Reds In U S Facing Wide Crackdown
The Supreme Court upheld convictions of 11 top Communist Party officials in a 1949 NY trial, endorsing the 1940 Smith Act and finding their aim to overthrow the U S government a present danger. Attorney Saypol said further prosecutions would follow. The decision also expanded municipal powers to require loyalty oaths and to bar unsolicited magazine and book sales door to door.
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Supreme Court
U.S
Vinson
United States
New York
U. S
Irving Saypol
Federal District Court
Justice Department
High Tribunal
Reed
Justice Black
Black
Cattle Shortage Forces Lay Offs At Armour Plant
Armour and Company, Chicago meat packer, laid off half the workers in its beef dressing plant due to a cattle shortage. Similar cuts affected most other Armour plants as lighter receipts left the company unable to buy enough cattle to meet OPS rules. If receipts and prices do not improve, remaining beef department staff may face further reductions.
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Chicago
Armour and Company
Armour
Pittsburgh Packer Quits Lashes OPS
Oswald & Hess Company halted beef slaughtering claiming OPS price controls hamstring operations. Assistant treasurer William J. Schnabel said the 18 man crew was furloughed after slaughtering stopped June 3. Cleveland retailers report steaks and roasts 60 percent below normal as packers cut slaughtering by up to 75 percent due to price ceilings.
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Pittsburgh
Oswald & Hess Company
William J. Schnabel
Cleveland (Ap
Frank J. Klinger
Cleveland Retail Butchers Association
Klinger
Office of Price Stabilization
Koussevitsky Dies At 77 Of A Stroke
Serge A. Koussevitsky longtime Boston Symphony conductor dies at 77 from cerebral hemorrhage after health decline from a virus in Phoenix and a fall in Brookline. He led the orchestra 25 years and directed Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood guiding young American conductors.
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Koussevitsky
Boston
Serge A. Koussevitzky
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Phoenix
Ariz
Europe
New England Medical Center
Boris Goldovsky
Koussevitzky
Brookline
Boston Symphony
Berkshire Music Center
Tanglewood
Lenox
Mass
Koussevisky
Ravel
Prokofieff
Honegger
Shostakovitch
Leonard Bernstein
Eleazar de Carvalho
Three Airplanes Crash Near Dayton Killing Two
A mid air collision near Dayton involved two F 86 jets, an F 82, and an F 51 Mustang. Lt. R G Hayes was injured, two pilots died, and Korea veteran Franklin C Winters survived. Wright Patterson base units conducted the investigation.
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Dayton
Air Force
R G. Hayes
Korea
Franklin C. Winters
Eugene
Ore
Winters
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Flight Test Division
Air Development Force
Wright-Patterson
Possible Truce Moves Discussed
Washington AP reports a State Department conference of 16 UN coun tries discussing possible Korean truce moves. Britain's delegate may seek a review of the Korean situation and explore a peace appeal to the Chinese Communists. Officials note a revived talk of an American sponsored declaration of aims as a basis for peace talks.
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Washington
State Department
Britain
Aly Khan Balks At Settlement
Rita Hayworth's attorney says Aly Khan balks at a 3,000,000 settlement for their daughter Yasmin. Bartley Crum will travel to Paris to discuss money with Aly's lawyers, who argue the trust fund demand exceeds previous settlements for his two sons. Hayworth arrived in Nevada on May 10 for a six week residency ahead of divorce action.
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New York
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Yasmine
Bartley Crum
Paris
Aly
Crum
Miss Hayworth
Nevada
Car Stolen While Guard Inside Drive In Theater
ZANESVILLE AP A night watchman Martin Schneider reports his car stolen from outside the drive in theater while he was inside. The vehicle was left parked outside the theater building.
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Zanesville
Martin Schneider
Schneider
GI Leads A Life Of Jekyll Hyde In Army
SOUTH DEERFIELD Mass AP John Goreyhome on furlough from Camp Perry Tex. says he serves as a chaplain's assistant by day and tends bar at the officers club by night. The piece notes his dual role as a service member and a civilian worker during leave.
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South Deerfield
Mass
John Gorey
Camp Perry
Tex
Allied Guns Within Range Of Chorwon
Allied troops pressed within artillery range of Chorwon, a key target in Korea’s iron triangle, while 6,000 Chinese troops blocked further UN advances from the east. Front lines report the Fifth Air Force deploying 430 planes in daylight strikes amid rain and cold as Allied tanks push along the main highways.
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TOKYO
Chorwon
Iron Triangle
Korea
United Nations
Triangle
Kumwha
Pyongyang
Yonchon-Chorwon
Yonchon
Hwachon
Kumhwa
Yanggu
Inje
Fifth Air Force
East Central
Beef Surplus Claim Amid Price Rollback Controversy
Washington price director Michael V DiSalle says 160 cities report beef supplies equal to or larger than month ago stocks. Cattlemen oppose a rollback aimed at lowering prices by October 1. Ot tumbwa packing firm John Morrell orders salesmen to quit beef sales. Only Chicago shows a general shortage per his study, with further study planned there.
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Washington
Michael V. DiSa
Chicago
Angry mother fights school principal at Hart Junior High
Bernice Smey 40 pleaded innocent in municipal court to assault and battery after a fight with Principal James Fenwick 55 in his office at Albert Bushnell Hart Junior High School. The confrontation followed alleged misbehavior by her son Danny 14. Fenwick sustained injuries. Smey claimed he attacked first. Judge Cassidy continued the case to June 19.
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Cleveland (Ap
Bernice Smey
James B. Fenwick
Fenwick
Albert Bushnell Hart Junior High School
Danny
Thomas Stearns
James T
Smey
Te Lng
New York Cut-rate Battle Spreads To Other Cities
The price-cutting war widens beyond New York as shoppers flood department stores for bargains. Stores like Macy’s and Gimbel’s slash prices on watches and records while other cities such as Oklahoma City and San Francisco see reduced pricing.
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New York
Oklahoma City
Katz Drug
Southwest
Sunbeam
Ronson
Motorola
San Francisco
Omaha
Newark N. J
Baltimore
Macy’s
Bulova
Gimbel's
Herald Square
Macy's
Bloomingdale’s
Brooklyn
Abraham and Straus
Ex-Aide Of VA Blasts Gray's Medical Policy
Dr. Paul R. Hawley former VA medical director testified before a Senate subcommittee that veterans medical care risks decline due to Carl Gray Jr policy. He credited Dr Magnuson with recent gains and criticized Gray for treating hospitals as hotels rather than medical centers.
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Gray
Vern Haugland
Washington
Paul R. Hawley
Chicago
American College of Surgeons
Congress
Veterans’ Medical
Hawley
Veterans Administration
Omar Bradley
Paul Magnuson
Senate
Magnuson
Veterans
Joel Boone
Margaret Truman to visit the Netherlands next week
The U S embassy says Margaret Truman will travel to The Hague for a three day visit from June 12 to June 14 as part of a European vacation.
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Hague
The
Netherlands
U. S
Margaret Truman
Rickey Denies Meyer Is Out
Pittsburgh AP report notes Branch Rickey dismisses ouster talk and says he has given no thought to firing Billy Meyer. The Pittsburgh Sun Telegraph forecasts Meyer's resignation over health with a $40,000 annual contract buyout, as Pirates slump 14 losses in 16 games and sit last in the NL.
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Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Pirates
Billy Meyer
Branch Rickey
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
Meyer
Tech
Pirates
Senator Acheson backs UN consult before Korea armistice
Secretary of State Acheson told the Senate that the United States will consult the United Nations before any armistice in Korea, resisting a Democratic senator’s demand for unilateral action. He defended President Truman’s authority to deploy troops without congressional approval and outlined U.N. Security Council dynamics, veto questions, and past plans for hot pursuit in Manchuria.
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Washington
Acheson
United States
United Nations
Korea
Gillette
D-Iown
Senate
MacArthur
Truman
U. S
Giliette
Security Council
International Organization
UN Security Council
World Court
Russia
North Korea
Manchuria
Formosa
China
Flanders
R-Vi
U.S
Senator Sees Acheson Out By Autumn
A Democratic senator said Acheson may remain in the Truman cabinet until autumn, but could be replaced before the next presidential election. He cited Acheson as a political liability amid ongoing MacArthur inquiries and foreign policy debates, while defending Truman policies.
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Washington
Acheson
MacArthur
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
J. Howard McGrath
Providence
R. A. Acheson
Cour Ous Public Service
R-Calff
State Department
Knowland
Hiss
Yalta
Delega
China
Manchuria
Luse
Russia
Seizsure
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
U. S. China
Hungary Jails Three Bishops Reported by AP
Vienna AP dispatch said three leading Hungarian Catholic bishops were arrested by the Communist regime for refusing to sign a Moscow backed peace petition among the Big Four and Communist China. Reported detainees include Joszef Grosi archbishop of Kalocsa, Joszet Peters bishop of Pecs, and Endre Hamvas bishop of Debrecen.
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Austria
Hungary
China
Joszef Grosi
Archibishop
Kalocsa
Josef Cardinal
Joszet Peters
Fae
Endre Hamvas
Dsanad
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Pittsburgh Packer
Serge Koussevitsky
Tehran
Iran
Fedayan Islam
Hussein Fatemi
Naveb Safavi
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Fatemi
London
Aly Khan Balks
Alexander Wiley
Wis
Dean Acheson
Armed Services Foreign Relations Committee
Wiley
Margaret
Rickey
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
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