Perjury probes and consular clash over Kosenkina case
House un American activities committee moves to prosecute witnesses for perjury while Soviet Consul General in New York ignores a state court order to produce Mrs. Oksana Kosenkina. The dispute draws protests from the Russian government and a pending New York court decision. Michael Samarin, another teacher, is brought to Washington for questioning as the affair unsettles diplomatic relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House un-American Activities Committee
New York
Oksana Kosenkina
State Department
Thomas E. Dewey
House Committee
Michael Samarin
Washington
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Kremlin
Rep
Mundt
R.S.D
Miss Bentley
Russia
Rets
FBI
G-men
Red
Moscow
Joe Stalin
Michael Ivanovitch Samarin
Samarin
Somakin
Kosenkina
Dixiecrats Wooing Texas Votes in 1948 Campaign
Houston rally draws 8000 to 9000 as Thurmond and Wright push Texas 23 electoral votes. Thurmond claims over 100 votes for the ticket and denounces rivals as bringing a new Russian look. Wright vows states rights as the key alternative to dictatorship as Maybank leads in South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Texas
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
South
Thurmond
Fielding Wright
Mississippi
States Rights
Truman
Sam Houston Coliseum
America
Babe Ruth News Sparks Outpouring From Cities Worldwide
Messages of support flood New York hospitals as Babe Ruth remains critically ill. Telephones jammed and blood donor offers redirected. Boston ties surface with cards from theaters and a mayoral telegram.
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New York
Memorial Hospital
Babe Ruth
Boston
Ruth
James M. Curley
S. S. William Fairbairn
Marine Post Office
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Frank J. Kennedy
Holyoke
Mass
Mary Doloroso Ruth
West Hempstead
N. Y
God
Tobin Accepts Labor Post Ends Truman's Labor Search
Maurice J. Tobin accepts the secretary of labor post, replacing the late Lewis B. Schwellenbach. He withdraws from Massachusetts governor race, will take a recess appointment at $15,000 a year. Tobin praises service to the country, labor spokesmen hail the decision as Taft-Hartley repeal looms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tobin
Truman
Washington
Boston
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Senate
Congress
Labor Department
Maurice J. Tobin
Massachusetts
Organized Labor
Lightning Strikes Arizona Power Line Cause Tucson Failures
Lightning struck a Parker dam power line causing two outages in Tucson on Wednesday. The first cut began 1 56 p m lasting eight minutes and the second at 2 14 p m with service restored four minutes later. A new Parker dam line is under construction to skirt storm areas and be ready in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Parker Dam
J. R. Snider
Coolidge
Reclamation Bureau
Snider
Flagstaff voters view gubernatorial race in quiet poll
In Flagstaff and Coconino County, voters show mixed support for GOP and Democratic candidates with Goodson and Harles leading among 37 respondents. Garvey and Moore receive small but notable backing while Jim Smith draws no votes. overall focus remains on personalities rather than issues.
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Flagstaff
Coconino County
J. Melvin Goodson
University of Arizona
Goodson
Richard F. Harles
U. S
Jim Smith
Mohave
Graham
Thad Moore
Dan Garvey
Marvin Smith
Maricopa County
Bruce Brockett
William R. Bourdon
Gordon Wheeler
Renning
Senate
Wheeler
Charles Dryden
Harry Sutherland
Williams
Jesse L. Boyce
Warner Leon McDonald
Progressive Party
Garvey
Santa Fe Railroad
Lumber Workers Union
Arizona
Moore
Harless
Verde Valley
Yavapai County
Arthur W. Way
United States offers Danube seat trade for nonriparian representation
Belgrade Aug 12 The United States proposed trading its Danube commission seat for representation for Austria and Germany and suggested an all member commission with full and equal German participation after peace terms. Critics from Yugoslavia Romania and others argued the move aimed at political and economic penetration of Eastern Europe.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
United States
Austria
Germany
U.S
Cavendish Cannon
Keeller
Europe
Cannon
Ales Bebler
Danube
Anna Pauker
Romania
Mannikins' Old Look Prompts A Protest
Mrs Mary Wanley urged Detroit city council to ban nude mannikins in store windows saying they embarrass women and likely stimulate criminals. The council filed her suggestion for future consideration.
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Detroit
Mary Wanley
Envoys Return To Kremlin For Blockade Talk
American, British and French ambassadors visited the Kremlin with Molotov seeking an end to the Berlin blockade. U S Ambassador Walter B. Smith French Ambassador Yves Chataigneau and British envoy Frank Roberts traveled from the American embassy for the talks. Western officials warned Stalin may be asked to personally intervene if talks fail. Smith said the three would confer at the U S embassy after the meeting.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Vyacheslav Molotov
U. S
Walter B. Smith
Yves Chataigneau
Frank Roberts
Molotov
Berlin
Europe
London
Stalin
Smith
Dial Workers Walk Off Job
The ACEW union members at Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph walked off the job for a half day on July 16 after a prolonged rest period. P G Moore Western Electric supervisor said he knew nothing beyond workers failing to report back at 10 10 a m as negotiations with ACEW officials continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Association of Communications Equipment Workers
CIO
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
S. C. Tracy
Stewart
P. G. Moore
Western Electric
ACEW
Forrestal Announces Four Peacetime Draft Rules
Secretary Forrestal outlines draft reforms including no volunteer after notice, staged calls within 120 days with reexams, physicals under army rules with a mental test, and a chance for draftees to choose a service branch where possible. Army will run induction and voluntary enlistments, with joint induction stations at Army and Air Force facilities. Navy and Marine enrollments continue but no draftees soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Armed Forces
Army
Army-air Force
Army Air
Navy Marine
Navy
Marines
Army Air Force
Perseid Meteor Shower To Light Night Sky Over U S
New York August Meteors expected to be visible starting Thursday night for several days. Hayden planetarium's Robert R. Coles says up to fifty shooting stars may be seen in an hour if skies stay clear. Meteors burn out high in the atmosphere as Earth passes through their orbit.
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New York
Robert R. Coles
Hayden Planetarium
Korean Government to Proclaim First Democratic Regime
Seoul August 12 President Syngman Rhee will proclaim Korea's first democratic government at 11 a.m. on the capital grounds next Sunday in a formal ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Korea
Injured Russian Teacher Falls From Consulate Window
A Russian school teacher, identified as Mrs. Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina, fell or jumped from an upper story window at the Russian consulate on East 61st Street during a police operation. She was taken to Roosevelt Hospital with alleged injuries after a habeas corpus effort sought her court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
E. 61St Street
Tucson
House Committee On un-American Activities
State Supreme Court
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Yakov M. Lomakin
Here
George P. Mitchell
East 51St Street
Kosenkina
Soviet jamming targets Voice of America reports
Washington officials report evidence of deliberate radio interference with Voice of America broadcasts to Russia from inside the Soviet Union. Officials say the issue centers on interference described as heckling and that the U S plans a major expansion adding ten languages including Ukrainian by October 1 to reach the Soviet audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Voice of America
Russia
State Department
Europe
Riccia
United States
Moscow
Far East
Soviet Union
Ence
Voice of American
Ukraine
Bernadotte Orders Halt by 11 A.M. Friday in Jerusalem
UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte demanded both Arabs and Jews stop all warfare in Jerusalem by 11 a.m. Friday local time. The call came after a midnight battle that marked the fiercest since the UN truce began, with both sides reporting and observers on duty across Palestine.
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Bernadotte
Rhodes
Folke Bernadotte
Palestine
Jerusalem
Tucson
United Nations
Tel Aviv
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New York Times
Michael I. Samarin
Dixiecrats
Alfred E. Smith
Truman-Barkley
Henry A. Wallace
By Bob Brooks
Concensus
Joe Doaks
Yuma
Kingman
Mannikins
Reds
Count Folke Bernadotte
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