McGrath urges ban on interstate gambling info flow
Attorney General J Howard McGrath urged a Senate subcommittee to approve a bill banning transmission of gambling information by interstate telephone radio and television. He warned modern bookmaking relies on rapid race facts from about 20 tracks and interlinked communications. The aim is to cut off the heart of illegal gambling without harming press freedoms or state duties.
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Washington
J. Howard McGrath
Congress
McGrath
Senate Interstate Commerce
Subcommittee
Ernest W. McFarland
D-Ariz
Senate
McFarland
Commerce Subcommittee
Vatican Denies Polish Church State Accord Report
Vatican press office denied a Warsaw claim that Polish Catholics signed an agreement with the Communist government. Vatican sources cautioned the reports lack basis and noted the timing after Cardinal Sapieha left Poland. They warned the purported pact would imply church suppression and questioned bishops' authority to sign.
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Vatican
Poland
Warsaw
Adam Stefan Cardinal
Sapieha
Rome
Holy See
Zygmunt Choromamsky
Council of Bishops
Hungary
Cedar Rapids Talks Warm Sunday High 75
Iowa enjoyed a warm Sunday with Cedar Rapids reaching 75 degrees, tied for the state high with Ottumwa and Oskaloosa. A light shower night brought a Decorah low around 34, while Cedar Rapids recorded 0.04 inch of rain and Dubuque and Mason City saw 0.93 inch.
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Cedar Rapids
Ottumwa
Oskaloosa
Decorah
Dubuque
Mason City
Hoover attends Tolson matriarch funeral in Cedar Rapids
J Edgar Hoover arrived in Cedar Rapids Monday to attend the funeral of Mrs Josie Tolson mother of Agent Clyde Tolson. He said he was en route to the West Coast via Rawlins Wyoming when he learned of her death.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Josie Tolson
Clyde Tolson
Hoover
Confederate Veteran Thomas Riddle Turns 104 in Texas
Thomas Evans Riddle, one of Texas' four living Confederate veterans, celebrated his 104th birthday in Austin. He recalled joining Company I, 22nd Regiment of the Army of Tennessee on his 18th birthday, April 16, 1864, and said he enjoyed the party more than his wartime service.
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Austin
Texas
Thomas Evans Riddle
Riddle
Army of Tennessee
Escaped convict drives prison truck into cafe killing bystander
JELLICO Tenn UP an escaped convict Richard Rue sick of Brushy Mountain State prison farm will be charged with murder deputy says Rue slipped away Saturday night and crashed a one and a half ton truck into a cafe front. By chance bystander P L Hill died four hours later. A 15 year old boy was also injured. The cafe operator Harold Brown shot Rue in the hip as the truck penetrated the storefront. Rue survived.
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Tenn
Jimmy Jones
Jacksboro
Richard Rue
Brushy Mountain State
Rue
P. L. Hill
Billy Robertson
Harold Brown
Thomas No Communism Lot of Democracy in Socialism
Norman Thomas argues socialism preserves democracy and contrasts it with communism. He notes European socialists defend democratic procedures, cites Sweden Norway England and Belgium as anti communist examples, and outlines a proposed national coal board with balanced worker and consumer representation. He spoke in Cedar Rapids after arriving for an 8 p.m. Temple Judah address.
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Norman Thomas
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Norway
England
Belgium
Cedar Rapids
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Temple Judah
America
Coal Board
National Coal Board
National Unity Marked Popeomen Fare at Appomattox Shrine
At Appomattox courthouse the surrender house was dedicated as a national shrine with over 10,000 southerners recalling Civil War memories. Maj. Gen. U S Grant III and Robert E Lee IV, great grandsons of the original leaders, joined to cut the ribbons symbolizing unity.
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U. S. Grant III
Washington
Robert E. Lee IV
San Francisco
McLean House
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Virginia
America
Robert E. Lee
General Grant
Northern
Excited Father Crushed to Death In Car Accident
Delmar Quigley a 23 year old father died when his car plunged off an embankment in Hermosa Beach California just after his wife Jeannette gave birth to their baby. Witnesses saw him running beside the out of control vehicle and police say he slipped and was crushed beneath the wheels.
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Calif
Delmar Quigley
Jeannette
W. H. Crane
Crane
Quigley
Babe Ruth's Daughter Weds Second Time in New York
Julia Ruth Flanders, 33, daughter of the late baseball great, married Willis Grant Meloon Jr., 29, a divinity student, at the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration. The couple will reside in Eaton Center, New Hampshire, after May 15. Meloon studies for the Episcopal priesthood and attends Seabury Western Seminary, Evans ton, Illinois, with plans to transfer east.
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Julia Ruth Flanders
George Herman Ruth
Homerun King
Willis Grant Meloon, Jr
Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration
Randolph Ray
Meloon
Willis Grant Meloon
Portsmouth
N. H
Seabury-Western Theological Seminary
Evanston
Ill
Flanders
Richard
Boston
Eaton Center
Truman Sees Six Month Economic Upswing
President Truman was briefed by Leon Keyserling and John D. Clark that the six month business outlook is very strong. The confidential quarterly report, not for public release, cites strength in industrial output profits consumer buying and auto and steel production. Unemployment remains higher than ideal but not crisis level as the labor force grows.
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President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Keyserling
White House
John D. Clark
Truman
Council
Senate rejects Truman labor and treasury reorganization plans
The Senate expenditures committee recommended defeating President Truman's plans to reorganize the National Labor Relations Board and the treasury department. Taft introduced the disapproval resolution, with the panel voting over 2 to 1 to send the measure to the full Senate where 49 votes are needed. If not disapproved by May 24, the changes could take effect.
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Truman
National Labor
Treasury Department
Mr. Truman
Taft
Ohio
NLRB
Robert Denham
Denham
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
House
Congress
United States Chides Russia For Calmness Gap
The United States criticized Russia for a lack of calmness and restraint in the alleged clash of American and Soviet planes. Washington will delay replying to Moscow’s note until it gathers more information and conducts a calm, thorough appraisal.
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United States
Russia
U. S
Moscow
Eleanor and Hurley Clash on Yalta on TV Show
New York AP report describes Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt moderating a tense NBC forum with Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley accusing Yalta of a secret agreement. Senators Magnuson and Fairbank, reporter Lauterbach, and Mrs. Roosevelt urged calm as Hurley defended Atlantic Charter principles amid heated exchanges.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Patrick J. Hurley
Yalta
China
Hoover
NBC Forum
Sen
Warren G. Magnuson
Dwash
Senate Interstate and Foreign Commerce Committee
John King Fairbank
Harvard School of Chinese Studies
Richard Lauterbach
Roosevelt
Russia
F.D.R
Kudrna Named Cedar Rapids Police Chief In 19 Month Drama
Detective Inspector William J. Kudrna was appointed No 1 post at a $4 500 yearly salary by the Cedar Rapids City Council to lead the 80 member police department. He succeeds Chief Jesse Clift who retired April 1 and had acted as chief the prior two weeks. Kudrna, 47, has 22 years on the force and will be sworn in by Mayor Clarence D Se vive. Capt Frank Bukacek will act as detective inspector until a permanent appointment is made.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
William J. Kudrna
Edward A. Prochaska
Udrna
Jesse Clift
Prochaska
Kudina
Capt
Frank Bukacek
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Fire Department
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Frank Young
Ben Carson
Public Improvements
Clarence JL
Iowa
No. 1
Jury Chosen To Decide Maragon's Perjury Case
A nine men and three women jury was selected to hear if John Maragon lied in a senate probe. Prosecutors dropped two counts but will pursue four, with evidence centered on Maragon's dealings for a New Jersey molasses firm and other representations.
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Senate
Harry H.vaughan
Truman
Charles B. Murray
Austin Metals Company
Detroit
Army
Michael Potson
Chicago
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