Former Red Helped With Army Booklet
Washington July 6 two men who aided in World War II Army Talks refused to say if they were Communist party members at the time A third said he joined the party for about a year and a half before the war but told the Senate subcommittee he was not a Communist when helping prepare materials for GI orientation The witnesses include Stephen M Fischer a former newspaperman now at Scientific American who admitted party membership from spring 1940 to fall 1941 Richard L Criley a former Army captain and Luke W Wilson an enlisted man both invoked the Fifth Amendment as to Communist activities The session aims to map Communist influence in molding soldiers minds Meanwhile J Kenneth Kerr of Baltimore recounted finding the Russian Embassy information bulletin at Camp Pickett Va and a GI postwar plan to share atomic secrets that drew mass support before ballot boxes were reportedly stuffed in a meeting attended by about 1000 soldiers Ralph de Toledoano Newsweek associate editor was cited in the proceedings.
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Senate
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Army
Stephen M. Fischer
New York City
Scientific American
Richard L. Criley
Chicago
Luke W. Wilson
Wellfleet
Mass
Culley
Wilson
Sen
Jenner R Ind
Camp Pickett
J. Kenneth Kerr
Baltimore
America
Kerr
Ralph de Toledano
Newsweek Magazine
Russian propagandist linked to university course exposure
A lecture series at Cor' From Guatemala Voling well University included a Russian propagandist named Vladimir Kazakevich who reportedly praised the Soviet Union and criticized the U S Army. Cornell officials said Kazakevich taught 1943-44 at the Army Specialized Training Program and his current whereabouts are unknown. Fischer testified about Communist Party ties. another witness noted GI orientation readings from the Institute of Pacific Relations. 22 people suffered minor eye injuries at Washington fireworks as wind shifts sent debris toward spectators.
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Guatemala
Volingwell University
U.S. Army
Vladimir Kazakevich
U. S
Soviet Union
Ithaca
N.Y
Cornell Univrsity
Kazakevich
Fischer
Communist Party
Columbia University School of Journalism
San Francisco
Robert C. McManus
Institute of Pacific Relations
IPR
Guatemala Bars Illiterates From Voting In Elections
Guatemala's five man military junta barred illiterates from voting in the elections and ordered future ballots be mandatory secret and literacy based. The regime froze assets of Arbenz era figures including Arbenz and Guillermo Toriello, who sought asylum in the Mexican embassy. The jails overflow as the junta rounds up suspected Communists amid claims of torture by the previous government.
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Guatemala
Five Man
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Arbenz
Guillermo Toriello
Toriello
Guatemala Cay
Mariano Rossell
Equinoxes Equal Day and Night Worldwide
At the vernal and autumnal equinoxes around March 21 and Sept 21, night and day are the same length everywhere on Earth. This simple astronomical fact marks two equal halves of the year across all latitudes.
Homemakers Club annual picnic at Beallaville Fire House
Women's Clubs Mones-Chub held its annual picnic June 10 at Beallaville Fire House with Cedar Grove Homemakers in attendance. After luncheon, films by Mr. Moreland were shown and toys collected for Children's Hospital. President Mrs. Dale R. Ferris announced summer activities ending and the next meeting on September 9. Babe Didrikson Zaharias and husband plan a world golf tour beginning January. The ice cap of Greenland is twice the size of Texas.
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Mococacs Homemakers Club
Poolesville-Barnesille-Dickerson Homemakers’ Club
Beallaville
Cedar Grove Homemakers
Virginia
Williamsburg
Moreland
Department of Public Libraries
Washington
Dale R. Ferris
Private detective bill tied to sheriff probe in county
Washington County billed $5 231.15 for a private detective agency investigation of the sheriff s office. Commissioner Delphey moved to pay but was not seconded. The probe led to the indictment of Sheriff Edward Rowland and five deputies on false pretense charges. Crowl was convicted and fined 1 000. Rowland and two others were found innocent. others were dismissed. The agency billed 7 30 per hour for two chief investigators and 3 per hour for a third, including 68 hours in county jail posing as a sentenced criminal. The bill noted a donation of 1 000 to Washington County citizens.
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Hagerstown
Washington County
Chester Delphey
Delphey
Edward Rowland
Charles F. Crowl
Rowland
Jothers
Inn
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