Secrets on Arms Went To Soviets
Congressional investigators said Whittaker Chambers carried $10,000 to San Francisco to finance West Coast spy operations and provided Soviet agents with stolen government documents many times. The report names chambers’ routes via Baltimore and New York to a Soviet contact known as Peter, and cites naval and state department materials among items passed.
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Washington
Congressional
Whittaker Chambers
Russia
San Francisco
Chambers
House Committee On un-American Activities
Navy
Arm Ae
Soviet Union
State Department
Bureau of Standards
Aberdeen, Md
Weapons Proving Ground
Mundt
Rs.d
Maryland
Communist Party
Baltimore
New York
Colonel Bykov
Peter
Benny Doubted Tax Legality on 3.08 Million Bill
Hollywood attorney says he doubts the IRS ruling taxing Benny by 3.08 million on a 4 million CBS payment. The issue centers on capital gains versus ordinary income for Benny who sold his company interests, with Amusement Enterprises stockholders defending the deal as standard. The IRS reportedly treated Benny as a personal services asset, denying capital gains.
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Hollywood
LLP
Jack Benny
Internal Revenue Bureau
Washington Dispatch
Benny
Columbia Broadcasting System
Amos ’N’ Andy
CBS
Lloyd Wright
Amusement Enterprises, Inc
American Tobacco Company
Wright
Jack Parr
Amusement Enterprises
Columbia Broadcasting
Internal Revenue Department
Amos ’'N’ Andy
Charles Correll
Freeman Gosden
Correll
Gosden
Cedar Rapids Boy Wins 22500 Damages In Autry Suit Fire
Indianapolis lad Johnny Lansbury, eight, who was burned in a Gene Autry cowboy suit, won 22500 in damages. He had leg burns requiring hospital care in Mercy hospital after an incident linked to highly inflammable rayon chaps.
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Autry
Cedar Rapids
Indianapolis
Gene Autry
George Lansbury
Johnny
Mercy Hospital
Lansburys
Bever Avenue
Lansbury
Collins Radio
Young Johnny
J. M. Welch
Bever Avenue SE
Y M C A Resident Builds Fireproof Mousetrap
Seattle resident invents a wastebasket mousetrap that caught fire when a mouse entered. Fire crews rushed to the scene, improving response to the unusual blaze at the YMCA residence.
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Seattle
Y.M.C.A
Russia-Tito Trade Rift Deepens As USSR Slashes Yugoslavia Goods
Moscow announced that trade between the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia would fall to one eighth of 1948 levels signaling a full government level dispute with Tito. Tass blamed Yugoslavia's unfriendly stance and noted a 1949 trade pact signed in Moscow while Tito sought Western ties.
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London
Russia
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Tass
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Foreign Trade Ministry
Tito
Britain
Italy
United States
International Communist Information Bureau
Pat Friday
Windy tale tops Burlington Liars Club contest
The Burlington Liars Club crowned a wind story from Alberta as the gustiest of its annual contest. W. Tupper recounted a north wind that blew 2,000 post holes away, a tale that earned top honors, with runners up from Illinois and Nebraska.
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Burlington
Wis
Canada
Burlington Liars Club, Inc
W. Tupper
Patricia
Alberta
Tupper
Hattmans Father Claims Rutledge Demanded Money
John C. Hattman asserts Dr. Robert C. Rutledge pressed for money from Byron C. Hattman last summer. The statement, released by Cedar Rapids County Attorney William Crissman, says Rutledge threatened if Byron did not stay away from his wife. Continued on page 2 column 5.
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Cedar Rapids
Robert C. Rutledge
Byron C. Hattman
Hattman
John C. Hattman
William W. Crissman
Rutledge
Roosevelt Hotel
St. Louis
Coraopolis
Celebration Prescribed For Estranged Couple
In Chicago Donald Boerst 21 and his estranged wife 19 will ring in the new year together by order of Judge Julius H Miner. The divorce remains pending and the judge urged the pair to use the occasion to attempt reconciliation and settle their differences.
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Chicago
Donald Boerst
Five Percent Freight Rate Boost Ordered
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a temporary average five percent increase in railroad freight rates, elevating annual carrier revenue by about 425 million dollars. Eastern and Southern routes gain six percent, Western zone one five percent, other Western territory four percent, and inter-territorial moves five percent except Eastern-Southern pairs. Total rate hikes since June 30, 1942 reach 62 percent, boosting railroads by roughly 2.9 billion dollars. The order also nationwideizes the Railway Express Western rate scale and raises its income.
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Washington
INS
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Railway Express Agency
Black New Year Ends for Greenwich Village Artists
New York AP reports Greenwich Village artists face eviction as studio leases expire at midnight. About 50 artists risk leaving a Washington Square block as New York University plans to reclaim the space for a law center. Painter Nell Boardman calls it a crime and a blow to American art.
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NEW York
Greenwich Village
Washington Square
New York University
Nell Boardman
America
Connecticut businessman sues Roosevelt hotel over room reservation
Charles S. Amadon of Connecticut sues the Roosevelt hotel for 11 000 dollars claiming breach of a confirmed room reservation. He seeks 1 000 dollars in actual damages and 10 000 dollars in exemplary damages, arguing public interest and statutory hotel regulation.
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Cedar Rapids News
Connecticut
Friday
Roosevelt Hotel
Charles S. Amadon
Connecticut Broach and Machine Company
Roosevelt
Amadon
Iowa
Chiang Kai-shek Signals Possible Resignation Over Peace Talks
Chiang Kai-shek hinted at stepping down or leaving China if a negotiated peace with the Chinese Communists could be reached, while warning that the Nationalist government would fight to finish if talks fail. He set five conditions for any peace including sovereignty, constitutional governance, armed forces integrity, and a protected standard of living.
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China
Chiang
Koomintang Central Executive Committee
Nanking-Shanghai
Cedar Rapids Welcomes 1949 With Silent New Year Revels
Cedar Rapids plans nightlife across 62 taverns 10 night clubs and dozens of groups for 1949. Elks Moose Eagles Veterans groups and commercial venues host dances shows and free admission events starting from 8 p.m. to greet the new year while AA hosts a dry dress jamboree at 315 First Avenue SE with no alcohol permitted.
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Cedar Rapids
Chillun
the Gazette
Cedar Rapids Brotherhoods
The
Elks
Moose Lodge
Cedar Eg
American Legion
V.F.W
Dancel and Ballrooom
Ralph Sade
Dempsy Jones
New Armar Ballroom
Chuck Hall
Montrose
Roosevelt
Brethren of Alcoholics Anonymous
First Avenue SE
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Thye
Minn
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Ore
Lodge
Aiken
U.S
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John Hopley
San Antonio
Charley Shorpen
Oklahoma
John Hughes
Johnson City
J. F. McKale
University of Arizona
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Comstock
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Pacific
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McKale
Harry
Krikac
Nebraska
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