Hoover cites 540000 potential Communist fifth column in U S
Hoover warns of a hidden Communist influence in the United States claiming up to 540000 potential sympathizers, says spies seek atomic data and military secrets, and urges loyalty investigations. Senator Taft calls for a bipartisan but cautious foreign policy, wary of arms aid and new European force pacts. Air Force unveils a 26 mile panorama camera for reconnaissance. East Germany threatens a blueshirt march into West Germany, with Western leaders warning of possible force.
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J. Edgar Hoover
F.B.I
United States
Senate
America
Hoover
Communist Party
Robert Taft
Ohio
U.S
Russia
Europe
Taft
Congress
Atlantic Pact
London
Air Force
Soviet Germany
East Germany
West Germany
M. P
Tokyo
Democratic Patriotic Front
Imperial Palace
Peter Cohen
T. K. Yamamoto
United States Army Counter Intelligence Corps
General MacArthur
Japan
Alliance of scientists and clergy backs disarmament plan
Sixteen scientists educators and clergymen issue a five point call for total disarmament. They urge immediate halt to atomic bomb production and nuclear stockpile transfer to the UN. They seek international ownership inspection and stockpile destruction with abolition of armies alongside atomic disarmament.
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United States
U. N
Vegas Gambler Wins Big While Casino Loses Big
In Las Vegas Nevada a gambler hit 2A passes at the dice table a feat once in ten million. The casino reported a loss of 150000 while the winner took 750 though he could have earned 264 95400 if he cashed in accumulation bets.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Consumer incomes rise in April with durable goods gain
The commerce department reported April consumer incomes at a 212 800 million yearly rate, up 600 million from March. Payroll expansion boosted buying while proprietors income and transfer payments fell, farmers and livestock receipts slumped despite higher factory employment and longer work weeks in durable goods and metal products.
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Commerce Department
Potatoes and Politics Stir Debate Over Aid and Rent
American surplus potatoes shipped to Soviet Germany prompt Soviet propaganda claims of germ warfare. Officials call the allegations ridiculous as the State Department notes the shipments and a Frankfurt deal may feed Communist buyers. On Capitol Hill, a 6 month rent control extension passes 36 to 28 in the Senate and 202 to 163 in the House, with final wording to be reconciled before sending to President Truman. The extension sets future expiry dates and allows local governments to extend further to mid 1951.
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Soviet Germany
United States
New York
Hamburg
Frankfurt
Germany
State Department
Senate
Scott Lucas
Ilinois
Everett Dirkson
House
Truman
Remington Resigns From Commerce Post Amid Indictment
William W. Remington, a commerce department employee, resigned after being given a quit or be fired order last May while under indictment for perjury for denying Communist ties. Michael Lee, another $10,000 a year worker, has refused to resign pending loyalty board ruling.
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Agriculture Department
William W. Remington
Commerce Department
Michael Lee
Remington
Lee
Small Scare Crow Feature for Garden Display
A compact animated scarecrow nine to eighteen inches high moves with the slightest breeze. Pattern 307 gives the bright color paint guide and step by step making and finishing directions for this garden feature.
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Western Newspaper Union
Senator Taft
John Howard Lawson
Dalton Trumbo
House Committee On un-American Activities
U. S
Albert Einstein
Louis Bromfield
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
California
Earl Warren
Royal Netherlands Navy
Boston
U.S.S. Burrows
U.S.S. Rinehart
Jonkheer H. A. Foreest
Netherlands
Hewlett Thebaud
European
Dodger
CUB
Cubs
Dodgers
Minner
Brooklyn
Jim Russel
Russel
Barlick
Bob Sheffing
Phil Cavarretta
Sukeforth
Barney
Brook
Stock
Serena
Ballafant
West Point
United States Military Academy
Gene Leone
Central Valley
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
West Point Academy
Farret
Bedford
Hills
Kellogg's
Bia
Wm. Rogers Mfg.Co
Eriden
Conn
A. Kelloong
Loon
Wallingford
Connecticut
Kellogg
Addrats
U. 5
Jan
van Camp
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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