Opera Singer John Garris Slain in Atlanta Mystery
Metropolitan Opera tenor John Garris was shot to death in Atlanta with a Belgian made .38 pistol later found in the possession of paroled North Carolina murderer Grover Pulley. FBI ballistics could not positively identify the weapon as the murder gun. Police pursued a burglary link and noted Garris was found coatless with a torn knee in his trousers after a possible last minute boarding of a train car.
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Atlanta
Herbert Jenkins
FBI
Metropolitan Opera
John Garris
North Carolina
Clinton
D. C
Washington
Garris
Jenkins
John C Bills
Bills
E. L. Hilderbrand
B. B. Ballard
Carolina
Grover “Tojo
Pulley
Ballard
Nan
Opera Company
Memphis
J. M. Pack
J. W. Ellington
Terminal Station
AP Schedules Annual Parley Opening During Newspaper Week
The Associated Press begins its annual business meeting and luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York, signaling Newspaper Week. AP speakers include J Wes Gallagher and Harold K Milks. Secretary of State Dean Acheson will speak at the ANPA dinner. New directors and 17 associate members to be voted on.
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China
Germany
J. Wes Gallagher
Harold K. Milks
Nanking
Gallagher
Milks
Foreign Service
US Army
Robert D
State Department
Washington
Berlin
E. K. Gaylord
Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman
Paul Bellamy
Cleveland
Ohio
Plain Dealer
James E. Chappell
Birmingham
Ala
Age-Herald
J. R. Knowland
Oakland
Calif
Tribune
Arthur Hays Sulzberger
New York Times
Benjamin M. McKelway
Washington, D. C
Sunday Star
Paul Miller
Rochester
N. Y
Democrat and Chronicle
Eugene C. Pulliam
Indianapolis
Ind
Star
Richard M. Seaton
Coffeyville
Kas
Journal
Warden
Seaton
Blytheville
Ark
Courier News
de Queen
Demos Fearful Of Government Revenue Loss
Democrats caution on federal budget outlook as price declines threaten lower tax receipts. Truman's 1950 revenue projected at 41 billion with a 41.9 billion spending plan, while Byrd cites a 3.2 billion deficit and calls for tax increases and spending cuts amid GOP budget restraint debates.
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Demos
Washington
Truman
Western
Europe
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
House
Senate
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Finance Committee
Byrd
Senate Republicans
Health program sparks GOP attack and payroll tax plan
Senate Republicans denounce Truman health proposals as Pepper outlines a three percent payroll tax up to 4800 dollars. The plan funds universal hospital, medical, nursing and some dental care with shared costs by workers and employers.
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Washington
Senate
Wherry
Neb
Truman
McGrath
Pepper
D- Fla
Texans Warned Plagues Increase
The State Health Department warned Texans of rising cases of typhus and poliomyelitis for the week ended April 16. Typhus rose to 13 cases from a usual 6, and poliomyelitis rose to 12 from a median of 4. Bubonic plague remained absent in humans, though rodent fleas were found, prompting calls for a stronger campaign against rats.
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State Health Department
Health Department
West
Texas
Th Department
Chennault Sees Tigers Could Help China Again
Honololu April 24 Major General Claire L Chennault said if his wartime Flying Tigers were revived they could turn the tide for Nationalist China though he sees little chance. He and his wife travel to Louisiana for rest before plans to return to China. The couple left their three month old daughter in China. He doubts Communists will fare better than the Japanese did in China.
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Honolulu
Claire L. Chennault
China
Chennault
High Judge Lord Uthwatt Dies at 70 in England
Lord Uthwatt a high court judge and tax expert died of heart disease at his country home aged 70. He became a baron in 1946 after presenting the Uthwatt Report on postwar land use and compensation terms. The report urged compensation based on March 1939 land values.
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Sandwich
Eng
Lord Uthwatt
Texans Free All Prisoners From San Jacinto Fight
Seventy four Mexican officers and enlisted men held after the San Jacinto battle were released on June 1 1837, a year and four days after capture. Santa Anna was moved to Mexico after visiting Washington, while Generals Filisola Urrea retreated under armistice terms. Texans held 730 prisoners and 12000 in specie, with notable captives including General Cos and Colonel Almonte.
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Battle of
San Jacinto
Santa Anna
Mexico
Washington
Sam Houston
Jackson
Filisola
Urrea
Texas
Cos
Almonte
Seminary Hill Falls as Burma Government Gains Karen Stronghold
Government troops captured Seminary Hill near Insein north of Rangoon after a Sunday assault. Five Karen rebels were killed and 10 taken, with reports that depleted ammunition forced a last stand using poisoned arrows. Seminary Hill was an estate once run by the American Baptist Mission with many Karens being Baptists.
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Rangoon
Burma
Seminary Hill
Insein
Karenistan
American Baptist Mission
Neshaminy Golden Boy Prize Bull Faces Recovery
Neshaminy Golden Boy a $16 500 Ayshire prize bull owned by C E Wilson of General Motors has a chance to recover after a rare spinal operation at Windrow Farms near Oxford. Veterinarians say only five days will show if he improves and up to two weeks to gauge any degree of success. Dr James Farquharson of Colorado Agricultural and Mechanical College performed the procedure, fastening metal plates along the spine to stabilize the nine year old animal.
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Detroit
C. E. Wilson
General Motors Corporation
Wilson
Oxford
Midh
James Farquaharson
Colorado Agricultural & Mechanical College
Armistice Committee Awards Land to Arabs Near Jerusalem
The Trans-Jordan-Israeli Armistice Committee awarded about 19 square miles north and south of Jerusalem to the Arabs and granted a Jewish village as counterbalance. Beit Iksa Katana and Battir go to the Arabs while Walaga is allotted to Israel. Transfer takes effect May 1 as armistice terms from Rhodes are implemented.
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Jerusalen
Jerusalem
Beit Iksa
Katana
Battir
Israel
Walaga
Rhodes
Zionist Group Founder Bernard Horwich Dies in Chicago
Bernard Horwich 89 baker and founder of an early Zionist group in the United States died Saturday in Chicago. An immigrant from Lithuania at age 20 he chaired General Felt Products and the Chicago Curled Hair Company and helped organize the Jewish Federated Charities of Chicago. He also served on the National Food Commission after World War I. Horwich founded the Zionist group in 1897.
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Chicago
Bernard Horwich
Baker
United States
Horwich
Lithuania
General Felt Products Company
Chicago Curled Hair Company
Jewish Federated Charities of Chicago
National Food Commission
Herbert Hoover
Zionist Group
Pope Pius XII Celebrates Mass For Child Choristers
About three thousand child choristers from Europe Africa the Middle East and the Americas joined Pope Pius XII for a Mass at Saint Peter's Basilica in Saint Peter's Square.
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Vatican City
Europe
Africa
Middle East
Americas
Pius XII
Saint Peter's Basilica
English Lady Novelist Succumbs at 76
GREAT HUCKLOW Derbyshire Eng April 24 Terence Horsley editor of London's Sunday Empire News was killed Sunday when his glider crashed soon after launch Part of the tail detached and the glider was damaged at launch Horsley a glider enthusiast became editor in March 1947 and previously led the Manchester Evening Chronicle
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Great Hucklow
Derbyshire
Eng
Terence Horsley
London
Sunday
Emee News
St Ceeney
Horsley
Sunday Empire News
Kemsley
Manchester Evening Chronicle
Rabbi Klausner to Speak at Kiwanis Luncheon
Rabbi Bertram Klausner of Temple Beth Israel will address Kiwanis at noon Monday. Malcolm Gregory will lead the musical program at the Stephen F. Austin Hotel.
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Bertram Klausner
Temple Beth Israel
Kiwanis
Stephen F. Austin
Malcolm Gregory
Chiropractor C L Vaughn Advokes Pain-Free Care
Chiropractor C L Vaughn at 1010 Rio Grande offers painless, versified methods with convenient parking and phone access 32 7356.
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Rio Grande
Planes Rout Sternwheelers From Yukon
FAIRBANKS Alaska April 24 It appears cargo planes are replacing the Yukon River sternwheelers as Alaska Railroad plans to quit Yukon service after this season The railroad has carried cargo on the river from Nenana since 1923 Witnesses including Alaska railroad GM Col John F Johnson cite more planes and fewer mining camps as the cause The annual haul has shrunk to about 6000 tons due to mining cuts and floating cargo planes.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Yukon
Alaska Railroad
Department of Interior
Nenana
John F. Johnson
Man Faces 10 Year Sentence in Slaying
Falfurrias April 24. Robert S. Bell faces a 10 year prison sentence after a jury found him guilty of murder with malice aforethought in the shooting of his son in law Amos P. Moody.
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Falfurrias
Robert S. Bell
Amos P. Moody
UN Debate on Russian wives freedom at UN Assembly
The 58 nation General Assembly meets in New York to consider Chile's complaint that Russia bars Soviet-born wives of foreigners from leaving the country. The legal committee says the practice violates the UN Charter, sparking a Monday session at Flushing Meadow.
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New York
United Nations
General Assembly
Chile
Russia
Alvaro Cruz
Luis David Cruz Ocampo
Soviet Union
Flushing Meadow
N. Y
Lie
Folke Bernadotte
Jerusalem
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Bulgaria
And
Navy Summer Cruises Slated
The Navy plans 28 training cruises in May and June with 14 900 reservists aboard ships from Atlantic and Pacific ports. Twenty cruises start from Atlantic and Gulf ports, eight from the Pacific. East Coast voyages include foreign port calls with Seattle May 21 to Alaska and San Francisco June 30 with a Hawaii liberty stop. Naval reserve officers trainees, college students, and Annapolis midshipmen join from Norfolk to the Panama Canal Zone and on June 26 from Norfolk aboard the carrier Leyte.
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Washington
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
Gulf Coast
Pacific Coast
East Coast
Seattle
Alaska
San Francisco
Hawaii
Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps
Norfolk
Panama Canal Zone
Annapolis
Leyte
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Senate Finance Committee
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Lee Herrington
Baldwin
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American Medical Association
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Schaffer’s
Armistice Committee
Turkey
Pope
C. L. Vaughn
France
Paris
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Trygve Lie
Terminix CO
Terminix
Sternenberg Lumber Co
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