Billis Spies Worked Against Us Amid World War II Ties
A wartime dossier links Comintern and Cominform to Soviet espionage in North America and Europe. It outlines networks from Igor Gouzenko’s Ottawa defection to atom spy cases like Klaus Fuchs and the Rosenbergs, detailing Moscow's control over card carriers and sympathizers.
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Comintern
Moscow
Stalin
Western Communist’ Eae Eehoks
Informa
Diplo Vet Pecans
Taacow
APF
Communist Party
Kremlin
Canada
Igor Gougenko
NKVD
Ottawa
Gouzenko
Secret Police
United States
England
Klaus Fuchs
Alan Nuon May
Harry Gold
Juliug
Ethel Rosenberg
Hrnst Hilding
Britain
Ngol We Ory
FHI
U. S
Lavrenty Berla
Ferguson Tractors Rolled Off At High Rate Daily
Ferguson tractors from Ar nett's Garage on Sharpsburg Pike have left the assembly lines at about one per minute for eight hours daily since the year began, totaling over 500 machines each day. The company states this output could make Ferguson the world’s largest producer of a single model tractor, with leadership attained in under four years since the Detroit plant began production and two years after the English company started.
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Ferguson
Arnett
Sharpsburg Pike
Hna
Detroit
Senate OKs defense budget with $46 billion in funding
The Senate approved 46 billion dollars for defense with 15.1 billion cash and eight billion on contract authority, covering Army Navy and Air Force needs. It also adopted combat pay for Korea service and rejected higher hazmat pay cuts. President Truman signed the year’s Treasury and Korean War cost bills.
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Senate
House
Congress
O'Mahoney
Army
Navy
Truman
Pentagon
Korea
Sen
Douglas
Treasury
Post Office
Obituary for World War II veteran and union steward
World War II veteran and shop steward for Local 842 UAW C110 Grover Whittm Lightner of 63 Madison Avenue dies Friday. Funeral Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Coft mean Funeral Home with inter ment at Antietam National Cemetery. Surviving are wife Aileen Day ton Shields and several siblings. He served in Italy Okinawa and Japan with the Second Ranger Battalion and was a member of Samples Manor Church of God and several veterans groups. Body to Suter Funeral Home then church before burial in Sharpsburg National Cemetery.
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Ranger Battalion
Italy
Okinawa
Japan
Samples Manor Church of God
Morris Frock
American Legion
W. D. Byron Poat
VFW
Aileen Dayton Shields
Jesnae H. Houser
Dargen
Margaret Forman
Chambersburg
Dora Higgs
Waynesboro
Hilda Houser
Dargan
Aaron Houser
Vernon Houser
Navy
Suter Funeral
He Fu State
Gardner RN. Taylor
National Cemetery
Sharpsburg
Grover Whittm Lightner
Madison Avenue
Coftmean Funeral Home
Evangelist H. C. Douglas
Antietam National Cemetery
McCarthy Among Speakers at GOP National Convention
Chicago May 1 The Republican leaders list Sen Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin as a keynote speaker at the GOP national convention joining Gen Douglas MacArthur former President Herbert Hoover and Gov John Fine. The Pennsylvania delegation led by Gov Fine could influence a tight presidential nomination race.
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Chicago
Dewey Sees Ike Or Taft Nominee At GOP Convention
Governor Dewey predicts the Republican nomination will be decided between Dwight D. Eisenhower and Robert A. Taft at Chicago. He says no dark horse will win, with Dewey estimating about 600 votes needed and others like Warren Stassen and McKeldin unable to mount a breakthrough. Stevenson signals cautious openness to a draft if serious.
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Dewey
Houston
Tex
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Chicago
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Theodore McKelden
Maryland
Warren
Douglas MacArthur
Eisenhower
Taft
Meraldin
John S. Fine
Pennsylvania
Arthur Summerfield
Michigan
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
New Army Tank Hailed As Easy To Handle As A New Auto
Newark Delaware July 1 The Army unveiled the M 48 Patton 48 first new medium tank since World War II produced at Chrysler and two other arsenals Deliveries expected before year end The 45 to 50 ton tank features a low silhouette egg shaped hull and turret a 90 mm high velocity gun with quick change tube field service capability a top mounted 0 caliber machine gun and a four man crew Power steering reduces driver fatigue and the V 12 810 horsepower Continental engine is air cooled and Korea tested
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Newark
Del
Army
Chrysler
U. S
Weather Outlook Promises Warm Start Across Regions
The Associated Press reports variable forecasts with heat fading in many areas. July begins warm in Kentucky and Tennessee while Great Lakes Midwest and Gulf Coast areas expect fair skies, cooler Canadian air aids Northeast, Pacific Northwest, and West. 100 degree readings noted in Malden Missouri Paducah Kentucky and other spots.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Kentucky-Tennessee
Great Lakes
Midwest
Rockies
Gulf Coast
Northeast
Canada
Pacific
Northwest
Malden
Paducah
Hii! City
Kane
Akron
Colo
Jap Beetles In Quantities Here
Thunderstorms awakened Japanese beetles across the county with a noticeable outbreak on Rose Hill Avenue. Farmers remain hopeful for a light infestation this summer as the pests appeared earlier in Frederick County and parts of Pennsylvania, with June 14 as the average bloom.
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Rose Hill Avenue
Tere
Frederick County
Pennsylvania
Aaron Reynolds Plans Post Retirement Carpentry Work
Aaron Reynolds, longtime county carpenter for Mostiva tion, reveals plans to retire from school repairs butcontinue working as a carpenter. He recalls starting work at age nine, rebuilding Tonoloway School and maintaining former district schools now absorbed by consolidation. He will visit family in Indiana and Florida before taking on a home addition project. Giant clams can attain a length of over three feet.
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Weyerton School
Tonoloway
Indiana
Florida
Beetle Infestation Leads Countywide Trap Stations Planned
County Agent Mark Miller said he will set up leasing stations across the county with traps and bait ready to deploy as soon as the beetle problem worsens, signaling a proactive local response to a recurring emergence in recent years.
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Mark Miller
Mrs Werner Praises Democratic Wins and Opens Campaign Office
Mrs Werner described freedom of speech as vital and highlighted rural electrification and NIH as Democratic achievements. She announced reopening of her Maryland district office in Chevy Chase on July 7 with hours 9 30 a m to 5 00 p m weekly and plans a volunteer staff to aid fundraising and campaign efforts.
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Republicana
United States
National Institutes of Health
Maryland
Werner
Chevy Chase
45Th Street
Mra
Democratic Party
LeRoy Allison, Jr
Allison
Democratic Women’s Clubs
Washington
Frederick Counties
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