Also, India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain. Herald - The Herald alienated Pasco residents by moving its headquarters from a cramped office in Pasco to a former cannery in Kennewick. Nation - Alger Hiss, former U.S. State Department official, indicted on perjury charges after denying passing secret documents to communist spy ring. Convicted and sentenced to five years in prison. World - Ghandi is assassinated in New Delhi by Hindu fanatic Jan. 30.
Communists take over Czechoslovakia.
Israel is created. Wash. Glenn C. Lee moves to Tri-Cities to become publisher. The Herald buys out the weekly Kennewick Courier-Reporter and opens an office in Richland. Nation - President Truman discloses Sept. 23 that the Soviet Union has set off an atomic explosion.