24 Feb 1949
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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Feb 24, 1949
Page
1
Anna Louise Strong arrived in New York from Russia on espionage charges and was subpoenaed to appear before a Federal grand jury probing communism. She blamed wartime hysteria and the American press for her expulsion and said she did not act against any state.
In a push for religious oversight, Kolarov unveils a plan to protect state secrecy and control Catholic reporting to the Vatican. He cites 15,000 Protestants among 7 million Bulgarians and vows wide publicity for trials of church leaders accused of exploiting religion for criminal activity.
New Haven Feb 24 The United States ambassador at large says a world government formed today would necessarily exclude Soviet Russia depending on inclusion or exclusion. Dr Philip C Jessup contends that an international body without Russia might later confront the Soviet Union. He questions whether the UN in its present form provides final peace and urges focus on improving the existing UN framework. Truman expresses immense satisfaction over the Tsreal Egyptian armistice while noting dust from the Sahara dust storm reaching Britain 2000 miles away.
Washington reports that a House Armed Services Committee bill would authorize the central intelligence agency to recruit and compensate foreign citizens who aid U S agents. The plan would admit up to 100 foreign contacts into the United States yearly to ensure refuge and define legal authority for espionage operations amid past funding limits.
In Riverside Fulton County a stove explosion destroyed a frame two family home killing 32 year old Mrs. Harvey R. Wallace and four Wallace children Vera 10 Shirley 8 Leon 5 Patsy 2. Two others escaped as Mrs. Wallace died trying to save the children.
The Maryland General Assembly debated a wave of executive appointments as lawmakers considered budget cuts. Subcommittees urged reducing spending by over 5 million for the governor’s plan, with proposed transfers from the state accident fund to ease tax pressure. A Potomac River Oyster Commission trio was proposed after cross-state talks in Colonial Beach. Senate approved divorce suits after long felony terms, while a bill to shift scholarship awarding from Senators faced defeat. In commerce and unemployment, bills for higher benefits were blocked by the House committee, with rival versions offered.
In a wartime critique, Little Landlord argues rent control depresses new construction and reduces available rental homes. He cites government figures showing 2,000,000 fewer dwellings for rent since controls began and warns that extending wartime powers would set a dangerous precedent for others. He urges readers to tell Senators and Congressmen to let wartime rent control die on March 31, 1949.
Classified notice urges readers to use Herald want ads for extra income. It promises a small fee and mentions a contact number for St3l aUR2-5EIT.
Yugoslavia предложила автономную провинцию в Каринтии как часть компромисса без отказа от территориальных претензий к Австрии. Бьказы требуют крупные выплаты за военные разрушения и 800 кв mi Каринтии плюс 150 млн долларов, усиливая спор на переговорах Big Four.
Russian soldiers fired on a Western German police car that wandered into the Soviet sector of Berlin last night. The officers retreated to the American sector unharmed. Two additional shooting incidents without casualties were reported by western sector German police along the sector border.
The Der Tag reports a move against Communist influence in the east shifting from politicians to the press. Chief Editor Baumann of Thueringen Tageblatt was arrested in Weimar last Friday by Soviet secret police on a rumored espionage charge. The Tageblatt supports the Eastern Christian Democratic Union, now pressured to yield to the Socialist Unity Party.
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