Senators Probe Claim of Communist Spy Ring Aiding Japan
Senate investigators plan full review of a story that a Communist spy ring with American members told Moscow before Pearl Harbor that Japan would attack the United States. Mitsusada Yoshikawa testified that Richard Sorge led the ring and named Agnes Smedley as a U.S. member, while Sorge allegedly warned Moscow of a 1941 mobilization and urged a southern strike for oil and rubber.
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Washington
Senate
Moscow
Pearl Harbor
Japan
United States
Mitsusada Yoshikawa
Subcommittee On
Ferguson
R-Mich
Robert Morris
Yoshikawa
Richard Sorge
Gallows
Agnes Smedley
U. S
Sorge
Shanghai
Britain
France
Netherlands
Russia
Hozumi Osaki
Soviet
Nazi Party
Eugene Ott
Ott
Hitler
Local Farmers Name Reddy Kilowatt Perfect Hired Hand
With electricity now on over half the area’s farms farmers vote Reddy Kilowatt as the ideal hired hand. He never grumbles never tires and his wages are low.
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Reddy
Father May Be Able to Keep Family Together
Columbus report on Richard Davey and his seven ill and debt burdened children as calls from strangers to adopt them flood in. Davey seeks help to avoid eviction and notes offers to help, while a factory owner proposes debt consolidation but insists the children stay with their parents.
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Columbus
Philadelphia
Davey
Richard Davey
Columbus Dispatch
Associated Press
Davey Es Peore
Malarial Mosquitoes Reported Near Yorktown
Dr. Walter L. Kline Jr of Messick said he informed the U S Public Health Service that anopheline mosquitoes are in York County. He quoted residents noting the insects appear more plentiful this year and cited local observations from Yorktown area.
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Yorktown
York County
Walter L. Kline, Jr
Messick
U. S Public Health Service
Fleeing convicts escape as guard fires on road crew
Two state convicts escaped from a road gang near Fredericksburg after rifle fire from a guard while being returned to work on Route 260 in Spotsylvania County. The incident followed their midday departure from work and a volley of shots during the escape.
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Fredericksburg
Here
Spotsylvania County
Oil discoveries outpace production in 1950
It states that discoveries greatly exceed production with 1950 figures showing new oil finds 50 percent higher than the amount produced from the ground.
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United States
Mapmakers Busy with War and Peace Boundary Shifts
The George F. Cram Co. has updated at least 28 world map editions since World War II began. Mapmakers note changes from Manchukuo to Potsdam lines and shifting borders in Europe and Asia as treaties remained unresolved.
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Merrill Swedland
Indianapolis
George F. Cram Co
Cram
E. A. Peterson
State Department
Japan
Manchuria
Washington
United States
Manchukuo
China
Poland
Russia
Kaliningrad
Koenigsberg
East Prussia
Central Europe
Finland
Czechoslovakia
Rumania
Baltic States
Central Asia
Mongolia
Peterson
Cram's
Cram’s
Loren Douthit
Korea
Mystery Blast Rocks Norfolk Home Near Sewells Point Road
A blast at 5 a.m. shattered a storm window and left a one foot hole near Carvel Sugene Benson's home on Sewells Point Road Norfolk. Navy intelligence examined ground debris and Benson suggested the missile might have fallen from a plane. Neighbors heard the explosion up to four blocks away.
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Norfolk
Carvel
Benson
Sewells Point Road
Norview
Navy
Earthquake Shakes Kona Coast Causing Minor Damage
Early today a quake in the Kona coast area of Hawaii Island knocked down some buildings and cracked a highway. Police reported no injuries as a mild tremor was felt in elevated areas of Honolulu around 1 a.m. local time. Hawaii Island is the largest in the Hawaiian chain.
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Honolulu
Kona
Hawaii Island
Here
Hawaiian Island
Memorial Dedication to MacArthur's Mother Delayed in Norfolk
The dedication of a memorial to Gen. Douglas MacArthur's mother Mary Pinckney Hardy MacArthur is postponed from early September to late October. Gen. MacArthur will delay his Norfolk trip to attend the ceremony, date to be announced. The memorial sits on the house birthplace of Mrs. MacArthur. public subscriptions reached $21,137.02 toward a $40,000 goal.
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Norfolk
Gen. Douglas MacArthur
Mary Pinckney Hardy MacArthur
Gen. MacArthur
MacArthur
Smallest Show Stopper at Ciros
The stork interrupted a late night at Ciros when Pretty Margaret Barstow gave birth to a daughter in a private upstairs lounge. Bruce Barstow explained they named the baby Rex because they expected a boy. Rex weighed six pounds 13 ounces.
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Hollywood
Ciro’s
Impressario
Herman Hover
Margaret Barstow
Rex
Bruce Barstow
Hover
American income averaged $1436 in 1950
Commerce Department reports that 1950 average income per person rose to 1436 dollars, up 116 dollars or nine percent from 1949 and marking a historic high. Net gains were tempered by 6.5 percent cost of living rise and tax increases. state figures ranged from 698 dollars in Mississippi to 1909 in Delaware and 1986 in the District of Columbia.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Department
Mississippi
Delaware
District of Columbia
Grass blaze on Berryville Avenue reported
Fire crews from Friendship Rouss and Sarah Zane were sent at 9:20 this morning to a grass fire behind Millers Frozen Custard on Berryville Avenue. No damage was reported.
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Friendship, Rouss
Sarah Zane
Berryville Avenue
Millers
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Potomac Edison System
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Northern Virginia Power Co
South Penn Power Co
Virginia
Goodyear
Buncutter Tire CO
S. Braddock St
North America Assurance Society OF Virginia, Inc
ACT Now! Telephone
R. Alexander
Newcome
Funkhouser
Mr. Moyer
1300 W. Main Street
Richmond
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Air Corps
Israel
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Mervel W. Adams
N. Cameron
Omps’ Funeral Home
Dad
John Kidder
Troy
N. Y
Tommy
Wellesley
Mass
Susan
Bruce
Kenneth Doyle
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
International Soundphoto
Mystery Blast
C & H Packing CO
Apple
Jimmy Himelright
Prop
Singer
Midway
Singer Manufacturing Company
Singer Sewing Center
N. Loudoun St
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