Brightest Atomic Blast Lights Sky Over Nevada Test Site
The Atomic Energy Commission detonated the fourth spring-summer test, a 10,000-ton TNT yield blast from a platform under a captive balloon at Yucca Flat, 75 miles from Las Vegas. Observers in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Phoenix saw bright flashes, while tests on rabbits, pigs, and monkeys studied eye and radiation effects.
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Colin McKinlay
United Press
Angels’ Peak
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Desert
Yucca Flat
Las Vegas
San Francisco
AEC
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Los Angeles
Nevada Proving Grounds
Southern California forecast turns hot with patchy coast fog
The noon agricultural forecast from the U S Weather Bureau shows sunny and hot weather across Southern California with a late night patch of fog along the coast and fog and low clouds Wednesday night. Cooling arrives Wednesday in areas west of the coastal mountains and in the San Bernardino valley, then continues hot. High 103 and low 62 for Wednesday June 18 1935.
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Los Angeles
U.S. Weather Bureau
California
Heat Wave Blankets Nation From Plains Through Coast
A nationwide heat wave driven by a strong air mass caused dangerous temperatures and power shortages from the Plains to the East. Flooded towns near Hays and Ellis Kansas faced wrecked levees and evacuations as storms sparked flash floods. Deaths rose across the region, with hundreds displaced and communities seeking federal disaster assistance.
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Bree
United Press
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Kuhn
Iowa
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Judge Rules Against Girard Trial In Japan
Federal Judge McGarraghy barred delivering William Girard to Japan for a manslaughter trial. He ruled the transfer would violate U.S. constitutional rights and enjoined the action, with an appeal likely to reach the Supreme Court. Girard’s attorney hailed the decision as a step toward trial by U.S. Army court martial.
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Japan
Washington
Joseph C. McGarraghy
William §. Girard
McGarraghy
United States
U.S. Supreme Court
Dayton Harrington
Harrington
Army
MacGarraghy
U.S
John Foster Pailes
Dulles
L.uw
Sac Ua
Alot
Supreme’ S Court
New York
Brush Fires Smoke Southern California Forests
Firefighters pressed into action as a major brush fire scorched about 1750 acres in the Cleveland National Forest near Lake Elsinore. Crews from Santa Barbara and Stanislaus National Forest joined the effort amid hot conditions and strong winds. Authorities aimed to contain the blaze by Wednesday night with tanker planes unavailable due to the weather.
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United Press
Cleveland National Forest
Lake Elsinore
U.S. Forest Service
Elsinere
California
Santa Barbara
Elsinore
Cleveland
Forest Service
Stanislaus National Forest
Waldo Sherman
Castaic
Charles Colver
Culver
Little Tujunga
San Fernando Valley
Barrett Lake
San Diego
State Division of Forestry
San Diego County
Angeles National Forest
U.S. Highway 99
Los Angeles County Fire Department
Highway 99
Paradise Ranch
Castinc
Desert
Uncle Sam Paid Most Of Testimonial Dinner Cost
Washington records show the Senate Rackets Committee reporting that Uncle Sam funded a large share of an $85,000 testimonial dinner for Vice President Max Kralstein of the Bakery Workers Union. McClellan noted Kralstein received $61,000 and argued government should curb such abuses.
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Washington
Senate
McClellan
Sam
Max Kralstein
Bakery Workers Union
John L. McClellan
D- jArk
Kralstein
Union International
New York
Dinger
Miller Seeks Dropping of Contempt Conviction
Arthur Miller’s lawyer asked a federal court to overturn his contempt of Congress conviction, citing a Supreme Court ruling that voided a similar case. A new trial or acquittal was urged, noting Miller refused to reveal names from past Communist meetings.
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Washington
Arthur Miller
Supreme Court
U.S
Charles F. McLaughlin
Miller
McLaughlin
Joseph L. Rauh, Jr
Marilyn Monroe
Supreme ‘Court
Illinois
John T. Watkins
Watkins
Rauh
Congressmen Alarmed At Supreme Court's Action
Washington AP report says the Supreme Court's recent rulings hampered the government drive against Communists, freeing five of 14 California defendants, ordering new trials for nine, and striking down loyalty actions. The decisions drew renewed congressional criticism, with Senator Eastland accusing the court of undermining anti subversion barriers.
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Sunrama Court
Atarma
Congress
James O. Eastland
D-Miss
Senate Internal Security
California
Smith Anattha Nenvarnmant
John Stewart Service
Dean Acheson
FBI
Conservatives Organizing In Canada
James R. Nelson reports that Canada’s ship of state sits between a caretaker Liberal government and a new Diefenbaker led Conservative administration. Louis St Laurent resigns to Parliament while Diefenbaker interviews cabinet nominees and plans to move to East Block. An election looms this autumn or next spring as reforms are drafted.
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James R. Nelson
United Press
Ottawa
Ment
John Diefen ‘Yaker
Louis St. Lawrent
Vincent Massey
House of Commons
Diefenbaker
Lawyers Target In Hearing On Communist Infiltration
The House Un-American Activities Subcommittee opened hearings in San Francisco on Communist infiltration of professional groups and criticized the California State Bar. Rep. Gordon H. Scherer said lawyers misinformed the public about the Los Angeles hearings. Subcommittee Chairman Francis E. Walter cited the Supreme Court ruling on Watkins and noted the death of witness William K. Sherwood, a Stanford researcher who died by suicide after a note fearing publicity. Doctors, lawyers, teachers, journalists, and architects were named as potential witnesses. three lawyers were subpoenaed.
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Vernon Baker
United Press
San Francisco
House Un-American Activities Subcommittee
California
U.S. Supreme Court
Gordon H. Scherer
Ohio
Los Angeles
Bar
Scherer
Bar Association
Communist Party
Lederer
Francis E. Walter
D- Pa
Subcommittee
Supreme Court
Congress
Illinois
John T. Watkins
House
Walter
William K. Sherwood
Stanford University
American Civil Liberties Union
Sherwood
Pacific Grove
Calif
Mrs Eisenhower Undergoes Routine Checkup at Walter Reed
Mrs. Eisenhower was admitted to Walter Reed Army Hospital for a routine physical examination. White House Press Secretary James Hagerty said the visit is to be a routine tap toe examination and not due to any illness. She entered the hospital Monday and was expected to stay several days.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
White House
James C. Hagerty
Humphrey defends tight money as inflation shield
Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey testifies before the Senate Finance Committee, defending the administration’s tight money policy as the only practical way to block a new round of inflation while noting the ongoing threat to domestic welfare. He lists six alternatives and rebuts Democratic charges that restraint favors big money interests. The inquiry, led by Sen. Harry F. Byrd, seeks to explain high taxes, interest costs, and the cost of living.
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Dayton Moore
United Press
Washington
Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Humphrey
Eisenhower
Senate Finance Committee
Federal Reserve
Democrats Committee
Harry F. Bvrd
D-Va
Byrd
Boy Found In High Sierras
Terry Korsus a 10 year old boy from San Diego was located after being missing about two hours in the Shaver Lake area Sierra deputies reported he wandered away from a family camping outing near the lake
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Fresno
Terry Korsus
San Diego
Shaver Lake
Sierra
Sheriff's
Out Our Way cartoonist J R Williams dies at 69
Pasadena, Calif. UP reports J R Williams creator of the panel cartoon Out Our Way died Monday night at Huntington Memorial Hospital after a relapse post surgery. He was 69. A heart condition complicated by postoperative issues was listed as the cause of death.
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Calif
J. R. Williams
Huntington Memorial Hospital
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