Bulgarians Start Purge of Ex Leaders
Sofia reports former Communist Vice Premier Traicho Kostov and others indicted on treason spying and economic subversion charges. Indictment alleges secret ties with Yugoslav, American, and British intelligence, with aims to erode Bulgaria's sovereignty and align with Yugoslavia. References to Col Bailey and Donald Heath noted. British officials seek details.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Traicho Kostov
Rostov
Marshal Fito
Yagoslavia
Hungary
Thor
Laszlo Rajk
Jon
Kostov
Yio- Slavia
Sind Fiest
Ube
Dirin
Macedonia
Yugoslav Macedonia
William 8. Bailey
Donald R. Heath
Yugoslavia
London
Foreign ‘Office
Bailey
Foreign Office
Bailey Curther
Ex Serviceman Wins Top Farm Award in Arkansas
Ex serviceman Peter Strangeland of Hackett Sebastian county won first place in the ten acre farmer division of Arkansas balanced farming and profit contest. Other winners include Landowner division winners Jack Priest Wynne improvement winners Elmer Penny Arkadelphia Tenant farmer Raymond Clark and mother Jackson county Plantation owner John Doyel Marianna. First place awarded $200 with lower prizes.
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Little Roe
Nev
i-Pi
Arkansas
Peter Strangeland
Route Two
Hackett
Sebastian County
Jack’ Priest
Wynneame
Elmer Penny
Arkadelphia
Raymond Clark
Jackson County
John Doyel
Marianna
Strangeland
Trust
Penpys
Clark
Ragels
Suirt
Arkansas Press Association
Memphis Commercial Appeal
Arkansas Power and Ight Co
Reuben G. White
C. W. Vandervort
Perryville
Robert Stroud
Yell
Doyle pYeaford
Lonoke County
Paris Man Named to Arkansas Tax Commission
Arnold Sikes of Paris will join the Arkansas Tax Commission on December 31, after Governor MacMath appointed him to replace Ernie Wright. Sikes, current Northwest Arkansas district supervisor for the revenue department, is a former county tax assessor.
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Paris
Arkansas Tax Commission
Little Rock
Arnold
Sikes
Arkansas
MacMath
Ernie Wright
Mountain Home
Northwest Arkansas
State Revenue Department
Epee County
Churchill to Get Another Chance at the Polls
London reports Churchill, at 74, poised for another prime minister bid as Conservative forces seek to regain power in elections expected February or March. He plans a quiet birthday at his London home, after five wartime years as prime minister and a later leadership role in opposition. The piece also mentions rice production plans and a rural anecdote about a teacher and a father.
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London
Winston
Churchill
House of Commons
Hyde Park
Manchester
Price Charles
Socialist Labor Party
Clement Atlee
Caurchill
Production of Rice to Be Controled
Washington announces new rice production controls to start next year the first since the wartime period. Officials outline quotas and parity-based loans under the farm act, with a Dec 26 announcement planned.
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Texas
Quarty
Brannan
Department
California
Louisiana
Arkansas
Washington
Agriculture Department
Freduction Vonirel
Secretary of Agriculture
Hovnevd
Labor Regime Loses Out in New Zealand
New Zealand voters reject the Labour government of Prime Minister Peter Fraser after 14 years, a defeat that signals significant shifts amid tense postwar challenges. Australia and Britain face elections within months as Labour faces high taxes, price controls, strikes, and nationalization debates that shaped the campaign.
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New Zealand
Commonwealth
Australia
Britain
Peter Fraser
Jt Sos
Clement Altice
Labor
Oritain
Duggan Named in Hiss Perjury Trial Records
New York reports enter the second perjury trial of Algex Hisa. Laurence Duggan, former state department official who died in a fall, is named in Chambers reports to Berle and Murphy. The Murphy memorandum quotes Chambers describing Duggan as a member at large in the Communist Party.
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New York
Algex Hisa
Laurence Duggan
State Department
Lmithy
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Adolf A.berle
Cormerassisi
Raymond Murphy
Murphy
U. S
Thomas I. Murphy
Chambers
Washington
Nucle Field
Field
Trial transcript notes Duggan hidden identity in court
In a tense courtroom session Judge Henry W. Goddard orders Duggan's identity omitted from earlier records for safety. The defense cites a Murphy report paragraph as Field and Duggan are described as original contacts who introduced Duggan to Gompertz, with implications of a covert party membership.
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Hier
Tiedda Sompent
Paul Masalng
Massing
Pennsylvana
Field
League of Nations
Duggan
Cing
Claude B. Cross
Murphy
Ife
Gompertz
Tedda
Hedda Gompertz
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