Film industry purge and a Hollywood drama critique
December report notes ten discharges for refusing to swear loyalty to anti-Communist committee. It cites John Garfield and Canada Lee in the film Body and Soul, with critical mentions of Enterprise studios and Daily Worker reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maltz
Trumbo
Kornitz
Lawson
Lardner
Biberman
Scott
Cole
Bessie
Dmytryk
Enterprise Studios
Hollywood
John Garfield
Canada Lee
New York
Committee On UN
En‘prise Studios
Daily Worker
Senate votes down Democratic demand for Truman price powers
In Washington the Senate defeats Barkley's amendment to Taft's anti inflation bill, denying a plan to grant the president authority to compel voluntary industry agreements. Taft says the move would wreck the measure, while Democrats fear blocking passage before Friday's adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Truman
Barkley
Kentucky
Taft
Ohio
Congress
Mr. Truman
Ohioan
United States
House
Motorman Leaves 155264 Fortune in Cincinnati Estate
Harold F. Weisman, a long time street car motorman who died Nov 22 at 86, left an estate of 155264 dollars. An appraisal filed in probate shows he saved earnings from horse drawn to electric cars and bought stock and a house. He left no will and his only relative is a rotter described in a Parkersburg hospital as Justus Weisman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poincinnati
Harold F. Weisman
Weisman
Fred Bader, Jr
Bader
Justus Weisman
Parkersburg
W.a
New $5.6 Billion Tax Cut Bill Aims at 7.4 Million Nonpayers
Representative Knutson introduces a veto proof plan reducing taxes for 47 million taxpayers with retroactive effects to January 1. The bill would raise personal exemption to 600 dollars, apply community property rules, and grant 10 to 30 percent cuts across brackets, slashing revenues by about 1.6 billion dollars beyond prior proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knutson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Congress
Truman
Treasury
Good Fellows Now Near End
A list of memorial and contribution entries includes donors such as Glen T. Gallaspy M D Carolyn Jean Boyce U S Army and U S Air Force Recruiting Service Frances Puckett and Edna Mae Mulhearn with amounts ranging from 1.00 to 41.90. The gathering also notes in memory gifts for J B Kentney Bobby Francis A T G Gallagher and T G Gallagher of Mer Rouge with family acknowledgments from Zanana Ann and Dr Flinn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen T. Gallaspy
Carolyn Jean Boyce
U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force Recruiting Service
Frances Puckett
J. B. Kentney
Bobby
Sean
Francis A
PTO
Thomas G. Serwich, Jr
F. W. Reaves
James Machine Works
Pecos
F. G. Hudpies II
T. G. Gallagher
Mer Rouge
Zanana
Ann
Flinn
Edna Mae Mulhearn
Louis D. Cohn
Evelyn Reims
Eunice Flacy
Hazel M. Wakefield
Ritchie Grocer Company
Judy and
Elaine Hesketh
HATE AND STRIFE TORMENT PALESTINE AS YULE NEARS
Violence escalates in Jerusalem and Haifa as Arabs and Jews clash over the UN partition plan. A Jewish man is killed near Jaffa gate and a 16 year old Arab boy dies in the same area. The Arab League pledges to fight to the end while total regional deaths rise to 346 since November 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter Davidson
Jerusalem
Jaffa
Old City
Hebew
St. Stephen's Gate
Holy Land
United Nations
Palestine
Haifa
Araeb
Royal Pair 10 Receive 200000
The house of commons approved an annual 50 000 pound allowance for Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip amid Labor opposition. Elizabeth taxed 4000 pounds and Philip 2000 pounds. exact taxes await official figures. Debated after six hours, with Attlee, Cripps defending, and Maurice Webb leading cuts. Buckingham Palace response noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Attlee
Stafford Cripps
Philip
Maurice Webb
Labor Party
Webb
Emrys Hughes
Cripps
Farmers Earn About Thirty Billion Dollars This Year
The agriculture department reports farmers earned about 30.3 billion dollars in cash in the year. Receipts from farm products reached 30.0 billion, up 19 percent from last year, with total gross income near 34.6 billion and net income around 18.6 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
Two Dozen Witnesses Seen In Ouachita Grand Jury Session
A Ouachita parish grand jury session shifted to questioning about gambling in the city and parish after earlier testimony by four Baptist ministers. Morning witnesses included Revs Cadwallader Smith Stone and Johnson. afternoon expected to bring Rev Mitchell and the first of an estimated 24 witnesses named by ministers.
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Ouachita Parish
Grand Jury
Cadwallader
College Place
N. T. Smith
Emmanuel Church
Marvin Stone
Cheniere Church
C. A. Johnson
Central Church
A. T. Mitchell
Ridge Avenue Baptist Church
Test Flight of XB47 Stratojet Highlights Boeing Bomber
Moses Lake Washington December 18 The XB47 Stratojet described as potentially the world's most powerful plane made its initial test hop on the Wright brothers anniversary. The 60 ton Boeing bomber with six jet engines flew from Seattle to Moses Lake in a 50 minute 145 mile flight. Pilot Robert Robbins called it a very easy airplane to fly and said it could take off again immediately. The craft should carry a 10 ton bomb load at 500 mph or faster with a three man crew and cabin cooling and pressurized, temperature controlled interior for high speed missions. One of five such jet engine bombers being tested or prepped for tests in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Lake
Wash
Kitty Hawk
N. C
Seattle
Robert Robbins
Boeing
Marshall Rolls Back to Washington From London Conference
Secretary of State Marshall departed London at 5 10 p m for Washington after the big four foreign ministers meeting. He was accompanied by Ambassador Lewis W Douglas who sparked expectations of a high post in the Marshall Plan administration. Fog and drizzle shrouded southern England as the Sacred Cow carried them home, due to reach Washington by 9 a m EST tomorrow.
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London
Marshall
Washington
U. S
Lewis W. Douglas
Douglas
Truman
England
P C A Splits On Third Party in 1948
Top levels of the Progressive Citizens of America split over a third party with Henry A Wallace as standard bearer. Two top officials resigned. New York Amalgamated Clothing Workers Unit opposed the move. four leaders of Americans for Democratic Action stayed out. In Los Angeles co-chairman Robert A Kenny supported Wallace. resignations included Dr Frank Kingdon and Bartley C Crum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Progressive Citizens of America
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
C.I. O. Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Americans For Democratic Action
Los Angeles
National P. C. A
Robert A. Kenny
California
Oregon
Frank Kingdon
New Jersey
Bartley C. Crum
San Francisco
Crum
Wendell L. Willkie
Roosevelt
Jacob S. Potofsky
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Amalgamated
New York State
American Labor Party
Albany
88 000 000 cut from aid bill
The Senate faces House cuts in foreign aid funds totaling 88 million dollars from an 597 million winter relief program for France Italy and Austria and 260 million from a 490 million army request for occupation costs abroad The administration hopes Senate action will restore the reductions while Bridges notes possible aid to China though no concrete program is outlined yet Nine weeks of Anglo American talks produced a cost sharing pact shifting up to 99 percent of costs to the United States as Britain faces a dollar crisis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
France
Italy
Austria
Bridges
New Hampshire
Senate Appropriations Committee
China
Europe
Asia
Bridges’ Committee
State Department
Truman
Germany
Japan
Korea
United States
Britain
Russia and U S clash over atomic control at UN panel
Andrei Gromyko accused influential U S circles of blocking UN atomic energy commission progress. Polish scientist Ignacy Zlotowski urged scientists to push for real safeguards, saying atomic energy should serve peace not war. Zlotowski departs as the Soviet Ukraine replaces Poland on Dec 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Success
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
United Nations Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Gromyko
Soviet Union
Ignacy Zlotowski
Zlotowski
Poland
Ukraine
Secretary Anderson promises list of heavy commodity traders
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson told the Senate appropriations committee that he will publicize a list of heavy traders as soon as possible if Congress insists. He testified about gathering names and addresses of the largest grain and butter traders, noting most futures activity is on the Chicago market and that partial information is available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Anderson
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Congress
Harold E. Staffen
Committee of Congress
Ferguson
Chicago
Skiff Overturns. Hunter Missing Near New Orleans
An 18 year old duck hunter Alfred Heishen, a navy man, is missing after a crowded skiff overturned late yesterday in Chef Menteur waters east of New Orleans. Four men survived after clinging to a canoe and reaching land. rescue craft continue searching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Chef Menteur
Alfred Heishen
Robert P. Martinez
Ellis Hershen
Louis Batt
George Lackman
Coast Guard
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Senet
Pen Nan
Washington, D. C
William Claudy
Motion
Westbrook
Pegler
Representative Knutson
Minnesota
Yule
Arab League
Cairo
Middle East
Egypt
Iraq
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Syria
Trans- Jordan
Yemen
Nuri el Said
John Miller
Slippery Rock Creek
McConells Mill
Andy Petrick
Thomas Matsko
Miller
Petrick
Princess Elizabeth
America
Hunter
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