Soviet Style German constitution adopted by communist congress
A communist led German congress adopted a Soviet type constitution claiming to speak for all Germany and named 400 candidates for a people’s council. Otto Grotewohl denounced the Bonn constitution, while Gerhart Eisler, a U S fugitive, was named on the candidate list and expected to return to Germany soon.
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Berlin
People's Congress
Germany
People's Council
Gerhart Eisler
U. S
Russia
Paris
Andrei Vishinsky
People’s Congress
France
Otto Grotewohl
East Germany
Bonn
Bse Rs Wea A
Lynching In South Probed
IRWINTON Ga May 31 Authorities dug two bullets from Caleb Hill Jr.s battered body in an apparent lynching. Sheriff Hatcher said Hill was kidnapped from his cell, beaten and shot by unknown hands. A coroner s jury ruled his death a gunshot homicide.
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Irwinton
Caleb Hill Jr
George W. Hatcher
Hatcher
Hill
Western Powers Hold Secret Parley On Red Rejection
Paris May 31 three western foreign ministers Dean Acheson Ernest Bevin Robert Schuman met unseen to map next steps after Soviet rejection of a plan for a political union of east and west Germany They discussed Berlin currency issues and broad principles while preparing to pass details to experts.
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Paris
Russia
West Germany
Dean Acheson
Ernest Bevin
Robert Schuman
Andrei Vishinsky
Moscow
Germany
Berlin
Vishinsky
Reich
Bonn
Kremlin
Congress conferees set order for backlog bills at White House
Congressional leaders met President Truman to map how to advance a backlog of administration bills including Taft Hartley repeal higher minimum wage and housing. House and Senate plans call for action on the Atlantic pact civil rights education aid and pensions with August as a rough target.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
White House
Senate Democratic Policy Committee
Sam Rayburn
Texas
House
Labor Committee
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Joint Congressional Atomic Committee
American Federation of Labor
House Armed Services Committee
Air Force
Defense
Louis Johnson
Air
W. Stuart Symington
John McCormack
Massachusetts
House Veterans Committee
Exservicemen
Congress
Fire Controls Rattlesnake Pine Forest Blaze in Cochise
In the Chiri cahua mountains the Rattlesnake and Pine canyon areas suffered a fire that charred an estimated 500 to 600 acres of young pine timber. Cororado National Forest Supervisor C. A. Merker reported the blaze began Thursday by lightning, was contained by Monday night, with about 170 workers using shovels and tools and 60 workers released as wind slackened. Three other minor fires from the same storm were controlled.
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Chiricahua Mountains
Rattlesnake
Pine Canyon
C. A. Merker
Coronado National Forest
Merker
Lilienthal Hickenlooper Feud Breaks Open in D C
Washington May 31 The clash between David E Lilienthal AEC chairman and Sen Hickenlooper Iowa Republican has escalated into a bitter public dispute over the atomic energy program. Hickenlooper accuses mismanagement and seeks a full hearing while Lilienthal demands a public inquiry and rejects political scuffling as cynicism.
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James Marlow Washington
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Lilienthal
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
First Woman Flier In Derby Arrives
In Albuquerque on Memorial Day 194? a 74 year old war veteran Michael Abbin died after a heart attack while carrying the colors. The transcontinental cross country Jacqueline Cochran air race reached Tucson with pilots Patricia Glaaney and Margaret Standish among the first to land.
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Albuquerque
Michael Abbin
Queens County
Ireland
Trial Opens in Alger Hiss Case in New York Court
In New York on May 31 Alger Hiss goes on trial as the government accuses him of perjury and lying about handing state department secret documents to a Soviet spy ring. The court begins jury selection as spectators fill the marble courtroom and Hiss and his wife Priscilla attend with readiness to present their defense.
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New York
WUP
Alger Hiss
Whittaker
State Department
United States of America
Hiss
Priscilla
Samuel H. Kaufman
Natty
Lloyd Paul Stryker
U. S. Atty
Thomas F. Murphy
Phoenix Sheriff Kills Gunman After Rampage
In Phoenix on May 31 a gunman identified as E C Washington 49 was killed by deputies after fatally shooting Felix Jaso 40 and his wife Francisca 38 and wounding three others including two children Espiranza 9 and Melinda 3. Washington had shot Rafaelo Mendoza 16 then opened fire on deputies before being slain in his garage.
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Phoenix
George Penuel
E. C. Washington
17Th Street
San Francisco Canal
Felix Jaso
Francisca
Espiranza
Melinda
Washington
Rafaelo Mendoza
St. Monica’s Hospital
Jaso
Penuel
Rube Graham
Nogales Highway Link Progressing Toward Gulf of California Port
The Hermosillo Guaymas highway is due for completion in late summer. Forty miles remain with roadbed prepared for an oil coat and 45 miles surfaced. Traffic is heavy as buses run a two and half hour link between Nogales and Hermosillo and Guaymas.
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Nogales
Sonora
Mexico
Hermosillo-Guaymas
Gulf of California
Gila Monster Solves Theft Mystery Near Tucson
A radio turntable and public address system stolen from Sam Hughes elementary school in January was found fifteen miles north of Tucson. Fred Havens and his family spotted a roaming gila monster crossing the highway. the creature then led them to the recovered instrument about fifty yards from the road.
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Sam Hughes
Tucson
Sheriff's Office
Fred Havens
N. Bellave
Havens
Hiss Perjury Trial Jury Drawn. Snead Wins PGA Title
Bulletin updates note a 12 member jury including 2 women for Alger Hiss perjury trial in New York. In Richmond Sam Snead defeats John Palmer 3 and 2 in 36 hole final to win the PGA title for the second time.
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Richmond
Sam Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
John Palmer
Badin
N. C
Refuse To End Train Strike In Berlin
Berlin’s Soviet controlled railway administration refused Tuesday to negotiate with striking rail workers. Mayor Ernst Reuter invited Willi Kreikemeyer to talks, but the offer was made to the nonstriking Communist union. Strikers seek full payment in western marks. Kreikemeyer proposes partial western mark wages.
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Berlin
Ernst Reuter
Weet
Willi Kreikemeyer
East German
Kreikemeyer
Communist Union of
West Berlin
Woman Ida Anderson Found Dead in City Apartment
The body of Mrs. Ida Anderson 3% was found Tuesday noon in a small apartment at 30 E Corral St Police said custodian Harry Fought discovered the deceased behind a locked door An autopsy was ordered and a coroner s inquest set for Thursday morning The apartment owned by the Masonic lodge had been taken over by the government during the war and not returned Mrs Anderson, married to a serviceman who died in World War II, had been living on a government pension Possible last week date of death noted by police.
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Ida Anderson
E. Corral St
Harry Fought
Masonic Temple
Fought
Grand jury probes witness tampering in Bridges case
U S Attorney General Tom Clark stated he ordered a grand jury investigation Tuesday into reports that government witnesses were tampered with in the justice department proceedings against labor leader Harry Bridges.
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Washington
Tom Clark
Justice Department
Harry Bridges
Acheson Pushes Quick Pact and Arms Bill Approval
Secretary of State Acheson indicated a desire for swift congressional approval of both the North Atlantic pact and the administration’s bill to aid friendly countries with American arms. Press Officer Roger Tubby disclosed this view from Paris at a daily State Department briefing.
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Washington
Acheson
Roger Tubby
Paris
State Department
Bryn Mawr Confers Degree to First Male Undergraduate
Bryn Mawr College awarded a bachelor’s degree to Richard Logan the first man to receive an undergraduate degree at the women's school. The 60 year old institution’s graduating class included 147 women and one male graduate.
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Bryn Mawr
Bryn Mawr College
Richard Logan
Wife to reunite with husband believed dead in war
Mary Martino of Waterbury travels to New York to meet Anthony V. Martino, a taxi driver who surfaced in 1944 after being listed missing in France and presumed dead. The couple, who had a strained parting, now face relief and confusion as he resumes contact.
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New York
Connecticut
Anthony V. Martino
Waterbury
Conn
France
Mary Martino
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Tex
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San Diego
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Lemon Grove
Jane Page
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E. T. Houston
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R. W. F. Schmidt
Miami
Fla
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van Nuys
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Arcadia
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Beverly Wilson
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Stockton
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