Spy Probers Racing Time In Pickup Testimony
Washington December 20 congressional spy investigators race to learn if the justice department will allow questioning of eight key witnesses before year end. The House Un American Activities Committee seeks to add their testimony to its espionage inquiry report before January 3, 1949. Probing whether to include witnesses, or omit those not needed for indictments by a New York grand jury. The indictments target 12 Communist party leaders accused of conspiring to overturn the U S government and Alger Hiss accused of lying about turning over secrets to Whittaker Chambers. Acting Chairman Mundt released a statement on pink paper.
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Washington
Congressional
Justice Department
House un-American Activities Committee
Congress
New York
Communist Party
U. S
Alger Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Mundt
R.S. D
Committee names new witnesses in Red network inquiry
The congressional panel floated new witnesses including Hedda Gompers and Franklin Reno while revisiting past figures linked to Communist contacts in Washington. Mundt signaled possible light on the Aberdeen proving-ground matter and urged a Justice Department reply before today’s 10:30 a.m. hearing.
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Justice Department
Donald Hiss
Alger
Alger Hiss
Elizabeth T. Bentley
Washington
Chambers
Henry Julian Wadleigh
William Ward Pigman
Franklin Victor Reno
Hedda Gompers
Pigman
National Bureau of Standards
Mundt
Reno
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Two Supply Firms Burglarized in Monroe
Burglars entered Monroe Bearing and Supply Co. and Humphries Refrigeration Supply Co. on Olive Street Saturday night. Cash and stamps were stolen with totals of 30 dollars and 23 stamps across both firms. A sauce recipe for broiled fish fillets ends the report.
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Monroe
Monroe Bearing and Supply Co
Olive Street
Humphries Refrigeration Supply Co
Second
Marriage Licenses and Frosting Note
L. N. Boss age 26 of Chicago Illinois and Thais Norris Nachtwey age 24 of West Monroe obtained a marriage license. A frosting tip for cupcakes suggests mixing melted butter or margarine with orange juice and confectioners sugar then sprinkling finely chopped toasted almonds if desired.
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L. N. Boss
Chicago, Ill
Thais Norris Nachtwey
West Monroe
Paratrooper Lachs vanishes from U S Army stockade in Berlin
Former paratrooper Edward J. Lachs, 28, Newark N J, who cracked a Russian blockade for love, disappeared from the U S Army stockade in Berlin. He had been held on illegal entry charges after seeking a visa for Ruth and her baby and may have been prompted by a letter from Ursula Schmidt.
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Berlin
Edward J. Lachs
M. P
Lada
Newark
N. J
U. S
Ursula Schmidt
Ruth Riecki
Ruth
Army Stockade
Ursula
Fragmentary breakup note ends a troubled relationship
The speaker recalls distress from two years with a partner. She says she will take the child and send possessions to Ruth, noting the man's weakness is not seeing a girl cry and that he cannot provide for both of them. She decides to part ways.
Two Negroes Held in Shooting in Richland Parish
Collie Marrett, 48, and Jeff Washington, 36, were held in Ouachita parish jail Monday on Richland parish warrants for the Saturday night shooting of Jessie Matthews. Matthews, wounded in the hand and abdomen, was hospitalized at Conway Memorial Hospital and listed as improving.
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Ouachita Parish
Jessie Matthews
Richland Parish
Collie Marrett
Jeff Washington
Matthews
Conway Memorial Hospital
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SPY Probers
Calvert
Calvert Reserve
Calvert Distillers Corp
New York City
Oregon
Vanport
Ore
Columbia
Warborn
Army
Aberdeen
Francis B. Sayre
Sayre
United Nations
Paris
Anna Belle Newcomb
Grand Jury
Rep. McDowell
R.pa
Rep
Nixon
R.calif
Edward A. Condon
Condon
Bureau of Standards
Rankin
D.-Miss
Dr. Condon
Eersted’s
Dormeyer Quali
Ware of
America
Claridge Deluxe
Ane
Russell Wright
Hunt Man
Trenton Appliance CO
J. M. Gilstrap
G. C. Warren
W. Monroe
Meni Dew
Catalpa
Gossard
Batiste
Palace
Eau de Tollette
Garay
Kohlkerchief
Gohlkerchief
Coro
Virginia Art
Hansen
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