Loyalty test for federal employees stalls in inquiry
The 1947 loyalty plan to purge Communists and subversives from government stalls six weeks after order. Budget questions delay costs and funding shares across departments. Officials warn Congress expects a clear program with no waste, while the chamber notes unclear public figures on known Communists in government.
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Lyle C. Wilson
Washington
Truman
Budget Bureau
Congress
United States Chamber of Commerce
Special Committee On un-American Activities
American League For Peace and Democracy
Biddle
Communist Party
Communist Front
Clark
FBI
White House
Solon Warns of Newsprint Shortage Risks to Press
Washington Republican Rep. Brown chairing a special House committee warned Tuesday that the newsprint shortage endangers press freedom and democracy. He said paper and woodpulp are vital to the economy and modern life, noting without newsprint people cannot be informed or records kept.
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Washington
Llp
Brown
Ohio
House
Plant Protection Men End Strike at Hudson
About 15 000 Hudson Motor Car Company workers returned to work after protection men ended a one day walkout. Officials said production workers would cross picket lines if an NLRB election shows UAW Local 114 represents a majority of protection workers.
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Detroit
Hudson Motor Car Company
Norman Matthews
CIO
United Auto Workers
NLRB
UAW
Love’s Labor Lost Turns to Police Station Alibi
In Spokane Fred A Love left a department store with stolen shirts under his coat and went straight to the police station. Notice of Appointment of Executrices records Ellen Kanealy Agnes Anealy and Katherine K M Trew in Linn County Iowa for the estate of Anne W Lenders with executrices named and claims to be filed.
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Spokane
Wash
Love
Fred A. Love
Movieland Bride Breaks Tooth On Her First Meal
Hollywood actress June Haver admits brides in movieland cannot cook as she breaks a tooth during her first meal with her fiancé Jimmy Zito. The incident led to calls to an old flame now her dentist, who rushed to treat her after a dinner of fried potatoes Caesar salad and hollandaise sauce.
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Patricia Clary
Hollywood
Movieland
June Haver
Jimmy Zito
Mama Haver
Miss Haver
Zito
Most Beautiful Feet In Hollywood Selected
Actress Ruth Warrick was chosen as having the most perfect feet in Hollywood by Dr. Silas H. Treinis who praised a high arch and sculptured foot. Other top feet include Joan Leslie Olivia De Havilland Peggy Knudsen Ginger Rogers and June Allyson as named by the foot health specialist.
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Hollywood
Ruth Warrick
Silas H. Treinis
Miss Warrick
Joan Leslie
Olivia de Havilland
Peggy Knudsen
Ginger Rogers
June Allyson
Dr. Trevnis
Ziegfeld
Administrator McMahon Granted Authority in Iowa Estate
State of Iowa Linn County notices announce Peter McMahon appointed May 5 1947 as Administrator of Mary McMahon deceased. Creditors urged to settle debts and claimants to file duly verified claims with Linn County District Court through attorney Edward J. Dahms.
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State of
Iowa
Linn County
Anne W Lenders
State of Iowa
Mary Mec- Mahon
Towa
Iowa District Court
Hirohito Visits MacArthur Amid Japan's Political Unrest
Emperor Hirohito paid a courtesy call to Gen. MacArthur at his residence as Japan eyes a socialist plurality in the elections. The meeting followed moves to convene the diet on May 20 under the new constitution, with conservatives seeking a coalition post.
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Tokyo
Hirohito
Gen. MacArthur
Japan
MacArthur
Diet
Shigeru Yasuida
Pal
Quiet Return of Ambassador Sees Low Security
The ambassador arrived with minimal ceremony and no special guards along the route, unlike previous visits. Aides had arranged the appointment in advance to ensure a discreet, uneventful reopening.
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Ace O
He Drives Truck In Tavern After Wife Is Jailed
Kenosha Wisconsin report says John Zieck a 38 year old truck driver sat in a jail cell after an evening at a tavern with his wife. A dispute at the tavern followed their departure with Mrs Zieck refusing to continue home leading to arrest and confinement.
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Kenosha
Wis
John Zieck
Zieck
Driver in Snowplow Damages Tavern in Odd Feud
A truck driver threatened to force his way home in a snowplow. Zieck charged back into the tavern, her husband crashed the building, and the tavern suffered $2,000 in damage while the truck lost $300 in value. The driver faced burglary and theft charges and remained jailed after the incident.
Five Towns Fall To Chinese Reds
Nanking dispatches report Chinese Communists capturing five more towns as they drive to link Manchuria forces with Shansi. Nationalists acknowledge losses and observers say Chiang Kai-shek’s plan to crush the Reds by Christmas is badly jolted, threatening northern China military positions.
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Nanking
Manchuria
Shansi Province
China
Tuesay
Chiang Kai-shek
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Seth
Edwards
F. M. Edwards
Dr. Edwards
Solon
Hudson
Ellen Kanealy
Agnes. Anealy
Katherine K. M
Trewin, Simmons, Perrine and Albright
Barnes, Barnes and Wadsworth
Attorneys
Peter McMahon
Edward J. Dahms
Cedar Rapids
M'Arthur
Smulekoff
Sink & Cabinet
Haeger Pottery
Haeger
Smalekoff
Third Avenue
First Street
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