President Truman Fails To Settle Farm Bill Row
President Truman failed to settle a row among Democratic leaders over farm legislation as he seeks a bill he can sign. The White House declined to specify the desired bill, while discussions touched on price supports at 90 percent of parity and a possible flexible scale.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
White House
Elmer Thomas
Dokla
Senate Agriculture Committee
Senate
House
Clinton P. Anderson
D-Nw
Scott W. Lucas
Ilinois
Anderson
Lucas
Thomas
Charles F. Brannan
Alben W. Barkley
John W. McCormack
Mass
House Agriculture Committee
Harold D. Cooley
Stephen Pace
D-Ga
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Distrustful Chinese Loses $50,000 Cash in Honolulu
Chong Hon, a fish stall vendor in Honolulu, reported a burglar stole $50,000 in cash from his paper sack safe while $5,000 in US savings bonds were left behind. He kept money in a tenement bed and avoided banks. Police were notified Tuesday.
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Honoluluj
Chong Hon
Chong
Son Confesses Motive In Mother's Murder In Florida
Sam Westberry 21 told police he stabbed his mother Gladys Hannah 45 to death with a hunting knife because she had it coming for allowing his aunt and uncle to adopt him as a baby. He was jailed as authorities prepared murder charges.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Sam Westberry
Westberry
Gladys Hannah
Hannah
Springfield
State Fair Attendance Surpasses Last Year in Dallas
Attendance at the State Fair of Texas runs 32,000 ahead of last year with 390,395 admissions since opening day. Souvenir Day brings exhibitors and visitors on Tuesday as the Cotton Bowl fireworks are hoped to lift totals toward a 2,000,000 forecast for the 16 day run. Disabled veterans from multiple hospitals visited the grounds and Eastland County peanut growers were honored while livestock shows and animal judging contests continued.
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Dallas
Texas
Lisbon
Sherman
Denison
Bonham
Coroner Faults Pilot in Crash That Killed Singer Buddy Clark
A coroner's jury ruled Pilot James Hayter showed lack of proper care and caution in the Oct 1 crash that killed singer Buddy Clark, 38, on Beverly Boulevard. The verdict deemed the death accidental but faulted the pilot for unfamiliarity with the landing area. Hayter is grounded awaiting a Civil Aeronautics Board hearing.
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Los Angeles
Buddy Clark
James Hayter
Hayter
Civil Aeronautics Board
Sam Hayes
Newhall
Lockheed
Burbank
Beverly Boulevard
Clark
Kiwanis Minstrel Director Arrives In Austin For Show
Sid Ekdale Jr the Kiwanis Minstrel director producer arrives in Austin to direct the second annual Austin Kiwanis Club minstrel revue Now And Then set for November 1 and 2 at Hogg Auditorium Ekdale a 20 year show business veteran previously with the Hollywood Revue and Hazel Mac Dancers was in vaudeville before joining the John B Rogers Producing Company in Fostoria Ohio and is noted for his song and dance work in prior revues
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Sid Ekdale Jr
John B. Rogers
Fostoria
Ohio
Austin
Austin Kiwanis Club
Hogg Auditorium
Henry H. Moore
Glen Lewis
Pod Ashford
Sherman Birdwell
Jim Lemon
Wilburn Harrell
Edger Davis
Fred Lacquard
John Kavanaugh
Ted Buttrey
Williann Richardson
Ekdale
Rogers Company
Engel Granted Right To Sleep in Pajamas
Sig mund Engel, 72, was granted permission to sleep in silk pajamas at the county jail after being released on $22,500 bond. He faces three additional charges in a separate case, with a $15,000 bond set for those counts, and may wear the pajamas in jail until the money is raised.
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Chicago
Sigmund Engel
Engel
J. Edward Jones
William V. Daly
Roots of Yucca Used as Soap
The article notes that roots from certain Yucca species can be used to make soap. It explains traditional uses and potential for cleansing properties among herb and plant usage discussions.
Missing Actress Sought in Griffith Park Murder Link Probed
Los Angeles police searched Griffith Park for actress Jean Spangler who vanished Friday. A purse found with a note in her handwriting led to a 200 man search and possible links to a Dr Scott and two unnamed suspects. Authorities weigh a homicide amid connections to earlier disappearances and unlisted Friday callouts.
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Los Angeles
Jean Spangler
Griffith Park
Hollywood
Miss Spangler
Henry Anger
Kkrk
Scott
Mother
Sacramento
Dr. Scott
California
Sophie Spangler
Mimi Boomhower
Central Casting Corporation
Screen Extras Guild
Comic Books Aplenty Reason for Divorce
SALT LAKE CITY October 11 Mrs Henry Garn Thompson was granted a divorce after testifying her husband bought comic books by the dozen and read them all day. Judge J Allan Crockett granted the divorce on grounds of non support.
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Salt Lake City
Henry Garn Thompson
J. Allan Crockett
Good Weather Buoys Nation Toward History Crop Volume
The Agricultural Department reports October crop summary shows the nation on pace for its second largest crop volume in history with 131 percent of the 1923-32 base and a record corn carryover. Far less favorable conditions for some crops but surpluses grow across cotton corn wheat and oilseeds.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Great Plains
Wheel-Chair Grocer Robbed for 5th Time
OKLAHOMA CITY Oct. 11. Five times since 1931 grocer M. C. Morton has sat in his wheel-chair during robberies. Monday two men entered his store and showed a photo of him after a previous hold-up. They asked if it was him and then emptied his cash register.
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Oklahoma City
M. C. Morton
Vatican Reports Red China Church Abuse
A Vatican City source said Catholic churches in areas controlled by the Chinese Communist armies have been repurposed as food warehouses prisons conference halls hospitals or theaters. Peiping and Tientsin were excepted from this alleged policy of tolerance to deceive the world.
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Vatican City
Peiping
Tientsin
Soldier Happy With Family Together
Sergeant Levi F. Davis of Akron Ohio celebrates reuniting with his family in Honolulu after they traveled from Akron to San Francisco and then to Pearl Harbor. He re enlisted to stay with them and received two days off to reconnect with his wife and nine children.
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Honolulu
Levi F. Davis
Akron
Ohio
San Francisco
Davis
Air Force
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Rogers
Lone Star
Liano
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