Pauley Given Final Orders On Jap Trip
President Truman outlined final instructions to Reparations Commissioner Edwin Pauley for a Far East mission to assess Japanese resources for reparations. Pauley will survey Manchuria and Korea to map assets removed to Russia and form a coordinated program with China and Korea to foster independent economic development.
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Edwin Pauley
Far Eastern
Far East
Dean Acheson
Manchuria
Korea
Russia
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Soviet Union
United States
Moscow
Acheson
China
Japan
East Asia
Not Too Bad a Deal in Chickens Theft Case
Duquoin Illinois farmer J Wesley Tucker told police a thief stole 14 chickens from his hen house. In the hurry the thief dropped Tucker’s purse containing 13 dollars and 14 cents, just 40 cents under the OPA ceiling price for the poultry.
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Eddie Cantor’s Daughter Seeks Divorce in Los Angeles
The second Cantor daughter, Natalie Cantor Metzger, 29, sues for divorce from Joseph L. Metzger, 31, an antique dealer, citing cruelty and asking $75 a month for their 6 year old son Michael. Edna Cantor McHugh already faced a divorce suit with songwriter Jimmy McHugh.
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Eddie Cantor
Natalie Cantor Metzger
Joseph L. Metzger
Michael
Edna Cantor McHugh
Jimmy McHugh
Pearson to Speak to Mayflower Descendants
John Calder Pearson former Ohio society governor will address the eighteenth annual Mayflower Descendants meeting at the Roosevelt hotel on Saturday. He will speak at the 12:30 luncheon on A Mayflower Adventure. Pearson is assistant general of the Ohio society and chairman of the ag board of the general society.
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Roosevelt Hotel
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Mass Resignation of OPA Panel at Vancouver Wash
OPA officials and price panel members resign amid accusations of laxity following nine resignations from the Vancouver panel. District director McDonnell Brown urged firmer action on price violations and considered new community representatives. Of 119 cases, all but three were dismissed. two violators fined the minimum, one case referred to the district office. Brown called resignation a surprise after a pleasant meeting.
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Bicky Richards
Bakers Strike Shuts Down Illinois Cracking 80 Percent
The AFL Bakery and Confectionery Workers union called a strike in downstate Illinois and Davenport Indiana, directing 2,000 members in 30 cities to walk out. They demand wage increases up to 30 percent, end of night and holiday work, and loss replacement benefits including hospitalization and accident insurance.
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AFL Bakery and Confectionery Workers Union
Illinois
J. G. Cross
Davenport
U S Aid to Displaced Persons To Be Curbed
United States army officials said displaced persons from eight western European countries must leave the American zone of Germany by May 15 to continue receiving aid. Nationals from Belgium Czechoslovakia Denmark France Greece Luxembourg The Netherlands and Norway are affected.
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Denmark
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Norway
Death Scene Fatal Heart Attack Ends Theater Rehearsal
Hollywood reports that John Vidanoff, 24, a Geller theater student and leading man in The Eve of St. Mark, collapsed and died during a death scene. A fellow actor noticed the missed cue and a doctor said the death was a heart attack induced by the role’s excitement.
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Geller Theater Workshop
St. Mark
John Vidanoff
Dramatic School
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Vidanoff
Man Fined for Leaving Scene of an Accident
Harold L. Candler a 24 year old of 827 Sixth Street SE was taken to the station for questioning Thursday night and admitted to police he was the driver in a hit and run incident leading to a fine.
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Harold L. Candler
Sixth Street
Man Pays Fine After Leaving Scene of Accident
A Friday report states a man involved in a Wednesday night wreck waived a hearing and paid 25 dollars plus costs for leaving the scene without identifying himself. Patrolmen Henry Overman and George Rubey traced the suspect via the victim’s license number. Victim William L. Sebetka, of 530 Tenth Street SE, said a northbound car side swiped his auto and fled before he could reach home.
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George Rubey
Candler
William L. Sebetka
Tenth Street
Sebetka
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