Embassy Described as Spy Nest by Polish Official
Gen Szyador Modelski, former Polish embassy official, testifies to UN American Activities Committee that the Polish embassy in Washington housed espionage networks. He cites 27 documents and names Col Komar and scientist Ignace Zlotowski as key links to atomic and military intelligence.
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House un-American Activities Committee
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Rudolf Modelski
Poland
Canada
Mexico
Modelski
London
Warsaw
Col
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Komar
Ignace Zlotowski
Zlotowski
Nanking
China
Canton
Shanghai
U. S
Peiping Radio
Yangtze
Lake Success
Britain
Soviet Union
United Nations
House of Representatives Un-American Activities Committee
Szyader Rudolf Modelski
Embass
Governor Scott Sets Road and School Bond Plan Meeting
Raleigh April 23 Governor Scott called an informal meeting for Tuesday morning to map plans to take the road bond of 200 million dollars and a 25 million school bond to the people. The gathering will be in the agriculture building as he launches a vigorous campaign.
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Raleigh
Scott
Eugene Holman
Standard Oil of
N. J
Holman
Vernor
Communists Enter Nanking and Shanghai Evacuations
News recap of Communist entry into Nanking as Nationalist forces flee to Canton. Shanghai troops absent, US citizens urged to depart. Reports cite British warships, Soviet aid rumors, and UN and espionage disclosures amid China crisis and Cold War tensions.
Opera Singer Murder Still Big Mystery
Atlanta police and crime lab technicians halted the Garvis case after a shattered bullet offered only a single clue. An arrest in Clinton, South Carolina tied to a Belgium made .32 caliber pistol sparked testing to match lands and grooves with the .38 bullet that killed John Garvis. Dr. Herman Jones and assistants failed to link the weapon as of Sunday noon with no solid connection yet.
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Atlanta
John Garvis
Garvis
Ian
Clinton
S. C
Garris
Herman Jones
Fulton County
Bulletin
George Cornett
Herbert Jenkins
Jones
South Carolina
Grover “Tojo
Pulley
Britain Will Use Force To Rescue Yangtze Sloop Amethyst
British Consul General R W Urquhart said force could be used to rescue the Amethyst and 60 crew trapped in the Yangtze amid Communist fire. London denied attacks on British ships and noted the Amethyst remained crippled yet alive about 50 miles east of Nanking as efforts for a rescue continue.
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China
John Rogge
U. S
Russia
United States
Harry Pollitt
Dartmouth
Totnes
Yangtze
Don Carlson
Shanghai
Yangtze River
Peiping
London
R. W. Urquhart
St. George's Day
State rests case against Vaughn J. Cannon and six others
The state rested its case in Asheville city police court against Vaughn J. Cannon and six others on charges of gambling and conspiracy. It was the 31st day of the record breaking trial. The defense plans motions and will resume Tuesday.
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Asheville
Vaughn J. Cannon
I. C. Crawford
U S Cruisers Sail For China Waters In April
The heavy cruiser St Paul and light cruiser Manchester will leave Pearl Harbor for China on April 30 with 700 Marines to relieve the third Marines at Shanghai. They join destroyers and will strengthen U S naval presence during the Chinese civil war.
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Pearl Harbor
U. S
St. Paul
Manchester
China Waters
Pacific Fleet Headquarters
Seventh Battalion
Whangpoo River
Shanghai
Pasadena
Springfield
Western Pacific
U.S. Western Pacific
China
AFL Serves Notice On Congress
The AFL blasts Rep Wood's proposed labor bill as Taft Hartley in disguise and urges defeat. George Meany calls the Wood bill a tougher Taft Hartley proxy while Congress returns from an Easter break to resume a heated Labor Committee fight.
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Washington
ALF
Congress
Rep
Wood
D-Ga
George Meany
House
Lesinski
D-Mich
House Labor Committee
Meany
American Federation of Labor
Labor
Death in Riverside: Owen fatally shot amid jealousy claim
Wealthy cattle rancher John E. Owen was shot and died after a quarrel with his secretary Agnes E. Garnier 53 who says the firing was accidental. Garnier told investigators Owen admitted love for a New York woman and a dispute followed. she alleges she restrained him and the revolver fired. Irene Rich identified as the New York woman connected to Owen.
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Calif
John E. Owen
Irene Rich
New York
Miss Rich
Owen
Florence
Beverly Hills
Etiwanda
Agnes E. Garnier
Wiliam C. Mackey
Mel Vivian
Garnier
Vivian
Navy orders halt on colossal carrier under Johnson push
Defense Secretary Johnson, with President Truman and the joint chiefs, ordered Navy Secretary Sullivan to stop construction of the 65,000 ton carrier United States valued at 189 million dollars. The move marks a major Air Force victory in the long battle over strategic bombing and the role of naval air power.
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Washington
Defense
Johnson
Navy
Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Sullivan
Virginia
Newport News Shipbuilding Corporation
Air Force
USAF
Army
Corpus, Christi
Tex
John L. Sullivan
Charlottesville
Adimur‘al
William F. (Bull) Halsley
Navy Department
United States
Scott Names Dr. Johnson Commissioner of Paroles
Dr. T. C. Johnson pastor of the First Baptist church of Newton was named state paroles commissioner by Governor Scott. The appointment takes effect May 1 to fill the vacancy created by Hataway Cross’s resignation. Johnson, a psychologist and public affairs figure, has held multiple posts including at the Venereal Disease Education Institute, High Point College, and the North Carolina Social Hygiene Society.
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Raleigh
T. C. Johnson
First Baptist Church of
Newton
Scott
Hataway Cross
Cross
Charles Johnson
Johnson
State Board of Health
High Point College
High Point
High Point Enterprise
N. C. Social Hygiene Society
Paroles Commission
Watford College
Furman University
Vanderbilt
Duke
Record Spending Marks 1949 North Carolina Assembly Session
The 1949 general assembly in Raleigh ended after 94 days with 1500 plus laws. It authorized over 500 million in direct appropriations and 825 million in bonds for rural roads and education. No new taxes were levied except a gasoline levy boost, and a 427 million biennial appropriations bill would raise state operations and teacher pay despite a projected $5 million budget gap.
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Noel Yancey Raleigh
General Assembly
Scott
House
North Carolina Legislature Ends 1949 Session
Raleigh April 23 The General Assembly adjourned its 1949 session after four months. The $427 million biennial appropriations bill passed, boosting teachers pay by 28 percent and other state workers by 20 percent, while expanding agency budgets. Debate over highway commission reorganization failed in a House Senate stalemate.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
Kerr Craig Ramsay
H. P. Taylor
State Highway Commission
House
Senate
Winston-Salem
Newton
ABC
Forsyth
Catawba
Council of State
Southern Bell Seeks Rehearing After Rate Increase
Southern Bell Telephone Company says it is keenly disappointed by a 2.43 million dollar rate increase approved by the Utilities Commission. The raise, the largest granted to a single firm, raises residential rates from 25 to 75 cents and business rates from 25 cents to 1.30. The company aims for a 6.08 percent return and plans to file for a rehearing to push its North Carolina expansion program.
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Raleigh
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Utilities Commission
North Carolina
H. G. Booth
Charlotte
Southern Bell
Commission
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