Pepper Smathers clash tests Truman era strength in Florida
In a Florida primary peppered by a high stakes Senate race Pepper faces Smathers in a battle seen as a tilt on the Fair Deal program. Florida, Alabama and Ohio contests shape 1950s Democratic splits with 1,006,050 registered voters and a large turnout expected as party leaders weigh national implications.
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Alabama
Ohio
Indiana
Senate
House
George Smathers
Sen
Pepper
Smathers
FEPC
New Dealer
Truman
Florida
Texas Governor Urges Crime Helpless to Stay Out of State
Governor Allan Shivers in Fort Worth warned national crime syndicates to quit Texas and told authorities to go after criminals with no restraint. He cited Homer Garrison’s warning that crime in Texas rose 53 percent and urged local officials to lead a broad public effort with citizen backing and duty to serve on juries.
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Fort Worth
Allan Shivers
Texas
Texas Rangers
Vernon
Santa Rose
Austin
Highway Patrol
Department of Public Safety
Homer Garrison
Shivers
Garrison
Negro Vote Demo Group Allowed In Jay Bird Primary
Federal Judge T M Kennerly ruled the Jay Bird Democratic Association of Fort Bend County is a political party. Negroes must be allowed to vote in its primaries with elections set for next Saturday and June 3. The suit by five Fort Bend County Negro farmers sought damages, later waived, arguing Jay Bird endorsement equated to county and precinct office election and that primaries offered the only real choice.
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Houston
Federal
T. M. Kennerly
Jay Bird Democratic Association
Fort Bend County
John Terry
A. J. Adams
Jay Bird
Adams
Alimony Payment Delayed Over Lost Shoes
A New Haven man tells the probation office he cannot make his weekly alimony payment because his wife took his shoes. Assistant Probation Officer Popolozio asks why he cannot go downtown. the man replies with the footwear theft.
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New Haven, Conn
Alfred J. Poplozio
AS YOU LIKE IT AND OTHER RECENT STRANGE REPORTS
A collage of quirky tales from page 2 to 24 covers Lassie the cow evading capture, a fox and jackrabbit on a railway handcar, and the Texas Game Commission’s sportsman notes. Indiana fugitive Buel Brady hid on a riverhouseboat, then fled to Kentucky before capture. A New York refugee burned Stalin Molotov posters. judge dismissed the disorder charge.
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Texas Game Commission
Buel Brady
Indiana
Brady
Ohio River
Kentucky
New York
Stalin
Molotov
Tobey Accuses Phone Firms of Aiding Gambling
Senate hearing hears Rep Tobey charge telephone companies aid bookmakers by supplying service to Frank Erickson and others. Executives Bailey and Landon defend public obligations and cooperation with authorities while rejecting unilateral denial of lines. Kefauver and McFarland press for stronger cooperation and action to curb gambling information.
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Washington
Senator Tobey
Frank Erickson
Tobey
New Hampshire
Bailey
Whitney Landon
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Senate Commerce
Landon
At&t
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Hone
Ilegal
Mayor suffers heart attack in mock Communist siege
In Mosinee Wisconsin a 14 hour May Day mock invasion ends with Mayor Kronenwetter collapsing from exertion. About 1700 residents watched as authorities staged a fake occupation while bands played and banners burned. The mayor was rushed home and then to St Marys Hospital in Wausau.
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Ralph Kronenwetter
Mosinee
Wis
American Legion
Red
Ralph Krovenwetter
Dessert Park
Kronenwetter
St. Mary's Hospital
Wausau
William H. Knoedler
Red Star of Russia
Charles L. Larson
State
Rain drenches Texas as rivers rise statewide
Heavy rains from Lubbock to Texarkana push North Texas rivers upward with 2.18 inches in Texarkana and 2.38 inches near Bonham. The Lubbock area sees a 4.18 inch three day total, with forecasts of more showers through Wednesday and warm highs in the 65 to 78 degree range.
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Lubbock
Texarkana
North Texas
Lufkin
Red River
Bonham
Electra
Ain
Dallas
Austin
Colorado River
Columbus
Bay City
Soviet Jet Planes Reported in China
Formosa reported by Taipel that Nationalists charge new jet fighters of the Soviet Far East Air Force have joined the Chinese Communist Air Force in operations against government forces. The communique cites late model jets sighted near Shanghai. no independent confirmation exists.
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Taipel
Formosa
Russia
Far East
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hong Kong
Far Eest
Hangchow Bay
Shanghai
Sovet
Marshall Aid Goes To Reds Says Kem
Anti Communist crowds clashed with East Berlin police during May Day celebrations. Western rioters hurled bricks at Eastern patrolmen near Potsdamer Platz while police kept to their side. Moscow staged a grand May Day parade with 64 four engined bombers. In Johannesburg and Vereeniging native riots left 13 dead and thousands mobilized. In Paris Communists marched near Bastille while De Gaulle addressed crowds with the RPF carnival scene.
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Berlin
East Berlin
West Berlin
Moscow
Russia
Stalin
Wassily Stalin
Johannesburg
South Africa
Vereeniging
Paris
Bastille
General Labor Confederation
CGT
Bois de Bologne
Charles de Gaulle
French People’s Rally
RPF
Senate Debates Foreign Aid Amid War Material Charges
Senate hearings reveal claims that Marshall Plan countries may be shipping arms and materiel to Russia and satellites. Critics call the aid program a fraud as debate intensifies over a 3.37 billion dollar foreign aid bill and Europe's economic recovery strategies.
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Washington
Kem
R-Mo
Russia
Jenner Rand
Senate
Kern
Twister Hits Convent Injuring Negro Pupils Near Natchitoches
A tornado struck Cloutierville near Natchitoches on Monday demolishing a Negro convent and several homes. Two of 104 pupils suffered minor injuries and three children were reported missing. Sister Celeste described praying as the storm arrived and noted the funnel looked like a ball of smoke.
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Natchotoches
Cloutierville
Karl Morris
Celeste
South Pacific and Way West Win 1950 Pulitzer Prizes
The 1950 Pulitzer prizes were announced by Columbia University. South Pacific won for drama and The Way West for fiction. Awards also went to journalists Samuel Flagg Bemis, Meyer Berger, John Guthman, Edmund Stevens, and others for reporting, editing, and international coverage. Program honors memorialize Memorial Day as a day of prayer for peace.
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New York
A. B. Guthrie Jr
Chicago Daily News
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Illinois
Columbia University
Joseph Pulitzer
Samuel Flagg Bemis
John Quincy Adams
Meyer Berger
New York Times
Howard Unruh
Jp Camden
John O. Guthman
Seattle Times
Melvin Rader
University of Washington
Edmund Stevens
Christian Science Monitor
Russia
Carl M. Saunders
Jackson, Mich
Citizen Patriot
James T. Berryman
Washington, D. C
Evening Star
Washington
Bill Crouch
Oakland
Calif
Tribune
W. Larkin
America
Gwendolyn Brooks
Annie Allen
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Everett Fisher
Brooklyn
Saunders
Congress
Columbia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pulitzer
Graduate School of Journalism
South Pacific
Richard Rodgers
Oscar Stein
James A Michener
Navy to modernize with atom sub and guided missile ship
Admiral Forrest Sherman won quick House committee approval for a 350 million dollar Navy modernization plan. It includes converting a heavy cruiser into a guided missile ship and building an atomic powered submarine within three years after funding, with six Essex class carriers slated for modernization.
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Washington
Forrest P. Sherman
House
Sherman
Armed Services Committee
Vinson
D-Ga
Herman
Naval Operations
Navy
Chrysler, UAW Agree Verbally on Pact to End Strike
Detroit May 1 UP Chrysler and the CIO United Auto Workers reportedly reached a verbal agreement on a new contract to end the 89,000 worker strike. Chrysler general manager Herman L Weckler said pension and other issues remained to be written into contract language. UAW President Walter P Reuther cautioned that issues remained unresolved as talks continued past 50 hours in a mid city hotel.
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Detroit
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers
Herman L. Weckeler
UAW
Walter P. Reuther
Weckler
Reuther
Re Jainder
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