Communists Cited in Union Turmoil at GE Bridgeport
Frederick C. Othman reports on General Electric workers union Local 204 in Bridgeport where testimony before the House Committee on Un American Activities alleged Communist influence. Leaders Mike Bere ncik and Joe Sulianelle faced questions as members claimed 26 names tied to Communist activity within the United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America, with workers wary of meetings and unrest fading after expulsions.
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Washington
General Electric Co
Bridgeport
Conn
United Electrical Workers Union
Jof
Sulianelle
Mike Berencik
House Committee On UN American Activities
Jove
Mike
Joe
Doe
Cleo Patra Daniels
Cornelius McGillicuddy
Joseph Willard
Connecticut
J. Parnell ‘Thomas
N. Jn
Congress
General Electric
Josephine
Chey
International Union
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America
Detroit
Murray Corp
European nations to submit data on resources for Marshall Plan
The 18 nations in the European economic conference must send information on their resources and needs by August 3 to help frame requests for U.S. aid under the Marshall Plan. A steering committee approved five questionnaires covering food, power, metal industries, land and maritime transportation.
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Paris
United States
Obituary Notices of Prominent Engineers and Figures
Deaths list several notable figures including Frederic W. Darlington pioneer with Westinghouse in founding Westinghouse Electric Co in West Chester Pa Michael J Frey 40 husband of Portland Oregonian GM in Seaside Ore Dr Angel H H Roffo 65 cancer specialist based in Buenos Aires Col William E Carrington 63 former Schick General Hospital surgical chief Kiwanis and AMA former vice president in Chinton Ia The Rev Louis D Bidnell 21 year North Street Church of Christ pastor Pittsburgh Ledry G Schaeffer 62 editor publisher of the Illinois Star Beards town Illinois.
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Frederic W. Darlington
Fing
George Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric Co
West Chester
Michael J. Frey
Portland Oregonian
Seaside
Ore
Angel HH. Roffo
Buenos Aires
Williame G. Carrington
Schick General Hospital
Kiwanis International
American Medical Association
Chinton
Louis D. Bidnell
North Street Church
Butsy Morelli to be Quizzed in Election Slaying Case
In New York and Providence details emerge as Frank Hogan subpoenas Butsy Morelli for further questioning on July 31 related to the Scottoriggio election day murder. The inquiry links Morelli to aiding defendants hide from investigators.
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Butsy Morelli
New York
INS
Frank
Butsy" Morelli
Providence
R. I
Scottoriggio
Morelli
Frank Hogan
Mike” Coppola
David ‘Tr. Lehmann
Joseph Scottoriggio
East Harlem
G.O.P
Austria in tug of war for economic influence
Washington sources warn Austria could become the next focal point in East West competition as Vienna reports Soviet offers of 150000 tons of coal amid regular Polish deliveries. The note reflects Europe wide coal concerns and shifting economic leverage.
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Washington
INS
Austria
Vienna
Soviet Union
Europe
Poland
Soviet troops in Germany reduced to three hundred thousand
Allied sources say Soviet strength in Germany has fallen from 500000 to 300000 in the past year yet remaining units can be rapidly expanded into battle formations. Reports from Athens Delhi Rangoon and Shanghai note allied and local authorities addressing trials unity and trade bias as events unfold globally.
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Germany
Berlin
Ins
Proverbial Maxim on Doing Good in Time
A terse moral states that timely good deeds should be done promptly, lest neglect leads to them not being done at all. Cited attributed to Bishop Mant.
Union Leader Hails Taft Hartley Act As Virtue
Maurice R. Franks of Buffalo says the Taft Hartley Act is rich in virtue and fair to balance labor and management. He warns it must not be used as a weapon by selfish businessmen or it will fail to serve its purpose. He spoke at a Young Men's Christian Association conference on human relations in industry.
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Silver Bay
Maurice R. Franks
Buffalo
Railroad Yardmasters of America
Young Men’s Christian Association Conference On Human Relations
Franks
Plane Found Solves 7 Month Marine Plane Mystery
Eight Rainier National Park rangers found uniform fragments health records and wreckage on Mount Rainier’s South Tahoma glacier ending the seven month search for a Marine transport plane missing with 32 aboard. Navy officials said the items indicate the plane exploded and scattered wreckage over a wide area near a 3 000 foot cliff.
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Longmire
Mt. Rainier National Park
Rainier National Park
Forest Rangers
A. O. ‘Rule
Sandpoint Naval Air Station
Armco Raises Steel Prices by 6 to 7 Per Ton
Middletown Ohio reports American Rolling Mill Company Armco increasing basic steel prices by 6 to 7 dollars per ton. President Charles R Hook announced the move to offset rising costs with hot rolled steel at 57 dollars per ton up from 50 and cold rolled at 72 up from 64.
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Middletown
O.4
American Rolling Mill Company
Charles R. Hook
Armco
Hook
Queens Bookie Gets Big Guard
Police assign six detectives to guard Emelia Polizio a Queens bookmaker who has accused locals of graft. The protection detail runs two officers per eight hour shift as authorities offered no comment.
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New York
INS
Emelia Polizio
Queens
Arthur W. Wallander
One Man's Opinion on Trumans Senate Dare
The piece notes Truman was recognized for five minutes in the Senate after months of delay. It mocks Republicans as jealous for selecting Truman as a perfect man type and mentions a dare accepted by the President that returned the Senate's dare on the labor bill.
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MR. Truman
Senate
Harry
New York
Dare
Balkan Lands Peril Check
Balkan states Balkans pose a veto risk to a proposed United Nations watchdog commission as Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Albania resist cooperation without Soviet approval. Yugoslav delegate Joza Vilfan pressed the interpretation, suggesting Moscow’s stance underlines Russia’s position in the Security Council debate.
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Lake
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
United Nations
Balkans
Russia
Soviet Union
Balkan
Security Council
United States
Joza Vilfan
College Aid Questioned In Court Over State Funds
In Albany the legality of Governor Dewey's postwar college funding program was challenged in Supreme Court. Henry A. Bull sought a restraining order against the State Housing Authority allocating 128000 dollars to Canisius College Buffalo to expand for more World War II veterans. The case questions whether public funds may aid a religious institution and whether the program is constitutional.
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Albany
Dewey
New York
Supreme Court
Henry A. Bull
Buffalo
Isadore _ Bookstein
Housing ‘Authority
Canisius College
Bull
Henry S. Manley
Canisius
Yugoslavs Invite Clergy for Yugoslavia Tour
Seven Protestant clergymen are scheduled to leave for a three week tour of Yugoslavia today from LaGuardia Field, invited by the Yugoslav Government.
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New York
INS
la Guardia
Yugoslavia
Two Modern Jesse James Steal Cleveland Cottage
Cleveland residents report a cottage, 12 by 21 feet, moved from W 45th Street to a truck and dragged west along Detroit Avenue near W 117th Street. Julius Z Pap, owner, bought for 1500 dollars and planned additions, but two men abducted it in broad daylight yesterday.
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Jesse
James
Cleveland Cottage
Cleveland
Julius Z. Pap
Detroit
W. 117Th
Papp
W. 45Th St
Berard
Margaret Yonta
Japs Beat Hirshberg Witness Testimony At Court Martial
Lt. Thomas Hurtt testified that he and 600 other American prisoners were beaten by Japanese guards in July 1944. He described witnessing the defendant Chief Signalman Harold E. Hirshberg beaten and claimed Hirshberg currying favor with guards. The incidents occurred mainly in Philippine prison camps in 1943 and 1944 during work gangs.
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New York
Thomas. B.hurtt
Tacoma
Wash
Navy
Hurtt
D-Fendant
Harold E. Hirshberg
Philippines
Hirshberg
Robert M. Welch
Tulsa
Iokla
Witness Testimony Links Hirshberg to War Camp Events
The last witness before recess testified Hirshberg struck him in the face in front of Japanese guards. Welch also stated Hirshberg introduced him in Hong Kong to a woman he called Fumiko San and said she was his wife. Earlier witnesses recalled Hirshberg claiming a Japanese wife who followed him to Manila and later communicated via camp officials. Hirshberg has a wife and infant son in Brooklyn.
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Hirshberg
Welch
Hongkong
Fumiko San
Manila
Brooklyn
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