Soviet Kidnap Ring Leader Blum Killed in Vienna Gunfight
In Vienna American and French military police killed Benno Blum, a Bulgarian-Romanian citizen linked to a 20-man Soviet kidnap gang. He faced charges of spying and abducting anti-communists. Blum died after a gun duel in a Russian widow's apartment. two women were taken into custody.
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Austria
Benno Blum
Blum
Alexandria Krause
Matic
Harry Lime
Orson Wells
Grete
Israel
Stone From Slingshot Hurts Granger Boy
Nine year-old Frankie Rabel of Granger was brought to a Taylor hospital with a fractured skull after a stone from a playmate's slingshot struck him in the head. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Henry Rabel.
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Taylor
ANS
Frankie Rabel
Taylor Hospital
Frankie
Henry Rabel
Granger
Reds Extend License for Canal Barges to West Berlin
Soviet Zone authorities extended the license for all canal barges supplying West Berlin for two weeks. The barges deliver about one fourth of the daily supplies to the American British and French sectors.
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Reds
Berlin
West Berlin
Guerrilla Raids Paralyze Luzon Traffic in Sixth Day
Communist led Hukbalahap raids cripple central Luzon road traffic and threaten Manila as President Quirino places Luzon under Army control. Six new incidents Sunday night include village attacks and a bus ambush. Death toll since March 29 reaches at least 68 with villages burned and shipments halted.
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Manila
Luzon
Elpidio Quirino
Philippines
Ning
Over-Age Prodigy Opera Aspirant at 95 Starts in Show Business
Hollywood April 3 A 95 year old widow Phoebe Holmes begins grand opera training after a year of singing lessons. She has given two recitals appeared on television and hopes for Metropolitan Opera debuts. She credits vegetarian diet and a voice teacher who sponsored lessons.
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Hollywood
Wringles
Phoebe Holmes
Filmville
Bernard Landino
Townsend Club
California
Oldsters
New York
Denver
Jacksonville Company To Have Vote on Union
The National Labor Relations Board ordered an election to determine a bargaining agent for Southwestern Electric Service Company workers in Jacksonville Texas. Local 790 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers AFL initiated the petition.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Southwestern Electric Service Company
Jacksonville
Texas
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
AFL
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