Acheson seeks rapid $1.22 billion arms aid for allies
Secretary of State Dean Acheson urged Congress to provide 1 222 500 000 for armaments to allies in the Far East and other areas. He stressed urgency to prevent communism and cited Southeast Asia the Philippines Korea Japan and China as vital to U S security. Acheson spoke at a Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services meeting and said military aid is essential despite policy imprecision and time constraints. President Truman had requested the sum the day before and lawmakers expect substantial approval though some reductions are possible.
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Washington
U.P
Dean Acheson
Congress
Far East
Acheson
Orient
Southeast Asia
Philippines
Korea
Japan
China
United States
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Iran
Greece
Truman
Tom Connally
Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Crisis Looms for Jap Reds
Tokyo reports say Japan's communists face a possible outlawing as General MacArthur's HQ weighs a government plan amid tomorrow's anti-American general strike. Organizers claim 400000 labor unionists and thousands of students may join the nationwide action, linked to the Memorial Day incidents and Sunday upper house elections.
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Tokyo
Japan
MacArthur
Japan Communist Party
Red Party
Communist Party
U.S
Jap Plot Against MacArthur Denied as Fake
Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby said occupation headquarters received Japanese reports of another assassination plot against General MacArthur but called them an absolute fake. He noted prior plots involved an elderly Japanese with a wooden sword and a petition for sending a son to an American school.
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Tokyo
Charles A. Willoughby
MacArthur
Santa Claus
Willoughby
Quadruple Amputee War Vet to Marry Fellow Veteran
Jacksonville, June 24 One of the nation’s two quadruple amputee World War II veterans, Jimmy Wilson, 25, a University of Florida student, applied for a marriage license to wed Dorothy Mortenson, 23, in Jacksonville on June 8. Wilson lost hands and feet in a 1944 Vermont bomber crash.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Jimmy Wilson
University of Florida
Dorothy Mortenson
Wilson
Vermont
Indiana State Teachers College to honor Dr Crabb
Commencement speaker will be Dr A L Crabb president of Peabody College Nashville Tenn for 30 years He is a noted author on education philosophy and a celebrated platform speaker in the field.
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A. L. Crabb
Peabody College
Nashville, Tenn
Indiana State Teachers College
Faculty shakeup at Indiana State Teachers College announced
The board of trustees disclosed changes including Dr. Margaret Lindsey resigning to join Teachers College of Columbia University. John Voight to replace Richard Will as acting instructor in physics. Several promotions and leave of absence adjustments across departments.
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Indiana State Teachers College
Margaret Lindsey
Teachers’ College of
Columbia University
J. E. Grinnell
Johns Hopkins University
Richard Will
Indiana University
John Voight
Elmer Porter
Joseph Grammelspacher
Caroline Kelso
David Koch
David Johnson
Paul F. Muse
Trespasser Sentenced After Combs Grocery Break-In
Jack Grimes 29 was jailed April 22 after being found guilty of malicious trespass in Vigo Circuit Court. Judge H DeWitt Owen sentenced him to one year on the State Penal Farm and fined $10 plus costs. Police reported three men attempted entry at 609 Lafayette Avenue. Grimes fled as officers arrived. Grimes’ companions were Maurice Snow and John Livingston. Snow is serving a sentence and Livingston is a fugitive. Prosecutor John R. Jett led the state's case. defense was Albert F. Owens.
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Jack Grimes
W. S. Combs
Lafayette Avenue
H. DeWitt Owen
Vigo
State
Lieutenant Street
Combs
Grimes
Maurice Snow
John Livingston
Snow
Livingston
John R. Jett
Albert F. Owens
Senate approves six month rent control extension
The Senate Banking Committee voted 8 to 5 to extend federal rent controls for six months as the current law nears June 30. The measure would let cities maintain controls for the first half of 1951 if their governments approve, with hotels still under ceilings to be de controlled in the Senate version.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
House
Senate
Congress
Douglas
D-Ill
Chicago
Maybank
D-Sc
Long
D-La
Fulbright
D-Ark
Sparkman
D-Ala
Frear
D-Del
Taylor
D-Idaho
Ives
R-Ny
Robertson
D-Va
Toby
New Hampshire
Capehart
Indiana
Flanders
Vermont
Bricker
Ohio
Sparkman and
Truman
Lehman
D-Ny
Tighe Woods
Woods
Senate Banking Committees
D.-S.c
Del
Ark
Peaceful Atom Progress Unfazed by Cold War Pressures
The peaceful atomic program proceeds on schedule despite the Cold War. At Idaho’s 400,000 acre reactor site two multi million dollar machines are under construction to harness atoms for peaceful use with a third to begin this summer and a fourth later. The AEC delayed a power breeder reactor to free manpower for H bomb work and submarine reactor design while continuing materials testing and ship engine reactors.
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Joseph L. Myler
Washington
U.P
U.S
Idaho
Atomic Energy Commission
U.N. Vote On Admitting Chinese Communists Soon
U N may decide this month in the Security Council whether China is represented by communists or by the nationalists. The United States will oppose seating the Chinese communists but will not use a veto. The issue hinges on a majority vote with no veto possible.
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Sigrid Arne
China
United Nations
U.N. Security Council
Assembly
U.S
Security Council
U.N
United Nations Council
Council
Martin Faces Death Charge in Terre Haute Slaying
Richard Martin Jr., 31, colored, indicted for first degree murder, returned from Cleveland, Ohio. He confessed to shooting Earl Williams, 53, colored, with a shotgun on Aug 7, 1948 near First and Swan streets after an tavern argument. He traveled to Chicago Silvis and Cleveland after the crime. He was ordered back by Indiana and Ohio warrants, held without bond, with June 21 arraignment set by Vigo Circuit Court.
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Richard Martin, Jr
Terre Haute
Cleveland
Ohio
Clint Seward
James Porter
Martin
Earl Williams
First
Swan Streets
Williams
South First
Chicago
Silvis
Ill
Indiana
Vigo
H. DeWitt Owen
N. George Nasser
Owen
Two Farm Escapees Recaptured Near Terre Haute
Melvin Wentz and Lawrence Sanders, both escapees from the Indiana State Penal Farm, were recaptured Thursday afternoon after visiting a Terre Haute residence and taking two overalls and two shirts. The resident fired a rifle and the pair fled, dropping some clothing. Marshal Charles Shaffer arrested them and they were returned to the Vigo county jail before the Penal Farm officials brought them back to the state institution.
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Melvin Wentz
Connersville
Lawrence Sanders
Florida
Indiana
William Cox
R. R
Terre Haute
Fred Carpenter
Mervin Taylor
Charles Shaffer
Seelyville
Vigo County
Penal Farm
Landon aide to help Gold named chief defense counsel
John D. M. Hamilton former Republican National Committee chairman is named chief defense counsel for Harry Gold the 39 year old research chemist accused of wartime espionage. Augustus S. Ballard is associate counsel. Gold is held on $100000 bail with a June 12 hearing. case likely moves to New York federal court.
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Philadelphia
John D. M. Hamilton
Republican National Committee
Alf Landon
G.O.P
Harry Gold
Hamilton
U. S. District Court
James P. McGranery
Gold
Augustus S. Ballard
George Wharton Pepper
U. S
Pennsylvania
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Russia
FBI
Klaus Fuchs
England
McGranery
Ballard
Holmesburg County
Federal District Court
New York
Mauna Loa erupts sending lava toward ocean shores
Eruption of Mauna Loa on Hawaii Island drives 60 families from their homes and destroys 15 houses. Lava a mile wide flows toward the sea at Honaunau and cuts telephone lines as a Pan American pilot notes a 30,000 foot smoke plume. Authorities report two lava branches reach the sea with altered communications across Kona and Hilo.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Kona
Hawaii
Hawaii Island
Henry Kunimoto
Civil Air Patrol
Honaunau Village
Hilo
Gilbert B. Blackmore
Blackmore
Cap
Sherwood Greenwell
Kealakekua
Greenwell
Youth Admits Killing Widow in Maine Roadside Slaying
A 19 year old ex Marine William L. Elwell of Brunswick was arrested in Portland after allegedly confessing to bludgeoning Mrs Viola L. Tully, 56, a Melrose widow. Tully's battered body was found nine miles south by Oak Hill. Police said neighbors reported a scream and a blood trail at the Melrose home.
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Portland
U.P
Viola L. Tully
Melrose
Mass
Douglas Steele
William L. Elwell
Brunswick
Tully
Lawrence Richards
Capt. Steele
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Partly cloudy with scattered showers tonight and Saturday. Indiana has occasional showers and thunderstorms with cooler conditions Saturday. Illinois shows showers and thunderstorms tonight and Saturday, with cooler north and central portions. Temperatures range from 58 to 82 with highs near 75 to 82 and overnight lows around 56 to 64.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
US develops atomic shells and warheads for missiles
US intelligence reports a new era of atomic munitions. An A-bomb carried by jet bombers and a tank mounted weapon capable of knocking out tracked vehicles are discussed alongside plans for a mobile light tank. Atlantic Pact planners seek stronger allied forces to deter Soviet advances.
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Max Boyd
Washington
United States
Defense
Johnson
Truman
Atlantic Pact
Western Europe
Western
Europe
U.S
J. Lawton Collins
Army
National Guard
Collins
Russia
Klutsky Greenfield Marriages a Habit
In Chicago on June 2 a third Klutsky Greenfield marriage in eight years is planned for Saturday. Joseph Klutsky will wed Patricia Greenfield. Previous marriages linked the families with Patricia's sisters, Margaret and Neola, in 1945 and 1942.
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Chicago
Klutsky-Greenfield
Joseph Klutsky
Patricia Greenfield
Albert
Patricia
Margaret
Joseph
Raymond
Neola
High School Seniors Complete Work and Awards
Terre Haute four senior high schools conclude classroom sessions with a joint baccalaureate at the Student Union Building Sunday at 2 PM. 467 seniors expected, including 39 Laboratory, 130 Gerstmeyer, 108 Garfield, and 190 Wiley. Principal speaker Mrs Edna McGuire Boyd of Greens Castle, author of local textbooks.
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Terre Haute
Edna McGuire Boyd
Greencastle
Malcolm Scott
Gerstmeyer Technical High School
Laboratory School
Gerstmeyer
Garfield
Wiley High School
Laboratory High School
Sycamore Theater
Wiley
Student Union
Tech High School
Senate widens probe into crime and gambling crackdown
President Truman backs Kefauver panel as it widens inquiries from New York and Florida to California. FCC message-file freeze ordered to aid investigations. tax information access discussed under presidential authorization. Tobey says Truman fully supports efforts to crack underworld operations.
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P—A_ Senate
Truman
Senate
New York
Florida
California
Kefauver
D.-Tenn
Federal Communications
Western Union
FCC
Kefauver Committee
McGrath
White House
Tobey
R-Nh
Fourth Czech Pleads Guilty in Espionage Trial
Frantiska Zeminova 68 a former Parliament member pleads guilty as the fourth of 13 Czechs on trial for espionage for the United States. She says co-defendants offered to help Eduard Benes and his wife escape after the coup but Benes refused. She admits organizing groups to unseat the regime and acting under Western diplomats including former ambassador Laurence Steinhardt. She claims sending espionage reports to the US counterintelligence corps in Germany.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
U.P
Frantiska Zeminova
United States
Eduard Benes
Benes
Miss Zeminova
National Socialist Party
Laurence Steinhardt
Counter Intelligence Corps
Germany
Frantisek Purcell
Yugo
Hungary
Austria
Poand
Dope Suspect Shot by Woman Sleuth in Manhattan Raid
In upper Manhattan raid by NY narcotics squad detectives Kathryn Barry and Max Renner, eight dope suspects were arrested. Douglas Lopez, 26, was wounded in the leg and treated at Harlem Hospital. Police seized marijuana during the operation.
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New York
Upper Manhattan
Kathryn Barry
Max Renner
Barry
Harlem
Douglas Lopez
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John L. Steele
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M’arthur
Banking Committee
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Belgium
Maxwell Taylor
101St Airborne Division
Gen. MacAuliffe
Landon
U. & Weather Serese
Underworld
Prohibition
Don Whitehead
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