Hiss and Chambers scrutinized over Maryland farm link
Washington reports the House committee ordered an investigator to review old courthouse records to see if Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers ever showed interest in buying a Maryland farm near Westminster in 1936. The Baltimore News-Post linked them, detailing signed names and a possible down payment, while noting later revisions in Chambers testimony.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Maryland
Baltimore News-Post
Chambers
Baltimore
Hiss
Westminster
News-Post
Jay Chambers
D.s.nmd.w
Jay David Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Communist Underground
State Department
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Rep
Nixon
R-Calif
Ano
Robert E. Stripling
Stripling
Truman Plans Giant Campaign Across Oklahoma State
Washington reports President Truman will launch an unprecedented national campaign, with tentative stops in Oklahoma between Sept. 27 and Oct. 3. Gov. Roy J. Turner, leader of the Truman Barkley club, notes a two day trip may occur as a State fair runs Sept. 28.
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Washington
Truman
Oklahoma
Roy J. Turner
Truman-Barkley Club
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
Turner
Williamsburg
Deep South
Michigan
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Journal
UMW
Journal
Comic Book Fan Convicted Of Murder
Roy Adams Pudgy a 14 year old comic book fan is found guilty of murder in the suffocation of eight year old Nancy Schuyler last May 27. The jury imposes 14 years in prison and the state does not seek the death penalty. Attorneys say the killing may have been an accidental suffocation during an attempt to quiet a tantrum over comic book ownership. The trial happened in the criminal courtroom of Chief Justice Cornelius J Harrington with seven women and five men on the jury.
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Chicago
Roy Adams
Pudgy
Nancy Schuyler
Nancy
Roy
Cornelius J. Harrington
Worrell Opens GOP Campaign in Southwest Virginia
Eugene Worrell, Bristol, launches ninth district campaign from Lebanon high school lawn promising a broad issue outline. He seeks to become the first Republican in Congress from the ninth since 1928. Opponent Thomas B. Fugate, a banker and farmer of Ewing, schedules speeches in Abingdon and Tazewell.
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Bristol
Lebanon
Eugene Worrell
Congress
Joseph C. Shaffer
Wytheville
Lebanon High School
Thomas B. Fugate
Ewing
Hubert Peery
Tazewell
Abingdon
Fugate
John W. Flannagan, Jr
Flannagan
Southwest Virginia
Worrell
Tennessee Valley Authority
Bristol Chamber of Commerce
Ralph. L. Lincoln
Marion
S. Holiday Sutherland
Clintwood
Bland
Natural Tunnel
Scott County
Aeceen
Buchanan County
Politicos Joust For O'Daniel Senate Seat
In Austin, former Gov. Coke Stevenson and Rep. Lyndon Johnson traded final jabs as Texas voters head to the Democratic runoff to decide who will fill the late W. Lee O'Daniel seat. Johnson and Stevenson emerged as the leading contenders from nine candidates in the July 24 primary, with three congressional races also decided.
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Austin
Tex
Coke Stevenson
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
W. Lee
Pappy
Lemonade Binge Keeps Bluefield Cool Amid Heat Wave
Bluefield to serve 235 gallons of free lemonade this afternoon to soothe sweltering residents as record heat persists. The chamber, backed by Goodykoontz and New Graham pharmacies, plans three free servings today across downtown sites. Weather records note 93.3 degrees as the day’s high and 70 for the hottest night, while officials joke about replacing the city slogan if relief does not arrive.
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Bluefield
Mercury
O. C. Keeney
Weather Recorder
Owen Rickard
Chamber
West Virginian
Goodykoontz Pharmacy
South Bluefield
Graham Pharmacy
California Law Gets Hotel's Goat
In Sacramento travelers report a goat wandered into the Travelers hotel mezzanine lobby during a late night event. After a playful rodeo led by staff and guests the animal was corralled and confined in the basement. No one has claimed the goat yet.
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California
Sacramento
Calif
Travelers Hotel
Tiny hurricane menaces Atlantic near Florida coast
Florida braces as a compact hurricane with 115 mile per hour winds lies about 700 miles east of Miami and moves toward the northwest. Grady Norton of the weather service says a coastline threat could emerge Saturday afternoon while offshore warnings remain adequate. Preparations include Red Cross planning and securing loose property. ships retreat inland and Coast Guard tows a vessel into Fort Pierce for shelter.
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Miami
Fla
Atlantic
Florida
Grady Norton
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Red Cross Committee
Coast Guard
Macoma
Fort Pierce
Grouper
Cape Canaveral
Safe Driving Urged As School Term Nears
Charleston WV August 27 A safety council plea urges careful driving as school opens. It notes September is green cross safety month and cites national traffic deaths among children and youths. Motorists should be especially watchful for children on bicycles tricycles roller skates and other playful gear.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Giant Plane Opens Honolulu to Chicago Flight
The Caroline Mars, the navy’s 8212-ton flying boat, departed Honolulu for a nonstop 4264 mile flight to Chicago. It is the largest operational flying boat, due to land at Burnham Harbor on Lake Michigan near noon Saturday where it will be christened and commissioned as a naval craft during the Cook county fair. A one hour Chicago flight is planned beforehand, carrying 13000 gallons of fuel enough for a possible reach to its Baltimore factory if needed.
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Honolulu
Navy
Chicago
Burnham Harbor
Lake Michigan
Cook County
Baltimore
West Virginia Endures Prolonged Heat Wave
Temperature records fell across West Virginia as heat soared to the hundreds in several cities and remained hot statewide. A six day heat wave claimed one life in Huntington where the 68 year old Mrs Drusilla Hensley died as temperatures reached 103 the highest in 12 years.
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West Virginia
Huntington Weather Bureau
Leroy Stone
Stone
Monay
Bureau
Huntington
Drusilla Hensley
Clarksburg
Charleston
Parkersburg
Martinsburg
Petersburg
Morgantown
Wheeling
Elkins
Bluefield
Mercury
Chicago Heat Wave Grimly Breaks Records Across Nation
Sweltering August heat continued shattering records across the eastern half of the nation. Temperatures near 100 degrees sent workers home, beaches crowded, and hospitals overwhelmed by heat prostration. At least 51 deaths were attributed to the heat, a figure rising with the hot spell.
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Chicago
Heat Wave Survival Guide From Health Service
National heat wave advisory from U S public health service outlines tips for comfort and safety. Eat light foods drink water limit tea and alcohol reduce salt use with extra salt for hot work, wear loose clothing, bathe often, sleep cool, and pace outdoor activity. Take sun baths cautiously and be aware heat can be serious.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Washington, D. C
Justice Hughes dies at 86 in Osterville club
Osterville Mass August 27 Charles Evans Hughes 86 retired chief justice of the United States died tonight of a heart ailment. He had been in a coma since late afternoon. His son Charles Evans Hughes Jr. and two daughters Mrs. William T. Gossett Bloomfield Hills Michigan and Mrs. C A Waddell Riverdale N Y were at his bedside at 8 35 p m est. He came to the Wianna club August 5 to convalesce. He had lived in Washington since retiring July 1 1941. He was twice governor of New York and secretary of state. A marble bust was placed in the supreme court building August 25. Funeral will be private in Riverside Church New York.
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Mass
Charles Evans Hughes
United States
Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes, Jr
William T. Gossett
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
C. A. Waddell
Riverdale
Wianna Club
Washington
New York
Harding
Coolidge
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Frederick Sanborn
Harlan Fiske Stone
Washington Cathedral
Justice Hughes
Chauncey L. Waddell
N. Y
Helen
Riverside Church
Abraham Lincoln
Huges
Hoover
Ute
Cooke
Glens Falls
Colgate University
Brown University
Columbia University
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
California
Secret Moscow Parley Ends With Diplomatic Enigma
Western envoys led by U S Ambassador W Bedell Smith met with Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov in Moscow to discuss the German crisis. Vishinsky Stepson joined for the first time as the sixth session aimed to shape negotiations, with reports suggesting tonight’s talks could be pivotal.
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Moscow
Kremlin
U. S
W. Bedell Smith
V. M. Molotov
Frank Roberts
Yves Chataigneau
Molotov
Smith
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
United Nations General Assembly
Belgrade
Stalin
V. S. Zorin
Reds Again Invade Berlin's City Hall
In Berlin Aug 27 demonstrators led by communists seized the city hall for a second day, disrupting the council as eastern police stood by. Acting mayor Ferdinand Priedensburg accused east Berlin police of complicity, and leaders debated protection from Russians as the crowd dispersed. The anti communist majority faced pressure to move to western Berlin, signaling a deeper east west split in the Soviet zone.
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Berlin
Eastwest
East Berlin
V. M. Molotov
Moscow
Ferdinand Priedensburg
Auts
Socialist Unity Party
Alexander Kotikov
Kotikov
Comunists
Frankfurt
Russia
Kaiser Frazer Steel Row Smoothed Over
The Republic steel corp signed a contract with Kaiser Frazer to operate the government owned blast furnace at Republic’s Cleveland plant until May 1 1949. The furnace will supply about 400 Republic customers with pig iron. Republic President Charles M White said terms mirror those offered to the War Assets Administration and are satisfactory. Republic will receive all pig iron produced except 5 000 tons per month for which Kaiser Frazer will pay the full market price.
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Cleveland
Republic Steel Corp
Kaiser-Frazer Corp
Republic
War Assets Administration
Kaiser-Frazer
Charles M. White
White
French Cabinet Quits Amid Postwar Crisis in France
Paris reports that Premier Andre Marie resigned triggering a major postwar political test. Rumors swirl about President Vincent Auriol naming a successor and potential dissolution of the legislature for new elections. Gen. Charles de Gaulle and the RPF pressure for fresh elections while the cabinet battled over economic reform.
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Paris
Andre Marie
France
Vincent Auriol
Marte
Charles de Gaulle
Rally of the French People
RPF
Maine
Alaska Planes Haul Assorted Animals
In one week Pan-American Airlines reported Alaska planes carried diverse livestock including fifteen days two golden hamsters two love birds seven thousand worms and one alligator. The total weight was about half a ton and Pan-Am did not explain the reasons.
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Seattle
Pan-American World Airways
Alaska
Pan-air
U S Boosts European Unity Through Parliament Plan
The United States endorsed France's proposal to create a continental parliament for western Europe with advisory powers. Secretary Marshall approved the move as part of backing the Brussels alliance and the Marshall plan, aiming to solidify unity against Soviet influence. Britain hesitates, urging dominion consultation.
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Washington
United States
France
Marshall
State Department
Fire Power Brussels Alliance
Assembly
Truman
Congress
Urtress
Moscow
Europe
Britain
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Radio Prizes Really Get Corny These Days
New York reports Morris Adlim of Omaha won a prize on the Phil Baker CBS radio program Everybody Wins. A railroad boxcar of Pepper popcorn, about 200 cases, will be sent to him next week from T N T Popcorn Co in Lawrence Kansas, one sponsor of the show.
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New York
Phil Baker
CBS
Morris Adlim
Omaha
T-N-T Popcorn Co
Lawrence
Kans
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