Rosenbergs Fear Legal Switch Delays Death Sentence
The government pressed the Supreme Court in a special session to review if Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were tried under the correct law. Justice Douglas stayed their execution pending a ruling on whether the 1946 atomic energy act or the 1917 espionage act applies, noting serious doubts about legality.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
High Tribunal
Illiam O. Douglas
Douglas
Robert L. Stern
Justice Department
Vinson
Brownell
William O. Douglas
Ustices
Asthce
Hugo Black
Sing Sing
Stern
Rosenbergs
Rep
Wheeler
D-Ga
Congress
Win Rosenberg
Daniel G. Marshall
Los Angeles
Fyke Farmer
Nashville
Rhee orders release of 25000 POWs as guards abandon posts
Rhee’s crackdown on armistice terms triggers mass breakout as about 25000 anti‑truce prisoners flee four camps. U N Command reports ROK guards replaced by U.S. troops and promises efforts to recapture the escapees. One ROK guard is killed. no other allied casualties. Rhee asserts he acted without full consultation with the U.N. and others.
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Rhee
Eisenhower
South Korea
U. N
Panmunjom
U. S
U.N
Sang-Mudai
U. N. Command
Dulles Criticizes Seoul for Freeing POWs
Secretary of State Dulles said the South Korean government violated the United Nations Command authority by releasing thousands of anti Communist prisoners of war. He spoke after talks on Korea with President Eisenhower and other National Security Council members.
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Washington
Dulles
United Nations Command
Eisenhower
National Security Council
Japan
Korea
Air Force
ROK Move Threatens Armistice Amid Prison Break
UN and Korean forces rush final armistice steps as President Rhee defies terms by releasing 25 000 POWs. About 25 000 escapees slip away at night. nine prisoners killed and 16 wounded as guards stand by.
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Rhee
Lionel McGarr
Prisoner of War Command
Aeappenes
Darling Defies Questions in HUAC Columbus Hearings
Prof Byron Darling formerly of Ohio State University and his sister in law Flora Webster refused to answer questions on alleged Communist ties during HUAC Columbus sessions. Barbara Darling and others also invoked the Fifth Amendment amid inquiries into Michigan State College and Detroit connections.
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Columbus
House Un-American Activities Subcommittee
Byron T. Darling
Ohio State University
Flora Webster
Tucson
Ariz
Bereniece
Toby) Baldwin
Detroit
FBI
Barbara Springer Darling
Darling
Professor Darling
Communist Party
Gordon Scherer
Cincinnati
Kit Clardy
East Lansing
Mich
Michigan State College
Clardy
Communist League
Supreme Court
Michigan Institution
Michigan State
Fire roars through Whitier Alaska port causing millions in losses
Massive fire and explosions devastate Alaska’s Whitier port area destroying three warehouses two docks and other buildings within four hours. Reports say ammunition may have blown up and a boiler explosion caused fatalities while security limits details.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Whittier
Seward
Alaska Railroad
Alaska Defense Command
Defense Command
Log Jam Arrest In Long Beach Coast Guard Action
In Long Beach California a freighter captain halted mid channel to avoid a log jammed by Edward Gutman. Gutman aged 32, a transient, was arrested on a drunk count after the Coast Guard dispatched a cutter to beach the log.
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Long Beach
Calif
Edward Gutman
Coast Guard
San Pedro
Terminal Island
Gutman
Lawmaker proposes billion-dollar cuts to aid bill
Washington AP reports Rep. Lawrence H. Smith forecasts one billion dollars in cuts to the foreign aid bill for the next year. A four-member minority on the House Foreign Affairs Committee will seek to slash aid to Japan and Spain, reduce global Point Four funds, and delay appropriations citing unsettled world conditions. Rep. Richards says bipartisan backing may grow for restricting European military aid to the European Defense Community.
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Washington
House
Lawrence H. Smith
R-Wis
Eisenhower
Congress
Trufor
Europe
Smith
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Japan
Spain
France
Globe Master crash near Tokyo kills 129 on flight to Korea
A C-124 Globemaster carrying 122 Army engineers and airmen plus seven crew crashed after taking off from Tachikawa near Tokyo. 60 bodies identified. 129 killed in worst air disaster to date. Eyewitnesses described a somersault and crash into a muddy rice field.
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Tokyo
Air Force
Korea
U. S
Tachikawa
Japan
Larson Air Force Base
Moses Lake
Wash
Associated Press
Max Desfor
Desfor
POWs Break From Camp Near Inchon Clash With Marines
Four hundred anti-Communist North Korean prisoners escaped an Allied camp near Inchon after a bloody clash with U S Marines and Army soldiers. Camp authorities report 10 prisoners killed and 93 wounded, with one Marine guard seriously hurt.
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Seoul
Inchon
South Korea
Truce In View New Building At Panmunjom
Communist Army engineers and civilian laborers build a large structure at Panmunjom possibly for armistice signing. Workers begin demolishing the last four Korean mud huts while allied security officers await clarity on the site’s purpose.
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Panmunjom
Red Roe Casters
Soviets Extend Martial Law Around Berlin
East Berlin and surrounding areas face intensified Soviet control as martial law expands amid anti Communist riots. Reports claim dozens killed across several cities, with East Berlin authorities executing a German accused of organizing disturbances.
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Berlin
East Berlin
P. T. Dibrova
Willi Goettling
West Berlin
Potsdam
East Germany
Babelsberg
A. A. Gretchko
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Rosenberg
Clen Clements
Tokyu
Syngman Rhee
ROK
George A. McArthur Munsan
New York
Barbara Anne Darling
Berne
Switzerland
Max Petitpierre
Military Armistice Commission
Freedom Village
Blacksheard M. Bryan
Munsan
U. S. 16Th Corps
Bryan
William K. Harrison
George G. Finch
Edgar Glenn
Glenn
Walt Welch
KENI
Ansaid
Otto Nitschke
Christian Democrats
East
Masayasu Kinoshita
Stan Carter
U.S. Marines
By Tom Reedy
West Germany
Madgeburg
Chemnitz
Dresden
Leipzig
Gera
Magdeburg
East Zone
Radio
Moscow
Pravda
Red
Bonn
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Russia
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Yeste
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