Trial Begins for Twelve Communist Leaders in New York
The conspiracy trial of twelve top Communist leaders starts with record courthouse security as 400 police and federal agents guard the federal building. Sealed medical reports on William Z. Foster may delay the trial, which was postponed last November due to his heart ailment. If physicians’ findings align, Foster may face a separate trial later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal
William Z. Foster
Foster
U. S
Harold R. Medina
John F. X. McGahey
National Board
The
Communist Party
Eugene Dennis
American Communist Party
Benjamin J. Davis, Jr
New York City Council
John Gates
Worker
Robert G. Thompson
John Williamson
Irving Potash
CIO Farriers Joint Council
Gilbert Green
Chicago
Illinois
Carl Winter
Detroit
Michigan State Council
Gus Hall
Cleveland
Ohio
Penny bill fails to satisfy wets and dries in North Carolina
Raleigh January 17 report notes neither side supports Senator Penny’s liquor referendum bill. Drys oppose equal county voting power for ABC stores, wets fear statewide losses, and local option supporters dislike erosion of local democracy. Uncertain prospects for any statewide referendum, with talk of a three way choice and county level votes.
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Raleigh
George Penny
Guilford
Dries
Dare County
Clay County
Clay
ABC
Dare
Capitol Square
Racial War in Africa Escalates Across South Africa
Durban reports bloody clashes as Indian and Zulu mobs rampage. Police fire on looters while officials pledge 2,000 troops and extended powers to curb the violence. Riots spread to Johannesburg and Pietermaritzburg with mass displacement and reports of rape, arson, and killings.
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Durban
Union of South Africa
South Africa
Johannesburg
L. L. Boyd
C. R. Swart
F. C. Erasmus
Boyd
Cyprian
Natal
Zululand
New Germany
Pinesville
Pietermaritzburg
Five Year Old Preacher Urges Staying Home
In Long Beach California Reverend Marjoe Gortner aged five urged parents to stay home read the Bible and quit running around. He spoke at the Masonic temple as his first sermon since turning five last Friday. The ceremony of his marriage to Sailor Raymond Miller and his bride two weeks ago was denounced by local clergy but appears valid.
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Long Beach
Calif
Marjoe Gortner
America
Faith Church
Masonic Temple
Raymond Miller
Marjee
General Middle East Peace Plan Revealed
United Nations spokesman says Dr. Ralph Bunche launches a broad peace push in the Middle East. Talks between Israelis and Egyptians proceed without inviting other Arab states. Key issues include Egyptian troops in the Faluja pocket, Negev withdrawals, and arms reductions. Lebanon signals acceptance of armistice if all Israeli troops leave, as Israel releases four of 15 villages in Lebanon.
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Rhodes
U. N
Faluja
Negev
Palestine
Bunche
Lebanon
Kurfees Enters Winston-Salem Mayoral Race
Marshall C. Kurfees taxicab company manager announces candidacy for mayor. Democratic primary scheduled for April in Winston-Salem.
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Winston-Salem
Marshall C. Kurfees
Winston- Salem
State Solons Map Route for 1949 Session
Raleigh Jan 17 The 1949 North Carolina general assembly faces a busy week as Governor Scott prepares a road message to guide legislation. Major items include the biennial operation bill and extensive capital improvements while a ten million dollar tax cut is proposed.
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Lynn Nisbet
Raleigh
General Assembly
Scott
Girl's Frozen Body Found In Shallow Grave
In Spanaway Park near Tacoma Washington a 17 year old beauty school student Noreen McNicholas was found dead after missing since November 5. Coroner says marks indicate strangulation. A Tacoma Boys Club searcher located the body about 200 yards from where clothing had been found.
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Tacoma
Wash
Noreen McNicholas
Paul Mellinger
Tacoma Boys’ Club
Spanaway Park
Here
McNicholas
Assailants Sought After Beaufatcher Mountain Robbery
Police seek two Negro suspects who beat and robbed a white couple on Beauhatcher Mountain road. Betsy Perry 21 of Durham and Joseph A. Brown 19 of Hendersonville were hospitalized with head injuries. Nine dollars taken from Brown. Perry’s loss undetermined.
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Asheville
Beauhatcher Mountain Road
Betsy Perry
Durham
Joseph A. Brown
Hendersonville
Brown
Miss Perry
Army Tightens Up On Marriage Rules In German Sectors
In Frankfurt Germany on January seventeenth the U S army announced tighter marriage rules for GIs. Enlisted men below sergeant rank may not wed German women except in special cases and there is a six month waiting period before ceremony instead of three. Army officials cited about five thousand marriages in two years and suspected German girls used marriage to leave Germany.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. Army
Army
MacArthur Rejects Smith on Marine Role in Pacific
In Tokyo Gen Douglas MacArthur refutes Gen Holland Smith claims that Marines were omitted from Pacific recapture efforts. He states no Marine ground units participated in recapturing the Philippines and that only the first Marine Division served under his command briefly in Australia and New Britain. He calls Smith badly informed and defends Marine conduct as fully publicized.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Holland M
Howlin
Smith
MacArthur
Pacific
Iow
James Roosevelt
Makin Island
Tarawa
Makin
Saipan
Iwo Jima
Roosevelt
Associated Press
Philippines
Sixth
Eighth Armies
Australia
Guadalcanal
New Britain
Fnte
Jimmy Roosevelt
Mae West Ill in Baltimore Amid Abdominal Obstruction
Mae West aged 55 lay ill in a Baltimore hotel with an abdominal obstruction since Saturday. Doctors were undecided on surgery, and the next two weeks of her stage play Diamond Lil were canceled.
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Baltimore
Mae West
Nation's Capital Prep for Inaugural Ceremonies
Washington prepares for the 41st inauguration with massive seating, flags and seals. President Truman and Vice President Barkley will take the oath Thursday as crowds of up to a million gather along Pennsylvania Avenue for a two and a half hour parade, with the White House stands and 58 United Nations flags on display.
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Washington
Capitol
Harry S. Truman
Alben W. Barkley
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
United Nations
Tar Heel Stars To Be Honored At Theater Owners Meet
Native North Carolinians and other celebrity guests are invited to attend the Theater Owners Association of the Carolinas convention in Charlotte from January 30 to February 1. Invitees include Randolph Scott Ava Gardner Kay Kyser Sidney Blackmer Kathryn Grayson and Cliff Edwards among others from North and South Carolina.
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North Carolina
Marylin Sheehan
Boston
Mass
Camp Sutton
Monroe
Linda Mae Taylor
Sanford
Charlotte
Theater Owners Association of the
Carolinas
Randolph Scott
Ava Gardner
Gardner
Smithfield
Anne Jeffreys
Goldsboro
Kay Kyser
Rocky Mount
Shepard Strudwick
Hillsboro
Johnny Long
Newell
Sidney Blackmar
Skinnay Ennis
Salisbury
John Scott Trotter
Kathryn Grayson
Winston-Salem
South Carolina
Lois Collier
Sally
Abagail Adams
Greenville
Cliff Edwards
McBee
Congress Buckles Down To Work After Opening
Washington January 17 Congress moves to approve a pay raise for the president and a new secretary of state for Truman. House Democrats plan committee realignments removing two southern Democrats from the Un American Activities Committee and adding an all lawyer slate. Senate leaders expect a swift confirmation for Dean Acheson as secretary of state in the first vote of the 81st Congress.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
House Democrats
Un-American Activities Committee
Rayburn
House
Senate
Dean Acheson
Scott to Address General Assembly on Rural Road Financing
Governor Scott plans a special message to the North Carolina General Assembly at 9 p.m. broadcast to lay out his ideas for financing a rural road program. His campaign stressed improving secondary roads, with goals to blacktop 12 000 miles and treat 36 000 rural miles in four years.
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Raleigh
Scott
General Assembly
House
Senate
Advisory Budget Commission
Government Efficiency and Economy Sought in Reorganization Plan
President Truman asked Congress for permanent authority to reorganize the U.S. government to promote efficient and economical operation. He urged a comprehensive, permanent act covering all executive agencies and proposed higher pay to attract qualified executives. He cited Hoover Commission recommendations and outlined key criteria for effective administration.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Executive Branch
Hoover Commission
Hoover
Senate
House
Stock Market Holds Stable On Narrow Price Route
New York stock market moves along a narrow price path with overall stability tied to a lack of selling pressure. American telephone declines about one point to a new low since 1943 after word the justice department filed an anti monopoly suit against the company. Farnsworth Television gains modestly while Chrysler Sears Roebuck Spiegel Distillers Corp. Electric Power Light General Electric Radio Corp. Santa Fe and Standard Oil NJ post higher prices. Lasers listed Bethlehem Steel Boeing Western Union International Paper Union Pacific Pan American Airways and Paramount Pictures show mixed results.
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New York
American Telephone
Department of Justice
Farnsworth
Chrysler
Sears Roebuck
Spiegel
Distillers Corp
Electric Power & Light
General Electric
Radio Corp
Santa Fe
Standard Oil (Nj
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing
Western Union
International Paper
Union Pacific
Pan American Airways
Paramount Pictures
Dewey's Public Acts Puzzle Republican Leaders
The Dewey question puzzles Washington Republicans as the New York governor plans two Lincoln Day speeches in February, signaling no firm retreat from politics. Some see him as party head while others wonder about 1950 Senate plans amid Wagner’s ill health.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Truman
Ernor
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Robert A. Wagner
Senate
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