Hiss Testifies About FBI Interrogation After Byrnes Tip
Alger Hiss described visiting the FBI in March 1946 after a Byrnes warning of pending Communist accusations in Congress. He said the agency gave only routine attention and sought a full interrogation, with cross examiner Murphy probing whether he was fully questioned. The case ties Hiss to Whittaker Chambers and Lee Pressman, while Hiss and Pressman both served on the agricultural adjustment administration staff. The narrative also touches on Hiss’s Harvard ties and connections to Chambers, Amid broader coverage of opera and film notes.
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P—Alger Hiss
Congress
Hiss
U. S
Thomas F. Murphy
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
House
State Department
J. Edgar Hoover
Representative Cox
D.-Ga
Lee Pressman
Whittaker Chambers
Pressman
House UN American Activities Committee
Washington
Chambers
Harvard University
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Hiss Rebuttal Day In Cross Examination
Hours of cross examination followed Hiss taking the stand as his own star witness in a two charge perjury fight. The government alleges Hiss lied about feeding secrets to Chambers for Soviet spies and about seeing Chambers after 1937. Hiss defended by saying earlier testimony reflects his memory then, now revised after reviewing records and new evidence.
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Hiss
Chambers
Murphy
Grand Jury
House Committee On un-American Activities
Chaimbers
Red Spies
Choir Ensemble Homebound Messages From Milestone Visit
Letters from choir members express warmth and thanks from Laverne to Mary Bays Serex. Messages mention family greetings, travel joys, and a wish for fried chicken upon return. A Pullman car plants note cites Chicago boxcar lumber use of 12,000,000 feet monthly.
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Mary Bays Serex
Chicago
Chained Boy 10 to Have Operation in Columbus
Ferriday boy John Carlie Franklin, nine, will get harelip correction for free after an oral surgeon in Columbus, Dr. Edward Reiter, offered surgery and hospital care if a private group funds travel. The Labor Union newspaper sparked the offer. Ferriday officials pursue beds in Shreveport or New Orleans facilities.
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Columbus
Little John Carlie Franklin
Edward Reiter
Mt. Small Hospital
Little John Carlie
Labor Union
Cleveland
Reiter
Carlie
Heller
L. W. Davis
Hartwell Love
Little Carlie
Mario Lanza on Met Snobbery and Pay
In Movieland Bob Thomas reports 27-year-old tenor Mario Lanza from Philadelphia explains why he rejected Met Opera offers over four years. He criticizes snobbery and says Met contracts keep singers in New York all season limiting earnings and flexibility. He cites a top Met salary of 950 dollars and potential lost concert-tour income.
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Philadelphia
Metropolitan Opera House
Mario Lanza
Met
New York
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