Washington Buzz Over Spy Revelations and Acheson Talks
Arrived this morning Parker Prouty and True eam and Judge Will Boyce are we. And this Rome of our western civilization is agog. A paid Russian spy sent by the British has sold bomb secrets to Moscow, startling Washington. Even the most sophisticated Washingtonians cannot understand Secretary of State Dean Acheson.
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Washington
Parker Prouty
Eam
Will Boyce
Rome
Moscow
Democracy and treason in a divided age
A column contrasts domestic fears about Alger Hiss and Benedict Arnold with Cold War threats. It argues treason should carry heavier penalties, discusses future nuclear weapon advances, and notes social quirks in Washington society as a backdrop to concerns over liberty and security.
End of the World With Annihilation Theories
Scientists warn of a potential annihilator device capable of turning everything into heat. They claim it is feasible and could be developed. Russians, including Fiss and Fuchs, are named as knowing how to make it.
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Fiss
Fuchs
When scientists cross lines they may doom us all
A commentator warns that breakthroughs could tempt a few to destroy the world and questions if tyrants or famed figures would act if fate condemned them. The letter references Tack offering free services as a goat psychiatrist and recalls a quip on psychoanalysis.
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Tack
Samuel Goldwyn
English Labor Party Fate and Mail Censorship Noted
In Washington reports claim the Labor Party in England will stay in power but cannot survive five more years. Authorities tighten rules and even censor citizens mail, opening envelopes deemed personal or business as socialized governance expands.
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Washington
Labor Party
England
Socialized medicine and a toupee demand tale
A man with infected tonsils or hernia faced nine months to a year before surgery under socialized medicine. Government physicians were busy with chronic complainers and neurotics who formed a bald-headed club to pressure for free toupees. They won two free toupees per head as proof they deserved spares.
Criticisms of Acheson and Cold War policy
The text links Secretary of State Acheson to favoring Hiss for jobs and to controversial positions on China, Formosa, and Soviet influence in Asia. It asserts accusations that Acheson would invite Russia to govern Japan, oppose aiding Formosa, and predicts Reds seizing India and China within two years, while MacArthur reportedly disagrees.
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Hiss
China
Russia
Japan
Germany
MacArthur
Formosa
Washington
India
Public figure cites Fuchs family as Communist line
Mr Tack presents Carolina remarks that the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy chair says it is generally understood Fuchs' father is of the Communist type and part of a long line of Communist thinkers. The father is a theology professor at the University of Leipzig in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany. If he weren't a Communist, he wouldn't be there.
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Russia
United States
Hiss
Fuchs
England
Carolina
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
University of Leipzig
Germany
Weather in Washington Promises Sunny Week
Washington forecast promises clear skies and continuing sunshine with no rain expected all week. Temperatures remain mild, and residents are advised to enjoy outdoor activities.
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Washington
Thieves Get Only $2 From Packard Office
In Newark on February 9 thieves broke into the Packard Motor Company aiming to crack the office safe. They used an acetylene torch but ran out of gas then tried a sledgehammer assault. After failing to access the cash of $350 they damaged a cigarette machine, netting only $2 in coins.
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Newark
Packard Motor Company
Home Builders To Meet Friday
Panhandle Home Builders Association will meet for dinner in Old Tascosa Friday night at 7 o clock. After dinner Western Tile and Supply Company hosts a technicolor movie in the Crystal Ballroom. Mort Harvey of Dallas Texas Formica representative will show the film depicting the no progress of the laminate. Western Tile is the local fabricator of Formica.
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Panhandle Home Builders Association
Old Tascosa
Western Tile and Supply Company
Crystal Ballroom
Mort Harvey
Dallas
Texas
Formica
Western Tile
Courthouse Records and Real Estate Deeds and Marriages
Warranty deeds transfer Lot 4 Block 41 Wolflin Park from Joe McClenny et ux to R D Brown and other Wolflin Park re plats. Wrights transfer Lots 9 10 Block 79 University Heights. Jennings et vir tonk Homer Rice transfer Lot 11 Block 2 Sunset Park. Lemons v Lemons divorce filed. Marriage licenses granted to Clifton Lee Oliver and Baire Gloria.
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Joe McClenny
R. D. Brown
Wolflin Park
Homer Ewton
Cal Farley
Andrew B. Clifton
Anna J Lee Oliver
L. Baire, Jr
Gloria
Texas Land Commission of 1850 Between Nueces and Rio Grande
On May 9 1850 a two man commission Bourland and Miller began to settle a major Texas land dispute. The General Land Office lacked clear records for ownership of the El Paso region between the Nueces and Rio Grande. Many Mexican land grants dated to Spain or Mexico and were disrupted by the Mexican War and relocation. The commission faced missing records and led to lingering Texan Mexican tensions along the border.
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Texas
General Land Office
Nueces and
Rio Grande
el Paso
Spain
Mexico
Zachary Taylor
Bourland
Miller
Mexican Supper Planned for February Twenty Sixth
Plans for a Mexican supper to be held the evening of February 26 were laid at Our Lady of Guadalupe School PTA. The event starts at 6:30 pm and will be open to the public. A January 29 supper yielded 170.45 in profit plus 31.55 in membership fees, totaling 202 for the association treasury. Rev Antonio Rodriguez spoke on child education and morality, urging closer parent cooperation for better citizenship as several Spanish American students have recently graduated to high school.
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PTA of
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Association
Antonio Rodriguez
Snow Covers Lakes Area in Northern Great Lakes
A fresh blanket of snow covered areas in the northern Great Lakes region with no severe winter storms. Temperatures stayed above normal in most states while sub zero readings persisted only in northern Minnesota and eastern North Dakota.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Weather Bureau
Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Minnesota
North Dakota
Pembina
Bemidi
Minn
New York
Boston
Atlanta
Louisville
New Orleans
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Chicago
Minneapolis
Denver
Billings
Mont
Seattle
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Arab Chamber Forms Committee to Promote Holy Land Crafts
The Arab Chamber of Commerce in Jerusalem establishes a Committee for Promoting the Arts and Crafts of the Holy Land to revive making religious articles from mother of pearl and olive wood.
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Arab Chamber of Commerce
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Man, 69, Father of Two Sets of Twins in Two Years
Luther R. Moses, 69, a retired merchant from Evington Virginia, proudly recalls having two sets of twins born within two years. His wife Odell, 35, is mother to Lawrence Randolph and Luther Robert Jr., both 1, and Linda Neil and Brenda Gayle, 2 weeks old. Moses notes January as a record month with births and milestones, calling the situation rare and curious.
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Evington
Luther R. Moses
Lawrence Randolph
Luther Robert, Jr
Linda Neil
Brenda Gayle
Blanche
Odell
Moses
Brazil Sells Rubber Goods for Portuguese Corn Straw
Brazil plans to trade rubber goods and carnauba wax for corn straw from Portugal to be used in cigarettes vinegar and wines and other items.
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Brazil
Portugal
Missing novel among wartime loans at Lurgan library
E. Hollywood the librarian of Lurgan public library in Eire reports one book missing from 20,000 lent yearly. A wartime evacuee borrowed the title Gone With the Wind, and the library notes the reader community in Lurgan as particularly careful.
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E. Hollywood
Lurgan
Eire
Federal job exams listed for diverse civil service positions
The civil service commission announced examinations for a range of openings including staff nurse student nurse physicist chemist metallurgist engineer field representative and rural electrification engineer. Nursing roles are in western states and Alaska while student nurses train in Washington DC. Science posts are in Virginia Ohio and California. Electrical positions are in Washington DC. Apply via H M Timmons civil service secretary Room 21 post office building.
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Civil Service Commission
Western
States
Alaska
Washington, DC
Virginia
Ohio
California
H. M. Timmons
Civil Service
Glass refrigerator dish with cover offered for coupons
An appealing glass dish with a cover is promoted as a dual purpose serving piece. The offer requires 55 coupons from a tall-size can, presenting a bargain likely part of a consumer promotion.
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