Secret grand jury probes Amerasia case in New York
A federal grand jury is investigating the 1945 Amerasia papers case in New York. Witnesses linked to a Senate inquiry into secret documents testified behind closed doors. The panel weighs who delayed arrests, with mentions of Forrestal and Vardaman. President Truman may appoint a panel to review State Department charges.
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WASHINGTON
Amerasia
New York
senate
James V. Forrestal
Forrestal
James M. McInerney
VARDAMAN
James K. Vardaman
senate foreign relations subcommittee
McCarthy
senate committee
Tydings
D-M
state department
Taft
Ohio
Truman
White House
Missouri
Senators Study Drug Ring Rule
Washington June 8 Senate investigators studied reports that a powerful underworld ring profits from the misery of at least 50 000 drug addicts. Commissioner H J Anslinger said his 175 narcotics agents may be too few to cope with the situation. He testified 800 persons form the narcotics ring involved in crime and murder.
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WASHINGTON
uP— Senate
H. J. Anslinger
U.S. narcotics bureau
Anslinger
special committee
Kefauver
D-Tenn
senate
Boston Red Sox rout Browns in high scoring game
In June action at Boston, the Red Sox blasted the St Louis Browns setting offensive records with a 29 to 4 victory. Marshall Fer tekx Moss and Williams led the scoring while Stobha and Drape contributed for Boston.
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BOSTON
Red Sox
Louis Browns
RAE na Louta
eeevonit
Marshall
Bohache
Fertekx
tier Moss
Stobha
Williams
Drape Gg
Boerania
Review Panel Named for Veterans Hospital Care Reform
President Truman named a committee to review the veterans hospitalization program with Dr. Howard A. Rusk, Dr. Arthur Abramson, and Rear Admiral Robert L. Dennison as members. The panel will focus on issues affecting paraplegics and amputees.
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Howard A. Rusk
New York university college of medicine
Bellevue hospital
Arthur Abramson
Veterans Administration hospital
the
Bronx
Robert L. Dennison
Trueman
Warren Nixon Victory Forecast Stirs California Race
In San Francisco June 8 1946 Senator Brewster predicts a Warren Nixon ticket victory in California’s November race against a Roosevelt Douglas slate. Primary returns show Warren leading Roosevelt by over 500000 in a two party total as Nixon Hayes a Republican path to the Senate with Downey facing Douglas.
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SAN FRANCISCO
California
Hart Warren
FDR
U. S. senate
Sheridan Downey
Helen Gahagan’ Douglas
Richard Nixon
Truman
Warren
Roosevelt
Washington
Brewster
Republican senate campaign committee
George Miller, Jr
Richmond
Goodwin J. Knight
Los Angeles
Mine Operators Name Champion
Pittsburgh industrialist Harry M. Moses is pressed to lead a new permanent coal mine owners association to negotiate with John L. Lewis. Moses, head of most US Steel coal operations and president of H. C. Fricke Coke, has not yet decided, with offers rumored at 50 000 to 65 000 dollars a year. If he accepts, his role would center on dealings with Lewis.
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PITTSBURGH
John L. Lewis
Harry M. Moses
Lewis
United Mine workers
Moses
United States Steel corporation
H. C. Fricke Coke company
Arbitration Set In Oak Ridge Wage Dispute
In Oak Ridge Tennessee on June 3 leaders of both sides agreed to arbitrate a union wage dispute that had threatened to idle about 2000 atomic plant workers after midnight tonight.
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OAK RIDGE, Tenn
Teen Language Buzz Stirs Parents in Winchester Suburbs
In Winchester Massachusetts teens shout a new jabberwocky dubbed AB language driving parents and teachers to distraction. The article shows rapid use of AB before vowels and before end words, with teachers noting proficient youths speaking it as fast as English.
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WINCHESTER
Mass
Boston
Senate Panel Backs Draft Extension Amid Segregation Debate
The Senate Armed Services Committee backed a three year extension of peacetime draft with an amendment allowing draftees to request service with units of their own race. Senator Russell urged fighting to keep the race choice in the bill, while the House favored a two year extension and congressional control over inductions.
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WASHINGTON
senate armed services committee
Truman
UNIF
Rusell
D-Ga
army
navy
air force
Russell
senate
house
congress
chamber of commerce of the United States
Eden Granted Divorce Decree
London June 8 Former Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden won a divorce decree after testifying that his wife deserted him in 1947 to live in America The 53 year old Eden said she insisted on visiting the United States in 1945 and refused to return He told the court she spent most of her time in the United States and Bermuda since 1946 She did not contest the action A decree nisi becomes absolute in six weeks unless an objection is raised
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LONDON
Anthony Eden
brownette
America
Eden
Britain
Francis Hodson
United States
U.S
Bermuda
Civilians Named For Russian Zone
Berlin June 8. Russia named four Soviet diplomats to replace military rulers in east Germany. Western officials call it another step toward a separate peace with east Germany. They expect Gen V I Chuikov to be replaced as head of the Soviet control commission by a career diplomat.
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BERLIN
Russia
east Germany
V. I. Chuikov
control commission
Germany
Communists vow to fight as purges hit Japan diet
Tokyo June 47 The 33 remaining Communist members in the Diet defiantly pledged to oppose occupation policies and military bases while the government has yet to purge more. Karoku Hosokawa named to lead sessions, replacing Sanzo Nozaka.
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TOKYO
diet
red party
MacArthur
red
Osaka
Chubu Nippon
Japan
Communist party
Communist diet
Karoku Hosakawa
Sanzo Nozaka
Japan Communist party
Akahata
Eight Men Drown In Truck Mishap
Courland California June 8 A farm truck carrying workers home from the fields plunged into an irrigation canal killing eight men. The death toll could rise to fourteen as checks confirmed the number aboard ranged from twenty two to twenty seven. Ten escaped, three were hospitalized, seven bodies recovered, one man died at the hospital.
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COURTLAND
Calif
Beauty Arrested As Drug Addict
DETROIT June 8 Aged 24 brunette Peggy Ellsworth Miss Michigan 1947 is being held for narcotics law violation investigation. Detectives Harry Marten and Paul Rehn said she started smoking marijuana after failing to find steady modeling or entertainment work.
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DETROIT
Peggy Ellsworth
Michigan
Harry Marten
Paul Rehn
Six-Bit Words Fail to Faze Elevator Man
In Philadelphia a British-leaning man asks the elevator operator whether the car is ascending or descending. The operator, unruffled, simply answers with a terse Going up as the door opens, underscoring a humorous moment in a downtown department store.
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PHILADELPHIA
British isles
Four Survive Bomber Crash Near Norfolk Coast
A US B-28 bomber with 11 aboard crashed into North Sea off southeast England near Norfolk. After 24 hours of search three dead and four missing were reported, four survivors were pulled from the wreck. RAF and British launches recovered two more bodies while a fifth survivor was later reported dead by the US Air Force.
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LONDON
North sea
dames
Norfolk
England
U. S. air force third division
President Truman asks prayers for world peace during trip
President Truman told a church gathering he seeks divine guidance to obtain peace in the world. He departed for two foreign policy talks in Missouri and urged support and prayers for the White House occupant, calling the presidency the greatest job in the world.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Missouri
White House
Plane Survivors Continue Trip After Ocean Crash
Puerto Rican migratory workers aboard a Westair C-46 survived a shark filled ocean crash 275 miles from Miami and 34 were brought to Charleston. Of 65 aboard, eight are dead and 20 remain missing as 28 plan to continue to Michigan sugar beet fields while three may return home. Officials from CAB and Puerto Rican government investigate with San Juan reporters. Pilot Joseph Halsey credited instinct for guiding the rescue and signaling another plane with a flashlight.
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San Juan
P. R
Wilmington
N. C
Miami
Fla
Saufley
CHARLESTON
D. C
Michigan
Westair company
Seattle
Wash
navy
civil aeronautics board
Gordon Matthews
CAB
atr
Joseph Halsey
Halsey
Post Office Cut Target of Bill
Washington June 8 House Post Office Committee approved legislation to wipe out the post office department cuts in mail service. The vote was 12 to 8. A similar bill has been approved by a Senate committee.
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WASHINGTON
iPi
post office department
house post office committee
senate
Professor Proves House Edge in Slot Machines
Kent State mathematics associate professor John Kaiser announced a mathematical proof that a one armed bandit cannot be beaten. Using 8000 possible symbol combinations and a $400 stake, he calculated an expected return of $258.80 or $141.20 less than the amount wagered, assuming a perfectly balanced machine with no weighting or manipulation.
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KENT
John Kaiser
Kent State university
Roy Garrett
Indicted economist denied Communist party ties
William W. Remington, a government economist, was indicted by a federal grand jury for perjury for denying he had ever been a member of the Communist party. The case, before Judge John C. Clancey, follows prior loyalty reviews and libel actions connected to Bentley allegations.
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NEW YORK
William W. Remington
Communist party
John C. Clancey
Remington
commerce department
grand
loyalty review board
Michael E.Lee
office of international trade
Secretary of Commerce
Charles Sawyer
BENTLEY
Rent Control Extension Debated Amid Cain Filibuster
Senator Cain filibustered for about three and a half hours delaying a rent control bill. Maybank, chair of the Senate Banking Committee, led a vote to send the measure to the senate by 8 to 5. The present law expires June 30 and the bill would extend control to December 21 with a possible six month extension in communities with affirmative action by referendum or local officials. Cain, longtime foe of rent control, warned the debate could continue into next week as House leadership weighs action.
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WASHINGTON
Maybank
D-SC
senate
Cain
R-Wash
senate banking committee
house
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Miss Bentley
National Broadcasting company
General Foods corporation
reine
special
federal grand jury
Ann Moos Remington
Alexandria
Howard
Allen Bridgman
Kenneth McConnell
Joseph North
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