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Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Nov 24, 1950

Page

5

McGrath labels American Communist Party as Soviet aligned

Washington reports Attorney General McGrath described the Communist party as controlled and directed from Russia. The 31 year history details the party’s moves with Comintern and Cominform, its opposition to U.S. policy at times, and alleged acts of infiltration and secrecy including wartime shifts and postwar alignment with Soviet aims.

Washington Soviet Union United States Communist Party Russia McGrath Communist Party of the Communist International Comintern U -To U.S Stalin League of Nations Trussia Finland Poland Latvia Estonia Lithuania Hitler Communist Political Association Teadera World Communist Movement Balkans Czechoslovakia China Italy Germany United Nations North Atlantic Communist Information Bureau Cominform America

Sirius the Dog Star in the Heavens

The text notes Sirius as a bright star in the heavens, describing its prominence and distance. It emphasizes its status as a well known celestial object visible in the sky.

Sirius

Named Defense Consultant Profile Emerges

Farm and New York financier Tom B Wilson, a World War II brigadier general who organized transport for General MacArthur, was named national defense consultant by Jess Larson. Wilson directed over 450 vessels in Australia and later oversaw sea and railroad facilities in the China India Burma theater.

New York National Defense Jess Larson General Service General MacArthur Tom B. Wilson Jan Astralia China-India-Burma Australia Far East

Holiday Look Erection Under Way Downtown Decorations Planned

Start Temperature Equipment of Lawrence began placing tin foil Christmas trees on lightposts from Eleventh to Sixth Streets. A large bell will hang from the center as spruce rope lines stretch above Main Street intersections. Chamber of Commerce retail division outlined home decoration contest open Dec 4 to 20 with five turkey prizes voted by readers. Wrapping station opens Dec 1 and runs to Dec 25 in the WREN building east basement offering free wrapping with provided materials.

Start Temperature Equipment Company Lawrence Eleventh and Massachusetts Street Sixth Andchusetts Street Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Division Journal-World WREN

Trims of Three Minor Fires Reported by Fire Dept

Fire trucks responded to three small fires yesterday. At 2 30 a blaze damaged walls clothing and a mattress in an upstairs room at Willard Hodge 18 Locust Street. A chimney burned out at 7 00 p m at F H Smith caretaker Oak Hill cemetery brought crews to stand by with no damage. About 7 00 p m a small fire at Wesvaco chemical company near Bismarck Grove dam damaged concrete forms as a tarpaulin blown by wind brushed a burning area, per Fire Chief Paul Ingalls.

Willard Hodge Locust Street F. H. Smith Oak Hill Cemetery Wesvaco Chemical Company Bismarck Grove Paul Ingalls

Committee Opens Work on Tax Bill

Washington November 24 Democrats and Republicans on the House ways and means committee began writing a corporation tax bill after seven days of hearings. Democrats seek an excess profits tax with 75 percent on profits above the 1946 49 average while Republicans push to broaden tax options and favor raising the regular corporate income tax. Both sides agree more revenue is needed and debate is set to start next month ahead of a likely Senate deadline.

Washington House Congress Treasury Congressional Organized Labor G.O.P Senate

Tax Debate Rages Over Excess Profits Bill

Congress nears adjournment with no clear tax bill path as Republicans push to widen tax committee aims rallying against Democrats and Truman program. Chairman Doughton accuses GOP obstruction while noting a strong House vote favoring an excess profits tax despite opposition.

Congress Senate Truman Doughton D

Advice to Smokers Carry a Pack With You

A fragment from the British Medical Journal advises quitters to keep a pack of cigarets on hand during the first week of a smoking cure. The presence of cigarets in the packet may provide reassurance and curb panic urges to rush to a shop for a fresh supply. Read the Classified Want Ada.

London British Medical Journal

Azerbaijan mountaineer Ibrahim Gady ages 151 celebrated

In Moscow on November 24 Ibrahim Gady, an Azeri mountaineer, recently celebrated his 151st birthday in a Soviet newspaper report written from Red' Methuselah era, noting extraordinary longevity.

Moscow Ibrahim Gadzy

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