Willoughby Summoned To Testify Before House Panel
Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby chief intelligence officer for Gen. MacArthur in Japan was ordered to appear before the House American Activities Committee on June 28 to testify on Soviet espionage in the Far East and the Sorge spy ring. The subpoena came after a Senate subversives inquiry and references to Sorge contacts possibly reaching the State Department.
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American Activities Committee
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Far East
Richard Sorge
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State Department
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China
U S Rejects Reds Entry Linked to World Peace Council
The United States refused visa entry to members of the World Peace Council invited to New York by Russia’s Jacob Malik. Officials said the move shows U S resolve to prevent use of the U N Security Council for new peace propaganda, amid notes exchanged with French Communist Frederic Joliot-Curie.
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World Peace Council
New York
Russia
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Malik
U. N. Security Council
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Frederic Joliot-Curie
Fiveyearold boy decapitated in Dallas plane crash
A crippled single engined plane crashed into a backyard near Skyline Airport in Dallas. Del Parham, five, was picking peas in the yard when he was killed instantly. The pilot Lester B Lawson, 24, Of Dallas, was critically injured.
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Skyline Airport
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Cecil Parham
Lester B. Lawson
Bricker Attacks Wage Price Controls Amid Inflation Debate
Sen John Bricker denounced wage price controls as political profiteering and accused the administration of using emergency powers to push a broader defense production agenda. House Banking Committee actions included extending rent controls and loosening limits on inflation tools, while rejecting housing credit tweaks and higher commodity margin rules.
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Senate
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Truman
Bricker
United States
Court Backs NLRB Ruling On Boycott
The U S Court of Appeals in a 2 to 1 decision upheld the NLRB ruling against a fair labor practice complaint by Kern County Local 218 of the National Farm Labor Union over a Di Giorgio dispute. It also unanimously upheld the NLRB dismissing a similar complaint against Local 87 of the Teamsters. The panel held farm union activity was a primary not secondary boycott under Taft Hartley, exempting agricultural laborers.
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U.S. Court of Appeals
National Labor Relations Board
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Teamsters Union
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di Giorgio Wine Company
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Suspect Uses Force to Get Aid in Flight to Chicago
Police in three states hunted Lee Irwin, scar-faced Detroit man, who forced a woman to drive him 480 miles from Detroit to Davenport Iowa and then chartered a plane to Chicago. Doris Myers, 43, escaped at a Durant restaurant as Irwin fled from Midway Airport. Irwin, with two guns, is considered very dangerous.
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Iowa
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Durant
Don Herrman
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U S Seeks Lead Zinc Contracts Signed In West
The Defense Minerals Administration has signed contracts with Colorado and Utah mine owners to spend over $1,000,000 on lead and zinc exploration.
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Denver
Defense Minerals Administration
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Utah
Pacific Coast States See Population Surge Over Ten Years
The Pacific Coast states have nearly doubled their population in the last decade, reflecting strong growth across major urban centers. Analysts warn trends may influence housing, infrastructure needs, and resource planning for California Oregon Washington and nearby regions.
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FCC Keeps TV Grant Freeze Despite Proposals
Washington June 21 AP The Federal Communications Commission will continue a blanket ban on processing television applications with little prospect for new station grants before 1952 No end date was set for the freeze begun October 1 1948 The FCC abandons its partial lift proposal after legal challenges and will hear arguments on channel allocations June 28 and July 9.
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Federal Communications Commission
Commission
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Hawaii
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Virgin Islands
Federal Communications Bar Association
FCC
Russians Fly China Planes Says Paper
Formosa's China News reports 200 Soviet built jet planes based along the East China coast at Hangchow Ningpo and Minhow. It says pilots wear insignia of the Joint Soviet Chinese Communist Air Force.
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Formosa
China News
Hangchow
Ningpo
Minhow
East China
Koreans Flee To South Into United Nations Zone
About 15,000 North Koreans have fled into U.N. territory in days, streaming from Chorwon toward the UN-held area, with many coming from as far north as Wonsan.
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United Nations
U.N
Court Hears Invalid Girl's Assault Story
Riverside reports the trial of Lawrence Walker, an air force sergeant from Newark, N J, for rape and assault against Betty Maund who testified from a hospital bed after Feb 24 attack. He also faces a highway murder charge in the slayings of Richard and Doris Cook. The Cooks were found dead on a remote road and in an abandoned quarry respectively.
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Air Force
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Walker
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Richard
Doris Cook
Cook
House Passes Eleven Veterans Bills After Quick Floor Run
The House cleared eleven veterans bills amid administration opposition and a near party-line vote. Annual recurring costs could reach 358 million with a 335 million initial outlay for hospital construction and 20 million for the government insurance fund. Rankin said the Senate now handles the measure as 16,000 beds would be added through 24 new hospitals and 14 expansions. London reports roses planned for five prisons.
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Senate
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Veterans’ Committee
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