Russian Demand For Berlin Control Rejected
The Paris Foreign Ministers Conference remained deadlocked as Russia pushed for a 50 50 voice in Berlin’s administration. Dean Acheson rejected the Soviet plan as an attempt to impose one occupying power’s will on three, noting Berlin’s population and past voting.
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Paris
Foreign Ministers Conference
Russia
Dean Acheson
Andrei Vishinsky
Berlin
Vishinsky
West Berlin
SED
Vienna
Kommandatura
Acheson
Austria
Karl Gruber
Robert Schuman
Gates Refuses to Answer on Reds Trial Hearings
New York AP report says Communist Editor John Gates refuses to identify party associates on trial for conspiring to overthrow the government. He cites risk to others and his own privileges, while 11 top Red leaders face proceedings. Bail decisions loom for Gus Hall and Henry Winston as prosecutors press for admission.
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New York
John Gates
Gates
The
Daily Worker
Gus Hall
Henry Winston
Hall
Ohio
Winston
Medina
Communist Party
Youngstown
de Vincenzo
U.S
John F. X. McGahey
Raffle Halted at Bob Hope Benefit in Los Angeles
Los Angeles AP report says vice squad halted a church benefit raffle at comedian Bob Hope’s home. Detective David McCoy stated no arrests were made after Mrs. Hope claimed she did not know the raffle was illegal. Officers confiscated several paddlewheels as part of the incident, which drew over 1200 attendees for a convent benefit in Alhambra.
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Los Angeles
Bob Hope
David McCoy
Senate forecast swift Gray approval as Army secretary
President Truman’s nominee Gordon Gray, a North Carolina lawyer publisher, drew early Senate support. Chairman Tydings said Gray would testify tomorrow as lawmakers noted Johnson’s earlier plans and Calder’s reluctance. Johnson’s camp remains confident, with Symington poised to stay as Air Force head while Navy resists perceived cuts.
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Washington
Senate
Gordon Gray
Army
Tydings
Defense
Louis Johnson
Curtis E. Calder
Electric Bond and Share Company
Calder
Johnson
James Forrestal
Gray
Francis P. Matthews
Navy
Forrestal
Air Force
W. Stuart Symington
Symington
St. Louis
Congress
Russia Sent Atomic Goods in Espionage Case
FBI disclosed that a shipment of atomic research equipment, similar to what the AEC uses, left New York for Russia two years ago. Two earlier shipments in 1948 and 1949 were blocked, amid details presented in the Judith Coplon espionage trial. Amtorg allegedly had exact knowledge of the equipment sought, including radia tion detection gear and Geiger counters.
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Washington
FBI
Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
United States
Judith Coplon
Archibald Palmer
Miss Coplon
Amtorg
New York
Life Sentenced Lad In Slaying Case
John Thomas Barnett a 19 year old Mansfield reform school parolee was convicted of first degree murder in the slaying of his sister Mary Velma Campbell 21 at her home near Iberia. The jury recommended mercy making a life sentence mandatory. He testified he shot her to keep her from telling authorities he planned to violate his parole. He had escaped from the Boys Industrial School and was paroled to his sister and her husband Kermit Campbell.
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MT. Gilead
Mansfield
Morrow County
Barnett
Shaw Interested In Russia Says Shaw Interested In Russia
London dispatch reports Moscow radio quoted a George Bernard Shaw letter declaring the USSR interests him more than any other state including his own. The 93 year old writer said so in a letter to Soviet ambassador Georgi Zarubin who invited him to Moscow for a Pushkin celebration.
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London
Moscow Radio Today
George Bernard Shaw
U.S.S.R
Shaw
Georgi N. Zarubin
Britain
Sage
Moscow
Push- Lil
Hawaii Faces Prolonged Waterfront Strike Squeeze
Hawaii endures 39 days of a six-port waterfront strike with jobs and commerce hit hard. ILWU demand 32 cent raise to 1.72 per hour widens gap with employers offer of 12 cents. Governor and mediators fail to bridge, while Navy delivers emergency supplies amid nationwide political pressure.
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Honolulu
Hawaii
CIO
Islands
Harry Bridges
International
Police Chief Resigns in Dayton After Long Tenure
Dayton police chief Rudolph F. Wurstner aged 67 resigned today effective July 11. He has led the department since June 17, 1925 with no reason given for the departure.
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Dayton
Rudolph F. Wurstner
New Trial Planned For Ilse Koch In Germany
German officials plan a new trial for Ilse Koch widow of Buchenwald commander. Her life sentence was reduced to four years by American authorities last year and she may be released by October 18. Evidence of mistreatment and killings found by Bavarian officials prompted the move. No trial date set. hearings continue in Weimar area. In San Juan Puerto Rico, a transport plane crash killed at least 54 of 81 aboard with 20 missing. Coast Guard and Navy searched murky shark-infested waters using flares as 27 survivors were rescued.
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Munich
Lise Koch
Buchenwald
Lansberg
Hans Walther
Justice Ministry
United Nations
Walther
U. S
Koch
Weimar
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Coast Guard
Navy
D. H. Dexter
U. S. Coast Guard
United States
Jerry Andrews
Civil Aeronautics Board
Miami
Strato-Freight Inc
Fla
Newark
N. J
Ruben Rivera Quiles
al Cockrell
Pittsfield
Mass
Florida Governor Warren to Wed in June Wedding
Los Angeles reports Florida Governor Fuller Warren will marry Barbara Manning in a June wedding at Westwood Community Methodist Church. Manning, 23, is blue eyed and blond from Los Angeles. This will be Warren’s third marriage and the couple met at a party last September during his California citrus inspection tour.
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Los Angeles
California
Florida
Fuller Warren
Barbara Manning
Soicialite
Ward Plunkett
Westwood Community Methodist Church
Warren
Miss Manning
Earl Warren
Ohio moves to boost relief funds with emergency bill
Columbus AP reports emergency legislation drafted to aid counties in paying poor relief costs. Gov. Lausche calls the crisis top priority as Hamilton County officials seek bonds to cover July relief checks. The plan mirrors the Carey act and aims for a 50 percent state matching of local relief expenditures amid mounting deficits.
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Columbus
Frank J.lausche
Hamilton County
William H. Deddens
Maurice A. Niehaus
Lausche
Harold M. Baron
Cleveland
Franklin
Stark
John H. Lamneck
Senate
Veteran Groom Plans Bologna Honeymoon After War Bond
Pittsburgh AP reports Jack Crawford and bride Jane Spicher will wed June 15 then honeymoon in Bologna Italy. They will fly to London and bicycle to Bologna, revisiting the Garibaldi 63 partisans who aided him after his WWII parachute rescue. Bologna residents plan a grand fiesta for the couple.
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Pittsburgh
Jack Crawford
Bologna
Italy
Crawford
Jane Spicher
London
Garibaldi
America
Seized Gunmen Recovering From Injuries
Two injured gunmen, suspects in a murder and kidnapping, were listed in satisfactory condition at a Marysville hospital after a crash into a creek bank near Washington Kansas. Brothers Carl Bistrom and Allen G. Hartman, both of St. Paul Minnesota, fled after abducting six people. Arthur Bistrom surrendered in Nebraska.
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Marysville
Kas
Washington
Carl Bistrom
Allen G. Hartman
St. Paul
Minn
Arthur Bistrom
West Point
Nebr
Bistroms
Fred Babcock, Jr
Minneapolis
Nebraska
Kansas
Bill Beatty
Tekamah
Bistrom
Bailey 18 Drowns in County Fair Pool
Wal ter F. Bailey, 18, drowned in a swimming pool at the county fairgrounds in Van Wert Ohio. The pool was not yet open for the season, but was about half full of water.
Top Educators Urge Study of Communism
Twenty educators including General Dwight Eisenhower and Harvard’s James Conant call for barring Communist members from teaching while urging study of Communist principles in schools. The 54 page report outlines lines of strategy for education, urging objective, document based lessons on totalitarianism and a ban on Communist party members as teachers.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harvard
James B. Conant
Columbia University
Conant
National Education Association
American Association of School Administrators
Soviet Union
Communist Party
United States
Highway Director Suspends Countian Officials
Columbus AP report states Highway Director Theodore J. Kauer imposed two disciplinary suspensions. Clerk Joe Carfagna of Cuyahoga County received a 30 day suspension starting June 22. Truck driver George B. Bannon of Butler County was suspended for 15 days beginning June 18.
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Columbus, C
Theodore J. Kauer
Joe Carfagna
Cuyahoga County
George B. Bannon
Butler County
Suipe
Singleton loses appeal in larceny by trick case
John W. Singleton of Cleveland, a used automobile dealer, lost his appeal in the Supreme Court today. He must serve a penitentiary sentence after his conviction on a charge of larceny by trick.
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Columbus, O
John W. Singleton
Cleveland
Supreme Court
Cost High As Soviets Lead In Radio War
Washington reports the United States and Britain face intensified Russian jamming that limits access to Voice of America and BBC programs. Moscow has expanded to about 205 jamming stations, crippling some of its own broadcasts while Western transmitters swelling to 66. Officials say the effort aims to veto foreign broadcasts for a year or more, despite protests to international bodies.
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Washington
Russia
United States
Britain
State Department
Voice of America
British Broadcasting Corporation
Moscow
Voice
BBC Radio
BBC
Berlin
International Telecommunications Uneon
Geneva
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Maritime Democratic Committee
International Longshoremen's Association
Joseph P. Ryan
ILA
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