Red Youth Recruiting Revealed by ex Communist
Harvey Matusow testified before the House Un American Activities committee that the Communist Party targeted youths through sexual and intellectual manipulation. He described Camp Unity in Wingdale New York and recalled indoctrination beginning in public schools, noting volunteers and diverse recruitment fronts such as camps, a dude ranch and book stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Harvey M. Matusow
Dayton
House UN- American Activities Committee
Air Force
New York City
Matusow
Red Banner
Brannan Rejects Cotton Price Supports Increase
Secretary Brannan told the House Agriculture Committee he could not raise price supports for cotton without affecting other commodities. He called any rise inflationary and warned it would add pressure to the inflationary spiral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles F. Brannan
Brannan
House Agriculture Committee
Weather Outlook for Southern California on Feb 7 1952
Increasing high clouds tonight and Friday with scattered light showers in the west portion and southern interior on Friday. Locally cooler west portion tomorrow afternoon and in the southern interior Friday. Jimmy Cole notes clouds but no rain soon. two weeks without rain, spring blooms visible. A soda fountain joke ends the item.
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California
West Portion
Interior
West
Jimmy Cole
James
Jimmy
Soda Fountain
Chicago GOP politician shot on West Side in mob murder
Chicago police probe the fatal shooting of Charles Gross a 57 year old Republican committeeman slain by two gunmen who fired seven shotgun blasts as he walked to a political meeting near his home. A later threat to Edwin Kolski a 32nd ward committeeman hinted the same fate could befall him. Authorities explored political motive and possible links to Grosss soft drink distribution business and night club clientele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
West Side
Charles Gross
Gross
32Nd Ward
Edwin T. Kolski
Charlie Gross
Kolski
Charlotte
Kotski
Pear Gross
Evangelical
31St Ward
Ward
House Movers Leave Job Only Half Finished
In St Paul Summit Avenue a 22 room house was jacked up and moved into the street by a moving team. AFL bed carriers and building union members arrived with a picket line as the movers walked off, leaving the house in place on a busy thoroughfare.
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ST. Paul
Minn.i
Summit Ave
AFL
Eisenhower to Campaign in Uniform From Paris Before GOP Convention
General Dwight D. Eisenhower will conduct his Republican pre convention campaign from Paris in uniform and will not return to the United States to speak before a civilian or military audience or testify to Congress. Backers hoped for in person appearances, including a March return for a Philadelphia Bulletin forum, but invitations have been declined and the plan to campaign in uniform stands. Labor unions and Ike's opponents pressures to speak publicly are expected to grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dwight
D. Eisenhower
Paris
United States
Ike
Eisenhower
United Press
Rooter
San Francisco
Seaboard
Philadelphia Bulletin
Columba University
Presidential Developments In 1950s race by United Press
Latest developments in the presidential race show Taft backers citing polls from Philadelphia Inquirer and a private group assessing Indiana delegates. Eisenhower supporters plan to enter him in New Jersey popularity contest. Stassen will enter New Jersey and West Virginia primaries. Truman backs Kerr in Nebraska, while Kerr considers pursuing the nomination if Truman bows out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Taft
Robert A. Taft
Gchican
Philadelphia Inquirer
Indiana
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
New Jersey
Stassen
Harold E. Stassen
Threat Of Oil Strike Looms Across Nation
In Denver the CIO Oil Workers International union confirmed an immediate strike vote among 300 bargaining units as it accuses industry of refusing wage talks. About 50,000 oil workers could be affected if a strike occurs, potentially cutting output of refined products. Voting should finish by February 15. Key companies include Sinclair, Texas Co, Sneil, Tidewater Associated, Gulf, and Socony-Vacuum. Current wages average about $2.10 an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
CIO Oil Workers International Union
C. A. Knight
Knight
Kansas City
Kan
Gulf Coast
Texas
Great Lakes
Sinclair
The
Texas Co
Sneil
Tidewater Associated
Gulf
Socony-Vacuum
Warren Orders Flags At Half Mast For King Death
Gov Earl Warren ordered flags on all state buildings to be flown at half staff today in mourning for King George. No proclamation issued, but the state division of buildings and grounds was directed to observe the condolence tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Earl Warren
King George
Warren
Probers Attack Clique Ties to San Francisco Tax Office
The King subcommittee heard testimony that a political clique influenced San Francisco internal revenue operations. Investigators said the top command was uniformly incompetent and that former Collector James G. Smyth, later indicted, was appointed despite negative reports. The so called welfare fund, once valued up to $10,000, lacked records and was reportedly funded by liquor dealers, brewers, and other parties with tax issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
King Congressional
Internal Revenue Office
Civil Service
Employes
James G. Smyth
Treasury
Welfare Fund
William E. Frank
Horace H. Stikeleather
Oklahoma City
Okla
Smyth
Ltikefeather
Frank
Welfare
Harold Berliner
Cecil R. King
Adrian DeWind
Grand Jury
Feather River Funds Pass Vote
SALHAMENTU the proposal to appropriate $800,000 to get start ed on surveys of the Feather river project in 1952 53 has cleared its first legislative hurdle. A subcommittee of the Assembly Ways and Means committee yesterday approved unanimously an appropriation for surveys and plans. The measure still awaits full committee and Senate approval before the legislature convenes March 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salhamentu
Feather River
Assembly Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Senate Finance Committee
UN and Communist truce delegates ease talks at Panmunjom
At Panmunjom both sides made concessions on prisoner exchanges and troop rotation, narrowing gaps on the agenda. The United Nations dropped a one-for-one trade demand for 100,000 excess Communists, while Reds accepted a 25,000 monthly turnover limit for rotation troops. The UN agreed to consider Red demands to keep unit locations confidential and avoid concentration of forces.
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Panmunjom
United Nations
U. N
Washington
Far East
Peiping
South Korea
Japan
Truman Awaits April Move Into Rebuilt White House
President Truman tours the renewed executive mansion and jokes about a bathtub collapse behind the DAR ladies. He notes the $5.5 million rebuild cost and delays while aiming to move in during the first two weeks of April, fearing ceiling failures during tea.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Abraham Lincoln
Blair House
Executive Mansion
Secret witness testifies in Reds trial for California defendants
In Los Angeles, a former Communist organizer testified as the first government witness against 15 California Reds accused of advocating overthrow by force. David Saunders, linked to San Francisco, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura areas, described joining the party in Seattle during the 1935 sailors strike and identified William Schneiderman. Defense objections followed each testimony as Saunders described his organizing work in 1938–39 and named Walter Stack as the recruiter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
California
David Saunders
San Francisco
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
Ventura
U.S
Walter S. Binns
Saunders
Seattle
Walter Stack
Loretta Starvus Stack
Alex Schullman
Tri-County
Kennan Nominated Emissary To Russia
President Truman formally nominated George F. Kennan as U S ambassador to Russia to succeed Alan G. Kirk who resigned after 20 years in Moscow. Kennan, a career diplomat and Russia expert, is with the Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies. Kirk’s resignation, accepted today, ends a long Moscow tenure and follows Truman’s prior suggestion Kennan would be a strong pick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
George F. Kennan
Russia
Alan G. Kirk
Kennan
State Department
Princeton Institute of Advanced Studies
Kirk
Navy
Moscow
S Truman
Senate
White House
Winnie Ruth Judd Search Widens
The hunt for Winnie Ruth Judd, famed trunk murder suspect and five time escapee from the Arizona state hospital, expands with a hitchhiker sighting near Salt Lake City. A motorist picked up a red haired woman matching the description from Provo to Salt Lake City, but police doubt she is Judd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix, Arty
Winnie Ruth Judd
Arizona State Mental Hospital
Tiger
Salt Lake City
Utah
Provo Utah
30 Soviet Divisions In East Germany Forecast
Bonn Germany 4 West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer warned that 30 Soviet divisions are poised permanently in East Germany ready to march He urged rapid defense buildup as Russia may deem aggression too risky Communists disrupted Bundestag as police dispersed 2000 Red demonstrators outside no serious clashes occurred
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
East
Bundestag
Russia
B-29 Crashes Near Tokyo Kill Crew and Villager
A U S B-29 laden with bombs crashed near a village about 30 miles from Tokyo during a heavy snowstorm. All crew members were killed, and one villager died. The Air Force could not confirm crew size but noted a typical crew is 11. The bomber narrowly missed striking the village of Kaneko, which caught fire in several dwellings per Japanese police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U. S
Air Force
Kaneko
Soviet Edition Reports Death of King George VI Briefly
Soviet newspapers carried a brief ten word dispatch announcing the death of King George VI and a separate twenty word note on the condolence movement for Queen Elizabeth II in side by side front pages across the capital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Fih
George VI
Elizaeth IL
Queen Elizabeth II Returns to Take Throne and Funeral Plans
Queen Elizabeth II arrives in London after the death of George VI to begin duties as monarch. The king’s body lies in state at Westminster Hall ahead of a February 15 funeral at St George’s Chapel Windsor. proclamation and oath to follow at St James Palace and Privy Council, with global heralds announcing the reign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Elizabeth II
Nairobi
Kenya
George VI
Winston Churchill
Duke of Gloucester
Britain
East Africa
Victoria
Westminster Hall
St. George's Chapel
Windsor
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
Princess Margaret
Sandringham
King George
Australia
Sandringham House
St. Mary Magdalen
Clarence House
Privy Council
St. James Palace
Palace
Charing Cross
Temple Bar
Royal Exchange
May Co Boyle Inquiry Reopened
The US grand jury reopened its probe into pressuring the May Department Stores Co to hire William M. Boyle Jr as attorney, amid a $10 million income tax claim. Witnesses include George C Bolz a dredging contractor and Lee B Schumacher head of a building supply firm, with H G S Anderson among others subpoenaed to testify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
United States Grand Jury
May Department Stores Co
William M. Boyle, Jr
Democratic National
George C Bolz
Boyle
May Company
Lee B. Schumacher
Bolz
Subpena
H. G. S. Anderson
Muskogee
Okla
Schumacher
James P. Finnegan
Internal Revenue
Nicaro Nickel Co
Cuba
Anderson
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Red
Queen Mary
East Germany
May Co
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