Hoover seeks 300 more FBI agents to chase spies
J Edgar Hoover urged Congress to approve 300 additional FBI agents aimed at tracking Communist spies and subversives. He cited 54,000 known Communists and 500,000 Red sympathizers, saying spies target atomic research, jet propulsion, radar, military airports and other critical resources.
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Washington
J. Edgar‘ Hoover
FBI
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations
Senate
Full
Appropriations
Hoover
United States
House
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Congress
U. S
Virginia schools fall behind in pupil promotion
Virginia state schools fall short of standard promotion rates as reported by Dowell J. Howard state superintendent of public instruction to Charlottesville principals. He warned that too many children are not advancing at the normal pace.
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Charlottesville
Dowell J. Howard
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Virginia
Sheikh Korany Bey Probes Jealousy in Egypt Dance Norms
In Cairo the Chamber of Deputies questions male jealousy. Deputy Sheikh Mohamed Korany Bey asked why men permit their wives to dance with other men, sparking a debate on social and moral norms in Egypt.
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Cairo
Egypt
Chamber of Deputies
Sheikh Mohamed Korany Bey
Fate of the Domesday Book
The original Domesday Book is kept in an English record office. A republication was undertaken from 1767 to 1783, producing perfect facsimiles of the valuable census record.
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England
W.C
Record Office
Wyoming Forests Hit Dry Records
Rain starved regions of Colorado and Wyoming report extreme drought and high fire danger. U S Forest Service fire control officer says conditions are unprecedented and Weather Bureau notes a continual critical lack of rain in parts since June 3.
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Associated Press
Colorado
Wyoming
U.S. Weather Bureau
W. S
Slim) Davis
U. S. Forest Service
Denver
Colorado National
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Pacific Northwest
Boundary County
Idaho
Kootenai
Bonners Ferry
Ida
Middle West
Lakes Superior
Huron
Michigan
Atlantic Coast
New York
New England
Canary Oscar Returns After Weeklong Absence
In Montreal a pet canary named Oscar vanished for a week and surprised his owners by returning to his cage. He appeared tired, washed, and settled in for a long sleep with no explanation of his adventures.
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Canary
Montreal
Oscar the Canary
Why Paradise Lost Publication Was Delayed
Milton finished Paradise Lost by 1663 but publication was postponed until 1667 due to plague and a fire.
Village fires police chief amid wife affair allegations
Highland Heights village council voted 6-2 to dismiss Fay Dalrymple, 58, for malfeasance after Mayor Clem Ley accused him of consorting with the mayor’s wife, saying the chief used a police car at the mayor’s home and he missed 200 villagers attended the 52 hour hearing.
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Cleveland
Highland Heights
Fay
Faye
Fay Dalrymple
Clem
Bud) Ley
Ley
Answers and Advice from a Q and A Column
A compiled Q and A piece covers moss and dirt on grave stones cleaned with caustic soda and brushing, stone renewal by carborundum, pilot snakes for rattlesnakes, Miss America judging criteria, the origin of beating swords into plowshares, and Sir Walter Raleigh’s diamond writing tale with weak evidence.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth
Truman Administration Presses Peace Message at Governors’ Meeting
White Sulphur Springs W Va The Truman Administration presses peace over cold war at the annual Conference of Governors as Democrats weigh political effects for fall elections. Secretary of State Acheson outlines world issues while Hoffman endorses preventing World War III and Moscow’s push to label talks as peace. Governors Driscoll Warren and Duff critique McCarthyism. Lausche hedges on voting choice.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Truman
Paul G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Governors’ State
Moscow
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Earl Warren
California
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Man backs the best candidate for national interests
A speaker endorses the candidate he believes will serve the country. A quiz asks how much wood a man can chop from sunrise to sunset. Peter McLaren, once America's Champion Chopper, says a typical good day is two cords for a day or twelve for a week, while four cords in a day would be outstanding.
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Peter McLaren
America
Orkin
Orkin Exterminating Co
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