Reds Top Atomic Secrets Revealed by Fuchs
The article recounts Klaus Fuchs admitting he provided atomic information to the Russians after recognizing Britain’s work, detailing four periods of contact from 1942 to 1949. Witnesses include RAF security officer Henry Arnold and Michael Perrin of the Ministry of Supply, outlining the nature and flow of the data shared.
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Fuchs
Germany
Berlin
Henry Arnold
Arnold
Harwell
Michael W. Perrin
Atomic Energy
Ministry of Supply
Russia
New York
British Atomic Energy Diffusion Commission
New Mexico
Perrin
New Bern Station Would Be Leased
The Coastal Broadcasting Co. asked the communications commission to lease radio station WHIT at New Bern to Harmon L. Duncan for five years at 10000 annually. Duncan could buy WHIT for 75000 cash during the lease and has interests in WDUK Durham and WGTN Georgetown.
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Washington
The
Coastal Broadcasting Co
Communications Commission
WHIT
New Bern
N. C
Harmon L. Duncan
Duncan
WDUK
Durham
WGTN
Georgetown
S. C
Nighttime Traffic Accidents Deadlier Than Daytime
A historical note states that traffic accidents occurring at night have roughly double the fatality rate of daylight crashes. The passage also cites that oil consumption in the United States has risen about twenty eightfold since 1900.
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United States
Confession by Fuchs Reflects Inner Conflict and Harwell Departure
The statement reveals Fuchs disapproval of many Russian policies and his choice to reveal information he had. He explains leaving Harwell to avoid harming colleagues and acknowledges moral conflict and the need to repair damage while noting the diverse English views he encountered at Harwell.
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Tually
Russia
Fuchs
Harwell
Europe
Germany
Truman Backing World Disarmament Conference Call
President Truman urged a world disarmament conference linking disarmament to atomic controls. He said an atomic agreement could lead to swift disarmament and defended hydrogen bomb work as aimed at a peaceful world. Congress members voiced mixed reactions and calls for inspection provisions.
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Ings
Truman
McMahon
Tydings
Edwin C. Johnson
Dcolo
Senate House Atomic Committee
Baruch
Knowland
R-Calif
Russia
Ives
R-N.y
Holifield
D-Calif
House
Senate
Acheson
Senate Debates Korea and Formosa Aid Package
The Senate weighs a single package bill backing $60 million for Korea capital and raw materials via ECA with a $30 million RCFC advance, and Formosa aid from $103 million uncommitted funds. Administration backing expects conference settlement with House bill. no military aid. State Dept reiterates non intervention policy after NSC consult.
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Knowland
California
Smith
New Jersey
Administration
Senate
Formosa
House
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
Korea
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
China
Truman
State Department
U.S. Defense Chiefs
National Security Council
22 000 Acres At Butner to Be Sold
Durham February 10 The Farm and Mortgage Corporation of Columbia South Carolina has been assigned about 22 000 acres of Camp Butner land for disposal Project manager T W Palmer said about 58 tracts have been cleared of explosives from training at the former infantry reservation US engineers operating from Savannah Georgia are clearing other tracts of dangerous missiles
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Farm and Mortgage Corporation
Columbia
S. C
T. W. Palmer
U. S. Engineers
Savannah
McGrath Report Warns on Communists in Schools
Education Commissioner Earl J. McGrath said Communists have surrendered the right to teach in a free nation and urged investigations into teaching motives. He warned against restricting academic freedom, called for international understanding campaigns, and pressed for federal aid to address a teacher and facility shortage amid rising enrollment costs.
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Washington
Office of Education
Earl J. McGrath
Federal Security Administration
McGrath
Stamp speculation scheme nets small profit, witness testifies
Kluttz recounts involvement with Ambrose in a rapid turn over stamp sales to a New York buyer. He put up 21600, earned 25300 back, net 3700, with friends sharing 2875. He left last December after payments slowed. He notes a postal official claimed no wrongdoing.
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Kluttz
Revival On School Campus
Dr W Raymond Edman led a campus revival as ten students testified and prayed in the pulpit crowding aisles. Students from the college near Chicago pledged to abstain from smoking drinking dancing and frivolous amusements while seeking deeper spiritual life with Dean Voskuyl noting a hoped supernatural element.
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W. Raymond Edman
Chicago
Roger J. Voskuyl
Stamp deal ties to Ambrose resignation in wartime era
A stamp investment scheme linked to Harold F Ambrose led to his resignation as special assistant in charge of public relations for the Postmaster General. Henrik Mannerfrid, a New York exporter, has been named as a possible loss in the affair described by Max O Truitt as a fantastic case. Investigators reported no evidence of federal law violations and that the scheme involved about a dozen investors over 16 months with no government funds or mail use.
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Washington
Henrik Mannerfund
New York
Harold F. Ambrose
Post Office Department
Max O. Truitt
Barkley
Mannerfrid
Ambrose
Truitt
Mannefrid
Europe
Jesse M. Donaldson
Donaldson
Post Office
FBI
Philatelic Agency
Televised Actors to Use Short Range Radio for Daily Lines
Television actors in continuing dramas will receive new lines via a directed short range radio system. The setup aims to speed rehearsal, reduce on-set delays, and keep performances current with daily script updates.
Navigator urged turn as Missouri ran aground near Norfolk
The court heard Lt. E. D. Arnold describe frantic recommendations to turn right moments before the battleship Missouri grounded in Chesapeake Bay on January 17. The crew debated plotting, with orders from Capta in William D. Brown and Lt. Cmdr. Millett, as engineers reported muddy propellers after the incident. The ship returned to Norfolk for repairs before a training cruise to Guantanamo Bay.
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Naval Court of
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Chesapeake Bay
Missouri
Frank G. Morris
William D. Brown
John R. Millett
Arnold
Morris
Brown
Millett
George E. Peckham
Roland B. Hatfield
Duke Glee Club Announces Long Tour of U S
The Duke University Men glee club plans a 16 city tour the longest in 23 years starting Feb 17 with a home concert at Duke. J Foster Barnes director says engagements in Florida for the first time and NBC will broadcast the April 29 program in New York. The group of 42 will perform with soloists a Triple Quartet and a Barbershop Quartet. The itinerary covers Durham Winston Salem Greensboro Wilmington Savannah Jacksonville Orlando Lakeland Tampa Charlotte Washington Harrisburg Pittsburgh Rochester New York City and NBC broadcast in New York on April 29.
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Duke University
J. Foster Barnes
Seaboard
Florida
Barnes
Duke
New York
National Broadcasting Company
Duke Group
Winston-Salem
N. C
Greensboro
Wilmington
Savannah
Charlotte
Washington
Mechanization releases vast US cropland to market production
Mechanization has released about 55 million acres of United States cropland from feeding workstock to producing marketable farm products.
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