Hiss Indicted by Grand Jury for Perjury
Alber Hiss was indicted for perjury by a federal grand jury charging that he delivered secret state department papers to Whittaker Chambers for transmission to authorities in Moscow. The indictment comes after years of espionage allegations and name recognition from the wartime period.
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NEW York
ULP
Alber Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
Chambers
John F. S. X. McGahey
U. S
Southern District of
McGahey
Department of State
Jay David Whittaker Chambers
Blackfoot Demands Better Roads and Narrow Bridges
Idaho officials and residents press for improved highways in Blackfoot and eastern Idaho amid an aging road system. The interim highway committee seeks more funding via higher fuel taxes or license fees as the state chamber proposes a 15 year program costing hundreds of millions with federal state and local support.
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Bingham County
Idaho
Blackfoot
C. A. Robins
L. B. Jordan
Grangeville
Jordan
Sis Duringie
State Chamber of Commerce
Boise
Eisenhower Assisting With Defense Plans
Defense Secretary Forrestal outlined a five point program to bolster national defense amid expected atomic tests at Eniwetok. General Eisenhower, former chief of staff, now president of Columbia University, serves as his personal adviser on military matters. The plan calls for a top scientists and leaders study group, consolidation of all naval and army sea transport, land shipment control by the army, and joint use of recruiting facilities by the three services.
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Washington
James Forrestal
Eniwetok Atoll
Navy
Army
Air Force
Profits Tax Seen As Bar To Expansion
Three industry leaders testified to a congressional subcommittee that reimposing the wartime excess profits tax would hinder industrial expansion. Eugene Holman of Standard Oil of New Jersey H. F. Vance of Studebaker and Robert G. Dunlop of Sun Oil warned the tax could block growth and rationing might follow without profits funding expansion.
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Washington
Eugene Holman
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
H. F. Vance
Studebaker Corp
Robert G. Dunlop
Sun Oil Co
Dunlop
Vance
Studebaker
Hot Clue Seen In Guam Case
In Agana Guam an informer turned over bloodstained clothing of two men under suspicion in the Ruth Farnsworth rape slaying. Police chief Maj John Copeland said the garments were found in bar racks of the two men whose identities have not yet been released.
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Agana
Guam
Ruth Farnsworth
John Copeland
London
Stranded Fliers Rescued from Yukon Wastes
Six airmen stranded after a C-47 crash on the Yukon River were rescued by a glider and C-54 plane. The survivors, including Lt. Martin O. Goodyear and Lt. Edward C. Whalen, were taken to Ladd Field and then to Fairbanks. Rescue involved surveying the ice under fading daylight and hazardous terrain on December weather.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Yukon Territory
Air Force
Stewart River
Dawson City
Northway
Yukon-Alaska
Ladd Field
Charles E. Daly
Torrance
Calif
Ladd
Pt. Barrow
Accoument
Accus
Accas
Martin O. Goodyear
New Albany
Ind
Edward C. Whalen
Fall River
Mass
Weldon G. Johnson
Cleburne
Tex
Richard D. Lepp
Road Conditions at a Glance from Idaho State Police
Reports show U S 30 Burley to Boise very slippery U S 30 South Burley to Salt Lake City bad to strewell U S 30 North Burley to Pocatello slippery U S 30 North Pocatello to Salt Lake City slippery in parts U S 91 Pocatello to Preston slippery U S 91 Pocatello to Monida new snow slippery U S 191 Pocatello to Malad slippery in parts U S 191 Pocatello to West Yellowstone new snow slippery
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Vu. S
Burley
Boise
U. S
Salt Lake City
Strewell
Pocatello
U. S. 30
U. S. 91
Preston
Monida
U.S
West Yellowstone
Woman awarded verdict in privacy case over OR presence
Lola Dockter of Ironton Minnesota won five thousand dollars after a judge directed a verdict in her favor in a privacy invasion suit. She claimed Dr Carl Winquist and instructor Bert Betters allowed Betters to be present during her Dec 28 1946 delivery at St Josephs hospital Brainerd. The case had previous mistrials and a prior jury verdict for the defendants.
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Graham M. Torrance
Lola Ramona Dockter
Ironton
Minn
200 New Cars Lost in Factory Blaze
A $500,000 fire swept through the Mercury assembly line at Ford Rouge plant destroying 200 cars and halting assembly. Fire crews from Dearborn and Detroit fought the blaze for two hours after it started in the upholstery department.
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Detroit
Mercury
Ford Rouge
Ford
Dearborn
Mayor Morrison Hails Snyder Speech in New Orleans
Mayor Morrison of New Orleans praised Secretary Snyder's Chicago address saying there is no reason to fear a low mood. The remark came as Snyder stated the national economic outlook remains hopeful and stable.
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New Orleans
Morrison
Chicago
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Naval officer reassures Guam civilians after local crime
Rear Adm. Leon S. Fiske, deputy commander of naval forces in the Marianas, told parents of women civil service workers on Guam that their daughters are safe. He cited stringent island law enforcement measures and said there have been no terminations of civil service contracts. The statement aims to ease U S concerns and support recruitment.
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Agana
Guam
Leon S. Fiske
Marianas
United States
Ruth Farnsworth
Fiske
Dense Midwest Fog Halts Travel and Communications
A heavy fog blanketed the Midwest causing treacherous highway travel and cut telephone service to 27 Michigan towns. Des Moines faced flight cancellations as United Airlines halted operations and airports closed in Goshen South Bend and Fort Wayne. Wisconsin Iowa Michigan Minnesota and northern Illinois and Indiana also reported fog.
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Chicago
Midwest
Michigan
Des Moines
United Airlines
Goshen
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Ind
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Illinois
Indiana
Funeral services set for Mal S. Daugherty in Washington Ohio
Mal S. Daugherty aged 86, brother of the late Harry M. Daugherty linked to the teapot dome scandal, died Tuesday at his home after a paralysis stroke eight weeks ago. Funeral arrangements are announced in Washington Ohio.
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Daugherty
Washington
Ohio
Mal S. Daugherty
Harry M. Daugherty
Teapot Dome
Reds Clamor At Gates Of Peiping
In Nanking a report says Peiping gates are closed to stop infiltrating Communist troops in plain clothes. Fires were seen on the city’s west side and business inside Peiping halted. U.S. Marines sailed from Tsingtao to Shanghai as Americans are urged to leave China amid Communist offensives on the Peiping Suchow and Nanking fronts.
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Nanking
Jaed
Peiping
Beseigng
United States
Shanghai
Tsingtao
China
Suchow
Jap Envoy Not Guilty Of War Perfidy
The daughter of Saburu Kurusu, the Japanese envoy to Washington during Pearl Harbor, says her father did not know of Japan plan to attack the United States while negotiating in Washington. Mrs Pia Kurusu White, 22, and her husband Frank, 29, arrived in Seattle aboard an Army transport with 756 others from Yokohama.
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Seattle
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Japan
United States
Capitol
Pia Kurusu White
Frank
Yokohama
Saburu Kurusu
Bomb sight information given to Communist agent, investigator says
A House investigator testified that details on the Norden bomb sight were passed to a Communist agent before the war. The info was received orally and was not in documentary form.
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Washington
House
Weather Summary for Western States
Weather by United Press shows Idaho and Utah with high temperatures around the mid 30s to 40s, low ranges from 10 to 20. Fair morning, increasing afternoon, followed by light snow. City reports include Pocatello Denver Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle West Yellowstone with varying temps and precipitation.
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United Press
Morrow
Idaho
Utah
Pocatellenne
Chicago
Manne
Denver
Salt Lake
San Francisco
Seattle
Yellowstone
Doctor Dies On Mercy Flight In Fog Near Fairbury
Dr. Gerald E. King a 40 year old ophthalmologist from Chicago and Ann Sable a 35 year old patient both died when Kings Piper super cruiser crashed in dense fog two and a half miles northwest of Fairbury Illinois on a mercy flight to Chicago. King had planned to transfer Miss Sable for treatment and had discussed her case with specialists. Both bodies burned beyond recognition.
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Fairbury
Ill
Chicago
Gerald E. King
Hillsboro
Ann Sable
King
Miss Sable
Here
Alameda Considers Taxi Franchise Proposal From Pocatello Firms
Alameda city officials heard a proposal from Star Green and White and Diamond taxi firms to grant a similar Alameda franchise in exchange for guaranteed service and a city backed rate plan. The plan sets minimums from 35 cents for a 24 block area and 45 cents for a larger area, with charges per carload. Council tabled action until after Christmas holidays but expressed general support for operators.
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Alameda
Pocatello
Eab
Barkley Sees No Tax Hike
Vice president elect Alben W. Barkley told a New York audience that the first Congress would not raise general taxes on the American people. He said the platform does not commit to tax increases and that barring imperative needs there will be no general tax rise.
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New York
Alben W. Barkley
Congress
Barkley
Reluctant Jap Has To Pay Damages Over Promised Marriage
A 22 year old woman in Osaka received 30000 yen and an acre of land as damages after alleging breach of promise by Bunkichi Okada aged 30. She claimed he desecrated her chastity after promising to marry her.
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Hendy
Cuddle
Osaka
Japan
Sern
Junko Nakazawa
Bunkichi Okada
Ford Man Details Gray Market Dealer Culls
J R Davis of Ford Motor Co told a House subcommittee that 24 Ford dealers were dropped for gray market deals over two years. He backed Ford’s view that greed by a few could harm the industry. Witness Joseph Cherner described deposits and funds handling in his Washington Ford-Lincoln-Mercury operations.
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Washington
J. R. Davis
Ford Motor Co
House
Ford
Davis
Joseph Cherner
Cherner
Uncle Joe
Ford Company
Building and Loan Association
Truman to Get Report On Rail Strike Threat
A three man government fact finding board will present recommendations to President Truman this week to avert a rail strike by about one million rail workers. Hearings lasted five weeks and Friday is the deadline for submitting the report. The unions seek 25 cent hourly raises and shorter 40 hour work weeks with overtime pay. railroads warn such demands would bankrupt them.
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Chicago
Truman
White House
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