Congress Rules Congressional Committees May Question Witnesses
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that a committee may compel witnesses to disclose if they are Communists in a case involving screenwriters John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo. The ruling moves them closer to possible one year jail terms and $1000 fines for refusing to answer last year. Other figures face similar trials awaiting the Lawson Trumbo appeal outcome.
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Trumbo
Supreme Court
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City Braces For Rain After Record Heat Wave
Meteorologist Andrew P Keller forecast showers and thunderstorms arriving tomorrow after a heat wave that peaked with a 107 degree high yesterday and 93 degree level earlier today. Rain is expected to bring cooler temperatures, ending the city’s dry stretch since May 26.
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Andrew P. Keller
Yesterdar
Water Use Up 40 Percent in Westvale Area
Genesee Water Service Corp requests Westvale residents to curb watering amid a 40 percent rise in draw from Otisco Lake causing lower pressure for customers. The heat drives Syracusans outdoors. a woman, Mrs Ariene Barry of Gedges, was treated after heat illness.
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West Genesee Water Service Corp
Westvale
Trora Otisco Lake
Today's Features and Page Directory Listing
The notice lists sections and page numbers for today including Comics Ida Jean Kain Dr. Dean Crossword Marv Haworth Horoscope Amusements Financial Bridge Classified Radio City Life Social Deaths Sports Editorials Winchell and Letters Todays Pictures on page 16 with pages 26 and 27 dedicated to features and other regular items. The roster signals where to find each feature and which pages host the content.
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Dean
Marv Haworth
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City Life
Winchell
Hilfinger to Head State Fair Unit
Syracuse businessman Martin F. Hilfinger will supervise industrial exhibits at the State Fair announced by C Chester DuMond state agriculture commissioner. The fair runs in Syracuse from September 5 to 20 with Hilfinger heading the exhibits unit.
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Albany
Martin F. Hilfinger
Syracuse
Associated Industries of
New York State
C. Chester du Mond
Berlin Trade Accord Near Finalized by Four Foreign Ministers
Reliable sources report four foreign ministers nearing a Berlin commercial accord and a pause in the Foreign Ministers Council with a September New York conference planned. A stop gap for Berlin is considered likely as talks stall on Germany’s political setup while an East West exchange rate and trade promotion in Germany are proposed.
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Berlin
Foreign Ministers Council
New York
Germany
Airliner Lands On Blown Tire At LaGuardia
A Capital Airlines DC-4 from Pittsburgh landed safely at LaGuardia with a blown tire. 50 passengers and flight crew prepared for emergency response as Captain Gerhard Rowe spoke of a routine landing. Passengers including H. H. Miller and Hempstead resident Roree described the event and expressed gratitude to the pilot.
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la Guardia Field
Gerhard Rowrce
Capital Airlines
Pittsburgh
Roree
Hempstead
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Pittisburgh
H. H. Miller
Miller
Child Drowns After Falling Into Open Well
A seven year old girl, Lila Jones, toppled into an open well at HNXDE PARK while trying to catch a frog and drowned. Sheriff C Fred Close of Dutchess County reported the incident.
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Lila Jones
C. Fred Close
Dutchess County
Mayors warn of city kingdoms splitting NY governments
Carl H. Chatters of the American Municipal Association warned at the New York State Conference of Mayors that city governments may fracture into independent kingdoms if trends continue. He said areas would have separate police, fire, health and utility services, reducing city coordination. Other speakers included Syracuse Mayor Costello Utica Mayor Golder and Albany Mayor Corning.
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Carl H. Chatters
American Municipal Association
New York
Chattiers
Frank J. Costello
Syracuse
Boyd E. Golder
Utica
Edward B. Siemer
Erastus Corning
Albany
Chatters
Chambers admits deception in kindergarten scholarship claim
Mrs Whittaker Chambers testifying in the Alger Hiss perjury case said she used deception to obtain a kindergarten scholarship for her daughter Ellen then four, as Lloyd Stryker pressed credibility. The defense aimed to undermine her corroboration of her husband’s testimony and framed the exchange as an admission of misrepresented facts in a Park School letter.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Chambers
Park School
Baltimore
Ellen
Man Out Robbed of $122 in Chester District Attack
Chester 3 Bangroft, 43, of 309 Fayette St, treated at St Josephs Hospital after three men attacked him from behind in the 100 block of Otisco St and stole $122 from his wallet. He suffered a head cut needing five stitches. detectives James Byron and Fred Nelipowitz investigated.
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St Joseph's’ Hospital
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Otisco
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Fred Nelipowitz
Day resigns Cornell presidency to become chancellor
Dr. Edmund Ezra Day quits as Cornell University president to take the new post of chancellor. He will focus on fundraising and government relations as Cornelius W. de Kietcher becomes acting president. A permanent successor will be chosen by a board committee, and Day assumes chancellorship on June 20 after 12 years as president.
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Edmund Ezra Day
Cornell University
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Cornell
Cornelius W. de Kietcher
Board of Trustees
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University
Neal Don Becker
Coal Miners Walk Out In Stabilizing Holiday
John L. Lewis led about eighty thousand coal miners to quit work in a weeklong strike described as a stabilizing holiday. He opened contract talks with U S Steel representatives to balance coal supply and demand. Harry Moses of H C Fricke Co declined to comment on talks.
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John L. Lewis
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United Aime Workers Union
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Steel
Harry Moses
H. C. Frickle Co
Hee S. Steel
Pro-Italy Victory in Trieste Free Elections
In Trieste the pro Italian Democratic Christian Parity won a clear lead as the city held its first free elections in 27 years. In incomplete returns from 280 of 1077 precincts the pro Italian party led with about 350000 votes, while the Cominform Communists had under 20000 and the Neo Fascist Social Movement around 3000.
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INS
Italy
Adriatic
Social Movement
Doctor’s Metropolis Call Sparks Grocer Raise Wisecrack
A Palm Beach poker tale features Donahue recounting a physician's departure as a raise rather than a call. The doctor explains leaving a small town for a metropolis moment, prompting the grocer’s quip that the call sounds more like a raise.
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Woolworth Donahue
Palm Beach
Grocer
Scientists defend AEC program to Congress
Nine scientists on the Atomic Energy Commission advisory panel urged support for a sound forward looking AEC program. Dr. Oppenheimer read the unanimous statement and defended exporting certain radioactive isotopes for research.
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Robert Oppenheimer
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Fire destroys garages and three homes on Grant Boulevard
Heat from an overnight blaze on Grant Boulevard damaged two garages and three homes. The 3-3 alarm was sounded after explosions shattered a garage at 2902 and kerosene spilled toward nearby properties. No injuries were reported. losses exceed $30,000. Fire Marshal John Sloan and District Chief Robert Cramer are investigating the cause, suspected to be spontaneous combustion of an oil tank.
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Robert Cramer
Ambrose N- Daniels
C. W. Featherly
Grant Bivd
Walter Becker
William Pilger
John Sloan
Daniels
Featherly
Becker
Pilger
Stolen 40000 Cigars From West Roxbury Garage
A truck loaded with 40,000 cigars valued at 5000 dollars was stolen from a West Roxbury garage yesterday. Police said the theft occurred after someone said Have a cigar.
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Boston
INS
West Roxbury
Body of missing boy found under porch in Eastman
The body of a six year old boy missing for two weeks was found buried beneath a porch of his Eastman home after an extensive search by more than 3,000 people. Other items note rumors denied about derailing Emperor Hirohito's train in Tokyo and death sentences for espionage in Bratislava. Gray confirmed as Secretary of the Army to succeed Kenneth Royall. Roosevelt Jr. to take oath as Congressman from New York's 20th District in Washington tomorrow.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
Washington
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