Rajk Pleads Guilty in Hungary Plot Involving Americans
Laszlo Rajk former interior minister testifies at a People's Court trial admitting ties with Americans and Western agents to overthrow the Communist government. He names Lt. Col. Kovacs and Martin Himmler as accomplices and cites contact with Selden Chapin the former U S minister.
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Budapest
Hungary
Laszlo Rajk
People’s Court
Yugoslavia
Rajk
Marshal Tito
George Kovacs
Martin Himmler
Matyas Rakosi
Selden Chapin
U. S
Asl
Hungarian Metal Workers Union
Rajki
Peteranko
Dartmouth grid player indicted in dormitory death case
A grand jury indicted William E. Felton 21 of Tiffin Ohio on first degree man slaughter in the March dormitory beating death of Raymond J. Cirrotta 21 of Linden New Jersey Dartmouth suspended players testified Felton awaits trial date set later by State's Attorney William Phinney
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Woodsville
N. H
Dartmouth College
William E. Felton
Tiffin
Raymond J. Cirrotta
Linden
N. J
Felton
Dartmouth
Thomas A. Coxsee
Fayetteville
N. Y
Cirrotta
William Phinney
Threatened Walkouts Darken Labor Picture
The nation faces broad strike threats across industries with over 1.5 million union workers potentially walking out. CIO steelworkers threaten action after U S Steel rejected a presidential fact finding plan, with a truce deadline of September 25. Other groups include United Mine Workers United Electrical Workers CIO United Auto Workers and East Coast AFL Stevedores amid wage and benefit disputes.
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Associated Press
CIO
Philip Murray
United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel Corporation
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel
United Mine Workers
United Electrical Workers
United Auto Workers
AFL
Cio-Uaw
Allis-Chalmers
John L. Lewis
UAW
Southern Coal
Ford
Chrysler
U S Prepares Trade Pact With Ten Nations
Washington AP reports the United States and ten other countries have agreed on terms for new reciprocal trade pacts. Negotiations took place in Annécy France as the group prepares recommendations for their governments ahead of tariff rate changes under President Truman.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
U. S
Annecy
France
Trade treaties eyed for October presidential action
State Department officials estimate that if the president approves agreements with Denmark Finland Italy Greece Sweden the Dominican Republic Haiti Liberia Uruguay and Nicaragua 75 to 80 percent of all U S foreign trade will be carried on.
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Denmark
Finland
Italy
Greece
Sweden
Dominican Republic
Haiti
Liberia
Uruguay
Nicaragua
State Department
U. S
Sidewalk Traffic Safety Rhetoric Aims to Sharpen Pedestrian Protections
A speaker named MARTIN warns that current sidewalk safety measures including lights and police oversight fail to protect pedestrians from sidewalk hazards. He cites distracted shoppers, dawdling couples and strollers as collision risks, urging stronger enforcement and funding for pedestrian protection.
Republicans Dismiss Congress Chaos and Delays
Republicans criticized Democratic leadership in Congress, saying the Senate has been slow and chaotic since January. Senator Reed likened it to Truman era attacks on the 80th Congress and accused Administration leaders of stalling on promised reforms. Three GOP leaders called the Democrats to blame for a sit down in Congress.
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Truman
U. S
Senate
Cordell Hall
House
Chamber
Millikin
R-Cole
Congress
Federal Tariff Commission
Washington
Reed
Guy Gabrellson
Bridges
New Hampshire
Harold E. Mitchell
Connecticut
Special Meeting Called For CIO Steel Leaders
CIO United Steelworkers urged acceptance of the Presidential board peace plan to avert a September 25 strike and summoned its Wage Policy Committee to meet to chart the union’s next move. The panel of 170 officials will decide the strategy amid stalled talks with 57 steel companies over insurance and pension costs.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Rap Murray
Truman
Steel Industry Board
Murray
United States Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Muray
America
Navy quiets Crommelin by reassigning him to aviation unit
The Navy removed Captain John G. Crommelin from the joint chiefs of staff role after his public criticism of service unification. He was briefly slated for a reassignment to Naval aviation personnel but the order was withdrawn as Secretary Matthews considered a different next assignment.
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Washington
Navy
John G. Crommelin
Matthews
Crommelin
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs Group
Naval Aviation
Crommelln
Wellsville bricklayer killed in scaffold fall
Martin Lerussi aged 60 of Wellsville, a bricklayer for McClain Fire Brick Company, died after being knocked from a scaffold into a pit at the New Salisbury plant in Jefferson County Thursday.
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East Liverpool, O
Martin Lerussi
Wellsville
McClain Fire Brick Company
Salisbury
Jefferson
County
Strike Fears Mount Over Southern Coal Pension Payments
Washington AP says a coal strike risk grows as southern operators refuse the 20 cent pension royalty. John L. Lewis returns to Washington for a possible clash with southern mine owners who delayed welfare payments due August 20. Lewis chairs the UMW welfare fund trustees amid talk Bridges may resign. He warned the fund is being drained by southern operators while northern and western pay remains unclear ahead of September 20. The White Sulphur Springs talks yielded no firm payment commitment and a demand for a seven hour workday without pay loss, boosting daily wages by about 1.75 dollars. The meeting was adjourned to September 21 after a three-day work week was imposed.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Lewis
Welfare Fund
Styles Bridges
Bridges
Ezra van Horn
United Mine Workers’ Union
UMW
South
Yank Soldier Escapes From Russian Jail
Berlin reports an American soldier John J. Sinkiewicz 26 and three British privates escaped from a Russian jail where held since last year. Sinkiewicz, son of Mrs. Mary Sinkiewicz of Baltimore, was kidnapped from a Berlin streetcar last November 5 and was later moved to the jail. He was taken to an Army hospital in Berlin in weakened condition but not undernourished, and American authorities had not yet questioned him.
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Berlin
U. S
John J. Sinkiewicz
Mary Sinkiewicz
Baltimore
Army Hospital
Sinkiewicz
Delays Expected in Minton Supreme Court Nomination
President Truman's nomination of Sherman Minton to the Supreme Court faces a routine delay in Senate action. Judiciary Committee Chairman McCarran plans to proceed normally, a three week process, with some faster options possible due to lack of opposition. Minton, former Indiana senator and New Dealer, currently serves on the U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. The vacancy arose from Justice Wiley Rutledge's death. Some senators privately show disappointment but see no blocking motive. Kilgore notes McCarran relayed instructions from his ship, implying stalls while McCarran is abroad.
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U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Truman To Get Report On Big Three Parley
Secretary of State Acheson will report to President Truman on progress at the Big Three talks with Bevin and Schuman. The leaders aligned on Yugoslavia and broader Balkan issues while signaling a future session on anti Communist strategy. They urged Russia to resume Austria independence treaty talks in New York.
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Truman
Washington
Acheson
Russia
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Bevin
Schuman
Balkan
Germany
Austria
Far East
White House
Atlantic Treaty Council
New York
International Monetary Fund Conference Nears Close
The 48 nation money conference ends without a decision on whether Britain will devalue the pound. Most American experts expect devaluation someday while Britain stays silent. Key actions include a study on gold price adjustments and elections for World Bank Fund chairman with India likely to win. Paris hosts the 1950 meeting site.
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Washington
World Finance
Britain
International Monetary Today
World Bank
Fund Organization
India
Paris
Fund
Sikorsky helicopter donated to Cincinnati high school
Central Vocational High School received a Sikorsky YH-6 helicopter from the Air Force Experimental Service for use in the Aviation Department. It will support training for mechanics and demonstration flights in both day and evening classes.
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Cincinnati
Central Vocational High School
Air Force Experimental Service
Aviation
B 36 bomber crashes into Lake Worth area killing one
A B 36 bomber from Carswell Air Force Base crashed into Lake Worth during approach killing Technical Sgt. William G. Seymour and injuring eight. Four crewmen are missing and the rest were rescued with minor injuries. The plane operated by the 7th Squadron, 7th Wing, Eighth Air Force, suffered a power loss on its landing run. Names of the missing were released later: Capt. Harold Kernodle, Maj. Joseph L. Lemming Jr., M-Sgt. John G. Stanko, Lt. Herman S. Styles Jr.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Lake Worth
Carswell Air Force Base
William G. Seymour
Richard L
English
Sartell
Minn
7Th Squadron
7Th Wing
Eighth Air Force
Kenneth McKellip
Tole Max Ewing
Dallas News
Air Force
Toy 8B
Woodlake Cal
John H. Keene
Miami
Fla
Harry Holloway Jr
Monongahela
St. Quentin Freed
Youngstown
Harold Kernodle
Hampden Sy . Va
What It Takes to Be a Good Street Superintendent
Sunday feature profiles Wayne Township 4-H leader Estella Schaeffer and her busy fair season duties in Butler County. The Nearby Communities piece highlights Middletown street superintendent traits as weather prophet and humorist exemplified by William Shawhan. An NEA Sunday exclusive outlines veterans’ dividend expectations and NSLI jackpot details in a broad World War II context.
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Wayne Township
Estella Schaeffer
Butler County
Middletown
William Shawhan
NSLI
NEA
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