Acrobatic DP Falls to Death Off High Pole
German refugee acrobat Jerry Weitzcke known as The Great Del Orte died when a 98-foot pole at Amesbury Municipal Park snapped in strong winds during setup. He fell about 60 feet, leaving a wife and 22 month old son in London after arriving two months earlier as a displaced person.
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Amesbury
Mass
Jerry Weitzcke
the Great del Orte
London
England
Amesbury Municipal Park
Welczcke
Weirzcke
City Hall at Bartlett Undergoes First Face Lifting
Bartlett May 8 The City Hall built in 1934 is receiving its first face lifting. Wall boards are installed and painted light green. Red linoleum will replace old floors and windows and screens are being repainted.
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Bartlett
ANS
Supreme Court Validates Taft-Hartley Oath Power
The Supreme Court upheld the Taft-Hartley non Communist oath as a tool against political strikes, approving prosecutions of 25 union officials for filing false affidavits. Chief Justice Vinson led the majority, with Black dissenting. Justices Douglas Clark Minton did not participate.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
Fred M. Vinson
Stanley F. Reed
Felix Frankfurter
Harold H. Burton
Hugo L. Black
Robert H. Jackson
William O. Douglas
Tom C. Clark
Sherman Minton
Clark
CIO
Philip Murray
United Steel Workers Union
American Communications Association
Black
Lewis and
Woodruff Adolph
International Typographical Union
Labor Board
AFL
Governor Earl K. Long Returns After Heart Attack
Gov Earl K Long returns to his Baton Rouge office for the first time since a February heart attack. He greets the legislative committee that formally opened the session, then remains seated chatting briefly and will see only floor leaders that day.
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Baton Rouge
Earl K. Long
Legislative Committee
Whale Meat Could Become a Big Food Item
New York restaurateur Scotty Caputi predicts whale meat can become a staple dish serving seven nights a week with flavors mimicking chicken liver veal pork chop and tuna. After sourcing fresh whale meat from Iceland he transformed his restaurant into Whale's Inn and argues frozen whale meat could spark a large industry.
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Restauranteur
New York
Scotty Caputi
Caputins
Caputi
Scotty
American Overseas Airlines
AOA
Iceland
Georgian 70 Kills Son-in-Law in Gov Talmadge Row
A Millen Georgia shooting left Seah L Newton 57 dead and his father in law Lee Proctor 70 wounded after a Sunday argument over Gov Herman Talmadge and former Gov M E Thompson. Deputy said no warrant or inquest.
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Gov. Talmadge
Millen
Herman Talmadge
M. E. Thompson
Seah L. Newton
Newton
Lee Proctor
Walter Johnson
Talmadge
Thompson
Fort Worth Man Found Dead at Denver Trailways Depot
Police said Fred C. Maxwell, 61, of Fort Worth, was found in a washroom at the Trailways bus depot in Denver. The medical examiner ruled the death as likely from natural causes.
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Denver
Fred C. Maxwell
Fort Worth
Trailways
The Error Which Named America Goes On Sale This Month
New York May 8 A mapmaker’s mistake named America on a 1507 world map that will be auctioned for more than 50 000 this month The first published map bearing the name will be offered May 24 with a private bid of 50 000 rejected If unsold the sale is canceled The map once belonged to Franz Ritter Von Hauslab and later Prince Johann II Von Liechtenstein It will be publicly displayed at Parke-Bernet Galleries starting May 17.
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New York
America
Columbus
Martin Waldseemuller
Amerigo Vespucci
Waldseemuller
Vespucci
Franz Ritter von Hauslab
Johann the Second von Leichtenstein
Parke-Bernet
Porches Targeted as Thieves Move Home Pieces
Fort Worth reports a porch theft tied to a house moving crew. The Fort Worth Housemoving Company allegedly removed a porch to avoid formalities, and upon return the porch had vanished, prompting police to investigate the unusual theft.
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Fort Worth
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