Nunan Is Given Five-Year Term
Former U S Commissioner of Internal Revenue Joseph D Nunan Jr was sentenced in New York to five years in prison and a $15000 fine for income tax evasion. Judge Walter Bruchhausen said Nunan had abused his knowledge of tax law and emphasized his guilt while allowing concurrent five year sentences and 3000 fines on each of the five counts.
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New York
Joseph D. Nunan Jr
Nunan
Walter Bruchhausen
U. S
Bruchhausen
Hungarian Communists Teach Orphans to Riot
The Voice of America reports Hungarian Communists teach orphans to riot during religious recessions, broadcast behind the Iron Curtain from Munich Germany.
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Munich
Germany
Voice of America
Wisconsin Weather Summary
Fair and cool tonight with increasing cloudiness Wednesday and showers across most of the state. Lows 50 to 60, highs 70s to 80s. Winds from the north and west 10 to 15 mph today, shifting to northerly and light southwesterly by Wednesday. Minnesota mostly cloudy with showers. Randall gauge notes 12% inches above the Menasha dam crest. Buckstaff Observatory reports a high of 79, low 61. Precipitation .12 inch. month deficit 18, year deficit 1.36.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Fair
Fox River
Menasha Dam
Buckstaff Observatory
Guatemala Army Seizes Control After Revolt in City
Guatemala City saw a Monday to Tuesday upheaval as the Army High Command took command after a 14 hour revolt by the liberation army of Provisional President Carlos Castillo Armas. Civilian gun surrender orders were issued within 24 hours while a curfew and drastic patrols were imposed.
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Guatemala City
U.P
Liberation Army
Carlos Castillo Armas
Radio Nacional
High Command
Carlos Castilo Armas
Elfego H. Monzon
Castillo
Jacobo Arbenz
Trump
Guatemala
Continental Air Defense Command to Begin September First
U S Secretary of Defense Wilson announced a new Continental Air Defense Command to direct United States defense against air threats. The unit will integrate Army Navy and Air Force elements and formalize existing arrangements. It is set to come into being about September 1 to adapt to guided missiles and supersonic aircraft developments.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
Navy
Dulles Charges Reds Violate Korean Armistice
Secretary of State Dulles sharply accuses the Communists of violating the Korean armistice though not sufficiently to resume war. He notes a new protest to Communist China over three American lives lost when a British airliner was shot down near Hainan Island. Dulles says U S warships could defend Formosa but no formal alliance with the Nationalist government has been decided. He hopes a defense conference in a week or ten days to discuss a defensive alliance. He mentions no detail on the British airliner case.
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Washington
Dulles
Jon
Britain
China
Hainan Island
Dues
United States
Formosa
U. S
Red China
Rhee
Pokainvasion
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Korea
Flood Toll Reported as Kazvin Flood Ravages Iran
Tehran reports describe Kazvin region north of Tehran engulfed by floods last week. At least 500 people are missing or dead amid ruined homes and threats of starvation. The leading journal Eternat cites 10,000 facing hunger with dangers from thirst and wildlife in the disaster area.
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Tehran
Iran
Kazvin
Eternat
Draft renewal eyed as McCarthy era plan outlined
Defense Secretary Wilson said the National Security Council approved plans to ask Congress to renew the draft act expiring next June and to require compulsory reserve participation. He warned a wartime U S reserve setup would disturb the public, with details to be studied and presented to Congress in January.
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Washington
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
National Security Council
Congress
Wilson
United States
Defense Department
Office of Defense Mobilization
Eisenhower
White House
Asst
John A. Hannah
Security Council
Hannah
Pentagon
Committee to Examine State FM Radio Setup
Madison council approves forming a committee to study state FM educational broadcasting policies and channel 10 TV station issues. Prof. E L Ewbank to chair. later appointing members. Drotning notes need for clear policy and authority to prevent confusion between university and council roles.
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Madison
State Radio) Council
E. L. Ewbank
University of Wisconsin
University Radio Committee
Milwaukee Vocational Board
Vocational’ Board
Drotning
Milwaukee
Painter Killed Falls From Radio Tower in Wisconsin
William H. Dean aged 50 from Waukegan Illinois was killed instantly when a 4200 foot fall occurred as rope broke while painter and Edward Weyhe were rigging on the state radio station tower in Chilton Calumet County Sheriff Corneline Kosmosky said the accident happened Monday and Dean died from a broken neck.
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Chilton
Wis
William H. Dean
Route 2
Waukegan
Bean
Edward Weyhe
Calumet County
Corneline Kosmosky
Dean
Two More Reds Taken in Custody
Denver reports six alleged Communist party leaders unable to post $100,000 bonds after the latest FBI roundup. A seventh accused Red was in Los Angeles custody. The arrests include Joseph William Scherrer and Maia Scherrer in Denver and Pueblo, plus Arthur Bary and others in Denver and Los Angeles. FBI officials say the group held many Communist meetings and remain under scrutiny as cases rise toward 111 leaders since 1948 with many already convicted.
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FBI
Patricia Blay
Los Angeles
U.S
Blau
Denver
Colo
U.P
Red
Joseph William Scherrer
Maia
Pueblo
Maia Sherrer
den- Ver
Stapleton
Arthur Bary
J. Edgar Hoover
Bary
Anna
Washington
Communist Party
Colorado
Red Underground
Miller nomination approved for Federal Reserve Board
The Senate approved Paul E. Miller of Minnesota to serve on the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. The action advances Miller to a key regulatory role within the central bank system.
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Washington
Senate
Paul E. Miller
Minnesota
Federal Reserve Stem
Charge Dems With Smear Fear Campaign
The Wisconsin Republican leadership accuses Democrats of a fear and smear campaign to divert attention from Republican state and national gains. A party resolution, drawn Monday, cites opposition desperation and the dollar's value as examples of attacks.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Gop
Red Charges UN With Violation Of Armistice Accord
In Panmunjom Korea the senior Communist delegate on the Military Armistice Commission charged the United Nations with violating the armistice by allowing South Koreans to demonstrate against Polish and Czech truce inspectors. Lt General Lee Sang Cho told Adm. T B Brittain that demonstrations were inspired by people under UN military command. Britain said steps were taken to protect neutral inspection teams.
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Paxnmunjom
Korea
Military Armistice Commission Today
United Nations
Lee Sang Cho
Adm
T. B. Brittain
U.N
Britain
Lee
Woodring Letter Attacks Marshall Over China Mission
In a Congressional Record excerpt, former Secretary of War Woodring accuses General George C. Marshall of selling out to the Reds for personal and political gain. Woodring says Marshall knew he was selling out to the Reds during the 1945 China mission, and Marshall declines comment when contacted.
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Washington
Llp
Congressional
George C. Marshall
Harry H. Woodring
Topeka
Kans
Woodring
Roosevelt
Marshall Army
Marshall
China
Truman
Leesburg
McCarthy
Henry L. Stimson
Robert M. Harriss
New York
Cotton Bro
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate
Fdr
State Department
White House
Reds
Foreign Aid Bill Back On Senate Floor
The Senate returned to debate the administration’s 3.11 billion dollar foreign aid program while Sen Long seeks to cut over a billion. Chairman Wiley expressed confidence Long’s proposal would fail. The appropriations committee met in private to finish money details as the House has already passed both authorization and appropriation measures.
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Washington
Senate
McCarthy
Sen
Long
Wiley
R-Wis
Appropriations Committee
House
Senate May Await McCarthy Report After Completing Work
Senate leaders predict completion of its legislative program by August 14 with the McCarthy censure investigation by the special committee still to come. Knowland said the House could quit mid August while the Senate stays in session to await the committee report. He noted Eisenhower has kept the executive branch out of the matter, and he warned a two week extension could jeopardize postal pay and rate measures.
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Washington
Flinders Vir
Activites
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Knowland
Senate
Flanders
Wisconsin
GOP
Eicsenhower
Senate Sets Six Man Panel to Weigh McCarthy Censure
In a 75 to 12 vote, the Senate sent the censure question against Sen. Joseph McCarthy to a six member special committee with instructions to report before year end. Knowland predicted swift action but cautioned the panel’s makeup may be hard to assemble from both parties. McCarthy demanded cross examination rights and warned the committee could be soft on communism.
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McCarthy
Washington
Senate
William F. Knowland
Joseph R. McCarthy
Knowland
Guatemala Revolt Signals Return of Communist Influence
Guatemala City uprising hailed by the revolutionary Army as resuming the old policy and pro Communist trend in Central America. Officers who helped topple Jacobo Arbenz predicted rapid return to previous basis under provisional leader Carlos Castillo Armas.
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Mexico City
U.P
Guatemala City
Central America
Revolutionary Army
Jacobo Arbenz
Carlos Castillo Armas
Arbonne
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