Mass Gathering of 400000 German Youths In Berlin Rally
Berlin reports 400000 German youths gathered for massive Communist Youth rally ahead of Sundays FDJ event. American British and French forces held a state of alert, troops confined to barracks, while police enforce boundary restrictions between Soviet and Allied sectors. Incidents were limited to arrests of alleged Communist agents and FDJ members seeking asylum in the West.
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Berlin
Red
West Berlin
U. S
Gent Whiteun
FDJ
Amen
Speed Disputes Surface In Chicago Streetcar Crash
Investigations focus on how fast the crowded trolley was moving and why rear doors failed during the fiery crash with a gasoline truck on Chicago’s south side. Thirty-two people died, including the motorman, with 30 identified. Authorities clash over whether the car traveled 30 mph or only 10–12 mph before the collision.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
William C. Liddell
Chicago Transit Authority
Liddell
CTA
Charles G. Klein
Fla
Ralph Budd
Paul Manning
Manning
Father, Mother Of Four Killed
FAIRBORN, D. AP James A. Ryan 31, father of four, attempted to raise a home television aerial when it touched a 12,000-volt line. He died and his wife Lois 26 was electrocuted as she rushed to help. Children aged seven months to six years witnessed the tragedy.
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Fairborn
James A. Ryan
Ryan
Lois
Woman Admits Stabbing Husband at Cafe
Mrs Edna Mae Harbin aged 28 faced a second murder charge after police said she admitted stabbing her husband Morris Harbin 45 at a cafe on Thursday night. The AP report cites Police Chief William F Johnson.
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Warren
Edna Mae Harbin
William F. Johnson
Morris
New Controversy Arises In Probe Of Red Charges
A fresh dispute over the Amerasia 1945 case pits Senator McCarthy against the Senate panel. Former prosecutor Hitchcock said key evidence was obtained illegally, jeopardizing the prosecutions and prompting McCarthy to denounce secret testimony. The State Department rebutted McCarthy, saying no Communist was disclosed. the FBI and OSS raids without warrants are cited as cause for shaky evidence. The article notes ongoing debate over government conduct and national security.
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Washington
Amerasia
M@Carthy
R-Wis
Senate
Enew
Seeray Areerapeae Ead
Justice Department
Amerasia Magazine
Robert M. Hitchcock
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
McCarthy
Tydings
D-Md
Hitchcock
Department
State Department
Rochester
Congress
FBI
Office of Strategic Services
Buffalo, N. Y
OSS
Taft Ferguson Want Truman To Visit Ohio
Senators Taft and Ferguson both welcome a Truman campaign stop in Ohio. Ferguson seeks to run on Taft's record with Truman aid shaping the fall race. Taft says he will win, criticizes Ferguson and supports Taft Hartley. Ferguson forecasts a large margin but remains cautious.
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Taft
Ferguson
Truman
Ohio
Washington
Joseph Ferguson
White House
Taft Taft
William M. Boyle, Jr
Senate
Campaign of fear taints GOP attacks, Biddle says
Former Attorney General Frances Biddle accused Republican leaders in Congress of waging a campaign of fear and hysteria to undermine civil liberties and the fair deal. He named Taft, Wherry, and McCarthy as driving forces, warning the Taft Hartley law could be surpassed if hysteria grows. He spoke at an International Ladies Garment Workers Union convention as national chairman of Americans for Democratic Action.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Francis Biddle
Congress
Biddle
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
McCarthy
Wisconsin
State Department
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Truman
Verdict Near In $200,000 Libel Suit For Draper Adler
Hartford AP the climax neared in the $200000 libel suit brought by entertainers Paul Draper and Larry Adler to defend reputations and earning power from charges of Communist sympathies. A federal jury weighed possible verdicts including damages for either plaintiff or for defendant Mrs Hester McCullough Greenwich housewife. The four week trial centered on a letter McCullough sent protesting a January 1949 roper Adler concert sponsorship and published in the New York Journal American Cholly Knickerbocker column and Greenwich Time.
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Hartford, Conn
Paul Draper
Larry Adler
Draper
Hester McCullough
Greenwich
Conn
U S Presses Move Against Czechoslovakia
The United States orders Czechoslovakia to close its New York consulate and the Bratislava consulate is shut. Pittsburgh and Cleveland posts were closed earlier this month. Prague demanded another cut in U S diplomatic staff leaving Prague embassy only with a skeleton staff. The move marks a continued tit for tat stance toward Soviet satellites.
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Washington
United States
Czechoslovakia
New York
State Department
Bratislava
Prague
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Wanshan Isle Evacuated by Nationalists to Communists
Hong Kong based AP report says Chinese Nationalists handed over Wanshan Island to the Communists. Royal Navy quoted that evacuation of the blockade base near Hong Kong was completed at 8 a.m. Nationalists then opened Canton to foreign sea trade for the first time in eight months. The Navy noted 1,000 Nationalist troops were moved to Lingting Island for final transfer to Formosa, following a claimed victory over Communist invasion forces.
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Hong Kong
Wanshan
Royal British Navy
Wanshans
Lingting Island
Formosa
Lingting
Three Year Old Icuss Dies After Run-In With Truck
In Steubenville Ohio a three year old boy Edward Icuss son of Mr and Mrs Philip Icuss of Mingo Junction died at Ohio Alley Hospital from injuries after running into a truck. The truck driver was not held.
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Steubenville, O
Edward Icuss
Philip Icuss
Mingo Junction
Ohio “Alley
State Highway Patrol
Military Experts To Have Hand In U S Economic Plan Abroad
Washington AP reports the White House will rely on American military and economic authorities to shape a new global program to replace the Marshall Plan. Tracy Voorhees joins Gordon Gray's staff to oversee a study on keeping dollars with allies as Europe ends, focusing on strategic materials, occupation impacts, and defense industry protection.
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Washington
White House
Tracy Voorhees
Army
Frank Pace
Gordon Gray Gray
United States
U. S
Germany
Japan
Gray
Accused Banker Reich Eking Bond in Ohio Case
Nelson Reich elderfer, 68, of Circleville, charged with embezzling about $7,000, posted a $2,000 bond and was released from Ross County jail. He faces arraignment in U S District Court in Columbus. Reich elderfer, former state bank examiner and executive vice president of Circleville Savings and Banking Co, was arrested by FBI on falsifying bank records to conceal the shortage.
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Chillicothe
Nelson E. Reichelderfer
Circleville
U. S. District Court
Columbus
Ross County
Reichelderffer
Circleville Savings and Banking Company
FBI
Galea dor wins English Derby at Epsom Downs
In a race report from Epsom England the French bred colt Galea dor captured the English Derby while favored Prince Simeon finished second in the classic at Epsom Downs St Andrews hosts the half way mark in the British Amateur Golf Championship final with Frank Stranahan leading Dick Chapman three up after 26 holes at Pinehurst North Carolina
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Epsom
Eng
Galeador
Prince Simeon
Epsom Downes
ST. Andrews
Frank Stranahan
Toledo
Dick Chapman O
Pinehurst
N. C
Sunday Drive Habitual Auto Route Through Family Life
A nostalgic portrait of the Sunday auto drive as a ritual binding family routines. Pop naps after a heavy dinner, the kids play, and Mom complains of the Rusty air while the family negotiates a country lane and a return home. The piece stresses long standing habit and weekly sameness across generations.
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Pop
Mom
Plans Set For Survey Of Proposed Turnpike
Columbus AP reports Ohio Turnpike Commission approved two engineering and traffic firms to survey a 265 mile toll road linking Indiana Nine and the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Youngstown. Greiner firm to survey for 267,500 and Brinckerhoff, Hall, McDonald to study traffic revenue for 70. Fees to be paid from turnpike bonds repayment after eventual transfer to the state.
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Columbus
Pennsylvania
New York
Isons, Brinckerhoff, Hall ,and McDonald
Greiner Grm
Kauer
Turnpike Commission
Howard, Needley, Tammen
Bergendorf
Kansas City
Highway Department
Ohio Supreme Court
Commission
Murray Seasongood
Cincinnati
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Herschel H. Allen
Greiner Firm
Allen
Harry M. Brown
Greiner
Attorney General
Supreme Court
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Petersburg
Youngstown
Cleveland
Tope
Indiana State Line
Woman defies police and pockets cash stash
In Cleveland Julia Semanchik, 37, sat in her locked car for two and a half hours after being arrested for a red light run and an invalid temporary permit. Officers retrieved $2,400 in cash from her dress, with a relative saying the money came from selling property. The car had been bought May 19 and she had been living in it.
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Cleveland
Slim Julia Semanchik
Joseph Sewyer
William Brown
Bella Smith
Fire destroys four buildings in Cincinnati
A Cincinnati fire at the Virginia Carolina Chemical plant destroyed four interconnected buildings inside two hours. Estimated loss runs about 300000 dollars. Fire reduced two fertilizer units and a crane and a wet mix area, with 65 000 tons produced yearly. Explosives were stored nearby and saved. An initial tobacco bin caused the blaze as flames rose 200 feet high and ash drifted over a mile on a northeast wind.
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Cincinnati
Virginia
Carolina Chemical Corporation
Charles Fischer
St. Bernard
Dies John Lesinski U S Representative Detroit AP
U S Representative John Lesinski of Michigan died suddenly at 65 in Dearborn after a heart attack. A long-time Democrat and labor ally, he chaired the House Education and Labor Committee and had served nine terms since 1932. He planned a tenth term and was returning from Washington for the congressional recess.
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Detroit
U. S
John Lesinski
D-Mich
Congress
House
Dearborn
Lesinski
Washington
Education and Labor Committee
Organized Labor
Michigan
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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