Third day in Bridges perjury trial in San Francisco
Henry Schrimpf, ex Communist witness, faces cross examination in the perjury case of CIO leader Harry Bridges. Schrimpf testifies about Communist influence in the 1934 maritime strike while Bridges denied being a Communist in a 1945 naturalization hearing. Defense seeks to challenge claims of secrecy among Communists and conservative strike committee members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Henry Schrimpf
Harry Bridges
Bridges
CIO Longshoremen's and
Schrimp
James M. MacInnis
Schrimpf
Sam Darcy
Communist Party
Western Worker
MacInnis
Elaine Black
International ‘Labor Defense
Union
Henry Schmidt
J. R. Robertson
James MacInnis
Latin America chaos mirrors US fight against fascism
The piece argues that revolutions and riots in Panama and Colombia show fascist influence near the United States waterway. It cites Amilio Arias in Panama and Franco in Spain aiding terror, while U S Senators mingle with Franco in Madrid as Colombia faces deadly clashes and fraudulently run elections.
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Ashington
Latin America
Europe
Panama
United States
Amnilio Arias
Germany
Italy
Hitler
Mussolini
Pearl Harbor
Columbua
Franco
Spain
U. S
Madrid
Pan American Union
Laureano Gomez
Prarrco
Falange
Reds Near Chengtu Jittery Nationalist China Fights for Survival
As Communist armies advance within 80 to 90 miles of Chengtu, the refugee capital, Nationalist leadership demands Chiang Kai-Shek resume the presidency. Li Tsung Jen orders officials to carry on, flies to the United States for a month, and will telegraph instructions. UN talks offer a face saver, proposing a continuous examination assembly. The United States contemplates East Asia fallout as recognition trends toward Communists.
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Associated Press
China
Chengtu
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hong Kong
Li Tsung-Jen
Cheng~ Ju
United States
United Nations
Cuba
Ecuador
Peru
Little Assembly
Netie
General Assembly
British Commonwealth Group
U. S. State Department
Bhief
Phillip K. Jessup
America
Far East
Indochina
Shah of Iran to visit Sun Valley Idaho for five days
Sun Valley officials announce His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Iran will spend five days here starting Wednesday as part of a nationwide tour. He is currently in California and will fly to Gooding in President Truman's plane before traveling by car to the resort. Snow covers Boulder Basin as skiing draws praise.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
Shah of
Iran
Shah
California
Washington
Boulder Basin
Truman
Ward Leaves Mukden With Consul Staff
Angus Ward reports he and 23 consulate staff and dependents expelled by Communists will board a train for the 700 mile trip to Tientsin. Ward’s note was relayed to U S Consul General C Edmund Clubb and the State Department.
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Washington
Angus Ward
Mt&k- Gen
Ward
North China
Tientsin
U.S
C. Edmund Clubb
Peiping
State Department
Mukden
Brig. Gen. Gaffney Leaves Alaska for Florida Base
Brig. Gen. Dale V. Gaffney departs Fairbanks for his post as Deputy Commanding General of the Air Forces Proving Ground Command at Eglin Field Florida. He has commanded Ladd Air Force Base since June 1948 and will be succeeded by Col. John R. Kane, Ladd Chief of Staff.
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Fairbanks
Dale V. Gaffney
Air Forces Proving Ground Command
Eglin Field
Fla
Ladd Air Force Base
Gaffney
John R. Kane
Ladd
Former FBI Chief in Alaska Takes Honolulu Bureau
Clinton Stein, who led the FBI in Anchorage for two years, arrived in Honolulu to head the local bureau. He succeeds John K. Mumford, who will head the FBI's Alabama and North Florida district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Alaska
Honolulu
Clinton Stein
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Anchorage
John K. Mumford
Alabam
North Florida
School head kills ex wife fiancé and self
Mt Vernon Washington reports a grade school principal shot and killed his ex wife Betty Trout 27 and her fiancé William A. O Loane 24, then fatally wounded himself in a Mt Vernon bungalow as the couple prepared for their January 1950 marriage. John W Trout 32 a Rockport grammar school principal was also connected.
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MT. Vernon
Wash
Fance
Betty Buchanan Trout
William A. O'Loane
Trout
John W. Trout
Rockport Grammar School
Skagit River
O'Loane
Mayo
Yukon Territory
Fairbanks
Alaska
Mount Vernon
Girard
Kansas
Don Landreth
J. P. Brennan
L. F. Buchanan
Vernon
Buchanan
No successor to Lilienthal until next year
President Truman will delay appointing a successor to David E. Lilienthal until after Congress reconvenes in January. Lilienthal will stay on as Atomic Energy Commission chairman if any pending work requires it after his resignation at year end.
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Key West
Fla
White House
Truman
David E. Lilenthal
Congress
Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Charles G. Ross
Navy
Roving Dogs Endanger Fairbanks Residents
Fairbanks residents report packs of roaming dogs this week and a five year old kindergartner was attacked but unharmed. A truck driver rescued the child as city workers struggle to find a dog catcher and a place to hold captured animals.
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Fairbanks
Smuggling Ring Cracked In Havang Miami Case
Justice Department said it has busted a Havang Miami alien smuggling operation and rounded up 26 aliens landed since September. Two Grand Rapids men Gaylord Saxton and Charles Cramton were arrested in Miami for allegedly flying the aliens into the country. Three aliens were also picked up in New York City. The department aims to detain the remaining suspects soon.
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Washington
Justice Department
McGrath
Grand Rapids
Mich
Miami
Gaylord Saxton
Charles Cramton
New York City
Stock quotations and averages in New York markets
Closing quotations show Alaska Juneau mine up 13 percent and American Can at 99 percent with other gains and losses listed. Trade volume reached 1,430,000 shares. Industrial, rail, and afe averages are 194.00, 60.21, and 39.74. Charles E. Laufer of Fairbanks is the Baranof Hotel’s first guest.
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New York
Alaska
Juneau
American Can
Anaconda
Curtiss-Wright
International Harvester
Kennecott
New York Central
Northern Pacific
U. S. Steel
Rails
Fairbanks
Charles E. Laufer
Baranof Hotel
Jordan says Jordan raised hell over uninspected Russian air shipments
Lt. Col. J. D. McFarland of Cincinnati recalls in an interview that former Maj. George Racey Jordan protested uninspected cargoes to Russia from Great Falls Montana in 1944 and 1945. He says Jordan kept a diary of incidents and can substantiate his claims.
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Cincinnati
J. D. McParland
Air Transport Command
George Racey Jordan
Great Falls
Mont
Jordan
Russia
McFarland
Montana
Col. McFarland
U.S. Army
Washington
Henry Wallace
Harry Hopkins
Radar Plane Reaches Soviet Union Says Jordan
Former Air Force Major George Racey Jordan claims a radar plane with Army equipment left Washington and flew to the Soviet Union during the war. He asserts Russia blocked attempts to seize radar gear from four planes at Great Falls and alleges Soviet uranium material was obtained in the war.
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New York
Air Force
George Racey
Jordan
Everal Army
Russia
Soviet Union
Washington, D.C
J Jordan
Great Falls
Montair
Gold byproduct from McNary Dam sands on Columbia River
In Umatilla Oregon on December 6 officials report gold washed from Columbia River sands as a byproduct of the $227 million McNary Dam project. Col. William J. Ellison notes fine flour gold per ton of gravel while workers share wages and 10 percent goes to a contractor and 10 percent to the government.
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Umatilla
Columbia River
McNary Dam
William J. Ellison
Corps of Engineers
B. Goody
Tacoma, Wash
J. G. Shotwell
Hermiston
Yugoslav Spy Trial Nears Verdict in Nazi Aid Case
Ten White Russians accused of spying for the Soviet Union near Sarajevo pleaded partially guilty to aiding the Nazis during World War II. Verdicts expected by tomorrow or Thursday as the Associated Press reports.
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Soviet Union
Ite
Sarajevo
Former Nurse at St. Ann's Dies in California
Mary Lou Brady retired Lt. Commander in the U S Navy Reserve Corps has died in San Mateo California on November 21. She formerly served as a nurse at St. Ann's Hospital in Juneau in 1916 and belonged to multiple veterans and professional groups including the American Legion Seattle Post 1 USPHS and the Business and Professional Women's Club of Cleveland. Funeral services were held in San Mateo with interment at Golden Gate National Cemetery.
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Juneau
San Mateo
Calif
Mary Lou Brady
U.S. Navy Reserve Corps
St. Ann's Hospital
Seattle Post No. 1
American Legion
Association of Reserve Officers
FHS
Women's Overseas Service League of
Cleveland
Commissioned Officers Association
USPHS
Business and Professional Women's Club of
Puneral Services
Golden Gate National Cemetery
Steamers in Port and Sailings This Afternoon
Denali remains in port and will depart westward about 3 30 this afternoon. Princess Norah from Vancouver arrives at 7 30 tonight and sails for Briag Tom at 11 30. Baranof is scheduled to sail from Seattle on Saturday.
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Denali
Princess Norah
Vancouver
Jdue
Briagway
Baranof
Beattle
Wallace and Others Targeted in Uranium Abroad Hearsay
The House Committee on Un American Activities targets Henry A Wallace and others amid renewed probes into wartime uranium shipments to Russia. Wallace denies involvement and accuses the attack of tarnishing Roosevelt’s legacy as Gen. Leslie Groves and up to 40 or 50 witnesses may be called.
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Washington
House On American Activities Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wood
D-Ga
House Committee
House Brobers
Leslie Groves
Groves
Malls
Mont
St. Wallace
Truman
Harry S. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Fulton Lewis, Jr
New York
Air Force
George Racey Jordan
Hopkins
Lewis
Mr. Jordan
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