Congressmen Return From Trip To Europe
An 18 member House delegation returned from Europe amid broad support for the overseas armament program. Some members urged sharp cuts or elimination of President Truman's 2.25 billion dollar economic aid request while backing the administration's 6.25 billion dollar plan to rearm western Europe. The group, from foreign affairs armed services and appropriations, spoke with Gen. Eisenhower in Paris and visited NATO members.
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House
Europe
Truman
Western
Foreign Affairs
Armed
Eisenhower
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U S Families Are Urged to Write Prisoners in China
The Defense Department reports many U S families receive letters from Americans held by the Communists. Families are urged to address letters to the Chinese Peoples Committee for World Peace Peiping China to establish contact. Officials warn unscrupulous individuals may misuse family grief.
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Washington
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Defense Department
U. S
Chinese Peoples Committee For World Peace
Peiping
China
Department
Defense
Summer prospects for Elderberry crop in Lawrence county
Eld erberry crop in Lawrence county should be prolific this summer if blossoms seen now indicate. Reports note locusts appearing in some areas with some orchards infested. Pre Fourth explosions suggest bootlegging fireworks in the city. Police warnings aside, many boys ride two on a bicycle, violating the law and risking traffic safety.
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Lawrence County
Daily Weather Report
Fair and warm with high temperatures 80 to 85 today. Partly cloudy and humid with scattered afternoon thunder showers likely tomorrow. US weather stats show 9 am period: max 82 min 55 no precipitation river stage 5.5 feet. Year ago: max 67 min 49, precipitation 0.2 inches.
Forecast Purge Of Old-Line Communists In Hungary
Diplomatic quarters anticipate a Soviet purge of Hungary’s old-line Communists after the recall of Imre Horvath as minister. Emil Weil, head of the Hungarian physicians' union, is named as his likely successor, with Moscow-trained cadres replacing original party leaders. Horvath, recalled June 7 after presenting credentials in 1949, has disappeared from public view along with other Hungarian Communist officials.
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Washington
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Imre Horvath
Hungary
Horvath
Emil Weil
United States
Weil
Truman
Budapest
New York
U. S
Italy imposes embargo on war material shipments
At the United Nations in Flushing Meadow New York Italy announced a voluntary embargo on arms munitions and equipment for war making to Red China and North Korea. Ambassador Gastone Guidotti said Rome banned exports listed from shipments to the aggressors joining Britain France Canada and others in the coordinated move.
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N. Y
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Italy
United Nations
Red China
North Korea
Gastone Guidotti
U. N
Rome
Korea
Germany
Britain
France
Canada
Netherlands
Norway
Panama
Brazil
Greece
Belgium
Canadian Troops Reach Far East
The Canadian Army reports a large contingent has arrived in the Far East for assignment with British commonwealth forces. The troops docked at Yokohama and recently reached a Commonwealth training base in Japan, the largest Canadian force to arrive in the Far East since a brigade landed last May.
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Tokyo
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Canadian Army
Canada
Far East
Yokohama
Japan
Conference Sought in Bus Strike as Negotiations Resume
James Gormley of Staten Island arrives to aid the union and Rolland J. Fisher notes a federal conciliator Charles Ward will visit New Castle to push a conference between Shenango Valley Transportation and the union. Attorney Marshall Matheny seeks a preliminary injunction in Lawrence County court over alleged breach of contract and potential contempt if workers do not return.
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James Gormley
Staten Island
N. Y
Motor Coach Employees Union
General Executive Board
Rolland J. Fisher
Fisher
Charles Ward
New Castle
Marshall Matheny
The
Transportation Company
Lawrence County
Senate Committee Approves Appointments to Federal Courts
A senate judiciary sub committee approved New York Police Commissioner Thomas F. Murphy for a federal judgeship and Judge Harold R. Medina for the court of appeals. Murphy helped prosecute the Alger Hiss case and Medina presided over the trial convicting 11 communist leaders. The approvals were swift with no witnesses opposing.
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Washington
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Senate
New York
Thomas F. Murphy
Harold R. Medina
Court of Appeals
Murphy
State Department
Alger Hiss
Medina
Adm Badger Testifies Before Senate Probers In McArthur Case
Vice Admiral Oscar Badger, former Far East naval commander, testifies before Senate probes into Gen. MacArthur’s ouster as the first of four final witnesses. Senator Taft says testimony supports claims that the joint chiefs follow the administration’s political line, highlighting Gen. Omar Bradley. Badger heads the eastern sea frontier with HQ in New York and will be followed by Maj. Gen. Patrick Hurley and Maj. Gen. Emmett O’Donnell Jr.
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Washington
Oscar Badger
Far East
MacArthur
Senate Gop
Taft
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Ohio Republican
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs
Badger
Eastern Sea Frontier
New York
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Emmett O'Donnell
Margaret Truman Tours Paris Fashion Center
Margaret Truman spent her first morning in Paris shopping for outfits from top dressmakers. She will dine with President Vincent Auriol and his wife, then attend the Comedie Francaise premiere of Antigone and visit the Montmartre club Monseigneurs for gypsy violin music.
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Margaret Truman
France
Vincent Auriol
Margaret
Comedie Francaise
Montmartre
Monseigneurs
Oatis to Stand Trial in Czechoslovakia Says Prague
Prague reports William Oatis chief of the Associated Press bureau in Prague will be tried within a few days on charges of activities hostile to the state. Oatis disappeared April 23 and his arrest was announced April 26.
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Prague
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Czechoslovak Foreign Ministry
U. S
William Oatis
Associated Press Bureau
Oatis
Nine Hundred Pilots Strike United Air Lines
Ninety pilots? Actually nine hundred pilots walked out at 4 55 a m CDT halting all United Air Lines flights nationwide. The action ends a 22 month contract dispute centered on pay rates for DC 6B operation with the union claiming premium rates for faster service. Military flights would not be affected as per union spokesman.
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United Air Lines
Air Line Pilots Association, International
AFL
United
Transit Strike Ends In Detroit
Detroit resumes bus and streetcar service ending a 59 day walkout by AFL operators and 3,700 workers. Mediation plan ensures talks continue with binding arbitration if deadlock recurs as average base pay stands at 1.67 while the city offers five cents. Mass hitchhiking marked the shutdown.
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Detroit
AFL
Wrecking Crews Clear Rails After Coal Car Pileup near Boiling Springs
Boiling Springs Pennsylvania June 19 Wrecking crews today cleared 56 damaged coal cars and 3000 tons of coal from Reading railroad tracks near Boiling Springs. The 100 car eastbound train upset yesterday ripping up 800 feet of double track. Witnesses said cars jammed then folded and spread in a chaotic pattern with each car carrying 50 to 75 tons of coal.
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Boiling Springs
Reading
New Home Plan for John Tracy Clinic Unveiled
Mrs Spencer Tracy former Louise Treadwell of New Castle said during a Monday visit that construction will start in July on a new home for the John Tracy Clinic in Los Angeles California. The clinic has aided deaf children and teaches parents the talking technique with USC providing space near the university. More than 100 parents are learning the method at the clinic while a teachers training course is planned.
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Spencer Tracy
Louise Treadwell
New Castle
John Tracy
Los Angeles
California
Tracy
John
University of Southern California
University
Legislature battle over tax proposal widens in Harrisburg
Governor John S. Fine threats to cut state spending if his budget and income levy are not adopted. Budget hits would include deep cuts to Philadelphia Independence Mall and Pittsburgh Point Park projects totaling about 3 million dollars. The Republican controlled legislature remains split with Senate opponents of the house approved levy. The clash signals a broad fiscal fight across the budget and education sectors.
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John S. Fine
Senate
Republican Party
Philadelphia Independence Mall
Pittsburgh Point Park
Three-Coast Shipping Troops Continuing Stoppage
New York June 19 In a four day shutdown by CIO maritime unions the three coast stoppage halts 80 ships stranded as mediators urge talks. Unions demand 40 hour weeks and 25 percent pay rises while work continues with Korea defense shipments unaffected.
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New York
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CIO
National Maritime Union
American Radio Association
Marine Engineers Beneficial Association
Chicago Policy King Fights Kidnapers Ends in Fatal Shot
Theodore Roe, a south side policy wheel operator, repelled a midnight kidnapping attempt by Leonard Caifano, 42, who was killed after being struck in the temple. Roe, under indictment for operating policy games, says three other assailants fired and fled in a car. police hold Roe for protection and inquiry at Provident Hospital.
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Chicago
INS
Theodore Roe
South Side Policy Wheel
Leonard Caifano
Caifano
Provident Hospital
Roe
Communists in France protest losses after elections
Paris June 19 The French Communist Party threatens "other means of action" after losing ground in Sunday's general elections. The centrists and De Gaulle allied bloc won a decisive pluralities while Communists drop from 183 to 103 seats, blaming electoral trickery and vowing to seek rightful representation in the assembly.
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Paris
National Assembly
DeGaullist
Popular Republicans
MRP
Charles de Gaulle
French People's Rally
RPF
Communist Party
Plan to Release 100000 Reservists by Year End
The Army outlined a plan to discharge 100000 enlisted reservists by year end due to the improved Korea situation. Most involuntarily called reservists would be mustered out in six months, with those eligible under the new draft act leaving after 10 to 16 months. Reservists not entitled to release will be discharged unless an unforeseen emergency arises.
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Korea
Death Notices for Ludwig, Allen, Smith, Valentine
Four death notices list James A. Ludwig Jr. aged three of 1302 Wilmington avenue Walter Clark Allen aged 73 of Hileman apartments Jerome Smith aged 75 of Volant RD 1 and John Giovanni Valentine aged 64 of 1008 East Washington street.
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James A. Ludwig, Jr
Wilmington Avenue
Walter Clark Allen
Hileman Apartments
Jerome Smith
Volant, R.D
John Giovanni Valentine
Washington Street
Nearly Sixty Planes Clash In Latest Korea Air Battle
American pilots engaged Soviet type MiG-15 jets over northwest Korea for the third straight day. About 60 fighters fought 30 or more MiGs, with Sabres damaging at least five Reds and no American losses reported. The action near Sinuiju and Pyongyang signals possible large enemy air involvement ahead of a new ground offensive.
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Tokyo
Korea
London
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Sinuiju
United Nations
Pyongyang
Eighth Army
Korean Peninsula
Truman Signs New Draft Law
President Truman signed the universal military training bill lowering the induction age to 18 and a half and extending the draft through June 30, 1955. The law lengthens service from 21 to 24 months and delays youth inductions under 19 until all men ages 19 to 25 are called up.
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Washington
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Truman
A humorous horse race safe bet winds up in the bag
The tale follows Arthur Mometer who bets poorly on a string of favored horses until a long shot wins. It ends with a quip about the heat and a bagged win, delivering a lighthearted look at luck and misfortune on a hot day.
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