Coplon Testifies Loyalty amid Espionage Trial
Judith Coplon, defending herself on espionage charges, swore she has always been loyal to the United States and signed a loyalty pledge while a political analyst in the Justice Department. She discussed secret FBI notes, Amtorg, and top secret reports, recalling interactions with her boss William Foley as the case unfolds.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
United States
Justice Department
Archiboald “Palmer
Msgs
Coplon
Valentine A. Gubitchev
New York
Justice ‘Department
Gubrichev
Wisslesstone
Palmer
FBI
Miss Coplon
Michael
William E. Foley
Foley
United [States
Feley
Hher
Secret FBI reports lurk in Coplon espionage trial clash
Washington faces a contrast with the Alger Hiss perjury case as Judith Coplon’s espionage trial unfolds amid fresh FBI report disclosures. Marquis Childs notes the editorial page comparison and outlines the surrounding features and pages.
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FBI
Judith Coplon
Washington
Alger Hiss
New York City
Marquis Childs
Mercury Climbs in 80s Eight Days Drought Nears Record
Mercury stays in the 80s for a eighth straight day with no rain in sight. Keller warns drought nears an all time record as Upstate New York eyes irrigation and farm expansion. The Seneca River provides water to fields enabling earlier harvests of tomatoes strawberries cucumbers and peppers. A new water spray system allows one motor and pump to irrigate an acre in 90 minutes, paying for itself through market advantage. The report also notes Upstate Medical Center expansion at Syracuse University and a broader plan to upgrade health care education and services across upstate New York with Regents approval anticipated in July.
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Upstate Medical Center
Syracuse
State University Board of Trustees
State Board of Regents
College of Medicine
Syracuse University
State ‘University
Albany
Board of Regents
William P. Tolley
Ssyxyacuse University
Upstate New’ York
Tier
Upstate
New York
Exiled Graduate Refuses Graduation Aisle Walk
Batavia High School excludes Richard Houseknecht from marching in the graduation procession over an Indian style haircut a narrow central strip of hair. Principal Edward L. Osborn informed the boy’s parents the look is unseemly for the ceremony. Richard, who got the haircut on a dare, planned to receive his diploma privately.
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Richard
Houseknecht
Batavia High
Edward. L. Osborn
Bartenders Club Raid Nets 31 Arrests in Liquor Probe
Police swarmed the Bartenders Club at 265 N Salina early today arresting 31 people including nine women on liquor after hours charges. Michael J. Galuppi and John C. Riley faced arraignment with $500 bail while 12 others were released as witnesses on $100 bail. Det Sgt Francis Guilfoyle cited a tip from Thomas Sardine as the raid followed allegations of violations of the 1 AM curfew.
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N. Salina Sr
Sardino
Crusaders Against
Michael J. Galuppi
Burnet, Av
John C. Riley
Hawley
Truman H. Preston
Francis Guilfoyle
24th straight dry day hits crops as drought deepens
Weather expert Andrew Keller says no rain today tonight or tomorrow with possible showers next week. Farmers cope with a 24 day dry spell as irrigation helps some growers. The Hafner truck farm near Baldwinsville pumps 350 gallons a minute from the Seneca River to water seven acres of vegetables and melons.
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Andrew P. Keller
Keller
Fred Hainer
Paul
Fred, Jr
Baldwinsville
Seneca River
Mercury
ISO
DDT Laced Chicken Causes Food Poisoning In Household
A Southern fried chicken dish dipped in DDT caused food poisoning for a housewife and five luncheon guests. Mrs. Helen L. Brown, 39, reported mistaking DDT for sour glaze and even garnishing patties. Other victims include Jose Gregory, 27, and Thomas Austin, 58.
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Washington CP
Helen L. ‘Brown
Jose
Phine Gregory
Thomas’ Austin
Mixup police hunt for abductors in Syracuse beating
A band of desperadoes abducted Syracuse artist Norma Jean Acker and severely beat her companion, believed a case of mistaken identity. Cean D. Williams, 84, of the University Club and Bethlehem Siegel executive, was injured and hospitalized. Williams, a WWII Army Air Forces major, said the assailants stopped them near Mountainview Road and Bail Avenue by Le Moyne College.
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Cea D. Williams
Universit Club
Bethlehem Siegel Company, _Inc
Hills
Onondaga Golf and Country Club
Norma Jean Acker
Didamast
Williams
Uniontown
University Hospital
Mountainview Rd
Bail Av
Salt Springs
LeMoyne College i
Didarmast
Acker
Army Air Forces
India
Miss Acker
Farm Income Still Dipping
The Agriculture Department reports farmers' share of the consumer dollar at 49 cents in April and likely the same in May, the lowest since May 1943. The department notes the peak near 35 cents occurred multiple times from 1945 to 1943.
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Agriculture Department
Department
Bureau of Agricultural _Economics
Holland Tunnel Opens All Hours On Weekends
Beginning tomorrow the Holland Tunnel will be open around the clock on Saturdays and Sundays. Since May 9 the eastbound tube has been closed from 3 PM to 6 AM each night except Sundays for repairs after an explosion.
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New York
Holland Tunnel
Peeved Pastor Struck Pastor Aboard Marriage Plan
A quarrel over which preacher would marry a couple led to a one punch from Fairfax Missouri Methodist minister Kenneth Bressler injuring Rev Ellis J Hough of Kansas City Missouri. Bressler was fined $25 and Hough planned to sue for 10000 in damages. The ceremony was canceled and the wedding was later performed by Rev Harold Park Jr.
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Rockport
Ellis J. Hough
Third Presbyterian Church
Kansas City
Kenneth +. Bressler
Fairfax
Feirfax
Hough
Bressier
Jetter
Harold Park, Jr
Fairfax Presbyterian Church
Thief Robs Buried man of $25 at living grave
In Zanesville Ohio a thief robbed Raymond D Emmert of $25 taken from a jar visitors paid to look down his shaft living grave. Attendant James Powell was away when the theft occurred Emmert 4. has been buried 29 days seeking to beat a 43 day record. In Pontiac Michigan a man robbed by a gunman took a ham sandwich instead of cash after being told there was no money.
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Zanesville
Raymond D. Emmert
Emmert
James Powell
Baby Gale presented to seven grandmothers at reunion
In Fia zleion Pennsylvania six month old Gale Ruth Tressler wowed seven living grandmothers at a family reunion this week. The kin span from great great grandmothers to grandmoms as they welcomed the baby.
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Fiazleion
Gale Ruth Tressler
Gale
It Was Too Easy Said by Fredric March in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles actor Fredric March recalled Alexander Graham Bell’s views on finance. He recounted Bell telling a joke about a poor man asking for cheaper milk, highlighting Bell’s humor amid economic talk.
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Graham Bell
Fredric March
Los Angeles
Bell
U S Restes Hiss Case
The United States rested its perjury case against Alger Hiss, a former State Department official, at a New York trial. Stenographer Benjamin Firsheim testified he misinterpreted Whittaker Chambers testimony before HUAC, claiming Chambers said Dent rather than Bail in the Washington Dent Berstein exchange.
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New York
Alger Hiss
State Department
Benjamin H. Firsheim
Whittaker Chambers
House Un-American Activities Committee
Chambers
Hiss
Washa
Dent Bersheim
Dent
U. S
Thomas E. Murphy
Senate hearing on displaced persons bill in Senate judiciary subcommittee
A Senate judiciary subcommittee opened a hearing on a bill to admit more of Europe's displaced persons. The measure had passed the House on Tune 2. An appeal for prompt Senate action was urged by 250 citizens led by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt former Postmaster General James A Farley and former Secretary of War Robert P Patterson.
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Washington
United States
Europe
Senate
House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
James A. Farley
Robert P. Patterson
State Department says Russia refuses to discuss POW release
The State Department said Russia has flatly refused to discuss its failure to release German prisoners of war held in the Soviet Union. The remark came as Washington sought quiet diplomatic channels to push for access and resolution.
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Washington
Ins
State Department
Russia
Widow Missing After Alleged Whirlwind Romance Scam
Chicago police reported the disappearance of 39 year old widow Mrs Reseda Corrigan amid claims of a sensational romance and a $5000 swindle. Capt Daniel A Gilbert tied the case to a suspected foul plot as her daughter Reseda 19 described the mysterious suitor as a wealthy Hollywood producer.
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Chicago
Reseda Corrigan
Daniel A. Gilbert
Reseda
Gilbert
Hollywood
Truman to spend weekend cruising Potomac Bay aboard yacht
President Truman will cruise the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay area aboard his yacht in the Williamsburg region over the weekend. He will travel with a small party as part of routine leisure activity aboard the presidential vessel.
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Washington
Truman
Potomac River
Chesapeake Bay Area
Iss
Williamsburg
De Gaulle Backer Dies by Own Action in Prison
Paris reports Jean Delore, an engineer linked to a De Gaullist plot, hanged in his Sante Prison cell after wrists were slashed. He was charged with approaching army officers to undermine confidence in the government.
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Paris
INS
France
Charles de Gaulle
Sante
Jean Delore
Cardinal Mindszenty Speaks Series to Run in Papers
A condensation of Cardinal Mindszenty Speaks will appear in the Herald Journal and Herald American as a series detailing his fight against communism and the events leading to his conviction and life sentence. The series begins Sunday and will continue daily.
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Cardinal Mindszenly
Herald-Journal
Herald- American
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