Hiss Accuser Chambers Attacks Character in Trial
Defense rests on Chambers testimony in the perjury case against former State Department official Alger Hiss. Lloyd Paul Stryker accused Chambers of being a Communist conspirator and former spy-ring courier, while Murphy stressed that copying secret documents showed Hiss and wife Priscilla aided transmission to Russian agents.
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Alger Hiss
Lloyd Paul Stryker
New York City
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
Chambers
New York
Stryker
Hss
Thomas Furphy
U. S
Chamber
Tesniny
J. Whittaker Chambers
Murphy
Priscilla
Samuel H.) Kaufman
FBI
Washington
Roosevelt
Yalta
Bowron Wins Narrow Reelection In Los Angeles Runoff
Mayor Bowron defeats City Engineer Alsich by 18,190 to 7,211 in a tight runoff across 3,362 precincts. Voter turnout near 47 percent follows a harsh campaign. Edward Roybal defeats Parley Christensen for the council seat. Roybal is a public health worker of Mexican ancestry.
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Los Angeles
Letcher Bowron
Bowron
Lloyd Alsich
Aldrich
Reform
Councilan
Edward Roybal
Iumbent
Lewis Decries Coal Industry Horror Record
John Lewis urged Congress to end the coal industry's "record of horror" claiming 1,259,081 mine workers have been maimed and butchered in 19 years. The United Mine Workers testified to a senate subcommittee seeking a bill for federal mine inspectors to shut down any mine deemed to face imminent danger.
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Washington
John Lewis
Congress
United Mine Workers
Senate
Stork Nest in Holland Stands 52 Years Before Collapse
A historic stork nest in the Netherlands, aged 52 years, reached about 12 feet in diameter before a sudden windstorm toppled it. Local authorities documented the fall and noted the nest had sheltered generations of birds.
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Holland
Taylor to resign from KEIO in July
John Taylor, KEIO general manager and Idaho Falls native, will resign effective July 15 to run a family mercantile store in Arco. Charles Crabtree, formerly with KIFI and KVMV, will become the new KEIO manager arriving in late June.
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John Taylor
KEIO
Taylor
Pocatello
Idaho Technical School
Idaho State College
University of Idaho
Moscow
ABC
Idaho
Arco
Robert
ISC
Charles Crabtree
KIFI
Idaho Falls
KVMV
Twin Falls
Crabtree
Gate City
Jim Schoonover
Three Nations Join For Maneuvers In Britain
Fighters bombers and jets from the United States Britain and the Netherlands will take part in the world’s longest peacetime maneuvers this month to test Britain’s defenses against attack. The operation foil exercises run from June 25 to July 3 in the sands east of England, marking the first combined effort by the Atlantic powers.
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London
United States
Britain
Nethelands
England
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Ohn L
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Tris
Hes
Beatin Oa Jewelers
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