Spy Ring Data Revives Probe Amid Tax Hike Fear
Washington eyes renewed espionage inquiry as the Probe Committee cites proof of a large ring. Whitaker Chambers implicates Alger Hiss in microfilm transfers, while Hiss denies. Veterans postwar employment shows 14.9 million veterans with 4.5 million unemployed or resting and 1.3 million on farms or in school.
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American Activities Committee
United States
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Time Magazine
Alger Hiss
Carnegie Foundation For International Peace
Russia
Hiss
Chambers
Sumner Welles
Research Council For Economic Security
Chicago
State Department
Manhattan
Federal Grand Jury
Tax talk on excess profits and 1929 lessons
Leaders debate taxing corporate profits amid fears of a Truman victory. Wyoming’s senator cites 1929 as a warning, noting enlarged profits today despite bigger companies. A proposed excess profits tax includes exemptions for small businesses. Also covered is the Golden Fleece dispute with Dijon resisting Austria’s bid to reclaim the relic.
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Wyoming
Congress
O'Mahoney
England
Dijon
France
Philip the Good
Burgundy
Mary of Burgundy
Austria
Maximilian the Fair
Vienna
Berlin Peace Drive Prods USSR Over Berlin Government
Western powers accuse the Soviet Union of violating quadripartite Berlin agreements and demand elections on a city wide basis. A formal note warns Moscow that failure to disband the Soviet sector leadership could prompt new measures as normal administration in Berlin erodes.
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United States
Britain
France
Berlin
United Nations
Moscow
Soviet Union
Potatoes No More Doubt Give Household Standard
The U S department of agriculture reports after surveying 3300 housewives that market potatoes should be clean medium sized with few eyes light in color undamaged and cook soft and mealy. Housewives prefer medium potatoes for peeling handling and portion control and warn that many potatoes suffer mechanical injuries from improper digging and handling. The department asks if growers and shippers will act on this guidance.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Robot Ear Lights Home From Ring Howls at Medical Meet
A new robot ear detects the telephone ring and lights lamps at home. Demonstrated to doctors in St. Louis, the device uses a bell vibration in a salt crystal to trigger a current that powers the light switch. FBI and undertaker interests have adopted the ears for 24 hour readiness.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Tom Edison
American. Medical.association
St. Louis
FBI
Rain making bag and polio poster girl in 1949 notes
Franklin Fenenga an archeologist with California university kept a rain making bag said to bring downpour when shown. The bag includes beaver tail snapdragon seeds eagle down and stones and was linked to California Kern county rainfall. Linda Brown four from San Antonio selected as 1949 March of Dimes poster girl after polio treatment, now walking with slight limp. Rep John E Rankin faces challenge from northern Democrats to stay on unAmerican activities committee while seniority ties him to veterans affairs panel.
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Franklin Fenenga
California University
Kern County
California
Fenenga
Berkeley
Linda Brown
San Antonio
Tex
Linda
Robert B. Greene Hospital
John E. Rankin
Miss
House
Truman
Congress
House un-American Activities Committee
Rankin
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Truman denies White House hid Bikini atomic test report
President Truman refuted claims by Bradley Dewey that the White House suppressed a final Bikini atoll nuclear test report. He spoke at a news conference denying any lid was clamped on Bikini findings.
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Bikini
Truman
White House
Atoll
Bradley Dewey
Summersby memoir reveals bond with Eisenhower and wartime secrets
Kay Summersby recounts her service as Eisenhower's chauffeur and secretary during World War II. She describes an intimate relationship with a married American colonel, Eisenhower's secrecy duties, and moments at North Africa invasion planning. The account touches on West Point traditions and wartime protocol.
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Dwight Eisenhower
Kay Summersby
Eisenhower
WACS
United States
War Office
Kay
North Africa
Miss Summersby
Miss. Summersby
Oran
Algiers
Mark Clark
Anniversary Highlights Poor Richard's Almanac Impact
Poor Richard's anniversary notes the 1949 edition's influence on American life. Benjamin Franklin's pen name popularized almanacs now common in rural homes. The annual lists calendars data and practical tips on rats chicks and staying awake in church.
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Poor Richard
Benjamin Franklin
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