Denial of fix in Amerasia case faces new scrutiny
The Amerasia wartime secrets case draws renewed congressional interest amid GOP charges of a cover up. Sen. Tydings and Rep. Hobbs disputed secrecy, legality of raids, and idle rumors, while Bielaski’s testimony and six 1945 arrests remain under review.
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Washington
Amerasia
Congress
Sen. Tydings
Amerasia Magazine
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Tydings
McCarthy
House
Rep. Hobbs
D-Ala
Roth
Brooks
Hobbs
Frank Bielaski
Office of Strategic ‘Services
Oss
Brooks-Bielaski
New York
Philip Jaffe
Emmanuel Larsen
John S. Service
Jaffe
Larsen
Fings
Service
Rep. Brown
Ohio
Brown
Russia
GOP
Bielaski
Senate Committee
Rep
Dondero
R-Mich
FBI
I Grand Jury
GM Signs 5 Year Pact With Union
General Motors and the CIO United Auto Workers announced a new five year contract for about 260000 GM workers. The deal includes a $0.04 an hour annual wage rise, a 19 cent per hour benefits gain, $100 monthly pensions, and a continuing cost of living formula. It runs to 1955 with a modified union shop and pensions tied to federal benefits. Walter Reuther and Harry Anderson hailed the agreement as historic and significant. A separate feature introduces Daily Citizen dog photographs by Robert A. Hanks with captions by Arthur Baer, starting today on page 8.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
CIO
United Auto Workers
Congress
Harry Anderson
Walter Reuther
Uaw-Cio
Uawcio
General Motors
Reuther
UAW
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Daily Citizen
Robert A. Hanks
Baer
Chicago Wins Narrow Baseball Battle Over Brooklyn
Chicago tallies five runs on nine hits while Brooklyn scores four on four hits in a National League game. Smalley and Pafko homer for Chicago. Branca took the loss, with Banta and Cam panella closing.
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National League
Chicago
Brooklyn
Schmitz
Owen
Branca
Barney
Banta
Campanella
Smalley and Pafko
Acheson Plans Secret Report on Atlantic Pact Conference
Secretary of State Acheson will present a secret report to Congress on the Atlantic pact conference in London. Senate Democratic Leader Lucas announced a closed meeting May 31 at the Library of Congress auditorium, with senators invited to hear and question Acheson. Acheson is returning from London where he conferred with foreign ministers and will brief President Truman before the hearing.
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Washington
Acheson
Congress
London
Senate
Lucas
Library of Congress
White House
Truman
New Summer Bus Schedules Include Fewer School Runs
B M Larrick of Tucson Rapid Transit announces summer schedules starting Sunday. School trips end as buses serving students are removed. several routes see altered headways and hours with some services reduced or shifted. Adjustments affect East Sixth Street, North Stone and Oracle, Broadway lines, airbase route, and North First Avenue with rider numbers guiding possible future changes.
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B. M. Larrick
Tucson Rapid Transit Co
University-Jefferson
Larrick
East Sixth Street
North Stone
Oracle
Broadway
Paseo Dorado
Swan
Fifth Street
Airbase
East 22Nd Street
South Country Club Road
North First Avenue
Broadway Plumer
17Th Street
Plumer
U S Charges German Force Violates Pact
The United States France and Britain protested Moscow over a 50 000 man East German police force. Washington said it violates five agreements and described the unit as a military force with infantry artillery tanks and other weapons. France joined in demanding dissolution of the force to restore trust in Soviet pacific intentions.
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Washington
United States
France
Britain
Moscow
East Germany
State Department
Soviet Union
Paris
Germany
Russia
Wilhelm Zaisser
Zaisser
Petrakovsky
Soviet Control Commission
Bereitschaft
Warm sunshine and heat record noted at 95 degrees
Yesterday's high reached 95 degrees with a low of 62 this morning. The date's high record from 1934 stood at 103. The forecast calls for variable cloudiness with widely scattered showers after noon and evening, though no significant temperature change expected. Cleveland, Ohio recorded the wettest spot with 1.30 inches in 24 hours.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Flying Disc Sightings Reported Over Tucson Park
Charles Dushkin and six others in Armory Park reported a round dark plate like object seen yesterday afternoon weaving across the sky. Witnesses say the disc appeared lower than a plane and left white vapor trails as others also phoned in sightings through the night.
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Tucson
Charles Dushkin
Sixth Ave
Citizen News Room
Dushkin
Armory Park
Daily Citizen
Astronomer Reports Seeing Object Not An Airplane
U P Seymour Hess of Lowell Observatory said he observed a bright disc cutting through clouds around 12:15 p.m. last Saturday from Flagstaff. Using four power binoculars he saw a parachute like form, possibly one half of a spherical object, with a visible disc to the naked eye. Williams AFB near Phoenix denied knowledge of the object as rumors of flying saucers persist.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
U.P
Seymour L. Hess
Lowell Observatory
Williams Air Force Base
Phoenix
Air Force
Truman Proclaims Memorial Day Prayer for Peace
President Truman urged Americans to observe Memorial Day as a day of prayer for permanent peace. He set 8 a.m. Tucson time on May 30 as a nationwide moment for all to join in prayer across faiths for divine aid toward enduring peace.
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Washington
Truman
Tucson
Five Airmen Die In Speedsol Crash Near Hemlock Drive
A coroner jury weighs cause of five Davis Monthan airmen deaths in a three car collision on Aviation road near Hemlock drive. Witnesses testified all three cars were speeding, with speeds cited from 40 to over 60 mph as the Mercury hit the Plymouth and Dodge head on.
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Davis-Monthan
Aviation Road
Hemlock Drive
James M. Howsare
Base Hospital
Robert S. Kessler
Lyle C. Painter
Corp
Lawrence S. D. Hagen
Hagen
Kessler
Painter
Tucson
James Stewart
Franklin Martz
al Walden
Sadie Maltz
E. Hemlock
Elwood Prowneke
Davis- Monthan
Hemlock
Earl Keenum
Keenum
Finx
Conservatives Near Victory Over Housing Policy
A Conservative motion censuring the Labor government over its housing program failed by six votes. The chamber voted 299 to 293, signaling strong opposition but not enough to pass.
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London
Labor
Senate backs two Truman reorganizations in commerce and GSA
In Washington the Senate approved 43-29 two Truman plans to reorganize the commerce department and the General Services Administration. In Prague the Czechoslovak government asked the United States to cut its diplomatic staff in the country to 12. The House voted 350 million dollars for navy modernization including an atomic submarine and a guided missile ship and converting up to 200000 tons of existing vessels.
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Washington
U.P
Senate
Truman
Commerce Departments
General Services Administration
Prague
Czechoslovakia
United States
House
Nogales Seeks Delay on Visa Fee Increase
Nogales businessmen urge the state department to defer the new visa cost hike set to take effect June 1. The plan would raise the border crossing fee for Mexicans to three dollars while U.S. citizens’ fee would stay at two dollars. The Nogales Chamber of Commerce requests postponement or allowance of multiple entries for border residents.
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Nogales
WUP
State Department
United States
U.S
Trains Carry FDJ Youth To Berlin Demonstration
East Berlin hosts a peaceful FDJ youth march with up to 500000 participants. West Berlin Mayor Reuter warns defenders of freedom as Soviet sector officials drum up flags and reviewing stands.
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Berlin
Gerhart Eisler
Eisler
FDJ
West Berlin
Ernst Reuter
Free German Youth
Reds
Bandit Hunt Pressed In Safeway Robbery Case
City detectives keep the search active for a 25 to 30 year old highwayman who robbed the Safeway at 1108 E. Sixth Street last Tuesday. A tan 1947 Dodge sedan used in the escape, license C 34607, remains missing. description notes red shirt, tan slacks, gray coat, and a new straw hat left behind.
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James Brady
Safeway
E. Sixth St
Phoenix
North Park Avenue
East Sixth Street
Probe Resumed On Ft. Grant By Legislators
Arizona lawmakers escalated an inquiry into Ft. Grant state industrial school for boys and the state hospital for the insane after records confirmed purchases of damaged canned goods. Witness Alice Goodwin traveled to Phoenix for questioning as the panel weighed matters from food purchases to a missing farm tractor and outsized store bids during wartime.
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Ft. Grant
Phoenix
Arizona State Industrial School For Boys
State Hospital For the Insane
Dan E. Garvery
Legislative Interim Committee
Alice Goodwin
Jack Wilson
Perry Ling
Roy Hislop
Dan E. Garvey
Ernest, Wallace
Maynard Hislop
W. J. Prindle
Garvey
House
Raymond G. Langham
Senate
Fred J. Fritz
Langham
Bruce B. Hart
Hunt
Tucson
H. H. Brown
Harry Whitmer
Elias Schlossberg
Doyle
Whitmer
Gene Doyle
Board of Control
State Auditor's Office
Salt Lake City
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Randolph Air Force Base
San Antonio
Camp Campbell
Fix
Amerasta
U. S
I.M.L
Johnny McMahon
Patrick
Oberammergau
Johnny
Maj
J. A. McMahon
Boise
Ida
American Intelligence School
Jerusalem
Lowell
Conservatives
East Berlin
Bob Brooks
Ann Frohmiller
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