Norden Bomb Sight Leaked to Russia
A House Un-American Activities Committee member says a report alleges the Norden bomb sight was leaked to Russian representatives as early as 1938. The investigation centers on Aberdeen proving ground and a civilian War Department employee, with a potential espionage ring connected to officials in Washington. Serial publication of secret papers from Whittaker Chambers was arranged, as subpoenas and witness questioning loomed.
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WASHINGTON
house
un American activities committee
United States
Aberdeen
war department
Aberdeen proving ground
Chesapeake bay
Baltimore
house un-American activities committee
Mundt
New York
Grand Jury to Assume Spy Inquiry in New York
New federal grand jury takes over the espionage probe as testimony continues from key figures Whittaker Chambers Alger Hiss and Isaac Don Levine. George Silverman testifies about his innocence and Bentley’s charges while a prior threat claim from Grace Hutchins is contested.
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Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
Chambers
Hiss
state department
Russia
Isaac Don Levine
Washington
Silverman
house committee
Miss Bentley
Communist party
Grace Hutchins
Labor Research association
inew
Hutchins
Hitchhike Rescue Flight From Greenland Ice Cap
Westover Air Force Base reports two bombers tows a red tailed glider toward Goose Bay to embark a rescue of nine airmen stranded on Greenland ice cap. The mission awaits morning staging with Lt Mary Chamberlain and Lt Alerd Hedwall piloting gliders, others including Lt Calvin W. Jackson and Lt H F Halstead aboard.
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WESTOVER AIR FORCE BASE
Mass
Greenland
Goose Bay
Labrador
Mary Chamberlain
Quincy
Calif
Alerd M. Hedwall
Seattle
misson
Calvin W. Jackson
Lake City
H. F. Halstead
Snyder Scoffs At Decline Talk
Secretary of the Treasury Snyder rejected recession fears amid price hesitation at the American Municipal Association meeting in Washington. He urged new local taxes and said municipalities should be allowed payroll income, sales, and amusement taxes as AMA delegates pressed for expanded local revenue fields.
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WASHINGTON
Treasury
Snyder
American Municipal association
AMA
Texas state fair nets 422000 profit for year
The Fair Profitable Dallas report states the Texas state fair drew nearly two million visitors this year and achieved a net profit of four hundred twenty two thousand dollars.
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DALLAS
Texas
Pan American Pact Tests Rio Defense Treaty
Washington December 15 The Rio defense treaty faces its first test as Costa Rica alleges invasion by Nicaragua ahead of a meeting of the Organization of American States 21 members debate the incident and the pact's enforcement machinery while echoed by talks toward a broader North Atlantic alliance aimed at countering Soviet influence.
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WASHINGTON
United States
Canada
Costa Rica
Nicaragua
organization of American states
Silvio Villegas international
Japs Puzzled By Corn Pile They Like Sake
Tokyo observers ponder what to do with 300000 tons of American corn as Japan declines to eat it The suggestion notes making bourbon whiskey from the corn could boost morale and improve the diet by saving rice used for fortified wine.
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TOKYO
Aid profits threaten recovery fund future
European profit taking on scrap metal bought with Marshall plan funds drew congressional warnings. Senator McClellan said the practice breaches faith and could halt the program. The ECA asked Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands to stop sales and curb future ones. Resales raised consumer costs by about two million dollars, while Marshall plan advances total over twenty nine million. Senator Hickenlooper questioned use of aid for profit from trades.
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WASHINGTON
McClellan
D-Ark
congress
Canada
Latin America
ECA
Howard Bruce
U. S
Newfoundland
Mexico
Peru
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Jail Welcome To Promise Making Man
Berlin reports a bold trial of Heinrich Heitmann a man who promised marriage to 28 women and stole from them. He faced 28 victims in a Benin court and was guarded by police as they attacked him with fists and umbrellas. The court sentenced him to five years in prison.
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BERLIN
Heinrich Heitmann
Benin
Heit- Mann
Russia vetoes Ceylon bid in UN Security Council vote
In Paris on December 15 1949 Russia exercised its twenty ninth UN Security Council veto to block Ceylons membership. Vetoed alongside were Israel bid postponements while Tehran? The council adjourned and set Friday for the next session.
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PARIS
Russia
United Nations security council
Ceylon
United Nations
council
ISRAEL
Cerlon
Jakob Malik
Vassili Tarasenko
Ukraine
Fernand Van Langenhove
Belgium
Hyderabad
India
Lake Success
U. S
United States
Britain
France
China
Portugal
Trans-Jordan
Italy
Austria
Finland
Indonesia
security council
Palais de Chaillot
Military science cooperation set to weigh weapons value
Washington December 1 The military high command forms a brain trust to assess weapons value and use. Secretary of Defense Forrestal announced a plan to create a weapons systems evaluation group under the joint chiefs of staff and the research and development board.
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WASHINGTON
military high command
Forrestal tald
joint chiefs of staff
the
research and development board
Surrender Near for Peiping as Chiang Weighs Resignation
In Nanking on December 15 AP reports Chiang Kai-shek faces mounting pressure to cede control of the government. Advisers urge peace talks with the Chinese Communists and possible cabinet shifts as Sun Fo struggles to form a cabinet. Reports from Peiping say talks with the Communists have begun and Hu Shih may be summoned for a post. Chiang has shown no sign of resignation though military pressure grows.
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NANKING
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Chiang
Peiping
Associated Press
Spencer Moosa
Moosa
Hu Shih
Washington
national Pieping university
Efe
Sun Fo
Shanghai
GOP Control Struggle Seen
Washington reports a power struggle for GOP control with Carroll Reece likely challenging national chairman Hugh Scott. Scott vows to fight, as possible opponents include Everett Dirksen Tom Coleman John Cooper and supporters of Taft. Scott also proposes a policy draft meeting of Republicans to craft a party platform. Reece's 1946 election as chairman and Dewey's 1944 nomination frame the shifting leadership.
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WASHINGTON
Carroll Reece
Hugh Scott
Scott
Philadelphia
Reece
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
MARY
Dewey
Reeds
Everett Mr. Dirksen
Illinois
congress
Tom Coleman
Wisconsin
Harold E. Stassen
John Cooper
Kentucky
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
GOP
senate
national committee
labor and
molly
Plant to Close in Birmingham, Alabama
Ahcent Manufacturing Co. announced today it will close its Birmingham plant. A spokesman said current employment runs in the hundreds.
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BIRMINGHAM
Als
Dee
Ahcent manufacturing company
Wisconsin Bar Charges Senator McCarthy in Ethics Complaint
The Wisconsin Bar Commission asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court to discipline Senator Joseph R. McCarthy for ethics violations. A complaint accuses him of failing to resign his circuit judicial seat until after the 1946 election, with disbarment as a possible outcome. The court approved filing and will appoint a referee. McCarthy has 20 days to answer.
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MADISON
Wis
UPI
bar commission
Wisconsin supreme court
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
high court
McCarthy
New Keep Out Order For Eniwetok Testing Area Indefinite
A new keep out warning for ships and aircraft will extend indefinitely around the Eniwetok atomic testing area. The inner restricted zone centers on the lagoon and atoll laboratory, within a danger zone of about 39 000 square miles. The measure follows last spring’s three tests and is aimed at avoiding inhabited areas during favorable spring and early summer winds.
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ENIWETOK
WASHINGTON
United States
Eniwetok atomic weapons proving grounds
atomic energy commission
Eniwetok lagoon
United Nations
Marshall island
Bikini
Marshall islands
Pacific
Madame Chiang Unsuccessful in Gaining U.S. Aid Boost
Washington December 15. Undersecretary Lovett said Madame Chiang Kai-Shek failed to win stronger U S support for the National government. He stated U S policy toward China remains with Chiang Kai-Shek's Nationalist government and none of the program changes were made. Current aid totals 125 million military and 275 million economic. Reports linked Madame Chiang to requests for a dramatic aid increase or a billion dollars yearly for several years.
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WASHINGTON
Lovett
Chiang Kai-Shek
China
congress
Madame Chiang
Truman
Marshall
Chiang
Washington auto dealer in six month car sales probe
Congressional investigators told a House committee that a Washington dealer sold three new cars to one customer in six months while others waited up to three years. The Cherner Motor company faces claims of price gouging with an estimated 450 million dollars lost by buyers in eight months. Witnesses described deposits, waiting lists, and no deposits for cars, amid denials of under the counter premiums.
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WASHINGTON
special house
Lawrence G. White
Cherier Motor company
W. G. Talbott
Chevy Chase
Cherner
Joseph Cherner
Eisenhower Aids Defense Leaders
General Eisenhower, president of Columbia University, remains in Washington and continues to advise top defense officials in a consultative and advisory capacity, assisting Secretary of Defense and defense leaders after several days in the capital.
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WASHINGTON
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia university
Secretary of Defense
Eisenhower
Washingston
Gene ‘tinue
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