Witch Hunt Revival Sparks Espionage Probe
The House Un American Activities Committee and a federal grand jury pushed indictments against suspected traitors and spies amid a Washington revival of the spy hunt. Microfilm documents, removed from the state department and shown by Whitaker Chambers, were described as of tremendous importance and linked to alleged transfer to Russia by Alger Hiss, who denied the charge. Chambers testified about the film and its disposal after 1937, while Sumner Welles studied the material but withheld its significance.
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Washington
House un-American Activities Committee
United States
State Department
Whitaker Chambers
Time Magazine
Alger Hiss
Carnegie Foundation For International Peace
Russia
Hiss
Chambers
Sumner Welles
Higher Taxes and the 1929 Echo in Truman Era Debate
Business leaders fear new excess profits taxes if Truman wins, citing 1929 crash as precedent. Senator O Mahoney urges higher corporate taxes but proposes exemptions for small independents. Separately the Golden Fleece saga advances as Dijon resists Austrian bid. Veterans' postwar employment data show about 14.9 million WWI vets with 450,000 unemployed and 900,000 farming or schooling.
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Truman
Wyoming
Senator O'Mahoney
Congress
O'Mahoney
England
Dijon
France
Philip the Good
Durgundy
Mary of Burgundy
Austria
Maximilian the Fair
Vienna
Research Council For Economic Security
Chicago
Berlin Crisis Deepens as West Denounces Soviet Move
The United States Britain and France condemn the Soviet installation of a Berlin city government and demand elections on a city wide basis. They warn Moscow that unless the legal unified administration resumes, Western powers will adopt new measures. The note lists Soviet violations of quadripartite Berlin accords as proof of a systematic breach.
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Berlin
Reich
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
United Nations
Moscow
POTATOES No More Doubt About Ideal Market Size
The U S department of agriculture reports a survey of 3,300 housewives showing the ideal potato for market should be medium sized with ten eyes, light color, undamaged and cooking soft and mealy. Housewives prefer medium potatoes for peeling and portion control. The department cites mechanical injuries as a problem and asks growers to cull properly before marketing.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Poor Richard Almanac anniversary noted in 1849 life
The piece marks Poor Richard’s Almanac anniversary on January 1 1849 and explains how Benjamin Franklin’s pen name Popularized almanacs in American homes especially rural households.
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Richard
Benjamin Franklin
Almanac Hides Past Editions in Living Room
The 1949 almanac has begun to obscure the 1948 and earlier issues. The almanac serves many roles from calendars to astronomical data and practical tips on pest control, animal care, and staying alert in church.
New Robot Ear Demonstration At Medical Meeting
A robotic ear device shown at the American Medical Association event in St. Louis may hear a phone ring and light a lamp. The system uses a salt crystal to convert bell vibrations into electricity, enabling home and car lights to be controlled by phone calls. FBI and undertaker uses noted as on demand.
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Alexander Graham Bell
Tom Edison
Bethar
American Medical Association
St. Louis
FBI
Rainmaking bag and polio poster girl headline 1949
Archeologist Franklin Fenenga of a California university showed a rainmaking bag said to include a beaver tail and seeds. The bag appeared during a California downpour and later was kept by the university. Linda Brown, 4, of San Antonio, has been chosen as the 1949 March of Dimes poster girl after polio treatment and recovery.
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Franklin Fenenga
California University
Kern County
California
Fenenga
Linga Brown
San Antonio
Tex
Linda
Robert B. Greene Hospital
Rankin Faces Challenge Over Un American Activities Post
Rep John E Rankin of Mississippi, a leading foe of Truman civil rights policy, faces a bid by northern Democrats to remove him from the House Un American Activities Committee. Under seniority Rankin would chair the Veterans Affairs Committee, prompting a rule dispute over overlapping posts.
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John E. Rankin
House
Truman
Congress
House un-American Activities Committee
Rankin
Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Veterans' Affairs Committee
Coaching Legend Bill Alexander and Notre Dame's Four Horsemen
The piece lauds Bill Alexander of Georgia Tech as a football genius despite never being a college star, highlighting his 25 year tenure and seven conference titles before passing coaching reins to Bobby Dodd. It also recounts the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame, detailing their roles, weights, and contributions to famed backfield dominance against teams from Army to Stanford.
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Camp
Haughton
Rockne
Little
Crisler
Bierman
Neyland
Thomas
Hickman
Voigts
Yost
Heisman
Bill Alexander
Georgia Tech
Tme
Georgia
Touchdown Club of
New York
Tech
Bobby "Dodd
Yellow Jackets
Alexander
John Helaman
John Heisman
Pennsylvania
Bobby Dodd
Alex
Notre Dame
Four Horsemen
Army
Princeton
Stanford
Palo Alto
Harry Stuhldreher
Don Miller
Jimmy Crowley
Elmer Layden
Cleveland
Miller
Truman denies White House hid Bikini atomic report
President Truman at a news conference rejected claims by Bradley Dewey that the White House suppressed the final Bikini Atoll atomic tests report. He said no lid was clamped on findings and defended administration handling of the matter.
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Bikini
Truman
White House
Atoll
Bradley Dewey
Christmas racketeers and how to avoid them
A public advisory warns that Christmas racketeers mimic charities and churches to steal from the public. It cites past street groups in blue uniforms and red trim posing as Salvation Army helpers, profiting while not aiding needy homes. Citizens are urged to donate to established agencies like the Red Cross and local charities to ensure gifts reach the truly needy.
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Army
Salvation Army
The
Red Cross
Community Chest
Christmas Caroling By Swiss Brethren in Rheinfelden
In Rhein felden the Sebastiani Brotherhood performs the Singing at the Fountain each Christmas Eve. Origin traced to 1540 during a plague when twelve men vowed to pray, nurse the sick, and bury the dead. They sing at seven fountains beginning at the Froschweice and honor Saint Sebastian. Portraits show the 12 Brethren in dark clothes and black top hats, uncovering their heads as Christ is named.
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Switzerland
Sebastiani
Rheinfelden
Gottlob Wyss
St. Sebastian
Froschweice
Christ
Middle Age Yule Lasted Many Days
The article notes medieval Christmas celebrations spanned long periods from December 24 to January 6 or December 21 to February 2. It describes how celebrations grew elaborate and even disordered, leading Puritans to ban Christmas in 1644 and Charles I to restore it in 1678.
Boar Credited With First Plow Legend
A historical note claims the wild boar taught mankind to plow by rooting the ground with tusks. The motif ties the animal to ancient ritual feasts and midwinter celebrations, including pre Christian Druids offering a boar’s head to Freya for its food value.
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Freya
Navy recruits insects for Pacific pest battle
American scientists scout Pacific regions to release natural enemies of island pests. Theodore R. Gardner travels to Malaysia to collect acolla wasp, enemy of rhinoceros beetle damaging coconut trees. Harold Compere explores Zanzibar wasps attacking beetle larvae. Harry Lange studies Marianas coconut beetles.
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Sou
Pacific
Pacific Islands
Theodore R. Gardner
Tee
Malaysia
Harold Compere
University At California
Zanzibar
University of California
Harry Lange
Poisoning by Inorganic Selenium Menaces Cattle
University of Wyoming notes a newly identified inorganic selenium in range plants. This form, not previously linked to forage, may alter theories of selenium poisoning in livestock. Inorganic selenium tends to cause severe acute poisoning and is harder to treat, challenging prior beliefs that only organic selenium in plants mattered.
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University of Wyoming
Indians Win Battle Against Tuberculosis Early History
Historical material notes that tuberculosis has long afflicted the Indian race since white contact, with mortality estimates from 200 to 3,000 per 100,000. By 1944 the national rate was 41.3, Wyoming 13.2, Arizona 122.9, showing improving trends since 1900 as government focuses on expanded medical care.
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Wyoming
Arizona
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