Chairman Fly Core Issue in FCC Probe
Congressional investigation into the FCC centers on chairman James Lawrence Fly. The piece portrays Fly as energetic and influential, likening him to Roosevelt in approach, with White House backing shielding him from testimony. It notes questions over access to fingerprint records, cables, and intelligence matters, and cites industry and government opposition.
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Federal Communications Commission
FCC
House Committee
E. E. Cox
Camilla
Clarence L. Lea
Santa, Rosa
Cal
James Lawrence Fly
Washington
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White House
Army
Navy
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Annapolis
Harvard Law
Anti-Trust Division
Department of Justice
Tennessee Valley Authority
Senate
National Association of Broadcasters
Armory 88th Anniversary Night In Hoosick Falls
About 150 guests including first armory occupants and Second Regiment members will attend Company C’s 88th anniversary at the Hoosick Falls armory honoring the 32nd Separate Company founded March 25 1885. Program features motion pictures of Tarawa and Marshall Islands, close order drill riot formations, three boxing matches and a social hour. Supper precedes the events with Lt L C Armstrong chairman and Lt Marvin Loveys secretary. Others include Philathea Class meeting, Legion Auxiliary card party, and local service members on furlough or training notices.
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State Armory
News York Guard
State Guard
Troy
Cohoes
Moton
Tarawa
Marshall Islands
L. C. Armstrong
Marvin B. Loveys
Naval Training Station Sampson Blood Bank Drive
Eighty one more donors are needed to complete the schedule for a blood bank event at Sampson Naval Training Station on April 10. Dr George E Smith chairs the arrangements with specific shortage hours listed. Registration blanks can be filled at local drug stores or the Standard Press office.
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George E. Smith
Standard Press
Pittsburg Trolleys Stage Big Comeback
Pittsburg Railway Co. reveals a 13 million dollar cash reserve to counter critics and forecast a wartime revival for street cars. Thomas Fitzgerald, serving as operating trustee, defends the trolley as essential for rush hour crowds in the Golden Triangle as 1,063 trolleys and 166 buses remain in service.
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Pittsburg
SNS
Fittsburg Railway Co
Thomas Fitzgerald
Golden Triangle
Sage Group To Present Actress Mady Christians
Mady Christians, famed stage and screen actress, will appear in Troy next Friday at Russell Sage College Little Theater in a program titled An Actress Between Wars. The event, presented by the Dramatic Association, closes the current subscription season and features talks on theater across eras and media, plus scenes from great plays.
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Mady Christians
Troy
Dramatics Association of
Russell Sage College
Little
First Street
Miss Christians
Europe
America
Robert Taylor
Heidi
Shirley Temple
Edward Arnold
Paul Muni
Sara Mueller
New York
Queen
Maurice Evans
Lady Percy
Henry the Fourth
Mr. Evans
Infant Survives Eighth Story Fall In Miami Beach Hotel
An infant, Bryce L. Taylor Jr., son of First Lieut and Mrs Taylor of Miller Nebraska, survived a fall from the eighth story of a Miami Beach hotel used by the Army air forces for returning combat flyers and their families. He rested easily in an Army hospital with a broken right leg and slight neck injury, a Bushes aid reportedly breaking the fall. Lieutenant Taylor, 23, is at the redistribution station for reassignment after fifty combat missions over Italy and Africa in a Thunderbolt fighter. The child was born overseas while he was serving.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Army Air Forces
Bryce L. Taylor
Taylor
Miller, Neb
Italy
Africa
Soldier Gets Name in Print at Long Last
Eugene Oregon. A University of Oregon student Kenneth Michael, a soldier, longed to see his name in a paper. He had not earned recognition yet, but the next day a large advertisement appeared featuring his name.
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Eugene, Ore
INS
Kenneth Michael
University of Oregon
New Zealand Soldiers Call U.S. Marines Cobblers
A college paper features a college student named in bold and his friends failed to pay the 42 cent bill. New Zealand soldiers refer to U. S. Marines as cobblers meaning pal or buddy.
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New Zealand
U. S. Marines
Pal
Buddy
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