Bill to jail newsmen for leaking information in Congress
Congress weighs a bill to jail reporters for printing confidential leaks from committees. The measure, tied to loy alty probe data, faces amendments to strike the jail provision. Violators could be fined 1000 dollars and imprisoned a year. The press is warned the rule could cover journalists.
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House
Washington
Congress
Senate
Brown
Ohio
Price
D-Ii
Martin
R-Mass
Commerce Department
un-American Activities Committee
Hoffman
R-Mich
Expenditures Committee
Rules Committee
Leaked News Policy Aims to Punish Leakers Not Reporters
Brown vows an amendment to protect reporters from punishment for obtaining news from Congressional committees while insisting committee members who leak information be punished. The policy targets leaks from within the committee to prevent news leaks despite reporters often receiving tips behind closed doors.
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Tee
Committee
Brown
Pet Sparrow Delights Family With Practical Jokes
ST. LOUIS, UP A sparrow named Foxy lives with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Farrar after they found him at their door two years ago. The bird performs tricks like stealing Mrs Farrar’s needle and thread while she darns and pecking at Mr Farrar's head. Foxy accompanies Mrs Farrar around the house and hurries to the front door whenever the bell rings.
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ST. Louis
Ed. Farrar
Foxy
One Man Show at Pabst Theater Enlivens Friday Night
A Milwaukee caller asked what will be on Friday at the Pabst Theater. The manager replied the program features Vladimir Horowitz. The caller reacted with surprise and curiosity asking who is performing.
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Milwaukee
Pabst Theater
Horowitz
Valdimir Horowitz
Mastitis Expensive For State Dairymen
Mastitis costs Alabama dairymen more than any other disease and strong measures are needed. Udder disease reduces a cow’s productive ability by at least 25 percent, with butterfat loss as the greatest impact. Extension dairy specialist John Parrish urges udders be inspected, badly infected cows sold, and future purchases limited to sound cows. Clean hands and milking machines help curb spread.
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Alabama
John Parrish
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Parrish
Tombstone Describes Fred Pargeter as “A good and honest citizen”
Pretty Prairie Kansas reports Fred V. Pargeter has a $1300 self erected tombstone at Lone Star cemetery. It bears life details and inscriptions praising him as a good and honest citizen and his wife as a good wife and a much-loved woman. They plan a England trip this summer if her health allows.
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Pretty Prairie
Kan
Fred V. Pargeter
Lone Star Cemetery
England
Pargeter
Smart Bird Finds Human Friend O K
Santa Paula California dispatch reports Brownie a wild towhee, the bold feeder to Al Reeves, hops to Reeves hand at morning and evening crumbs. Brownie leads a flock of gold finches, hummingbirds, canaries, blue jays, robins, mockingbirds and woodpeckers visiting daily.
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Santa Paula
Cal
Brownie
al Reeves
Reeves
Ancient Egyptians and Assyrians Enamelling Bricks and Pottery
Ancient Egypt and Assyria employed enamelling on bricks and pottery to create finishes of magnificence unmatched in later periods.
Schmidt Heads Unit Aims For National Code Use
Schmidt now leads the unit and will develop a code to guide ventures and secure laboratories and dentists to adopt it. He hopes the code becomes a nationally accepted method for where to identify amnesia victims or badly burned bodies.
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Schmidt
Tamed Mosquitoes Aid Science Project
Lawrence Kansas UP three colonies of domesticated mosquitoes live on a diet of powdered dog biscuits and raisins at the University of Kansas. Dr H B Hungerford professor of entomology grew them from eggs to be used in a medical entomology class for safe experiments with yellow fever type mosquitoes injected with bird malaria.
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Lawrence, Kan
University of Kansas
H. B. Hungerford
Hungerford
Tuberculosis testing of cattle again drops in 1950
CHICAGO. The American Veterinary Medical Association reports a continued decline in cattle tested for tuberculosis last year. Spokesmen say the drop reflects reduced testing activity across the industry.
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Chicago
American Veterinary Medical Association
Association
Cattle Loss Figures Show Disease Toll Across Regions
Early reports indicate 8,300,000 head of cattle tested against a disease, with an expected annual loss of 12 to 14 million cattle in the period from 1988 to 1941. State veterinary officials and cattle owners in several states weigh preventive measures and controls.
English Statute Fixes Leap Year Day for Feb Twenty Ninth
An English statute clarified leap year rule, fixing the years that include February 29 to celebrate birthdays on leap days. The measure aligns with calendar corrections and clarifies date observances for those born on February 29.
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Purex
Purex Corporation, Ltd
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Tacoma
Dallas
Money Swift
Oleo
Cosby
Purelard
Kingan
Chase & Sanborn Coffee
Bari
AJAX
New York
Thomas Moran
Cleveland
Mary
Terry
Patrick
Dennis
Jackie
Tommy
Smart Bird
O.K
Berrer
2D Abil
del Monte Vacuum
Solgauer ‘Soap Am
Ajax Cleanser
Frye
Chuck Roast
Sean
Swift
Morton’s Salt
Nabisco
Stanton
East Main Secrest
Ball Brothers
Muncie
Indiana
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