Ex Federal Aide Denies Spy Acknowledges Navy Probe
Nathan Gregory Silver testifies before the House Un American Activities Committee that he never Spied for any nation yet acknowledges naval intelligence once sought his removal from government service. He cites a wartime clearance and letters from Patterson Currie Baldwin as reasons against the accusations. Elizabeth Bentley reiterates his alleged disclosure of secrets to her for relay to the Russians.
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Navy
Washington
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
Naval
House UN- American Activities Committee
Silverane Eet
Master
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Silvermaster
U. S. Secret Service
War Patterson
Patterson
Laughlin Currie
C. B Baldwin
Naval Intelligence
Javelin Title Goes To Finn
Kaj Routavaara of Finland won the javelin at Wembley with a 228 ft 9 in throw. Dr. Steve Seymour placed second for the United States with 221 ft 6 in, J Varszegi of Hungary was third, and Martin Biles of California finished sixth. Seymour’s runner-up finish marked the best U S showing in this European event.
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Olympic Stadium
Wembley
England
Finland
Kaj Routavaara
Steve Seymour
Los Angeles
J. Varszegi
Hungary
Martin Biles
University of California
Bob Likins
San Jose State College
Seymour
United States
Don Gehrmann
Wisconsin
Lennart Strand
Sweden
Erik Jorgensen
Denmark
Gehrmann
Holland
F. A. de Ruyter
Strand
Clem Eischen
Washington State
Willi Slijkhuis
Eischen
Justice Dept says three-year probe yielded no red evidence
Washington officials said a three year half million dollar investigation failed to produce documents or confessions to justify prosecuting the Communist espionage case. They noted two blocks: missing Bentley documents and accused defendants refusing to confess. A witness said indictments possible if Bentley story is supported.
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Washington
WUP
High Justice Department
Congressional
Justice Department
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Whittaker Chambers
FBI
Miss Bentley
Moscow
Hits Department
Cardinal Sibilia Dies Leaving 11 Cardinal Vacancies
Enrico Cardinal Sibilia, 87, oldest cardinal, died in Anagni after months of heart trouble. The Sabina and Poggio Mirteto bishop was ordained in 1884 and served as a Vatican diplomat from 1890. His death creates 11 vacancies in the college of cardinals, which has 70 members at full strength.
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Vatican City
Pi— Enrico Cardinal Sibilia
College of Cardinals
Anagni
Cardinal Sibilia
Sabina
Poggio Mirteto
Rome
St. Agnes Church
Vatican
Baseball Scores Jump To Early Lead In Busy Card
St. Louis defeated New York 7 to 2 in the first game. Other games listed include Chicago at Brooklyn night, Pittsburgh at Philadelphia postponed by rain, Cincinnati at Boston night, and American League action New York at Detroit with Philadelphia at Chicago postponed by rain and Boston at St. Louis night.
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St. Louis
New York
Chicago
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Boston
Detroit
Airborne magnetometer probes oil and mineral sites
In White Plains New York a device flown by airplanes, the airborne magnetometer, tracks Earth's magnetic field to map basement rock deep underground. Used with Shoran navigation it helps locate mineral or oil leads before drilling or mining. It has seen use in Canada, the Bahama area, New Mexico, West Texas, and South American jungles.
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White Plains
N. Y
Canada
Bahama Islands
New Mexico
West Texas
South American
GOP Outlines Own Solutions
Senate Republicans abandon anti poll tax bill amid southern filibuster and push for quick adjournment. Millikin says next year the party will seek rules changes to break future southern resistance on civil rights. A limited credit restriction bill and housing plan are pushed, with adjournment aimed by weekend.
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Washington
Senate
GOP
Eugene D. Millikin
Republican Conference
Millikin
Congress
Truman
House Banking Committee
House
Robert A. Taft
R-O
Voters Back Foe Of Pendergast In Three States
In Missouri Kansas and Virginia primaries voters backed veteran candidates. Missouri Democrat Frank Smith won the governor nomination with a wide margin while Kansas Republican Schoeppel led for the Senate seat and Virginia Democrat A Willis Robertson took renomination by a two to one margin. Incumbents largely faced solo or weak opposition in congressional races.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Kansas
Virginia
Frank Smith
U. S
Dan M. Nee
Atty
Roy McKittrick
Smith
Kansas City
Murray Thompson
State House of Representatives
Manuel H. Davis
Schoeppel
Andrew Schoeppel
Senate
Arthur Capper
Washington
Capitol
Wichita
Harold Malone
Capper
George McGill
E. K. Dean
A. Willis Robertson
James P. Hart, Jr
Roanoke
Dewey Short
Quentin Haden
Herbert A. Meyer
Garvey Said To Plan Special Session
Rumor in Tucson places Acting Gov. Dan E. Garvey preparing to call a special session of the 18th legislature within two weeks. Gov. Garvey would not be reached and his secretary Hal Mitchell would not confirm the plan, noting the Indian relief issue remains unresolved.
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Tucson
Dan E. Garvey
Mitchell
Registration to Hit 40 000 in Pima County Primary
Volunteer workers from the League of Women Voters aided 1 969 registrations in the seven days ending Monday for the September 7 primary. The tally suggests at least 40 000 registered voters in Pima County, well above the 32 743 in the 1946 general election, with the J C Penney store on East Congress Street drawing the largest burst of registrations.
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League of Women Voters
Tucson
Pima County
Anna Sullinger
Pima County Recorder
League
J. C. Penney
East Congress Istreet
Southern Arizona Bank and Trust Co
Colored Methodist Episcopal Church
Congregation Anshei Israel
East Sixth Street
Southside
Presbbyterian Church
Carnegie Library
Tuffy
Arizona
Murdock
Penney Gilbert
Mmes
E. R. Amdrix
N. C. Owen
C. E. Hocking
William le Boff
Morgan Maxwell
E. R. Peters
Dorothy McGuire
Robert Heineman
Warren Schreurs
Fred Webster
Henry Rubenstein
M. D. Cohen
Charles W. Adams
W. T. Jefferies
Margaret Knight
Margaret Bucillio
Stalin Talks May Continue
An informed source says another meeting may be requested between Western envoys and Stalin and Molotov as talks proceed. The trio U S Ambassador Smith French Ambassador Chataigneau and Frank Roberts await instructions from Washington Paris and London with Smith seen as driving the effort amid Berlin tensions.
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Moscow
Stalin
V. M. Molotov
Molotov
U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Ernest Bevin
Washington
Paris
London
Dayton Strike Continues at Univis Lens Co
Dayton Ohio August 4 local 768 United Electrical Workers CIO voted to keep the strike going until a satisfactory agreement is reached. National guardsmen in steel helmets guarded nonstrikers as few pickets appeared, raising hopes the violent stage may be passing with no mass demonstrations expected.
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Dayton, O
Univis Lens Co
United Electrical Workers
Peso Plunges to 14 Cents in Local Market
In Nogales Arizona on August 4 the Mexican peso fell to 14 U S cents in the local market its lowest since controls were lifted a few weeks ago. The Santa Cruz County Chamber of Commerce standardizing committee fixed daily local rates for stores setting the new price early Wednesday morning.
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Nogales
Ariz
U. S
Santa Cruz County
SP Protesting New Valuation In Arizona Rail Assessments
Phoenix August 4 The Southern Pacific Co charge the state tax commission failed to exercise supervision over the administration of assessment and tax laws as property was not on the tax rolls at full cash value. Oliver M. Frank Tucson taxed the $52 765 594 valuation of railway properties asking reduction to $47 122 600. The Santa Fe railway protested 1948 valuation of $41 909 642 and sought restoration to 1947 $40 374 879. H F Mills Iron King mine Yavapai county complained of a $300 000 increase raising valuation to $1 800 000.
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Phoenix
Southern Pacific Co
State Tax Commission
Oliver M. Frank
Tucson
Frank
State Board of Equalization
Santa Fe Railroad
H. F. Mills
Iron King
Yavapai County
Price Of Live Hogs Hits New Record
Prices for live hogs rose to a new all time high of 31.25 dollars per hundred pounds in early trading in Chicago. The run of records began with 30.50 dollars last September and 31.10 dollars on Monday as supplies remained scarce due to feeder shortages and ongoing conditions. Hog receipts last week fell to their lowest since a year ago, with this week’s totals around 25 000 head, well under a day’s supply in January.
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Chicago
National Guard Fully Reactivated in Arizona After Inspection
Phoenix August 4 The activation of the entire Arizona national guard was completed with a federal inspection Monday night of the medical detachment of the 480th field artillery battalion at the Mesa armory. Col. Thomas G. Poland conducted the inspection as senior army instructor with the guard.
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Phoenix
Arizona National Guard
480Th Field Artillery
Mesa Armory
Thomas G. Poland
Guard
Bishop captured in Eloy after jail escape linked to deputy shooting
Willis Bishop 21, Los Angeles Negro, who fled Eloy jail Monday night while suspects in the ambush slaying of Pinal Deputy Sheriff Ed Smith, was arrested at a friend’s home. authorities say he surrendered quietly as deputies closed in.
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Eloy
Willis Bishop
Los Angeles
Pinal
Ed Smith
A. D. Beach
C. J.prock
Bishop
Florence
Lawrance White
Lynn Earley
Preston Salt
Bloy
Phoenix
Smith
Beach
16Th
Jefferson
State Highway Patrol
Hollis Yandell
Herb Hodgson
Earley
Danube Talks Push Soviet Plan For Control
Belgrade August 4 The Soviet Union presented a draft plan at the Danube conference demanding exclusive control by eastern European Communist states over the river. Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky outlined a plan granting each country immediate control within its borders and nullifying the 1921 Paris convention. The USSR and its satellites seek sovereignty to limit foreign interference on the 1800 mile waterway.
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Belgrade
Eastern
Europe
Danube
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
U. S
Britain
France
Vishinsky
Russia
America
Bulgaria
Romania
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Arabs Open to Compromise on Palestine Says King Abdullah
King Abdullah in Amman spoke of a possible Arab compromise on Palestine to avoid bloodshed. He urged joint discussion before any new Bernadotte settlement proposals are finalized and noted potential acceptance if discussions precede rejection. Bernadotte called him helpful after meeting in Amman.
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Amman
Trans-Jordan
Abdullah
Palestine
Bernadotte
Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Western Allies See Little Action at Danube Conference
AP analyst Dewitt MacKenzie reports Belgrade hosts a Danube control conference with a Soviet backed plan that cedes river rights to Eastern bloc states while Western powers face limited room to influence terms. Vishinsky demands Western departure or acceptance of Communist decisions.
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Andrei I. Vishinsky
Prague
Moscow
Belgrade
Vishinsky
Danube
Dewitt MacKenzie
Europe
Missing Plane Sparks Wide Area Air Search Along Tucson Corridor
Five Civil Air Patrol lightplanes searched about 2,500 square miles south and west of Tucson after a silver and red BT 13 failed to reach Sky Lodge airport. Pilot Bill Humphries, 21, of Jellico Tennessee, vacationing near San Diego, had left Ajo for Tucson at 515 p.m. Tuesday. Border patrol saw a plane south of Sasabe toward Altar Mexico.
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Sheriff's Office
Border Patrol
Sasabe
Altar
Mexico
Civil Air Patrol
Tucson
Sky Lodge
Ajo
Bill Humphries
Jellico
Tenn
del Mar
Calif
Humphries
el Centro
Civil Aeromautics Authority
CAA
San Diego
CAP
Paul W. Spencer
Co. B. Briggs
Martin Humphreys
Harold Shoemaker
Civil Lair Patrol
Phoenix
Nogales
Santa Rosa Peak
Sasabes
Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
U S Zone Clears Dr Hugo Eckener
Stuttgart reports that an American denazification court cleared 79 year old German Zeppelin designer Dr Hugo Eckener of Nazi charges on Tuesday.
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Stuttgart
Germany
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Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Finn
Richard M. Nixon
R-Cal
House Un-American Activities Committee
Bentley
Federal Reserve
Pendergast
Garvey
Robert
Ambassador Smith
Berlin
Gen
Eisenhower
Dayton
National Guard
Boss’ of
Danube Parley
U. S. Zone
Hugo Eckener
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