Urges Heavy Smokers to Have Checkups
Dr J Winthrop Peabody urges twice yearly chest X rays for middle aged heavy smokers to detect lung cancer early. He cites higher cancer rates among smokers and says early diagnosis at 85 percent feasibility enables surgical treatment. Separate report notes allergies risk in children of allergic parents and lifestyle steps to reduce exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Washington, D.C
J. Winthrop Peabody
Georgetown University
Lamont Named by ALP to Run for U.S. Senate
In New York the American Labor party selected Corliss Lamont a 50 year old philosophy teacher at Columbia University to run for the U.S. Senate. Lamont won unanimous support from the ALP executive committee and said he would accept the nomination in a letter to state chairman Vito Marcantonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Labor Party
Corliss Lamont
J. P. Morgan
U.S. Senate
Lamont
Columbia University
Vito Marcantonio
ALP
Notable film scenes list adds reader picks
Hollywood columnist Bob Thomas surveys reader suggestions to expand his list of memorable movie scenes. Entries include Bela Lugosi in Dracula, Laughton adrift in Mutiny on the Bounty, Margo in Lost Horizon, Chaney unmasked in The Phantom of the Opera, the Great Ziegfeld staircase number, March in Jekyll and Hyde, Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in Brief Encounter, Hayes in The Sin of Madelon Claudet, Beau Geste battle scene, Cooper in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy, the locust scene in The Good Earth, Mrs Miniver church bombing, and Best Years of Our Lives hand scene. The piece closes with a tease about future worst-scene rankings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Byron Bateman
San Francisco
Peal K. Acharias
Long Beach
Calif
Jack Barry
Baton Globe
Bela Lugosi
Charles Laughton
Mutiny On the Bounty
Margo
Ronald Coleman
John Howard
Shangrila
Lon Chaney
Ziegfeld
Virginia Bruce
Stanley Morner
Dennis Morgan
Fredric March
Dr. Jekyll and
Hyde
Celia Johnson
Trevor Howard
Helen Hayes
Madelon Claudet
Desert
Gary Cooper
Mr. Deeds
James Cagney
Luise Rainer
British End Siege of Berlin Radio Station Ends
British troops remove barbed wire barricades at Russia's Radio Berlin headquarters ending a seven day siege that yielded four concessions. Russians loosened West Berlin pressure as Allied officials caution against prolonged action. About 40 occupants refused to exit, demanding fresh staff, after broadcast taunts and stockpiled food inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Russia
Radio
West Berlin
East
West Germany
Frohnau
Japan buys Malaya iron ore in million-ton deal
Two Japanese steel firms reach a deal to ship 1,000,000 tons of Malayan iron ore within a year. The Eastern Mining Company's Bukit Besi mine produced 498,000 tons of iron ore in 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Malaya Iron
Singapore
Eastern Mining Company
Bukit Besi
Agitator at Eisenhower news conference targeted at home
Dr Emanuel M. Josephson, a 57 year old physician who disrupted a Eisenhower news conference reported to police that his east Manhattan home was vandalized after he pressed the candidate on Alger Hiss. Two glass doors were shattered and a can of fertilizer was thrown into his residence on 69th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Emanuel M. Josephson
E. 69Th St
Josephson
Alger Hiss
Eisenhower
Hiss
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
McGranery Introduced Washington Chief Attorney General
Nearly 100 U.S. attorneys from across the country gathered to meet their new chief, Attorney General James P. McGranery, in Washington. The event marked the formal introduction of the top legal official to federal prosecutors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGranery
Washington
U.S
James P. McGranery
Secret link tied Reds to Huks in Philippines
Philippine Defense Secretary Ramon Magsaysay disclosed intercepted coded messages smuggled into the Philippines via airlines serving Manila and San Francisco that show a close tie between Communist factions in the United States and the Huk guerrillas in the Philippines. Intercepts aboard flights from Hong Kong and Europe to Manila are also under study. Magsaysay heads to Washington to meet President Truman and military leaders, stopping in El Paso to reunite with WWII comrade Col. Gyles Merrill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer Davis
San Francisco
United States
Philippines
Ramon Magsaysay
Manila
Hong Kong
Europe
Husky
Defense
Washington
President Truman
White House
el Paso
Texas
Gyles Merrill
Magsaysay
Will O’ Wisp
There Are Two Kinds Of Elephant In The World
A brief note classifies two elephant species, the Asiatic and the African, highlighting their distinct origins and categories in a concise zoological reminder.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Frank Carey
Associated Press Science
Leon Unger
Albert Unger
Minneapolis
Thomas
By Bob Thomas
Colgate
Nature
Dack Et Company
Don Doane
Huk
U. S
Austin Printing CO
Ken Robinson
Pettitterrr
Gildners
Arazephyr
Austin
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!