Britain and Argentina sign disputed five year trade pact
Britain and Argentina sign a five year trade agreement in Buenos Aires despite US objections. President Juan Peron and officials witness, with Sir John Balfour and four Argentine ministers signing. Pact aims to swap oil coal automobiles whisky for meat cereals and other goods, with minimum annual spend on each side. US fears the deal could shut American markets and violate free trade spirit.
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BUENOS AIRES
UPI
Britain
Argentina
United States
Juane. Peron
white salon
government house
John Balfour
Argentine national economic council
Father Charged Over 24 Hour Island Child Endangerment
Syracuse reports Donald Frazer 30 faces endangering the lives of his two children Peggy five and Patrick three after leaving them on a Seneca River island for more than 24 hours. Navy veteran Frazer to face children’s court, maximum penalty one year jail or $500 fine. Frazer’s wife describes the family dispute and her regret as the children were found Friday night hungry and frightened but recovering.
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SYRACUSE
Seneca river
Jesse E. Cantor
Donald Frazer
Frazier
Cantor
Frazer
Fort Jervis
Peggy
Patrick
Operators Study Lewis Proposals In Coal Talks
Pittsburgh June 27 A bloc of northern and western coal operators met behind closed doors to discuss John L. Lewis plan to keep miners at work during contract talks. If accepted the policy could affect whether 400,000 soft coal diggers walk out July 6. Lewis proposes a three day work week during negotiations in return for a uniform policy rather than no work.
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PITTSBURGH
John L. Lewis
United Mineworkers
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Lewis
United Time workers
aia
Syria Names Husni Zayim President After Quiet Election
Col Husni Zayim, sole candidate, became Syria's president after a bloodless coup in March and a silent ballot. Public celebrations in Damascus preceded a calm vote that yielded no other candidates, solidifying Zayim's military premiership.
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Husni Zayim
Syria
Zayim
Damascus
McCarran Backs Gillette in Iowa Judge Nomination Battle
Washington June 27 UPI Several colleagues predict Democratic Senator Gillette will win his battle with President Truman over a federal judge nomination in Iowa. If he does it marks his second political victory over a president of his own party. Gillette opposes Carroll O. Switzer, Des Moines attorney, for the judgeship, arguing duty and self respect. Senate Judiciary Chairman McCarran of New York says Gillette should be consulted on all federal appointments in Iowa. A five-member subcommittee will hear the nomination July 5, led by McCarran. Switzer was the failed Democratic gubernatorial nominee last fall. Gillette previously faced attempts by Roosevelt to purge him in 1938 and was renominated and elected. he again faced defeat in 1944 to Hickenlooper.
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WASHINGTON
UPI
Gillette
Ins
Truman
Iowa
Carroll O. Switzer
McCARRAN
D-New
senate judiciary committee
Kilgore
D-W.a
Eastland
D-Miss
Wiley
R-Wis
Langer
R-N. D
Switzer
Des Moines
Town
Roosevelt
Helen Keller Celebrates 69th Birthday With Spirit Claim
Easton Connecticut June 27 Helen Keller famed author and educator marks her 69th birthday saying I do not feel any age yet There is no age to the spirit Greetings pour in from around the world as she reflects on her life and work.
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EASTON
Conn
Pi— Helen Keller
Youth Republicans push old guard aside in leadership bid
Washington June 27 Young Republicans at a Salt Lake City convention demand full party partnership and leadership housecleaning. They backed John Tope as chair and called for ouster of Ben Whitehurst while criticizing Hugh D. Scott and the party establishment. They greeted Tope as an independent choice over Laughing Waters amid factional tension.
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WASHINGTON
Salt Lake City
John Tope
Detroit
Mich
old guard
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
GOP
Hugh D. Scott
lne
Ben Whitehurst
national speakers bureau
SCOTT
Republican national committee
Tope
Laughing
Waters
California
Michigan
Louise Replogle
Lewistown
Mont
Young Republican federation
Miss Replogle
Fergus county
Montana
Horse Trade Seen In Military Bills
Washington June 27 A backstage strategy in Congress has boosted two major military bills the pay raise and unification. The plan relies on an exchange between Senate and House members: if the House approves the pay bill, the House will back Senate unification changes. Vinson and Tydings champion both measures to expand defense control and funding. Vinson’s committee will begin unification work Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON
WPI
congress
senate
house
Vinson
house armed services committee
Tydings
senate armed services group
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
army
navy
air force
Supreme Court overturns perjury conviction in CIO leader case
The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 split, reversed Harold R. Christoffel’s perjury conviction over a quorum technicality, with arguments over whether congressional hearings require a continuous majority presence. The ruling may prompt a new trial or dismissal, while other actions included waivers on Watts’ murder verdict and a securities ruling on Engineers Public Service.
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WASHINGTON
Supreme court
congress
congressional
Harold R. Christoffel
CIO United Automobile Workers
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Milwaukee
Christoffel
house labor committee
Robert
A. Watts
Indianapolis
Mary Lois Burney
Justice Frankfurter
Watts
Congress Leaders View Bill Outlook
Washington June 27 AP House Speaker Rayburn says the house will pass a “pretty good” housing bill by tomorrow as New low cost public housing and slum clearance feature the Fair Deal. Senate Leader Lucas calls the Labor law vote crucial and hints at timing for NATO pact and arms for Europe. The day also covers probes into Alabama violence and veteran benefits talk, plus a final farm bill push by Rep Pace with low food costs and high farmer income aims.
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WASHINGTON
House
Rayburn
D-Tex
Truman
Senate
Lucas
D-Ill
Trumans
Byrne
D-NY
Alabama
Rep Battle
D-Ala
Rankin
D-Mails
house agriculture committee
Rep
Pace
D-Ga
Wholesale Raids On Church Charged
PRAGUE June 27 Catholic informants report Communists have seized virtually all church administrative offices and arrested priests who resist. Police charged some priests with inciting unrest after pulpits were read yesterday. The Catholic hierarchy denounces deceit, fraud, kidnapping and robbery by the government in a pastoral letter warning of an hour of trial for Catholic communicants.
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PRAGUE
Czechoslovakia
Catholic hiearchy
Cmmunist
church of Christ
Secret Session on ECA Called
Washington June 27 Senators called Paul Hollman to be questioned behind closed doors for the ninth and final time about European recovery spending. The appropriations committee seeks private explanations on a $300,000 fund with no public accounting required.
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WASHINGTON
Paul Hollman
appropriations committee
ECA
Counterfeit Gang In Washington Raid Nets Nearly $100,000
U P Secret service agents seized almost $100,000 in counterfeit bills in a raid a few blocks from the White House and Secret Service HQ. The operation targeted a suite at 1807 H street Northwest near the World Bank headquarters. Four men and a woman were arrested.
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WASHINGTON
Secret service
White House
treasury
H street
Northwest
world bank
Hiss Coplon Trials Near Final Stages In 1950s Case
The Associated Press reports the Judith Coplon and Alger Hiss trials near their end as the conspiracy case against 11 Communist leaders continues past 100 days. Coplon’s defense closes in New York with cross examination of Hiss underway and his wife Priscilla slated to testify. In Washington, government witnesses rebut Coplon’s claim of frame up. Green reads Marx article to a federal grand jury, while final defense witnesses Shimkin and Chambliss provide details of their interactions with Coplon.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Judith Coplon
Alger Hiss
Washington
Miss Copion
justice department
HISS
New York
Huss
state department
denal
Whittaker Chambers
Ess
Lloyd Paul Stryker
Priscilla
Gilbert Green
NHnois
Communist party
Karl Marx
Green
U. S
Colen tral
Arthur Shimkin
East Orange
N. J
thhe Simon & Schuster
John L. Chambliss
Arlington
Geophysical Research Corp
Shimkuin
Miss Coplan
lan
Miss Coplon
ord
Optometrists Hold Neutral Stance On Health Insurance
Boston June 27 LPH AOA official said the 17 000 optometrists maintain a neutral position on national health insurance with no current push to back or oppose a bill. Dr Edmund F Richardson of Hollywood Calif noted the policy aims to protect optometrists rights and prevents patient requirements for physician approval to see an optometrist. The association would vote Wednesday to decide if the policy should change.
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BOSTON
LPH
Edmund F. Richardson
Hollywood
Calif
American Optometric association
AOA
Coal Strike Paralyzes Australia Bids for 15 Percent Hike
Sydney endures its coldest day in 11 years as a nationwide coal strike begins. Heating is banned to conserve fuel while tens of thousands of workers face unemployment. 24,000 miners demand a 15 percent pay raise and a 35 hour week. the government refers the dispute to the coal industry tribunal. The union, with strong Communist elements, pushes for an immediate favorable ruling.
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SYDNEY
Australia
coal industry tribunal
union
Berlin Railroad Walkout Settled
Berlin authorities announced four power talks would be revived after noon tomorrow as a five week rail strike ends in the morning. The four deputy military governors will meet in the allied control authority building to carry out Paris four power decisions for Germany and Berlin amid ongoing disputes. Trade in Soviet eastern Germany sagged while western zones boomed under Allied supervision. strikers were ordered back to work and payments would be in west marks. Russian rail management promised no retaliation as the airlift and relief efforts continued.
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BERLIN
Germany
allied control authority
Paris
anti- Communist railway union
UGO
western alles
west Berlin
Senator Flanders proposes American ban on atomic bombs
Washington June 27 Senator Flanders Republican of Montana introduced a resolution declaring the United States will not employ atomic bombs as a weapon of warfare. He said the device is a mass murder tool and outlined readiness to retaliate with overwhelming force against any nation that initiates atomic warfare. He noted Atlantic pact nations would face retaliation if attacked by atomic weapons.
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WASHINGTON
Flanders
congress
United States
senate
house
ito
United Nations
Mystery surrounds Kim Koo assassination in Korea
Seoul June 27. President Rhee vowed a full story after the investigation. Kim Koo, 73, long rival of Rhee and leader of Korea’s independence party, was shot in his guarded home. Police named a lieutenant in the army as the killer amid four opposing officers meeting him at noon yesterday. a second lieutenant Ahn, said to be one of the four, fled upstairs for a private conference, then four shots rang out and Ahn was beaten unconscious by the others.
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SEOUL
Syngman Rhee
Kim Koo
Kim
Korean independence party
Koo
Korean Pacific Press agency
Rhee
republic of Korea
Ahn
Slav Congress Called Red-Ruled By Republican Panel
Washington June 27 UP The American Slav Congress was attacked by the House Un American Activities Committee as a Russian weapon for poisonous lying propaganda. The report says the group aims to undermine the loyalty of 10 million Slavic Americans, most of whom are anti communist and loyal to America. George Firinsky, a Slav official in New York, called the charges base.
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WASHINGTON
Yale and Towne workers cut to four day week
Stamford Connecticut June 27 Yale and Towne's Stamford division laid 3100 employees on a uniform four day 32 hour week after a five day 40 hour schedule. The move affects all staff at the local plant as management shifts to the new schedule.
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STAMFORD
Conn
Yale and Towne
Rent Increase Flood Expected
Washington reports a wave of rent increase requests under the 1949 rent control act as landlords seek higher ceilings. Housing Expeditor Tighe E Woods says offices issued about one million application blanks and four new orders may raise rents for landlords who add services or upgrades such as remodeling decorating new furnaces and other equipment.
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WASHINGTON
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Former Stanford President Dead at 74
Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur, eminent educator and administrator, died of heart disease in Palo Alto, California. He led Stanford University for 27 years and served as its chancellor since 1943. As Hoover’s interior secretary he championed conservation housing and Indian care. He also fought medical costs illiteracy syphilis and quackery.
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PALO ALTO
Calif
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Stanford University
Herbert Hoover
Roosevelt Favored In Sample Ballot
New York June 27 Franklin D Roosevelt Jr says he has no interest in running for mayor but a Daily News straw poll shows broad support for his preferred candidate.
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Roosevelt
NEW YORK
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
ruthing
New York Daily
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