Zephyr train cuts Electra mail service and stops
Citizens complain as the Fort Worth and Denver Railway Zephyr stops are canceled for eight Northwest Texas towns to speed up passenger service. A daily mail bag sent from Ichita Falls takes two days to arrive, and local postmaster W. P. Slaton says many calls have been forwarded to superiors.
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Fort Worth
Denver
Ichita Falls
W. P. Slaton
Zephyr
Electra
Northwest Texas
Truman Denies Holding Up Army Promotions
President Truman has not blocked Army promotions, spokesman says. A White House official notes an eligibility list for future promotions remains in Truman's desk and has not been sent to the Senate. The list prompted reports of a delay, which the official calls a misunderstanding.
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Washington
Charles G. Ross
Truman
White House
Senate
Tydings
Cmd
Senate Armed Services Committee
Seven year old survives beam trap on Seattle bridge
Seven year old Jim Albright became stuck with his head between two steel I beams on a Great Northern span near Seattle. Police and firemen freed him after an acetylene torch cut a section of the beam. a mail train was held for about four minutes. The boy, saved by quick actions of a switchman, was unharmed and sent to bed.
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Seattle
Wash
INS
Jim Albright
Jim
Clifton Albright
John France
Northern Pacific
Rival Police Chiefs Clash Over Power in Litchfield
In Litchfield Illinois on May 18 7 two rival police chiefs clash as Leroy Franklin named chief by the mayor is blocked by the City Council while R G Stiefel remains chief awaiting confirmation. Stiefel holds jail and squad car keys but cannot obtain gasoline for the city car and Franklin can buy gas on credit but lacks keys. The feud likely heads to court as both sides patrol opposite sides of town.
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Litchfield
Ill
Carless
Leroy Franklin
R. G. Stiefel
Franklin
C. Willard Peterson
Stiefel
Marshall City Commission Ends Rent Control Experiment
The Marshall City Commission approved decontrolling rents as the initial experiment began Wednesday under Governor Beauford Jester's oversight.
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City of
Marshall
City Commission
Beauford Jester
Radio Studio Afire But Show Goes On
Galesburg Illinois May 18 An INS report says radio announcer Larry Edwards noticed a smoldering fire in the studio wall during a news broadcast. He finished the cast then used a fire extinguisher to extinguish the blaze before firefighters arrived.
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Galesburg
Ill
Larry Edwards
Seven Soldiers Killed in Mortar Blast at Camp Geiricino
Rio de Janeiro May 18 UP seven army officers and soldiers were killed and at least 96 hospitalized after an 81 mm mortar shell exploded during exercises at Geiricino Military Camp.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Geiricino
Amish Farmers Win Battle With Schools
In Somerset Pennsylvania on May 18 a court ruled that four Amish farmers may keep their children out of public school to till the soil. Judge Norman T. Roose said enforcing compulsory attendance violated religious liberty. The four children aged 15 and 16 were involved. the school board must pay $60 costs.
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Somerset
Norman T. Roose
Somerset County Court
Pennsylvania
Boose
Elk Lick-Salisbury Township
Gasoline Stocks Decline After Large Yearly Gap
The American Petroleum Institute weekly survey shows a sharp decline in gasoline stocks for the week ended May 14. Crude oil production rose marginally to 4,899,350 barrels daily, while finished and unfinished gasoline in storage fell by 1,329,000 barrels to 122,071,000. Yearly comparisons show gasoline stocks well above last year’s level at 90,792,000 barrels.
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New York
INS
American Petroleum Institute
Stricken Farmer Finds Neighbors Real Friends
In Upper Sandusky Ohio May 18 neighbors rally to plant 50 acres for Ward Spitler who is recovering from an appendectomy. Dozens of tractors jeeps and trucks move in to plow harrow and plant across two farms. Spitler praises his neighbors calling them the best in the world.
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Upper Sandusky
Ohio
Thy
Farmer Ward Spitler
Spitler
Ana
Spitzer
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Amos Yoder
Enos Mast
Antarctica
Mac
the Strouse, Adler Company
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