McCarthy on Communist purge and box score idea
Senator Joseph McCarthy discusses progress in rooting out Communists and fellow travelers, noting many of the 81 named years ago have been removed. He favors publishing a running box score and explains classifications like Communist, Fifth Amendment Communist, and Communist associate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Relman Morin
Washington
Joseph McCarthy
Senate
State Department
McCarthy
Roy
Colin
State to Reconsider Polio Vaccination Participation
ST. PAUL The State Board of Health will reexamine its stance on Minnesota joining mass polio vaccinations. Dr. Albert J. Chesley said the board will decide whether to wait and see or join the tests, with a possible program start soon if they vote to participate. An advisory committee had suggested waiting to evaluate early test results elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul
State Board of Health
Minnesota
Albert J. Chesley
Minnesota Department of Health
Gems Found in Tin Can From Hohenzollern Loot
Police in Stuttgart report diamonds from the stolen Hohenzollern crown jewels were found in a tin can buried under an oak near Bad Homburg. Ex-convict Paul Falk admitted the July theft from Hohenzollern Castle and led investigators to the cache. The loot included snuff boxes once owned by Frederick the Great and a table set given by Queen Victoria to Kaiser Wilhelm II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stuttgart
Germany
Hohenzollern
Bad Homburg
Frankfurt
Hohenzollern Castle
Paul Falk
Falk
Frederick the Great
Prussia
Britain
Queen Victoria
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Bike Rider Saves Dog at Six Dies in Clara City
Bradley Heins six year old son of Mr and Mrs Carl Heins Clara City jammed on his brake to avoid a dog entering the path of his bike Tuesday evening the quick stop toppled him to the pavement. He died Wednesday from a blood clot caused by the fall. He is survived by a brother or sister and his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara City
Minn
Bradley Heins
Bradley
Heins
Stevenson Heads for the Hospital
Former Gov Adlai E. Stevenson canceled weekend appearances in Indiana and entered Passavant Hospital Chicago for treatment of a kidney ailment after medical advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
Indiana
Stevenson
Passavant Hospital
Plane Crashes Into Cairo Suburb Hospital
An Egyptian air force single engine plane on a DDT spraying mission crashed into a hospital in a Cairo suburb. The pilot was killed while patients and staff escaped unharmed. The incident halted operations and prompted an investigation into the loss of altitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egyptain Air Force
U S May Aid France in Indochina Crisis
James Marlow reports Congress and insiders say the United States could enter the Indochina war to support France as the Viet Minh pressures increase. French indifference to independence and anti French sentiment among 18 million in French areas complicate victory, with Kennedy proposing France guarantee full independence to rally Indochinese to the French cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlow
U. S
Indochina
Washington
United States
Ho Chi Minh
Southeast Asia
Sen. Kennedy
D-Mass
Two Planes Crash Near Moose Jaw In Deadly Collision
Two aircraft collided in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan about 10 15 am. One plane the Trans Canada Airlines North Star was en route Montreal to Vancouver with 27 aboard. The Harvard trainer crashed on a golf course and in town with two aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Jaw
Sask
Trans. Canada Airlines
TCA
Royal Canadian Air Force
Saskatchewan
Regina
Swift Current
North Star
Joseph Tumulty Dies in Maryland at 74
Joseph Tumulty, longtime secretary to President Woodrow Wilson, died Thursday at his home in Olney Maryland. The 74 year old lawyer had served eight years in the White House and two years in the New Jersey governor’s office before practicing law in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Joseph Tumulty
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
White House
New Jersey
Olney
Tumulty
Twenty-Five Korean Children to Sing in U S Tour
Twenty five Korean children depart by plane for a folk singing and dancing tour of the United States. They join the American Korean Foundation campaign to raise ten million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
United States
American-Korean Foundation
Blast Destroys Tanker Plane Near Nagoya
An American Air Force tanker plane exploded and crashed during an air refueling near Nagoya Japan. Four bodies recovered and one missing crewman presumed dead while six others parachuted to safety. The jet fighter was not damaged and names were withheld. The cause of the fire remains undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyom
Air Force
Nagoya
Japan
Truman to Explain Hysteria in Nation Lecture at Westminster College
Former president Harry S. Truman announced he will lecture April 13 at Westminster College Fulton Missouri. The talk, second in a series under the John Findley Green Foundation, aims to reassure the public that periods of hysteria in the country are not cause for alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Wheeling
W.va
John Paton Davies
Davies
Lima
Peru
State Department
Truman
Dulles
Special Security Board
Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Westminster College
Fulton Mo
John Findley Green Foundation
India Writes Off Burma Debt in Major Claim Reduction
New Delhi announces debt relief for Burma amounting to about 740 million rupees roughly 155 million dollars, wiping out almost two thirds of the owed sum. The move signals a significant shift in financial relations between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Delhi
India
Burma
Senators See Edge of War and Need Real Teeth
Two senators warned the United States could face war in Indochina if naval and air forces are not backed by firm action. Senator McCarran said sending forces now might draw in Chinese forces and force troop deployment. Other lawmakers weighed limited counteraction and the role of air and naval power, as Eisenhower and Dulles urged united action with real teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
John M. Hightower
Washington
U. S
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Eisenhower
Indochina
H. Alexander Smits
R-Nj
Asia
Smith
Senate Foreign Relations
Free World
United States and Canada Expand North Warning Radar Net
Secretary of Defense Wilson said survey work for a new radar warning chain along North America is well advanced. The system will sit north of the Pinetree Chain to detect aircraft over the polar region, with expansion of northern Atlantic and Pacific coverage and coordinated Alaska radar efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
North America
Ottawa
Polar Cap
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
United States
Alaska
French Union troops rout Vietminh trenches near Dien Bien Phu
French forces destroyed a long trench network west and southwest of Dien Bien Phu and killed about sixty Vietminh as infantry closed in after air support arrivals. The Vietminh continued digging fox holes near the fortress while monsoon rains loom and Geneva talks approach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanoi
Indochina
Dien Bien Phu
United States
Saigon
Vo Nguyen Giap
Dulles May Fly to Europe for Talks
London report says U S Secretary of State Dulles plans a European trip next week to meet with French and British leaders on united action to safeguard Southeast Asia from communist domination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Eisenhower
Dulles
Indochina
U. S
Southeast Asia
London
Paris
United Will
United Action
State Dulles
Europe
Uniter
Wilson Bates Plan to Clear Army of Reds
Secretary of Defense Wilson announced a revised security program to purge subversives and loyalty risks from the armed forces. The plan seeks uniform standards across Army Navy and Air Force and faster removal of security threats, presented at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Bates
Army
Reds
Washington
Wilson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Navy
Air Force
Also Mentioned on This Page
McCarthy Story No
Associated Press
Roy M. Cohn
Congressional
Dog
Ray H. Jenkins
Tennessee
Senate Investigation Subcommittee
By James Marlow
Ben
France
China
Joseph P. Tumulty
Maryland
Silver Joe
Carolyn Craycraft
Dayton
Ohio
Common Pleas
Don R. Thomas
Morice Kutscher
Sunnyvale
Calif
Westinghouse Electric Corp
West
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!