Death of Michigan Governor Osborn in Georgia at 89
Ex governor Chase S. Osborn aged 89 died at his Georgia home after a pneumonia illness. He married his adopted daughter and secretary Stellanova Osborn in bed days earlier, as doctors noted congestive heart failure and a final illness. Funeral plans await burial in Saulte Ste Marie Michigan.
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Poulan
Chase S. Osborn
Michigan
Stellanova Osborn
Stella Lee Brunt
Hamilton
Ontario
University of Michigan
Osborn
Georgia
Possum Lane
J. J. Crumley
Crumbley
Saulte Ste. Marie
Mich
Stellanova
Sylvester
Huntington County
Students Battle Cops In Strike At City College NY
Police and student pickets clashed on the College of the City of New York campus as hundreds joined a walkout demanding the ouster of two faculty members. Twenty seven demonstrators were arrested while police described the riot like protest and mounted officers broke up a later rally. The strike cited alleged antisemitism and racial discrimination by Prof. William Knickerbocker and economist William C. Davis, with Davis having seen earlier disciplinary issues.
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New York
College of the City of
Inine
Martin Dubin
William E. Knickerbocker
William C. Davis
Knickerbocker
Board of Higher Education
Davis
Worker killed in Santa Monica reservoir roof collapse
In Santa Monica California a five million gallon city reservoir under construction collapsed during work. One man Robert Lacy aged 62 died on his first day on the job and 14 were injured as a 60 foot square section fell. Fire Chief Crurrell said the worker was crushed and died instantly as cranes and bulldozers cleared debris.
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Robert Lacy
Charles H. Crurrell
Lacey
Taft-Hartley Repeal Battle Moves Nearer
Washington April 11 The administration's bill to repeal the Taft Hartley labor act moved one step nearer broad House debate. The traffic rules committee cleared eight hours for general House debate starting April 26. After debate the bill faces numerous amendments and a final vote likely in two or three days more. Senate debate would follow weeks later.
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Washington
House
Senate
Rules Committee
Monkey Gypsy Sparks Barroom Scuffle Over Beer
In Montreal a 10 inch tall monkey named Gypsy sought a beer from Ed Fyfe's beer hall. A tipsy patron tickled her and Gypsy bit him. the man punched the monkey and Fyfe fired him. Gypsy vanished after a Saturday night plot rumor surfaced in police court.
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Montreal
Gypsy
Ed Fyfe
Fyfe
Brilliant Meteor Streaks Across New England Skies
A brilliant meteor lit the New England night, with parts reportedly falling over Rhode Island. Observers from Portland to Long Island reported the event around 7 23 pm as pilots and scientists estimate the fireball burned blue white east of Fall River and possibly landed near Newcastle Delaware or at sea off New England.
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New York
New England
Airlines
Rhode Island
Portland
Long Island
N. Y
Air Force
Newcastle
American Airlines
Ralph W. Burford
Burford
Convair
Providence
R. I
Boston
Charles H. Smiley
Brown University
Fall River
Manhasset
Whipping Suit In Powhatan Targets School Principal
Harold Frederick Hodges aged 12 files against Herman L. Firebaugh the Powhatan school principal in Powhatan circuit court seeking 5000 damages. The suit alleges Firebaugh entered Hodges grade four class January 11 and battered him with force in the presence of teachers and pupils. Hodges claims he was left sick sore lame and disordered for weeks and a trial likely at the next term opening May 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powhatan
Harold Frederick Hodges
Powhatan Circuit Court
Herman L. Firebaugh
Powhatan School
Firebaugh
Chewing Gum Removed From Childs Lung
A four year old girl Shirley Giles of Arcola Webster county was saved after doctors at Charleston West Virginia removed a chewing gum obstruction from a branchial tube following swallowing and breathing trouble. X rays located the gum and a surgeon performed the removal at the hospital.
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Charleston
W. Va
Shirley Giles
Neal Giles
Arcola
Webster County
McDowell Miner Kills Son and Self in Tragic Home
Walter S. Jarrett 41 killed his five year old son Donald with a shotgun and then shot himself in a down stairs room of their Thorpe home. Neighbors say he had fallen into despair after his wife Clara Belle drowned near Tug Fork last February. Oscar Jarrett, 18, said his father had warned he might not be here long and would take the children with him. The weapon came from a neighbor, and a Bible lay with the bodies.
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McDowell County
Walter S. Jarrett
Jarrett
Donald
Thorpe
Mike Kereluk
Oscar
Clara Belle
Tug Fork
Kereluk
Total Lunar Eclipse Tonight Promises Night Sky Show
New York reports a total lunar eclipse due tonight with the first phase at 9:28 p.m. EST. The total phase runs from 10:28 p.m. to 11:54 p.m., with the moon emerging clear by 12:54 a.m. Wednesday morning.
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New York
Accused Banker to Face Mental Examination
Federal judge signaled he would order a mental examination for Richard M. Crowe accused of stealing bonds and cash totaling 883 660 from a National City bank branch. Crowe's attorney requested the exam and the court planned the order within two days. Arraignment was postponed to April 26 on a four count indictment.
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New York
Richard M. Crowe
National City Bank
Crowe
Peter Gulotta
Alfred C. Coxe
Fire kills three in cabin blaze near Hillsville Virginia
Hillsville Virginia April 11 two women and a man died in a fire that destroyed two adjoining cabins in a wooded mountain hollow six miles east of here Carroll county authorities tonight probed the identities of the dead and whether foul play was involved Officers said the cabins were home to Jim Nester and his wife Polly and the couple’s son Troy and his wife Juanita The Nesters son Jim Nester was last seen at Dalton Supply company before the blaze was found by Rush McCrady about 2 30 p m The coroner said the bodies were found in the kitchen doorway and near the cabin entrance all burned beyond recognition and were moved to Vaughan Gwynn funeral home in Galax
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Hillsville
Here
Carroll County
Jim Nester
Polly
Troy
Juanita
Rush McCrady
Dalton Supply Company
Highway 221
McGrady
Vaughan Gwynn
Galax
Hoover accuses military budgets of padding waste and wasteful excess
Former President Herbert Hoover testified before the Senate Armed Services Committee accusing the army navy and air force of padding funds and wasteful requests. He cited Alaska home projects tank modernization miscosts clerical errors and inflated stockpiling figures while urging tighter bookkeeping and systematic reform.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Army
Navy
Air Force
Congress
Senate Armed Service Committee
Alaska
National Guard
Hoover
Department of National Defense
Armed Services
Byrd
Knowland
Calif
Senate
Hoover Commission
Taskforce
State probes church blast that killed six in South Dakota
A state investigation into the Palm Sunday church blast at St. Marys Catholic Church began today by the South Dakota fire marshal. The explosion leveled the brick church as worshippers prayed, killing six and injuring forty seven, with twenty six still hospitalized.
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Marion
8. D
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
South Dakota
Five Arrested in Numbers Raid in Charleston
In Charleston West Virginia police confiscated almost a barrelful of numbers slips during a raid led by Sheriff Carson Richards. Five people were arrested including three women and all waived preliminary hearings for grand jury action.
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Charleston
W. Va
Carson Richards
Misery Drives Wife to Disfigure Arms in Grief over Husband
In Chicago a young wife, Mrs. Joan Bierdz, age 20, told Judge Beam she slashed her arms with a razor seeking attention after learning her husband Chester Bierdz, 26, cancer-stricken in a Bronx VA hospital, would not recover. She described despondency since a letter saying he had less than a year to live. The case, tied to personal safety damages, will resume after a psychiatric exam.
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Chicago
Joan Bierdz
Harry P. Beam
Women’s Court
Villian of Frankenstein
Bierdz
Chester
Bronx
San Francisco
Beam
VA Funds Cut In Action On Money Bill
The House Appropriations Committee recommended a $508 million reduction in the White House request for the Veterans Administration next year. It sent a $7.58 billion budget bill to the House to cover 28 independent agencies for the year starting July 1, with cuts across administration pensions and readjustment benefits. The committee preserved in full about one third of the atomic energy budget earmarked for weapons and reactors. It cited David Lilienthal stressing ongoing atomic supremacy and some control of weapons for peace.
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Washington
Truman
Veteran Administration
House Appropriations Committee
House
Atomic Energy Commission
Bulwark
Commission
David E. Lilienthal
Lilienthal
Veterans Administration
Veterans Administration Funds, It Refused To Go Along With A Budget Bureau
Veterans’ Hospital
Budget Bureau
Congress
Driver Unhurt but Eggs Go Flying in Crashed Truck
Bedford Pa April 11 a truck carrying 3000 dollars worth of eggs veered off the highway and overturned. Driver William E Melay of Suffern New York escaped injury though the egg cargo was ruined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Pennsylvania
William E. Melay
Suffern
N. Y
Melay
Chinese Reds Pose New Threat
Report from Nanking says a small communist force crossed the Yangtze to an island near the south bank as three large communist armies press assaults on north bank positions. Artillery fire was heard in Nanking while observers assess possible crossings and government surrender terms.
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Nanking
Yangtze
South China
Sparrow and Swallow Tie Simple Marriage License
Russell Clyde Sparrow and Edna Irene Swallow obtained a marriage license today in Farmer City Illinois. The couple plans a future ceremony.
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Farmer City
Ill
Russell Clyde Sparrow
Edna Irene Swallow
Foes Clash Over Marshall Plan in House Debate
In Washington on April 11 the House debated a 5.38 billion dollar European recovery bill with Republicans leading critics. Rep White warned the plan risks World War III and harms U S interests while Rep Sandowski claimed funds steal money from schools and hospitals. An amendment to aid small business passed 120 to 49 but overall vote on the bill was postponed with lawmakers set to reconvene next morning.
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Washington
House
Rep. White
D-Calif
White
United Nations
Sandowski
D-Mich
Vienna
Stefan
R-Neb
U. S
Rep
Patman
D-Tex
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Rep. Miller
Chamber
Brooklyn Tot Faces Fatal Tay Sachs Disease
Ten month old Robert Rubinstein in Brooklyn is diagnosed with Tay Sachs disease a fatal nervous system illness. Doctors say there is no known cure and expect blindness seizures and death within years. His parents Emil and his wife cling to hope someone may find a treatment.
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New York
Robert Rubinstein
Brooklyn
Robert
Emil
Rubinstein
United States
Queen of Diamonds Mabel Bell Dies in New York Institution
Mabel Bell once dubbed Queen of Diamonds died in a Manhattan mental hospital at age 54. A blonde socialite who left a cigar counter for global fame in the 1920s, she enjoyed wealth and five marriages before her commitment on March 15. The exact illness was not disclosed.
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New York
Mabel Bell
Mabel
Manhattan State Hospital
Doctors Report Kathy Victim Of Suffocation
San Marino California April 11 AP three doctors from the coroner's staff say tiny Kathy Fiscus likely suffocated in a 14 inch metal well casing after a fall. Autopsy cites no rope around neck, no drowning, and lab tests pending. Funeral planned in Alhambra with rescue efforts and heavy equipment involved.
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Kathy Fiscus
San Marino
Calif
Victor Wallace
Chula Vista
San Diego
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