Congress confronts loyalty row over Dr. Condon records
Washington hearings spotlight a clash between the House Un American Activities Committee and Commerce on access to records about Dr. Edward A. Condon. Harriman and Clark dispute the committee’s legal right, amid talk of new legislation to compel turnover. Tax cut debates meanwhile hinge on size and votes. In Mississippi, the Natchez towboat disaster claims fourteen to twenty crewmen as rescuers race to pull survivors from swift currents and wreckage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House Un-American Activities Committee
Edward A. Condon
Bureau of Standards
Condon
Department of Commerce
Harriman
Clark
House
J. Parnell Thomas
Commerce Department
Agriculture Anderson
Truman
Anderson
Senate
Senate Republicans
National Association of Manufacturers
Don G Mitchell
Senate Finance Committee
Byrd
D-Va
Senate House
GOP
Ball
Minnesota
Vandenberg R-Mich
Taft
Ohio
Vandenbderz
Michigan
Tha! Foreign Relations Committee
Stnate
Greenville
Miss
Natchez
Mississippi
William 4. Howe
Sabie - Latonia
Howell
Natchee
Sohia-Latonia
Sonia-Latonia
Cairo
Ill
Refugees Picket Russian Exhibit at Rockefeller Center
Lithuanian political refugees staged a peaceful picket outside the Soviet exhibit at Rockefeller Center as the USSR opened its first large US show since the war. The event mixed Russian vodka and caviar imagery with American cocktails and polite dialogue, while placards protested the exhibit’s portrayal of the Soviet era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Soviet Union
Rockefeller Center
Signa
Ussr
U. S
Journal proposes Dixie support MacArthur
The Cotton Trade Journal editorial urged Southern Democrats to back Gen. Douglas MacArthur for president, whether he runs on a Democratic or Republican ticket. It criticized President Truman's civil rights legislation and said MacArthur would avoid using any region as political leverage to gain leftist support.
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Memphis
Tenh
Douglas MacArthur
Cotton Trade Journal
MacArthur
Truman
Pianist Degorski Starves Divorce Claims In Court
In Detroit, Polish pianist Stanislaw Degorski faces a divorce suit filed by his 20 year old wife Erna Marie De sereki. She alleges he married her to gain entry to America and recounts meeting him after hearing a February 1948 concert during a wartime visit to Germany.
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Detroit
Stanislaw Degorsti
Elrovit Court
America
Erna Marie Desereki
Germany
Degorski
Pretty Heiress Wins Divorce in Four-Day Trial
Glendale like drama ends as Glora Barker Grimditch, 23, gains a divorce from William Henry Grimditch Jr. and custody of two children after a sensational four-day trial. Judge J Mercer Johnson mailed the decision from Tucson. papers to be filed. Grimditch alleged infidelities. she denied relations outside her marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Glora Barker Grimditch
Gould
William Henry Grimditch
Superior Court
Walter Wilson
J. Mercer Johnson
Tucson
Wilson
Gioia
Max
Learefree
Frank Beer
Grimditch
Philip LaFollette
Wisconsin
William Henry Tdt
Giola Gloria
Truman halts Ridge Walkout at Oak Ridge labs
President Truman, en route from Key West, names a Taft Hartley fact finding board to report by March 19 and seeks an injunction after AFL unions threaten a strike by 300 workers at Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Oak Ridge plant. Talks with Monsantο successor firm extended to midnight tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
AFL
Truman
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Key West
Fla
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Carbides and Carbon
Monsanto Chemical Company
Tennessee Atomic Plant
Monssanto
Jewish Agency declares desire to form Palestine nation
The Jewish Agency told the United Nations it is determined to create a Jewish nation in Palestine even if UN partition fails. Dr Abba Hillel Silver and others spoke in Southampton and Washington about the agency’s stance, urging forward movement toward partition and statehood. The UN Security Council session began with hopes of a test vote on the Palestine partition issue.
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Lake Success
Jewish Agency
United Nations
Palestine
UN Security Council
Abba
Hillel Silver
Southampton
England
Mihai
Romania
Wilzabeth
Cil
United
Cample
Helen
Lis
Stormy Dunked By LSU Students In Bare Facts Display
Stacie Lawrence known as Stormy a Baton Rouge strip-tease dancer from New Orleans performed a bare facts lecture at Louisiana State University. After provocation by male students she was doused and dunked in a pond as campus police intervened. The incident sparked campus buzz and a later clash involving the football squad and police. Photographers and a manager accompanied Stormy during the outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Stormy
Stacie Lawrence
New Orleans
Louisiana State University
LSU
Lawrence
Life Magazine
Registration Days Named For Primary Precincts In Civil Districts
Sullivan County voters must register for the April 3 Democratic Primary March 11 12 and 18 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Suppl reg offered for those new to register or changing address. Precincts cover 22 districts with listed polling sites and ward changes. New wards in the 12th and 11th districts affect where residents may vote in April and August. Committeemen named for each precinct include two per precinct one Republican and one Democrat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan County
E. Ray Hank
Sullivan County Election Board
Hauk
County Road Blacktop
Ely
Holston
Tranbarger Hollow
May Street
Old Bell Ridge
Holston River
Lynn Garden
Traneberger Hollow
Bell Ridge
Cedar Grove
Gravelly Road
Steadman Branch
Reedy, Creek
Rust Ward
Washington School
South Ward
Lincon
West Ward
City Hall
Highland Park
Dickson School
Old Kingsport
West View Park
West View
Hank
Deata
Thhe
Nelm Motturn
Earl Beidleman
Bristol
Rfd
Warner Pylet
Roy Beidleman
Bristol, Red
W. D. Nickels
eRe
T. Hopkins
Bluff Cly
Jessie M. King
Jana Rutledge Pearler
Bluff City
Sam Hanes
Sam Garst
Blountville
Nora Faust F
Roy Campbell
Dud
Bright
Alvin Dixon
Indian Springs
Paul Cross
Pierce Garst
Piney
Fiata
John Anderson
Bob Oliver
Fata
Instrict
Arcadial
A. B
Neil Faris
Mack Shipley
W. M. Stuffle
J. K. Breeding
G. W. Goodman
Mercer Stapleton
Street Scenes and Car Woes on a City Block
A man drives up the street with a proud smile that fades at a red light when his car refuses to start and is towed by an old dilapidated jeep. An office worker visits a coworker to fix her blouse while muttering about vanity and a young man heads to a movie with his girlfriend stopping to groom in a department store mirror.
Stallard Case Opens With Two Confessions Read
In Rogeraville Hawkins County case against Roy Stallard and Garret Alvis for the Rentfro hold up slaying, two confessions were admitted or read in court. Prosecution presented written and oral statements from Alvis. Stallard’s confession was challenged as evidence. Evidence showed police interviews from December, with testimony on scene and witnesses, as attorneys argued admissibility.
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Hawkins County
Garrett C. Alvis, Jr
Roy Stallard
Alvin Rentfro
Kingsport
Frank Williamson
State Highway Patrol
Williamson
Lawrence Rentfro
Claveland
Tenn
Hardiy
Vicim
le Crist
Covington
Ken Farr
Rogeraville
Garrete
C. Alvis, Jr
Roy. Stallard
Alvin
Cleveland
Alvis
Roth
Hawkina County
Charles’ Combs
Cane
Church’ Hill
Hawkins-Sullivan County
Stallard
Alvin Rentiivo
Cleveland, Tenn
Automobile Desier
Taat
Rentfro
Leake
Frank Wilkamson
Tennessee Highway Patrol
John
R. Todd
Lea
Shelburne Ferguson
Walter R. Gry
Thomas F. Hopkins
FBI
Alao
Stalard
Pollee
Stal- Tard
Audi
Nasd Ak
Ferguson
Hoptins
Wilismson
Todd
FBO
Hopkins
Hils
Amos Robinson
Melvin H. Witt
James Broyles
Kingaport
Hawkins
Rotherwood Bridge
Williamsond
Morristown
Cherokee Lake
Rogersville
Renfro
Roy
Hor Fe
Connng
Mercury Dips Across Much of U S in Cold Wave
Cold weather sent temperatures to midwinter levels from Colorado to Maine with Cadillac Michigan recording 25 degrees below zero. Readings below zero spread from New England across the Great Lakes into the Northern Plains and along the continental divide from Montana to northeastern New Mexico.
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Chicago
Colorado
Maine
Cadillac
Mich
New England
Great Lakes
North Dakota
Continental Divide
Montana
New Mexico
Czech Leader Held As Spy
Prague reports Felix Uhl a former official of the Catholic People’s Party is in custody on charges of spying for an unnamed foreign power. Police said he helped establish spy centers in the U S zone of Germany and acted as a liaison with a foreign intelligence service. Government supporters push a purge of parliament. Expelled 19 right wingers and expected dismissals include Catholic People’s Party and Czech National Socialist deputies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Felix Uhl
Catholic” People's Party
Uhi
United States
Germany
Military-Apy
Social Democratic Party
Pravo Lida
Catholic People's Party
Czech National Socialist
Social Democrats
Blazer Vilim
Vackav Majer
Dixie Educators Push College Plan
Gainesville Florida reports that 14 states formed a compact to advance a regional college plan. An executive committee led by Governor Millard Caldwell will seek $100,000 from Carnegie Corporation and the General Education Board for a feasibility study, with states contributing meanwhile.
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Gainesville
Fla—P
South
Millard Caldwell
Florida
Caldwell
Carnegie Corporation
General Education Board
Carnegie Foundation
Clelda
Finland Graft Deliberates on Russia Pact and Neutrality
Finland's Social Democrats resist binding alliances, urging neutrality as Moscow proposes negotiations. Unconfirmed reports claim President Juho Pasikivi may draft a reply to Stalin. Agrarians await Social Democrat stance, holding back decision to align with parliamentary sentiment on keeping the nation out of entangling treaties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsinki
Finland
Social Democrats
Militas
Rustin
Soviet Union
Europe
Russia
Jutio Passikivi
Stalin
Agrarians
Social Democrata
Communist Premier Denies Benes Replacement Report
Prague report states Premier Gottwald office denied that President Edvard Benes is being replaced due to illness. The President is tired and not sure when he can return to Prague. No replacement or successor considered. any step would follow the constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Slement Gottwald
Edvard Benes
Frrantibetr Necasek
US Broadcast Warns Germany Of Red Fascists
US officials broadcasting from Berlin warned of Red Fascists seizing power in Czechoslovakia. AMG elections chief Richard M. Scimon of Minneapolis said there can be no compromise with totalitarianism. Austrian authorities reported signs of Communist aggression aided by Russia, while Canadian officials said foreign Communists would face visa non renewal and border restrictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Berlin
Red Fascista
Czechoslovakie
Richard M. Scimmon
Minneapolis
AMG
Vienna
Canada
Ottawa
United States
Alien Communista
Moves Made To Aid Mad Pianist Who Thrilled Many
Doctors pursue ongoing therapy for the unnamed Detroit mad pianist once famed for a radio Mozart concerto. After decades in an asylum his public performances sparked fame, but neurologic and mental decline continue. Hospital staff remain hopeful and persist with daily engagement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. K. Gruber
Wayne County General Hospital
Mat Eloise
Gruber
Fife
Wolcme
Graber
Stock Market Sluggish With Narrow Bonds And Mixed bids
New York stock readers reported apathetic dealings with a slight recovery tilt as some issues showed mild resistance. Big names such as U S Steel Kennecott Texas Co Gulf Oil Northern Pacific Sears Roebuck Du Pont Paramount North American and J C Penney appeared. Other prominent makers and carriers like Bethlehem Steel Chrysler Goodyear International Harvester Douglas Aircraft Anaconda American Smelting Allied Chemicals Radio Corp Johns Manville United Airlines Sinclair Oil and Pennsylvania Railroad were listed with narrow bond activity and steady cotton futures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S. Steel
Kennecott, Texas Co
Gulf, Oil, Northern, Pacific
Sears Roebuck
du Pont
Paramount Pictures
North American
J. c. Penney
Bethlehem, Steel
Chrysler
Goodyear
International Harvester
Douglas Aircraft
Anaconda
American Smelting
Allied” Chemicals
Radio Corp
Johna-Manville
United Air Lines
Sinclair Oil and Pennsylvania Railroad
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Administration
Been
Walter Haas
St. Louis
Federal Barge Lines
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Sohlo-Latonia
Lake Village
Ark
Journal
Dixie
Ridge
Agency
Bill Freehault
Times-News
Dixie Educators
Banes
Blajze
Madi
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