Unfriendly witnesses named in House hearings on communism
A list of Hollywood figures accused of Communist ties and contempt of Congress includes Albert Maltz Dalton Trumbo Samuel Ornitz Robert Adrian Scott John Howard Lawson Edward Dmytryk Lester Cole Alvah Bessie George Soxon Ring Lardner Jr and others. The same New York list names cultural figures linked to a Soviet peace conference at major venues.
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Hollywood
Congress of the
United States
Albert Maltz
Dalton Trumbo
Samuel Ornitz
Robert Adrian Scott
John Howard Lawson
Edward Dmytryk
Lester Cole
George €. Soxon
Alvah Bessie
Herbert Biberman
Ring Lardner Jr
Communist Party
House Committee On un-American Activities
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Carnegie Hall
Madison Square Garden
Russia
Howard Bay
Herbert J. Biberman
Henry Blankfort
Michael Blankfort
Marc Blitzstein
Millen Brand
J. Edward Bromberg
Morris Carnovsky
Edward Chod
Clifford Odets
Aubrey Pankey
Wallingford Riegger
Harold Rome
Alexander Saxton
Budd Schulberg
Artie Shaw
Herman Shumlin
Gale Sondergaard
Donald Ogden Stewart
Paul Strand
Fredi Washington
Charles Weidman
Martin Wolfson
William Wyler
Louis Adamic
Victor Bernstein
Joseph Brainin
Kyle Crichton
Collier's Weekly
Albert Deutsch
New York Post and Home News
Olin Downes
New York Times
Howard Fast
Daily Worker
Joseph Gaer
Arthur Gaeth
Dashiell Hammett
Fat Man
Peace meeting sponsors on Broadway draw mixed defense
A 1949 King Features Syndicate piece lists actors writers and editors connected to Broadway plays and a Waldorf Astoria conference. It labels the gathering a Soviet designed weapon using propaganda to erode American will, naming sponsors and noting hisses from the audience.
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T. O. Thackrey
New York Post
Home News
Norman Cousins
Saturday Review of Literature
United States
Soviet Russia
King Features Syndicate
Garfield, a star torn between Hollywood and Broadway
John Garfield, a veteran film and stage actor, 36, reflects on being typecast as a tough guy and seeking meaningful roles. He cites Angelo Patri's early influence, discusses his Broadway role in The Big Knife and film We Were Strangers, and notes his aim to choose unconventional, emotionally resonant projects beyond mere success.
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Garfield
Clifford Odets
Hollywood
Hal Boyle on choosing good roles over fame in Hollywood
Hal Boyle says preferring a secondary role in a good picture to a starring part in a bad one keeps him flexible and theater driven. He notes many actors chase hobbies or real estate while he has never owned a house and avoids being tied down. The piece contrasts freelancing risk with seek for security, quoting Garfield on aging and guarantees, and ends with the no-escape view of responsibility.
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Hollywood
Free Lance
Garfield
The
Associated Press
Minneapolis
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Humphrey
Minnesota
South
Truman blamed by Pegler for civil rights defeat
Westbrook Pegler attacks President Truman over the 1948 civil rights program and the Democratic convention turmoil. He portrays Truman as an alumnus of political machine crime, blaming a fictitious group of "trouble makers" and condemning the 81st Congress as weak.
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Truman
Chicago
United States
Westbrook
Kansas City
Congress
Philadelphia
Jake Hadeen
Congress of the United States
Harry S. Truman
King Features Syndicate
Anne Adams built up skirt with matching jacket pattern
Advertises Pattern 4922 for jackets and skirts in sizes 34 through 50. Includes built up or regular skirt with matching jacket option. Mentioned yardage 54% yds 39 inch fabric and requires 25 cents in coins to order from Anne Adams via The Canton Repository.
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Anne Adams
Canton Repository
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
The Doctor Says: Rat Costs and Dangers Shared
The article notes rats cost individuals about $1.27 annually and $2 to $4 per rat. they carry diseases including plague typhus and rat bite fever. Plague remains a global risk as rat fleas transfer germs to humans when their hosts die. rats also cause extensive crop and merchandise damage by gnawing and consuming food and birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epwin
Hagenbeck
Rats as Enemies of Mankind in Early 20th Century
A historical overview notes large rat populations in the United States rivaling human numbers. It cites 1909 estimates of Washington and Baltimore damages totaling 40000 to 70000 dollars annually, plus risks from dam floods and fires. The piece reports rat bites requiring hospital care and experiments suggesting rats feed on human blood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
United States
Washington
Baltimore
Rat poisons offer new weapon against hungry pests
Rats are described as dangerous enemies of mankind and must be hunted. The NBA Service, Inc reports a valuable new rat poison as an additional tool in controlling the pests.
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NBA Service, Inc
Kansan Busy Counting Sheep with Six Lambs Born
CHANUTE KAN March 30 AP Kenneth George, a Thayer stockman, reports one five year old ewe delivered six lambs in a single birth. Glen Thomas, livestock commissionman in Kansas City, says he has never heard of six lambs in one birth, noting typical litters are one to two, with three occasionally.
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Chanute
Kan
Kenneth George
George
Thayer
Kansas City
Glen Thomas
Livestock
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Hal Boyle
Angelo Patri
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Pendergast
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