Ramadier Boots Five Communists From French Cabinet
Paris May 4 AP Premier Paul Ramadier expelled five Communist ministers after the National Assembly backed his wage policy 360 to 186. Four posts were filled temporarily and Ramadier’s revamped cabinet excludes the Communists as he faces Madagascar unrest and a looming session.
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Paris
Paul Ramadier
French National Assembly
Maurice Thorez
Francois Billoux
Charles Tillon
Ambroise Owicat
Isahae
Wessweuy
Marrane
Pierre Henry Tietgen
Thorez
Yvon Delbos
Billoux
Robert la Coste
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Croizat
Jules Moch
Tillon
Ramadier
National Assembly
Chamber of Deputies
Socialist Directorate
Socialist Party
Leon Blum
Acre Prison Raid frees prisoners as 10 die in strike
Jewish underground fighters blast Acre Prison walls freeing 251 inmates including Jews and Arabs. Ten killed in the ensuing chaos, with several others injured. British troops clash with Jewish militants near Haifa and Nahariya as authorities report mass escapes and recapture efforts. Irgun claims credit for the operation.
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Jerusalem
Grim Acre
Holy Land
Acre
Haifa
Crusader
Palestine
Hills of Galilee
Galilee
Irgun
Mediterranean
Irgun Zvai Leumi
Dov Bela Gruner
Nahariya
Haufa
British Airborne Division
Rally for Boys Ranch Show With Bob Hope in Amarillo
A three day drives $25 donations to Boys Ranch to secure choice seats for a Bob Hope Pepsodent broadcast at the Paramount Theater on May 20. Tickets post for a second Hope show at the Municipal Auditorium with proceeds funding a Boys Ranch water system. Proceeds from both shows fund the project minus minimal expenses.
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Boys Ranch
Paramount Theater
News-Globe
Amarillo
Hope
Paramount
Municipal Auditorium
NBC
Dallas
Buck Carter
Carter
Vera Vague
Russell Staty
Talor
Hollywood
Dick Davis
Los Angeles
Foote, Cone and Belding
Pepsodent
Cal Farley
Polly Parrott
Ted Taylor
Byrd Sees Demo Doom If Truman Kills Labor Bill
Senator Byrd warns a Truman veto of union curbs could spark a Republican vote surge in 1948. Hatch counters that a veto may help or hurt, while the bill’s current form bans closed shops, creates a federal mediation agency, and allows injunctions against strikes. An amendment on broad bargaining limits is set for Senate debate.
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Byrd
Truman
Washington
Virginia
Congress
Democratic Party
Labor Party
Hatch
New Mexico
Senate
Weather outlook for Amarillo and West Texas
The U S Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy skies Monday and Tuesday with scattered afternoon thundershowers in Amarillo and vicinity and in West Texas. Little temperature change expected. Temperatures yesterday reached a high near 96 and a low around 59 with temperatures by hour listed. Sunrise is 5 52 AM and sunset 7 35 PM.
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U. S
Amarillo
West Texas
Price slashes urged in housing and business sectors
President administration officials and industry leaders press for immediate price reductions to ease a looming slump. The National Planning Association warns prices are out of line and calls on brokers, builders, and retailers to cut. Chester Bowles blames Republican price-control sabotage for rising costs.
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Washington
Raymond M. Foley
Frank Creedon
Foley
National Planning Association
National Housing Administrator
Association
Beardsley Ruml
R. H. Macy and Company
S. C. Allyn
National Cash Register Company
Eugene Burgess
General Mills, Inc
Chester Bowles
OPA
American House
Republican Party
Bowles
Democratic Digest
Women’s
Democratic National Committee
Spurned Wife Kills Self After Filling Station Fire
In Varna near Ithaca New York a 45 year old woman Beatrice E. Boyce shot Cornell student Lowell L. Hecht after a dispute over breaking off their friendship. She then doused her Varna filling station with kerosene and killed herself. Hecht, wounded earlier, drove to Memorial Hospital in critical condition. Boyce died two and a half hours later. Coroner ruled death by self-inflicted gunshot. Notes found described disagreements and intent to take her life. Harold H. Boyce, separated since 1942, listedBiloxi Mississippi. No children.
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Ithaca
Lowell L. Hecht
Cornell University
Akron
State Police Corp
J. E. Maloney
Hecht
Beatrice E. Boyce
Maloney
Cornell
Ralph J. Low
Varna
Navy plans first submarine round Cape Horn
The Navy announced a training cruise to circle Cape Horn aboard the 1,500-ton Sea Robin. Comdr. Stimpson leads the run from Valparaiso on May 27 to Port Stanley June 4, then Montevideo, seeking Arctic and offshore operations insight.
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Washington
Navy
Cape Horn
Congress
Robin
Paul Cecil Stimson
Danville
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Valparaiso
Chile
South America
Port Stanley
Falkland Islands
Montevideo
Uruguay
United States
Germany
Japan
Africa
Indian Ocean
Panama Canal
Temple Hospital Reports Four Infant Deaths From Gastro Enteritis
Philadelphia May 4 Two more infant deaths raise the two day total to four at Temple University Hospital linked to gastro enteritis first identified in infants at Allentown Sacred Heart Hospital. Eighteen babies were moved to Philadelphia with fifteen in one ambulance load. Temple seeks immediate streptomycin shipments and isolation precautions are in effect.
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Philadelphia
Temple University Hospital
Allentown
Temple Hospital
Sacred Heart Hospital
Temple University
Union Leader Challenges Phillips Statements in Borger Strike
Local 351 business manager Joe Rigdon accused Phillips Petroleum Company chair Frank Phillips of misrepresenting worker rights and denied impartiality prior to the 3,000-strong Borger area strike. He urged fair wages and equal opportunity, while US Army pressure and a stalled mediation effort continued. In Indianapolis, the body of seven year old Peter Hubbell was found in White River, ruled a drowning death after autopsy.
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Joe Rigdon
International Union of Operating Engineers
Frank Phillips
Phillips Petroleum Company
Borger-Phillips
Mr. Phillips
Phillips
Rigdon
Indianapolis
Peter Hubbell
White River
Roy B. Storms
Floods threaten Polish West crop harvests
The food ministry warned that winter floods may sharply cut harvest prospects in West Poland. Officials estimate over 200000 acres of sowings destroyed, raising concern for local supplies and farming livelihoods.
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Warsaw
Food Ministry
Tptec
Survey Finds German Prejudice in Allied Zone
In Berlin on May 4 the American military government released a public opinion survey. It shows 39 percent of Germans in the zone are anti semitic and 22 percent are racist. Nineteen percent are nationalist and 20 percent have little bias. The survey questioned 31 415 people.
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Berlin
Dollar Day Bargains Heat Up Amarillo Shopping
Sunday News Globe reports Amarillo merchants offer extreme Dollar Day values despite warm May weather. Shoppers are urged to visit town to enjoy bargain prices and focus on deals rather than the heat.
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Amarillo
News- Globe
General Mark Clark Leaves Austria for Salzburg Train Departure
Gen Mark W. Clark, departing as commanding general of U S forces in Austria, rode a special train from Vienna to Salzburg amid flowers, handshakes and salutes. A stray line notes a shipment at 504 Georgia St.
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Vienna
Mark W. Clark
United States
Austria
Salzburg
Germany
Lilienthal Warns Of Atom Stupidity
New York May 44 David E Lilienthal head of the Atomic Energy Commission warns that crude handling of atomic energy could lead to a future with no descendants. J H Saint now equipped for heavy duty paint spray work prompt phone numbers 7633 or 9343 for contact.
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New York
David E. Lilienthal
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy
J. H. Saint
96 Degrees Ties May 4 Record Across Texas and New Mexico
Mercury climbed to 96 degrees yesterday tying the May 4 all time high with 1940 the only prior 96 on this date. Observers predict little change today while May 1947 may become the hottest on record. Presidio led Texas at 105 with San Angelo 102 and Fort Worth 100 as other highs. The national high topped 110 in Blythe California.
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Mercury
Amarillo
Weather Bureau
Presidio
Texas
San Angelo
Tucumcari
Abilene
Roswell
Fort Worth
Dallas
Waco and Childress
Wichita Falls
Pampa
Clayton
Guymon
Blythe
Cal
Phoenix
Ariz
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NEA
Patsy Ann Pollard
Woodward
G. B. Shearer
Dora Shearer
Oklahoma City
Jenell Hubbard
Mr. Truman
Long Lines
Illinois
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Marion Horn
New York Traffic Employees Association
New York Telephone Company
Chicago
Federation of
Telephone Clerks
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Illinois Telephone Company
Springfield
Ill
United Telephone Organizations
Independent
NFTW
John J. Moran
American Union of Telephone Workers
Georges. Dring
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Long Lines Department
Oliver & Wiggins Lumber Co
6Th
Moore County
Cactus Ordnance Plant
US Army
Ray Majure
U. S. Department of Conciliation
Borger
Majure
Roy
Clark
Georgia St
Lilienthal
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