Chambers Hiss Case Turns to Ancient Maryland Farm
The House committee assigned an investigator to probe a report that Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers both showed interest in a Maryland farm near Westminster. A handwriting expert was consulted to resolve conflicting accounts of their past relationship and possible purchase or occupancy.
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William F. Arbogast
Washington
House
American Activities Committee
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Westminister
Env
Chambers
House Un-American Activities Committee
Hisss Westminster Farm Sale Ties Unfolding Disputed Deal
The News-Post reports a Jay Chambers bought a run down Maryland farm near Westminster once tied to Alger Hiss and his wife. It prints photo copies of sale agreements dated April 13 1936 for Hiss and March 12 1937 for Chambers with a May 2 1936 letter from Hiss stating disinterest in the Shirkey place.
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Baltimore
News-Post
Jay Chambers
Westminster
Alger Hiss
Alger
Priscilla Hiss
Esther Chambers
Chambers
Hiss
Edward W. Case
Shirkey Place
Hiss Chambers Riddle Probed by Committee
Committee members chase a key to the Hiss Chambers mystery aided by a sworn Budenz statement asserting Louis Budenz believed Hiss was under discipline, reflecting ongoing scrutiny of high level state matters.
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Hiss-Chambers
Louis Budenz
Hiss
Truman Plans Nation-Wide Speaking Tour
President Truman plans an unprecedented nationwide stump campaign with cross country tours into the deep south and every region. The first trip follows five Labor Day appearances in Michigan culminating in a Detroit Cadillac Square address written largely from notes.
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Wanderer
Truman
Deep South
Michigan
Detroit
Cadillac Square
J. Howard McGrath
Washington
Yorktown
Williamsburg
Naval Mine Depot
Dewey
Youth Voices Shape World Council Pronouncements
In Amsterdam the World Council of Churches assembly hears youths will have a bigger voice in religious thinking. American delegate Charles P. Taft says youth views will be incorporated into the council's forthcoming encyclical and pronouncements. Youth movements from missionary countries form a cross section shaping church unity efforts.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
World Council of Churches
World Council Assembly
Council
Charles P. Taft
Assembly
Taft
World Council
Visiting Swiss dentists tour Los Angeles
Three dentists from Switzerland on their first U S visit remark on American automated services and credit dentistry. They note pervasive six months to pay signs and criticize America for freezing foods and beverages including beer and beef while joking about cold desserts and even young ladies.
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Los Angeles
U. S
Georges Lebet
Geneva
Jean Paul Verrin
P. H. Lugeon
Lausanne
Two Relief Groups Licensed By State
RALEIGH Aug 27 Two organizations aiding foreign relief have been licensed by the state board of public welfare to solicit clothing commodities and money. The groups are the Cooperative for American Remittance to Europe and The Church World Service both of New York City. The board rejected Save the Children Federation of New York.
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Raleigh
State Board of Pub Welfare
Toay
Save the Children Federation of New York
Cooperative
Europe
Church WorldService
New York City
Republicans to Highlight Red Issues in Campaign
In Washington on August 27, Republicans announced plans to push the communists-in-government issue. Senator Revercomb of West Virginia criticizes the administration for not rooting communists from the federal service, while Rankin’s Mississippi primary comeback fuels GOP strategy against Soviet influence. Truman dismisses congressional inquiries as red herring, saying FBI and justice have prior knowledge.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Revercomb
R-Wva
Herring
Keyser
W. Va
Russia
Rep
Rankin
Congress
Mississippi
Senate
Joe Stalin
Stalin
Mr. Truman
Truman
House
FBI
Justice Department
One Dead as Bus Collides with Car Near South Mills
A head on crash between a Norfolk Southern bus and a car south of South Mills North Carolina left one dead and seven injured. Wilma Jean Butts died at Albemarle Hospital. John Gurganus and six others injured. Investigating NC State Police report the Butt couple drove toward Elizabeth City when their car hit the bus. The same dispatch notes shelling and shooting in Jerusalem with no casualties reported.
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Norfolk
Norfolk Southern
South Mills
N. C
Wilma Jean Butts
Wilbur Woodrow Butts
Albemarle Hospital
Elizabeth City
John Gurganus
Addie Terry
Deep Creek
Butts
Joan Butt
Gurganus
Annie Langley
North Carolina
Court Issues Warrants For Cannons
Widespread search launched for Vaughn Cannon a wealthy missing witness in Ashe ville alleged gambling enterprises Bench warrants issued for Vaughn his brother Fred and two associates E R Chick Rosenberg and John Thrash Jr Judge Zeb V Nettles ordered warrants after a John Doe hearing to obtain evidence from over twenty witnesses Records and safes seized Tuesday and Wednesday at firms tied to Cannon are impounded containing receipts tickets ledgers and other items The order names Vaughn Cannon Fred Cannon David F Morris and others as property owners or occupants and aims to be used in cases involving slot machines baseball tickets and other gambling devices.
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Asheville
Vaughn Cannon
Vaughn
Fred
E. R
Chick” Rosenberg
John Thrash
Zeb V. Nettles
John Doe
Fred Cannon
David F. Morris
Railroads Seek Higher Rates On Coal And Iron Ore
Railroads ask the Interstate Commerce Commission for a nationwide freight-rate rise to boost revenue by about 140 million dollars annually based on 1947 traffic. They seek 25 cents per net ton or 28 cents per gross ton on coal coke. 20 cents per ton on iron ore in the east and south.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Storm shifts toward coast as hurricane nears Florida
The 100 mile an hour Atlantic hurricane veers toward the west north west, centered 825 miles east of Miami. Grady Norton warned it may change course, while a navy crew reported winds around 115 miles per hour. The Russian freighter Petmakis Nomikos disappeared after reporting the disturbance. Shipping urged caution as the storm moves about 250 miles toward the mainland and the vessel John Howland sought Coast Guard standby aid.
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Miami
Fla
Grady Norton
Federal Storm Warning Service
Florida
Norton
Navy
C. W. Gibbs
Laurens, S. C
Petmakis Nomikos
Coast Guard
John Howland
Brunswick
Kasenkina Fund Created For Refugees From Communism
New York August 27 The Kasenkina fund for victims of communism will aid refugees from the USSR including medical and legal help and future employment for Oksana Kasenkina the Russian teacher. Common Cause Inc announced the fund to persuade Soviet citizens to seek freedom. Kasenkina promised asylum by the state department and is reported in good condition at Roosevelt Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Common Cause, Inc
Oksana Kasenkina
Kasenkina
Russia
State Department
Western Envoys Head to Kremlin for Crucial German Talks
Western envoys led by U S Ambassador Walter Bedell Smith travel to the Kremlin for a 5 p m meeting with Molotov, then to the British embassy. Informants say this session could be decisive in German crisis negotiations, with forecasts shifting from fair to good. A four power communiqué may be issued tomorrow night.
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U. S
Walter Bedell Smith
Amport
Roberts
Kremlin
21 New Polio Cases In N. C. Are Reported
Raleigh reported 21 polio cases to the state health board, raising North Carolina’s yearly total to 1 742 and nearing the state’s worst epidemic. The August onset comprised 20 cases. July added one, with 17 counties recording cases including Avery Alexander Iredell Moore and others.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health
North Carolina
Avery
Alexander
Iredell
Moore Counties
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Catawba
Durham
Forsyth
Gaston
Guilford
Johnston
New Hanover
Pamlico
Stanly
Wilson
Communists storm Berlin city hall disrupt council meeting
Communists stormed Berlin city hall and disrupted the elected anti Communist city council meeting as Russian dominated police watched. The mob vowed to return repeatedly to stop the government from functioning and force its abandonment of the city hall.
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Berlin
Associated Press
States Rights dinner to boost Thurmond fund
The first States' Rights dinner in South Carolina will be held in Sumter with more than 200 guests paying 25 cents a plate to raise funds for the States' Rights Democratic national campaign. Governor J Strom Thurmond is the candidate, and Judge Horace C Wilkinson of Birmingham will deliver the principal speech aired on radio in North and South Carolina at 9 30 p m EST.
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Sumter
South Carolina
Democratic National Campaign Fund
J. Strom Thurmond
Horace C. Wilkinson
Birmingham
Ala
North Carolina
Tito in Yugoslavia Ties to Stalin Line Read as Moscow Gauge
AP analysis outlines Yugoslavia's split with Cominform and Tito's independent path. Moscow seeks to enforce the Stalin line, using Romania and Ana Pauker to pressure Tito while avoiding direct force. The case signals how Moscow plans to handle satellite defiance and may reshape Western strategy.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Moscow
Russia
Cominform
Tito
Soviet
Stalin
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Ana Pauker
Romania
Youth Twice Tragedy After Accidental Rifle Deaths
In San Diego on Kearney Mesa near Linda Vista two brothers aged 16 and 14 were killed after Ronald Earnest fired at Ralph from about 100 yards away during a hunting trip. Ronald then shot himself after reloading and placing the rifle in his mouth while Kenneth Goetschl, 15, witnessed the event.
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San Diego
Lloyd Jones
Jones
Ronald
Ralph Earnest
Kearney Mesa
Linda Vista
Calif
Kenneth M. Goetschl
Goetschl
Bermondsey Rotarians Collect Piano Rent
Bermondsey Rotarians collect their piano rent from St Mary Magdalen church in London. Today the payment is a snowball kept in a refrigerator, with plans to present a rose at Christmas.
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London
Bermondsey
Rotarians
St. Mary Magdalen Church
United States backs Western Europe advisory parliament plan
Washington notes the United States supports closer integration of western Europe and favors an advisory representative assembly proposed by France. Britain may delay joining while France and Brussels alliance members push for a conference to outline membership and agenda.
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Washington
United States
France
State Department
Europe
Department
Pee
Rance
Britain
Be Um
Netherlands
Luxemurg
Eretate Ee
Ee Brussels
Winston Churchill
Michael J. McDermott
Unon
Hot Week End Forecast For Most of U S
Chicago reports a hot muggy week end across the nation with 90 to 100 degree heat. Forecasters cite no break in the heat with humidity increasing discomfort from the Dakotas to New England as cool air from Canada moves slowly southward. Early factory quitting in some cities underscores the severity of the heat.
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Chicago
Dakotas
New England
Mercury
Midwest
Ohio River Valley
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Federal Weather Bureau
Florida
Canada
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper
Michigan
Baby Born With Full Set Of Teeth In Goldsboro
A baby girl born at a Goldsboro hospital last Saturday had a full set of teeth according to Dr. W H Bryant a Black dentist. The infant daughter of Mary Armstrong died Wednesday and was found to have teeth while being prepared for burial. The dentist said it was the first such case in his 30 years of practice.
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Goldsboro
Goldsboro Hospital
W. H. Bryant
Mary Armstrong
L. T. Lightner
Bryant
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