Witness cites Amtorg spying link to Soviet espionage
J Anthony of New York testified before a committee, naming the Amtorg Trading Corporation of New York as the hub of the Soviet spy system in America. He claimed Soviet agents have long seized American industrial know how, often by blueprints or photos from plants, to aid Russia’s economic progress.
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America
Amtors Trading Corporation of
New York
Amtorg
Senstor McCarran
Ld-News
Mateus
Plain Talk
Marcus
Lammat Dupont
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Russia
Polio Outbreaks Prompt Emergency Nurse Call
Paralysis reported across multiple states with New York City urging emergency nurse staffing. Arkansas among hardest hit with May to July cases. Iowa shows 124 cases, Texas reports record polio year. In Springfield Illinois quarantine and pool closure after 17 cases and two deaths this month.
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Ient
New York City
Nurges
Red Cross
Arkansas
Iowa
Texas
Springfield
Pblic
Ity
Boll Weevils in Crittenden County Worst Since 1923
County authorities report a severe boll weevil infestation in Crittenden County the worst since 1923. Farmers in the southern county will meet tomorrow to discuss damage and control methods, with a similar meeting planned for the Marion district next week.
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Crittenden County
Marion
Upi
Crittenden
Prescott N Thursday July 24 Community Events
Prescott news notes include Senior teams Co C yg Wards Boswells vs Tlardware at Cummins Field 7 30 p m July 29. Prescott High school Last Strike party July 29 1949. Presbyterian Radio program July 31. church circles meetings August 1. social clubs hostesses and guest lists. forest festivals plans statewide with dates and contests. Prescott Chamber appoints new manager Marcus Justiss announces Rex Co to replace J A Craig. enlistment drive awards to Sgt George Wylie and Corporal Kenneth Garrett with prizes. various local visits and society notes.
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Co. C. Yg Wards
Boswells
Tlardware
Prescott
Cummins Field
Prescott High School
Marcus Justiss
Prescott Chamber of Commerce
Rex Co
Tana, Tex
Retail Merchants Committee
Prescott Chambers of Commerce
Aes
National Guard
George Wylie
Sgt
Wylie
Charles Brown
Troy Martin
Kenneth Beavett
Jack L. Leslie
Kenneth Garrett
Otis G. Hussey
Billy Danner
Vernon A. Smith
John McWilliams
John W. Treas
Bethel AME Church Bus Excursion Tonight
Bethel AME Church sponsors a bus excursion to Prescott tonight Thursday. The bus departs from South Laurel Street church at 7 30 o'clock.
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Bethel A. M
Prescott
Bethel A. M. E. Church
South Laurel Street
Steel Wage Dispute Board Rules Pension Bargaining Inadmissible
New York July 28 UP President Truman’s fact finding board opened its inquiry into the national steel wage dispute by denying the companies’ request to treat pensions separately. The three man panel said if pensions aren’t bargainable it will state so in its August 30 report but may still decide issues together. The union and six companies then agreed not to attend the hearing and to defer strikes with a 40 day moratorium aligned to the presidential truce.
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New York
Truman
National Steel
United Steel Workers
CSO
Carroll R. Daugherty
Atiow
United Steelworkers of America
Body of Tec 3 Charles E Freemyer to Arrive for Burial
The body of Tec 3 Charles E Freemyer will arrive today by train for burial Sunday at Fulton. The case involves a military death with local services planned in Fulton, and family members are anticipated to attend.
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Chas. E. Freemyer
Charles E. Freemyer
Lope
Fulton
Klan Chief Says He Cannot Find Outfit Records
Ku Klan chief William Hugh Morris said he cannot locate the white-robed order records missing since July 20. He faces a grand jury probing mob violence by hooded night riders in this district and may hand over the documents once found.
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Birmingham
Ala
William Hugh Morris
Morris
Highway Line Authorized for Stuttgart Area
Arkansas Public Service Commission today authorized White River Transportation Co. of Stuttgart to operate as a common carrier on Highway 1 near Stuttgart. The ruling confirms the new line service affecting local transit infrastructure.
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Stuttgart
Little Rock
Arkansas Public Service Comission
White River Transportation Co
Highway 1
Photographers Barred From Churchill Lake Retreat
Photographers moved to take pictures of Winston Churchill at Gardone on Lake Garda but were blocked by police. Several rocks hit a passing motorboat as Churchill, on vacation in northern Italy, requested privacy from newsmen and photographers.
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Milan
Italy
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Gardone
Lake Grade
Tially
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J. Anthony
New ‘York
Institute of Jorelan
Zeta Poe
Doan
Rephan
Prescott N
the Presbyterian Radio
KWIKH
WFAA
Circle of the Women of the Presbyterian Church
U. S. Wal
RB. P. Hamby
S. O. Logan
Vernon Buchanan
Claud Cox
First Baptist Church
Roy Loomis
Mettie Robinson
John Pittman
J. Grimes
Thell Hanning
Wendell Prescott
C. C. Prince
A. 5. F. Hidgell
Thad Butcher
Albert Peachey
Christopher
George Christopher
Jack Harrell
F. G. Brummett
A. V. Regnier
Harrell
Hansel Herring
Marl Jusigs
Jess Hays
Dale Denman
el Paso
Tex
Captain Denman
Baury Hesterly
Frank McLarty
Son May of Hope
Point Clear, Ala
Layman Dickinson
St. Michael's Hospital
Texarkana
W. C. Lassiter
Memphis, Tenn
C. C. Hamby
Watson Porter
Dallas
Mrs. Watson Porter Sr
Mrs
Otis Townsend
Emmet
D.K. Bremis
Gene Mason
Newport
Harley Cox
Jimmy Holland
Jim Hailton
Univ. of Ark
Fayetteville
Wertley Hamilson
Mary Jo Hamilton
Wells
Dee Husky
Worth, Tex
Peratives
Iva Ward
Little Took
Karl King, Jr
Loyce Stewart
Little
Bob Stewart
Homer Howard
Curtis Cornelius
Gary, Ind
Mary Smith
George Barnes
England
Marzelle McBride
Littl Rock
Harrell Hinns
Abs Leon Carter
Clarendon, Tex
Jack Cooper
Camden
Chichester
Claude Price
Forestry, Soil, and Pasture Conservation Committee
State Division of Forestry and Parks
Fordyce
Warren
Hamburg
Mount Molly
Stumps
Ashdown
Dierks
Sheridan
Mal- Vert
Paron
Ozark
Mountain View
Hardy
Salem
Yello le
Eureka Springs
Kika
Hope
Cox Drug
Klan
Outfit
Patterson's
Golden Art
S. Main
Hudson
The
Sky
Lew Hudson
Ol- E-Tex Company
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