Supreme Court voids Standard Oil exclusive contracts
The Supreme Court, in a 5 to 4 decision, struck down exclusive sales contracts between Standard Oil of California and independent gasoline dealers for restricting competition. Justices Frankfurter Black Reed Murphy and Rutledge formed the majority, with Jackson, Vinson, and Burton dissenting.
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Washington CF
Supreme Court
Standard Oil Company of
California
Standard CW
Douglas
America
Cariels
New York
Rocky Mountains
Rockies
East
Midwest
Frankfurter
Black
Reed
Murphy
Rutledge
Justice Jackson
Vinson
Burton
Radioactive Bar Stolen At Princeton
Princeton University reported the theft of 12 to 15 lead bars including one containing radioactive cobalt from the Palm ER Physical Laboratory during alumni weekend. A second weekend theft also occurred with $1.00 worth of Rembrandt and Degas etchings and drawings from the university art museum. The items were valued at about 150 dollars and the cobalt bar poses danger within five feet.
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Princeton
N. J. GP
Princeton University
Frederick Osborne
Palmer Physical Laboratory
Rembrandt
Degas
Art Museum
Osborne
Brewery Strike Pact Rejected by NYC Workers
Union workers voted down a compromise agreement aimed at ending New York City's brewery strike. Negotiators had reached the pact Saturday night but members rejected it, according to a spokesman for the United Brewery Workers Union.
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New York
Tady Foray
New York City
Ment.hera
C. I
United Brewery Workers Union
Coplon Defense Plans Condon as Witness in Espionage Trial
Judith Coplon’s lawyer Archibald Palmer said he would call Dr. Edward Condon and various Hollywood stars as defense witnesses in the Brooklyn espionage trial as the government rested its case. Palmer claimed Condon would rebut claims Russia stole the atom bomb and that FBI reports naming actors as Communists were unfounded. The article also notes Mrs. Whittaker Chambers’s conflicting testimony in the Hiss perjury case and ongoing appeals in the Gates case.
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Judith Coplon
Edward A. Condon
Hollywood
Brooklyn
Archibald Palmer
Miss Copien
Washington
FBI
Justice Department
New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Hiss
Chambers
Gates
Palmer
Dr. Condon
Copton
Condon
J. Edgar Hoover
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Russia
Judith Copson
Frederic March
Edward G. Rodingon
Lamphere
Amting
IMS
Amtong
aAmtong
Mass. Copien
Ies
Democratic chiefs back farm plan in Midwest meeting
A conference of Democratic leaders from 16 Midwest states endorsed the Truman administration farm program and urged election of a 1950 Congress to pass it. They backed continuing wartime price supports pending a voter test, criticized the Republican Aiken plan, and urged unity of labor and agriculture under Democratic leadership.
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Des Moines
Congress
Truman
Midwest
Charles F. Brannan
Barkley
J. Howard McGrath
Rhode Island
Brannan
McCrath
Ohio House approves loyalty oath bill for public workers
The Ohio House approved a measure requiring loyalty oaths from all state public employees, including school teachers, sending the bill to the Senate for consideration.
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Columbus
Ohio House
Echool
Senate
Half Million Miners Strike Presses Steel Union Pay Rise Demand
The Associated Press reports 450000 United Mine Workers halt coal production under John L Lewis as talks with steel operators and other unions begin. The United Steelworkers press for higher wages and better pensions while Electrical Workers plan a bayyear package with General Electric. Union actions target wage gains amid looming contract expirations and a production slowdown.
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Associated Press
John JL. Lewis
United
Ingolf
Lewis
Pew Murray
CLO
United Steelworkers
United Electrical Workers
Weil
General Electric Cn
Westinghouse
Lewi
Philadelphia
Steel Industri
Sothern
CMW
Macciion
Congress Leaders Seek 2 to 4 Billion Dollar Spending Cut
Senators from both parties sponsor a resolution directing President Truman to cut federal spending by 2 to 4 billion dollars for next year. The plan targets executive agencies for up to 20 percent reductions, with total department budgets to be trimmed from funds appropriated by Congress. The measure awaits House and Senate action and a presidential veto is not ruled out.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
McClellan
D Ark
Treasury
Dercent
Senate
Wherry
Nebraska
1St Congress
Eisenhower Opposes Federal Aid To Schools
President Eisenhower declares opposition to federal funding for public schools and writes to Representative Gwinn explaining that such money would shift control from states and localities to the central government. He warns it could undermine the educational process and strengthen paternalism and socialism.
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Eisenhower
Washington
Traight
Columb ‘University
Rep. Gwinn
RNY
Eta
Baseball Scoreboard Highlights Local Action
In the National League No games scheduled. American League No games scheduled. Eastern League reports Wilkes-Barre over Elmira Utica 4 1 Scranton 6 Hartford 5 with unclear scoring details and player mentions.
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Albant
Wilkes-Barre
Elmira
Utica
Scranton
Haritard
Tereien
Wai
Cominform Plots Economic War Against Yugoslavia
The Cominform plans economic strangulation of Yugoslavia to punish Tito for defying Moscow. Eastern bloc leaders, including Mine, will tighten the noose as exports are cut and July 1 is cited for complete stoppage. Western officials discuss aid talks with Tito as Bevin and Acheson prep possible ECA Marshal Plan support.
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Warsaw
Yugoslavia
Marshallita
Moscow
Lower Silesia
Tito
Russia
Ture
Hungary
Hilary Mine
Crimea
Cominform
Communist International Information Bureau
Europe
Marshal Tito
West
Ald Tito
Paris
Cavendish Cannon
U.S
Dean Acheson
Economics Cooperation Administration
Marshalplan
Yugosia
Marke Ttfatic
Bettish
Ernest Bevin
Israel appeals to UN to halt British arms shipments
Israel urges the United Nations Security Council to block resumed small arms shipments to Transjordan and Iraq, warning such moves threaten Middle East peace. The council had embargoed shipments to Israel and Arab states, while Britain indicated plans to resume arms transfers under mediation.
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Lake Success
Israel
United Nations Security [Council
Iraq
Trans- Jordan
Aubrey
Eban
Arne Sunde
Normany
Council
Middle East
Khan
Alxander Cadégan Inkl
U.N
Ralph J. Bunche
Bitavia
Dardan
Taag
Bunche Snid Cadegan
Dargo Sas
Man Killed After Seeing Daughter Graduate
A a damaged report notes a fatal crash near Cortland when a vehicle returning from a daughter's graduation collided head on with another car. Victims include William G Rand of Rochester and his family. daughter Rathrine was injured, with authorities investigating the late April event.
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Vitter P
William G Rand
Rorhester
Kotled
Heye
Cortland
Ting
Ortans
Minister George W. Grimson Dies in New York City
The Rev. George W. Grimson, SIxty one year old retiree and editor of the Five Points Mission in New York City, died Sunday after thirty one years of service.
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George W. Grimson
Five Points Methodist Mieion
New York City
Mroneh
Storms to Break Heat Wave in Troy Area
Weather forecast shows thunderstorms sweeping into the Troy region from the west ending a multi day heat spell. Forecasters expect cloudy conditions with highs in the mid eighties and a drop to the low sixties by tomorrow morning. Downpours may bring some relief though heat remains intense today.
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Troy
Werther Bureau
Starma
Mercury
West Also Seeks Action On Austrian Peace Pact
The piece reports on partial settlements toward a Berlin truce emerging from secret Big Four talks and the West pressing on an Austrian peace treaty to end deadlocked Foreign Ministers talks. Progress appears limited by Berlin and Moscow positions as autumn weather and forest fires complicate diplomacy.
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Big Four
Berlin
West
Paris
Council of Foreign Minister
Russia
Austria
Adirondacks
Au- By Imat
Frider
New York
Krerm
Germany
Top Atom Scientist Endorses Lilienthal Policy Shift
J Robert Oppenheimer former A bomb designer and head of the AEC advisory council testifies before a Senate committee. He defends the commission’s secrecy and competence and says isotopes shipped abroad pose no risk even if captured. Also covers wheat agreement ratification and electoral college reform discussion.
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
Commission
Institute For Advanced Studies
Princeton
N. J
Appenhe
May
Congressional Committee
Hickenlooper (Blowm
David E. Littenthal
Nipe
Senate
Aiken
CR Vi
Department of Agriculture
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
Senate Judiciary Committee
All
Film Writers Convictions Upheld by Appellate Court
The US Eighth Circuit upheld contempt convictions of Dalton Trumbo and Howard Lawson for refusing to reveal Communist party membership to the House Un-American Activities Committee. The ruling supports congressional power to question witnesses about political beliefs, a decision with broader implications for civil liberties and the rights of others in Hollywood.
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Washington
Congress
US 8 Circuit Court of Appeals
Committee of Congress
Dalton Trumbo
Honard Lanson
Supreme Court
House UN American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Hollywood
Trumbo
Lawson
Courtese
Pro Italian Parties Dominate Trieste Municipal Vote
Trieste voters elected six pro Italian parties to a governing council, totaling 106978 votes. Results show pro Italian groups favor independence or federation under wartime occupation, with Italian and Allied forces expected to oversee the city. Other parties trailed, including the anti-Communist Socialist, the Democratic front, and pro Yugoslav elements, amid a high turnout and questions on Trieste’s status.
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Trieste
Triste
Erriy Todae
Crone
Trieete
German Trade Talks End Without Pact Draft
Berlin reports say weekend talks failed to yield a draft for a cross border East West trade and transport pact. Experts split reports for Paris ministers noting near agreement on small issues but deadlock on movement of goods and price controls amid Berlin tensions.
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Berlin
Germany
Counc
Paris
Raesien
Ouree
U U. S
Lawrence FL Wilkinson
Tecess
Siner Sundar
Centro
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