FBI Bares Red Fifth Column
Washington June 9 Official FBI figures disclosed to a Senate subcommittee show a two year old communist effort to infiltrate U S basic industries has a high success rate Hoover said the party has a 540000 member potential fifth column including 54174 actual members and about 500000 sympathizers He warned 48 of members work in basic industry across New York New Jersey Ohio Pennsylvania California and Michigan and outlined a tougher anti spy program and need for more agents Hoover noted the party has gone underground stopped issuing membership cards and reduced meetings with a loyalty system and code language He gave state by state totals for members led by New York and California with smaller counts in Illinois Pennsylvania Ohio Michigan and others
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George E. Reedy, Jr
Washington
U.P
FBI
U.S
Senate Appropriations
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
California
Michigan
Communist Party
Central Committee
New York State
Illinois
Massachusetts
Nevada
Wyoming
Tennessee
Alabama
New Hampshire
Vote Sought on Rent Bill in Senate Clash
Democratic leaders urged support to extend federal rent controls for six months and allow cities to keep ceilings another six months. Senator Harry P. Cain filibustered as the Senate met at 10 am to resume debate with a close vote anticipated.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Harry P. Cain
Wash
Scott W. Lucas
Recount Produces New Democratic Candidate Victory
In Newport Indiana on June 9 the Eugene township trustee primary tally was reopened after Prior Cates challenged the result. The recount shows Cates defeating Victor Dye by two votes, 308 to 306, securing the nomination.
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Newport
Ind
Victor Dye
Prior Cates
Eugene Township
Cates
Eugene
Four Linemen Electrocuted by Power Line Crash
A high voltage line snapped in the rain at Pearson Georgia and electrocuted four linemen. Two other crewmen outside the charged area escaped injury.
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Pearson
Partly Cloudy Weather and River Stage Report
Partly cloudy conditions with a 6 am reading. Neon- 9 am 72p m. Sunrise 5 23 Sunset 8 16. River stage 4.0 ft and falling.
Local Weather Summary Yesterday
Highest temperature 85 degrees yesterday and lowest 69 degrees last night. No precipitation reported.
Weather outlook for Terre Haute and region
Partly cloudy warm and humid conditions with scattered thunder showers tonight and Saturday. Temps soften in northwest Indiana with highs around 84 to 88 degrees and lows near 70. Illinois areas see cooler extremes in the northwest and temperatures in the mid nineties southward.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Japanese police purge leaders in Tokyo and Osaka
Japanese police arrested three communist leaders over opposition to the occupation. Yasumasa Sato of the National Federations of Government and Public Workers Unions faced charges for distributing leaflets titled an open letter to General MacArthur. In Osaka, Takezo Minamino and Toshio Hirai were charged with pasting posters accusing the eight arrestees of being detained without reason. An arrest warrant was issued for Hiroshi Nakagawa but he could not be found.
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Yasumasa Sato
National Federations of Government and Public Workers Unions
MacArthur
Tokyo
Osaka
Takezo Minamino
Toshio Hirai
South Osaka Communist Party
Hiroshi Nakagawa
National Federation of Government and Public Workers Union
Indiana Highway 41 and 150 Bid Openings Planned
The Indiana State Highway Commission seeks bids for 2.6 miles on U S 41 south of Terre Haute and 3.423 miles on U S 150 northwest of the city. Bids cover grading drainage and reinforced concrete pavement with two bridge projects over St Marys creek. Bids must be submitted in Indianapolis by 10 a m on Thursday June 29.
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Indiana State Highway Commission
Terre Haute
Honey Creek
First Street
Paul Cox
Third Street
Margaret Avenue
West Terre Haute
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
Coal Creek Hill
St. Mary’s Creek
Indianapolis
Commission
US Not Ready For War Now Says Bradley
Gen Omar N Bradley told the Senate Appropriations Committee that the United States would not be ready for a major war even by July 1951 while backing a 13 billion dollar military budget for the next year. He warned forces in being and mobilization could deter aggression but relied on industrial power and mobilization base to win if attacked. Secretary Johnson echoed that defense plans maintain the large budget and noted peacetime defenses are ahead.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate Appropriations Committee
U.S
Bradley
Senate
Defense Johnson
Johnson
Air Force
Doubts on Existence of a National Crime Lord
Senator Estes Kefauver said there is no single national crime overlord and that investigations point to several overlapping crime rings instead. He added hearings may probe Kansas City if investigators uncover enough evidence, insisting the inquiry will not be a political whitewash or persecution.
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Washington
U.P
Estes Kefauger
D.tenn
Senate Crime Committee
Kefauver
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Young
Kansas City
AFL President Green Sees One Great Labor Movement
Toledo June 9 A F L President William Green said at the Flint Glass Workers convention that within a year all major labor groups will be reconciled into one great labor movement He asserted there is no justification for prolonging the split between the C I O and the AF L
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Toledo
A.F.L
William Green
A.F.L. Flint Glass
C.1.0
Noted Educator to Speak at I S College Convocation
Dr. Paul Witty, Northwestern University education professor and director of the psycho educational clinic, will deliver the alumni address Reading in the Modern School at Indiana State Teachers College alumni-senior convocation this Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Student Union auditorium. Born in Terre Haute, he is a 1920 ISLTC and Wiley High School alumnus who pursued medical and psychology studies at Chicago, Rush, Columbia, and worked with Woodworth Dewey Thorndike and Gates.
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Paul Witty
Northwestern University
Indiana State Teachers College
Witty
Terre Haute
Wiley High School
University of Chicago
Plane shoots itself down in North Sea crash
Survivors of a U S Air Force B 29 at Sculthorpe England blamed a gun turret mechanism defect for a bullet hitting the right outboard engine during gunnery practice off Dogger Bank. Seven crew members believed dead. four others missing as search continues.
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Sculthorpe
England
U.P
North
Henry J. Walsh
Alton
Ill
Walsh
North Sea
Yarmouth
Pittsburgh Dairy Strike Halts Milk For City
A strike by 3,250 AFL workers shutters milk supplies to 7 million people in the Pittsburgh area. Pickets target dairies across seven counties at midnight as Greater Pittsburgh Milk Dealers Association and Local 205 fail to reach a wage agreement. City officials plan further talks today as retroactive May 1 wage demands spark the dispute.
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Pittsburgh
URPI
A.F.L
Greater
Greater Pittsburgh Milk Dealers Association
David L. Lawrence
Hoosier Woman Granted Right to Sue U S
Senate approves a bill allowing Miss Iva Gavin of Muncie Indiana to sue the federal government for injuries from a 1943 automobile accident near Dayton Ohio. The House had awarded her five thousand dollars and now the measure returns for final action.
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Washington
Iva Gavin
Muncie
Ind
Senate
House
Miss Gavin
Czech Treason Trial Ends With 4 Deaths and 4 Life
In Prague the Czechoslovak state court found all 13 defendants guilty after an eight day treason trial. Four were sentenced to death and four to life imprisonment for spying for Western powers. The five others received prison terms between 15 and 28 years.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Train blaze fatal to five on Birmingham-Glasgow Express
Five people died when a fire aboard the Birmingham-Glasgow Express swept three coaches near Glasgow. Jewels worth 28000 dollars disappeared from a locked luggage coach, fueling police to suspect arson as a cover for a robbery.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Scotland Yard
Birmingham
Soong Quits Kuomintang in China Ruling Party Split
T V Soong, brother of Madame Chiang Kai shek, resigns from the Kuomintang rather than flee to Formosa. The central executive committee announces the resignation as Soong declines exile on the island Chiang Kai shek defends.
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Taipei
T. V. Soong
Chiang Kai-shek
Kuomintang
China
Formosa
Soong
Chiang
Orchid Winner Edward Bease Receives Safety Award
Police credited Edward Bease of 1115 North Fourteenth Street with an Orchid for Safety after he pushed a stalled car from Wabash Avenue at Seventh Street. His act eased traffic congestion on North Seventh and freed several vehicles trapped behind the stalled auto.
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Edward Bease
North Fourteenth Street
Bease
Wabash Avenue
Seventh Street
North Seventh
Indiana Judge Plans Return After Drunkenness Charge
Judge Norval K. Harris, visiting St. Louis for a World War I veterans reunion, said he would return to Indianapolis to face a drunkenness charge. He was arrested May 24 on the Capitol grounds and failed to appear in Municipal Court, leading to a rearrest order. He says authorities have not contacted him.
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ST. Louis
Indiana
Indianapolis
Norval K. Harris
Army
35Th Division
Harris
Sullivan County
Cochairman
New York
Navy Torpedo Bomber Down Off Cape Henry
A Grumman Torpedo bomber with a three man crew is down in the Atlantic about 70 miles east of Cape Henry. An extensive air and surface search is under way from Norfolk naval air station after the crew reported a submarine in the area. The U S S Tigrone sent an S O S to the station.
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Norfolk
Navy Grumman
Atlantic
Cape Henry
Norfolk Naval Air Station
U.S.S. Tigrone
S.O.S
Truman Delivers U S Policy Speech at Missouri Graduation
President Truman warned that abandoning Marshall Plan aid would threaten world peace and that U S commitment to free nations must continue to prevent communist expansion. He spoke at the University of Missouri graduation, received honorary degrees, and planned a 35th Division reunion in St Louis before returning to Washington.
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Columbia
Truman
Europe
United States
Free Nations
University of Missouri
Phi Beta Kappa
Scholarship Society
St. Louis
Russia
Soviet Russia
Jefferson Park
Voice of America
Overseas Broadcasting Agency
35Th Division
Mexico
C.S.T
R. M
Bob) White
The
Mexico Ledger
Police Crackdown Targets Motorbikes And Youth Speeding
City Court sessions focused on traffic violators as Chief Reely ordered a safety drive. Police will curb racing by youths, noisy exhausts, and red light violations, with licenses likely to be lifted. Eight defendants appeared, including Robert White and John Tackett, fined $11.75 each.
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Reely
Criss
Robert A. White
South Tenth Street
John C. Tackett
South Fifth Street
Wood given term on farm in burglary case
Charles E. Wood, 41, of West Terre Haute, was sentenced to 180 days on the State Penal Farm and fined 10 dollars and costs after Special Judge Paul Shafer found him guilty of receiving and concealing stolen goods from Oakley Reservation cabins. He denied aiding the theft and said his daughter and Mary Lou Combs placed items in his attic. Combs testified Wood helped store some goods. four others plead guilty to burglary. Some stolen property had been recovered.
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Charles E. Wood
R. A
West Terre Haute
Paul Shafer
Woods
Oakley
Wabash River
Mary F. Bridgewater
William Bridgewater
George Martin
Gold Indicted on Spy Charge in Atomic Espionage Case
A Brooklyn grand jury indicted Harry Gold Philadelphia chemist and two unknowns on charges of atom spying for the United States. The indictment names John Doe alias John and Richard Roe alias Sam, with their true identities unknown. Gold was arrested May 23 in Philadelphia. The case ties to Dr Klaus Fuchs and unauthorised atomic secrets allegedly passed to Gold. The justice department announced the indictment with no further details on Richard Roe.
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Washington
Brooklyn
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
United Stats
Justice Department
Gold
John Doe
John
Richard Roe
Sam
Klaus Fuchs
Great Britain
Freed in Slaying of Retired Executive in Wilmette
Two men Nick Lacoco and Harry Wagner were acquitted of murdering Otto Freund 84 a retired executive at his suburban Wilmette home three years ago. Judge George M Fisher ruled the state failed to prove guilt after Edmund Grant stated insufficient evidence. Freund was killed when two men entered the home December 27 1946 and fled with jewelry after beating the maid Marie Held and pushing her down stairs.
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Chicago
Otto Freund
Wilmette
Nick Lacoco
Harry Wagner
George M. Fisher
Criminal Court
Edmund Grant
Freund
Marie Held
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Marjorie Chodorov
Harry Justiz
James Lustig
Charlotte Stern
Manuel Magana
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