Drug Aids Cure Prospects For Leukemia In Children
San Francisco reports preliminary cures in children using a folic acid derivative aminopterin. Dr. Coy W. Waller of Lederle labs notes 10 of 16 Boston children treated by Dr. Sid- ney Farber recovered. toxicity limits and limited supply mean results are not yet a proven cure. Further refinement needed over several years.
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San Francisco
American Pharmaceutical Association
Coy W. Waller
Lederle Laboratories
Pearl River
N. Y
Waller
Sidney Farber
Children’s Medical Clinic
Boston
Cicero Police Chief Ousted in Turbulent Vote
Cicero town board votes to replace Police Chief Joseph Horejs with the highest ranking officer Martin Wojciechowski. Town president John C Stoffel denounces move as capitulation to gangsters led by Jake Guzik. Virgil Peterson of the Chicago Crime Commission calls residents to resist corrupt elements.
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Cicero, Ill
Cicero
Cne
John C. Stoffel
Joseph Horejs
Guzik
Stoffel
Jake Guzik
Chicago
Virgil Peterson
Chicago Crime Commission
Horejs
Martin Wojciechowski
Edward Masselink
Feed Lot Cattle in Iowa Reach Lowest Levels in Years
Iowa feed lot cattle on August 1 totaled 26 percent below a year earlier, the Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service said. A high share of cattle were on grain less than four months, with 44 percent under four months and 30 percent from four to seven months, while only 26 percent exceeded seven months. Marketing intentions show a shift to early sale, with just six percent on feed expected to be held until December or later. Most cattle on feed are expected to be marketed in September.
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DES Moines
Iowa
Iowa Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Skeleton of Man Vanished 12 Years Ago Identified
A skeleton found beneath a basement concrete patch in Chicago is tentatively identified as Adolph Sachs a 36 year old toolmaker who disappeared after leaving home on December 29 1935. Dental work and an anthropologist aided identification. Sachs wife Catherine and children Robert and Donald were left with questions after a traffic crash three weeks before his disappearance.
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Chicago
Adolph Sachs
Hastings Street
Former Czech Minister Becomes Fugitive in Germany
Vladislav Brdlik, 69, ex agriculture minister of Czechoslovakia, arrived with his wife at the Moschendorf refugee camp in the U S occupation zone of Germany. He says he fled with help from groups inside Czechoslovakia and plans to go to Frankfurt, citing ongoing support for friends abroad.
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HOF
Germany
Vladislav Brdlik
Brdlik
Moschendorf
U. S
Czechoslovakia
Frankfurt
Woman catches 525 pound tuna off Provincetown
Evelyn Headington of Mantoloking New Jersey, at 5 feet 3 inches and 110 pounds, hauled a 525 pound tuna off Race Point with rod and reel, the largest locally caught with a line in years.
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Provincetown
Mass
New Jersey
Evelyn Headington
Mantoloking
N. J
13 Killed in Crash of B-29 at Walker AFB
A B-29 Superfortress crashed after takeoff from Walker Air Base in Roswell New Mexico killing 13 of 21 aboard. Eight survivors were hospitalized. The crash occurred around 11 30 p m on a routine training mission. A board of officers opened an investigation to determine the cause. No Lowans among the dead.
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Roswell
N. M
Takoff
Walker Air Base
J. C. J. Beck
Beck
Military officials seek reinstatement of selective service
McLain said the force was far below required strength and that rebuilding regulars necessitated reinstating selective service. The remarks emphasize manpower shortfalls and a call for conscription to restore troop numbers.
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McLain
Mac Short Dies at 51 Acknowledged Aircraft Designer
Burbank California reports the death of Mac Short a vice president at Lockheed Aircraft Company and a leading airplane designer. He died Friday from a heart attack.
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Burbank
Calif
Mac Short
Lockheed Aircraft Company
Radio NOTES and COMMENT on Saturday night program lineup
Radio notes preview a Saturday schedule with Jack Pear joining Twenty Questions on Mutual stations and Bill Slater hosting. Guests include regulars Fred Vandeventer Florence Rinard Herb Polesie and Bobby McGuire plus NBC Who coast interviews from mid ocean.
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Jack Pear
Mutual
KCRG
KCRK
Bill Slater
Fred Vandeventer
Florence Rinard
Herb Polesie
Bobby McGuire
Army To Carry On UMT Battle
Washington reports Lt. Gen. Raymond S. McLain says the army will push Universal Military Training in the next Congress. He notes the Fort Knox UMT unit is closing but denies scrapping the idea, insisting UMT remains essential to long term national security.
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Washington
Army
Congress
Raymond S. McLain
Fort Knox
81St Congress
McLain
Widower To Get New Mommy for His Six Children
A Camden laborer with six motherless children won the hand of Annetta Newman a 30 year old divorcee who advertised for a widower with kids. Taylor of Strai was proposed to during her visit to his home as the meeting followed his wife’s death 14 months ago. The bride said she is eager to care for the ready made family and that love for the children matters more than money.
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Camden
N. J
Annetta Newman
Mary Taylor
Strai
Annetta
Iowa Brothers Freed On Bail After Philly Assault Case
Allen Smith 19 and Ralph Smith 24 of Council Bluffs Iowa were released on $1 000 bail each by Quarter Sessions Judge Gerald F Flood. They faced aggravated assault and battery and resisting arrest charges after a taxi fare dispute led to beating and biting a patrolman on both arms by the brothers.
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Philadelphia
Allen Smith
Ralph
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Gerald F. Flood
John Benzing
First UN supervised convoy reaches Jerusalem
The first food convoy under United Nations supervision reached Jerusalem from Tel Aviv by the Latrun route. Arab Legion interference had blocked all previous attempts to pass convoys on the main road, marking a breakthrough in delivering aid.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
United Nations
Jerusalem
Latrun
Arab Legion
Theaters Show Easter Parade and Movie Lineup
Saturday programs list showings across Paramount Iowa State Town Palace and Strand. Titles include Easter Parade Port Said Gunman's Code Crimson Canary and more with varied times.
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Strand
Marion
Edgar A Guest The Poet of the People
A reflective poem questions the roots of hate and asks who began strife among people. It contrasts the belief that all men are equal in birth with the enduring hatred stirred by greed and creed and calls for an end to old hatreds.
Radio Symphony Memos And Orchestra Listings
Schedule shows NBC Symphony News Memos at 6 30 with Red Feather segment and 6 45 sports cameraAustin Orchestra program at 10 15 Serenade 10 45 Del Courtney Dance Orchestra Tommy Dorsey Presented. Includes Sing It Again at 7 15 and Lawrence Welk and Georges fine orchestra at 11 15 p m.
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Iowa
Gimes
Ws Sports
Cman
Cladie Neers
del Courtney
Dance Orchestra
Tommy Dorsey
Goldwyn Prepares Unlucky Wiggly in Connecticut for Dana Andrews
Sam Goldwyn vacationing at Tahoe while buying Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut from the Epstein twins to star Dana Andrews and Teresa Wright. Vittorio de Sica discusses Bicycle Thieves and Shoe Shine with realism in casting. Babe Ruth’s health clouds Allied Artists as Green Bay Packers film moves to fall 1949 with Tony Owen producing. Danny Kaye shifts plans Australia bound after London trip.
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Hollywood
INS
Sam Goldwyn
Tahoe
Frances
New Yorker
Epsteins
Dana
London
Babe Ruth
Allied Artists Studio
Monogram
Green Bay Packers
Green Bay
Wis
Tony Owen
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WGN
Robert Merrill
The
Met
Henry Weber
M Howard
Cbs-Wmt
Horace Heidt
Lee Thompson
Andya Day
NBC
Gildersleeve” Peary
New Mexico
Exzile Pinza
Telephone Hour
Mary Martin
Mr. Pinza
St. Louis
Sally Benson
Songjstress
Margaret Whiting
Kcrg-Gazette
Philly
Key Largo
Heart of Virginia
Big City
Rio Grande
Western Union
Millie
Port Said
Edgar A. Guest
the Poet of
the People
Marion- Kenwood
First Avenue
CEM
Sasama
Cedar Rapids
Lowa
Red Feather
NBC Symphony News
Sports Camera
Austin Orchestra
Kale Sey
George Fine O
Ible
Lawrence Welk
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Marxian Moon
Stalin
Ilya
Boris
Sascha
Dmitri
Manya
Fanya
Siberian
Louella Parsons
Goldwyn
Rome
Vittorio de Sica
de Sica
Donna Reed
Allied Artists
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Danny
Sylvia
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Melbourne
Brisbane
England
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Py Tan
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Noreen Nash
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Errol Flynn
Ann Sheridan
Branselan
Midwest
Jimmy Smith
Ralph Slade
Melodyland
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Aus
Art Mooney
Gall Sisters
Org
Tgp
Daving
Ann Miller
Tc Tir Ora
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Bill "and
Coo
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Nenge
ST Times
Jimmy Wakely
Laurel and Hardy
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25Core Candies
James Stewart
Jane Wyman
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Fussy Knight
Crimson Canary
Noah Berry, JR
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