U S Basketball Champs Trip Czechoslovakia 53 to 28 in Olympic
The United States basketball team defeated Czechoslovakia 53 to 28 in London as part of their Olympic preliminaries, extending their perfect record in group play. Vince Boryla led with nine points, while Alex Groza fouled out after scoring 19 against Switzerland earlier.
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Sam
Czechoslovakia
Baoeey
Bud Browning
Switzerland
Harringay Arena
Vince Boryla
Denver Nuggets
Alex Groza
University of Kentucky
United States
Groza
Bob Kurland
Phillips Oilers
Bob
Guinn Smith
Army
Ohio Pickets Defy Troops in Strike At Univis Co Plant
Dayton, August 2. The CIO United Electrical Workers picket line at the Univis plants intensified as about 200 demonstrators gathered at the entrance. Gov. Herbert warned of national guard intervention if violence resumed and the plant sought to reopen amid a 90 day strike.
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Quio National Guard
Univisions Co
Louis Lohrey
Thomas J. Herbert
CIO United Electrical Workers
Jamas J. Herbert
National Guard
Bruce van Winkle
Dewey In Touch With Congress
GOP leaders say Thomas E. Dewey relies on Herbert Brownell Jr as his campaign channel in Washington with a campaign headquarters set up. They note coordination with Brownell reflects Dewey's sentiments while Dewey has not directly dictated congressional actions.
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GOP
Congress
Herbert Brownell, Jr
New York
Herb
Martin
Dewey
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Dallas Meat Strike Set
Dallas housewives began a week long boycott against high meat prices with volunteers phoning every family on assigned pages of the local phone book. The campaign runs August 9 to 16 and aims to lower meat costs for the average family.
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Atlanta
Corpus Christi
Orange
Tex
R. D. Vaughn
Dallas Women's Chamber of Commerce
Baseball Scores Night Games Across The League
Chicago defeats Brooklyn 4 to 2 in a scheduled game as Cincinnati plays Boston at night and St. Louis visits New York. One American League game sees Washington at St. Louis also on the night schedule.
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Boston
St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Brooklyn
American League
Washington
Stalin Envoys To Hold Talks In Moscow
Western diplomats led by Walter Bedell Smith Frank Roberts and Yves Chataigneau prepared to meet Stalin in the Kremlin to discuss the Berlin blockade and broader European questions. A four power approach could follow if talks prove fruitful, with possible later meetings including Truman Attlee and Andre Marie. Bevin signaled the aim to clarify the Western position and seek peace and security in Europe.
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France
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Yves Chataigneau
Berlin
London Star
Truman
Attlee
Andre Marie
the Star
Ernest Bevin
House of Commons
Bevin
Roberts
Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Greek Troops Seize Strategic Eleptis Height
In two weeks of intense fighting Greek troops captured the 6,000 foot Eleptis peak, a key point in the Grammos Smolika area held by Communist rebels led by Markos Vafiadis. The general staff said forces advanced from Kleptis toward the Smolika ridges and seized enough munitions to equip a battalion.
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Eleptis
Smolika Range
Grammos
Markos Vafiades
Kleptis
Flying boat missing with 52 aboard prompts Atlantic search
A French Latecoere 631 flying boat with 52 aboard vanished en route from Fort de France Martinique to Port Entienne West Africa. Air France and U S ships joined a wide sea air search 1 400 miles west of Africa as authorities warn of a potential record Atlantic disaster.
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U.P
Tucson
Ft. de France
Martinique
French West Indies
Port Entienne
French West Africa
Dakar
Air France
Cape Verde Islands
Two Tucson B-29s Take Off For Japan
Manila August 2 Two globe circling U S B 29 bombers took off from Clark field Monday for Japan. The planes landed here after a 13 hour 20 minute nonstop flight from Ceylon. They will land at Yokota field in Japan. U S officials at Aden said they had no additional details to release at this time.
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Clark Field
Japan
Ceylon
Yokota Field
U. S
Aden
Russia Seeks Danube Grip Amid Conference Moves
Belgrade reports Russia circulated a Danube pact proposal giving Communist dominated states control of the 1800 mile waterway. Andrei Vishinsky will present the document, with passage likely as conference votes favor eastern bloc seven to three. The plan would revoke the 1921 Danube Convention and place river authority in a new commission dominated by Danube states.
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Yugoslavia
Russia
Europe
Andrei Vishinsky
Austria
France
Vishinsky
Danube
Endarission Board
Central European
Ulm
Germany
Black Sea
Special Commission
Germans Receive Highest Food Rations Since Occupation Began
In Bizonia the 40 million Germans in British American zones now receive the highest basic ration since occupation began. The AMG credits crops, currency reform, and European Recovery Program aid for improved food and boosted Ruhr coal and overall industrial output. July basic ration rose to 1,990 calories, up from 1,550 at year start.
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AMG
Ruhr
Bizonia
Germany
Wife Comes To Aid Of Officer In Tavarn Brawl Slaying
In Portland Oregon on August 2 a police officer shot as four men fought. Officer Ross Buzzell and his wife June Buzzell attempted to quell the brawl when a gun fired wounding June in the forehead. Two suspects jailed, two at large as violent struggle ended with a glass window crash.
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Ore
John Warren
June Buzzell
Ross Buzzell
Buzzell
Sgt
Warren
Power Demand in West Grows Says Federal Commission
The federal power commission projects upper basin states of the Colorado river system will need about three times as much electric energy in 1970 as in 1940. It sees irrigation expanding 65 percent, acres under irrigation rising, and population reaching 1.46 million by 1970, with cheaper electricity shaping rural economies and industry in Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, and parts of New Mexico.
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Appropriations Committee
Geneva
United States Steel Corp
UN Pursues Arab Refugee Pact Amid Palestine Tensions
UN Security Council plans urgent session Monday at Britain's request to address about 300000 Arab refugees from Palestine. Count Bernadotte urged returning refugees during a truce, while Jewish refugees in Cyprus face detention protests. Cairo reports hunger and disease threaten 300000 to 350000 Palestinians.
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Palestine
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Bernadotte
Britain
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Raphael’ Cilento
Official Denies Secrecy Testimony Before Senate Panel
William W. Remington of the commerce department testifies in Washington before a Senate subcommittee probing Communist influence. He denies claims by a self-styled former Communist that he supplied secret information to the Communists during the war. Elizabeth Bentley tells the committee she joined the party in 1935 and discusses gathering political and military information for the Communist party.
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Remington
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Communist Party
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Scarsdale
N. Y
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White
William P. Rogers
Bentley
Aaner Remington
Migs Bentley
Ex Communist Budenz testifies on spies in federal jobs
Ex Communist Louis Budenz says thousands of Communists may be in federal service and several hundred in influential posts. He describes an underground Washington lobby and cites Hollywood revenue aiding the party. Elizabeth Bentley names former officials in wartime espionage. Currie White Remington deny ties and secrets. Remington on leave after scrutiny.
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Louis Budenz
Communist Daily Worker
William Rogers
Hollywood
Communist Party Treasury
Budenz
Senate
United States
Fordham University
Elizabeth Bentley
Vassar
Russia
White House
Capitol Hill
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
House Committee On the American Activities
Miss Bentley
Moscow
Normandy
Currie
Lauchlin Currie
Roosevelt
Harry D. White
the Treasury
Remington
White
Move To Silence Filibuster Fails
Sen Vandenberg ruled against the Republican bid to end debate on the antipoll tax bill. Wherry sought cloture to halt Southern filibuster delaying a vote. Russell pressed the parliamentary point, and Vandenberg sustained him. Also noted a price-boost probe into U S Steel by Rep Spence and the House banking committee.
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Sen
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
GOP
Wherry
R-Neb
Russell
D-Ga
Isks Steel
U. S. Steel
House Banking Committee
Rep
Spence
D-Ky
Wolcott
Censorship By Ewing Charged
Senator Ferguson announced a Senate committee will probe censorship charges against Oscar Ewing security administrator. John Studebaker, former Education Secretary, alleges Ewing ordered preapproval of public statements by Ewing staff, restricting education office speech on communism.
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Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Senate Investigation Committee
Oscar Ewing
Federal Security
Michigan
Senate
Ewing
John W. ‘Studebaker
Education
Studebaker
FSA
Bwi Cloge
Truman
Atomic Bomb's Birthday Reflects on Past and Future
James Marlow notes three years since Hiroshima in 1945. He recalls a radio warning on the day and asks what the atomic era may bring. The piece suggests progress in medicine and industry but warns of looming terror if humanity cannot control the bomb.
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James Marlow
Washington
Hiroshima
Russia
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