Two Escapees From Upton County Jail Flee Rankin
The Daily News reports two inmates escaped Rankin jail yesterday. Police extend road blocks and search the brush between Rankin and Midland as officers pursue the suspects. One man, 33, identified as John Hughes, is believed to be from near Blackwell and was last seen in Jailer Bob Schlagal's car after an assault.
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Yesteraay
Rankin
Midland
John Hughes
Ttan Varkana Waai
Lew Traere
Gava@iuiTID
Blackwell
Bob Schlagal
Schlagal
Fingerprint Clues In Family Home Point To Guilty Notion
The narrator notes fingerprints around the door and on cabinets to identify the culprit. Suspicion falls on Bud as the narrator scans the family crowd while others defend themselves amid the messy kitchen scene.
Congress Delays and Riders Shadow Last Weeks Before Break
The piece likens Congress to colleges as it rushes through must approve appropriations with riders that can derail bills. It notes bitterness over an anti-Communist rider on Interior funding and the difficulty of passing defense and draft measures. Speaker Martin pledges to bring the draft bill up soon with national conventions and re election campaigns looming.
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Congress
Washington
Interior Department
Rules Committee
House
Martin
Cost of living index and wage adjustments explained
An explanation of the cost of living index used after a wage adjustment with automatic next year increase if costs rise. The Labor Department measures about 200 items from food to nylon stockings and lip stick, using city prices to compute monthly percentages. The piece notes broad price increases and includes satirical lines about public attitudes.
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General Motors-United Automobile Workers
United States Labor Department
Labor Department
United States
Nominating Speakers Rise to Rhetorical Finish
The essay notes that speakers at the national conventions in Philadelphia are polishing metaphors and hyperbole for their nominating speeches. It humorously praises the speakers as wonderful, flawless men ready to dedicate four years to the country and even move into the White House to relieve housing shortages.
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Melody Ranch
Cal
Philadelphia
White House
UAW Contract Jackpot Powers Political Drive
Victor Rieser surveys how General Motors backed a peace for auto strikes easing union dues flow and freeing UAW leaders for political action. He notes a potential Labor Party push in 1949 plus new union ventures like New Look Stores and education programs aimed at Democratic mobilization.
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Victor Rieser
Grace
General Motors
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers
Ganize
National Labor Party
Reuther
Emil Mazey
Labor Party
Marey
Buick
Detroit
Board of Health
Democratic Party
Auto Union
Notable NYC Cultural Sparks From Film to Stage and Press
Jean Malaquais arrives to teach at NYU next season while Benjamin Cohen pursues observer status amid speculation he could join a Supreme Court case. A plan seeks to cut postal rates for American correspondents abroad to speed five week deliveries by air. Jeanne Cagney lectures at Hunter College on breaking into cinema. The Golem cast performs with interchangeable Messiah roles. Nat Harris pays Ritz Bros. for rain relief. Madeleine Carroll previews An Innocent Affair after a Switzerland shoot. Herb Shriner recounts entertaining the Soviet High Command in wartime. Musel and Raymond sell Cops Wear Skirts to Eagle-Lion. An election night ticket promotion is debated for print. Gertrude Lawrence to receive an honorary arts degree from Ithaca College. John Gunther writes a Roosevelt profile for Harper’s. Mrs Roosevelt invites Justice Douglas to dedicate Hyde Park plaque. Ruby Bloom notes Duke of Windsor’s band appearance and a faked violin solo at a Davis hosted event.
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Jean Malaquais
France
NYU
Benjamin V. Cohen
State Department
US Supreme Court
Cohen
Gertrude Lawrence
Ithaca College
John Gunther
President Roosevelt
Harper's
Roosevelt
Wm. O. Douglas
Hyde Park Church
Queen for a Day recognized in Panhandle week
Hank notes a radio program crowned four women as Queen for a Day while weather favored farmers. He praises local recognition amid a week where men dominated, mentioning Mr. Tack and the phrase King for the Year as a nod to favorable conditions for agriculture.
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Panhandle
Political chatter and town life from Stephenville stage
Random Thoughts By Lewis Norpyke notes Stephenville politics with George Peddy Lyndon Johnson and Coke Stevenson, hints at Dies versus Johnson, and predicts Jester re election. The piece paints a strait laced town of 7000 around a square courthouse clocks and college life at John Tarleton College Hospital with local figures and alumni.
Relative of Polk's Wife Quizzed in Mystery Death
Athens May 31 Police questioned Voi vos Anoyannakis, a cousin by marriage of CBS reporter George Polk and at Ikaria on suspicion of Communism. Polk had reportedly visited his wife's relative last September seeking interviews with Communist leaders.
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Police Today
CBS
George Polk
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Vos Anoyannakis
Rhea
Anoyannakis
Aegean
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