U S Urges Russ Commitments On UN Admissions
U N tensions rise as the United States tells the Soviet Union to press satellite states Albania Bulgaria Hungary and Romania to mend their ways on peace and human rights before any more UN admissions. Ambassador Warren R. Austin warns Russia could influence Albania Bulgaria Romania and Hungary to halt support for guerrillas in Greece and comply with the Greek question resolution. The security council considers dropping the matter for now to avoid new veto clashes.
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Russia
United Nations
Warren R. Austin
U. S
Security Council
Albania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Outer Mongolia
Romania
Austria
Ceylon
Finland
Ireland
Italy
Jordan
Portugal
Austin
Soviet Union
Greece
General Assembly
Ion
Death takes Greek Chief
Ninety year old Greek Premier Themistocles Sophoulis died of a heart attack at his summer home in Kifissia just before departing for the airport to greet Queen Frederika. He had just issued a political testament urging rearmament to stop a Communist onslaught and to uphold liberal democracy as Greece’s path to salvation.
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Themistocles Sophoulis
Greece
Sophoulis
Kifissia
Frederika
Switzerland
Duke of Brunswick
Solons Deplore Communist China
A group of 21 senators urged President Truman to refuse recognition of the Chinese Communist regime and support the constitutional government and anti Communist forces in China. They tied this stance to his prior anti Communist policies and linked it to broader U.S. policy in the Far East.
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Truman
United States
China
Decine
Tom Connally
Tex
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Far East
Wedemeyer
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Middle East
Nevada Senator Foresees Nation's Worst Low Mood
Sen George W Malone Republican of Nevada warned at the Young Republican convention in Salt Lake City that the country is entering a severe low mood. He linked it to textile mill shutdowns in New England and copper mine closures in the West and urged rapid revision of long standing free trade policies to stave off damage. The gathering also saw Lee Waters gain influence as a potential new Young Republican Federation chairman after Alex Akerman withdrew. Philip Willkie, Wendell L Willkie’s son, named as a dark horse potential candidate for the role.
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GOP
Nevada
New England
California
Lee Waters
Los Angeles
Young Republican Federation
Alex Akerman
Florida
Waters McGlinn
Philadelphia
Waters
Philip H. Willkie
Wendell L. Willkie
Senate panel approves watered down minimum wage bill
Washington reports the senate labor committee passed a modified measure raising the federal minimum wage from 40 to 75 cents an hour. Senator Claude Pepper says about 1,250,000 workers would gain and 100,000 more would fall under wage hour coverage, but it falls short of Truman's broader proposal to cover about 5,000,000 additional workers.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Congress
Claude Pepper
Fla
Truman
Flash Flood Drowns 38 in Pachuca Mexico
A cloudburst caused a flash flood in Pachuca Hidalgo, killing at least 38 people. Red Cross official Patricio Escobar Garcia said by 11:30 p.m. 38 bodies were recovered and hospitals were overwhelmed with injured. Pachuca, about 60,000 residents, is Hidalgo's capital and grew around the Real Del Monte silver mine.
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Pachuca
Mexico
Red Cross
Pachuca Vom
Prece
Patricio Escobar Garcia
Work Progresses Malad Third Ward Stake Building
Reports show Malad Stake building work advancing with all contracts awarded except masonry and heating system contracts.
Mercy Slayer Cries in Court
Eug ene Braunsdorf, 51, Detroit musician, arraigned for first degree murder in the mercy slaying of his crippled daughter Virginia, 29. Tears fell as the defendant did not enter a plea. Prosecutor denies affection justifies killing. Braunsdorf shot Virginia five times in a parked car May 21 and tried to kill himself. He cited “supreme love” and financial strain as motives.
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Eugene Braunsdorf
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
John J. Maher
Virginia
Ralph Garber
Braunsdorf
United Press
Vote Looms On Taft-Hartley Law Repeal
The Senate sets Tuesday for a crucial vote on repealing the Taft-Hartley labor law. Leaders warn the result could decide the repeal bill’s fate and test the fight over government seizure or injunction powers in emergency labor disputes.
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Washington
ULP
Senate
Police Nab Swindler In Chicago
Sigmund B Engel, a nationwide swindler of women, was captured in Chicago after a trap set by a victim. He faced Mrs Reseda Corrigan whom he bilked of 8700. she rushed him as he was detained by police. Police say dozens more victims await redress and New York authorities seek him for a 50000 swindle. Engel had recently married and rumored to be planning an annulment. He was trapped in a Michigan Avenue luggage shop.
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Chicago
Sigmund B. Engel
Reseda Corrigan
Timothy Lyon
Mrs. Corrigan
Engel
New York
San Francisco
Vivian Huebler
Reno
Michigan
Living Costs Dip Slightly in May Report
The Labor Department said cost of living fell three tenths of one percent from mid April to mid May, remaining about 27 percent higher than June 1946, when price controls ended. Prices dropped across most groups while rents rose slightly.
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Washington
Labor Department
Fire Sweeps Secret Lab at Naval Research Facility
A three alarm blaze destroyed a warehouse at a highly secret naval research lab on Friday. The Navy claimed no secret equipment was damaged, only general stock. Damage was estimated at 80 000 dollars. No atomic or explosive hazards were involved.
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Washington
Naval Research Laboratory
Navy
Coplon says espionage case smells to high heaven
Judith Coplon, in a heated cross examination, alleged her lover Valentin Gubitchev aided FBI involvement and claimed the government framed her. She branded the probe as fishy and demanded details about Gubitchev, while calling for accountability from FBI and department lawyers.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
Valentin A. Gubitchev
FBI
John M. Kelley, Jr
Justice Department
Department
William E. Foley
H. P. Shapiro
Gubitchev
New York
Kelley
Rebecca Coplon
Officers Shoot Each Other In Trap Gone Wrong
In Appleton Minnesota two police officers Maher and Rheingans were wounded in a dark trap for an armed car thief, Howard Robbins. Robbins was captured hours later at Moorhead after the mistaken firefight.
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Maher
Rheingans
Lyle Winge
Winge
Robbins
Hiss Reveals Debt Split With Chambers in 1936
Alger Hiss testified at his perjury trial that he ended a two year friendship with Whittaker Chambers in 1936 over unpaid debts. He said he did not see Chambers again until a 1950 hearing and called Chambers a dead beat and himself a sucker. He referred to Chambers as Crosley, the only name he knew for the former Communist spy courier.
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New York
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Chambers
Hiss
House Committee On un-American Activities
Crosley
George Crosley
Uranium Prospecting Buzz Near Idaho Mineral Riches
Idaho eyes uranium as Arizona discoveries spark activity without confirmed deposits. State Mine Inspector George McDowell notes no major finds, cites petrified wood sample not from Idaho, and warns against hoarding Geiger counters while amateur and professional prospectors press on in the search for ore amid reactor plans near Arco.
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Boise
Arizona
Idaho
George McDowell
McDowell
Salmon River
Challis
Flagstaff
Police Seek Sex Slayer in Twin Midwest Slayings
Authorities in Lansing and St Paul pursue a lone male suspect after the sexually motivated deaths of two boys, four year old Walter Eaton in Lansing and seven year old Harlow O'Brien in St Paul, with a similar crime scene and a jagged beer bottle fragment as a key clue.
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Lansing
Mich
St. Paul
Minn
Walter “Pewee” Eaton
Harlow O’brien
Little “Pewee” Eaton
Truman Proposes Post Office Reforms to Curb Politics
President Truman urged Congress to remove political appointments from the Post Office, shift hiring to civil service, raise postal rates, and run the department as a government corporation under postwar reform. He backs transferring appointive power to Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson and cites past GOP obstruction as a motivation.
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Truman
Congress
Civil Service
Department
Government Corporation
Senate
Jesse M. Donaldson
Youth Admits Knife Slaying in Morrison Tavern
Edwin Beckwith 27, a factory worker, confessed to fatally harming 22-year-old Mrs. Harvey Stahlhut and concealing her body in the Morrison tavern walk‑in cooler after being captured in a cornfield by a posse. Sheriff Meyer quoted Beckwith about his aroused motive and planned confrontation.
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Grundy Center, Inc
Iowa
John A. Meyer
Edwin Beckwith
Harvey Stahlhut
Morrison
Beckwith
Stahlut
Meyer
Miners Consider Walkout as Vacation Ends
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia United Mine Workers under John L Lewis prepare for a 10 day vacation that could lead to a nationwide strike The union seeks higher wages more welfare funds and stable employment terms as talks with operators stall and deadlines approach The Taft Hartley law limits work but Lewis maintains the no contract no work stance with uncertain return dates for hard and soft coal miners
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John L. Lewis
Bluefield
Lewis
United Mine Workers
UMW
Southern Coal Producers Association
Pennsylvania
Northern
Western
Berg Takes Jaycee Reins in Pocatello Installation
Norman Berg assumed the Jaycee leadership in Pocatello at a joint ceremony with the JayCeeettes. Officers installed include William Hall, Neal Moon, Howard Higgins, Hugh Maguire, and Hal Myers with Moon named outstanding member. Mrs Read led the JayCeeettes with Lew Harrison and others as officers. Har read praised a 30-couple turnout at the Moose Lodge event.
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Pocatello Junior Chamber of Commerce
Norman Berg
Pocatello U. S.soil Conservation Office
Berg
Harold Read
Jaycees
Jay-Ceesettes
Gate City
Moose Lodge
William H Hall
Neal Moon
Howard Higgins
Hugh Maguire
Hal Myers
Moon
JayCee Ettes
Read
Lew Harerison
Robert Rasmussen
Howard Hayden
Yneeling
Syne Tucker
Eddie Hartman
Mulick Will Head Pocatello Knights
Newly elected officers of the Knights of Columbus council 892 will be installed July 14. Robert F. Mulick is grand knight with Geldo Carron deputy grand knight and Charles Feuerstein chancellor. Also listed are Everette A. Cantrill warden, Richard A. Chiaro recording secretary, Joseph D. Shiave trustee, George S. Murphy judge advocate, James M. Myers treasurer, Edward Brennan inside guard, and Ken Crandall outside guard.
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Knights of Columbus
Council 892
George S. Murphy
Robert F. Mulick
Geldo Carron
Charles F. Feuerstein
Everette A. Cantrill
Richard A. Chiaro
Joseph D. Shiave
George 5. Murphy
James M. Myers
Edward Brennan
Ken Crandall
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