Gambling Czar In Los Angeles Shot Outside Of Club
In Los Angeles, rival gangsters opened fire as a crowd left a Sunset Strip club injuring gambler Mickey Cohen and three others. Special bodyguard Harry Cooper and Cohen henchman Edward Herbert were critically or seriously wounded. Miss Dee David and Cohen received lesser injuries. Police found two new shotguns nearby and linked the attack to eastern gangsters moving in on Cohen amid a grand jury probe of police vice ties.
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Mickey Cohen
Sunset Strip
Harry Cooper
Cohen
California
Edward
Neddie) Herbert
Dee David
D. F. Moulton
Moulton
Herbert
Fred Howser
Cooper
Barney Ruditsky
Sherry’s
Tucson
Ruditsky
New Yorker
Bing Crosby
Florabel Muir
Variety Magazine
The
Los Angeles Mirror
New York Daily News
Truman Awake Most Of Night After Chicago Visit
President Truman returned by Independence from Chicago and enjoyed an “enjoyable trip” while midnight merrymakers kept him awake. A street-prowling noise and a man shouting for “Chloe” disrupted the night, then the president greeted Mike Folliard, admired his cap pistol, and walked to Grant Park before flying to Washington.
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Truman
Chicago
Chloe
Independence
Washington Airport
Mike Folliard
Edward Folliard
Washington Post
Mr. Truman
Mike
Young Folliard
White House
Stevens Hotel
Shriners
Secret Service
Michigan Avenue
Harry
Grant Park
Boston Hotel Serves Dogs On Silver Platters
Room service at the Hotel Statler in Boston serves meals on silver platters for the convention of the American Association for the Advancement of the Blind. Seventy one seeing-eye dogs accompany their masters as part of a cheery, unusual dining scene.
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Boston
Statler
American Association For Advancement of the Blind
Showers Continue In Tucson With Humidity Up
Scattered showers kept Tucson cool with a high of 96 as forecasters warned of more rain. Humidity peaked at 87 percent early Wednesday while temperatures eased eight degrees from prior days. Rain totals for the 24 hours reached .02 inch locally, raising the year total to 2.96 inches.
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Tucson
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Lynnwood Farms
Indian School Road
East Blackledge Drive
Southern School For Boys
Magnetic Observatory
Tanque Verde Road
King George's Kin To Marry Commoner
London news reports King George's nephew the Earl of Harewood will wed Vienna born pianist Marion Stein in autumn. The couple announced the engagement after the formal notice and plan a Church of England chapel ceremony. Stein is 22, Harewood 26, son of Princess Mary, 11th in line to the throne.
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King George
Earl of Harewood
Miss Marion Stein
Miss Stein
Earl
Mary
George
Insurance reappraisal plan approved by Arizona panel
Gov. Dan E. Garvey met in secret with a six member Arizona legislative interim committee and won approval for an insurance reappraisal plan. The governor called the committee friendly and helpful after about an hour of discussion.
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Phoenix
Dan E. Garvey
Arizona Legislative Interim Committee
Commit
Garvey
State Welfare Department
Acheson rejects Russian protest over Italy in NATO pact
Secretary Acheson dismissed Moscow's claim that Italy’s NATO membership breaches its peace treaty as utterly without foundation. He noted the Soviet protest reached Washington only Wednesday and said the pact is defensive, not aimed at Russia.
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Acheson
Italy
Moscow
Britain
Russia
State Department
Italy Defends Atlantic Pact Against Russian Criticism
Britain and Italy rebut Moscow’s charge that Italy violated its peace treaty by joining the North Atlantic alliance. An Italian foreign office spokesman said the Russian note is absurd and denied aims to expand Italian armed forces beyond treaty limits. The defense pact remains a defensive undertaking.
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London
Russia
Italy
Britain
Moscow
Foreign Office
Grocery Firm Drivers Strike In Tucson Picket Quiet
Union warehousemen and truck drivers at the James A. Dick Co. in Tucson walked off Monday seeking a new wage deal. About 17 employees took part as talks stalled with the contract having expired May 31.
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Tucson
James A. Dick Co
S. Campbel Ave
Howard Grant
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL
Baldwin Backs Atlantic Pact and World Peace Vision
Washington notes Sen. Baldwin argues the 12 nation Atlantic pact could grow into a world alliance to guard peace and even permit an international police force. He warns isolationism risks U S leadership, allies, and future world order, while defenders say no arms obligation exists.
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Washington
Sen
Baldwin
R-Conn
Senate
United States
World Organization
Wherry
R-Neb
Taft
Ohio
Watkins
Utah
United States of America
Europe
Pact
US proposes UN atomic energy talks pause
Frederick H. Osborn, the US representative on the UN atomic energy commission, urged delaying discussion on controlling atomic energy until the Soviet Western impasse over control is broken.
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Lake Success
United States
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
Frederick H. Osborn
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Osborn
State Vet Urges Horse Vaccination After Sleeping Sickness Outbreak
Dr. F. D. McMahon, Arizona state veterinarian, urged owners in the Salt River valley to vaccinate following a sleeping sickness outbreak. He cited two Glendale Peoria cases, plus one in South Phoenix and one in Scottsdale.
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Phoenix
F. D. McMahon
Salt River Valley
Abel Estrella Reported Missing Near Nogales
A brief bulletin notes Abel Estrella, about 20, reported missing near Nogales Arizona. The item refers readers to BULLETINS on page 11 for updates.
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Nogales
Ariz
Abel Estrella
Condon Urges Safeguard for Witness Rights in Inquiries
Dr. Edward A. Condon urged Congress to guarantee the right to be heard and to cross examine witnesses in congressional investigations. He supported Senator Lucas’s bill and cited personal clashes with the House Un American Activities Committee in 1947 48. Condon argued for broader inquiry powers tempered by fair triple rights to rebuttal and hearings.
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Washington
Edward A. Condon
Congress
Condon
National Bureau of Standards
Senate Rules Committee
Lucas
D-Ill
Senate
House Committee On un-American Activities
Committee
Debate over sharing atomic secrets with Britain and Canada
Washington reports a congressional briefing on restricting presidential power to share atomic bomb know how. An unnamed lawmaker warned a resolution may be used to press Congress for prior approval, amid a Blair House talk among top officials on how far the act permits exchanges.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Senate-House Atomic Committee
Senate
Blair House
Joint Atomic Committee
McMahon
D-Conn
Senate-House Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
Los Alamos Red Cross funds case ends with arrest
H. Tracy Snelling Los Alamos public relations chief turned up in Dallas after a missing week and faced a Red Cross complaint over funds totaling 1008.96 dollars from a March campaign. District attorneys study charges as Snelling returns to Los Alamos for processing.
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N. M
U.P
American Red Cross
H. Tracy Snelling
Los Alamos Atomic Energy Project
Red Cross
Sam Musser
Los Alamos Red Cross Council
Snelling
Dallas
Tex
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bert Prince
Santa Fe
Asst
Abner Schreiber
Musser
Los Alamos Red Cross
Pope Will Broadcast World Address From Vatican
Pope Pius XII will address the world Sunday at 11 30 a m EST via Vatican radio during an audience with the Congress of Women’s Catholic Action. About 11 000 Catholic women are expected, including 1 000 delegates from the congress worldwide.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican Radio
Congress of Women's Catholic Action
Farm Program Battle Opens in House Fight Over Brannan Plan
Washington July 20 The administration opened its house battle for a trial run of the Brannan farm subsidy program calling on Democrats not to be led astray by a collusive mix of Republican controlled farm groups and Dixiecrats. Rep Gore leading the opposition proposes to kill the Brannan bill and extend the present farm program into 1950. Rep Sabath defending the administration called the substitute a mongrel Gore bill and argued it would relieve consumer prices while protecting farmers income.
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Francis M. LE
Washington
House
Brannan
Truman
Capitol Hill
Gore
D-Tenn
Sabath
D-Ill
Illinois
House Rules Committee
Rep
Pace
D-Ga
Senate
Baseball Results National League stretches and misc scores
In a National League set of late results Pittsburgh beat Brooklyn 8 to 6 after a long game with multiple pitchers. Cincinnati graded New York 7 to 5 behind Raffensberger and Koslo while St Louis and Chicago had night games against Boston and Philadelphia respectively.
Take-Off Crash Kills Seven In Seattle
A nonscheduled C-46 airliner crashed on takeoff from Boeing field in Seattle, slicing through a three story rooming house and killing seven people while injuring 30. The craft struck power lines and sparked a blaze as it plummeted onto Harney street, with 18 residents evacuated and several homes damaged.
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King County
Air Transport Associates
Pete Champs
Frank Catalica
Kalamazog Mich
Frank Morgan
Machinisg
Edward Brightcamp
Petsioner
Olavi N. Niemi
Ralph Parker
Corp
Lawerence Furio
W. Huron
Chicago
Boeingfield
Morgan
Brightcamp
Niemi
Harney Street
George A. Cordus
Georgetown
South End
Israeli Syrian Armistice Signed in Galilee
The Israeli Syria armistice was signed in eastern Galilee on July 20. Syrian troops will evacuate about 20 square miles of Israeli territory with 15 square miles demilitarized under UN supervision. A neutral zone includes the coast near the Sea of Galilee and areas around Mishamar Hay Yarden.
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Israel
Galilee
Egypt
Trans- Jordan
Lebanon
United Nations Armistice Commission
Sea of Galilee
En Geb
Lake Hula
Mishamar Hay Yarden
Jordan River
Mishamar Hay Yar‘den
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