Italian Prince Shot During Mass in Italy
Prince Alessandro Torlonia, 22, was shot three times in the chest during a church service at San Giacomo Hospital officials said he remained in very serious condition. The assailant, a discharged farm hand on a Torlonia property, was identified as the motive tied to a broader farm strike where deaths and arrests occurred.
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Rome
Alessandro Torlonia
Torlonia
Italy
San Giacomo Hospital
Outlaw John Wesley Hardin Keyed El Paso Saloon Hold Up 1885
On 1885 day John Wesley Hardin robbed an El Paso saloon and gambled away part of 1500. Constable John Selman Jr pursued him, and Hardin fled. Hardin later faced the elder Selman and was shot. the killer was acquitted, possibly aided by lawyer Albert Fall.
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John Wesley Hardin
el Paso
Hardin
John Selman Jr
Selman
Hohenzollern Royal Wedding Ties Cecilie to Texan Harris
Princess Cecilie of Hohenzollern marries Clyde Harris of Amarillo Texas in a ceremony at Castle Hohenzollern Hechingen. Notable relatives include Crown Prince Wilhelm and Crown Princess Cecilie, with guests from Bremen Erbach England and Denmark. couple to reside in Texas.
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Hechingen
Germany
House of Hohenzollern
Cecilie
Kaiser Wilhelm
Clyde Harris
Amarillo
Texas
Castle
Hohenzollern
Wilhelm
Prussia
Kaiser
Switzerland
Denmark
Queen Mother
Louis-Ferdinand
Bremen
Kira
Russia
Hubertus Karl
Erbach
Friedrich Georg
England
Saliati
Princess of Hesse
Prince of Hesse
Wolfscarten
Darmstadt
Harris
Senator Smith Replies To White House Question
New York June 19 NBC commentator Robert Trout asked Senator Margaret Chase Smith what she would do if she woke up in the White House. She answered I think I'd go right to Mrs. Truman apologize and go right home.
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New York
NBC
Robert Trout
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
White House
Mrs. Truman
English Visitors Tour Missouri Captains Historic Surrender Site
In Portsmouth six thousand Britons toured the U S battleship Missouri on Sunday. Official counts show crowds swarmed the 45 000 ton ship for three hours with the surrender signing spot as the main draw.
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Portsmouth
Eng
Reds Plan Out For Allied Radio
Berlin reports Sunday that plans to hush Allied broadcasts in the Soviet zone were ordered by Russian authorities. Leipzig power plant operators were told to minimize distribution during RIAS and NWDR news segments to curb an undesired effect on the population. Similar cuts were noted in other Soviet areas as tensions rise with Allied broadcasts. RIAS now airs on the hour aligning with radio Berlin timings. NWDR remains based in Hamburg.
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Berlin
Leipzig
RIAS
NWDR
DPD
Radio
Hamburg
Mao Warns Imperialists Face Blockade By Sea
Mao Zedong, quoted by the Red radio in San Francisco, warns imperialists may blockade China by sea or deploy forces at its frontiers. He cites war progress, says 5,590,000 Nationalists wiped out in three years, leaving about 1,500,000. Nationalists warn of bombings on ports in Shanghai Nanking and other cities.
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San Francisco
Mao Tze-Tung
Red Radio Sunday
China
Associated Press
Mao
Hong Kong
Shanghai
Nanking
Suchow
Tientsin
Tsingtao
Ningpo
Canada Goes To Polls Soon
Ottawa reports the 8,000,000 voters begin marking ballots this week as 851 candidates nominated for the June 27 election prepare for final speeches. Servicemen vote in hospitals, counted with home ridings results on July 2, while RCMP, travelers, fishermen, and transport workers vote Thursday to Saturday with results election night. Leaders St Laurent and Drew focus on Quebec Ontario, with Special trips to Newfoundland, Coldwell to Saskatchewan, and Low to Western Canada.
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Ottawa
Canada
RCMP
Mounted Police
Louis St. Laurent
George Drew
Quebec
Ontario
St. Laurent
Newfoundland
M. J. Coldwell
Socialist Ccf
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Rosetown- Biggar
Social Credit
Solon Low
Western Canada
Coplon Trial Spotlight on FBI Secret Reports
Judge Reeves rules that secret FBI loyalty and spy reports must be opened to the jury in the Coplon espionage trial. Prosecutors plan to introduce the files amid broader revelations about Communist activity and postwar spy hysteria.
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Washington
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Albert L. Reeves
FBI
Atty
Tom Clark
Truman
Congress
Tass
Reeves
Miss Coplon
New York
Russia
Valentine A. Gubitchev
Gubitchev
Miss Copion
Clark
Nixon
R-Calif
Provost Marshal Appointments for Texas State Guard
The Texas State Guard Reserve Corps unveils its provost marshal structure. Lieut. Gen. Claude V. Birkhead announces Col. Royal G. Phillips as provost marshal general with Lieut. Col. Millard M. Gardner as deputy. Kilgore’s Lieut. Col. Charles H. Wells becomes executive officer and Major Omar Musick of Camp Mabry is administrative officer.
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Texas State Guard Reserve Corps
Claude V. Birkhead
Royal G. Phillips
Texas Department of Public Safety
Millard M. Gardner
Highland Park
Charles H. Wells
Kilgore
Omar Musick
Camp Mabry
TSGRC
Greeks Report First Major Victory Over Red Guerrillas
Athens cites U S advised Greek army gaining upper hand against guerrillas after Tito split with Cominform. Guerrilla forces drop from 25 000 to about 18 000 with women nearly 40 percent. Refugees released from camps, exiles freed at Makronisos, and front along Albania border largely static with Yugoslav border patrols tightened.
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Washington
Athens
State Department
Tito
Cominform
Balkans
Yugoslavia
Greece
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Solid Front
Makronisos
Grammos
Albania
Corona
Bulgaria
Romania
Motor & Industrial Finance Corp Declares 17th Interest Payment
The Motor and Industrial Finance Corp announced on June 15 that it has declared its seventeenth consecutive 6 percent debenture preferred stock interest payment to be paid June 30. It also announced plans to move to larger air conditioned offices at 113 East 6th Street to better serve investors for the next payment due September 30.
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the Motor & Indus
IAL Finance Corp
East 6Th Street
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Austin Motor Truck Co., Inc
Lamar
Hohenzollerns
Missouri
Reds
Allied Radio
Sino Red
Peiping
Leatwyler Jewelers
Reeves Sai
Freigners
State Guard
Markos Vafiades
Chicago
Asa
P.ca
Fy Braniff
Terminix CO
D. G. Schlabach, S.M., M.M
W. Johanna St
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