Court Opens Way To End Bridges U S Citizenship
Federal court in San Francisco granted the government’s motion to revoke the naturalization of Harry Bridges, the Australia born CIO Longshore leader, after a perjury conviction. Judge George B. Harris ruled Bridges lied in his 1945 citizenship hearing and rejected his claim to retain citizenship privileges.
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SAN FRANCISCO
Harry Bridges
CSO
George B. Harris
Bridges
Harris
CIO International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s union
PAC Rally Marks Labor Unity Move
The CIO PAC director Jack Kroll told 400 delegates at a national rally that labor faces big money in primaries and general campaigns as opponents push financing through individuals rather than parties. AFL official Joseph Keenan urged unity to repeal Taft Hartley in 1951, signaling growing AFL CIO collaboration ahead of merger talks likely in July.
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WASHINGTON
Jack Kroll
CIO
political action committee
PAC
labor
Kroll
Smith
North Carolina
Willis Smith
U. S
Frank P. Graham
Joseph D. Keenan
AFL
political league
CIC
Keenan
CIO-AFL
Arthur J. Goldberg
Tax Cut Drive Wins Support
Washington June 16 UP The drive for excise tax cuts gains momentum from two sides Senator Lucas Illinois Democratic leader backs House Ways and Means nearing final agreement Senate action likely The joint economic committee urges relentless spending cuts and inflation guard while House considers more revenue steps to offset tax relief Some Republicans oppose any tax increases and even some Democrats on the committee split with President Truman’s stance on revenue loss
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WASHINGTON
congress
Lucas
Illinois
house
Ways and ‘means
senate
CONGRESS ECONOMY CALL
senate-house economic committee
house ways and means
Truman
joint economic committee
Mr. Truman
Lover Captured In Girl's Room
Homer Cook, a 26 year old ex soldier from Muskogee Oklahoma, is captured in Munich under a girl's apartment bed after fleeing from a U.S. Army jail for the third time. German police and American MPs nabbed him on a tip while his German girlfriend Anna Sporrer was away. He said he fled to see her and asked to marry her.
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MUNICH
Germany
Homer Cook
Muskogee
Okla
cook
Anna Sporrer
Rescuers Find Miner's Lamp In Cadomin Mine
Rescue workers drilling through silt and coal for more than 38 hours found a miner s lamp early today. Five miners remain entombed after a Wednesday night collapse from a flash flood. Crews work shoulder to shoulder in a narrow tunnel as mud and debris are removed from the mine mouth in Cadomin Alberta.
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CADOMIN
Alts
Rocky Mountain
Edmonton
Railroad Cleared In Ticket Racket
Washington June 16 The interstate commerce commission today gave the railroads and their employees a clean bill of health in connection with the so called black market in train space reservations from three years ago.
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WASHINGTON
interstate commerce commission
Peruvian Revolt Still Simmers
AREQUIPA Peru June 16 Government troops restored order slowly and in general the situation neared normal after isolated snipers fired from rooftops. The government claimed control of the sit uation and lifted censorship while communications with other regions were restored, with the army on alert.
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AREQUIPA
Peru
Sinking near Bhavnagar rocks 28 Indians feared drowned
Twenty eight young Indians were feared drowned after a sailing vessel sank in the Gulf of Cambay off Bhavnagar on India's west coast. Local reports say the ship foundered during calmer seas and rescue operations were underway.
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CROWN
BOMBAY
India
Gulf of Cambay
Bhavnagar
Reds Fight Curb In Japan's Courts
In Tokyo on June 16 the Japanese Communist Party sued the government to block the purge of 41 leaders from public life. The Tokyo district court questioned its jurisdiction as the purge followed General MacArthur directives. The Communists, after a failed general strike, turned to the courts, charging Prime Minister Yoshida with constitutional violation in banning Reds from public office.
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TOKYO
Japan
MacArthur
Shigeru Yoshida
Truman vetoes basing point bill in pricing clash
President Truman vetoed the basing point bill aimed at uniform delivered pricing and allowing price discrimination in good faith. He argued the measure would obscure existing laws on pricing, marking the second veto of a controversial bill in recent months amid Democratic splits.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
senate
Kerr natural gas
Lustron Inquiry Reveals Pay to Senator McCarthy
In Columbus on June 16 the Lustron Corp case heads toward a U S appeals court after conflicting court orders. Receiver Clyde Foraker must navigate two directives: hand assets to the Reconstruction Finance Corp or withhold them per a Chicago judge ruling. Senator Joseph R. McCarthy admitted writing a 37 page housing article for Lustron promotion, receiving ten thousand dollars for 100000 booklets, a disclosure tied to the firm’s bankruptcy saga.
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COLUMBUS
Lustron Corp
U.S
court of appeals
gant
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Chicago
sidelight
Lustron
U. S
Joseph R. McCarthy
R.-Wis
Clyde M. Foraker
McCarthy
New London
Wisconsin Republican
United States
Joe McCarthy
Wisconsin
Clyde Foraker
Foraker
Mell G. Underword
Underwood
REC
Philip L. Sullivan
GOP Senators Pick Campaign Issues
GOP senators identified four main campaign issues in a survey by the GOP senatorial campaign committee and chairman Guy G. Gabrielson. Alleged Communists in government, the Brannan farm plan, deficit spending, and proposed excise tax cuts were cited as top talking points affecting primary results in Iowa, South Dakota, and California. Senator Millikin of Colorado, leading the Senate GOP conference, said he would focus on these points in his re election bid, with many fellow incumbents sharing the stance.
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WASHINGTON
Brannan
GOP
Guy G. Gabrielson
Iowa
South Dakota
California
Millikin
Colorado
Five Die In Rural Virginia Home Fire
A rural home three miles east of a central Virginia city burned, killing five members of the Weaver family. Victims identified include James Weaver, 33, Charles Weaver, 41, William Weaver, 84, and Charles's children Tommy 1 Kathleen 18 and Louise 1. The two story frame house was destroyed leaving only the chimney.
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SLAUWinn
Charles Weaver
Virginia
James Weaver
Fisherville
Charles
William Weaver
Tommy
Kathleen
Louise
Third American arrested in Klaus Fuchs spy ring case
FBI arrests David Greenglass 28 in Albuquerque linked to wartime atomic secrets, and Alfred Slack 44 in Syracuse with ties to Klaus Fuchs ring. Sidney Weinbaum, 52, Calif. Tech scientist, also jailed for perjury. all faced possible death penalties. Harry Gold intermediary named in London probe.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
FBI today
U. S
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
New York City
David Greenglass
U. S. army
Albuquerque
N. Mex
FBI
Syracuse
Alfred Dean Stack
Fuchs
HARRY GOLD
Philadelphia
England
Greenglass
New York
west coast
Sidney Weinbaum
California Institute of Technology
apeeina
w Weinbaum
Pasadena
institute
jet-propulsion laboratory
London
atone
Gold
Fed
N. M
United States
Anton A. Yakoviev
John
New Mexico
Slack
Kingsport
Tenn
Oak Ridge
Knoxville
Los Angeles Bus Strike Amid Shrine Convention
Thousands of Los Angeles transit workers walk out halting bus and streetcar service as 200000 Shrine convention visitors converge on the city. Mayor Bowron seeks a 15 day truce while AFL reps walk out. 20 cent hourly wage demand cited amid widespread transit woes.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Los Angeles
Fletcher Bowron
AFL transportation union
Lost Key Hitches Ride Back Home
Monroe a garageman Bill Barney misplaced a valuable key on a trip from Monroe to Jacksonville Florida four months ago Otto Cash visited the garage to fix a flat tire and found the crushed key embedded in the tire revealing the long misplaced item
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MONROE
Bill Barney
Jacksonville
Fla
Otto Cash
Drug Advertising Curbs Accepted by five drug makers
Washington June 16 government said five large antihistamine producers agreed not to claim their products cure or prevent colds. They may continue selling and advertising that they ease or stop cold symptoms and are safe when used as directed.
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WASHINGTON
Senators Approve Foreign Arms Plan
In Washington on June 16 two Senate committees backed a 1 billion foreign arms program and sought limits on presidential power to arm nations outside the North Atlantic pact. Connally announced general agreement and expected formal approval Monday while the scope of presidential authority remains unsettled.
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WASHINGTON
senate
Connahly
D-Tex
senate foreign relations and armed services
Connally
Truman
United States
Doakes Accepts Role as the Little Man Symbol
Binghamton New York June 16 A 36 year old carpenter J Joseph Doakes says he has grown accustomed to commentators and cartoonists using his name as a symbol of the average citizen He notes that at first it startled him to hear his name on the radio but now he is pleased to represent the ordinary man.
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BINGHAMTON
N. Y
J. Joseph Doakes
New Accusations In Amerasia Case Are Aired
Senator McCarthy challenged senate investigators to publish secret testimony from Emanuel Larsen on the Amerasia case to reveal who is telling the truth. Larsen testified in secret May 29 before a foreign relations subcommittee probing McCarthy’s charges about State Department ties to Communists. Chairman Tydings reaffirmed that Amerasia testimony will stay secret until the inquiry concludes.
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WASHINGTON
McCarthy
R-Wis
senate
Emmanuel S. Larsen
Amerasia
John E. Peurifoy
Larsen
Peurifoy
Capitol Hill
Pearsfoy
Tydings
Pacific haze blamed on California desert winds
Honolulu June 16 The Pacific haze may have originated from Southern California's desert. Weather officials shifted blame from Mauna Loa to a Washington report noting sand in the smog formed by a desert windstorm June 6. Meteorologist Robert Simpson said winds could have carried the sand across the Pacific.
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HONOLULU
California
U. S. weather bureau
Mauna Loa
Hawaii
Washington
Honolulu chamber of commerce
Robert 3. Simpson
weather bureau
Simpson
Pacific
Move To Relax Hatch Act Stalls
Washington opposition grows to a bill to loosen Hatch Act limits on federal workers. Proposals would allow 30 day suspensions for violations and permit Maryland and Virginia residents near Washington to engage in local partisan politics.
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WASHINGTON
senate
McKellar
DTenn
Taft
Ohio
GOP polity committee
Humphrey
D-Minn
fair dealer
senate house
civil service commission
Maryland
Virginia
Gas well fire in Renovo halted by mitroglycerin blast
A gas well fire at Renovo Pennsylvania, burning since Monday, was stopped today by a blast of 40 quarts of mitroglycerin. Authorities reported the explosive action finally controlled the blaze and ended the dangerous flare.
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RENOVO
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Richmond
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Harry S. Truman
Quantico
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Washington, D. C
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New York World- Telegram
Sun
Publishers Association of
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CIO Guild
World-Telegram and Sun
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