Vermont inquiry ties Democratic fifth column to New England politics
Boston columnist Westbrook Pej ler alleges Democratic influence in Republican strongholds across New England. He targets Vivien Kellems of Connecticut and Prescott Bush in Connecticut and Maine, accusing party insiders of manipulation and questioning the nomination dynamics amid a roiling 1940s political scene.
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Boston
Vermont
New England
Smith
Maine
Aiken
Lodge
Mass
Arthur Krock
Vivien Kellems
Connecticut
Prescott Bush
Greenwich
Bush
Wall Street
Averell Harriman
Truman
Harry Hopkins
Mr. Bush
Vivien
William Benton
Benton
Park Avenue
New York
Harding
Coolidge
Roosevelt
Miss Kellems
Connecticut Wall Street
Senate
House
Huge Profits in Crime Reported in Sugar Racketeering
Senate crime investigators prepared to reveal large profits from sugar racketeering during wartime shortages. Witnesses from New York and New Jersey testified at a Kefauver subcommittee hearing, with total transactions cited at over 10 million dollars and implications of criminals expanding into legitimate businesses and drugs.
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Washington
Senate
New York
New Jersey
Senate Crime Subcommittee
Howard M. Lawn
District of
Louis J. Roth
Harold Pfeifer
OPA
Frank Livorsi
William J. Giglio
Kefauver
D.tenn
Rudolph Halley
Halley
Egyptian and French swimmer set English Channel record
Hassan Abd-El Rehim an Egyptian army officer and Roger Le Morvan a French champion shattered the prior English Channel record in a mass cross from Cap Gris Nez to Dover. Rehim finished in 10 hours 52 minutes beating the 1926 mark by Georges Michel by 13 minutes and earned 1000 pounds from the London Daily Mail.
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Dover
Eng
English Channel
France
Hassan Abd-El Rehim
Roger le Morvan
Georges Michel
London Daily Mail
British Broadcasting Corporation
Mareeh Hassah Hamad
Rehim
Cap Gris Nez
David Frank
New York
Textile plant robbed of forty thousand dollars
In Trion Georgia about ten men tied up night watchman Leonard Brock and looted the Riegel Textile Corporation office. They spent five hours rifling two vaults as Brock was beaten and hospitalized. Police Chief C D Cooper said losses were not yet final and sought FBI help.
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Trion
C. D. Cooper
Riegel Textile Corporation
Cooper
Leonard Brock
Brock
Riegel Corporation
Chattanooga
Tenn
M. G. Hobbs
Riegel
Federal Bureau of Investigation
U. S. Builds Big Atomic Pile at Brookhaven Lab
The first postwar large atomic pile began operation at Brookhaven National Laboratories on Long Island. It could power a town of 2 000 to 3 000 people if used for electricity but will primarily aid government research. The reactor uses uranium 235 and produces plutonium for bombs. The six story concrete building houses the reactor at the Brookhaven facility run by multiple universities under government sponsorship.
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Brookhaven
N. Y
United States
Brookhaven National Laboratories
Long Island
Atomic Energy Commission
Oiie
Truman Calls Fresh Talks as More Railroad Walkouts Continue
President Truman asked labor adviser John Steelman to bring union and railroad leaders to a White House conference in separate rooms hoping for common ground. The latest token strikes hit Pittsburgh Chicago and other key terminals demanding wage and hour changes while talks stalled. The 17 month dispute centers on pay raises for train service staff and a 40 hour week without pay loss, with government seizure powers previously used in 1950.
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Washington
Truman
Pittsburgh
Chicago
White House
Louisville
Cleveland
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Mr. Truman
Brotherhood of Railroad
Elgin
Joliet
East
U. S. Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie
Youngstown
Ohio
Steelman
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad
Switchmen’s Union of North America
St. Paul
Food costs in Monroe rise 9.2 percent over six months
Louisiana State University commerce research division reports Monroe housewives pay 9.2 percent more for food over six months, offsetting a 5.8 percent drop earlier. The year ending July 31 shows a 2.9 percent rise, with costs 95.6 percent higher than December 1941.
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Baton Rouge
Monroe
Louisiana State University
Commerce Research Division
Senate OKs Control Bill for Wage Price Rationing
The Senate approved an emergency home front mobilization bill 85 to 3 granting President Truman authority to impose wage price controls and inflation measures. The passage includes limits and amendments on how controls may be applied and oversees allocation of scarce materials and defense priorities. The measure awaits a House Senate conference to reconcile differences before final enactment.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
House
White House
Senate House
Bricker
Ohio
Wherry
Neb
Capehart
R.-Ind
Edwin C. Johnson
D.-Colo
Commerce Department
Senator Sparkman
D.-Ala
Sparkman
Ecton
Mont
Malone
Nev
Williams
Del
Roadblock Near Taegu Wiped Out by U S Troops
American troops and tanks wiped out a threatening Red Korean roadblock ten miles north of Taegu Tuesday. Their mates took three commanding hills to block the coastal gateways to Pusan port in the south.
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Russell Brines
Tokyo
Taegu
Pusan
United States 27Th “Wolfhound
MacArthur
United Nations
Otis
Saum
U. S
U. S. 25Th Infantry Division
Sth
35Th
Three States Vote Today in Parallel Primaries
Primary elections in New York Wyoming and Mississippi set candidates for November house races with 53 seats at stake. In New York five incumbents faced opposition while party coalitions and conventions shape governor and senator slates. In Wyoming races center on governor nominations with Republican Frank Barrett contending against three challengers for the GOP nod and Democrats pursuing the nomination.
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New York
Wyoming
Mississippi
Delaware
J. Caleb Boggs
House of Representatives
U. S
Congress
W. Sterling Cole
Edwin A. Hall
Clarence E. Kilburn
Joseph L. Pfeifer
Louis B. Heller
Vito Marcantonio
Democrats
Republicans
Liberty Party
James G. Donovan
Frank A. Barrett
House
Leeland A. Grieve
Cheyenne
Samuel L. Asher
C. D. Williamson
Wyoming Commerce and Industry Commission
France to Send Ground Forces to Korea Auriol Cabinet Says
Rambouillet France Aug 22 The French cabinet decided to send a land force to fight with United Nations troops in Korea The contribution will likely be an infantry battalion about 800 soldiers many volunteers the decision came after an all day cabinet meeting at the presidential chateau with Vincent Auriol presiding.
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Rambouillet
France
United Nations
Korea
The
Republic
Vincent Auriol
Strong Curbs on Reds Seen By Senate and House
Washington reports indicate the Senate will likely approve tighter curbs on home front Communists than President Truman proposed. The House Un American Activities Committee moves to debate a stricter bill this week, seeking broader controls on Communists and subversives. Both branches push beyond Truman’s August 8 recommendations.
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Washington
Administration
Senate
Truman
House
UN American Activities Committee
Rules Committee
Congress
Treaty Nations Must Train Men For War Aid
Maj. Gen. Lyman Lemnitzer told the House Appropriations Committee that North Atlantic Treaty allies will receive no U S arms and munitions unless they have trained manpower to use them He stressed that American funded equipment can be transferred only if effective forces exist to operate it
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Washington
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Office of Mutual Assistance
House Appropriations Committee
Lemnitzer
Defense Secretary Expects Korea War to End in February
Secretary Johnson told a House panel that Korea could see an end around February if U N police action remains within the 38th parallel or pushes north. He noted funding needs depend on how the war unfolds and on plans to stabilize and reinforce the conflict as outlined by the Joint Chiefs and generals.
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Washington
United Nations
Korea
38Th Parallel
U. S
Truman
Defense Johnson
U. N
North Korea
House
Johnson
United Nation
North
South Korea
Mahon
D.-Tex
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mid Century International Exposition Postponed Indefinitely
The Mid Century International Exposition in New Orleans will be postponed indefinitely due to war conditions. It was set to open September 15 but delayed after discussions with Washington officials and industry leaders amid production and shipping uncertainties and weak foreign exhibitor interest.
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New Orleans
Frank Dane
Washington
Plane engine explosion forces emergency landing near Denver
An American Airlines DC6 flying east from Los Angeles to Chicago with 52 aboard suffered an engine explosion near Eagle, Colorado. One man aboard was reported dead on landing, with seven hospitalized. The No 3 engine failed at 21,000 feet. propeller shaft debris ruptured the cabin. the craft landed safely at 2:56 a.m. MST.
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Denver
American Airlines
Los Angeles
Chicago
W. J. Hall
Civil Aeronautics Administration Communications Office
Hall
Eagle
Colo
35 Californians' Homes Destroyed
Fire in Humboldt County destroyed 35 homes and blackened nearly 3000 acres of redwood timber. Red Cross aided 12 families housed at Eel Rock Church while over 200 firefighters battled multiple blazes across private timber lands and nearby brush areas. A separate fire burned about 4000 acres elsewhere and 60000 acres burned in Cleveland National Forest and Cuymaca State Park near San Diego as authorities targeted containment.
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San Francisco
Cleveland National Forest
Cuyamaca State Park
San Diego
Red army reports vast toll of Korean bombings
Tokyo reports say allied air raids killed or wounded 11 582 civilians and destroyed 11 key industrial plants in North Korea. The broadcast lists Pyongyang factories and refineries as out of operation, with 16 504 houses damaged between July 2 and Aug 3.
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Tokyo
Red Korean
MacArthur
North Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
Wonsan
Nampo
Hungnam Fertilizer
Hongu Carbide
Yong
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