McCarthy and Adams Clash Over Army Press Release
Washington (UP) Senator McCarthy and Army counselor Juan G. Adams clashed over a draft press release tied to McCarthy’s probe of subversion at Fort Monmouth XNI. Adams faced questioning as McCarthy urged that the release would imply the investigation was being called off. Stevens defended the Army against accusations of cover‑ups while McCarthy pressed for details on the Loyalty Security Appeals Board and a February 24 conference with Republican subcommittee members.
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Washington
Joseph R. McCarthy
Army
Juan G. Adams
McCarthy
Fort Monmouth
XNI
J McCarthy
Adams
Fort Monomouth
Stevens
Subcommittee
Roy MM. Cohn
Cohn
Robert
Senate
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Army-McCarthy
Wisconsin
Republican
Loyalty-Security Appeals Board
Ralpheral
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Zwicker
Kirk B Lawton
Chicago dominates Phillies in 13-3 AL win
Chicago bashed Philadelphia 13 to 3 in an American League clash. Consuegra and LaVar worked in relief with Sawatski, Scheib, Dittmar, Shantz, Upton, and Astroth contributing behind a big Chicago attack.
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Chicago
Philadelphia
Consuegra
LaVar
Sawatski
Scheib
Dittmar
Shantz
Upton
Astroth
States Hold Primaries Tomorrow Across Five States
Five states vote in primaries tomorrow with local issues dominating. Ohio and Indiana feature intra party fights while New Mexico California and Florida plan contests including governor and senatorial nominations. In Ohio the Taft-led party struggle competes with George Bender’s faction as James Rhodes and Frank Folsom run for governor in separate parties.
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Lyle ¢. Wilson
Washington
UPI
Otay
Indiana
Planda Ibama
New Mexico
New Jersey
China
Edwin le Mechem
Clinton P. Anderson
Mltchom
Senate
Ohio
Robert A Taft
Organizebon
George H Bender
Ci Oo Times-Star
Willams Sasbe
Olsiot
Bossiam
Vlor Taft
Robert A. Taft Jr
Thomas A Burke
Taft
James Rhodes
Columbus
Frank Jatache
House of Representatives
Sens
Homer E Capehart
Willam E Jenner
George No Craig
Florida
Colton Sign Painter’s Body Found in Lagoon
William B. McNerny, 47, a Colton sign painter, was found dead yesterday floating in a lagoon behind the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. Police reported no marks of violence and the autopsy was scheduled for today.
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Wiliam B. McNerny
Colton Sigh
Long Beach Municipal Auditorium
McNerday
Polite Sant
Weather on Tuesday brings warm sun and cool evening
Coastal and intermediate valleys enjoy sunny skies on Tuesday with a slight cool down in the afternoon. May 1954 highs reach 83, lows 45 with Sunday 82/30 and Saturday 67/39 noted. Jimmy Cub cites summer advance and trout opening day memories from Pat Bandy while neighbors comment on new arrivals and bank accounts.
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Jimmy Cub
Advances
Jimmy
Pat Bandy
Pat
James
Dulles to Brief Congress on Geneva Conference
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will brief Democratic and Republican congressional leaders on the Geneva Conference on Korea and Indo China this week likely Thursday. Senate GOP Leader William F Knowland said Eisenhower indicated the briefing would follow administration policy to consult leaders on all foreign affairs. Dulles returns from Europe this week. Knowland urged immediate steps to build a collective security system against Communism in Southeast Asia, dismissing Britain's stance.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Korea
Indo China
Senate
GOP
William F Knowland
Enseghower
Eisenhower
Dulles
Congress
Europe
Knowland
United States
Britain
Southeast Asia
Two Californians Go On Trial For Hitchhike Slaying
In Reno, District Court opened as Frank Pedrini of Santa Rosa and Le Roy Linden of Los Angeles faced the hitchhike slaying of Clarence Morgan Dodd, a 36 year old Lancaster carpenter. Authorities guard the courtroom while jurors are selected. Pedrini is accused of leading the crime and both men confessed, with the District Attorney seeking the death penalty. The pair allegedly abducted Dodd near Winnemucca, shot him, and cached his body near Reno before burning the stolen station wagon in California. Witnesses include the defendants’ sisters-in-law, with the trial detailing the long criminal histories and escape attempts of Pedrini.
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Reno
California
Clarence Morgan Dodd
Lancaster
Calif
Carpenter
Frank Pedrini
Santa Rosa
Leroy Linden
Los Angeles
Harald Taber Manacted
Jos
Pedrini
Lond
Folsom
Fedrini
Dodd
Winnemucca
Here
Delight
Ark
Josephine Pedrini
Vivian Linden
West Irons Out Difficulties On Indo China Meet
Geneva talks advance as United States Britain and France meet with Viet Nam Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dinh to end delays in Indo China negotiations. Dulles sends Bedell Smith to lead US delegation while Chou Enlai pushes for repatriation of 48000 prisoners in Korea threatening new deadlock.
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Ceneva
Geneva
Walter Bedell Smith
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Anthony Eden
Georges Bidault
Viet Nam
Nguyen Quoc Dinh
Milan
Indo-China
Nguyen
Ho Chi Minh
Red China
Chou Enlai
Chou
Traps Planted To Detect Fruit Fly In Riverside County
Riverside County Agricultural Department set about 50 traps in the Coachella valley areas Oasis and Mecca to catch the Mexican fruit fly. Traps use brown sugar and water. flies mired, suspended on orchard branches. State spraying belts along the border target infestation. fruit fly damages citrus fruit by laying eggs under the skin.
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Indio
Cal
Riverside County Agricultural Department
Coachella Valley
Oasis
Mecca
Salton Sea
Robert Howie
Howie
Tijuana
State Department of Agriculture
San Diego County
Nine Year Old Catches Fifty Dollar Bill While Fishing
Nine-year old George Alien Weaver goes fishing off a municipal pier in Birmingham England. After hours at the pier he reels in a waterlogged but usable $50 bill. The event is reported with a note on postwar German defense debates.
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San Diego
George Alien Weaver
Birmingham
England
George
Clement Attlee
St. West Germany
French Paratroopers Reinforce Dien Bien Phu Amid Siege
French forces amid Dien Bien Phu reported a bold counterattack driving Communist forces from Isybelle outpost while paratroopers and supplies landed during the siege. Despite renewed French strength, Reds retained three strongpoints within the fortress defenses as the battle raged.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Dien Bien Phu
Foreign Legionnaires
Isybelle
Dien Bien Phe
Nam Youn
Saigon
Maurice de Jean
Geneva
Isabelle
Sneed Up Sought On Army Hearings
Washington report describes a closed subcommittee meeting to accelerate the McCarthy Army hearings. Acting Chairman Mundt led the session with Dirksen and Potter present, plus Welch, Jenkins, McCarthy, and Bryan. Nixon was consulted during a lunch recess amid pushes from the Eisenhower administration.
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Washington
Senate
Karl E. Mundt
R-Soe
Everett M. Dirksen
R-N
Mundt
Subcommittee
Ray H. Jenkins
Army
Joseph N. Welch
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Frederick V. P. Bryan
Defense
H. Steruve Hensel
Dirksen
Sen
Charles E. Potter
Rmich
Richard W. Nixon
Eisenhower
Communist Party Workers Sentenced in Thomp son Case
Four Communist party workers were sentenced in San Francisco for harboring fugitive Red leader Robert G Thompson in a Sierra Nevada cabin. Sidney Steinberg 38 received three years, Samuel Coleman 42 also three years, Carl Ross 40 two years, and Shirley Kremen 22 one year with leniency due to youth and group influence. They were seized August 27 at the Twain Harte cabin in a dramatic federal raid.
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Francisco
Communist Party
Robert G. Thompson
New York
Sidney Steinberg
Louis E. Goodman
Samuel Coleman
New
Twain Harte
Transportation Strike Bites Indianapolis Traffic
Indianapolis residents faced third day of transit strike as 180 police directed traffic and parking rules were ignored. The AFL Bus Drivers Union, about 1000 members, demands a 15 cent hourly wage rise, but the company says it cannot afford the raise.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
AFL
Bus Drivars Union
Eisenhower has no commitment for Calif trip
Washington report indicates President Eisenhower has no firm plan to visit California this fall. Assistant press secretary Murray Snyder said the president has many speaking and fishing invitations this fall, but none are binding and depend on travel plans.
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Washington
Whites House
Eisenhower
California
Catarma
Murray Snyder
GOP Leaders Predict Burst Of Legislative Speed
Washington reports Republican leaders forecast a 36 day burst of swift action on Eisenhower programs. Knowland and Martin promise an excellent batting average by the July adjournment, after briefing Eisenhower on major bills. Echo Park Dam, Taft Hartley debates, Kinsey foundation hearings, and civil defense study plans are noted as concurrent items.
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Washington
LLP
Senate Gop
William F. Knowland
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Congress
Eisenhower
Air
Knowland
Senate
Jon
Reclamation
House Interior
Upper
Colorado
Echo Park
Dinosaur National Monument
Asia
United States
Southeast Asia
Britain
Farm Democratic
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Rayburn
Rockefeller Foundation
Alfred C. Kinsey
House
Richard Bolling
D-Mo
House-Senate
Mississippi Valley Hit By 49 Tornadoes
A vast storm system struck the Mississippi Valley over the weekend, spawning 49 tornadoes and heavy rains. At least 29 people died across several states including Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Missouri and Louisiana. Oklahoma saw 20 tornadoes with two deaths and 46 injuries, while towns such as Grandfield Shawnee Stroud Meeker Pawnee Tipton Dale Davenport Big Spring Snyder and Sparks were hit. Fifty homes were demolished at Meeker and floodwaters forced families from Eau Claire and Durand. The system drove record lows and rising river levels as snow and blizzards affected Minnesota and the Dakotas.
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Sy United Press
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi Valley
Mississippi
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Hingis
Minnesota
Missouri
Louisiana
Grandfield
Shawnee
Stroud
Meeker
Pawnee
Tipton
Dale
Davenport
Big Spring
Snyder
Sparks
Minco
Okla
Cardin
Dakotas
Bemidji
Minn
Aitkin
Chippewa River
Wisconsin
Eau Claire
Wis
Durand
Reprieve Refused for San Quentin Author Chessman
Gov. Goodwin J. Knight refused a reprieve or commutation for condemned San Quentin prisoner Daryl Chessman, 32, scheduled to die May 14 for seven counts of robbery kidnapping and attempted rape. The author of an autobiography has faced sharp literary criticism, the first man sentenced to die in California's gas chamber under the Little Lindbergh law. Knight said no grounds existed for clemency after reviewing the case.
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Sacramento
Calif
Goodwin J. Knight
San Quentin
Daryl Chessman
Chessman
Los Angeles
California
Knight
Ex Film Star Tom Tyler Dies At 50 Heart Attack
Former motion picture cowboy star Tom Tyler aged 50 died of a heart attack Saturday night at St Francis Hospital in suburban Hamtremek. Services will be held Wednesday. Once Hollywood’s top draw, his fame revived with young TV viewers but he did not own rights to his old films.
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Tom Tyler
Tyler
St. Francis Hospital
Hamtremek
Composer Arthur Johnston, Creator of Cocktails For Two, Dies
Funeral services will be held tomorrow for Arthur James Johnston, renowned composer of Pennies From Heaven and Cocktails For Two. Johnston died Saturday at St Vincent's Hospital after a lengthy illness, having been hospitalized for four days before his death.
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Holly Wouw
Arthur James Johnston
Johnston
St. Vincent's Hospital
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