Fifteen Protestant Church Leaders Arrested on Espionage
Sofia report says fifteen Protestant church leaders including heads of Congregational Methodist Baptist and Pentecostal groups confessed to espionage for the United States and Britain. Indictment accuses them of six counts, including black market currency deals and slander against the state, and ties to American and British missions. Former acting minister to Sofia John Horner named among those charged.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
United States
Britain
United Evangelical Churches
Vassil Zyapkov
Zyapkov
United Evangelical Churches of Bulgaria
Sofia John Horner
Secret society indicts Bulgarian activists and church leaders
The indictment names Cyril Black Louise Beck and Miss Melanie Turner as British leaders of consolidating churches and a progressive party figure tied to Henry Wallace. It accuses them of seeking US intervention and inciting hostilities against Bulgaria with links to foreign intelligence. Also notes seized funds and plans around 22,000 dollars.
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Regation
Cyril Black
Tegation
Louise Beck
Melanie Turner
Miss Turner
Progressive Party
Henry Wallace
U. S
Bulgaria
Vassil Zyapkov
Congregational Church
Ivanov
Methodist Church
Nicola Naumov
The
Baptist Church
Georgi Chernev
Pentecost Church
State Budgets Rise Sharply
The piece reports a sharp rise in state government budgets across the nation, estimating totals above 11 billion dollars for education driven increases in 44 states for the 1949 budget period. It notes higher teacher salaries, expanded state aid for schools and colleges, and rising costs for hospitals, highways, pensions, and welfare. Nevada has the smallest operating budget at seven million dollars, with requests for twenty four million in anticipated funds.
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Chicago
Michigan
Nevada
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
California
GOP Chairman Calls Taft Reelection Essential to 1952 Victory
National Republican chairman Hugh D. Scott urged reelecting Sen. Robert A. Taft of Ohio in 1950 to secure a knockout victory in 1952. He warned Taft’s loss would be inconceivable and argued party tensions had produced a necessary eruption to heal divisions and unite the GOP against its adversaries. He predicted most of the Taft Hartley law would stay with only its name repealed and criticized the Truman administration as dishonest and fiscally reckless.
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Columbus
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
National Republican
Hugh D. Scott
Taft
Scott
Buckeye Republican Club
GOP
Pennsylvania
Congress
Tuberculosis Check Up In All Hospitals Urged
CHICAGO doctor urges routine X-ray checks of general patients in all hospitals to detect TB early. Dr Julius B Novack, medical director of the Tuberculosis Institute of Chicago and Cook County, says undiagnosed TB in hospitals is unacceptable as it hinders health efforts. Irish ads in Ireland limit 12 inch newspaper ads to two per month. papers range six to eight pages.
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Chicago
Julius B. Novack
Tuberculosis Institute of
Cook County
Ireland
Dogs Harder to Catch City Helps Blood Bank Towns Police Chief Gets $10 a Gram
Charlemont Massachusetts report notes city officials assist a blood bank with a program. The police chief receives ten dollars per gram and donors contributed blood last year, helping fund the effort. Free parking meters were mentioned as part of the city’s support.
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Charlemont
Mass
Hickory
N. C
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