Ten Communist Heads Decline Self Defense in Trial
Ten of fourteen California Communist leaders on conspiracy charges declined to contest the government's case. They said they are innocent and there is no evidence beyond party membership. The four who will present a full defense plan to testify later. Trial of the Communists began February 10.
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Los Angeles
California
U.S
William C. Mathes
Communist Party
Philip M. Connelly
Dorothy
Ernest Otto Fox
Carl Lambert
Ben Dobbs
Henry Steinberg
Albert Lima
Rose Kusnitz
al Richmond
Frank Spector
William Schneiderman
New York
Oleta Yates
Loretta Stack
Frank Carlson
Manuscript of Gone With the Wind largely destroyed
Atlanta report states most pages of the Gone With the Wind manuscript were burned by Margaret Mitchell's husband after her death, leaving only a vault-stored remainder for possible authenticity questions. Stephens Mitchell, her brother, inherits after Marsh’s death and plans to tear down the family Peachtree Street home.
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Atlanta
Stephens Mitchell
Margaret Mitchell
Miss Mitchell
John R. Marsh
Mitchell
Peachtree Street
Marsh
New York mobilizes defense experts for germ warfare risk
Albany reports New York State will mobilize animal crop and insect specialists under a civil defense program to protect food and livestock from possible germ warfare. The plan includes disease spotting and stamping out outbreaks, with objectives to investigate new plant and animal disease reports and develop detection methods. 24 Chinese-American
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Albany
New York State
Olivia De Havilland Back In Hollywood For New Film
Olivia De Havilland, filming in Hollywood for her first movie in four years, divorces husband Marcus Goodrich and focuses on her son Jenjie. She discusses past plays, critics, and the decision to return to screen with My Cousin Rachel, aiming for a future stage return in Portrait of a Lady.
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Olivia de Havilland
Hollywood
Olivia DeHavilland
Marcus Goodrich
Jenjie
Olivia
New York
George Jean Nathan
Broadway
Candida
Katharine Cornell
Rachel
Wheat crop forecast exceeds 1.3 billion bushels
The Agriculture Department foresees a wheat harvest of 1,326,157,000 bushels the second largest on record, with winter wheat at 1,060,298,000 and spring wheat at 265,859,000. Rye is pegged at 16,974,000 bushels. June 1 crop conditions show all spring wheat at 76 percent of normal.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Newsman Returns After Lecture Tour in Wichita
A 39-year-old Australian newsman Ralph Wilson Reid ends a four months lecture tour in ten states. He showed motion pictures of Australia and boomerangs, flying from Australia with his family in September 1948 for special training for their son John who is ten. Encephalitis after measles left John physically...
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Wichita
Kanp
Minnesota
North Dakota
Montana
Utah
Missouri
Texas
Mississippi
California
Colorado
Kansas
Ralph Wilson Reid
Australia
Map. Reid
John
Child at Institute Makes Slow Progress in Therapy
The report notes a child named John showing active effort at the Institute of Logopedics, making good but slow progress in speech therapy and communication.
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John
The
Institute of Logopedics
Pia Bergman Custody Case Reveals Girl Prefers Hawaii Visit
In Los Angeles a psychiatrist testified that Jenny Ann Bergman, 13, does not want to visit her mother Ingrid Bergman in Italy this summer. The girl favors Hawaii and says she dislikes Roberto Rossellini, whom she links to her mother being taken away. The views appear tied to her father Dr Peter Lindstrom’s influence.
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Los Angeles
Ingrid Bergman
Jenny Ann
Italy
Charles C. Sturdevant
Miss Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Roberto Rossellini
Hawaii
Rossellini
Baldy Talks: Oakland Ave Hole Demands Action
A resident complains about a pavement hole on Oakland Avenue in front of a store. He notes two years of inaction, costly window damage from truck vibration, and plans to fix it himself if authorities delay. He warns of continuing disruption and urges officials to repair using tax funds.
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