Missing Uranium Case To Be Doublechecked
Washington AP reports Senate Labor Committee Democrats split on the Truman labor bill with Humphrey favoring amendments including limited presidential power to seize failed dispute sites. Douglas also backs similar changes, AFL officials waver, while Morse and Aiken push for bipartisan compromise. Separately House atomic matters seeks an outside expert to recheck the missing uranium case as AEC grants face scrutiny amid loyalty questions. Isador Edelman questioned by Appropriations subcommittee amid worries over student grants.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Humphrey
Minn
Douglas
Ill
Labor Committee
Executive Council
American Federation of Labor
Senate
Congress
Morse
R - Ore
AFL
Aiken
R-Vt
White House
Senate House Committee On Atomic Matters
Capitol Hill
Atomic Energy Commission
Appropriations
Commission
Isador Edelman
House
West Coast
Eisler Hearing Postponed In London Bail Denied
An extradition hearing for fugitive Communist Gerhart Eisler was postponed to Friday at the U S request. British lawyer F Graham Maw said the United States needed time to prepare, while Eisler’s attorney Dudley Collard urged immediate action. The magistrate granted a three day delay and again refused bail.
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London
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Bow St
U. S
America
F. Graham Maw
Eisler
Maw
Dudley Collard
J. ¥. Eastwood
Jewelry Stolen From Cincinnati Apartment
Jewelry valued at 10800 was stolen from the apartment of Mr and Mrs Jacob Horwitz in Cincinnati. The loot included an 18 diamond dinner ring worth 3000 a 2000 platinum brooch and a platinum bracelet worth 2400. The items were taken from an unlocked box hidden in a closet.
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Cincinnati
Jacob Horwitz
Security lapse at Hanford uranium plant shocks Senate
The Atomic Energy Commission security guards stole two bars of uranium from the Hanford site and kept them undiscovered for months. The incident was disclosed before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee along with a vote to ship isotopes to nations around Russia, opposed by Commissioner Lewis Strauss who cited security concerns.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Hanford
Wash
Senate Appropriations
AEC
Russia
Lewis Strauss
Senate pressure grows over Lilienthal amid atomic leaks
An ex-suspect accused last year of passing atomic secrets to Communists is said to supervise students with government funded AEC fellowships. Senator Rickenlooper demands Lilienthal be fired from the commission chair. Senator Wherry concurs. Senator Vandenberg calls for a full Congressional inquiry into Lilienthal attitudes toward atomic secrets.
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Sor
AEC
Rickenlooper
Iowa
David E. Lilienthal
Commission
Wherry
R-Neb
Michigans
Vandenberg
Coal Miners Strike Stems From Time Change Dispute
About 1,500 coal miners at Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp stayed away from Vesta No. 5 mine Vestaburg Washington County for a second day over daylight saving time. Clerks at Vesta No. 5 and Shannopin mines voted to return to work after a clash with the firm over office machines and contract grievance provisions. District 50 United Mine Workers charged the company did not observe the contract terms.
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Pittsburgh
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Vesta No
Six Men Arrested After Car Theft Ringed In Woods
Canton Ohio police detained six men after they wrecked a car reported stolen in New York City. The incident occurred in a wooded area east of Canton and prompted a swift response by authorities.
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Canton, O
Here
New York City
Reds Smash Toward Shanghai as Nationalists Falter
Chinese Communist forces near Shanghai pressed a hard drive into the southwestern sector, breaching defenses near the 35 miles wooden fence and sinking vessels in the Whangpoo. Nationalist troops gathered for withdrawal as roads into the city filled with civilians carrying belongings.
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Shanghai
Yangtze
Woosung
Canton
Lunghwa
Daily Worker Editor Tells Of Activities
John Gates editor in chief of the Daily Worker resumes testimony at the Communist conspiracy trial in New York. He describes his conversion to Communism during hard years and says he organized the Young Communist League and the Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union in November 1932, with a posting to Warren Ohio to organize unskilled workers.
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NEW York
John Gates
The
Daily Worker
Young Communist League
Steel and Metal Workers Industrial Union
Gates
Warren, C
Merger urged for Army Navy and Air Force buying
Senator Morse proposes a three-service procurement merger to close a loophole in a new armed services unity bill. He is the sole dissent among 13 Armed Services Committee members and argues real unity requires unified purchasing across the Army Navy and Air Force. He cites economic pressure from bidding by separate services as the bill’s missing element.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Air Force
Morse
R-Ore
Senate
Armed Service Committee
Hunt For Lad Proves Futile
PAULDING Ohio AP search for seven year old Danny Moore who fell from a bridge into Flat Rock creek yielded no trace. Witnesses say he leaned over a bridge ledge to reach a stick and tumbled in. Firemen state patrol and 148th Ohio National Guard unit aided an ambulance crew in the futile search. He is the son of Herbert Monroe manager of the Paulding Putnam Electric Cooperative.
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Paulding, O
Danny Moore
Flat Rock Creek
148Th Ohio National Guard Infantry Company
Herbert Monroe
Paulding-Putram Electric Cooperative
Buckmaster Fired From CIO Office
In Philadelphia the CIO United Rubber Workers Union announced L S Buckmaster has been fired as international president after a trial by the union's general executive board. H R Lloyd of Akron succeeds Buckmaster as international president, with F M Dickenson of Memphis advancing to vice president amid charges and countercharges.
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Philadelphia
CIO
United Rubber Workers Union
L. S. Buckmaster
Robert Cruden
Creuden
Buckmaster
URW
Pottstown
H. R Lloyd
Akron
Lloyd
F. M. Dickenson
Memphis
Robert Garber
Garber
Car Plunges Off Road In Cincinnati Embankment Crash
John C. Jackson, 19, was seriously injured when his car left the highway in Cincinnati and tumbled down a 150 foot embankment yesterday.
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Cincinnati
John C. Jackson
Defense Will Recall Mother Of Victim To Stand In Slaying Tr.
In Cedar Rapids Iowa AP report, Dr Robert Rutledge Jr. faces first degree murder charges for the December slaying of Byron Hartman in St. Louis. Prosecutors plan to recall Hartman’s mother, Mrs John Hartman, and landlord Mrs Hattie Steinke as rebuttal witnesses. The defense contends Hartman seduced Rutledge’s wife Sydney after a boat ride and party.
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Robert C. Rutledge, Jr
Byron C. Hartman
Cedar Rapids
Jim Smith
Harlan Snyder
Rutledge
William Crissman
John Hartman
Coraopolis
St. Louis
Hattie Steinke
Hattman
Sydney Rutledge
Tom Condon
Hartman
Condon
St. Louis Hospital
Rutldge
Dr. Rutledge
Two Girls Die In Route 23 Collision Near Toledo
Janet Householder 15 and Jeannette Fries 16 of Bloomdale High School were killed in a two car crash on Route 23 eight miles south of Toledo. Janet’s cousin Melvin Householder rode with them. three others were injured as the cars collided on wet pavement.
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Toledo, O
Janet Householder
Jeannette Fries
Bloomdale High School
Route
Here
Janet
Melvin Householder
Forrestal Services To Be Held Wednesday
Washington AP James V Forrestal first U S Secretary of Defense will receive a hero's burial with Cabinet pallbearers led by President Truman. Funeral at Arlington Memorial Amphitheater tomorrow 10 a m EST burial in Arlington with a 19 gun salute taps and a simple service per Mrs Forrestal's wishes.
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Washington
James V. Forrestal
Truman
Forrestal
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Memorial Amphitheater
Arlington National Cemetery
America
Union Arbritration Offer Standoff in Ford Strike
DETROIT AP The Ford Motor Company rejected terms of a union arbitration proposal in the 20 day old Ford strike and asked for further meetings to craft a satisfactory plan. The CIO UAW offered to arbitrate the union’s real issue if minor points are settled, potentially ending 106000 idle workers. Negotiations have been recessed since Sunday. Ford will comment after receiving the written proposal from the UAW. The union described the plan as genuine arbitration and signed by UAW President Walter Reuther to Ford VP John S Bugas.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter Reuther
Johns. Bugas
Rayburn Plans To Fight ECA Fund Slicing
House Speaker Sam Rayburn urged he would seek to restore a $629.73 million cut in second year foreign aid. He said he will urge the House to override the Appropriations Committee’s $3.568 billion ceiling, versus the $4.198 billion requested by President Truman. Paul G Hoffmann of the ECA warned of a serious loss to European recovery if the cut holds. Hoffmann added the agency will do its best with whatever Congress approves. Rayburn’s challenge comes as the House debates the bill on Thursday.
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Appropriations Committee
Truman
Paul G. Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Congress
Hoffman
Soldier Held In Slaying In Paris Hotel
Private Fred Edelbaum 20 year old American soldier is charged with murder in Montmartre Hotel killing of Elizabeth Borik Hungarian woman on May 13. Lt Col David H Thomas of East Palestine heads the investigation.
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Paris
Fred Edelbaum
Elizabeth Borik
Montmartre
Edelbaum
New York
David H- Thomas
East Palestine
Russians push four power Germany control plan
Paris dispatch reports Soviet leader Vishinsky quickly accepts the Western proposal and calls for restoration of four power control in Germany. French sources indicate Bevin urged Moscow to state its position on Germany's political and economic future as negotiations unfold.
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Vishinsky
Paris
Russia
Germany
Ernest Bevin
United States
France
Andrei Vishinsky
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Britain
U. S
Dean Acheson
Howley orders withdrawal of Soviet railway police in Berlin
In Berlin, U S Brig Gen Frank L Howley ordered Soviet employed railway police to withdraw from all American sector stations by 7 p m local time to restore order after last night s riots that left two dead. Western powers balked at expulsion as four power control of railways remains.
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Berlin
U. S
Frank L. Howley
Howley
West Berlin
Strickers
Man Slays Wife and Tries to Instruct Son in Suicide
MT PLEASANT N C AP A man struck his wife to death then ordered his four year old son to shoot him with a single loading 22 caliber pistol. Fetter Lee Talbert 37 fatally wounded Carrie Talbert 35 after years of separation near their farm home. The couple’s children Doyle 4 Jadine 5 and others aged 8 to 18 were present. one son was in Japan and two children attended local schools.
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MT. Pleasant
N. C
Hoover
Carrie
Sheriff Hoover
Doyle Talbert
Jadine
Billie Eugene
Japan
Roy Lee
J. C
Janis
Annette
North Carolina School
Piqua Man George Favorite Dies After Car Collision
Piqua O AP. George W Favorite 80 died in Piqua Memorial Hospital after being struck by a car last Wednesday marking the city's first traffic fatality since December 1947.
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Piqua, O
George W. Favorite
Piqua
Piqua Memorial Hospital
Storm death toll hits 47 as cool air moves east
Storms and tornadoes left 47 dead across Missouri Indiana Illinois Pennsylvania and Kentucky with heavy property damage in Maryland Iowa Tennessee Texas and West Virginia. The Red Cross allocated 500000 for relief and temperatures dropped to the 20s in North Dakota while most plains readings hovered near 30. Showers touched Oklahoma Illinois Michigan and Indiana as a cool wave cleared Chicago and headed toward the East.
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Missouri
Indiana
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Kenetucky
Maryland
Iowa
Tennesee
Texas
West Virginia
American Red Cross
Pembina
N. Dak
Plains
Fire Sweeps Through Barium and Chemicals Plant
A fire at Barium and Chemicals Company Inc in Willoughby forced 200 employees to flee. Origin undetermined as flames threatened the nearby Ohio Rubber plant. Willoughby Fire Chief Reed Fairley sought aid from surrounding villages. Barium holds contracts with the Atomic Energy Commission and produces silver white barium metal used in explosives when paired with chlorides.
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Cleveland
Barnum and Chemicals Company, Inc
Willoughby
Reed Fairley
Ohio Rubber Company
Atomic Energy Commission
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