Report pins Katyn deaths on Russians
A House committee report charges Russia with killing 15 000 Polish officers in 1940 Katyn Massacre in Katyn Forest near Smolensk. It cites evidence from 150 witnesses and proposes UN and World Court action, linking Katyn methods to Korean war abuses and Panmunjom evasiveness.
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World Court
CPN Pkabe Vesetae
Katyn
Panmunjom
Moscow
Okonski
O’konski
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Radio Writers Guild Strikes Disrupts Convention Coverage
The independent Radio Writers Guild calls a strike against NBC CBS and ABC, saying walkout will disrupt coverage of the Republican and Democratic conventions in Chicago. Pickets appear outside NBC in Rockefeller Center, with CBS and others joining later. The networks promise to air programs with supervisory staff, while strike zones focus on New York and Chicago. The GOP convention opens next week.
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Guild
Graham Grove
New York
Chicago
West Coast
Grove
Presidential Quiz and Answers from a History Column
A local history feature presents a three question quiz on the Maine explosion and Dewey's Manila voyage. It notes the Maine blast occurred February 15, 1898 in Havana Harbor and claims no mine infested waters at Manila. The piece mentions Theodore Roosevelt’s Rough Riders and Leonard Wood. It teases a future question about the first U.S. motion pictures in 1898.
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Dewey
Mirs Bay
China
Manila
Rhee Pledges Safety for Foes Amid Korea Tensions
President Syngman Rhee promised personal safety for political opponents who obey the law in Korea. He cited fears among candidates and assemblymen after earlier mob action at the assembly hall, with martial law proclaimed around Pusan and numerous arrests and evasions reported.
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Korea
Syngman Rhee
Rhea
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Rhee
Assembly
Ace Teroi
Government Secrecy Attacked by War Correspondent
Boston May Craig a war correspondent for Guy Gannett Publishing Co. accused the government of a tendency to conceal information at the National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs meeting. She, along with Charlotte Knight and Marguerite Higgins, received distinguished service awards for their work.
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National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
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Marguerite Higgins
Miss Higgins
New York Herald Tribune
Miss Knicht
Collier’s Magazine
Far East Air Force officials head to Washington for talks
Tokyo reports Gen. Nathan Twining Maj Gen Robert Landry and Roswell Gilpatric left for Washington for four days of secret talks with United Nations military chiefs in the Far East. They avoided press in Tokyo and Korea during a hurried base tour. The trip follows a major shift in bombing tactics against North Korea.
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Far East
Nathan Twining
Robert Landry
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Roswell Gilpatric
Korea
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