U S Antitrust Suit Targets Western Oil Giants
The United States files an antitrust case against seven major Western oil firms in California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, and Nevada. The suit seeks to remove retailing from major companies and split refining wholesaling and retailing into separate entities. Independent producers push for a state oil commission to regulate the industry.
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Los Angeles
Ing
McGrath
William C. Dixon
Justice Department
Pacific Coast
Dixon
California
Oregon
Washington
Arizona
Nevada
Standard Oil of
Texas Company
Shell Oil of New York
Tidewater Associated
Richfield Oil Company
General Petroleum
Union Oil Company
Standard Stations, Inc
Oil Conservation Committee
Wyoming
All for Frankie Saves Pal from Pauper's Grave
In New York on May 29 a dozen slum kids in rain paid for 17 year old Frankie Romanger’s funeral after his drowning in the East River. They raised funds from door to door and by selling rags and papers, covering 485 dollars for funeral and burial.
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New York
Anthony Scarvalone
Second Avenue
Frank Romanger
Theodore H. Bushmann
Frankie
East River
Eugene
Elsie Romanger
Rudy Loizzi
Brownie
Rudy
Vail
Eugene Jr
Evely
Elsie
Cugat Plans Hit Divorce Suit Snag
Hollywood May 29 Bandsman Xavier Cugat hopes to marry singer Abbe Lane but faces a snag as wife Lorraine Allen says she will amend the divorce suit to seek only separate maintenance. Attorney Milton Golden reports stalled property talks with Cugat's lawyers and no progress.
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Hollywood
Xavier Cugat
Abbe Lane
Lorraine Allen
Milton Golden
New York
Cugat
Golden
Miss Allen
Star June Haver Ill With Internal Abscess
Actress June Haver remained in serious condition at a Hollywood hospital after an internal abscess was diagnosed. Doctors delayed surgery until she gains strength. film work on I'll Get By at 20th Century Fox paused until her recovery.
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Hollywood
INS
June Haver
John Duzik
St. John's Hospital
20Th Century-Fox
Texan Airman Killed In Okinawa Shooting
Corporal Richard E. Byrd 21 of San Angelo Texas died from a bullet wound over the heart after a shooting at US 20th Air Force headquarters in Okinawa. An orderly room attendant heard a shot at about 2:30 a.m. Thursday and saw Byrd fall with a pistol nearby. He died at a hospital.
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Okinawa
Richard E. Byrd
San Angelo
Texas
US 20Th Air Force
Byrd
A-Bombs Alter European Defense Strategy Says Analyst
A US military analyst told INS that improved atomic bombs now available in large numbers change US thinking on European defense. He says cities would be spared except in retaliation, with tactical use against Russian forces if the Soviets attack. He notes mass production allows field planning and that the B47 bomber could carry multiple bombs within a 1000 mile radius.
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Washington
INS
International News Service
Western
Europe
America
Japan
Heart Attack Kills Willing Ryan 55 FHA Loan Expert
Willing W. Ryan, 55, a national authority on FHA mortgage lending and executive vice president of Ryan Mortgage Co., died in Fort Worth after a heart attack. Yale graduate, World War I veteran, and director of Ryan Properties, he financed major Southwest projects in Dallas Houston and Austin. Survived by widow, mother, three daughters and three brothers. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Fort Worth
Willing W. Ryan
Ryan Mortgage Co
Ryan Properties, Inc
Southwest
Dallas
Houston
Austin
Yale
Martha Frances
Marian
Judy Ryan
John C. Ryan Jr
Thomas M. Ryan
Robert W. Ryan
Trucker Dies in Wreck Near McAlester
Jack Richie twenty seven from Gainesville Texas was killed when his semi overturned after losing control south of McAlester on a Sunday.
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Trucker
Mcalester
Okla
Jack Richie
Gainesville
Texas
Teens in liquor store robbery murder case baffling parents
Long Beach California May 29 Two teenage suspects Thomas Cook 17 Peggy Burns 15 and Muriel Downs 17 are charged with robbery and murder in the May 12 killing of Dominic Calarco. Parents say the trio were normal youths but detectives allege a covert crime club formed at home and in school with plans inspired by comics and radio programs.
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Long Beach
Calif
Thomas
Cook
Peggy Burns
Muriel Downs
Dominic Calarco
K. Q. Martin
Martin
Clifford Downs
Mariel
Flossie Burns
Peggy
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Democratic National Committee
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Neme
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Main St
Tel
Stotelf
KeMar
Rio Grande
Ment
Ideak
Ideal Company
Waco, Texas
Wore
Piccre
Firepiece
Eugene Trentham
Texas State Bank
19Th
Guadalupe
University of Texas
Pal
Quigg United Press
Star June Haver
Ryan
Town House
Merle Norman Cosmetics
Fryer Agp
Peggey
Aff.ry
Jos M. Kensnick
Long Beach Juvenile Bureau
Calarco
Arthur Murray
Arthur Murray's
School OF
Harry Evons
Mgr
Citron
Brown
Navy
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