Soldier Escapees Captured Across Berlin Front
Berlin report on November 14 1949 details U S Secretary of State Dean Achesons visit and pledge of aid to Berliners and other European peoples resisting Soviet attacks. He stressed US readiness to help those determined to help themselves amid economic and political challenges. He dismissed claims of failed US policy in China.
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Gazelle
Broadway
Hollywood
Inez Robb
Arizona
Phoenix
Berlin
United States
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Europe
Soviet Union
Vassily I. Chuikov
China
Lucius PD. Clay
U. S
Polish Communists Move Toward Ouster Trials
In Warsaw on November 14, 1951 AP reports Poland preparing for Titoist style trials as the United Workers Communist Party purges its ranks. Former Vice Premier Wladyslaw Gomulka was struck from the party rolls in a secret Central Committee session after losing the secretary-general post in September 1948 for opposing the regime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
United Workers (Communist) Party
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Central Committee
Gomulka
Gomulka Recalled Titoist Charge Sparks Polish Rift
The Cominform seeks to purge Titoism as Gomulka recants his 1948 stance and rebuts slanders by Belgrade's Milo Dijilas. Gomulka, ousted from vice premiership, attends Parliament but avoids debate as Nowe Drogi blames him for leading members astray. Rokossovsky’s Moscow link noted amid regional purges including Rajk’s execution in Hungary with Bulgaria eyeing a Titoist trial.
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Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Gomulka
Tito
Milovan Dijilas
Belgrade
Diilas
Hersy
Nowe Drogi
New Paths
Edward Ochab
National Defense
Congressmen Plan Studies Of Arizona Projects and Indians
A 11 member House Public Lands Committee delegation led by J Hardin Peterson arrives in Phoenix for conferences and tours of the Central Arizona Project. Toby Morris will hold a one day Indian problems hearing. senators McFarland Hayden and Rep Patten join conferences traveling to Florence Coolidge Yuma and the Salt River Project. All listed members are Democrats except D Ewart and Poulson with Lefevre canceling to join.
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House Public Lands Committee
United States
J. Hardin Peterson
Florida
Phoenix
Winslow
John R. Murdock
Arizona
Central Arizona Project Association
Toby Morris
Oklahoma
House
Lands Committee
Ernest W. McFarland
Carl Hayden
Harold Patten
Florence
Coolidge
Yuma
Salt River Project
Reva B. Bosone
Utah
Harry O'Neill
Pennsylvania
Wayne Aspinall
Colorado
Louis Heller
New York
John Saylor
Walter Baring
Nevada
Wesley A. D’'Ewart
Montana
Norris Poulson
California
D’ewart
Poulson
Jay Lefevre
Noted Figures Comment On Democracy And World Affairs
International News Service reports Interior Secretary Oscar Chapman affirming democracy can meet threats from international communism fascism and other isms and support peace. Dean Acheson says American effort cannot replace German energy. Robert Schuman jokes about clocks Moscow time versus American hour. Senator John Sparkman notes senators are human and may react to being kicked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
San, Francisco
Oscar Chapman
Mintigny
Les - Metz
France
Robert Schuman
Moscow
Washington, D. C
John J. Sparkman
Alabama
Prince Charles Hails Birthday No. 1 With Private Tea Party
London reports Prince Charles, turning one, hosts a small private tea party with family and palace connections. A 40 pound rum flavored cake from Manchester College’s gift was admired but not eaten by the infant, who has six teeth and weighs 24 pounds 8 ounces. Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip exchanged greetings as Elizabeth planned a separate tea event.
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London
Prince Charles
Charles
Prince Richard
Duke of Gloucester
Elizabeth
Manchester College
Arizona State Fair ends with record attendance despite lower totals
The 1949 Arizona State Fair closed after a 10 day run, drawing 150,679 attendees, down from 162,934 in 1948. Fair secretary Paul F. Jones touted strong exhibits across livestock, poultry, and minerals, noting peak crowds yesterday and wide Western attendance trends despite economic pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ron Jones
Commission
Omar
Poultry
Domestic Arts
Paul F. Jones
Fair Commission
Bolivian pilot failed 1947 exam for air transport license
A CAA witness testified that Bolivian pilot Eric Rios Bridoux, flying a P-38 in the Washington midair collision, did not hold an air transport license. He passed a limited certificate in July 1947 after an oral test and foreign reciprocity, despite poor written exam results and no record of later examinations.
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Washington
INS
Vwenne
Robert E. Bell
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Eric Rios Bridoux
BELL
Bridoux
Bolivia
Eastern Airlines
Harold A. Jones
Civil Aeronautics Board
Soviet Sub Base Reported On Saseno Island
Belgrade dispatch citing western intelligence says a Russian submarine base operates on Saseno Island at Valona Bay where the Adriatic and Mediterranean meet. Albanian refugees report a large base is being built with Soviet submarine personnel seen in Valona streets and subs arriving at the former Italian facility.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Saseno
Rome
Athens
Valona
Coplon and Guticev Begin Spy Conspiracy Trial
Judith Coplon and Valentin Gutichev appeared in United States District Court in New York for trial on charges of conspiring to commit espionage for Russia. Coplon, 28, already has a sentence of 40 months to 10 years after being convicted in June for taking secret documents to transmit to a foreign power. This trial marks Gutichev’s first appearance, the 32-year-old Russian engineer and former United Nations employee whom Coplon once loved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Judith Coplon
Valentin Gubitchev
United States District Court Today
Russia
Brunette
Department of Justice
Washington
Gubitchev
United Nations
Miss Coplon
Truman To Make Speech At Negro Women Council
President Truman will address the opening session of the National Council of Negro Women in Washington tomorrow night delivering a brief speech at the event causing national attention from leaders and citizens regarding civil rights advocacy.
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Washington
Truman
National Council of Negro Women
Soldier Kills Wife Then Ends Own Life at Fort Worden
A Fort Worden soldier shot and killed his wife near the noncommissioned officers club on the Army post in Port Townsend Washington, then committed suicide, according to public information officers.
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Port Townsend
Wash
INS
Fort Worden
Army Post
Seven Prisoners Escape Kern County Jail In Bakersfield
Seven Kern County jail inmates overpowered a guard and vanished from the jail after rapping on a cell bar at 11 40. Captain Lawrence Johns said they knocked guard William C Campbell unconscious and escaped via the service elevator. Deputies held two Bakersfield men and a federal prisoner, with five others identified as residents of Bakersfield Delano and Los Angeles.
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Bakersfield
Calif
Kern County
Lawrence Johns
James White
Bakers
William C. Campbell
Campbell
Johns
William Dukes
Billy Alfred
Jerry Walton
Sacramento
Oklahoma
Walter
Thomas Fraud Trial Postponed
Washington report says Representative J. Parnell Thomas of New Jersey had his fraud trial postponed again at defense attorney William H. Collins request. Judge Alexander Holtzoff reset the trial for November 21 as Collins cited ongoing duties in a separate gamb ling conspiracy case. If that case runs long, another postponement could be sought next Monday.
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Washington
J. Parnel Thomas
Republican
New Jersey
William H. Collins
Alexander Holtzoff
M Holtzoff
Holtzoff
Collins
Thomas
Ship Union Power Sends SOS From 85 Miles Off Hong Kong
Globe Wireless reported a distress call from a ship with engine trouble about 85 miles from Hong Kong. The vessel identified itself as Union Power and gave coordinates 21 25.30 N, 115 30 E, saying it wanted help.
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San Francisco
Globe Wireless
Hong Kong
Union Power
Detective Wounded By Lookout At Chicago Restaurant
Detective William Owens of the Rogers Park force was wounded in the right arm by a machine gun fire during a clash with a gang of safe crackers at Allgauer's Nafer Restaurant on Chicago's North Side. Fellow detective James Garbett escaped injury as the robbers fled after triggering the alarm. The robbers looted the scene and were identified by restaurant staff.
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Chicago
Chicago North Side
Nafer
William Owens
Rogers Park
Owens
James Garbett
Adolph Sieverts
Armed Pair Surrender After Escape From Denver Guardhouse
Two armed soldiers, Pvt. Duane Teeters and Thomas Mulligan, escaped from Fitzsimmons General Hospital last night. They were found in a Fort Morgan haystack near freezing and surrendered without a fight after Teeters seized a pistol and freed Mulligan. Local authorities, including State Patrolman Howard Eddy, tracked them to a farm seven miles west of Fort Morgan. Mulligan and Teeters had hidden along a railroad right of way and in weeds before capture.
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Fort Morgan
Colo
Denver
Duane F. Teeters
Thomas J. Mulligan
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Teeters
Mulligan
Howard Eddy
Jake Stroh
Joseph Derrera
Derrera
Nellie Kinley
Harold Krohn
Krohn
Typhoon Toll: Eight Dead or Missing in Philippines
Manila reports eight dead or missing and 3000 homeless as the third typhoon to hit the Philippines in two weeks. The storm caused crop losses and heavy property damage though considered minor next to last week’s two typhoons which killed over 800 and caused millions in damage.
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Manila
INS
Philippines
Fast Safecrackers Hit Nine Safes in Sioux Falls
Two experienced burglars robbed nine safes around Sioux Falls South Dakota on November 14, netting about $4500. A 10 cent store manager Shirley Clark discovered the break in and was tied with clothesline while the pair emptied a small vault inside a larger safe. Police gathered evidence across locations including a law office and cemetery office. Clark survived unharmed and alerted authorities.
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Sioux Falls
S. D
Shirley Clark
Clark
Chamber of Commerce
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U.S
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Ministry of Defense
Communist Party
Laszlo Rajk
Rajk
Bulgaria
Bonn
Germany
Prince Charlie
Gates
Clarence House
Green Park
England
Prince Philip
Malta
Chequers
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Esther Clark
Albania
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