California University dismisses 157 for anti communist oath
The University of California fired 157 faculty and staff who refused to sign loyalty statements denying Communist party membership. Dismissals, effective June 30, followed a board of regents decision after a contentious meeting. Names were withheld to allow reapplication with signed non communist contracts.
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Los Angeles
University of California
Board of Regents
Robert Gordon Sproul
Sproul
Regents
Communist Party
Isl
Rail strike threat halts western railroads and milk workers
Five western railroads face an eleventh hour strike by AFL switchmen as federal mediators seek to avert walkout set for 6 am tomorrow. Milkmen in Pittsburgh endures a 16th day of walkout while transit workers in Atlanta resume service after 37 days.
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United Press
Western
A.F.L
Pittsburgh
Atlanta
Francis A. O'Neill
National Railway Mediation Board
Rock Island
Great Northern
Chicago Great Western
Western Pacific
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Chicago
West Coast
Burlington Railroad
Salt Lake City
Bidault Government Falls in France Crisis
Premier Georges Bidault’s coalition government collapsed after a 352 to 230 confidence vote in the National Assembly. Bidault resigned to President Vincent Auriol amid civil service pay disputes, delaying Western Europe coal and steel unity talks led by Robert Schuman.
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Paris
Georges Bidault
France
Europe
Bidault
National Assembly
Vincent Auriol
Catholic Popular Republican Party
Robert Schuman
Hoosier VFW votes down federal veterans bonus
Indiana VFW members reject a World War II veterans bonus proposal by a 45 to 27 vote at the state convention in Fort Wayne. The gathering also backed outlawing the U S Communist party and opposing U S participation in any world federation. Gerald Adney of Indianapolis was elected grand commander of the VFWs Military Order of Cooties, with Goldie Gleason headed the auxiliary. David Carlie and Beatrice Elliott were named quartermaster and Lady Katydid respectively.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Indiana V.F.W
U.S. Communist Party
United States
Gerald Adney
Indianapolis
Military Order of Cooties
V.F.W. Fun and Service Group
Goldie Gleason
Cooties
Ladybugs
David Carlie
Beatrice Eliott
Terre Haute
Two New Albany Girls Drown In Silver Creek
Two teenagers Elizabeth Eads 14 and Barbara Ann Schaffer 13 drowned after stepping into water over their heads while wading in Silver Creek near New Albany Indiana. State police recovered both bodies within about 30 minutes.
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New Albany
Ind
Silver Creek
Elizabeth Eads
Barbara Ann Schaffer
Death of Charles Funcannon Noted UMW Leader
Charles Funcannon former president of District 11 United Mine Workers of America and member of the union’s international board died today at Union Hospital. He was a prominent figure in local state and national coal circles for many years.
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Charles Funcannon
District 11
United Mine Workers of America
International Board
Union Hospital
Funcannon
Death Takes C Funcannon Former UMW District 11 Leader
Charles Funcannon longtime International Board member of the United Mine Workers of America and former District 11 president died at Union Hospital after a brief illness. He was 57, born in Daviess County Indiana, and leaves Frances, two daughters Lillian Kiger and Maxine Bakes, and son Charles C. Funcannon. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Thomas Funeral Home with burial in Roselawn Memorial Park.
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Charles Funcannon
District 11
International Board
United Mine Workers of America
U.M.W
Union Hospital
Funcannon
Louis Austin
Daviess County
Ind
Bicknell
Moose, Eagles
Masonic
Frances
Terre Haute
Lillian Kiger
Maxine Bakes
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Partly cloudy with warm humid conditions through Sunday. Tonight low 73, high tomorrow 90. Indiana mainly warm and humid with scattered thundershowers in the north. Illinois partly cloudy south and mostly cloudy with possible showers north. highs 85 to 92 and lows 70 to 75. River stage 9.1 ft and falling.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Truman Sets Economy Goal at New Baltimore Airport Dedication
President Truman said the economy will expand if Americans plan for growth and reject mossbacks. He cited air transport as essential and noted the new Friendship Airport in Baltimore has the world’s longest runway and a 92 story control tower. About 100000 people were to witness the ceremony before his quick departure to Independence, Missouri.
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Baltimore
U.P
Truman
Friendship International Airport
Mr. Truman
Mossbacks
Baltimore-Washington
Independence
New York
LaGuardia Field
Bakery truck driver killed at crossing near Mishawaka
Elmo Stafford a 29 year old Mishawaka bakery truck driver was killed when his bread laden vehicle was struck by a Grand Trunk Western freight train at Granger northeast of here.
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Mishawaka
Ind
Elmo Stafford
Mishawaka Bakery
Grand Trunk Western
Granger
Here
June 33rd Anniversary of First Daylight Bomb Raid
AP analysis recalls the 1917 daylight attack on London by German air forces. DeWitt MacKenzie notes this early open daylight bombing targeted London’s financial district, delivering 128 high explosive bombs and causing widespread destruction as the sun shone overhead.
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DeWitt MacKenzie
London
Berlin
A.P
Old Jewry
Bank of England
Lie defends integrity after communist question at UN
Secretary-general Trygve Lie denounced a query on possible communist ties as improper while stating he has always been a member of Norway's Labor Party. He emphasized allegiance to world peace and said he cannot engage in partisan politics. Lie directed reporters to Norway's prime minister for further truth.
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Lake Success
Trygve Lie
Labor Party
United Nations
Lie
Norway
Truman Signs 15 Day Draft Law Extension
President Truman signed a stopgap bill extending the present draft law by 15 days to avoid expiry at Friday midnight. Congress seeks a two to three year replacement with Senate backing three years and the House two years, differences to be resolved by conference.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Public Enemy Shot by G Men in Indianapolis Farm
Henry Shelton a 42 year old jail escapee and former one of the nations ten most wanted criminals was shot by two FBI agents in an east side Indianapolis saloon. Shelton grabbed a .45 pistol but the agents fired first wounding him and injuring one agent’s thumb.
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Ind
U.P
Henry Shelton
I's
FBI
Shelton
East Side
Desperado
Harvey G. Foster
Michigan
Marquette
Kaleva
Mich
Sam Lieb
George Generra
Aassa
Generra
Wisconsin
Illinois
Monticello
Lieb
Kentucky
Foster
East Michigan Avenue
Family of Three Dies in Indiana Crash
An Anderson couple Wilbert C. Anthony 26 and Amy Jane Anthony 28 and their eight month old daughter Rebecca Ann died from burns after a three car crash on Ind. 9 five miles north of Anderson. Ralph E. King 32 of Orestes and two passengers were slightly hurt while Grover C. Pruitt 23 of Anderson escaped uninjured. Sheriff Brogdon said King tried to pull Mrs Anthony from the car but heat prevented rescue. Further questioning planned.
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Anderson
Ind
Here
Wilbert C. Anthony
Amy Jane
Rebecca Ann
Ralph E. King
Orestes
Madison County
Russia protests MacArthur purges in Japan purge clash
In Tokyo the Soviet Union urged Gen. Douglas MacArthur to retract June purge directives targeting the Japanese Communist Party and to end anti democratic measures. Lt. Gen. Kuzma Derevyanko accused the moves of violating Potsdam terms and demanded abolition of police club law and suppression of unions.
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Tokyo
U.P
Russia
Douglas MacArthur
Japanese Communist Party
Kuzma Derevyanko
Allied Council For Japan
MacArthur
Japan
Communist Party
Akahata
Fire follows gambling raid in Belleville area
Fire destroyed a two story sawmill at Belleville in Hendricks county soon after authorities raided a bingo game inside it. A nearby motel also burned. Firefighters from Clayton Plainfield Danville and Indianapolis battled the flames. Sheriff Bayliss and troopers seized $175 in cash and bingo apparatus. Chet A Fowler of Indianapolis, 55, was arrested for operating a gaming house and released on bond pending July 3 trial.
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Danville
Ind
Belleville
Hendricks County
Cadle
E. Howard Cadle
Indianapolis
Clayton
Plainfield
Leon Bayliss
Putnamville
Chet A. Fowler
Northwest DC-4 missing over Lake Michigan after storm hits
Coast Guard and navy teams searched 66 feet deep off Milwaukee for the Northwest Airlines DC-4 with 58 aboard after it vanished en route from New York to Minneapolis. Oil slicks and debris were sighted as authorities warned the loss could be the nation’s worst air disaster in the Great Lakes.
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Minneapolis
Northwest Airlines
Coast Guard
Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Northwest
N.W.A
U.P
New York
South Haven
Mich
K. R. Ferguson
Daniel Joy
Milwaukee Yacht Club
Edward Wischer
Navy
Air Force
National Guard
Great Lakes
Leach
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Maine
Benton Harbor
Woodbine
Michigan
Douglas
Lakeside
South
Seymour Levenson
Air National Guard
Henry Schmaltz
5Th Air Rescue Squadron
Selfridge Field
Eastern Colleges
Covington Woman Given Life Sentence
Covington Ind June 24 Mrs Mary Osborn convicted of giving her husband a fatal dose of arsenic last Christmas Day was sentenced to life in prison by Circuit Judge Roy C Fenters. She will be taken to the Indiana Woman's Prison at Indianapolis to begin serving the term.
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Covington
Ind
Mary Osborn
Amandus
Roy C. Fenters
Chester Cooper
Indiana Woman's Prison
Indianapolis
Lake Search May Reveal Worst Air Disaster In U S History
A New York report notes that if the missing Northwest Airlines DC-4 is lost with its 58 aboard the death toll would be the worst in American commercial aviation. It cites prior crashes including Eastern Air Lines near Washington in 1949 and other major incidents worldwide.
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U.S
New York
Northwest Airlines
Eastern Air Lines
Washington, D. C
Cardiff
Wales
US Imports Prices to Rise With Trade Pact End
The United States and Mexico will scrap the 1943 reciprocal trade agreement effective Dec 31 1950 raising import duties on goods from Mexico and other MFN partners including Venezuela Canada Peru Australia. Imports from Cuba and the Philippines remain unaffected according to the State Department.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
State Department
Foreign Office
Venezuela
Canada
Peru
Australia
Cuba
Philippines
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Bulletin
Richard McFarland
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Selfridge
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Naval Air Station
Glenview
Ill
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Gander
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