Rejection Predicted For Acheson Berlin Plan
Paris dispatch notes that Russia is likely to reject Dean Acheson's call to lift the Berlin blockade by Monday while Western officials anticipate a near conclusion of an east west trade pact. Strikes and rail disruption threaten signatures and the Moscow position remains uncertain ahead of the ministers conference.
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PARIS
Russia
Berlin
Dean Acheson
EXD
Acheson
west
Andrei Vishinsky
Pact Said Shield Against Red Army
BLACKPOOL England June 9 Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin described the Atlantic pact as a western shield against the world’s largest mobilized army the Soviet Union He said the alliance is the biggest step in collective security and urged firmness to end the threat without war through example to others at the Labour party conference.
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BLACKPOOL
Eng
Ernest Bevin
Russia
Bevin
anual Labor party
Soviet union
Two Die In Crash At Shreveport Base
Barksdale air force base reported two men killed when a B-45 jet bomber crashed and burned near Shreveport Louisiana today. A third man was injured in the crash.
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SHREVEPORT
Barksdale air force base
Spy Hunter Keeney Faces Passport Flight Attempt
Washington June 9 AP House investigators report a wartime secrets librarian Philip O Keeney 58 of New York fired by the army tried to sail from the United States on the Polish liner Batory without a passport. Keeney said he followed advice from New York lawyer Mrs Carol King who also represented Eisler. he refused to admit Communist ties. The story ties Keeney to the escape ship of Communist leader Gerhart Eisler who fled May 6.
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WASHINGTON
House
Philip O. Keeney
New York
Gerhart Eisler
Keeney
un American activities ‘committee
Carol King
ERP funds face Senate grilling as Hoffman appeals
The Senate Appropriations Committee pressed Economic Cooperation Administrator Paul Hoffman for a tough session on the European Recovery Plan. Hoffman urged approval of the House total of 3.568 billion dollars as the ERP funding. The House voted unanimously to approve the bomber and air power probe, and the House Armed Services Committee began assembling a staff to gather information, with the inquiry possibly starting in the first week of July.
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senate appropriations committee
Paul Hoffman
Hoffman
senate
house
house armed services committee
Soviet Officers Drive Off Mob at Berlin Railway HQ
In Berlin Soviet officers repelled a 200-strong looting mob of railway strikers that invaded the American sector headquarters. Western police guarded the entrance after Kotikov’s complaint, while rail strikers picketed outside, and an officer escorting a Russian woman was assaulted during the clash.
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BERLIN
U. S
Alexander Kotikov
Spree canal
Prme
Stalin
Lenin
Truman Attends War Reunion in Little Rock
President Harry S. Truman will arrive Friday afternoon for a 24 hour stay to attend the annual reunion of the 35th division in Little Rock Arkansas. The visit marks the city's most distinguished guest since Franklin D Roosevelt in 1936.
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LITTLE ROCK
Ark
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Harry S. Truman
Strikers Denied Compensation Pay in Michigan
More than 70,000 Michigan Ford workers idle in the recent speed-up strike were denied unemployment compensation today under a state agency ruling. However 7600 strike-idled Ford war veterans employed by Ford would get benefits under GI regulations.
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Michigan Ford
Michigan
Secret Papers Detail Planned Atom Data Theft
FBI report read in Judith Coplon espionage trial cites a reliable informant claiming a White Sands barber aided Russia by stealing atomic data. The informant ID PT-1 named Eugenio Chavez aka Eugenio Aria as the alleged spy. The hearing also touched on an FBI information pipeline to the Russian embassy.
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FBI
Judith Coplon
White Sands
N.Mex
Russia
Eugenio Chavez
Eugenio Aria
Mass Coplon
Muss Coplon
Frederic March
Hollywood
Hollywood file
March
Miss Coplon
justice department
New York City
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Chambers
William Ward Pigman
Harry Dexter White
Vincent Reno
Julian Wadlegh
Wadleigh
state department
Red
America
Wiliam Z. Foster
John Gates
Daily Worker
Lonely Hearts Slayers Lose in Supreme Court Refusal
Two alleged lonely hearts killers Raymond Fernandez and Martha Beck face trial for first degree murder in the death of Janet Fay of Albany New York after their last-ditch appeal to the U S Supreme Court for a postponement was denied by Justice Robert H Jackson. The defense had sought a temporary stay pending review of a New York Court of Appeals finding.
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U. S. supreme court
Raymond Fernandez
Martha Beck
Janet Fay
Albany
Valley Stream
N. Y
Washington
Robert H. Jackson
Herbert E. Rosenberg
Rosenberg
high court
New York court of appeals
Prices Rise for Meats and Eggs as Markets Move
Meat prices edged up slightly this week amid broader shifts in wholesale livestock and retail demand. Poultry held steady while top grade eggs rose modestly and butter eased in abundance. Vegetables mostly sank in price with cabbage, beans, asparagus, lettuce, and tomatoes lower, and berry shipments surged into markets as strawberries fell to seasonally low levels.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Florida
Nourse Evades Jobless Talk
Washington June 9 Economic adviser Edwin G Nourse avoided direct answers on unemployment rising by 273000 in May stating we could hardly expect to keep it as low as last year He stressed his visit to President Truman was not tied to the census figure and gave a no comment reply when asked if the jump was alarming He refused to discuss policy shifts pending the president s midyear report
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WASHINGTON
Edwin G. Nourse
council of economic advisers
Truman
census bureau
China Still Seeks Aid From America
In Washington on June 9 China pressed for American aid against the Communists. Dr Kan Chienhou personal representative of China's acting president Li Tsung jen delivered the proposed aid program to Undersecretary Webb and sought an audience with President Truman to present it publicly.
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WASHINGTON
China
Webb
Kan Chienhou
Li Tsungjen
Kan
Truman
Isotopes in Germ Warfare Study Draws AEC Testimony
Washington January 9 Senator Hickenlooper presses for Lilienthal firing as Strauss testifies isotopes sent abroad could aid germ warfare research. He notes Russian scientists may access US supplied isotopes at Vssisint labs though none shipped to the Soviet Union. Senate House committee criticizes procedure as it probes Atomic Energy Commission mismanagement and Lilienthal’s leadership.
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WASHINGTON
Jone
Lewis L. Strauss
atomic energy commission
Strauss
Vssisint
LILIENTHAL
senate-house atomic energy committee
Senator Hickenlooper
A-Iowa
AEC
David E. Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Truman
state department
Henry M. Jackson
DWash
Jackson
MicMahon
D-Conn
Military Rule On Talk Revised
Washington reports that the defense establishment will censor statements by army navy and air officers to protect military secrets. A new order signed by Secretary Johnson directs the joint review branch of the National Military Establishment to delete only material classified for security reasons and removes the older policy and propriety grounds.
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WASHINGTON
defense establishment
army
navy
air
Defense Johnson
joint review branch
national military establishment
NME
Dividend Pay Start Delayed For WWII Insurance Plan
Harold W Breining head of the Veterans Administration Life Insurance says the $2 billion dividend cannot start this year due to the vast accounting work. He told a reporter no date can be named yet though payments must be completed by July 1, 1950 under President Truman's instruction to pay during fiscal year 1949 50.
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veterans life insurance
Harold W. Breining
veterans administration
Truman
Senate backs Gray for Army secretary in swift vote
Washington June 9 The senate armed services committee gave quick approval to the nomination of Gordon Gray as secretary of the army.
Democrats Bitter Over Coal Layoff
Washington June 9 AP bitter resentment grows among senators seeking repeal of the Taft Hartley Act injunction provision. They claim John L Lewis ordered a weeklong coal pit shutdown, possibly hampering efforts to drop the injunction. Senators note the move may affect both supporters and opponents of the law.
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John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
national warfarn
Haumar
Lewis
capitol
senate
Philip Murray
CIO
William Green
AFL
Murray
Green
UMW
Taft
Ohio
Taft Hartley
Medical Group Invites Advice On Health Program
The American Medical Association invites suggestions to elaborate its national health program but remains firm against compulsory health insurance. Board of trustees and new president Dr. Ernest Irons of Chicago outlined plans to convene a conference of interested groups including labor and farm organizations to discuss advancing medicine and public health.
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ATLANTIC CITY
American Medical association
AMA
Ernest Irons
Chicago
Congressmen urge tighter PX sale curbs on military stores
Lawmakers on a House Armed Services subcommittee say the armed forces agreement to limit luxury item sales is a good start but not enough. They advocate stricter controls on post exchanges and ship's stores with no mail order business.
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WASHINGTON
house
armed services subcommittee
Simple Formula Cuts Costs Of Home But Fails
In Dallas on June 9 a builder neared completion of a five room bunga low at 165 dollars. Police halted plans as materials for the house had been stolen, exposing a scheme that cut costs but proved impractical.
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house
congress
DALLAS
Tex
Mine Shutdown Seen as Move To Cut Supplies
Washington June 9 UPI The 450000 United Mine Workers begin a week long strike to back John L Lewis on coal industry overproduction. He says the shutdown will eat into the 52 day coal supply and emphasize industry instability while miners argue for human and property protection and stabilize the industry. Some mine owners back the plan though others doubt the move. A Charleston official and a retail coal association leader challenge Lewis contract terms.
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UPI
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Pittsburgh
J. Atlee Schafer
American Retail Coal association
Cleveland
Charleston
W. Va
Walter R. Thurmond
Southern Producers association
UMW
Mother, Four Born to Death
NORTHVILLE Mich June fire destroys a two story frame home killing 34 year old Cora Neeley and four of her seven children Shirley Fay 9 Linville 7 Phyllis 4 and Bruce Jr 3 The father Bruce 37 and three other children escaped One daughter Zeola Mae 5 in critical condition was handed to the father from a window before the mother reentered the blaze and did not come out
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Mich
Cora Neeley
Shirley Fay
Linville
Phyllis
Bruce, Jr
University hospital
Ann Arbor
Zeola Mae
Bruce
Oakland county sheriff's deputies
Oklahoma GOP Leader Lew Wentz Dies at 65
Lew Wentz, Oklahoma oil millionaire and Republican national committeeman, died in his Arcade hotel apartment at 8 a.m. He was about 65 and had suffered a heart condition since January. The death followed a coronary thrombosis and he had requested news be withheld beforehand.
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Okla
Lew Wentz
Oklahoma
Arcade hotel
Wentz
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