Negro faith healer denies predicting Wheatley School blast
El der A Bonds, a Black faith healer, said a rumor that he predicted a Wheatley School explosion at noon was false. He warned his followers his role could be jeopardized and called for culprits to be punished as thousands gathered and 400 pupils stayed home. Bonds faces trial Saturday amid the public uproar surrounding his healing station.
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A. Bonds
Wheatley School
Bonds
W. M. Moore
Wheatley
Trotsky House Officer Shot in Mexico City
Police said a man guarding the house of Mrs. Leon Trotsky was killed in an unexplained shooting in Mexico City. A second patrolman fled the scene, with investigators lacking a lead as to the killer.
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Mexico City
Leon Trotsky
Trotsky
Russia
Federal Penitentiary
Ailing Vets in Jail Cited by Senator Pepper
Senator Pepper said on May 2 that 35 war veterans were jailed in Florida for lack of hospital beds, a condition he found by checking Florida courts and jails. He testified before a Senate appropriations subcommittee reviewing Veterans Administration requests.
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Pepper
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Florida
Senate Appropriations
Veterans Administration
Belgrade Delivers Mass Tribute On Tito Birthday
Yugoslav Communist papers denounce Russian propaganda as Belgrade marks Marshal Tito's birthday with unofficial celebrations nationwide. In Belgrade 100000 people filled the main square to pay tribute to the premier.
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Marshal Tito
Russia
Tito
Shostakovich accuses US of fearing his music
Moscow reports Dmitri Shostakovich saying the US State Department fears his music and his views on peace. He also condemns Igor Stravinsky as aligning with bourgeois modernist composers and betraying Russia's heritage.
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US State Department
Shostakovich
Russia
Igor Stravinsky
Communist Party
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Stravinsky
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Mickey Rooney Plans June California Wedding
In Las Vegas on May 26 Actress Martha Vickers obtained an uncontested divorce from publicist A C Lyles. Outside the courthouse Mickey Rooney said he would wed Vickers on June 3 in California. Vickers cited extreme cruelty and said there are no children or community property. She wed Lyles on March 13 1948. Rooney's divorce from Betty Jane Rose the former Miss Birmingham becomes final next Tuesday.
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Martha Vickers
Hollywood
A. C. Lyles
Mickey Rooney
California
Man Draws 15 Year Term in Bank Holdup
Sigmund Weil aged 44 received a 15 year federal prison sentence for the Almeda State Bank holdup on April 4. He pleaded guilty before Judge Allen B. Hannay and was given 10 years for robbery and five years for possessing and concealing the funds.
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Sigmund Weil
Almeda State Bank
Weil
Allen B. Hannay
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