Campaign May Have Killed Bill Cease Fire Tells Wives
Washington report says Army and Navy wives halted Capitol Hill lobbying as Defense Johnson ordered a cease fire on the campaign for pay raises. Representative Sutton cited hopes the bill would still pass after WWII veterans pressed for increases for enlisted men and junior officers. The delegation, led by Dorothea Rediman, urged orderly testimony and emphasized personal experiences over rhetoric.
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Gressman
Army
Navcowives
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
Capitol Hill
Sutton
Tenn
Trev
Dorothea H. Rediman
Mass Prison Break Crushes West Virginia Penitentiary
Fourteen inmates escaped from West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville in what is described as the state's largest mass breakout in 35 years. Several fugitives were serving life terms and six were in solitary confinement after storming the facility and attacking a guard.
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Moundsville
W. Va
State Penitentiary
West Virginia
Poeta
Couple Slain After Prison Escape in Carrollton
In Carrollton, a man and his wife were shot to death shortly after 14 prisoners escaped from West Virginia State Penitentiary at Moundsville. The victims were Mr. and Mrs. Jobin George, residents about 60 miles northwest of Moundsville. The killers died in George's 1936 sedan.
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Garerollton, CO
West
Virginia
Moundsville
Jobin
George
Carrollton
Escape at Ohio State Penitentiary Sparks Manhunt
In Wheeling a prison escape at the Ohio River facility led to a swift manhunt after inmates cut through a high security area and fled via a window onto Jefferson Avenue. A skiff on the river was stolen and roadblocks were set as authorities traced two cars abandoned near the scene. Jack James identified as a local baseball umpire was reported missing after failing to report at 3 AM.
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Wheeling
Orel J. Skeen
Ares
Jefferson Av
West Virginia
Ohio
Iver
I Into
Oh 10
Aiso
Suburban
I Wheeling
Mies
Redheads Displayed After Moscow Antarctic Expedition
A Soviet avhaling expedition brought back two families of red-headed penguins from Antarctica and they are now on display in Moscow. The event highlights early wildlife exchange and public exhibition in the capital.
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Moscow Cps
Antarctica
Moscow Zee
Senate Delay Over North American Security Pact Disturbs Secretary Acheson
Marquis Childs notes that the Senate’s slow consideration of the vital pact unsettles Secretary of State Dean Acheson as he engages in a diplomatic poker game with the Russians at the Paris conference. The editorial page outlines related features and pages for comics horoscopes and various sections.
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Dean Acheson
Marquis Childs
MGM Director Rubin Ties Alumni Spirit to Syracuse Visit
J Robert Rubin vice president of Metro Goldwyn Mayer and former Syracuse University law graduate returns to his alma mater forty three years after leaving Syracuse University Law School He reflects on school spirit and serves as trustee and chair of the national initial gifts committee for the university building and development fund campaign Rubin born in 1882 attended Syracuse High School class of 1960 Syracuse University 1904 law college 1906 admitted to the bar.
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Syracuse University
Syracuse
Rubin Tekt
College of Law
J. Robert Rubin
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Syracuse University Law School
University
Rubin
Syracuse High School
The
Law College
Temperature Heading For Year's High Point
THE MERCURY this afternoon will soar to the highest point this year. The Weather Man predicts a high of 90 degrees or higher. Yesterday at noon it was 76. today at the same hour it was 83. Tomorrow is expected to reach 93 with a slight cooldown Sunday. A dry spell continues with only traces of rain since May 25.
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Resterdar
Five Changes Proposed At Parley In Taft-Hartley Debate
President Truman’s administration aims to pass the best revised Taft-Hartley repeal it can get. Vice President Barkley signaled a deal with Democrats to push five amendments including potential presidential seizure of plants in national emergencies. Senator Lucas backed unspecified amendments to replace the act with a modified Wagner Act while House compromise edged toward adding Taft-Hartley elements.
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Washington
Barkley
Senate Democrats
Congress
Lucas
Ilinois
Senate
Rep
Sims
D.-S.c
Sam Barbura
Taft-Hartley
Bolivian Miners to End Biolody Strike After Fatal Clash
In La Paz Bolivia officials said tin miners will end a biolody strike in which at least 40 people were killed including two Americans. The agreement orders troop withdrawal from the mining region and payment of indemnities to widows.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Guillermo Estrada
France arrests 16 in revolt plot linked to de Gaulle
Paris authorities announced a major seizure of arms and the arrest of 16 people including six followers of General Charles de Gaulle. Police said the incident appeared to be a revolt plot aimed at enlisting army support for an uprising on June 18, the anniversary of Gaulle's wartime appeal to France.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Surete Nationale
de Gaulle
Rally of the French People
RUPP
Ninih
France
Ship Fire on Arleigheny Victor Firecrackers Cause Minor Damage
A blaze in the No. 2 hold of the freighter Arleigheny Victor near the Staten Island pier set off a shipment of firecrackers. The fire caused only slight damage. two engine companies extinguished it in about 30 minutes, aided by a Brooklyn fireboat not needed for use.
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New York
Chambers Testifies He Was Communist Before 1938
WHITTAKER CHAMBERS, key witness in the Alger Hiss perjury trial, says he remained loyal to the Communist party before breaking with it in 1938. He testified that Hiss turned over secret State Department papers to him and that as a Communist he believed in overthrowing the government by any means. Cross-examiner Lloyd Paul Stryker pressed Chambers on his past while the trial proceeds in New York before Judge Samuel H Kaufman and a jury.
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Chambers
Alger Hiss
Communist Party
Hiss
State Department
Fring
Lloyd Paul Stryker
State ‘Department
Samuel H. Kaufman
Stryker
Crosswalk Light to Begin Operation July 1
Traffic engineer W Frank Kavanaugh announced a crosswalk light in the 400 block of S Salmast will start about July 1 after delay due to downtown electrical cable replacement. The light between Jefferson and Onondaga will sync with signals, allow 25 second green intervals, and accommodate pedestrians in 12 seconds.
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Jefferson and
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Trafic
Brock
Havenaugh
Eisler Attacks U S Slave Labor Claims In Berlin
In Berlin a news conference featured fugitive Weisner denouncing American slave labor and Nazi parallels. Eisler defended Soviet camps and attacked U S conditions, claiming millions suffer abuse as part of a broader attack on Western policy and wartime outcomes.
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Berlin
Onl
Gebhart Eisler
United States
Weisier
America
Hitler
Forrestal
C-46 Crashes At Miami Airport. Pilot And Three Passengers Escape
A C-46 transport plane bound for Venezuela crash landed and burned shortly after takeoff from Miami Airport. The pilot and three passengers leaped from the plane just before it burst into flames and all escaped with injuries.
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Miami, Frs
Venezuela
Miami
New Syracuse Telephone Rates Set by Public Service Commission
The Public Service Commission approves new Syracuse telephone rates for business service, excluding the 15 percent federal tax. Details outline the revised charges and how they apply to business customers.
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Syracuse
Public Service Commission
Red Editor Is Jailed 30 Days for Contempt
A Communist Daily Worker editor John W. Gates was held 30 days in jail for contempt after refusing to name collaborators on a Communist Party publication. Judge Harold R. Medina ordered Gates jailed and remanded two other defendants, Henry Winston and Gus Hall, for the balance of the trial amid protests from the defendants.
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New York
Harold R. Medina
John W. Gates
Communist Daily Worker
Communist Party
Henry Winston
Gus Hall
Medina
Gates
Winston
Hall
A P Giannini Dies Headed Biggest Bank
Amadeo Peter Giannini founder of Bank of America died at 79 in San Mateo California from a heart ailment after a monthlong cold. He rose from waterfront roots to create a banking empire with 500 branches and assets exceeding 35.7 billion by 1946.
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San Mateo
Calif
Amadeo Peter Giannini
Peddler
Bank of America
West Coast
California
Bank of Italy
New York Telephone gets interim rate rise of eight to ten percent
The New York Public Service Commission grants New York Telephone an interim rate increase of eight percent on local calls and ten percent on toll calls within the state, effective once a tariff is filed, through December 31 while permanent-rate review proceeds. The adjustment raises about 26 million dollars annually and excludes coin box and attended public phones.
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NEW York GP
State Public Service Commission
New York Telephone Company
Toy
Federal Communications Commission
Setbacks And Whistler Mentioned By Victor Mature In LA
Victor Mature advised a grieving actress in Los Angeles that setbacks should be taken cheerfully and cited painter Whistler as an example. He recalled Whistler’s West Point expulsion for a chemistry failure and his later quips about his rank and achievements.
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Los Angeles
Whistler
America
West Point
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