Spy Massing says she enlisted two State Department aides
Hede Massing testified before the Senate internal security subcommittee that in 1933 34 she recruited Noel Field and Lawrence Duggan for her organization. Field vanished behind the iron curtain while Duggan died in 1948 after falling from a New York office building.
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Washington
Hede Massing
Senate
State Department
Noel Field
Lawrence Duggan
Field
Duggan
New York
Massing
Department
Internal Security
United States
Far East
McCarran
Justice Department
FBI
Nixon
R-Calif
House UN- American Activities Committee
Eisenhower duties not bar to 1952 political bid
President Truman said Eisenhower could pursue politics in 1952 without giving up his European duties. He praised Eisenhower’s leadership of North Atlantic defense forces and said duty to the country comes first. He also planned a trip to San Francisco for a conference opening.
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Washington
Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
White House
Europe
North Atlantic
San Francisco
Senate Passes Price Measure Amid Conflicting Views
Senate approved a bill to make good faith price cuts to meet competition a complete defense against price discrimination charges. The roll call was 42 to 34 with Kefauver’s amendment defeated 39 to 38. The measure now goes to the House, with President Truman forecast to veto if enacted.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Kefauver
D-Tenn
McCarran
D-Nev
Judiciary Committee
New Migrant Labor Treaty Signed Between Nations
Mexico and the United States signed a short-term migrant labor treaty in Mexico City after six months of talks. It will send up to 300,000 Mexican farm workers to U S harvest fields this year to fill jobs left by Americans joining defense industries and the armed services. US officials expect about 150,000 workers may be requested within 40 days.
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Duggan
Justice Department
Massing
United States
Field
Alger Hiss
Hiss
State Department
Robert Morris
Institute of Pacific Relations
IPR
Morris
Mexico City
Mexico
Defense Industries
Armed Services
Carl W. Strom
Germans Reject American Order
West Berlin Mayor Ernst Reuter leads a unanimous city hall push against an American directive. The dispute centers on a Berlin court ruling against Hans Kemritz, a double agent, with U S High Commissioner McCloy urging nullification and a joint committee to reexamine the case.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Ernst Reuter
Reuter
Hans Kemritz
Kemritz
United States
John J. McCloy
Kemnitz
Bail posted for 39 Reds canceled in deportation case
The Justice Department ordered the Civil Rights Congress to produce 39 alien Communists for deportation. By late afternoon 15 had surrendered and were jailed unless new bonds are posted. New York leaders Alexander Bittelman and Betty Gannett, previously free on 5,000 bail, were among the notable surrenders.
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Washington
U.P
Justice Department
Civil Rights Congress
J. Howard McGrath
Communist Front Organization
New York
Detroit
Boston
Philadelphia
Michael Chiotakis
Antonius Veloudos
Edward J. Shaughnessy
Alexander Bittelman
Betty Gannett
Communist Party
Adm Fife Named Deputy Chief of Naval Operations
President Truman nominated Rear Admiral James Fife Jr to serve as deputy chief of naval operations with the rank of vice admiral. The move completes top naval command realignments after the death of Admiral Forrest Sherman. Fife, a Reno native, maintains a home in Reno.
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Adm
Fife
Naval Operations
Washington
Truman
James Fife, Jr
Donald B. Duncan
Forrest P. Sherman
Reno
Nev
Preliminary County Budget Tops 1.2 Million Dollars
Silver Bow County publishes a preliminary budget of 1,203,718.81 dollars for the coming year with 885,002.39 to be raised by tax. The plan increases levy by 2.6697 mills to 37.9625 mills, based on a 25,338,960 dollar taxable valuation. Major rises occur in general and poor funds with road funds highest in years and new items include an agricultural agent and delinquent tax work.
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Joe H. Sullivan
Loretta L. Sullivan
Frank Gorsh
Silver Bow
General Fund
Poor Fund
Silver Bow County
Jefferson County
Lawmaker Denounces Plan to Seize Oil Wells via Old Soldiers Scrip
Rep Willis of Louisiana protests a private group led by E L Cord for using public land scrip issued after Indian wars to claim submerged tidelands off Louisiana. The plan targets 40 offshore wells producing 12 000 barrels daily requiring Interior Department action and legal review. Cord previously failed to apply scrip to submerged California lands. Chapman to review cases upon return from the west coast.
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Washington
Congress
Louisiana
Willis
D-La
Chapman
E. L. Cord
Cord
Gulf of Mexico
Tidelands
Bureau of Land Management
Interior Department
Cord Group
Marion Clawson
Land Bureau
California
Clawson
West Coast
Pretty Redhead Impersonates WAF Officer at Jet Base
An attractive 26 year old woman Medale Frances Evans was jailed for impersonating a WAF officer at Bergstrom Air Force Base Texas after four days on site. FBI arrested her Tuesday night and she had flown in from Biggs AFB El Paso. She sought a waiver of college credit to join the WAF and claimed the right to keep her enlisted husband with her.
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Austin
Texas
Ben Lichty
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Medale
Frances Evans
Bergstrom Information
Col. Lichty
WAF
Biggs Air Force Base
el Paso
FBI
Biggs Afb
Travis County
Air Force
Korea
Las Cruces
N. M
Rufus R. Evans
Two Butte Soldiers Among Veterans Returned From Korea
Seattle dispatch reports 4 737 Korean War veterans arrived aboard a Navy transport with 34 from Wyoming and Montana among them. The Montana names listed include James H. Bantz Bozeman Glen G. Kimes Kalispell Tony C Kozlowitz Butte Burr D Leibert Billings Andrew J Linie Havre Marvin T Helson Bozeman and Calvin B Rush Helena.
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Seattle
Wyoming
Montana
Roy C. Kelley
North Grant
Butte
Glen G. Kimes
Kalispell
Sfec
Tony C. Kozlowitz
South Wyoming
Burr D. Leibert
Billings
Andrew J. Linie
Havre
Marvin T. Helson
Bozeman
Calvin
Rush
Helena
Montana Girl 17 Killed in Auto Crash
Alice Wallerand, 17, of Harlem was killed when the sedan she drove overturned on the Hogeland Turner road north of Harlem. Three companions were thrown clear. Clarence Birdwell and William Fitz, both 20, suffered fractured shoulders while Deloris Saddler, 16, was treated for shock. Survivors were taken to Havre for hospitalization.
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Havre
U.P
Alice Wallerand
Harlem
Hogeland- Turner
Hill County
Clarence Birdwell
William Fitz
Deloris Saddler
Weather Forecast For Butte And Western Montana
Fair weather dominates western Montana with mild Friday forenoon and widely scattered thunderstorms Friday afternoon and night. Temperatures range 85 to 95 in east and west of divide, with highs near 90 in Butte area and cooling readings near 0 to 90 across listed stations.
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Butte Fair
School of Mines
Montana
Divide
Associated Press
Minial Cate Stabincincis
Dillon
Ae ” Drummond
Glasgow
Great Falls
Miles City
Superior
West Yellowstone Ple
Britain seeks cooler oil talks with Iran amid sabbath delay
London reports Britain plans a cabinet mission to Tehran for talks on the Anglo Iranian Oil Company dispute. The delegation paused to respect Friday sabbath, signaling a fresh diplomatic tone as Harriman aims to ease bitterness and restore confidence. Tehran cites Abadan show of force as a friction point.
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London
Britain
Iran
Tehran
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
Richard R. Stokes
British Foreign Office
Harriman
Abadan
Majlis
Abolhassan Haerzadeh
Mohammed Mossadegh
National Front
Man With Genius for Faking Heart Attacks Sucker Hospitals
Veterans Administration reports a con artist using about 40 aliases has faked heart attacks across the nation. Walter Engle Arwhler, 69, masqueraded as Lt. John N. Boyer a Civil War veteran and secured costly hospital care before vanishing.
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Reno
Veterans Administration
Edward F. Reed
Reno VA
John N. Boyer
Washington
Boyer
Walter Engle Arwhler
San Diego
Pennsylvania
Robert Larson
Chicago
Susanville
Calif
Susanville Hospital
Arwhler
American Medical Association
California
South Carolina
Texas
Urwilen
Boy 10 Killed in Albuquerque Theater Explosion
A 10-year-old boy, Robert B. Darnall Jr., was killed and five others injured when an electric water heater exploded in a closet under a theater stairway in downtown Albuquerque. Debris and reinforcing steel flew into seating areas as damages spread across the back row.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Frank Doyle
Robert B. Darnall, Jr
French cabinet crisis deepens as Petsche rejected
Paris August 2. The three week old government crisis lengthened when the national assembly refused to confirm Maurice Petsche as premier. The vote fell 281 against to 102 in favor. 314 votes were required for confirmation.
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Paris
French National Assembly
Maurice Petsche
Progress on Korean armistice buffer zone remains unclear
Allied and Communist negotiators adjourned after a long session near Kaesong amid signs a compromise on the buffer zone may be possible. Observers note divisions between Chinese and North Korean delegates over a line at the 38th parallel.
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Korea
Red
William P. Nuckols
United Nations
Nam IL
Nuckols
Kaesong
Peiping
Pyongyang
North Korea
Peiping Radio
Wonsan
38Th Parallel
Nam
UN Forces Pressure Central Front With Limited Aug
United Nations forces resumed action on the central front near Kam song and Kumsong with a seven mile wide assault that gained over two miles despite light resistance. Air support aided the advance as Fifth Air Force reports claim several Red gun positions knocked out and about 100 enemy casualties.
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United States
Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
Kamsong
Hwachon- Kumsong
Kumsong
Yanggu
Fifth Air Force
B26
Pyongyang
Helena
Wonsan
Defense Housing Bill Is Favored by House Panel
The House banking committee approved a 1.7 billion defense housing bill. Only 200 million would be grants or loans, 1.5 billion via mortgage insurance without new government funds. The measure relaxes Senate limits and adds 65 million to housing aid. Chairman Spence calls it a bipartisan effort to help housing. Some Republicans may offer amendments on the floor in about two weeks.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Senate
Spence
Dky
House
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