Federal Grand Jurors Indict Hiss for Perjury
Federal grand jurors indicted Hiss for perjury after testimony about seeing or speaking with Whittaker Chambers in 1936 and related state department events. The proceeding followed 18 months of espionage inquiries linking Hiss, Chambers, and other figures to classified documents and a Soviet spy network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiss
Chambers
Mr. Chambers
State Department
Whearty
Raymond P. Whearty
Thomas J
John W. Clancy
Miss
Grand Jury
Maryviand
Federal Building
Air Force Rescues 6 Stranded Fliers
Six people including a Texan were rescued by glider pickup after a night on Stewart River in Yukon Territory when their C 47 ran out of gas and crash landed. Five crew members and one passenger were uninjured. Captain George Accas called the maneuver extremely hazardous amid twilight and rugged terrain. The rescue followed three unsuccessful glider passes and used a ski equipped craft to reach the crash site from Ladd Air Force Base. The operation occurred Tuesday. The group included Sergeant Weldon G Johnson of Clebusme Texas.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Stewart River
Yukon Territory
Air Force
George Accas
Ladd Air Force Base
Weldon G. Johnson
Clebusme
Texas
Man Electrocuted Accidentally at Waco
WACO Dec 15 UP Charles Nance Helms 26 of McGregor was electrocuted accidentally Wednesday near a motor driven cement mixer at the Universal Atlas Cement plant. Oscar Permenter also of McGregor escaped injury. Helms leaned against the mixer frame as a 260 volt wire shorted. Helms, a war veteran, had worked at the plant a year and is survived by his wife and a three year old son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Charles Nance Helms
McGregor
Universal Atlas Cement
Oscar Permenter
Ing
C. A. Wallerstedt
Helms
Rita Hayworth Faces Columbia Edict Over Lona Hanson
Hollywood report says Columbia Pictures warned Rita Hayworth to mend her ways or face consequences as a potential damage suit looms if negotiations stall. The star is off payroll for refusing Lona Hanson and could end her screen career or trigger court action.
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Hollywood
INS
Rita Hayworth
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Rita
Lona Hanson
Lona
Miss Hayworth
George Lait
Lait
Aly Khan
Europe
Aly
Continent
Bid Set for Home On TV's Negro Campus
A $39,700 contract for a home for the President of the Texas State University for Negroes was awarded at a Houston board meeting. Parker-Davis Construction of Houston submitted the low bid of $99,782 to complete the residence by June 1, 1949.
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Houston
Texas State University
Parker-Davis Construction and Engineering Corporation of Houston
Fort Davis Sheriff Hurt in Car Wreck
Fort Davis Texas sheriff W B Saodiey sustained a fractured knee cap and pelvis in a head on collision here Tuesday night. Two other people were killed in the crash. State Police identified the dead as Luther Lee Brown about 50 and his son Donald 9 from Ceres.
Rayburn to Set New Record as Speaker in 1933
Rep Rayburn of Texas will become speaker again, potentially setting a record. Rep Cannon notes no one has served more than eight years as Speaker, and Rayburn will resume the chair when the new Congress convenes January 3.
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Rayburn
Washington
Texas
Cannon
D-Mo
House
Raybun
New Congress
From Europe and Scotland Goods in Street Floor Shop
England doeskin shorties 4.98 with black stitching. France gloves 12.95 in black brown white. Scottish cashmere sweaters 14.95 to 25.00. China handkerchiefs 4.00 and 1.00 to 8.95. Swiss linen handkerchiefs 3.00 to 5.00. Swiss lace trimmed 3.00. Swiss clip cord 2.00. Handkerchiefs priced 1.00 to 1.50. Scottish leather bag 25.00 plus tax. Others up to 32.50 plus tax. Bags Street Floor.
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England
France
Kislav
Trefausse
Gant Guignie
Scotland
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Edward E. Rigney
Clancy
McGahey
Elizabeth T. Bentley
House E
Army Proving Ground
Aberdeen
un-American Activities Committee
Russia
Time Magazine
Adolf A. Berle Jr
Berle
US Steel Corporation
Boris Bykov
George Silverman
Miss Bentley
Ami
House Park
Man
Columbia
Fort Davis
Scarbrough & Sons
Scarbrough’s
China
Switzerland
Sheer
Man’s
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