Investigations reopen into the Amerasia case in Congress
In Washington May 22, the Amerasia investigation record is released amid talk of a cover up. Rep Brown argues House rumors claim the fix was in again while Rep Hobbs links Amerasia to Russia and recalls a 1946 inquiry. Senate Chairman Tydings pledges full answers.
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Washington
Amerasia
Congress
Rep. Brown
Ohio
House
Brown
Rep
Hobbs
D-Ala
Russia
Naval Intelligence
Naval
Andrew Roth
Roth
New York
U. S. Naval Intelligence
State Department
Brooks
OSS
Frank Bielaski
Tydings
Senate
D.md
Redenaten
R-Wis
Ktep
Jaffe
No Picketing Of Press Pending Court Decision
Pittsburgh May 22 The United Press teletype operators reach an agreement not to picket the Pittsburgh Press building until a federal court rules on whether the action is a secondary boycott The NLRB had obtained a preliminary injunction which expired without renewal as union suspends picketing The UP news office was moved from the Press building amid the strike
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Pittsburgh
United Press Associations
Federal District Court
National Labor Relations Board
AFL Commercial Telegraphers Union
Wallace S. Gourley
CTU
Wire News Service
Press
News Service
NLRB
Two Russians Arrested in Frankfurt on Movement Violation
Two members of the Russian military mission in Frankfurt were arrested by U S Army military police for violating restrictions on free movement. A lieutenant and a sergeant were detained at U S headquarters and questioned before seeking return to the mission compound.
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Frankfurt
INS
U. S
Fresh push for public hearings on Amerasia documents case
Senator Capehart urges Congress to investigate how Amerasia Magazine obtained 3000 state department documents in a public hearing. Frank Bielaski disclosed the raid found 3000 documents, with penalties for editor Philip Jaffe and Emmanuel Larsen, while John Stewart Service faced loyalty checks and arrest but no indictment.
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Williaam Theis
Washington
INS
Congress
Amerasia Magazine
State Department
Len Capehart
R-Ind
Frank Bielaski
Capehart
John Stewart Service
Amerasia
Communist Party
U. S
Philip Jaffe
Emmanuel Larsen
Jaffe
Larsen
Service
Bielaski
Senate Committee
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Office of Strategic Services
Meet the Press
Far East
William “Wild Bill
Donovan
OSS
Wisconsin Republican
Catholic Press Association
Rochester
N. Y
Tydings
Sen. Tydings
D-Md
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Herbert Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
Central Intelligence Agency
Secret Service
Army Intelligence
RCA to Open Radio Plant in Cannonsburg
RCA will open a radio and phonograph plant in Cannonsburg employing 700 to 1,000 people within a year. The announcement highlights expansion in the region and job creation by the Radio Corporation of America.
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Canonsburg
INS
Radio Corporation of America
Cannonsburg
New VA Hospital to Start Work Near Van Nuys
The Veterans Administration announced work will begin by June 1 on a 1,000-bed neuropsychiatric hospital at Van Nuys California. The project is estimated to cost 12 to 16 million dollars.
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Washington
INS
Veterans Administration
van Nuys
Calif
Eberhart Picked as Somerset High Principal
The Somerset borough school board unanimously chose Guy F. Eberhart of Uniontown to succeed William E. Griffith as high school principal. The 41 year old veteran educator will start August 1 for an 11 month term with future contracts. He served a long career in southwestern Pennsylvania including War Navy service and roles at Uniontown and German Township schools. He holds a PhD track and is near doctoral completion. Two other instructors were also elected, Robert C. Platt and Joseph Maslak, both noted for strong qualifications.
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Somerset Borough
Guy F. Everhart
Uniontown
William E. Griffith
Eberhart
Pennsylvania
German Township
Fayette County
Mall
United States Naval Reserve
Princeton University
Notre Dame University
Uniontown High School
University of Pittsburgh
Phi Delta Kappa Fraternity
State Teacher's College
California
West Virginia University
Robert C. Platt
Shaksvite
Joseph Maslak
Holsopple
Union Street
Stonycreek
Platt
Stonycreek High
Clarion State Teacher's College
Phi Sigma Pi
Maslak
Conemaugh Township
Slippery Rock State
Jury weighs fate of 13 in Bell Aircraft riot case
In Lockport New York May 22 a five women seven men jury weighs the fate of 13 unionists charged with riot and conspiracy tied to Bell Aircraft strike violence. Judge Marsh instructs unanimous verdicts and separate findings per defendant after testimony from over 100 witnesses since April 27.
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Lockport
N. Y
Bell Aircraft Corp
Niagara County
John S. Marsh
Marsh
Niagara Falls
CIO
United Auto Workers
Buffalo
William E. Miller
Lococo And Hayden Face Jury Trials
Kansas City story reports Thomas Lococo and Samuel Hayden indicted by a federal grand jury for income tax evasion tied to a $34.5 million gambling operation. Lococo and Hayden face five and one year tax counts respectively with potential fines and prison terms.
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Lococo
Last Chance Tavern
Binaggio
Charles Gargotta
Truman Road
Charles Lazia
Grand Jury
Hayden
Gargotta
Henry H. Fox, Jr
U. S
Sam Wear
Binaggio, Gargotta and
Kansas City
Gas Storage Project Sought by Texas Eastern and NY State Natural
Texas Eastern Transmission and New York State Natural Gas seek state utilities commission approval to acquire and operate underground gas storage in Oakford Pa. The $38.75 million plan would split costs 20.39 million from New York State Natural and 18.37 million from Texas Eastern. Initial capacity includes 45 billion cubic feet base and 60 billion cubic feet circulating gas with about 400 million cubic feet daily draw, shared between the two affiliates for winter delivery to their distributing companies.
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Washington
Texas Eastern Transmission Corp
Shreveport
New York State Natural Gas Corp
New York City
The
Power Commission Today
Westmoreland County
New York State Natural
Texas Eastern
Oakford
New York
Consolidated
Peoples Natural Gas Co
East Ohio Gas Co
Bargain For Red China Trial Sparks Criticism
Rep Crawford accuses the Commodity Credit Corporation of selling 7.3 million dollars worth of cotton for 4.6 million dollars in soy beans from Communist China. He calls the deal a foul smelling mess and says Ag officials regarded it as a good deal.
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Washington
INS
Commodity Credit Corporation
China
Crawford
R-Mich
Department of Agriculture
High School Graduate Dies En Route to Hospital
Seventeen year old Mary Bossier graduated Friday night from Coal Township High School and died today while being rushed to Geisinger Memorial hospital at Dansville. She fell ill less than 34 hours after the commencement.
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Mokin
Mary Bossier
Coal Township High School
Geisinger Memorial Hospital
Dansville
High Court Eulogizes Late Chief Justice Maxey
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, opening its spring term with a memorial for Chief Justice George W. Maxey, upholds four cent cigaret tax law and a 1947 provision making untaxed cigarets a crime. It also rules on driver license restoration, truck over weight charges, and death sentences for four slayers.
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Harrisburg
State Supreme Court
Pennsylvania
High Court
State Superior Court
Lehigh County Court
Supreme Court
Delaware County
Westmoreland
Bradford
George W. Maxey
James B. Drew
Maxey
Pittsburgh
Drew
Alfred D. Flickinger
Allentown
Wilmington
Flickinger
Commonwealth
Berks County
State Revenue Department
Anton M. Wagner
Riffton
Charles Alvin Jones
Secretary of Revenue
John C. Bell, Jr
Venango County
Vincent Verrone
Franklin
Verrone
Shelton Gang Member Shot In Ambush Near Fairfield
Big Earl Shelton, a Shelton gang member, was wounded in the right arm in an ambush while driving with his nephew near Pond Creek 12 miles southeast of Fairfield Illinois. The younger Shelton escaped injury and says they were inspecting oil wells on Earl’s property when fired upon from the roadside.
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Fairchild
Big Earl’ Shelton
Shelton
Little Earl’ Shelton
Pond Creek
Here
Carl Shelton
Big Earl
Bernie
Peoria
Fairfield
May Return to Draft In Indianapolis
May 22 report quotes Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey saying a recruiting slump could trigger a return to peacetime draft inductions under the law.
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Indianapolis
Lewis B. Hershey
Tremor Devastates Cuzco Killing Dozens Inca City Ruins
A 12 second earthquake shattered Cuzco Peru causing up to 150 deaths and thousands injured. Rescue crews worked by torchlight as the quake knocked out electricity and emptied streets with 15,000 people at the football stadium escaping death. Blood plasma and anti tetanus supplies were requested to fight potential epidemics from the damaged water system.
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Lima
Peru
Cuzco
Cuzco Radio
New Blasts At S Amboy In Cleanup
South Amboy New Jersey on May 22 reports fresh blasts from mine clearing near the waterfront as an official inquiry into Friday night’s munitions disaster continues without a firm cause. Toll rises to 31 with victims identified and property damage pegged at about 7.5 million dollars.
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South Amboy
N. J
Coast Guard
New York
Robert L. Whitcomb
North Warren Ave
Brockton
Mass
Pennsylvania Rroad
Harry A. Campbell
Bureau of Explosives
The
Association of American Railroads
Edward H. Smith
Pakistan
Afghanistan
State Department
More Districts Send In Cancer Drive Money
Attorney Joseph N. Cascio said Salisbury borough and Elk Lick township raised 532.50 for the cancer fund drive. Teams led by Wilbur Lichliter and Philip M. Schaff reported other sizable gifts from Rockwood Hooversville Boswell Meyersdale and LaVale area contributors plus individuals and local groups. Mrs Mickle noted gifts from A. D. Graham K. H. Wagner and Village Theater and expects the drive to conclude soon.
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Joseph N. Cascio
Cancer Fund
Salisbury
Elk Lick
Wilbur B. Lichliter
Elizabeth Butler
Leon’ Brown
Charles Eisentrout
Bruce Fisher
William Hoffman
Sara Jane Lichty
Edward Newman
Ethel Ringler
Wayne Robinson
Glenn Sechler
Galen Schrock
Clyde Tedrow
Harold Welfley
J. E. Benson
Jerry Beachy
Ralph Brown
Eddie Lynn
Ernest Miller
Mark Otto
Charles Whitacre
Fay Harris
Percy Harris
Clyde Beal
Marcus Hillegas
Carrie Moser
Clifford Engle
Grace Hay Walker
Co. A. Philips
Meyersdale
Wwss Kingwood
Robert Kennell
Good Samaritan S. S
Lavansville Lutheran
Nile Ripple
Middlecreek
Mickle
Russia Blocks Austrian Pact in Trieste Dispute
London report says Moscow raises three new conditions to seal an Austrian treaty including bilateral claims and denazification, delaying talks as Western powers push ahead with easing occupation in Austria. Zarubin demands a formal reply to his Trieste note before any treaty progress.
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London
Russia
Moscow
Trieste
United States
Austria
Georgi Zarubin
Britain
Washington
Zarubin
Russia Leaves UN Again With 30th Walkout
Russia tightens its UN boycott with a 30th walkout from a major unit in Lake Success New York. Premier Stalin reportedly assured Trygve Lie of policy change but the Russian delegation again leaves over the presence of Nationalist China at the table. The action follows the pattern set in January when Pavel Chernyshev objected to Franklin Ho in the 12 nation population commission and quit after his motion was ruled out.
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Pavel Chernyshev
Franklin Ho
Roggm
Prisoner Dies After Daring Leap in Allegheny Jail
Pittsburgh May 22 A 40 year old Frank Mullen leaped from a stool placed on his bunk and struck his head on the concrete floor dying instantly. Jail physician Dr Richard Skidmore said the mill worker died of a fractured skull after being arrested Sunday night on assault and battery charges.
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Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Richard Skidmore
Frank Mullen
Mullen
Quake Ravages Cuzco as Death Toll Rises to Sixty
Earthquake relief teams in Cuzco recovered 40 bodies with the death toll expected to reach at least 60. Churches and Inca walls suffered severe damage including Sato Domingo, San Sebastian and La Compania. Refugees arrived in Lima as Manuel Odria directed the relief effort.
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Cuzco
Peru
Luis Tapayachi
Pedro P. Diaz
Arequipa
Lima
Lions Club
Tapayachi
Sato Domingo
San Sebastian
Alberto Lopez
Senora Maria Delgado de Odria
Christ
Senor de Los Temblores
Lord of
Labor narrowly escapes defeat in House of Commons vote
Britain’s Labour government survives a close House of Commons clash with Conservatives over housing policy. The vote ends 299 to 293 in favor, marking one of the slimmest Labour majorities in the current parliament. The proposal targeted a token cut to the Ministry of Health’s appropriation.
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London
Britain
House of Commons
Winston Churchill
Ministry of Health
B and L E Adopts Diesel Locomotives for Through Service
Pittsburgh May 22 The Bessemer and Lake Erie railroad moves from coal to diesel power for over the road service ordering 14 diesel road units from General Motors and five diesel switching units from Baldwin. Delivery expected within two months.
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Pittsburgh
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad
General Motors
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Regional Weather Outlook With Showers and Warm Days
Weather forecast covers Western Pennsylvania West Virginia Eastern Pennsylvania and Maryland. Tuesday shows mostly cloudy conditions with a few showers and highs around 70s to mid 70s. Wednesday turns partly cloudy and warmer across all areas.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Maryland
West Portion
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Charles J. McDonough
Sammy Pagna
Scintillating
Oakhurst Tea Room
Ferner Hotel
A. D. Graham
Bittner’s Greenhouses
Shelton Gang
By Emilio Delboy
S. Amboy
Somerset Day
Harold K. Miles
Somerset Weather
David Grove
U. S. Weather Bureau
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Chicago
Cleveland
Denver
Barkman’s Hardware
Somerset, Pa
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