Singapore Firms Increase Business Amid Rising Capital
Singapore registrar notes tripling of registered firms, spanning manufacturing building contracting fishing shipping importing and exporting. Average capital ranges from 100 000 to 500 000 with few firms under 100 000, seen as sign of dollar depreciation though prewar firms had higher volumes. International firms include numerous million-dollar companies despite changes. Irish film society lists top films of the year with Strange Incident Open Cage Odd Man Out and Great Expectations leading in popularity at Dublin venues.
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Singapore
Sinagpore
Dublin
Time editor spy probe testimony names Hiss in Washington group
Whitaker Chambers testifies that former State Department official Alger Hiss participated in a covert Washington group tied to the Communist underground. The testimony, corroborating Elizabeth Bentley, covers employment histories, meetings at Henry Collins’ apartment, and the circulation of Communist dues, with further details promised in tomorrow’s installment. Freeborn, veteran and shrine member, is named in the report’s close.
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Washington Sur
Washington
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
San Francisco
Yalta
Miss Bentley
Robert E. Stripling
Steiplivas Sal Faden
Leo
Agricultural Adjustment Administra Tion
Washington, D.C
Seversary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Works Progress Administration Lyam
Marry L. Hopkins
The
Resettlement Administration
Rexford G. Tugwell
Ite
Committee For Industrial Organization
Steel Workers’ Organizing Committee
Textile Workers’ Organizing Committee
Peter
M Chambers
John Abt
Mundl
Stripling
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
WPA
la Follette Civil Libertives Committee
United States Attorney General
Provgressive
Wallace
Wallace " Rankin
Lee ‘Pressman
Progressive Party
Mundt
Mr. Wallace
Donald Hiss
Maret G
Chambers
Alger Ut
Supreme Court
Henry Collins
St. Matthews Court
Tal Ware
Laws
DuPont Circle
Allis
Mr. Collins
Communist Party
Collins
Boy's Chem Set Is Ex Pantsive
Pasadena August 5 GPA match a home chemical set four dog and a boy proved exciting. Darryl Nelson nine put a lighted match into a can used for experiments. the can exploded. Pants caught fire. Mrs Norman Nelson rushed to aid. A neighbor dog, excited by the blast, bit her leg. Mother and son received first aid at Pasadena emergency hospital for burns and bite. the dog had no injuries.
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Pasadena
Calif
Darryl Nelson
Darcy
Norman Nelson
Nelson
Pasadena Emergency Hospital
Millinery Leaflet Drive Sparks City Debate
San Antonio millinery firms petitioned for permission to drop 30,000 leaflets offering $10 certificates with hat purchases during a designated millinery week. Police Commissioner Raymond South questioned enforcement of an ordinance against dropping pamphlets as city council referred the matter to him for approval.
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Raymond South
San Antonio
Ahat
South
Mrs Payne Dies In Saltillo Wreck
Mrs. Brook Payne, mother of Dr. Asher Richardson McComb of 222 Harrison Ave, died in Saltillo from injuries from a highway crash while visiting Monterrey. Widow of the late Col Brooke Payne, she was daughter of the late Asher Richardson founders of Asherton. Survivors include two sisters Mrs Lulu Richardson Dean and Mrs James McKinstry.
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Brook Payne
Asher Richardson McComb
Harrison Ave
Saltillo
Payne
Monterrey
Col
Brooke Payne
Asher Richardson
Asherton
Dr. McComb
Lulu Richardson
Dean
James McKinstry
Tulsa
Witness Refuses to Identify Communist Ties in Univis Lens Probe
Lou Kaplan of Bayton Ohio, a field organizer for the CIO United Electrical Workers, refused to tell a House subcommittee whether he is or has ever been a member of the Communist party. He testified in a Dayton Ohio hearing into a strike at the Univis Lens plant.
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Washington
CIO United Electrical Workers
House
Communist Party
Lou Kaplan
Bayton
House Labor Subcommittee
Univis
Dayton
Thieves raid cleaning plant and home reported
ANewauer of C. and M. Cleaners at 1939 W. Poplar reported theft of a large quantity of clothing from the shop early Thursday morning. Mrs S W Katz of 3618 Broad reported the theft of 2275 from her home.
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Anewauer
C. & M. Cleaners
W. Poplar Sl
S. W. Katz
Broad
Dallas Fed warns against federal curbs on lending
The Dallas Federal Reserve District, covering Texas, warned bankers nationwide to oppose war on bank lending and credit operations by the federal government. They urged Representative J Frank Wilson of Dallas to block legislation seen as risking a money panic and worsening inflation.
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Whetal
Wasilington
Daklas
Wedaral
Texas
Southwest
Uney
J. Frank Wilson
Dallas
Wilson
Open season proposal to cut game hunting by using cattle
Idaho livestock grower John J. Highgate urges declaring an open season on cattle to reduce cattle shootings during big game hunts. He notes many cattle and other livestock are mistaken for game and calls for closing deer and elk seasons to protect livestock. Also reports U S Army quartermaster center accepted Argentina meat bids for use in Europe with specific prices.
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Boise
Idaho
John J. Highgate
Chicago
U. S
Bremerhaven
Germany
Submarine Lamps Attract Sprat For Moscow Fishermen
MOSCOW August 3 reports fishermen are using submerged electric lights to lure sprat. The system, perfected by Prof. Bovisovay, lowers 800 to 1000 watt lamps into the sea to attract whole schools. Fishermen haul sprat aboard quickly. one operation caught over 3000 pounds in a single evening.
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Moscow
Aoenig
Bovisovay
Bond Set in 2 Narcotic Cases
Rodrigo Guanero, 21, of 159 Castrowitle nd, arraigned on a charge of possessing 10 grains of heroin. Bond set at $2500. Fred Bachman, 34, of 611 Quitman si, arraigned on a charge of possessing two grains of morphine. Bond set at $1500.
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Rodrigo Guanero
Castrowitle Nd
U. S
Arey V. Knight
Fred Bachman
Quitman Si
Solons Asked to Clear Libel Law
Wayne Coy, chair of the Federal Communications Commission, urged Congress to ensure radio stations bear no libel or slander responsibility for political speeches. He testified before a special House committee that stations are immune under FCC rules barring censorship of broadcasts, though the issue remains hotly debated.
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Washington
Wayne Coy
Federal Communications Commission
Congress
House
FCC
Moursund Opens Talks on GI Housing Fraud
Henry Moursund U.S. attorney for the western district of Texas began discussions in Washington with colleagues from large cities across the states on GI housing frauds. The meetings included a session with Attorney General Tom Clark as the group outlined other justice department matters though specifics were not given.
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Washington
Henry Moursund
San Antonio
U. S
Western District of Texas
Tom Clark
Mourland
Justice Department
Air Officers View Alaska Bases Inspection Trip
A party of U S air force officers left Anchorage to inspect air bases in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. The group includes Lt Gen Jimmy Doolittle Maj Gen Earl Partridge and Col W C Morse with roles in staff training equipment and supplies.
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Anchorage
US. Air Force
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Jimmy Doolittle
Air Forcce Resieve
Earl Partridge
Col
W. C. Morse
Partridge
Ida Lupino Begins Wedding Day in La Jolla
Ida Lupino and Collier Young plan a church wedding at La Jolla Presbyterian Church in California. The ceremony, described as a formal yet intimate affair, marks a significant milestone for the energetic actress and the Hollywood studio executive.
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LA Jolla
Cali
Anup
Ida Lupino
Iole
Collier Young
la Jolla Presbyterian Church
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New York
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