U S Indicts 21 Communist Leaders in NYC Roundup
Twenty one members of the Communist Party secondary committee were indicted on charges of plotting violent overthrow of the U S government. Seventeen were seized in an FBI roundup, with arrests in New York and Pittsburgh. The action follows the 1949 conviction of the top leaders and Supreme Court rulings upholding the Smith Act.
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Washington
United States
New York
FBI
Pittsburgh
Supreme Court
McGrath
J. Edgar Hoover
Communist Party
National Committee
U.S
Hoover
U.S.A
New York State
Justice Department
Criminal Division
Department
Air Battle Over MIG Alley Near Sonchon Reported
Fighters from both sides clashed over MIG Alley near Sonchon 34 miles south of the Manchurian border. Reports say three enemy prop planes were shot down, another probably destroyed, two propeller craft and four jets damaged, with no Allied losses.
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Korea
Sonchon
Manchurian
Yalu River
Chongchon River
U S Flyers Strike North Korea as Aerial War Rages
U S fighters destroyed or damaged 10 Red planes over northwest Korea in a fourth straight day of aerial clashes. Ground forces pushed North Koreans back across the Nangang River north of the 38th parallel, narrowing toward Wonsan as UN tanks and infantry meet stubborn resistance near Chorwon and Kumsong.
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Tokyo
U. S
Korea
United Nations
Nangang River
38Th Parallel
Wonsan
Eighth Army
U.N
Kansong
Kosong
Sea of Japan
Marshall Tags 30 874 600 For Arizona
Defense Secretary George C. Marshall seeks a 30 874 600 allocation for Arizona military works for the new fiscal year. The nationwide defense bill totals 6 561 262 387, the largest since 1943, with Arizona sites including Davis Monthan Tucson and Williams Chandler receiving funds for base construction and runway extensions.
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Congress
George C. Marshall
United States
United Press
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
Tucson
Naval Air Station
Litchfield Park
Army Test Branch
Yuma
Williams Air Force Base
Chandler
Navajo Ordnance Depot
Flagstaff
Fort Huachuca
Luke Air Force Base
Probers Warn Gov Warren Over Miami Appearance
The senate crime committee urged Florida Governor Fuller Warren to appear in Miami for a third time, threatening further action unless he provides a satisfactory response by noon tomorrow.
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Washington
Senate Crime Committee
Fuller Warren
Florida
Miami
Kimball Drug Relabeling Admitted In County Case
Deputy County Attorney Burch reported that Horace W. Kimball admitted ordering relabeled drugs sold to Maricopa County through Central Drug Company under a fake firm label. Crest Laboratories sues Kimball for 6300 dollars while FDA tests the drugs and county bids limit products to 13 certified manufacturers.
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Maricopa
Central Drug Company
Kimball Wholesale Drug Company
Frank Haze Burch
Horace W. Kimball
D. P. Kimball
Central Drug, Central and Indian School
Burch
Kimball
Crest Laboratories
Burbank
Calif
Crest
R&d Co
Nutley
N. J
New Jersey
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
S. First St
Belgians Probe Burgess and Maclean Disappearance Clue
Belgian police suggested the two British diplomats Guy Burgess and Donald MacLean may have left Antwerp aboard the Soviet ship Sovietsky Lotus, a clue not yet confirmed by British officials. A hotel keeper reported a man matching Burgess stayed on May 19, six days before the disappearance was reported.
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Brussels
Belgium
Antwerp
Foreign Office
Guy Burgess
Donald MacLean
Warnemunde
Raymond Smits
Burgess
City Power Cut Off After Cable Shortage In Anderson
Emergency electric power supplied part of Anderson Indiana while the rest of the city with 46000 residents was without electricity. A cable shorted in the municipal power plant yesterday and burned out all other main cables in the plant.
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Anderson
Ind
Rollback Fees Ignore Warnings And Protests
Washington reports Congress rejected administration pleas for stronger controls to curb inflation amid protests by CIO and public rallies. Committees moved to erase planned beef price rollbacks, approve rent increases for tenants, extend installment payments on autos and home goods, and prolong wage price rent controls.
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Washington
CIO
DiSalle
Senate
Jesse P. Wolcott
R. Mich
House
Walker Jury Is Impaneled In Riverside Murder Trial
In Riverside California on June 20 the murder trial of Lawrence J Walker a 20 year old Air Force sergeant opened after an 11 women and one man jury was chosen amid signs a third panel might be needed. Walker is charged with killing Richard and Ruth Cook both 19 in a desert area March 26 he denies the killings though says his car sideswiped Cook’s on the day of the slayings.
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Riverside
Calif
Lawrence J. Walker
Air Force
Walker
Richard Cook
Cook
Jury Deliberations Continue In Cohen Tax Case
In Los Angeles on June 20 a jury of seven women and five men resumed deliberations over whether gambler Mickey Cohen evaded 156000 in income taxes. He faced four counts, with his wife Lavonne previously indicted but later dropped. U S Attorney Ernest A Tolin urged the jury to see Cohen as lacking restraint.
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Mickey Cohen
Ben Harrison
Cohen
Internal Revenue
Lavonne
U. S
Ernest A. Tolin
Appeasement Policy Rapped By Hurley
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley former ambassador to China testifies before a Senate inquiry into MacArthur recall. He accuses the State Department of conceding to communism since Yalta and calls for ending a policy of appeasement. He faults released documents as misleading while defending his view of prewar American foreign policy. The hearing also releases MacArthur's letter criticizing Truman for silencing witnesses and the inquiry's handling of documents.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
China
State Department
Yalta
U. S
Russia
Hurley
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Truman
Pacific
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Acheson
White House
State Acheson
Bandits Strip Victims At Hillcrest Country Club
In Kansas City early today, four masked bandits raided Hillcrest Country Club during a friendly card game. They forced 17 players to strip, binding them and taking about $10,000 in cash and jewelry before fleeing. One man freed himself and alerted police. The incident recalls a 195? gangland style slaying of the club manager Wolf C. Rimann two years earlier.
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Kansas City
Hillcrest Country Club
Sheriff's Office
Wolf C. Rimann
Congress Pushes Swift 7.2 Billion Tax Bill Through House
Washington dispatch reports the administration launching a drive to pass a record 7.2 billion dollar tax increase by tomorrow or Friday. The plan includes a 12 percent rise in individual income taxes and major corporate and excise tax boosts, with limited amendments under Ways and Means rules. The measure becomes active Sept 1 for income tax, retroactive Jan 1 for corporate tax, and later excises. Approval requires a two-thirds vote to waive Calendar Wednesday, with Rankin seeking consideration of ten bills. Administration leaders and Republicans expressed confidence in swift passage.
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Washington
Ways and Means Committee
Rankin
Veterans Committee
House
Ecuadorian president arrives in Florida for Washington visit
President Galo Plaza Lasso of Ecuador and his wife arrived in Key West on June 20 and were driven to the Little White House to await departure for Washington for a state visit with President Truman’s home serving as a destination before the trip.
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Key West
Fla
Galo Plazo Lasso
Ecuador
Washington
Galo Plaza
White House
Truman
Bus and train crashes in Germany kill 23 near Munich
Twenty three bus passengers died and 31 injured in two collisions in south Germany. Near Munich at Herrsching a truck carrying 16 Jesuit students was struck by a passenger train, killing all aboard and injuring nine. In Wuerttemberg Baden near Waldshut seven German tourists died and 22 were injured, ten seriously, in another similar accident.
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Munich
Germany
Herrsching
Waldshut
Wuerttemberg-Baden
Britain Calls Home Iran Talk Delegates
Secretary of State Dean Acheson urged Iran to reconsider its abrupt rejection of Britain's latest oil settlement proposal. Premier Mossadegh ordered seizure of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company fields after failed negotiations, prompting Britain to recall delegates and prepare protective measures, including troops and ships, and possible tanker withdrawal to pressure Tehran.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Iran
Britain
London
Herbert Morrison
Commons
Tehran
Mossadegh
Henry F. Grady
Morrison
Clement R.attlee
Scotland
Sir William Slim
Senate Probe Finds Mississippi Job-Selling Racket
A Senate subcommittee reported a vicious job selling racket involving federal posts in Mississippi linked to a pro Truman faction and the Mississippi Democratic Committee. It named leaders, noted extorted political contributions, and said the practice ended with potential prosecutions. The Democratic National Committee was criticized for distributing patronage to the pro Truman group.
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Washington
Senate
Mississippi
Democratic National Committee
Hoey
National Committee
Jackson
Miss
Post Office Department
Donald S. Dawson
Stennis
Eastland
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Huachuca
Comdr
G. S. Coleman
Litchfield Naval Air Station
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Eric A. Johnston
Michael V. DiSalle
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