Hollywood Figures Balk At Probers Questions
A May 17 AP report recalls Hollywood witnesses resisting questions before the House Un American Activities Committee. Leonard o Bercovici denied current Communist ties yet invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid discussing past associations. Fellow witnesses Alvin Hammer and Ben Winters refused to discuss membership or past ties, citing constitutional privilege. Roy Brewer and Lloyd Gough were listed for forthcoming testimony.
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Washington
Hollywood
House UN- Activities Committee
Leonardo Bescovici
Communist Party
Alvin Hammer
Ben Winters
Roy Brewer
The
Ameri
Richard Collins
Edward Dmytryk
Bercovici
Tito says Yugoslavia has overcome the worst of Moscow
In Belgrade on May 17 Premier Marshal Tito told Borba that Yugoslavia has overcome the worst part of its struggle against Moscow domination. He spoke at his summer villa in Bled after a journalists conference in Maribor and warned against optimism but vowed to achieve grand things without selling out to the West.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Borba
Yugoslav Communist Party
Tito
Bled
Maribor
Gun Duel Ends In Ranch Stockyard Shootout
In a page one report, Telles and Hathaway exchanged shots in a six shooter versus rifle duel at a stockyard. Hathaway shattered a windshield. Telles retreated behind a car and then toward the fence, where he fired through a crack. Hathaway's shot felled Telles as onlookers heard threats and heated remarks about Hathaway's women.
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Page One
Telles
Hathaway
Frank Harrison
Walkout by Western Union telegraphers threatens local workers
The Commercial Telegraphers Union Local AFL says about 110 Western Union employees in the area would be affected if the nationwide walkout spreads from Cincinnati Philadelphia Oakland and San Francisco to Los Angeles. Wage talks reopen July 1 and the company limits raises to a fixed amount, hindering collective bargaining. Telegraphs from Arizona pass through Los Angeles for re perforation before reaching destinations. No supervisory staff have been moved to manual machines locally for training, and telegrams to struck areas are accepted only with sender consent to indefinite delay.
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American Federation of Labor
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Oakland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Hill
Arizona
Britons Face 10 More Years of Meat Austerity
London May 17 AP reports British food minister Maurice Webb forecast a decade of meat rationing extending to 1961. He warned Britons they should not expect the prewar meat supply and warned of continued austerity at the meat counter.
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London
Maurice Webb
Funeral held for 16 month old Kenneth Perry
Funeral services were held for Kenneth Wayne Perry a 16 month old drowning victim son of Mr and Mrs Delbert Perry The infant climbed a 30 inch wire fence and fell into an irrigation ditch while at play The accident occurred on the Emerald Farm four miles south of Chandler where the father is employed
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Chandler
Kenneth Wayne Perry
Delbert Perry
Emerald Farm
Truman Urges Tax Hikes to Fund Defense and Halt Inflation
President Truman warns that defense production, taxes, and stabilization are hard problems critical to military strategy. He says the nation faces danger from imperial powers and urges unity, higher taxes, and a fair tax system to balance the budget and curb inflation.
Prescott to Host 20 30 Club Convention in June
Prescott will host the annual state wide 20 30 Club convention from June 8 to 10, with plans announced by Herb Harbeson, the general chairman. The event highlights youth service and community involvement across the state.
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Prescott
Herb Harbeson
Arizona Public Health Assn Holds 21st Convention in Mesa
Frank R. Williams warned 200 delegates that the U S is in a critical era and urged total mobilization of public health resources. He outlined civil defense needs including laboratory readiness, water and food testing, and coordinated health services for emergencies. The event featured remarks by Gov. Pyle Mesa Mayor Crismon and Health officials, with a roundtable led by Dr. Zobel and a banquet speaker Dr. Salsbury.
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Mesa
Robert L. Zobel
Sam Francisco
Office of Medical Programs
Region 10
United States Health Department
Clarence G. Salsbury
Bureau of Preventive Medical Services
State Department of Health
Carolers Choir schedules two plays in Coolidge
The Carolers Choir of Coolidge Methodist Church plans two musical plays at Kenilworth School auditorium at 8 pm on Saturday May 17. Proceeds aid church activities. Local residents urged to attend for community arts.
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Coolidge
Coolidge Methodist Church
Kenilworth School
Spies Nabbed Just In Time in Tokyo Spy Case
In Tokyo on May 17 AP reports a prosecution witness in the spy trial of 16 North Koreans and two Japanese testified that army agents arrested the suspects just in time. The group allegedly collected military secrets but had not shared them with Communist Korea. Capt John M Rice and seven counterintelligence agents raided Yoshimatsu Iwamura's room Sept 9, finding notes on the Inchon landings scheduled in six days, a report on US air bases in Japan, and an army manual on the 3.5 inch bazooka.
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Tokyo
Korea
John M. Rice
San Francisco
Yoshimatsu Iwamura
Inchon
United States
Japan
Rites Planned For Slain Pfc. Richard Anderson
Funeral services for Pfc. Richard E. Anderson, 20, killed in Korea last July 20, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday in Palms Chapel Grimshaw Mortuary. Burial follows at Greenwood Memorial Park. Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Anderson of Glendale, was a Missouri native who moved to the Valley with his family.
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Richard E. Anderson
Korea
Palms Chapel
Grimshaw Mortuary
Greenwood Memorial Park
Anderson
Wesley Anderson
Glendale
Missouri
Deputies Seize Unstamped Meat in Phoenix Raid
Deputies confiscated about 250 pounds of unstamped meat from a northeast Phoenix deep freeze unit. The seizure was conducted with a search warrant as investigators sought to determine when and where the meat was slaughtered.
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Vernon la More
Louis
P. Hudson
D. L. McGovney
Phoenix
Frances Sexton of Sunnyslope Dies at Memorial Hospital
Frances Sexton 23 of 8925 North First Street Sunnyslope died last night at Memorial Hospital after a period of ill health. A West Virginia native she was the wife of Banner Sexton. Funeral services are being arranged at Sunnyslope Mortuary.
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Frances Sexton
North First Street
Sunnyslope
Memorial Hospital
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