Soldiers Clash With Thanksgiving Turkeys in Korea
In Korea soldiers mocked a 150 ton Thanksgiving turkey pledge by the Eighth Army quartermaster, blaming a ration foulup for excess turkeys. They complained of repeated turkey meals, with some preferring eel or turnip greens as relief, while others jested about morale and even alcohol to cope with the bird overload.
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Korea
Turkey
Quartermaster Corps
Eighth Army
William C. Barnard
Associated Press
Seoul
America
Jong
Disturbing Diet Case and Zoo Oddities From A Petty World
A wife sues for separate maintenance after a husband pressured a 53 pound loss and controlled meals since 1947, including a five mile daily walk. In Boise a threatened shooting led to a sheriff’s visit where a pistol was found and removed. Promoters in Phoenix showcased wrestling bears, with a rousing, chaotic set in the arena. Snookie the hippo at Columbus Zoo stirs anticipation with a new baby and possible names. At the Manila fossil meeting scientists joke about Neanderthals as grand fossils flash on screen.
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Frances Costantine
Peterson
N. J
Michael
Constantina
Boise
Idsho
Ada County
Phoenix
Gorgeous Gun
Gus
Snookie
Columbus, Ohio
Zoo
Chicago
Columbus
Earl F. Davis
Ice E. Brown
Martha Raye
Davis
Manila
G. H. R. von Koenigswald
University of Utrecht
Netherlands
Hig
FBI Report on Two Spy Rings Revealed
The report details two Red spy rings infiltrating the U.S. government. It names Nathan Silvermaster and Victor Perlo as leaders, with involvement by White House aides, Treasury workers, OSS members, and several Soviet-linked couriers. Hoover’s letters outline how documents were funneled, photographed, and passed to Soviet contacts via New York and Washington.
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Washington
FBI
Herbert Brownell Jr
Congressional
Senate
Harry Dexter White
Brownell
Edgar Hoover
White House
Hoover
Silvermaster
Nathan Gregory Silvermaster
Agricultural Department
Victor Perlo
War Production Board
Foreign Economic Administration
White
Perlo
George Silvermaster
Railroad Retirement Board
War Department
Lauchlin Currie
Roosevelt
Donald Wheeler
Maj
Duncan Lee
Julius Joseph
Helen Teeney
Maurice Halperin
Office of Strategic Services
Charles Kramer
Jas
W. Sen
Harley M. Kilgore
D. W. Va
Army
William Ludwig Ulman
New York
Ullman
Treasury
Treasury Department
New York City
Jacob M. Golos
Golos
Gaik Ovakimian
Ovakimian
Department of State
U.S. S.R
Dyakimian
Abraham Senedict Weinstein
Silvermasters
Anatole Borisaovich
Bribe Charge Made Again Against State Investigator
Los Angeles a state bar investigator on leave, Herbert Hallner, 60, is reindicted by the county grand jury on charges of attempting to bribe City Atty. Roger Arnebergh, Asst. City Atty. Boyd Taylor, and former police commission chair Jack Irwin to legalize games of skill in Venice. The new indictment cites different penal code sections after a prior dismissal.
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Los Angeles
Herbert Hallner
Roger Arnebergh
Boyd Taylor
Police Commission
Jack Irwin
Venice
Hallner
Superior
Truman Declines Comment on White Case Testimony
Kansas City dispatch notes President Truman refused to discuss the Harry Dexter White investigation after Brownell and Hoover testified before the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee in Washington. He stated his speech on the matter spoke for itself and left his office early after a long TV appearance. Photographers sought a Truman photo outside the Greenlease trial site but were barred from the president's office. Western Union reported about 1500 telegrams reaching Truman that day with more arriving as the day progressed.
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Kansas City
Harry
S. Truman
Herbert Brownell Jr
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Harry Dexter White
Greenlease
Federal Court
Truman
Western Union
McCarthy Rejects Radio Time Offer Amid Truman Clash
Sen Joseph R McCarthy rejected radio time offered by NBC and ABC to answer former President Truman amid a Truman speech labeling McCarthyism as corruption Truman cited public reaction and a need to preserve due process McCarthy is in Boston with a subcommittee probe into General Electric workers activities
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Boston
Joseph R
McCarthy
R-Wis
Truman
Harry Dexter White
National Broadcasting Co
American Broadcasting Co
E.s.t
Wisconsin
General Electric
New Sleep Aid Promises Safe Quick Rest
A noted medical doctor touts Methapyrilene as a safe new sleep remedy for insomnia sufferers. The ad claims the fast-acting drug Sleep-EZB relaxes nerves and body, reducing worry, with a non habit forming formula and quick wakefulness after use.
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New York
N. Y
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William Dean
WNELL
Victor Perle
Gregory Silvermaster
Loughlin Curia
J. Edger Hoover
Harry Vaughan
Ste Pierre Smurot! Fisine
Hartford
Conn
Scovery
Maxwell House
Sen. McCarthy
Press-Telegram
Burclay
Sixth Etrett and
Pine Avenue
Long Bench 32
California
Kit Bureau of Circulation
Bae
Cerer
Mau Yen
Long Beach
The
Gia
Wilton Cellar
Rogers & Son
Plate Eye International Silver Company
Kendrome World Wood
International Silver Company
Sarving Long Beach
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