Adolph Menjou Testifies on Hollywood and Communism
Adolph Menjou tells a House committee secret hearings that Hollywood is a main center of Communist activity in America and that Moscow aims to use films to overthrow the U S government He criticizes Eric Johnston Chaplin and other figures while recounting alleged orders for propaganda in films
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Washington
Adolphe Menjou
Hollywood
America
Moscow
Menjou
House
Los Angeles
Robert E. Stripling
Eric Johnston
Producers Association
Charles Chaplin
John Howard Lawson
Screen Actors’ Guild
Menjon
Capitol Hill Leaders Meet Thursday Conference on Europe aid
President Truman summoned congressional leaders to the White House for a 2:30 p.m. Thursday meeting to discuss emergency foreign aid to Europe. Invitations went to top Senate and House leaders and committee chairs, with no cabinet attendances confirmed. The session aims to outline stop gap aid and a European recovery plan tied to Secretary Marshall’s proposals.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Europe
Charles G. Ross
Foreign Affairs and Appropriations
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Marshall
Congress
Ross
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Connally
D-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Eaton
R-Nj
Rep
Bloom
D-Ny
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Martin
R-Mass
Halleck
R-Ind
House
Rayburn
White
R-Me
Barkley
King George VI Opens Parliament Amid Socialist Economic Agenda
King George VI opened a new session as labor ministers press nationalization of the gas industry and curb the Lords powers. He outlined plans to balance the budget, back European reconstruction, and support the United Nations while Parliament debates the Parliament Act amendment. The royal couple's state duties include Princess Elizabeth’s upcoming marriage and her financial arrangements.
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London
Kingeorge VI
Eed
House of Lords
Rds
Arcely
Cee
Iblic
E King
Hes
Paris
United Nations
Clement Att
House of Commons
Use of Commons
Ithony Eden
Conservae
Clement Tlee
Winston Urchill
Philip Mounttten
Weather Outlook for Carolina Area Unseasonably Warm
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with unseasonably warm temperatures today tonight and Wednesday across North and South Carolina. Rain chances are minimal with little or no precipitation expected. temperatures run well above normal for the period. Officials report temperatures from Charleston to San Antonio with highs mainly in the 70s and 80s and lows in the 40s to 60s.
De Gaulle Back Again As Top Man
Gen Charles de Gaulle reemerged as France’s top political figure as his anti Communist rally the RPF won 40 percent of votes outside Paris, signaling upcoming changes. Paris bus and subway strikes ended after a week, noted as a result of de Gaulle's strength while communists urged a merger with socialists to avert Caesarism.
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Robert Eunson
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Rally of the French
RPF
de Gaulle
L’humanite
Production Inertia To Be Probed By Senate Inquiry
Senate War Investigating Committee set to question Forrestal on a delayed mobilization plan and wartime renegotiations. Chairman Brewster cites a three-decade Army Navy effort and a Stettinius report shelved after Pearl Harbor, signaling poor or abandoned staff work.
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Washington
Senate Committee
Senate War Investigating Committee
Defense Forrestal
Brewster
R-Me
Army
Navy
Citizens Committee
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Maine
Senator Mead
Man Wins Cake Sweepstake At South Carolina Fair
L. C. Merchant, head proofreader for The State of Columbia, won the sweepstake prize with a pound cake at the South Carolina state fair. His seven other cakes including cocoanut Lady Baltimore angel food devil's food sponge and chocolate all placed first, marking his third sweepstake win after 1948 and 1945.
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Columbia
8. C
South Carolina
L. C. Merchant
the State
Lady Baltimore
Angel Food
Devil's Food
Merchant
Hurricane Warning For Nova Scotia
A hurricane that hit Bermuda moves northeast far offshore and is not expected to strike the United States. Bermuda suffered 100 mph winds with gusts to 125 mph and about 400000 dollars in damage. Ships off Bermuda were warned as the storm tracked northeast. The French Louharnel and the American Reverdy Johnson were reported in trouble off Bermuda.
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Halifax
N. S
Bermuda
Weather Bureau
Sable Island
Nova Scotia
Atlantic
Washington
United States
Louharnel
Reverdy Johnson
Brazil Breaks Off Relations With Russia
The Brazilian embassy in Moos cow delivered a note to the Soviet Union breaking diplomatic relations, a foreign office source said. Moscow had sent a confirming message, and Brazil planned a formal announcement soon via a news conference. Foreign Minister Paul Fernandes was expected to announce the break.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Mooscow
Soviet Russia
Foreign Office
Moscow
Tim
Paul Fernandes
Man Gets Cow, Wife A Divorce
Bridgeton New Jersey October 21. Mrs Pearl Rhodarmer McClure told the court that after 41 years of marriage her husband came home unhitched the cow and they both left without saying goodbye. Judge Linwood W Erickson granted Mrs McClure a divorce from John T McClure on desertion grounds.
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Bridgeton
N. J
Pearl Rhodarmer McClure
Linwood W. Erickson
Second Plan To Eliminate Poultryless Days
Washington Oct 21 industry spokesmen advance a second plan to end poultryless Thursdays to conserve grain for Europe. The National Poultry Producers Federation and feed firms propose a substitute program for cabinet approval, appealing to Luckman and President Truman for support and a quick meeting.
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Washington
Citizens Food Committee
Europe
National Poultry Producers Federation
Charles Luckman
Food Committee
Luckman
Truman
Cabinet Food Committee
Poultry and
Fedaoe
Obedient Kids Found Beside Car After Break Down
Farmer Earl Carter of Hominy Oklahoma left his car in a Oklahoma City suburb with his 11 year old daughter Caroline Sue and 7 year old Jesse Don inside while he searched for an open garage. He could not find the car until 20 hours later when police reunited him with his children.
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Oklahoma City
Earl Carter
Hominy
Okla
Caroline Sue
Jesse Don
Missing Eight Years: Newport Couple Seeks Help From Police
Mrs. Henry C. Thomas and her husband report their son Richard aged 81 and his bride vanished after a visit to their Newport area home in April 1989. They say they kept silent to avoid embarrassment and have sought aid from Red Cross and military agencies without success.
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Newport
Henry C. Thomas
Richard
Bellevue
Lorraine Willis
Asheville
N. C
Thomas
American Red Cross
Army
Navy
Armed Services
Fate of Negro School's White President Is Up to Trustees
The Hampton Institute trustees will meet in New York to consider faculty and student votes rejecting white president Ralph Bridgman. Bridgman, head since February 1944, faced an 83 to 5 faculty vote and a 522 to 3 student vote. The reason for the dispute was not stated.
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New York
Hampton
Ralph Pr. Bridgman
Channing H. Tobias
Phelps Stokes Fund
Brigman
Brooklyn College
Bridgman
Enterprise FM Station Joins New Set Up
North Carolina Association of Broadcasters members at Sedgefield Inn learned of a new FM network to start December 1. Fred Fletcher of Raleigh headed the Dixie FM network with aims to provide full 16 hour service, rebroadcast experiments, and FM AM relay for public service and sports. Key officers include Bryce Beard, George Walker, Stanley Brown, E Z Jones, and Dan Trueblood. stockholders list WSIC Statesville WSTP Salisbury WAIR Winston-Salem WHPE High Point WBBB Burlington WRAL Raleigh and WGBR Goldsboro with WGNC Gastonia planned. incorp at $100000.
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Fred Fletcher
Raleigh
WRAL
Dixie
Fletcher
Bryce Beard
Salisbury
George Walker
Winston- Salem
Stanley Brown
E. Z. Jones
Burlington
Dan Trueblood
Goldsboro
WSIC
Statesville
WSTP
WAIR
Winston-Salem
WHPE
High Point
WBBB
WGBR
WGNC
Gastonia
Murder Charge Follows After Saturday Fight
Wayne County report details Junior Head, 23, charged with the murder of James Herman Mitchell, 25, a war veteran fatally stabbed during a Saturday night fight in the Shingle Cove area. Mitchell was found dead near his father’s home in Hanging Dog.
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Waynesville
UPI
James Herman Mitchell
Shingle Cove
R. V. Welch
Haywood County
Welch
Mitchell
J. B. Mitchell
Hanging Dog
Einstein Urges Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy
Einstein writes to North Carolina State College students urging international understanding and warning that nationalist anger threatens all. He champions using atomic energy for peaceful production to elevate life and prevent a devastating atomic war.
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Raleigh
N. C. State College
Albert Einstein
Einstein
Open Forum
Emergency Committee of Atomic Scientists
Butter Spill Burns 5000 Pounds In Illinois Road Fire
A truck driven by William Warneke of Kingston Wisconsin caught fire on a rural stretch north of Gurnee Illinois. Nearly 5000 pounds of butter melted and ran along the highway into gutters before the Gurnee fire department could stop the blaze. The butter was worth about 8500 dollars and wholesale Chicago prices were around 70 cents per pound.
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Gurnee
Ill
Here
William Warneke
Kingston
Wis
Warneke
Chicago
Young Brooklyn Teens In Cash Find Retained By Patrol
In Louisiana a 15 year old driver Mort Rosenblum and his 15 year old passenger Joan Melson were found with a suitcase of cash totaling 24000. The money remains retained by the state highway patrol while fathers arrive for questioning and potential release.
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Shreveport
State Highway Patrol
Brooklyn
J. P. Greer
State Police
New York
Minden
Morton Edgar Rosenblum
Joan Melson
Rosenblum
Joan
Jacob L. Rosenblum
Jacob R. Melson
Raeggan
Ce Pen
Railroad Strike Called in Canada by 125000 Workers
Some 125 000 railroad workers in Canada were ordered to strike at 8 a m on November 3 to press unions demand for 10 day vacations with pay. A new union management conference planned before the strike was to open in Ottawa at a labor department source said.
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Montreal
Canada
Ottawa
Labor Department
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Adolph Menjou
House UN- American Activities Committee
Jack L. Warner
Warner Brothers
Louis B. Mayer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Paul V. McNutt
NEA Telephoto
Capitol Hill
Eri Ay
George Curb
Ords
Wea
Chaslenton
Charlotte
Denver
Detroit
Evansville
Galveston St
Jacksonville
Little Rock
Meritian
Mitehel
New Orleans
San Antone
B.francisco
Sparvenburs
Brazil
Russia
Enterprise FM
Greensboro
North Carolina Association of Broadcasters
Sedgefield Inn
Illinois
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