European Reds Influence Far Exceeds Membership
UP dispatch summarizes a survey showing European Communist parties wield voting power far beyond their small memberships. Across 12 nations, votes total about 19.68 million vs 8.09 million members, with ratios from eight to one in the Netherlands to about one and a half to one in Czechoslovakia, and notable results in Bulgaria, Sweden, France, Italy, and Germany.
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Communist vote shares show varied strength across Europe
Fragments indicate in Finland the bloc with the People's Democratic Union reached 23.9 percent, in Czechoslovakia the party tallied 40.3 percent in Bohemia Moravia and 30.65 in Slovakia, with strength rising in Slovakia and weakening in Bohemia Moravia. Britain shows weak overall, with estimates of 20 to 30 times the 43,000 members, yet only two of 640 MPs and 215 of 6,000 local council seats.
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Czechoslovakia
Bohemia- Moravia
Slovakia
Bohemia-Moravia
Britain
Allies To Divide Jap Navy Vessels by Lot
Tokyo United States United Kingdom Russia and China will each receive six destroyers and 17 destroyer escorts from 92 Japanese reserve ships. The Far East naval commander announced on Tuesday the division by lot among the four powers.
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United States
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China
Far East
Child Smuggled In To See Mother in Hospital
In Montclair New Jersey 12 year old Bobby Lake carried a duffel bag during a hospital visit to his mother raise suspicion of hospital staff who looked inside finding the child hiding there. The incident prompted security checks and parental inquiry.
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Montclair
N. J
Bobby Lake
Time to Quit in Garden City as Teacher Resigns
Alta Brown, a Garden City teacher for 42 years, resigned Monday saying she felt it was time to quit as grandchildren of former pupils began attending her classes this year.
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Garden City
Kan
Alta Brown
Examinations for Meat Inspectors Set for June 16
Civil service exam for meat inspector livestock inspector and virus serum inspector with salaries from 2168 28 to 3021 annually. Vacancies will be in the department of agriculture bureau of animal industry across Iowa Minnesota Nebraska and the Dakotas. Eligibility requires a written test and at least two years experience in livestock handling slaughtering or meat processing.
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Job openings for civil service examiners in Nebraska
Applications must be filed with the executive secretary a board of U S Civil Service examiners Department of Agriculture Lincoln Neb not later than June 16.
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U.S. Civil Service Examiners
Department of Agriculture
Lincoln, Neb
After 48 Year Wait He Gets Travel Pay
Ed Gard was discharged in Manila in 1899 after the Spanish American War and filed for 374.30 for travel to the United States. He received the check 48 years later and invested the money in government bonds.
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Marshall, Ill
Ed Gard
Manila
United States
Gard
Army sergeant eyes recruits as would-be soldier balks
In St Paul Minnesota Sgt Michael Gallagher of the army recruiting station keeps trying to enlist prospects. He has written 20 letters to 63 year old William Butler about army life. Butler visited the station but said he has no plans for an army career at his age.
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Butler ST. Paul, Minn
Michael Gallagher
Army
William Butler
Gallagher
Butler
Five Civil War veterans left in VA hospital system
Washington reports the Veterans Administration says there are only five Civil War veterans remaining in its entire hospital network. The statement highlights the dwindling number of surviving veterans within federal medical facilities as aging spans narrow.
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