Accused As Czech Spy War Bride Detained in New York
Mrs. Ellen Knauff, 36, German born wife of a U S occupation force member, is barred from citizenship by a Washington immigration board and held at Ellis Island after parole was revoked. Testimony alleged she visited the Czech liaison mission in Frankfurt for espionage briefings under code name Kobyla. Knauff denies spying and says she visited for Czech passport renewals.
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New York
Ellen Knauff
Special Immigration Board
Washington
Edward J. Shaughnessy
Ellis Island
United States
Shaughnessy
Frankfurt
Germany
Kobyla
Civil Censorship Division
U. S
Nine Fedayan Islam members arrested in Tehran plot
Nine members of the Fedayan Islam sect were arrested in Tehran amid martial law in southern Iran oil fields. Police claimed the group planned to assassinate Gen Abdul Hossein Hejazi, the military governor and police chief appointed after martial law last week.
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Tehran
Iran
Mostem
Middle East
Fedayan Islam
Grou
Ali Razmara
Abdul Hossein Hejazi
Western deputy ministers push plan for top level talks
Paris AP dispatch says Western deputy foreign ministers return to conference with Russians to map top level meeting on easing tensions. British Deputy Ernest Davies carries Morison instructions from London as U S Delegate Philip Jessup aims to assemble subjects for a foreign ministers conference.
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Paris
Ernest Davies
Herbert Morrison
London
U. S
Philip Jessup
Washington
Walker Bulldog Tank Production Starting
The Walker Bulldog, the Army's first new postwar tank, begins production three months early. The 26 ton light T-41 moves at 40 mph, mounting a new 76 mm gun. Secretary Pace hails it as capable of outfighting any in its class.
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Washington
Army
Walton H. Walker
Secretary of the Army
Joseph Anastasio Arrested At Home
New York AP report says Joseph Anastasio a Brooklyn longshoreman and brother of Albert Anastasio reputed executioner for Murder Inc was arrested at his home and held for deportation. He faces immigration charges after entering the United States illegally by a 1929 San Francisco ship jump.
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NEW York
Joseph Anastasio
Albert Aastasio
Murder, Inc
Brooklyn
U. S
Annastasio
U. S. Ilegally
San Francisco
Lioness Stages Impromptu Car Jump At Palm Springs Ball
A hungry lioness slipped from a cage during a circus costume party at Rogers Ranch Club in Palm Springs. She hopped cars outside and roamed the desert kitchen area for a while before being corralled by singer Allan Jones, chef, and a photographer. Elephant boy Adolf Hernandez helped herd the animal to safety, entertaining about 200 guests including Sonja Henie and William Powell. John Ringling North Jr praised Hernandez and hired him on the spot.
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Palm Springs, Cailf
Meres
Allan Jones
Renaldo Ferarri
San Francisco
Earl Tiesen
Stewart Hopps
Rhode Island
Rogers Ranch Club
John Ringling North, Jr
Hernandez
Sonja Henie
William Powell
Melvin le Roy
Harry Joe Brown
Hopp
Wilson says U S can deter attack and curb inflation
Mobilization Director Charles E. Wilson told reporters the nation has the military power to deter any aggressor and must also beat inflation. He urged harder price controls under revised Defense Production Act rules and described plans to reorganize wage and labor dispute mechanisms. A new labor management committee on manpower will advise on deferments and policy. The ODM will publish its first quarterly report to President Truman next weekend.
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Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Office of Defense Mobilization
Cief
T T
Arthur S. Flemming
Frank P. Graham
ODM
Truman
Yanks Press Toward 38th Parallel on Western Front
American troops fought a Chinese regiment on the western front in a cautious advance toward the Red Korean border near the 38th parallel, killing about 350 Communists and trapping Reds with UN air support and leaflets. South Korean forces reached five miles of the parallel as six Chinese armies massed north of the border.
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Tokyo
U. S
United Nations
26Th Army Corps
Imjin
77Th
Ceca
Fulbright urges private morality commission for national revival
In a Senate speech Fulbright denounces moral corruption eroding democracy and says only private citizens of high character can restore ethics. He proposes a commission of jurists educators religious leaders and labor figures, citing Roberts La Follette Hand Reuther Hoffman Niebuhr Greene Hutchins Clinchy Parsons among potential members.
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Washington
Fulbright
Arkansas
Senate
Congress
Supreme Court
Owen Roberts
Robert M. LaFollette
Wisconsin
Learned Hand
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers (Cio
Paul Hoffman
Ford Foundation
Reinhold Niebuhr
Union Theological Seminary
Theodore Greene
Mickey Cohen Ties to Texas Wire Rackets and Slaving
Texas legislative hearing revealed that Mickey Cohen sought to muscle in on wire rackets and bookie services in July 1950, with a companion in Houston contacting a son of Vincent Vallone. Vallone was hired in a Mafia slaying, according to State Police Director Homer Garrison. Cohen did not appear, fueling contempt speculation as the organized crime probe drew a packed crowd and TV coverage.
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Austin
Texas
Mickey Cohen
Homer Garrison
Texas House Crime Committee
Houston
Garrison
Vincent Vallone
Vallone
Cohen
Canada and U S Plan Joint Civil Defense Accord
Canada and the United States agreed on joint planning for Civil Defense as if no border existed. Civil Defense authorities will exchange information on all matters affecting population protection against atomic or other attacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Canada
United States
Publisher Dies in Philadelphia at Age 54
PHILADELPHIA AP Lee Ellmaker, publisher of the Philadelphia Daily News, died today at University Hospital. He was 54.
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Philadelphia
Lee Ellmaker
The
Philadelphia Daily News
University Hospital
White House Demands Censorship on MacArthur Statements
The Truman Administration asked General Douglas MacArthur to submit any future politically sensitive statements for Washington clearance. Officials said the move, discussed by the White House, State and Defense Departments, echoes a December directive and follows MacArthur's offer to meet the Korean Communist commander. State Dept sources noted the aim is to ensure approval or modification before release. In Tokyo, reaction ranged from shock to surprise, with no direct orders confirmed and any official notice pending Washington.
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Washington
Truman Administration
Douglas MacArthur
Ashington
White House
State
Defense Departments
Truman
MacArthur
Korea
United Nations
China
State Department
Tokyo
General MacArthur
Latin Parley Urged To Act Against Reds
Secretary of State Acheson urged the American republics to act now against international Communism. He called for full economic and military cooperation, arguing the threat endangers free governments and individuals. The keynote spoke at the Inter-American Conference with 21 republics seeking mutual defense measures. President Truman urged hemispheric defense and increased production to aid Europe and Asia.
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Washington
Russia
Acheson
Hemisphere
Truman
Europe
Asia
Middletown Men Called To National Guard Duty
About 50 men from Middletown and surrounding areas in the 182nd Anti Aircraft Artillery Battalion B Battery Ohio National Guard were ordered to active duty between May 1 and May 10. The unit, with troops from Middletown Dayton Greenville and Toledo, will train at Fort Bliss Texas under Captain James W. Croucher of Hamilton. St Louis Chamberlain from Middletown is among the officers. he has three other brothers in the unit. The battalion totals 69 enlisted men with six from Franklin.
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Middletown
Ohio National Guard
Dayton
Greenville
Toledo
John W. Bricker
Ft. Bliss
Texas
Franklin
St. Louis
Chamberlain
James W. Croucher
Hamilton
Sister Denies Greenglass Spy Charges in New York Trial
Mrs Eth el Rosenberg testified in federal court she did not belong to a Soviet spy ring and denied her brother Dav id Greenglass's claim that she typed atomic secrets for transmission to Russia. She said she did not know Greenglass worked on Los Alamos projects until 1946 and denied meetings and box half identification stories.
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New York
Ethel Rosenberg
Russia
Julius
Morton Sobell
David Greenglass
Los Alamos, N. M
Greenglass
Los Alamos
Rosenberg
New Mexico
Iving R. Kaufman
Mrs. Rosenberg
Crime Probe Told Of New Set-Up To Trap Tax Evaders
Washington AP report details Senate investigators hearing Treasury set up a special fraud section to check tax returns of gamblers and racketeers. Treasury officials Foley and Schoeneman testified that 2,500 criminal tax cases were being pursued and 248 indictments issued with nearly 129 million dollars in additional assessments. Contempt charges loom for three top gamblers Kleinman Rothkopf Guzik as Kefauver weighs extending the committee beyond its deadline.
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Washington
Tobey
Edward Foley
The
Treasury
Senate
Snyder
Aap
Internal Revenue Bureau
Scarface
al Capone
Chicago
George J. Schoeneman
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Morris Kieinman
Louis Rothkeopf
Cleveland
Jacob
Greasy Fhumb
Schoeneman
McGrath
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Crime Commission
Kleinman
Rothkopf
Guzik
Tate
Senator Tobey
RNH
Abner
Longie) Zwillman
New Jersey
Florida
Joseph Nellis
Drug addict numbers rise at Lexington hospital
Washington reports a surge in young addicts sent to the U S Public Health Service Hospital in Lexington Kentucky. Harry J Anslinger, head of the Treasury Bureau of Narcotics, notes imports of illegal drugs from Italy Turkey Communist China and Japan fueling the increase. Two years ago there were three addicts under 21 at the facility. now about 200 are under 21.
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Washington
Nare
Senate
Harry J. Anslinger
Treasury
Bureau of Narcotics
Italy
Turkey
China
Japan
Anslinger
U. S. Public Health Service
Po@pital
Lexington
Probers Laugh Off Threats Against Lives
Three members of the Senate Crime Investigating Committee disclosed threats to their lives. Senator Tobey said two threats arrived by letter and one by telephone. Kefauver dismissed them as crackpot letters and joked about an obituary. Hunt noted a typed warning from Miami hearings. Tobey denied needing special protection and stated he goes his own way.
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Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Tobey
R-Nh
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senator Hunt
D-Wye
Miami
Fla
Yonkers
New York
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