I Led Three Lives Citizen Communists Counterspy
Herbert A Philbrick recalls his nine years undercover as a key witness in the 1949 New York trial of eleven top Communist leaders. He details his recruitment by the Massachusetts Youth Council in Boston and his later testimony against the group.
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Herbert A. Philbrick
Kenosha Evening News
Boston
New York
United States
Supreme Court
McGraw-Hill
Jack Stachel
Bob Thompson
John Gates
Henry Winston
Eugene Dennis
United States District Court
Harold R. Medina
United States of America
William Z. Foster
Communist Party
Foster
Foley Square
Herbert Philbrick
Mr. Philbrick
Frank Gordon
United States Attorney
Melrose
Mass
Herb Philbrick
Communist Party of the
Judge Medina
Agency
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Carl Winter
Ben Davis
John Williamson
Irving Potash
Gil Green
Gus Hall
Water St
No. 7
Massachusetts Youth Council
Holmes Direct Mail Service
Cambridge
The
Dale
Sandra Philbrick
Leslie Philbrick
Mrs. Philbrick
Brenda
Constance Philbrick
Shift Attacks Reach Port Said in Canal Zone Crisis
Egyptian guerrillas moved attacks to Port Said in the Suez canal zone crisis. A British communique reported no casualties and denied claims that the cruiser Liverpool shelled Port Said. Reports of high British casualties remained unconfirmed, with one Egyptian civilian killed and some gunfire noted.
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Cairo
Egypt
Port Said
Suez Canal
Canal Zone
Liverpool
The
DC-4 From Korea Falls Into Pacific
A Korean airlift DC-4 with 43 aboard crashed into the North Pacific near Sandspit airport 480 miles north of Seattle while attempting an emergency landing. Seven survivors were rescued. search by coast guard and aircraft continued with planes from Canada, Alaska and the United States. The aircraft, leased from Trans World Airlines and operated by Northwest Airlines crews, carried pilot John Pfaffinger 39 and co-pilot Kenneth Kuhn 36 along with stewardess Jane Cheadle, all from Seattle area.
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Seattle
British Columbia
Coast Guard
United States
Sandspit
Anne Island
Patricia Bay
Northwest Airlines
Alaska
NWA
Trans World Airlines
Military Air Transport Service
Northwest
John Pfaffinger
Kent
Wash
Kenneth Kuhn
Jane Cheadle
Churchill Concession Strengthens Anglo American Pact
Churchill leaves Washington after talks that aligned Britain and the United States against Communist aggression. He yielded on appointing an American commander for the western Atlantic while gaining U S steel purchases and tin and aluminum deals. An accord also extends British naval authority to 600 feet depths and grants a veto over U S air base use for atomic strikes in England.
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Washington
Churchill
Britain
United States
Atlantic
U. S
Atlantic Command
New York City
Bernard Baruch
England
Congress
Malaya
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U. S. Navy
Eisenhower
Adm
Lynde D. McCormick
Norfolk
British Isles
Middle East
Turkey
Greece
Mediterranean
Suez Canal
McGrath
Truman
House Committee
Addict On Snowbound City of San Francisco Train
Dr. Walter Roehll of Middletown Ohio recounts treating a narcotics addict aboard the snowbound City of San Francisco. The passenger raged and cried, then received morphine injections to curb cravings as the train faced a 24 hour delay. The patient escaped the planned Sacramento stretcher transfer.
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San Francisco
Walter Roehll
Middletown
Ohio
Roehll
Roehl
Sacramento
Potatoes Rolled Back in Price Ceiling Fight
Washington White potato prices were cut five to 10 percent as industry presses met resistance. A request for a 29 day extension for grower hearings on controls was rejected by Price Stabilizer Michael V. Di Salle yesterday.
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Washington
Michael V. di Salle
Southern California Starts Bailing Out From Floods
Flooded southern California faced its worst deluge in 14 years with 7.37 inches in three days leaving 19 dead and millions in damage. Evacuations, debris clearing, and road reopenings followed as floodwaters receded and officials warned of ongoing risks and more rain.
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Los Angeles
California
U. S
Orange Counties
San Fernando Valley
A. K. Showalter
Alaska
George Uhl
Red Cross
Count Keeps His Son Away From Mother
Belgium’s military attache to Washington flights home with 14 month old Tommy after fleeing to Europe with the child amid custody battle with Lorraine Manville heiress to asbestos millions. The count seeks custody. Lorraine seeks injunction from the State Department. Diplomatic immunity cited by the Belgian embassy defense.
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Count
Brussels
Belgium
Washington
Count Yvan du Monceau de Bergendal
Tommy Manville du Monceau
Lorraine
Manville Asbestos
Tommy Manville
Montreal
Europe
New York
State Department
Silvercruys
Riots Break Out Again in Tunisia
The Tunisian delegation at the United Nations reported a fresh outbreak of rioting in Tunisia with seven killed and 25 wounded. The violence centered at Mateur near Bizerte as police and French troops attacked Nationalists amid ongoing unrest in the protectorate.
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Paris
United Nations
Tunisia
Mateur
Bizerte
Man Found Guilty in Mercy Hospital Beating
Raymond Clark aged 24 was found guilty of assault and battery for beating Robert Foote 31 in a Mercy hospital room. He faces sentencing on January 26 in Oshkosh Wisconsin after the municipal court jury verdict rendered Friday.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Raymond Clark
Clark
Robert Foote
Mercy Hospital
Wisconsin Weather Mix Snow Rain Sleet Hits Kenosha
A storm system bringing snow and sleet to Wisconsin was forecast after heavy rain in California. Temperatures fall tonight to around 15 with Sunday partly cloudy and a high near 15 to 20. 11 am reading in downtown Kenosha was 35.
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Wisconsin
Weather Bureau
California
Kenosha
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Anne Burlak
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North Pacific
Queen Charlotte Islands
Labouchere
J. Arthur Leve
Belgan
Leve
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