 p.m. The scene includes Catholic chaplain Father C V Lucier.
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Gaunt Gray
James C. Osinski
Ohio Penitentiary
John
Osinski
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C. V. Lucier
Ralph W. Alvis
Richard Brooks
Osinsto
Georgia Klan Leader Seeks Suit Dismissal
Atlanta Grand Dragon Samuel Green seeks dismissal of a suit accusing him of threats against a war veteran and two attorneys. Green denies Klan wrongdoing, calling his group a fraternal organization upholding law. Gilliland, a veteran, claims Klan agents fired at his home and burned a cross amid a lunacy warrant dispute.
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Samuel Green
Ku Klux Klan
Association of Georgia Klans
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Hugh Gilliland
Gilliland
Hal A. Irwin
Samuel Johnson
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Frisco Police Arrest Three Men In Case
Four men linked to the Mickey Cohen shooting were taken into custody. In San Francisco police arrested James Tarantino Hy Porter and Joseph Tenerer while another suspect Tony Brancato was nabbed here. One man Joseph Messina was released after questioning.
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San Francisco
Mickey Cohen
James Tarantino
Hy Porter
Joseph Tenener
Eugene Biscailuz
Los Angeles County
Biscailis
Tony Brancato
Bugsy Siegel
Joseph F. Messina
Petrillo Targets Chicago Hotels Over Piped Music
James C. Petrillo says AFM members are pulled from Chicago hotels cafes and night clubs using non union Muzak record players for piping music. He denies threats to withdraw members from other cities and notes Muzak service used veterans paid 35 a week vs union rate 107.
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James C. Petrillo
AFL
Chicago
Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Herald-American
Boone Electrical Company
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Indicted on murder charge in Ohio couple killing
A first degree murder indictment was returned yesterday against 65 year old Andrew Covic for shooting his wife 60 year old Mary Covic to death near New Comerstown. The Tuscarawas grand jury deliberated only five minutes before announcing its finding.
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Andrew Covic
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New Comerstown
Tuscarawas
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