Eisler Flees to Prague as Reds Convene
Eisler, fugitive American Communist agent, flew from London to Prague to attend a top level secret conference of foreign Communist leaders. He was welcomed by Prague Communist officials and Czech ministry representatives, with no immediate explanation given for his presence. He had hoped to proceed to Leipzig University in the Soviet zone and was described as very happy to be in Prague.
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London
Czechoslovakia
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England
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Georgi Malenkov
International Communist Information Bureau
Germany
Leipzig University
People’s Council
Kremlin
America
Timken and Union Resume Pact Talks
Timken Roller Bearing Co and United Steelworkers resume contract talks after a half hour session on May 23. Union demands include a 15 cent hourly wage increase and $150 monthly retirement and disability benefits for about 12,000 workers across six Ohio plants. The current one year agreement expires July 1.
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Timken Roller Bearing Co
CSCO
United Steel Workers
Timken
Ohio
U S Prepared To Open Hiss Perjury Trial
The government began its case to prove Alger Hiss lied under oath about turning over State Department documents to a courier linked to a Communist spy ring. Key witnesses were expected. court observed as jury selection loomed.
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U.S
New York
Alger Hiss
Roose
State Department
San Francisco
Organization of the United Nations
Amusements and Deaths in a Busy Weekend Section
A compact roundup from the Amusements and Deaths pages includes items on comics, editorial notes by George Sokolsky, and brief social news. Markets, radio and television notes, plus weather snippets round out the weekend features with mentions of notable figures and events.
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George Sokolsky
Memorial service honors veterans at First Christian Church
About 1,000 attendees heard Rev. P. H. Welshimer reflect on memorial days across nations. He noted ancient Passover and Greek Roman graves flowers as early memorial acts, and cited the first U S memorial by Columbus Mississippi women after the Civil War. Congress designated May 30 as a legal holiday in 1872.
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P. H. Welshimer
First Christan Church
United States
Welshimer
Columbus
Miss
Congress
Lilienthal Denounces Hickenlooper Over Atomic Campaign
David Lilienthal charged Senator Hickenlooper with an un American smear campaign against the Atomic Energy Commission. He condemned the charges as grave and aimed to undermine confidence in the atomic program while vowing the commission will complete its work despite pressure.
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Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal
Western
Europe
Senate House Energy Committee
Lil
Six Alliance patrolmen suspended for off duty raid
Acting Chief A O Lower announced the suspension of six Alliance Police Department patrolmen Neal Maloney George Ziga Donald Cowen Edward Morretti Jack Ossler and Donald Grimm on charges of insubordination and disobeying a written order from Mayor Robert D Althouse and violating department rules. They had visited Moose Club 538 E Market St Sunday at 3 30 p m off duty without confirmation. They brought Robert L Greenawalt 49 to headquarters for questioning. he was released without bond. Hearing set for 1 p m before Safety Service Director William G Neff.
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Repository Bureau
A. O. Lower Today
Alliance Police Department
Robert D. Althouse
William G. Neff
Neal Maloney
George Ziga
Donald Cowen
Edward Morretti
Jack Ossler
Donald Grimm
Lower
Moose Club
E. Market
Donald Cox
Robert L. Greenawalt
Greenawalt
Chief Lower
Wil
Holiday toll toll grim as Stark motorists rally relief
Memorial Day traffic toll in Stark County shows one death and eleven injuries across forty two accidents reported to police deputies and state patrols. Fifty five arrests during the three day period. A fatality occurred when Martha M. Thomas 1616 Cleveland Ave NW died after a traffic jam on Tuscarawas St W while trying to catch a bus. Son Richard 16 witnessed the third fatal crash in the city this year. Police investigated twenty three other crashes causing five injuries and thirty one arrests. Sheriff Grossglaus doubled patrol cars. he patrolled Sunday and Monday but no violators were found. Deputies logged 24 arrests, ten crashes with six injuries. State Patrol reported no major crashes in Stark Wayne Summit counties. three crashes in county, five in Massillon with no injuries. Two Canton pedestrians injured Monday Gladys Bowser 38 1105 S 4th St NW admitted to Aultman with head injuries and cuts after being struck by Isaac Blosser 49 806 Bedford Ave SW in Parkers NW 1400 block. Bowser crossed with Hazel Lape 927 3rd St SW as vehicle driven by Helen Fautskot 33 4920 13th St NW struck. Donald Matthews 19 1641 Clark Ave SW treated at Aultman after motorcycle crash at Trump and East Canton Roads.
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Martha M. Thomas
Cleveland Ave NW
Tuscarawas St W
Richard
Harry W. Grossglaus
THE
State Highway Patrol
Stark
Wayne
Summit
Massillon
Canton
Gladys A. Bowser
4Th St
Aultman Hospital
Isaac A. Blosser
Bedford Ave
Parker NW
Hazel Lape
3Rd St
Dawson O'Dell Hurt Crossing Street Collision
Dawson O'Dell of the Milner Hotel was treated at Mercy Hospital for shoulder scratches and bruises after crossing Tuscarawas Street East at Public Square and walking into the side of a car at 12:45 p.m.
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Dawson O'Dell
Milner Hotel
Mercy Hospital
Tuscarawas St E
Public Square
Boy 5 Injured in Fall from Car on Bolivar Road
Robert Nichols five of Bolivar suffered facial and arm cuts when he fell from a car driven by Paul W Rufert on Bolivar road two and a half miles north of Bolivar. He was treated at Aultman Hospital, per sheriff’s office report.
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Robert Nichols
Bolivar
Paul W. Rufert
Bolivar Rd
Sheriff's Office
Aultman Hospital
Welcome Home Spelling Champ Kim Calvin Arrives in Canton
Kim Calvin national spelling champion returns to Canton this afternoon with his father Glenn H Calvin. They will land at Akron Canton Airport at 5 20 p m and be met by Avondale School classmates and other locals. The eight room Avondale School in Stark County has gained national attention through his win. The pair toured New York City Sunday visiting Central Park Hayden Planetarium Museum of Natural History Empire State Building and Dempsey restaurant.
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Kim Calvin
Canton
Glenn H. Calvin
Akron-Canton
Avondale School
Stark County
Washington
Kim
New York City
Champ
Central Park
Riverside Dr
Hayden Planetarium
Museum of Natural History
Jack Dempsey
Empire State Building
New York
Unity Talk Fails Over German Union Plan
Paris May 31 AP Western foreign ministers Acheson Bevin and Schuman met to consider Moscow rejection of unifying East and West Germany under Bonn law. Vishinsky attacked the Western plan, leaving little room for compromise and signaling focus on economic ties and Berlin issues.
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Paris
Russia
East
West Germany
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Moscow
Andrei Vishinsky
Germany
Reich
Bonn
Vishinsky
Kremlin
Berlin
East Germany
Ruria
Eastern
High Commission
Potsdam
Pope Grants Private Audience To Truman Envoy
Pope Pius XII received Myron Taylor, President Truman's representative in the Vatican, in a 30 minute private audience at the Vatican on May 31.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Myron Taylor
Truman
Vatican
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