Government Rested Case Against Hiss
The Associated Press reports the government rested its perjury case against Alger Hiss in a trial centered on Whittaker Chambers. Witness Henry Julian Wadileigh confessed to passing secrets to Chambers, admitting collaboration with communists under pressure to be useful, while chamber records questioned by stenographer misinterpretations sparked defense points.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Alger Hiss
state department
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Hiss
Moscow
Henry Julian Wadleigh
Benjamin H. Firsheim
house un-American activities committee
Washington
Firsheim
house committee
Dent
Ealt Place
Wadleigh
Oxford
Pension Dispute in Steel Talks Splits View
In Pittsburgh on June 17 negotiators from U. S. Steel and CIO-United Steelworkers recessed to Monday after clashing over whether pensions must be negotiated. The company says contracts cover pay and insurance only, while the union argues pensions are moral, legal, and contractual obligations to bargain.
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PITTSBURGH
Big Steel
CIO-United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel corp
USW
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Philip Murray
CIO
Steelworker
Lewis Orders Work Return To Mines Monday
John L. Lewis has ordered 480,000 United Mine Workers to return to the pits on Monday. District No. 5 president John Busarello said he received a telegram from Lewis requesting the end of the week-long walkout as scheduled. The move comes during new contract talks, with the walkout meant to stabilize the industry. The contract runs to June 30, and miners will work five days before another week off, with June 25 starting their annual paid vacation and $100 paid to each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PITTSBURGH
UPi
John L. Lewis
United Mine
John Busarello
Senate to resume hearings on Columbia Valley administration
Washington June 17 The Senate Public Works Committee decided to resume next Tuesday its hearing on the bill to create a Columbia Valley Administration in the Pacific Northwest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
senate public works committee
Columbia valley administration
Pacific northwest
Baseball News From Major Leagues
Recap of AL and NL action with line scores and player mentions. Highlights include Boston and Cleveland performances, well known names such as Berra, Hegan, Lemon, and Newcombe. Schedule notes show Detroit at Washington and Philadelphia at St. Louis among night games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Washington
Levan
Philadelphia
Newcombe
Campanelle
Hacker
A. Walker
New York
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Boston
Cincinnati
Byrd Protests Retirement Pay in Army and Navy
Senator Byrd of Virginia protested as the Senate armed services committee reviewed a House approved bill to raise pay for most uniformed personnel at a cost about 600 million yearly. He argued retirement benefits were loosened to lure early retirees into high salaried industry jobs and opposed omitting tighter retirement provisions. Committee chairman Tydings ordered a list of officers retired since 1940 with their service lengths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Byrd
D-Va
army
navy
senate armed services committee
uniformed services
Charles R. Hook
steel
armed services
Tydings
armed services committee
army, navy and
air forces
Military Bills Face Troubles in Senate
Washington June 17. Senate battles over two major military bills unfold as Senator Elmer Thomas seeks to cut more than a billion dollars from next year’s service costs and strike at a 15.9 million dollar house appropriation. Senator Morse resists rushing approval of a pay increase bill adding about 300 million dollars annually to service pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
senate
Elmer Thomas
Dokla
house
Morse
R-Ore
British American authorities order Bosch break up in Germany
Breakup order issued in Frankfurt, Germany, targeting the Bosch combine. The British American authorities move to dissolve the giant German conglomerate, known for producing products from television sets to air compressors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FRANKFURT
Germany
Bosch combine
Secret Reports Taken for Book
Washington June 17 Judith Coplon testified she believed a top secret FBI report found in her purse was for a serial comic. She said the loyalty oath she signed while a Justice Department analyst remains, and contended a decoy planted by William Foley explains the document.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Judith Coplon
FBI
Miss Coplon
justice department
Archibald Palmer
United States
Miss Coplen
William F. Foley
Waitkus Calls Shooting a Bad Dream in Hospital
Eddie Waitkus described the shooting as "like a bad dream" during his first reporters’ meeting since Wednesday. The Philadelphia Nationals first baseman sat in his hospital bed with fans’ letters nearby, joking about the incident and asking why a "silly honey" targeted him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHICAGO
Eddie Waitkus
Philadelphia Nationals
Ruth Ann Steinhagen
Snow in Montana and fires threaten New England
Snow fell in northern Rockies and Butte with four inches melting on impact. New England faces hot, humid, rainless weather, drought risks, and forest fire danger. Vermont closes woods to hunting and fishing. minor blazes reported in several states. Adirondacks report 41 fires since last Saturday. all under control. Temperature mid and high 80s forecast in New England. scattered showers in western New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rockies
Butte
Mont
New England
U. S
breau
Ernest Gibson
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
New York state
Adirondacks
state conservation department
Hearing Called For DP Measure
A Senate judiciary committee opened a hearing on a bill to admit more Europe’s displaced persons to the United States. The measure was passed by the House on June 2. An appeal for prompt Senate action was issued by 250 citizens including Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, James A. Farley, and Robert P. Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
UPI
United States
Europe
senate judiciary committee
house
senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Robert, P. Patterson
Senate Debates Emergency Curbs In Labor Bill
Washington June 17 Senate debates emergency curbs in a national labor bill with five proposed options. Key choices include retaining injunctive power under Taft Hartley or authorizing industry seizure, split along Taft Republicans and Douglas Aiken Lucas Democrats. Also report on Atomic energy panel energy official remarks and European recovery spending fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
senate
Taft
R-Chio
Douglas
D-TIl
Aiken
R-Vt
Lucas
D-H
Hielenloppler
Iowa
atomicnergy commission
jfor
Oak Ridge, Tenn
Sumner Pen
AEC
Oak Ridge
Libenthal
FBI
ECA
Paul Hoffman
Army classifies three undesirable for special missions
A U S military official said three men sought for Germany missions are labeled unemployable. Roger N Baldwin of the ACLU, Kimball Young of Northwestern University, and David Mcentire, named as a Queens College professor, were listed with no explanations. The three names were sent to Washington last year and returned with the unemployable ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FRANKFURT
Germany
U.S
U. S. army
Roger N. Baldwin
American Civil Liberties union
Kimball Young
Northwestern university
Evanston, Ill
David Mcentire
Mcentire
Queens college
Fleshing
N. C
army department
Washington
Secretary of the Army
Gordon Gray
Gordon R. Clapp
Tennessee valley authority
Confined Czech Catholic leader Beran under house arrest
Arch bishop Josef Beran of Czechoslovakia remains largely under government control as police guard his palace and seize church records. The Vatican notes parallels with Mindszenty in Hungary, where arrest and life imprisonment suppressed opposition. Beran denounces Actio Catholica and hints at possible excommunication for collaborators.
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Prague
Josef Beran
Czechoslovakia
Beran
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Vatican
Hungary
Mindszenty
Actio Catholica
Vatican city
Russians Refuse Toward Prisoner Death Toll
Washington report states that the Soviet Union will not reveal how many German prisoners it holds or how many have died in captivity. The State Department’s latest Soviet note again charges Moscow with keeping several hundred thousand German prisoners, and the Soviets say they want no further discussion on the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
United States
Moscow
state department
department
Russia
States Cities Face Jobless Problem
Unemployment and rising relief rolls push five states to pass relief laws and at least seven cities to revive work relief projects. An Associated Press survey finds no national emergency, with most states capable of handling relief loads. It notes unemployment insurance cushions most workers, while federal action is deemed unnecessary beyond proposed home relief grants. The report cites May total unemployment at 3,283,000 and shows work relief in Dayton and six major metros including Detroit Chicago Cincinnati Los Angeles Cleveland Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Associated Press
Truman
council of economic advisers
Edwin G. Nourse
Nourse
Ohio
Minne
sota
Iowa
Kansas
Massachusetts
Michigan
Colorado
Idaho
California
Dayton
American srandpal association
Detroit
Chicago
Cincinnati
Los Angeles
Cleveland
Milwaukee county
Ministers Extend Talks On Austrian Pact And German Trade
Paris June 17 AP The Big Four foreign ministers pushed past an unofficial deadline to resume talks on Austrian independence treaty and a German trade accord. With Berlin rail strikes continuing the discussions stretched into Sunday with another meeting planned for Monday. Observers say progress on the German issue hinges on East West differences. An Austrian treaty could widen Tito Russia Yugoslavia tensions but may stabilize Europe and aid Western economic recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PARIS
Berlin
New York
Russia
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Tito
Austria
Futhermore
Europe
Sheriff Faults Insanity Defense by Convicted Killer
LA GRANGE Texas June 17 Sheriff J T Fournoy said condemned killer Dr Lloyd I Ross faked at his insanity trial saving his life District Judge J R Fuchs ordered a directed verdict of insanity Ross who killed four members of the Willard York family in 1947 was ordered to the state asylum at Austin If sane he would have faced the chair The sheriff said Ross acted differently in court and in jail noting he sat silently in court while in jail he acted normal
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA GRANGE
Tex
J. T. Fournoy
Lloyd I. Ross
J. R. Fuchs
Ross
Willard York
San Antonio
Austin
Flournoy
Fiery Ana Pauker Falling Out With Moscow Over Money
Zurich reports that Ana Pauker, Romania’s foreign affairs leader, is out of favor with Moscow over funds Linked to the Romanian Communist Party deposited in Swiss banks without informing the Communist international bureau. The disclosure follows the trial of Solvan Vitianu for political and economic spying in Winterthur, prompting Romanian protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ZURICH
Switzerland
Ami—Ana Pauker
Romania
Moscow
Weltwoche
independent
Pauker
First Shifts Under New Law Awaited Monday
President Truman is set to begin using his new government reorganization powers as soon as Monday. Officials expect a proposal to move the bureau of employment security from the federal security agency to the labor department, with other civil service reforms possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WASHINGTON
Truman
congress
bureau of employment security
federal security agency
labor department
civil serice commission
Hanover commission
employment security bureau
Hoover
unemployment compensation commission
United States employment service
theoover commission
Mr. Truman
Witness Denies Shooting Girl in Milwaukee Trial
In Milwaukee on June 17, Milton Babich, a 19 year old on trial for first degree murder, denied shooting Patricia Birmingham. He admitted sleep trouble since the so called accident and said the shooting involved a struggle over a revolver. He dodged questions about sexual relations with Patricia’s sister and a later pregnancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MILWAUKEE
Milton Babich
Patricia Birmingham
Babich
William J. McCauley
Harrison street
Patricia
McCauley
Kathleen
Kay
Birmingham
Pickets March At Red Trial Demonstration In NYC
In New York on June 17 a Father’s day protest at the federal courthouse drew about 56 participants. Children joined adults in a picket supporting three jailed Communist leaders, defendants in a conspiracy trial, with the demonstration organized by the New York state civil rights congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW YORK
federal
New York state civil rights congress
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Lopat
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Berra
Keltner
Noby
Lemon
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Rebecca Coplon
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Waitkus
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Montana
A. P. sup
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Ana Pauker
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