McCarthy cites State Dept loyalty purge. 80 of 300 cleared
Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy released a letter to President Truman alleging that about 80 of 300 State Department employees slated for discharge as security risks were indeed discharged after a long talk with Alger Hiss. He urged Truman to recall the screening board. Mundt and Ferguson push anti subversion bill with Senate action slated for Feb 20.
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Washington
Joseph FR. McCarthy
R.-Wis
President Truman
State Department
Alger Hiss
McCarthy
Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Reno
Truman
Wisconsin Republican
Department
Karl E. Mundt
K.S. D
Mundt
Sen
Homer Ferguson
R.mich
Senate Judiciary Committee
United States
Communist Party
Justice Department
House
Senate
Richard M. Nixon
R.-Calif
Schoolboy killer Butterfield to learn fate Tuesday
Burley Idaho February 11 Neale Butterfield 16 faced a four day hearing to determine murder degree and penalty for the killing of 13 year old Glenda Joyce Brisheis near Burley last November. District Judge Hugh A Baker said he would announce his decision Tuesday morning.
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Burley
Idaho
Neale Butterfield
Heyburn
Hugh A. Baker
Butterfield
Guity
T-yearold
Glenda Joyce Brisheis
Baker
Ex-paratrooper dangles from air liner door eight minutes
Marc Fisher-Galati, 28, Miami, a former paratrooper and airline steward, hangs head down for eight minutes after a DC-3 door opens over Tampa Bay. Pilot and co-pilot hold his leg as the plane lands. Fisher-Galati survived the ordeal and is reunited with his wife and newborn daughter at Miami International Airport.
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Marc Fisher-Galati
Charlotte
Ann Cecile
Miami
Flo
Fisher Galati
Eastern Air Lines
Tampa Bay
Associated Prass Wirephata
Yami
Fia
Bastogne
101St Airborne Division
Miami International Airport
H. L. Alford
Fisher-Galati
J. S. Davis
Body of Lost Air Steward Still Sought
Police and Coast Guardsmen hunted Long Island woods and waters for the body of Pan American steward John Harris 28 blown from a Stratocruiser door into Eye Wear and hurled down 10000 feet during an early morning approach to Idlewild Airport The four engined Clipper carried 22 passengers and 10 crew members when the door opened accidentally and Harris vanished Mrs Anna Krajicek 57 of St James N Y described how one moment he stood by the open door and the next he was gone.
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Arrow
Pan American World Airways
John Harris
New York City
New York
Long Island
A. P. Wirephoto
Coast
Long Island Woods
Pan American Airways
Idlewild
Anna Krajicek
St. James, N
Motorcyclists Break Ankles in Collision
Two young motorcyclists suffered ankle fractures when their bike collided with a taxicab at Fourth Street and Loma Avenue. John S. Siebert, 17, of 366 Mira Mar Avenue, fractured his left ankle. James Budd, 15, same address, fractured his right ankle. Both treated at Community Hospital. Police listed Howard V. Boswell of 4128 FE Wilton Street as the cab driver involved.
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Fourth St
Loma Ave
John 5S
Siebert
Mira Mar Ave
James Budd
Howard V. Boswell
Wilton St
Telephoto Service to Run Peiping Shanghai Moscow
A broadcast reported by The New China News Agency says Peiping Shanghai and Moscow will be served by a telephoto service this year.
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London
Wri
New
China News Agency
Peiping
Shanghai
Moscow
Wealthy farmer shoots wife then kills himself
Holtville report says John Studer a 45 year old Imperial Valley landowner shot his wife Gertrude during domestic troubles then turned the gun on himself. Deputy Coroner Orval Jones noted Studer was a Farm Bureau member and helped organize local clubs including the Swiss Club.
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Holtville
Fev
John Studer
Imperial Valley
Gertrude
Orval Jones
Jones
Studer
Imperial Valley Farm Bureau
Imperial Valley Swiss Club
Pacific Report of Staff Chiefs Given Truman
Washington notes a White House meeting with the joint chiefs of staff after a 10 day Pacific tour. The conference signals high level attention to Asia as Moscow and Peking moves in the region and Viet Nam seeks U.S. aid as Indo China tensions rise.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Asia
Truman Cal Day
America
Pacific
Far East
White House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Russia
Omar Bradley
Truman
James Webb
Defense
Louis Johnson
Stephen Early
Army
Navy
Air
Japan
Joint Chiefs
Okinawa
Guam
Hawaii
Douglas MacArthur
China
State Department
Moscow
Philip Jessup
Bangkok
Siam
Viet Nam
Indo-China
Bao Dai
Indonesia
Johnson
Pacific Armed Services
North
Southeast Asia
Three Injured in Two Car Collision at Coast Highway
A two car crash on Obispo Ave and Pacific Coast Hwy injures three people. David C. Freeman, 45, of 2204 Grand Ave, a driver, plus passenger Buddy Metz Ja and Gertrude Blankenship, 38, of 2287 E Pacific Coast Hwy, receive minor injuries and are treated at Community Hospital. The other driver, John Blankenship, uninjured, was cited by Signal Hill police.
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Obispo Ave
Pacific Coast Hwy
David ‘C. Freeman
Grand Ave
Buddy Metz
Gertrude Blankenship
Community Hospital
John Blankenship
Signal Hill
Young Boys Save Girl From Ditch Rescue Near Butler Street
Two unidentified boys riding bicycles pulled 3 year old Sharon Ann Simpson from a drainage ditch off Butler Street between 68th Way and Greenleaf Avenue in North Long Beach. The child slipped into the water and nearly drowned before the boys dragged her out. The mother, Mrs. Robert P. Simpson, reported the ditch has troubled the neighborhood since its subdivision formed two years ago and urged fencing or prompt drainage after rains to prevent future incidents.
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Sharon Ann Simpson
Robert Simpson
Bathurst Ave
North
Long Beach
Sharon Ann
Butler St
8Th Way
Greenleaf Ave
Press-Telegram
North Long Beach
68Th Way
Robert P. Simpson
Belhurst Ave
Sharon
Mrs. Simpson
Cathy Ann Bushman
Ex-San Pedran Named California's Outstanding Young Man of 1949
Former San Pedro resident Dr. Philip M. West 34, associate clinical professor of biophysics at UCLA, was chosen by the State Junior Chamber of Commerce as California's outstanding young man of 1949. Judges included Atty. Gen. Fred Howser, Lt. Gov. Goodwin Knight, and Carl Thornton. West will seek the national award and helped co-develop a fast blood test to assess cancer treatment efficacy within 24 hours with Idessamine Hilliard at UCLA and the Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital in Van Nuys. Born in Victoria, Canada, naturalized in 1943, West lived in San Pedro before joining UCLA in 1947.
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San Pedro
State
Junior Chamber of Commerce
California
Philip M. West
Bakersfield
Fred N. Howser
Goodwin J. Knight
Carl Thornton
Richard M.nixon
U. S
Junior
Idessamine Hilliard
U. C. L. A. Medical School
Birmingham Veterans Administration Hospital
van Nuys
Stafford L. Warren
Medical School
Dr. West
Victoria
B. C
B. C., Can
University of British Columbia
Columbia University
New York
U.S
Los Angeles
Rock Not Bullet Said To Hit Auto Of British Officer
London dispatch reports Rear Admiral Longley-Cook said gunmen fired on his car from a speeding auto. Police contested the shot was a bullet, suggesting a stone shattered the windshield. Authorities noted the car’s owner has been seen and the incident fits a broader counterespionage inquiry linked to the Fuchs case.
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Rock
Bullet
London
Naval Intelligence
Scotland Yards
Uxbridge
Adm
Longley-Cook
Experts warn on hydrogen bomb effects and secrecy
Dr. Ralph Lapp told United Press that a hydrogen bomb blitz could wipe out major U.S. cities and kill 10,000,000 to 15,000,000 Americans in one day. He urged public disclosure of H-bomb facts, criticized official secrecy, and urged decentralization of government agencies for quicker dispersal of industries. He warned a peak threat within 5 to 10 years and described explosive yield, target cities, and the bomb’s atmospheric detonation.
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Washington
Ralph
Lapp
Eiles
Pentagon
Senate
Alexandria
House
Bethesda
United Press
Russia
Moscow
U. S
United States
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Detroit
Los Angeles
Japan
Has U. S. Already Tested H-bomb? Writer Asks
Washington reports a writer questions if the United States or the Soviet Union has secretly tested tiny hydrogen devices. Article suggests experiments at Eniwetok in 1948 and possible Los Alamos tests, using a booster charge to trigger hydrogen reactions. Speculation notes the lack of official confirmation and outlines potential methods for small scale testing.
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Ashington
Russia
Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Eniwetok Atoll
Pacific
Los Alamos
N. Mex
Truman
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Associated Press
Frank E. Carey
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