Deaths Among Red Generals Stir Interest
Aged leaders and potential purges stir speculation in Soviet power circles as Stalin’s decline prompts questions about succession. Rumors fix on Malenkov, with talks of 17 Politburo members and alternates, while military leadership saw a cabinet shakeup and a new Navy Ministry in a push to bolster the armed forces.
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George Malenkov
Communist Party
Malenkov
Andrei A. Andreyev
Andreyev
Politburo
Soviet Union
Alexander M. Vasilevky
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Russia
Soviet Army Housecleaning Considered Amid Secrecy
Analysis notes growing talk of a purge in the Soviet armed forces. The leadership suppresses discussion and Maj. Gen. D. Kitney warned against loose talk, citing danger from foreign spies possibly in Soviet uniforms.
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D. Kitney
Tydings Held As Unfit For Head Prober
Maryland Republicans request the withdrawal of Senator Millard F. Tydings as chairman of the Senate's special committee investigating State Department charges. They accuse him of unjudicious conduct and prejudging findings after public statements about Owen Lattimore and the McCarthy case.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Senator Tydings
D-M
Senate
State Department
David A. Halley
GOP
Barkley
WI Senate
Tydings
Iiter
Owen Lattimore
F.B.L. “Ing
McCarthy
Lattimore
People of
Pigs Die in Brush Fire at Broadfording Road Property
A brush fire yesterday afternoon spread to a hog pen on Fred Crown's Broadfording Road property. Two shoats and a hog were killed in the blaze.
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Fred Crown
Broadfording Road
Triangle Grocer Keeps Local Wealth In Community
Patronizing your Triangle Grocer supports a fellow citizen who uses profits to sustain schools churches charities and local organizations. Keeping him in business benefits the entire community and keeps money circulating locally.
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Triangle
Bomb plot on transcontinental flight shocks nation
Investigators believe a motive linked to love for a stewardess drove the bomber aboard the American Airlines DC 6 in New York and to set a clock bomb on the New York to Los Angeles flight. Captain Ray Pinker of the LA crime lab described a hidden device packed with matches and gasoline ready to ignite. Thirteen passengers and three crew escaped when the bomb was found. Mrs Grant and her children were aboard a separate leg and were to join later.
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American Airliners
New York
American Airlines
American
Alresearch Manufaccturing Co
Don
Grant
Marie
Robert
Ave
Ray Pinker
Los Angeles Police Crime Laboratory
Six Months For Non-Support and Theft Pleas
Two Leitersburg youths received two year suspension in determinate sentence for theft and non-support tied to the Leilorshuis Cooperative case. Joseph Baklett and Carl Lasthaugh were jailed after pleading guilty to theft charges. Gordon Lishhaugh faced a theft-related case, while Howard Hack drew months in reform school for males. The report references prior offenses and a larger state reform context.
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Page Vt
Leitersburg
State Reformatory
Maitles
Therr
Leilorshuis
Joseph FL Baklett
Carl Lasthaugh
Shorts
Etey Trenavaife
Gordon Lishhaugh
Nelle
William Cady Black
Howard Hack
Pennsylvania
Roar Trahn
Red Invaders Grip On Hainan Island Margin a Nationalist Victory
Nationalists claim control of parts of Hainan Island after a clash near Lime Bay. Reports say they killed several Reds and captured two others despite cautious counts, claiming a genuine nationalist success amid ongoing naval and land actions.
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Red Invaders
Hainan Island
Bate Tite
Hainan
Lime Bay
Val Herd Cay
Sint Square
Bride Price in New Guinea reportedly about six hundred dollars
The National Geographic Society notes a DAlive bride price in New Guinea is estimated near $600. The figure reflects local customs and exchange practices documented by researchers.
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The
National Geographic Society
New Guinea
Jury Acquits Graves in Slaying After Four Minutes
In Maynardville Tennessee a circuit court jury acquitted 32 year old Carl Graves of his brother’s murder after only four minutes. Judge George Shepherd fined Graves 54 dollars and sentenced him to three days in jail for carrying a pistol remarking the act will not stop as long as pistols are carried. The case arose from a shooting at the home of Clifford Graves with Sheriff Lesslie Graves arresting his brother. The sheriff called it a family affair.
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Maynardville
Carl Graves
George Shepherd
Carl
Shepherd
Bar Graven
Graves
Clifford
Lesslie Graves
Bruce Quitting Arms Aid Post Gets New Offer
Bruce, a native of Baltimore, will resign as head of the arms aid post by May 1. He helped the Democratic National Committee raise funds during the presidential campaign. News coincides with reports that the first American army for Norway under the aid program is at sea aboard an American merchant ship. The initial cargo for Denmark Belgium Luxembourg should sail within days, with more weapons and tanks for Italy and France en route.
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Baltimore
Bruce
Democratic National Committee
Norway
Denmark
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Italy
France
Bet Causes Devastating Fire at Arami Resort
Tokyo police say a bet on whether a lighted cigarette could ignite gasoline sparked a blaze that destroyed a major part of the Arami resort. A workman dropped a lit cigarette into a gasoline container, causing a fire that injured more than 200 people and left 150 homes destroyed or ruined. One worker is hospitalized and another jailed on charges. Movie star Van Johnson will be grand marshal of Apple Blossom Festival on April 27.
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Tokyo
Arami
Shan
Tras
Winchester
van Johnson
Rain Needed To Lure Out Trout Claim Workers
County streams see extra wardens guarding fish as water runs low and clear. Fishermen crowd the streams and trout are slow to feed, with reports of multiple fish caught from a single hole. Restocking will add about 7,800 legal sized trout this season if conditions stay dry.
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Antietam
Youth Legislators Share Experiences With Optimists
Tony Hoffman and Henry Hen del, young Maryland state house participants, spoke at the Hagerstown Optimist Club meeting in Hotel Alexander. They recounted three state sessions and praised the model legislature as civic training for 209 boys yearly.
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Tony Hoffman
Henry Hendel
Maryland State House
Annapolis
Hagerstown
Optimist Club
Hotel Alexander
Ralph Lewis
Kenneth Spence
S N. K. Osborne
Ymca Board
Ralph Goldman
Benjamin Pruzan
Frank Winnicek
Roland Myere
Frederick
John Rutherford
In Training James Willard Adress at Fort Monmouth
Pvt James Willard RA 13 329158 Company B Steves Training Regt Fort Monmouth N J seeks messages from his friends at this address for morale and support through training period.
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James
Pvt
James Willard
Steves Training Regt
Fort Monmouth
N. J
St. James Willard
Charles Willard
Boonsboro
Ft Monmouth
Proper Etiquette for Introductions Between Women
The passage notes that a young woman should rise for an introduction to an older woman, but a younger woman may keep her seat when meeting a peer. It emphasizes courtesy and distance by age, suggesting that women need not stand to greet other women unless the elder is significantly older.
Policeman Slays Abductor To Save Girlfriend
Patrolman Anton Stayduhar 27 frees himself from a clothes-line restraint in New York at 4 30 am and shoots the abductor dead after the gunman kidnaps Miss Ann Sandles 21 in front of her home. Both Stayduhar and the woman escape unharmed.
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New York
Anton Stayduhar
Ann Sandles
Stayduhar
Miss Sandlea
Texas Vet Thomas Riddle Celebrates 104th Birthday
Thomas Evans Riddle, one of Texas' four living Confederate veterans, marked his 104th birthday at the Texas Confederate Home for Men in Austin. He recalled serving with Company 1, 2nd Regiment Army of Tennessee and spoke of Gettysburg under General Lee. Born in Tennessee in 1846, he came to Texas in 1878, praising the bomb test scene as "pretty terrible."
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Austin
Tex
Thomas Evans Riddle
Texas
Riddle
Army of Tennessee
Texas Confederate Home
Robert FE. Lee
Tennessee
Tati Seer
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