Balk controversy disrupts baseball season and campus sports talk
Discussion on balk calls reveals confusion among players umpires and fans as pro baseball leagues face low attendances and rising disruption in exhibition games. The piece notes leaders Ford Frick and Hap Harridge spar over calls while Leo Durocher warns of upheaval and anticipates broader impact on the sport. It also surveys the Kentucky Derby connected sports crowd including Mayer Goetz Hutson Bryant and Butts.
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Rice
Ford Frick
Balks
Harridge
Leo Durocher
Dixzy Dean
Louis B. Mayer
Bill Goetz
Harry Goetz
Don Hutson
Paul Bryant
Kentucky
Wally Butts
Georgia
Billy Conn
Max Hirsch
Dick Andrade
Duellas Sportsman
Japan Outlaws Communist Party and Europe Divides on Coal-Steel Pact
Japan announces outlawing of the Communist party after a high turnout Liberal victory signals pro US policy. Prime Minister Yoshida cites violence at a Communist rally as a trigger. In Europe Britain faces a shift as six nations forge a coal steel alliance led by France and Schuman plan aims to pool industry under an international authority.
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Communist Party
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U.S
United States
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Liberal Party
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France
Holland
Belgium
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Germany
Italy
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Ruhr
Labor
Record of U S Construction Boom in May and Five Month totals
May construction value neared two billion dollars driven by private builds and home construction rising 15 percent from April. First five months of 1950 show total new construction at about 8.1 billion, up 21 percent from 1949. Also notes espionage cases involving Harry Gold and Judy Coplon prompting calls for stern measures and court counsel rights.
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United States
Department of Labor
Department
Labor Department
Harry Gold
Russia
Philadelphia
Judy Coplon
Gubitchev
F.B.I
Baltic Plane Evidence Damns US Navy Loss
The United States released new evidence suggesting the Baltic patrol plane was shot down while Russia claimed it was driven out to sea. A recovered landing wheel indicates in mid air explosion and possible wing loss before the crash into the sea. The wheel was found by a Swedish captain 48 miles off Latvia. Navy Lt Comdr M W Cagle showed the wheel and noted a lever indicating the wheel retracted at impact.
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United States
Navy
Baltic
State Department
Latvia
M. W. Cagle
Sears Roebuck Cuts Prices in Midseason Catalog
Sears Roebuck and Company announced price reductions up to 52 percent on 4000 items in its midsummer catalog with average cuts around 7 percent. Seasonal wear declined as much as 41 percent, reflecting a large focus on rural customers and farm projects alongside city sales.
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Sears, Roebuck and Company
Sears
Supreme Court Rules on Three Civil Rights Decisions
The Supreme Court upholds three civil rights rulings on race and education. It bans segregation in railroad dining cars under federal law, requires University of Texas law school admission for Black students, and finds Oklahoma state university segregation unlawful. The court avoids broad constitutional ruling, sticking to alternative grounds.
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U.S. Supreme Court
University of Texas Law School
Oklahoma
State University Law School
Justice Department
Congress
F.E.P.C
Brannan Plan Debate Drives Iowa Primary Edge
The Iowa primary yielded a Loveland versus Hickenlooper showdown for the fall Senate race with Loveland backing the Brannan plan and Hickenlooper opposing it. President Truman and Brannan likely campaign partners for Loveland as budget-cut battles loom in Congress.
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Albert J. Loveland
Burke B. Hickenlooper
Loveland
Senator Hickenlooper
Brannan
Hickenlooper
America
Truman
Secretary of Agriculture
Congress
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Generations Praise Crazy Water Crystals in Waco
Mrs. C. C. Cowan and family testify Crazy Water Crystals have been a staple for decades. The ad touts benefits for digestion and elimination, claiming relief from upset stomachs, gas pains, headaches, and general fatigue. It promotes Crazy Water Crystals as nature’s own product of Mineral Wells Texas and urges readers to obtain them through local druggists.
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Trice Ava
Waco
Nature
Crazater CO
INC
Mineral Wells
Texas
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