Red Agent Names Gromov as Pay-off Man in Spy Ring
Washington dispatch reports Elizabeth Bentley, a 40 year old Vassar graduate, identifying Anatoli B. Gromov, former first secretary of the Soviet embassy, as a pay-off man for a Red spy ring with access to the White House. Bentley says Gromov paid her $2,000 in cash and awarded a Soviet medal. The House committee plans to recess hearings to question three Russian defectors in New York and Ottawa, including the Samarins and Igor Gouzenko. Secretary Marshall calls the Samarins’ charges false and pledges sanctuary protections for those wishing to stay.
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Anatoli B. Gromov
White House
House un-American Activities Committee
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Elizabeth T. Bentley
Vassar
Soviet Union
New York
Ottawa
Canada
Mikhail Samarin
FBI
Russia
Igor Gouzenko
Alexander S. Panyushkin
Samarins
George C. Marshall
House
Falling Becomes Habit With Child
In Oakland two year old Jimmy Dutra repeats dangerous stunts. After a 30 foot porch fall last month he only had a scratch. On Wednesday he walked into a door and broke his collar bone, entering the hospital with a plaster cast.
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Oakland
Calif
Jimmy Dutra
Jimmy
Huge Hospital Planned on Coast
Preliminary plans outline a thousand bed hospital for neuro psychiatric veterans to be built on 200 acres at Fort Funston. The Veterans Administration announced the project with an estimated cost of 18 to 20 million dollars after acquiring the land at no cost as it was declared excess.
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San Francisco
Veterans Administration
Army
Fort Funston
Southerners Gird For Dixiecrat Fight
In Houston, Governor J Strom Thurmond accepted the Dixiecrat nomination for president with Fielding Wright as running mate. Thousands gather at Sam Houston Coliseum as Thurmond and Wright rail against Republicans and northern Democrats and the Truman civil rights program.
Marshall Says Danube Pact Must Not Be For Agreement's Sake
Secretary of State George C. Marshall declined to endorse Moscow talks unless they serve clear aims. He warned the Danube pact plan would let Russia and satellites gate non communist commerce and stressed negotiating terms, not mere agreement, to resolve postwar European issues.
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George C. Marshall
Moscow
United States
Belgrade
Danube
Russia
Marshall
Europe
Kremlin
London
Paris
Danubians
Germany
Austria
Nampa Robbery Reported at North Star Paint Store
Nampa Idaho police chief J R McCarthy said burglars broke in early Wednesday and stole 1377 dollars in equipment cash and checks from the North Star paint store in Nampa.
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Nampa, Ida
J. R. McCarthy
North Star Paint
Deadlock Reported On Soviet Talks
London sources say two weeks of deadlock persist in Mos cow discussions between western allies and the Soviet Union. US France and Britain plan to meet Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov, with a break possible or a sharpening stalemate. Conditions cited include duress in Berlin talks and recognition of western rights in Berlin.
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Moscow
Russia
United States
France
Great Britain
Viacheslavy Molotov
Berlin Upheaval Delays Execution in Murder Case
Berlin reports a 23 year old Gerhard Abendroth faces a death sentence for murder but awaits confirmation from the four power Komandatura. With the body not meeting since June 16 and Russians saying it won t meet again, the sentence cannot be carried out.
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Berlin
Gerhard Abendroth
Komandatura
Meat prices eyed as cattle into feed lots urged
Boise AP report quotes two Idaho livestock experts urging livestock men to place cattle in feed lots as the best method to reduce meat costs.
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BOISE
Idaho
Seek Clues In Homicide In Ontario Ore
Malheur county officers searched for clues in the apparent murder of a 30 year old transient found beaten in a canal. District Attorney Charles W. Swan tentatively identified the deceased as J. C. Perkle. Perkle's car was found burning at the Yale city dump. Swan said he was reasonably sure Perkle was murdered. Mrs. Perkle, about 25, is missing and Swan warned another homicide is possible until she is found.
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Ore
Malheur
Charles W. Swan
J. C. Perkle
Perkle
Yale
Swan
Murder Attempt In Dublin Church Shocks Court
Mrs. Mary Agnes Daly 27 is charged with attempting to murder 83 year old Mrs. Mary Gibbons with a hammer in a church sprayer kneeling at prayer. Gibbons described the assailant as unknown to her and remains hospitalized in serious condition.
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Dublin
Eire
Mary Agnes Daly
Mary Gibbons
Fear Reds Plan To Cut Phone Lines
Berlin reports allied authorities fear Russia may cut all telephone and telegraph links between Berlin and the western occupation zone in a drastic blockade move. If true, western allies would be forced to rely on radio for communications with their zones. ADN alleged the American army cut three main cables serving the Russian zone.
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Berlin
Russia
ADN
New Instructions in Soviet Tangle Reported
Western ambassadors received new instructions from their governments and prepared for a fresh round of talks with Molotov in Moscow. American envoy Bedell Smith French ambassador Chat indicated, with British ambassador Frank Roberts, they conferred for 90 minutes at the American embassy on Wednesday evening.
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Moscow
Viacheslav Molotov
Walter Bedell Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Child Wins Chance in Hollywood
Jeanne LaDuke, 10, of Mount Vernon Indiana, won a featured role in a 4-H clubs motion picture after competing among 10 000 girls. She will travel to Hollywood for filming and perform two radio broadcasts while the family plans a return trip to California. Her father is an insurance agent and she has a 13 year old sister Nancy.
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Mount Vernon
Ind
Jeanne LaDuke
Hollywood
Jeanne
Indiana
la Duke
California
Infant Burned To Death In Home
In Richfield Idaho 20 month old Maxine Carter daughter of Mr and Mrs Douglas Carter died in a Wendell hospital after being severely burned while playing with matches at home. The child was left alone when her mother went to town and showed no pain or loss of consciousness until death.
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Richfield
Ida
Maxine Carter
Douglas Carter
Wendell
Greeks Advance on Mt Alevista Near Albanian Front
The Greek army says its 15th division has occupied Mt Alevista a 5,000 foot guerrilla stronghold less than a half mile from the Albanian frontier.
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Athens
Greece
Mt. Alevista
Charles Crowley Seeks Medical Aid After Auto Crash
Charles Crowley, chief chemist, seeks medical aid after a June 22 auto collision on Garfield Ave and Gould St at 8 a.m. He and three Simplot coworkers were riding in a company station wagon when it collided with a car driven by Melvin W. Scott. Crowley sustained head injuries and has not returned to work. He will be treated by Dr. Stuart Wright in Salt Lake City.
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Charles Chuck” Crowley
North Arthur Ave
Salt Lake City
Crowley
Stuart Wright
Garfield Ave
Gould St
Melvin W. Scott
Randolph Ave
Fire destroys Swedish freighter Axel Salen in Baltimore harbor
The 6021 ton Swedish freighter Axel Salen loaded with phosphate caught fire in Baltimore harbor Wednesday night. Coast Guard and civilian fire units fought flames. crew reported no casualties and that the ship was not abandoned. Fire confined to hold two decks with heat peeling paint. cause unknown though lightning during a severe electrical storm is considered.
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Baltimore
Axel Salen
Coast Guard
Baltimore Municipal Radio
Hold Your Horses Expression Fades From Speech
An old saying about patience has declined in use as modern language drops horse imagery. The line about waiting now appears less common in everyday conversation.
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