Molotov to Direct Soviet China Policy in East Asia
A Paris based informant reports Soviet Deputy Premier Vyacheslav Molotov has been placed in charge of Russia policy toward China and the Orient. The claim suggests a Soviet push to adopt a "big brother" role, offering political and economic aid to the Chinese Communists to modernize China, while Western quarters ponder Mao Tze Tung's possible Tito-like ideas. No official Russian confirmation available. Molotov's exact duties remain speculative.
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Paris
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Russia
China
Orient
Molotov
Kremlin
Mao Tze-Tung
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Andrei I. Vishnnsl
Fine Payment Ordered in UMW Contempt Case
The U S circuit court of appeals upheld the contempt conviction of John L Lewis and the United Mine Workers for failing to call off a strike. It ordered fines totaling 1 420 000 dollars, with Lewis fined 20 000 dollars and the union 1 400 000 dollars, set by Judge T Alan Goldsborough on April 20, 1948.
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Washington
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
T. Alan Goldsborough
Contempt Fines Hit Lewis and Union in Miners Strike
Goldsborough imposed fines for defying a court order halting a miners pension strike led by Lewis. The second contempt case doubled the penalties, with earlier totals reduced on appeal. The 1346 dispute centered on a $100 monthly pension demand and soft coal operators allegedly dishonoring the contract.
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Goldsborough
Lewis
Supreme Court
Pension racket drains stockholders in silent scheme
Westbrook Pegler exposes executive pension plans that rob ordinary stockholders through group insurance and proxy voting. He warns tiny investors face lifelong pension obligations for retired executives and widows, funded from company assets during lean years, with little chance to revoke such commitments. The piece likens the scheme to corrupt union demands and highlights opaque proxy statements that obscure real costs.
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New York
Ruling British Party Convenes in Blackpool
The British Labour Party met in Blackpool to chart a 1950 election program and address internal labor issues. The five day conference at the seaside resort, where the 1845 program propelled Labour to power, faces questions on wages prices profits and state industries. James Griffiths, national chairman, stressed welfare gains and warned exports declines threaten postwar recovery.
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Blackpool
England
Britain
Labor Party
James Griffiths
Griffiths
Bail Denied to Communist Editor in Riot of Pickets
New York June 6 500 plus pickets protest outside as the U S circuit court of appeals unanimously denies bail to John Gates editor of the Communist Daily Worker one of 11 defendants in the conspiracy trial Gates was jailed Friday by Judge Harold R Medina on a contempt charge The appeal says the 30-day sentence will be appealed The demonstration targets Medina actions and the 11 defendants face charges of conspiring to advocate violent overthrow of the U S government.
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New York
John Gates
Official
Communist
Daily Worker
Gates
Harold R. Medina
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Learned Hand
Charles E. Clark
Medina
United States
Senate Debates New Labor Law Repeal Push Begins
Senator Elbert D. Thomas opened a two week Senate debate on repealing the Taft Hartley Act and replacing it with a Wagner Act variant. Party lines and strategy meetings signaled no shift in positions as Truman’s pledge fuels a volatile legislative clash.
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Washington
Elbert D. Thomas
Utah
Senate
Thomas
Senate Labor Committee
Republican Policy Committee
Democrats
Labor Committee
Truman
House
Congress
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Elbert Thomas
Three Escapees Still At Large In WV Breakout
A wild escape from the West Virginia state penitentiary left 11 inmates recaptured within 60 hours while three lifers remained at large. West Virginia Pennsylvania and Ohio police pursued Gerald Nolan Eddie Starcher and Denver Vannest. In Ohio nearby Cadiz Marshal James Bailey and Chalmers Tate chased the stolen car for six miles. Otto Neff 38 is in critical condition after a gunfight. Stanley Sheftie 33 and John Valykeo 36 surrendered. authorities plan further extradition. The remaining eight prisoners are back in Moundsville.
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Moundsville
W. Va
West Virginia State Penitentiary
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Gerald Nolan
Eddie Starcher
Denver Vannest
All Life Terrers
James Bailey
Chalmers E. Tate
Cadiz
Marshal Bailey
Tate
Life
Bailey
Otto Neff
Stanley Sheftie
John Valykeo
Neff
Wheeling
Sheffie
Valykeo
Orell. Skeen
Moundsville Penitentiary
Mike Ables
Anniversary of D Day Observed at Omaha Beach
June 6 marks D day plus five years as allied forces turned back Hitler's fortress Europe. Bells sounded and ceremonies honored the courage of the troops who landed on the French coast. Two Norman girls and two American delegates, including Brig. Gen. Joseph O'Hare, laid wreaths commemorating those who died for freedom.
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Omaha Beach
France
Adolf Hitler
Europe
Brooklyn
Belsen
Hitler
United States
Joseph O'Hare
The
Two White Men Arrested In Lynching Near Irwinton Georgia
Two white men, Dennis Lamar Purvis and Malcolm Vivian Pierce, are jailed on suspicion of murder after Caleb Hill Jr was lynched in McIntyre, five miles north of Irwinton. Sheriff George Hatcher said Hill was taken from the county jail, beaten and shot shortly after, with possible more than two assailants.
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Irwinton
Caleb Hill
George Hatcher
Dennis Lamar Purvis
McIntyre
Malcolm Vivian Pierce
Here
Hatcher
Hill
Polish liner Batory sails after Eisler screening
The Polish luxury liner Batory prepared to sail from New York as U S officials completed questioning of Captain Jan Cwiklinski and four crew members. One hundred eleven of 683 passengers remained at Ellis Island awaiting further action while cross amed armed guards removed four crewmen overnight for questioning.
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New York
Gerhart Eisler
America
U. S
Ellis Island
Jan Cwiklinski
U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
Batory
Cwiklinski
Immigration Service
Jan Galewicz
Eisler
Steward’s Department
Office seized by group of Negroes in New York
A group of Negroes invaded the offices of the A. F. L. International Longshoremen’s Association in New York and took charge of the headquarters. Joseph P. Ryan said 3 intruders were inside with 65 or 70 others around the building. A spokesman claimed the action followed Ferdinand C. Smith’s instructions and fought “Jim Crowism.” The demonstration was labeled Communist-inspired and police were being summoned. The episode stemmed from a dispute between the ILA and Local 968 of the Brooklyn-based union.
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New York
A. F. L. International Loneshoremen’s Association
Joseph P. Ryan
I. L. A. International
Ferdinand C. Smith
National Maritime Union
Major Political Purge In Russia Reported Under Way
The New York Times reports a political purge in Russia with evidence of at least 590,000 expelled from the Communist party and declines in Komsomol membership. Several leaders are said to have disappeared quietly, including Voznesensky Kuznetzov Popkov Zhdanov and Golyakov. The purge targets the so called Shdarov faction allied to Andrei Zhdanov.
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New York
New York Times
Russia
Paris
C. L. Sulzberger
Communist Party
Komsomol
Communist Youth League
the Times
N. A. Voznesensky
A. A. Kuznetzov
P. S. Popkov
Supreme Court
Yuri A. Zhdanov
I. T. Golyakov
Soviet
Sulzberger
Andrei Zhdanovy
Stalin
Times
Georgi M. Malenkov
Zhdanov
G. F. Alexandrov
U S pledges aid to western Europe in Truman Marshall dinner
President Truman and General George C. Marshall lauded at a Carlton Hotel dinner marking the second anniversary of the Marshall Plan remarks. Ambassadors from sixteen nations praised American aid as they pledged continued support for world peace and prosperity and called for swift approval of the North Atlantic pact.
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Washington
United States
Western
Europe
Truman
George C. Marshall
Carlton Hotel
White House
Marshall
Harvard University
General Marshall
Leesburg
Medics Slam Truman Plan At AMA Meeting
At the American Medical Association annual session in Atlantic City the medics blasted President Truman's compulsory health insurance plan. The AMA plans a $25 member educational fund and will hear about 300 medical advances while debating public education on sickness insurance. Critics accuse the AMA of lobbying against the Truman plan as labor leader Fishbein is pressed in hearings.
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Associated Prose Science Reporter
Atlantic “City
Truman
The
American Medical Association
Organization of Doctors
House of Delegates
Association
James Carey
Taft
Ohio
Fishbein
Carey
Senate
Drinking kerosene fatal to child in Louisiana
In Baton Rouge on June 6 coroner J W Watson reported 14 month old Wanda Darnell McDaniel died after drinking kerosene she mistook for water. The gulp led to gagging and aspiration into the lungs. Funeral services were planned for later.
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Baton Rouge
Wanda Darnell McDaniel
J. W. Watson
Senator Hickenlooper Reveals Suspended AEC Employee
Iowa Senator Hickenlooper told colleagues that an AEC employee, hired under emergency clearance on August 8, 1947, was suspended in April after an FBI check found derogatory information. The FBI findings were reviewed by a three-member AEC board, which hosted a May hearing. 15 witnesses were questioned or contacted.
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Washington
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Congress
Senate House
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Fleming Sworn In As Maritime Head
Major General Philip B. Fleming sworn in as chairman of the Maritime Commission, succeeding Admiral W. Smith. Fleming, former Federal Works administrator, vows no shakeup and promises cooperation amid Hoover commission critique of leadership.
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Washington
Maritime Commission
Philip B. Fleming
Federal Works
Roosevelt
Truman
Admiral W. Smith
Commission
Fleming
Congress
Eisler Appeal Held Up at Supreme Court
Washington reports a new appeal for Gerhart Eisler looms at the Supreme Court as his U S attorneys seek to overturn his passport fraud conviction. Eisler fled to Europe after a March 28 argument on contempt of Congress, with court action uncertain and a request to rule on the legality and authority of the House Un American Activities Committee.
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Eisler
Europe
United States
Supreme Court
Justice Department
House Committee On un-American Activities
Don’t Let Your Rooms And Apartments Stand Idle
Advertising copy urging property owners to rent out vacant rooms and apartments. It promotes placing a FOR RENT WANT AD in the News-Star World, citing Dorothy Spiers of 414 Cypress, W. Monroe, and highlighting daily rent losses from idle space. Includes contact details and cost example.
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Dorothy Spiers
Cypress
W. M
News - Star World
News-Star—World
Ad taker offers low g-time ad rate with cancellation
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