Liberals Triumph in Canadian National Election
Louis St Laurent's Liberal government wins a nationwide vote of confidence securing 262 House seats. The Liberals dominate Quebec and Ontario with 153 of the total, defeating George Drew's Progressive Conservatives and the Socialist CCF. St Laurent, 67, campaigns on prosperity and social security while Duplessis backs the opposition in Quebec.
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Liberal Party
Louis St. Laurent
House of Commons
Liberals
Progressive Conservatives
George Drew
Ontario
CCF
Cooperative Commonwealth Federation
Maritime Provinces
Newfoundland
Quebec
Drew
Maurice Duplessis
Canada
St. Laurent
W. L. MacKenzie King
King
Quebec City
Duplessis
Camillien Houde
Montreal
New $20 Bill Back Plate Features Truman Porch Picture
Dallas police and Secret Service note new back plate on $20 bills shows a porch image and changed White House details. Sorrels says counterfeit cases are rare. one note with the plate has appeared, and the plate is legal on old series notes.
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Dallas
Truman
White House
Forrest V. Sorrels
Secret Service
Sorrels
Federal Reserve
Two Illinois Youths Held for Auto Theft Investigation
Two Zion youths were arrested at Lockhart for questioning in the theft of a 1949 car from a Zion minister. Caldwell County Sheriff Edd Williams said the boys are held for the FBI. He added a third companion drowned while swimming at a lake near Canut Oklahoma.
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Lockhart
Spl
Zion, Tr
Luling
Zion
Edd Williams
Caldwell County
FBI
Canut
Okla
ICC opens probe into Garland bus crash study
The Interstate Commerce Commission began an investigation into Sunday's interstate bus accident near Garland. Two killed were Billy Mack Ham, 12, Cooper, and Norma Charlene Floyd, 20, Corsicana. Four seriously hurt were Cecil Davis, 47 Dallas. Tommy Joe Mitchell, 30 Dallas. Walter Moroney, 73 Wichita Falls. and Mrs. Jim Francis, Clarksville.
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Garland
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Leon J. Whitehead
Dallas
Billy Mack Ham
Cooper
Norma Charlene Floyd
Corsicana
Cecil Davis
Tommy Joe Mitchell
Walter Moroney
Wichita Falls
Jim Francis
Carksville
Ward Executive Charged in Fraud
A Montgomery Ward merchandising executive James C. Creighton and two associates Frank Fichter and Edward Weiss were charged with conspiracy to defraud the firm of $110,000. Creighton admitted the scheme, Fichter $13,000 and Weiss $35,000, with bonds set at $50,000 and $25,000 respectively.
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Chicago
Montgomery Ward
James C. Creighton
Frank Fichter
Edward Weiss
Creighton
Fichter
William Brumlck
Brumlik
Weiss
Jester Grants Second Reprieve for Valtiero Case
Governor Beauford H. Jester approves a second stay of execution for Umberto Reminez Valtiero, sentenced May 6 in Dallas County for murder. The stay, urged by the State Board of Pardons and Paroles, shifts the execution date from July 7 to October 7 to allow trial of a companion charged in the offense. Valtiero had prior 30 day constitutional reprieve.
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Associated Press
Beauford H. Jester
Umberto Reminez Valtiero
Dallas County
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Valtiero
Harold Lloyd to Have Gallstone Operation
Harold Lloyd is in St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica for gallstone removal. The comedian suffered a Sunday night attack and was admitted Monday for the planned operation on Tuesday.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Harold Lloyd
St. John’s Hospital
Dies Urges U S to Prepare for Conflict with Russia
Former Congressman Martin Dies told 700 Texas VFW members at their golden jubilee encampment that the United States must outlaw the Communist Party, ready to fight Russia, and screen immigrants. He said Russia spends over 100 million annually to undermine the U S and urged action against treasonable activities in schools. He noted GI Insurance dividends for Texas veterans and listed upcoming VFW program speakers and state officer nominations.
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EL Paso
Martin Dies
United States
Communist Party
Russia
House On American Activities Committee
Texas
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Dies
Kremlin
Helen Murphy
Olin Culberson
Clyde A. Lewis
Plattsburgh
N. Y
Hawaii Union Proposes Arbitration End To Island Strike
The International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union executive board urged immediate return to work by Hawaiian longshoremen if President Truman acts on Senator Wayne Morse's proposal. Morse suggested appointing an arbitration board to study and find findings on the Hawaii longshore strike, a plan the union telegraphed to the President after review.
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San Francisco
The
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
Truman
Wayne Morse
R-Wash
Sen. Morse
Hawaii
Bureaucracy Scored At Dallas Convention
A Chicago man told the Texas Butane Dealers Association in Dallas that giantism in business threatens free enterprise and government. Ed Wimmer, vice president of the National Association of Small Business, urged Congress to break monopolistic strangleholds. Closing sessions will feature Speaker Durwood Manford of the Texas House.
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Dallas
Chicago
Texas Butane Dealers Association
Ed Wimmer
National Association of Small Business, Inc
Congress
Wimmer
Durwood Manford
Texas House of Representatives
Court Refuses Eisler's Appeal Despite Dissent
The Supreme Court split five to four and blocked ruling on Communist leader Gert Eisler’s appeal from his jail term for contempt of Congress. Eisler fled to Soviet Germany after jumping bail. Justice Jackson dissented, urging affirmation of the conviction while the majority postponed action until his return.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Gerhart Eisler
Eisler
Soviet
Germany
Jackson
House UN- American Activities Committee
Three of Four Lost Brothers Reunited in San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO June 27 Three of four brothers who were separated as infants after their father died in 1921 were reunited here Monday Ages ranged from 29 to 34 James Ferguson of Dallas began locating his brothers in 1931 He found Albert Hays of Jol N M Dick Prassell in San Antonio and Robert Tremetter in San Diego Cal Hayes could not attend Tremetter had been found Ferguson kept family name while others were adopted after Burkburnett birth and the brothers grew up in different places, with Ferguson in a Fort Worth orphanage.
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San Antonio
James Ferguson
Dallas
Albert Hays
Jol
N. M
Dick Prassell
Robert Tremetter
San Diego
Calif
Hayes
Tremetter
Burkburnett
Ferguson
Fort Worth
Five Counterfeiters Seized Near Mint Washington
Secret Service seized five alleged counterfeiters and about $100000 in bogus currency a mile from the Treasury. The $20 notes were produced in an office at 1807 H Street NW. Eugene Creighton and Walter Kidwell admitted manufacturing. charges also filed against William Hughes Josephine Behar and Arthur Behar, all with Washington addresses.
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Washington
Secret Service
Uncle Sam
H Street N. W
Treasury
Eugene H. Creighton
Walter W. Kidwell
William F. Hughes
Josephine
Arthur M. Behar
Stanolind Sues Over Texas Oil Lands Near Rotan
Stanolind Oil and Gas Company files suit in 104th District Court seeking title and possession to six Fisher County land sections three miles east and south of Rotan. Defendants include Randolph Scott, J. R. Berner, H. B. Poff, Stephen D. Ford, Arthur A. Cameron, and J. G. McMillian. Cameron and Scott announced a deep wildcat at 6590 feet. contract awarded to S. B. Roberts of Abilene.
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Stanolind
Cameron
Scott
S. B. Roberts
Abilene
Public debut of fluorescent lights in New York City
The first public demonstration of fluorescent lighting occurred in New York City on April 21, 1938, highlighting a landmark advancement in electric illumination.
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New York City
Obituary notices from Whitewright and Austin area
Obituary notices report deaths and funeral details for B. S. Montgomery 91 in Whitewright Laura L. Jackson 92 in Luling J C Cad Crumley Wimberly Arlie Bolich Jr J W Walker Miss Myra Barrick Mrs Lowise McKeehen and Dewey Bennet Musgrave 49 with survivors services locations and burial plans across Texas cities.
CIO Oil Workers Vote Strike at Texas City Refinery
CIO employees at Pan American Refining Corporation in Texas City voted 813 in favor of a strike to press for a new two year contract. 123 opposed. Strikes could begin at midnight June 30 after negotiations since May 5 failed to yield any union demands.
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Texas City
CIO
Pan American Refining Corporation
Oil Workers International Union
Joe D. McGee
Ex Interior Secretary Ray Wilbur to be buried in California
Notables across the nation sent condolences after the death of Ray Lyman Wilbur at his Stanford University home. The 74 year old educator administrator and public servant served as interior secretary under Herbert Hoover. Public funeral rites are set for 11 a m Tuesday at Stanford Memorial Church with private cremation at Alto Mesa Cemetery near Los Altos.
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Palo Alto
Calif
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Stanford University
Bernard Baruch
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Patrick Hurley
Herbert Hoover
Stanford Memorial Church
Alto Mesa Cemetery
Los Altos
Prowling Cat Alarm Shocks Seattle Home
A prowling cat's visit at the Lloyd Pugh home in Seattle triggered a commotion. Pugh heard noises, chased the cat, then returned to bed as police arrived after neighbors called. Mrs. Pugh heard the scream.
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Seattle
Lloyd Pugh
Pugh
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