Loyalty Board May Hold Up Condon Report
Washington AP Edward A. Condon asks for congressional inquiry to end smears on scientists. Secretary Harriman may delay release of a loyalty report amid sharp criticism from House Un-American Activities Committee and calls from scientists defending Condon.
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Loyalty Board
Condon
Washington
Edward A. Condon
House UN- American Activities Committee
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Secretary of Commerce
Harriman
Federal Bureau of Standards
House Un-American Activities
Subcommittee
Bureau
Un-American Activities Group
Commerce Department Loyalty Board
John L. Towne
Dertment
Isaac N . Stokes
Fuse
Department
Idaho
William C. Foster
Federation of American Scientists
Labor Leader Christoffel Guilty Of Perjury
Milwaukee labor leader Harold Christoffel found guilty by a federal jury on a six count perjury indictment stemming from testimony before the House Labor Committee. He faces up to sixty years in prison with sentencing delayed for motions for a new trial. Christoffel denied Communist ties on March 1, 1947.
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Washington
Milwaukee
Harold Christoffer
Christoffel
House Labor Committee
Youth Nominated For Appointment to Naval Academy
Rep Burke of Ohio nominates Richard Wayne McGaudy of Hamilton for the Naval Academy. Alternates named in order are Robert Olen Aller Gayle G. Stucker and Donald Eugene Bowman, all of Dayton.
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Washington
Richard Wayne McGaudy
Hamilton
Naval Academy Today
Rep. Burke
Ohio
Burke
Robert Olen Aller
Gayle G. Stucker
Donald Eugene Bowman
Dayton
17 Jewish Militiamen Shot In Arab Ambush
In Ramallah area a two hour gunfight left 17 Haganah militiamen dead after Arabs ambushed a patrol while it reportedly sought to lay mines on the highway. Arab sources claim the force came from Kalandiya near the airport. The UN partition party arrived there yesterday.
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Jerusalem
Haganah
Ramallah
Kalandiya
United Nations Commission
Holy Land
Reprieve for Richard Reilly Delays Death at Tennessee Pen
Gov. Jim McCord granted a 32 day reprieve to 21 year old Richard Reilly of Pittsburgh minutes before his scheduled death by electric chair in Nashville. Companion Daniel Budzynski, 19, had his death sentence commuted to 99 years. Miss Jeanne Clair Lucas, Budzynski’s fiancée, had traveled to Nashville to wed him if not commuted. The pair were convicted in the murder during a 1946 Memphis holdup of Samuel Colsky.
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Nashville
Tenn
Pittsburgh
Jim McCord
Richard Reilly
Reilly
State Penitentiary
Daniel Budzynski
Miss Lucas
Budzynski
Frau Heissmeyer Maintains Nazi Ties In Interview
Frau Gertrud Scholtz Klint Heissmeyer declares she is still a Nazi as she voices support for Hitler. She and her husband Gen Heissmeyer say they believe Hitler and Martin Bormann are dead while describing their capture by Allied and French police in Tubingen Germany. They recount wartime escape from Berlin and exile in the Russian zone before seeking sanctuary in Wuerttemburg with Princess Pauline who was arrested for sheltering them.
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Tubingen
Germany
Frau Gertrud Scholtz - Klink Heissmeyer
Hitler
Her Heissmeyer
Fuehrer
Martin Bromann
Frau Heissmeyer
Heissmeyer
Berlin
Pauline
We Heissmeyers
Mihai Says Abdication Was Forced and Plans U S Visit
London AP reports former Romanian king Mihai I declares his abdication was coerced and not binding. He sails to the United States, recalling that Petru Groza and Gheorghiu Dej urged signing under threat of bloodshed after armed detachments surrounded the Royal Palace on December 30, 1947.
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London
Mihai
Romania
United States
Europe
Petru Groza
Gheorghiu-Dej
Former Dayton Poet Dies in Manhattan Plunge
Phillip Stack once lived in Dayton from 1937 to 1944 and wrote poetry for Walter Winchell. He died after leaping from a 12 story mid Manhattan apartment building, leaving a note saying he was incurably ill. He contributed to Esquire and authored Love in Manhattan.
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NEW York
Phillip Stack
Walter Winchell
Don Wahn
Dayton
Stack
Winchell
Manhattan
Esquire Magazine
Neale McHarg
Huntington
N.Y
Two Ohioans Killed As Auto Hits Truck
In Chesterton Indiana two Toledoans died when their car skidded into a truck. Victims were Richard Darontsky 36 and Pauline Darontsky 35. Sandra Armagain 14 riding with them was critically injured.
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Chesterton, Ind
Richard Darontsky
Pauline Darontsky
Sandra Armagain
Darontskys
Five Countries Open Talks on Western European Union
Five nations Great Britain France Belgium The Netherlands and Luxembourg met at Brussels to study a treaty and alliance to stop Communist expansion. The talks paused due to weather delaying Britain’s Jebb, with Lovett in Washington stressing a strictly European union and US nonparticipation.
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Brussels
Belgium
Five Nations
Great Britain
France
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Foreign Affairs Ministry
Paul-Henri Spaak
Czecho- Slovakia
Finland
Gladwyn Jebb
Jebb
London
Britain
Ernest Bevin
Western
Europe
House of Commons
Bevin
U. S
Robert A. Lovett
Washington
United States
Lord Vansittart
Chamberlain
House of Lords
Stalin
Czechoslovakia
Hitler
Dyer Knocked Unconscious By Line Drive
St. Louis Cardinals manager Eddie Dyer was knocked unconscious during batting practice in St. Petersburg Florida after a line drive struck the rear of his head. He remained unconscious for several minutes before being rushed to a hospital.
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ST. Petersburg
Fila
Eddie Dyer
St. Louis Cardinals
Dyer
Belgian Train Wreck Kills Nine Persons
Belgian railway officials report nine dead and four seriously injured in a morning train accident at Jambes in southeastern Belgium. Authorities investigated the wreck and called for safety reviews.
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Brussels
Belgium
Jambes
Dixie Rebels Hit Setback in Virginia Ballot Move
Virginia legislators rejected a bill to bar President Truman from the ballot while approving a tactic to oppose him. Northern Democrats backed Gen. Douglas MacArthur as a potential Democratic nominee. Boston Mayor James M. Curley and ex governors Ely and Murphy urged a MacArthur candidacy amid party tensions.
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Virginia
Truman
New England
Boston
James M. Curley
Douglas MacArthur
Curley
Joseph B. Ely
Massachusetts
Francis P. Murphy
New Hampshire
Japan
Ely
Alfred E. Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Roosevelt
Murphy
Czech envoy on way as Prague regime consolidates power
The new Czech government named Irvin Munk minister counsellor to Washington after a coup. Ambassador Juraj Slavik quit to defend democracy and may seek exile in the United States. State Department advises Slavik he may stay, while Lovett says three-power talks with Britain and France continue on the seizure of power.
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Washington
Czechoslovakia
Irvin Munk
Prague
New York
Juraj Slavik
State Department
Slavik
United States
Ent Gottwald
Robert A. Lovett
Britain
France
Europe
Gordon S. Rentschler Dies in Havana at 62
Gordon S. Rentschler chairman of the National City Bank of New York died in the Nacional Hotel Havana from a heart attack at age 62. A Hamilton native and Princeton life trustee he led the bank as chairman since 1940 after serving as president since 1929. He spent years in finance and previously helped float a 35 million dollar bond issue through NCB. His body was sent aboard the steamer Florida after fate in Cuba.
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Gordon S. Rentschler
National City Bank of New York
Hamilton
Nacional
Havana
National City Bank
Charles E. Mitchell
Rentschier
Wall Street
Mitchell
Rentschler
Miami
Princeton
Ohio
Cuba
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Locust Valley
Long Island
Soledad
Matanare
Florida
Statewide Conference Called To Discuss Tax Decision
Ohio officials convene a statewide meeting in Columbus to review the impact of Supreme Court tax rulings on industrial property. Lorain County leads concerns over 50 percent valuation cuts for tunnel kilns and other special use structures, warning of widespread tax protests and local government strain.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Lorain County
Ohio County Commissioners Association
Supreme Court
Roseville Pottery Company
Muskingum County
Standard Oil Company
Ohio
C. Emory Glander
McCabe Given Week To Reply On War Sales
Senators gave Thomas B. McCabe a week to answer charges of mis managing surplus war sales in China. His reply could determine his Federal Reserve Board nomination and possible chairmanship, with critics calling the disposal of goods from 1944 to 1946 a sordid matter. McCabe also heads Scott Paper and chairs the Philadelphia Fed Bank.
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McCabe
Washington
Senators
Thomas B. McCabe
China
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Truman
Marriner S. Eccles
Tobey
R-Nh
Senate Banking Committee
Eccles
Scott Paper Company
Chester
Federal Reserve Bank of
Philadelphia
Bricker
Ohio
Senate
Seven Missing After Milan Magazine Blast
A large military power magazine between Argisate and Induna exploded today in Milan Italy. Several people were hospitalized with injuries and there was heavy property damage. Seven persons are reported missing.
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Milan
Italy
Argisate
Induna
Folsom petition moves forward in Alabama case
Christine Putman Johnston seeks a court ruling that Governor James Folsom is the father of her 22 month old son James Douglas born in Nashville Tennessee on April 17 1946 and that he is her lawful husband due to a claimed common law marriage. No hearing date set.
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Lorraine Rubart
Thomas Victor Rubart
West Suburn Hospital
Oak Park
Chicago
Andrew Cannon
Raymond Rubart
Robart
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Washington
New York Daily News
Cullman
Ala
Christine Johnson
Tennessee
Kentucky
Florida
Folsom
Cullman. Ala
James Folsom
Christine Putman Johnston
Hanceville, Ala
Johnston
Birmingham
James Douglas
Nashville
Tenn
Truman to end Florida vacation Friday in Washington plans
President Truman, finishing a calm Florida vacation, will return to Washington Friday. He will meet his cabinet at 4 p.m. EST at the White House, shortly after his aircraft, The Sacred Cow, is due to depart Boca Chica at 9 a.m. EST.
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Key West
Frs
Truman
Washington
White House
Boca Chica
Wedemeyer Seeks China Aid Says U S Must Act
Lt General Albert Wedemeyer testified to the House Foreign Affairs Committee urging military aid for China and warning the nation to act against Communist expansion. He noted the China report he prepared remains secret, and contrasted views with Secretary of State Marshall and President Truman.
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Washington
Albert C. Wedemerger
China
America
Wedemeyer
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Truman
State Department
Judd
R -Minn
Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Mouse Group
Tokyo
Vandenberg
Mich
Europe
Trieste
UN Delegates Stall On Palestine Plan At UN
The Security Council recessed 24 hours amid private talks on Palestine. The US partition plan faced opposition from Canada Belgium Syria and China. A Big Five committee proposal was debated while Russia abstained from yesterday’s discussion.
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Syria
Council
UN Assembly
Palestine
Russia
Battleship Pennsylvania Scuttled Near Kwajalein
The Battleship Pennsylvania, survivor of Pearl Harbor and Bikini tests, was scuttled near Kwajalein on February 10 after sustaining damage from Okinawa. Navy notes say Bikini damage caused unseaworthiness, with two other ships scuttled last month. Commissioned 1915, the 33,900 ton vessel once fired 1 000 000 pounds of steel in battles.
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Pear Harbor
Pennsylvania
Pearl Harbor
Kwajalein
Navy
Okinawa
Bikini
Trippe
Banner
Vest
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