Coplon Convicted of Red Espionage
Judith Coplon, a former Justice Department employee, was found guilty on both counts of espionage for Russia. The jury handed down the verdict after about 27 hours of deliberation, with a possible maximum 13 year prison term and a $12,000 fine. The case now faces appeal to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and, if needed, the Supreme Court. Coplon and Valentin Gubitchev remain connected to co-defendant charges in New York.
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WASHINGTON
Judith Coplon
Russia
justice department
Archibald Palmer
Paul A. Roser
Palmer
U. S. circuit court of appeals
supreme court
Roser
Andrew H. Norford
Norford
Miss Coplon
Barnard college
New York
Valentine A. Gubitchev
FBI
United States
Anti-Trust Suit Targets Du Pont and Partners
Washington filed a Sherman and Clayton act civil suit to breakup the Du Pont empire. Major demands include divorcement of E I du Pont de Nemours from General Motors and disclosure of Du Pont family holdings in United States Rubber. Defendants include E I du Pont, General Motors, U S Rubber, Christiana Securities, Delaware Realty and Investment. Wilmington officials deny illegality.
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WASHINGTON
Tom Clark
du Pont
Sherman
Clayton
U. S. district court
Chicago
E. I. du Pont De Nemours co
Wilmington
Del
General Motors corp
Detroit
duPont family
United States Rubber company
New York
du Pont company
General Motors
U. S. Rubber
E. I. du Pont de Nemours
Christiana Securities co
Delaware Realty and Investment corp
Pierre S. du Pont
Lammot du Pont
Irenee du Pont
Pierre, Lammot
Christiana Securities
Crawford H. Greenwalt
E. Z. du Pont ce Nemours and co
United States
Waitkus shooter declared sane in hospital commitment
Ruth Ann Steinhagen, 19, who shot Chicago baseball star Eddie Waitkus, was ruled sane and committed to Kankakee state hospital after appearing in criminal court. She faced grand jury action as the indictment was returned, while Waitkus, in a wheelchair, confronted her for the first time since the June 15 hotel room shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CHICAGO
Eddie Waitkus
Kankakee state hospital
Ruth Ann Steinhagen
James 3. McDermott
criminal court
Waitkus
Russians End Berlin Truck Blockade Free Western Transit
BERLIN June 30 UP The Russians reversed their stance and allowed free movement between Berlin and western zones. German highway police reported trucks were passing Soviet checkpoints without issue after earlier restricting 80 heavy food carrier trucks from Frankfurt, whose cargoes were seized and later released.
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BERLIN
Frankfurt
Military Road Net Costs Told
The Public Roads Administration in a congress report stated an $11.2664 billion cost for a 37,800 mile national trunk highway system. It urged a sevenfold rise in construction pace and completion within 20 years, plus stockpiling highway and bridge materials for a six month wartime and disaster reserve.
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WASHINGTON
public roads administration
congress
national defense
Pathetic Dog Story Hoax Inspires National Adoptions
In New Britain Connecticut on June 30 a hoax note signed by a "broken hearted child" about a mongrel named Flip at the city pound led to a wave of offers and donations. John Burns, 20, admitted he hoisted the dog over the pound fence and wrote the note to avoid the dog’s death. The tale spurred nationwide sympathy and appeals for food and adoption.
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NEW BRITAIN
Conn
UPA
America
New Britain city
John Burns
Burns
Congress Opens Excise Tax Repeal Drive on Two Fronts
Congress moves to cut federal excise taxes to 1942 levels on items like telephone bills, railroad tickets, silverware, and luggage. House action aims at up to 50 percent cuts for furs and cosmetics while liquor and tobacco taxes stay. Senate votes 7 to 6, with broader reorganizational and fiscal debates unfolding as funding deadlines loom.
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WASHINGTON
senate finance
house
Johnson
D-Colo
capitol
Rep
Martin
R-Mass
Massachusetts
Renlooper
Iowa
David E. Lilienthal
atomic energy commission
Hickenlooper
Lilienthal
Herbert Hoover
senate expenditures committee
Truman
congress
house appropriations committee
Rep. Case
R-SD
Phillips
Calif
senate
army
navy air force
Alabama
Lucas
Hiss Defense Is Completed in Perjury Trial
The defense rested in the Al Ger Hiss perjury trial at 1:15 p m. Judge Kaufman excluded psychiatrist Dr Carl Binger testimony on Whitaker Chambers Hiss accuser after a long hypothetical question outlining Chambers background. Assistant US Attorney Murphy objected saying the question was a grave injustice to the government.
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NEW YORK
Alger Hiss
Lloud Paul Stryker
Feneral
H. Kaufman
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Carl Binger
Cornell University medical college
Chambers
Binger
Stryker
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
Murphy
Communists Trial Judge Considers Time Limit
NEW YORK June 30 Federal Judge Harold R Medina announced he may curtail the time for the defense direct testimony in the Communist conspiracy trial now in its 24th week Gilbert Green of Chicago testified for the 13th day as the judge weighed setting a deadline for the direct examination.
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NEW YORK
Harold R. Medina
Gilbert Green
Chicago
Cops Lose Speed Trap After Arrest
Kansas City news reports police abandoning a favorite speed trap behind a Parkway shrubbery in a 20 mph zone after detaining John Warrington, park maintenance superintendent. Warrington warned officers to stop using the hedge, which was uprooted as a traffic hazard per Superintendent J V Lewis.
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KANSAS CITY
parkway
John Warrington
Warrington
Para
J. V. Lewis
Baruch and Byrnes Fire Readied Attacks on Truman
President Truman prepared to respond at a 3 p.m. EST news conference to sharp criticisms from Bernard Baruch and James F. Byrnes. Baruch denounced mobilization planning while Byrnes warned of an “economic slave” state and urged cutting federal welfare spending as he spoke at Washington and Lee University on June 18.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
Bernard M. Baruch
James F. Byrnes
Baruch
Byrnes
White House
South Carolina
Washington and Lee university
Virginia
Chrysler Refuses To Talk Pensions In 1949 Bargain
DETROIT June 30 Chrysler corp. flatly told the CIO United Auto Workers it would not bargain on pensions or health insurance this year. Labor relations director Robert W. Conder said the company would meet next Wednesday to discuss wage adjustments. The UAW seeks a $100 monthly pension and other benefits as top goals for 1949, with wages second. The refusal follows a contract clause limiting discussion to wages this year. The contract expires in 1950.
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DETROIT
Chrysler corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Robert W. Conder
Chrysler
UAW
Taft Labor Bill Passes Senate in Narrow Vote
Washington June 30 The senate approved a Taft crafted labor bill by a 51 to 42 vote. The measure, built from the Taft Hartley act framework, represents a sweeping victory for its author and allies.
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WASHINGTON
APi
senate
Taft
R-Ghio
Taft labor law fate shifts as Senate passes substitute
Nevada’s Pat McCarran and George Malone join opposition to the Taft substitute bill, a crushing defeat for Truman as the Senate advances a Taft plan and sends the measure to the House amid doubts of action this session. Lucas warns of a possible veto if the bill reaches Truman.
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Nevada
Pat McCarran
George Malone
senate
Sen. McCarran
Truman
Sen. Malone
Lucas
Illinois
house
Taft
CIANGE
Trade Agreement Nears Between Marshall Aid Nations
A proposed treaty in Paris within the Organization for European Economic Cooperation would expand multilateral trade among Marshall plan aided countries. It aims to replace the prior bilateral system, which Britain favors, with broader commerce while settling financial accounts that expire today.
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FARIS
Paris
organization for European economic cooperation
OFEC
United States
Britain
Public housing bill confusion trims units to 810000
Washington June 30 AP report says the house discovered a clerical error after passage of a housing bill that had 1,050,000 units, not 810,000 as intended. A house senate conference will fix the figure at 810,000 with revisions to be negotiated.
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WASHINGTON
house
Truman
Rayburn
house-senate
senate
White House
American Labor party
Vishinsky Opposes Acheson on Paris Big Four Talks
Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky challenged Dean Acheson’s read on the Paris Big Four, asserting Moscow’s firmness forced a western retreat and that the communique differed from Soviet proposals. He argued the basic ideas of the Soviet delegation were clear from the early foreign ministers’ council.
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LONDON
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Dean Acheson
Paris
Vishinsky
Britain
France
United States
council of foreign ministers
U. S
Russa
west
Senator Urges Tax Reversal For Truman Policy
Senator George of Georgia urged President Truman to abandon plans for higher federal taxes, saying the best aid to general business would be a decision not to raise taxes this session. He told a reporter the administration should consider delaying such increases.
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WASHINGTON
George
D-Ga
Truman
Segregation blocks Ohio girl's Washington trip
Ohio Negro girl Jean Rankin, chosen as governor of Girls State, is barred from attending the national event in Washington by the American Legion auxiliary citing social discrimination. The move prompts legislative scrutiny, appeals from groups, and offers from a nonsegregated veterans committee to provide accommodations. Despite pressure, the girl will not attend.
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COLUMBUS
Ohio
Washington
American Legion auxiliary
Jean Rankin
Joan
Girls
the
Legion auxiliary
Ohio Staite Democratic League
Cincinnati
Washington area American veterans committee
Miss Rankin
AVC club
AVC
Carl W. Zeller
Gibonsburg
Buckeye Girls’ State
Withrow high school
Lewis orders three day week for miners in eastern fields
President Lewis authorized a three day work week for soft coal miners east of the Mississippi starting next Tuesday, suspending the no work without a contract policy. Eastern miners will work Tue Wed Thu, then Mon Tue Wed weekly, with no set end date. West of the Mississippi remains unaffected, but eastern terms mirror Taft Hartley contracts until August 14.
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WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
W. Va
Tohn L. Lewis
Mississippi river
Lewis
Mississippi
southern coal producers association
U.S. steel corporation
Chocolate Town Strike Threatened
Hershey Pennsylvania residents watched developments as 4400 Hershey workers faced a possible strike on Saturday. Local 464 AFL bakery union voted Tuesday night to strike at 7 a.m. EST, potentially halting the Hershey Chocolate Corp plant and related facilities. John Shearer, local president, said about 75 power plant workers may join the walkout.
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HERSHEY. Fa
Hershey
AFL bakery and confectionery international union
Hershey Chocolate corp
John ©. Shearer
Trenton Six Get New Trial
The New Jersey supreme court unanimously ordered a new trial for six Negroes known as the Trenton Six who were convicted of murdering William Horner, a 72 year old secondhand furniture shop owner. The case drew national and international attention and was called a northern Scottsboro incident by attorney O John Rogge.
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TRENTON
N. J
New Jersey supreme court
Scottsboro
O. John Rogge
William Horner
Labor Radio Initiative Outlined by UAW Leader
June 30 report from Cleveland notes President Walter P. Reuther of the CIO United Auto Workers announces plans for a national network of labor controlled radio stations. He envisages a platform to broadcast labor views and organize worker voices across the country.
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CLEVELAND
Walter P. Reuther
CIO
United Auto workers
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