Luce Praises Mrs Roosevelt as Best Loved Woman
Clare Booth Luce lauds Eleanor Roosevelt at a Williamsburg Settlement award dinner calling her the best loved woman in the world. She credits Mrs Roosevelt with extensive anti poverty work and civil rights progress while noting sharp political differences.
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New York
Clare Booth Luce
Eleanor Roosevelt
Connecticut
Mrs. Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Mrs. Luce
Henry Luce
Time Magazine
Tornado Strikes North of London
A rare tornado ripped through three valleys northwest of London causing at least two deaths. Flooding, roofless homes, uprooted trees, and downed power lines occurred as the storm tracked 23 miles from the Thames to the Ouse Valleys hitting Halton RAF Field Leighton Buzzard Linslade Houghton Conquest and areas north and west of the capital.
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London
Ouse
Onze
Bedfordshire
Thames
Halton Raf Field
Leighton Buzzard
Linslade
Houghton Conquest
London North
Swiss Leader Says Defense Only in Self-Defense
Swiss President Max Petitpierre told a Radical Liberal Party Congress in Lugano that Switzerland would never join any war except in self-defense. He warned of the danger of armed conflict and defended recent steps to bolster military and economic defenses as prudent, not fear driven.
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Lugano
Switzerland
Max Petitpierre
Liberal Party
Petitpierre
Salesman killed by car in downtown Houston
John Reagan Terry a 47 year old magazine salesman was killed Saturday night when struck by one automobile and run over by another in downtown Houston authorities said.
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Houston
John Reagan Terry
Favor for a Friend Costs Youth's Life
James R. Potter an 18 year old boy was struck and killed by a west bound freight train while crossing the Erie railroad tracks in Avoca on his way to deliver a wedding present. Eye witnesses said he was whistling loudly with his head lowered and unaware of the approaching train. He was delivering the gift as a favor to a friend.
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Avoca
N. Y
James R. Potter
Steuben County
Theodore Ratner
Foot-Sick US Predicted From Soft Shoe Fad
Washington May 21 The loafer fad among high school and college students is blamed for a growing foot-sick generation by Dr William J Stickel executive secretary of the National Association of Chiropodists He cautions seven of ten Americans already suffer dangerous foot ailments and warns of worsening if youths persist with soft shoes and high heels Formal supportive shoes are urged for arch health and growing feet.
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Washington
William J. Stickel
National Association of Chiropodists
Stickel
IOOF Opens Nursery Building at Corsicana
A new nursery building for 12 preschoolers at the IOOF home in Corsicana was dedicated Sunday by San Antonio Lodge No. 11 with Claud J. Carter delivering the dedicatory address. Attendees included Corney Lovelace, Ted Jasperson, Dean Cumbie, Tommy Wright, Leola McLaughlin, Mable Patterson, Dr. H. L. Stewart, Leland Dupree, and Paul Davenport.
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Corsicana
IOOF
San Antonio Lodge No. 11
Claud J. Carter
San Antonio
Corney Lovelace
Boys Ranch
Dallas
Ted Jasperson
Edinburg
Dean Cumbie
Tommy Wright
Leola McLaughlin
Barkley Warns of Wider Occupations in Cold War
Vice President Alben Barkley told an Armed Forces Day banquet in New Orleans that the United States must maintain global armed forces and may occupy more countries before the Cold War ends. He linked Soviet Russia to the crisis, urged perseverance, and warned against disarming the defense budget even at the expense of taxes.
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New Orleans
Alben Barkley
United States
Barkley
Armed Forces
Soviet Russia
Soviet Union
Supreme Court opens term with race and tidelands tests
The Supreme Court began its 1949 50 term facing two major disputes. The race issue probes whether segregation in public facilities remains lawful with equal treatment. The tidelands oil dispute continues a long state versus federal rights battle over offshore deposits. Justice Douglas returns to help decide these cases. The court also weighs price quotation rights for wholesalers in a competitive market.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Gulf of Mexico Tidelands
William O. Douglas
Douglas
Heman Marion Sweatt
University of Texas Law School
G. W. McLaurin
University of Oklahoma Graduate School
South
California
Dallas Catholic Laymen Win Order of St. Gregory Honors
Two Dallas laymen Edward Maher an automobile dealer and Edward J Solon theater circuit executive were named knights commander in the Order of St Gregory the Great Bishop Joseph Patrick Lynch awarded each man a gold cross and a sword as symbols of the honor Maher born 1891 in Chicago and Solon born in Manchester England both long active in Catholic charitable and church work in Dallas and Ranger with ties to the Third Order of St Francis and Catholic charities
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Dallas
Edward Maher
Edward J. Solon
Joseph Patrick Lynch
Lynch
Maher
Chicago
Ill
Land
Holy Angels Academy
Ranger
Solon
Manchester
England
Interstate Circuit, Inc
Third Order of St. Francis
Catholic Charities
Homemade Plane Crash Kills Pilot in Kilgore
A home made aircraft powered by a Model Ford engine stalled and crashed in a Kilgore front yard, killing pilot and builder Donald Dwight Crawford, 26, of Tatum. The single seat craft struck a trailer under which a dog lay, while two invalid men on a porch watched. Nearby residents witnessed the fatal mislanding about 10 feet from a highway as a private airport lay within 200 yards.
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Kilgore
Donald Dwight Crawford
Tatum
A. T. Cobb
Here
J. C. Boyle
Boyle
Cobb
Hadacol Promises Cure for Neuritis and Digestive Ailments
Retired Houston construction worker Al D. Engles reports relief from neuritis pains and digestive disturbances after seven bottles of Hapacor Hadacol. He praises the tonic for addressing the vitamin and mineral deficiencies underlying his symptoms and notes continued use may prevent recurrence. Trial size is $1.25 and family size $3.50 with a money back guarantee.
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al D. Engles
Dennis Street
Houston
Texas
Hapacor
Hadacol
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Tidelands
Elmer W. Henderson
American Council On Human Rights
Southern Railway
President's Fair Employment Practices Committee
Standard Oil Company of
Indiana
By Clark
A.D. Engles
Streamline
C. M. Wilson CO
Red River
A. O
Commodore Perry
Austin
Commodore Perry Hotel
Blackstone Hotel
Fort Worth
Blackstone
Tyler
Mallen
Blackstone Hotel Company
H. Fuller Stevens
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