Handwriting Experts Aid Spy Probers
House investigators called in handwriting experts to verify a 1936 transfer of a Ford roadster alleged to have been donated by Alger Hiss to the Communist party. Louis Budenz testified that party leaders viewed Hiss as loyal, naming Lee Pressman Nathan Witt and John Abt as fellow Communists.
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Washington
AFP
House
State Department
Alger Hiss
Undereran
Hiss
Red
Louis Budenz
Catholic Church
House Un-American Activities Committee
Communist Party
William Rosen
Rosen
Whittaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Flo
Red Underground
Chambers
Budenz
Lee Pressman
the Agricultural Adjustment Administration
AAA
The
C.I.O
Wallace Progressive Party
Nathan Witt
National Labor Relations Board
John Abt
Progressive party names new general counsel and staff
Edwin S. Smith, formerly a National Labor Relations Board member, has been appointed general counsel for the Progressive party. He will serve as an instructor at a Vermont school in addition to his party duties.
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Progressive Party
Edwin S. Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Vermont
Actress Lynn Merrick Divorces Conrad Nagel in Los Angeles
Actress Lynn Merrick aged 25 secured a final divorce decree from stage and screen actor Conrad Nagel aged 50 in Los Angeles. An interlocutory decree was issued March 26, 1947, with Merrick noting Nagel’s bachelor status longer than desired. final decree granted five months later under California law.
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Los Angeles
Lynn Merrick
Conrad Navel
California
Volunteers Of America Founder Maud Booth Dies
Maud Ballington Booth, founder of the Volunteers of America with Ballington Booth, died at 82 after three months’ illness. A former Salvation Army lassie and author, she led prison reform work and public speaking, dying at a daughter’s home.
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Grea’e Neck
Maud Ballington Booth
The
Volunteers of America
Aovist
Salvation Army
Booth
Ballington Booth
William Booth
Volunteer Prison League
American Prison Association
United States
England
Triunister
Booths Balk at Salvation Army Order and Split
Gen William Booth overrode protests to enforce a Salvation Army rule forcing departure from the organization. Mrs Booth and her husband quit the Salvation Army. The husband died in 1929, leaving a daughter and Charles B Booth a colonel in the Volunteers of America central area.
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William Booth
Salvation Army
War Surplus Books Swamp Campus in Columbus Ohio
Frank I C Long who runs a college bookstore near the Ohio State University campus undertakes a 75000 expansion after purchasing 507000 war surplus textbooks. The stock sits on a neighboring parking lot as Long claims to be the nation’s largest textbook company with nearly 3 000 000 volumes. Also noted Weather Bureau records show a historic 185772 phone calls to the agency in New York.
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Columbus
OFCUP
Frankic. Long
Ohio State University
Long
Istock
New York
Weather Bureau
Youth Who Shot Brother Ends Own Life Near Linda Vista
Deputy Coroner Lloyd Jones described a double tragedy on a hunting trip near Linda Vista California. A youth who accidentally killed his younger brother then shot himself, ending the crisis. The victims were Renaou and Ralph Earnest.
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San Dehego
Lloyd Jones
Jones
Renaou
Ralph Earnest
Kearny Imesa
Linda Vista
Calif
Zephyr Wool Pull Overs Feature Bold Minoshead Pattern
A short note describes pure zephyr wool pull overs with a large minoshead motif. Mentions blue and brown matte tones and a size twelve option, noting a rustic, handmade appeal.
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Paris
Varis
Chaville
Dina Stantcheva
Tvanoff
Conrad Nagel
Associated Press
S. Salina
Onondaga
Cololub
Yogy
DU Pont
Allied Paint and Wallpaper CO
N. Salina
Arkmanthin
Poranis
Aston
Permatio Hal BW OE Company
Manchester
New Ham
Boyville
Fraternity Prep
Jr. Sport
Handsone
Oxfords
Goodyear
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