Texas Trio May Offer Death Clue
Atlanta investigators pursued new leads after the murder of Margaret Refoule, 31, a Auburn haired wife of a French artist. A Texas call reported two white men and a Negro with jewelry and a camera matching stolen items, seen driving toward Fort Worth. Police questioned remodeling workers as bloodhounds traced a body found in Peachtree Creek with rope or wire marks, shoes tied, near the Refoule residence. motive remains unclear.
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INS
Margaret Refoule
Texas
Fort Worth
Clyde
Bradford
Refoule
Jon 9
Paul Refoule
High Museum
Navy's Oklahoma sinks while being towed for scrapping
The battleship Oklahoma, towed from Pearl Harbor for scrap, sank 540 miles from Honolulu. No crew was aboard. Re floated earlier, she had been under tow by the Hercules toward Oakland for scrapping by Moore Drydock Company.
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San Francisco
Coast Guard
Oklahoma
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Navy
Hercules
Oakland
Calif
Moore Drydock Company
Young Brothers, Ltd
Woman, 72, Killed Near Manchester
Mrs. Rose Fuller, 72, was struck by an Illinois Central freight train while walking along the track one half mile west of Manchester. The body was sent to the Shelly funeral home. She is survived by five sons Oliver Manchester Francis Winthrop Ray Marion Bentley and Lloyd of Wisconsin, a daughter Mrs. Frank Arp Waterloo, and a brother Merton Stewart.
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the Gazette
Manchester
Rose Fuller
Illinois Central
Here
Shelly Funeral Home
National Guard Strength Reaches 73691 in Week to April 30
Washington report notes the national guard expanded to 73,691 members for the week ending April 30 amid steady growth.
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Washington
National Guard
U N clash between Gromyko and Johnson shakes council
At the United Nations in Lake Success Andrei Gromyko and US delegate Hershel Johnson traded sharp exchanges over a point of order during a debate on the Balkans commission. The dispute centered on Greece and the right to speak, ending with Lopez suspending the session until Tuesday morning.
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Balkan Commission
Greece
Council
Sava Kosanovic
Yugoslavia
Gromyko
U. S
Soviet Union
United States
Alfonso Lopez
Lopez
Albania
Bulgaria
Kasanovic
Security Council
Special Assembly
Council Chamber
Lake Success
Chamber
Four Clients Buy Radio Program for 5.2 Million
The American Broadcasting Company announced the sale of a five times weekly radio program to four clients for 5,200,000. It features a full hour of recorded music with Paul Whiteman as master of ceremonies. Premiere is set coast to coast on June 30 under a 52 week contract. Sponsors include National Biscuit Company Nestles Milk Products Inc R J Reynolds Tobacco Company and Wesson Oil and Snow.
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New York
American Broadcasting Company
Paul Whiteman
National Biscuit Company
Nestles Milk Products, Inc
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Wesson Oil and Snow
Southwest and Michigan Phone Strikes Settled
About 45,000 striking workers at Southwestern Bell and Michigan Bell settled their disputes and will return to work in six states, leaving Ohio without normal telephone service. The Southwestern Bell pact covers 35,000 in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas, with average wage boosts around 4.42 a week. Michigan workers, numbering 10,000, gain about 4 a week with tiered increases for tenure.
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Washington
Michigan
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Ohio
Southwestern Bell
St. Louis
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Everett E. Cotter
Southwestern Telephone Workers
Fair and Warmer Weather Forecast for Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids saw overcast skies after statewide heavy rains with Sunday's forecast calling for generally fair and warmer conditions. Rain totals reached .54 inches in Cedar Rapids by mid-morning, with Des Moines reporting up to one inch. readings later showed negligible rainfall locally. Ceiling at 11:30 was 700 feet as below minimum conditions affected both inbound and outbound United Air Lines flights.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
United Air Lines
Omaha
United
Chicago
Brotherhood Ends Illinois Central Strike After Mediation
Settlement announced to end a near ten month dispute between the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Illinois Central. Thomas E. Bickers of the National Railway Mediation Board said agreements were reached on all 743 grievances that prompted the threatened strike.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Railroad
Iinois Central Railroad
Thomas E. Bickers
National Railway Mediation Board
Union and Railroad
Call by Girl Is Probed in Clock Blast
Chicago police probe a clock bomb attack that severely injured Joseph Teller a 26 year old lithograph retoucher. A homemade device hidden in an electric clock exploded injuring Teller and damaging his apartment. A caller asked for him shortly before the blast and his mother recalled abusive remarks from a girl. Police review Teller past romances for motive.
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Chicago
Joseph Teller
Anton
Teller
Joe
Texas University Closed to Negro
Judge Roy Archer denied Heman Marion Sweatt admission to the University of Texas law school. The ruling upheld separate schools under the Texas constitution. Sweatt’s lawyers said they would appeal. Previous rulings also refused mandamus.
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Austin
Texas
Heman Marion Sweatt
Houston
University of Texas
Roy Archer
Archer
University Law School
Sweatt
Conferees approve 350 million foreign aid plan
A Senate House conference panel agreed to a 350 million foreign relief program as proposed by President Truman. The compromise funds from 15 to 40 million for child feeding and removes a ban on aid to Communist dominated states under strict supervision. The measure awaits House ratification and votes expected Tuesday.
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Washington
Senate-House
Congress
Len Vandenberg
R-Mich
Truman
China
House
Senate
Joint Committee
Eaton
R-Nj
Foreign Affairs Committee
United States
Vandenberg
Hungary
Italy
Bees Visit Breaks Up Cotton Carnival Fete
MEMPHIS AP A cotton carnival band concert was disrupted by an uninvited royal visitor a queen bee and thousands of followers. Patrolman J E Jolly expert on bees captured the queen crawling up his pants leg while drones and workers swarmed him stinging him in six places. He finally corralled the swarm and placed it on a tree with spectators watching.
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Memphis
J. E. Jolly
Trujillo Says He Will Fight Communism Across Hemisphere
General Trujillo, asserting his re election as president of the Dominican Republic, announced Saturday that his term would be devoted to obliterating communism in the country and throughout the Western Hemisphere.
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Ciudad Trujillo
D. R
Trujillo
Dominican Republic
Shot in Arm is Urged for Air Industry
Washington aviation leaders told Congress that Russia outproduces the United States in military aircraft and could devastate Britain in 48 hours without the atomic bomb. They urged a five year national aircraft production plan as the U.S. industry struggles, with Meigs warning Britain could match U.S. output and risk rapid attack. Martin warned American output is overextended and new planes need four years from design to delivery.
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Washington
INS
Congress
Russia
America
Great Britain
Oliver P Echols
The
Aircraft Industries Association
Senate Aviation
Merrill C. Meigs
WPB Aircraft Division
Britain
England
Meigs
United States
Glenn L. Martin
Glenn L. Martin Company
Baltimore
Martin
Stock Market Again Drops
NEW YORK AP Heavy selling knocked down stocks a few cents to more than 2 a share Saturday. It was the second day in a row prices were under pressure at the close the index was at its lowest since January 1945. Week totals rose highest for any similar period since September last year with 980000 shares traded, as investor pessimism amid business uncertainties and foreign developments weighed on all groups. Major losers included United States Steel Chrysler Douglas Aircraft Anaconda Copper Allied Chemical Santa Fe and Schenley.
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New York
United States Steel
Chrysler
Douglas Aircraft
Anaconda Copper
Allied Chemical
Santa Fe
Schenley
Rescues Child Finds It's Hers
SOUTH BEND Ind Mrs James Peters rescued a boy from Riddle lake after a scream drew her to a pier She found the child Jimmy Peters four under water unconscious She administered artificial respiration and revived him prompting a safe outcome with his mother’s identity confirmed
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South Bend
Ind
James Peters
Riddle Lake
Carl Fall
Wallace greeted by crowd on Texas visit with communist flag
An automobile bearing a Russian flag and blaring the Communist Internationale met Henry Wallace at the Austin airport Friday night. The crowd of about 150 residents and students surged toward the vehicle as Wallace arrived for a University of Texas speech, and the car sped away quickly.
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Austin
Texas
Henry Wallace
University of Texas
Wallace
Conference On Farm Land Opens June 9
President Truman urged action to curb inflation in farm real estate prices and the agriculture department announced a June 9 conference. Secretary Anderson said lending agencies and farm leaders will be invited to discuss preventing further price rises and farm debt expansion.
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Washington
Truman
Agriculture Department
Clinton Anderson
Anderson
Federal Reserve Board
Farm Credit Administration
Federal Land Banks
American Farm Bureau Federation
The
National Grange
National Farmers Union
Rick's Plane Sets Record in Miami Arrival
An Eastern Air Lines Constellation carrying Capt Eddie Rickenbacker and a party landed in Miami at 12 01 p m Saturday after a six hour 55 minute flight from Burbank California. The voyage over 2348 miles shattered the earlier Burbank to Miami record of seven hours 14 minutes set by a Pan American Grace DC 6. The pilot was Capt Dick Merrill with co pilot Capt Henry P Mac Johnson.
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Miami
INS
Eastern Air Lines
Eddie Rickenbacker
Burbank
Calif
Dick Merrill
Henry P
Mac) Johnson
Cops Raid Bingo Party in St Marys Church
Des Moines police and a three man vice squad raided a church basement social at St. Marys Catholic Church drawing about two hundred attendees. Officers seized bingo cards and corn but found no gambling and concluded no law had been violated. The organizer Kenneth Sonderleiter had alerted police claiming to uncover legality issues and two other bingo games were reportedly in operation.
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Des Moines
INS
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Kenneth Sonderleiter
M. E. Miller
Local Newspaper Index Summary Evades OCR Jumble
Fragment shows a garbled index page with sections for Comics Editorial Features Marton Movie Radio Sports and State. Decode yields no clear events but indicates dearth of readable items and multiple misread headings across pages.
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Cecseewedeons Daily Record
Marton
Truman visits critically ill mother as tornado warning misfires
President Truman flew from Washington through wind and rain to comfort his 94 year old mother after she suffered two heart attacks. Doctors said her condition was serious but she recognized him and had full use of her faculties. Weather warnings were blamed on a misread smoke cloud, and six Navy planes avoided the worsening conditions.
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Grandview
Truman
Washington
Wallace Graham
Kansas City
Graham
Charles G. Ross
Strike Ends At Wausau Paper Mills After Boss Firing
WAUSAU Wis UP a weeklong strike by papermakers ends as workers return to work after union officials urge end to walkout. The stoppage began when company officials refused to explain why Carl Magnus vice president and general manager was not renewed. Workers had cited improved conditions since his 1940 arrival. The company said it was not obligated to explain the action and no explanation was given.
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Wausau, Wis
Wausau Paper Mills Company
Carl Magnus
Magnus
John Potter Ed Rock Island Argus Dies at 50
John W. Potter editor and co publisher of the Rock Island Argus and president of Rock Island Broadcasting Company owner of WHBF radio died Saturday in Minocqua Wisconsin of coronary thrombosis. He and Mrs. Potter had traveled there to open their summer home for the season. Body to be returned to Rock Island with funeral Tuesday morning.
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Rock Island, Ill
John W. Potter
The
Rock Island Argus
Rock Island Broadcasting Company
WHBF
Minocqua
Wis
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