Court Upholds Air Rights of Land Owners
The Supreme Court held landowners own air space above their property and may claim damages for invasions by low flying aircraft. The Causbys of North Carolina sought compensation for planes that made their farm uninhabitable and harmed their chicken business, with the majority upholding damages and sending the amount back for review. Justice Black urged that a taking occurred under the Fifth Amendment.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States Court of Claims
North Carolina
Thomas Lee Causby
Greensboro High Point
Douglas
Claims Court
Justice Black
Justice Burton
Ruml Urges New Federal Tax Approach
New York Federal Reserve chairman Ruml told the New York Employment Printers Association that a new federal tax plan with high employment balanced budgets offers a sharp break with past practice. He argued such policy would be a powerful tool to maintain employment without rigidity, noting changes in government finance and central banking since 25 years ago.
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NEW York
INS
Beardsley Ruml
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Ruml
New York Employment Printers Association
Federal Reserve
Government taxes shaped by social and economic consequences
Rum argues that government control by private lenders ends and the federal government gains final freedom from the money market. He says the prime consideration in tax imposition should be the inevitable social and economic effects of the taxes.
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Rum
Kaiser-Frazer to Start Production of Kaiser Special Car
Henry J. Kaiser announced Kaiser-Frazer will begin volume production this summer of a new Kaiser Special. The conventionally engineered rear wheel drive model is on the assembly lines now after thorough testing. the front wheel drive Kaiser will follow later.
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New York
Ins
Henry J. Kaiser
Kaiser-Frazer Corporation
Kaiser
British Food Chief named John Strachey succeeds Sir Ben Smith
In London the new food minister is John Strachey a former Marxist writer who was refused entry into the United States in 1938 due to his leftist views.
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London
Ben Smith
John Strachey
United States
Turk Who Claimed To Be 157 Years Old Dies
Halil Aga, who claimed to be 157 years old, died Sunday in the Anatolian village of Sayca, Istanbul. His age claim drew attention as a remarkable old age story in Turkey.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Halil Aga
Sayca
Resort Area Ceilings Fixed for Certain Housing
OPA said seasonal rent ceilings will be fixed for resort area housing which local rent directors may exempt from year round ceilings.
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Washington
OPA
Presbyterians Seek U S Quit Tie With Vatican
The Presbyterian Church in the U S A adopted a resolution opposing continued official ties with the Vatican and reaffirmed church state separation. The 880 commissioners joined a three year evangelism plan to add 1,000,000 members, train 100,000 lay evangelists, and establish 300 new churches or Sunday schools alongside a public relations department and support for the Protestant Film Commission.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
United States
Vatican
Presbyterian 158Th General Assembly
Assembly
Albert H. Kleffman
Wilmington
Del
Protestant Film Commission, Inc
Hollywood
Tom Condon Faces Widespread Dog Complaints in Cedar Rapids
Chief Tom Condon, a longtime dog lover, notes dogs cause constant trouble for his police work. With no local dog catcher for years, he faces endless calls about dogs tearing up lawns and property. Owners are liable for damages when dogs run loose, and Condon fears escalation if owners do not act.
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Carl Kane
Tom Condon
Condon
Cedar Rapids
Humane Shelter
Jealous husband shoots man in Chicago hotel
Donald Murray, 41, a DuPage County special deputy sheriff, said he went crazy with jealousy after finding his wife Doris with Lt. Col. John Fletcher, 46, in a downtown hotel. Murray shot Fletcher five times and stood over the body as police arrived. Doris Murray was hysterical. Fletcher, born in Canada and visiting Wheaton friends, had married a Wheaton college teacher and lived apart from his wife.
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Chicago
Donald Murray
Murray
John Fletcher
Canadian Army
Education Department
Fletcher
Doris
DuPage County
Ill
Canada
Wheaton
Murrays
Wheaton College
Morrison
Fletcher Bursts In With Gun On Eighth Floor
Fletcher remained registered at the location and, mounting to the eighth floor, forced entry into a room while armed, creating a tense confrontation.
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Fletcher
U S Churches urged to boost foreign aid and missions
The Rev Dr Walter Van Kirk urged American churches at the Reformed Church of America general synod in Buck Hills Falls Pa to cancel a planned 600 million building program or redirect funds to reconstruction in Europe and Asia. He called for expanded missionary work in war devastated countries and noted churches spend 11 per member for internal needs versus 1 per member for world missions.
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Buck Hills Falls
Europe
Asia
Walter van Kirk
New York
General Synod of the Reformed Church of America
van Kirk
Lucy Malcolmson pleads innocent of theft from Pappy Boyington
Mrs Lucy Malcolmson surrendered to police in San Diego and pled not guilty to stealing 9000 dollars from Lt Col Gregory Boyington known as Pappy. She posted a 10000 dollar bond and said she would return to Reno to await her next court date. She declared her innocence.
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San Diego
Lucy Malcolmson
Gregory “Pappy” Boyington
Reno
Nev
Film Schedule Glimpses at Time Based Theaters
The listing shows showtimes and titles across venues including Paramount, State, Palace, Rialto, Times, Strand and Marion. Notable entries include Do You Love Me at Paramount, Abbott and Castell in Hollywood at Palace, Naughty Nineties at Rialto, and Dakota at Marion with varied daily slots.
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Baster Weenasement
Palace
Abbott and Castell
Hollywood
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Joan Caulfield
Sonny Tufts
Susie Slagle
the State
Augusta Tucker
Veronica Lake
Lillian Gish
Zane Grey
Kaiser-Frazer
U.S
R. M. Schaefer & Son Liee Ae
Fed
R. M. Schaefer & Son
Presbyterians
Izonto
McGat
Leibsohn’s
Leibsohn
First Avenue East
DIAL
PT Festival
WANT
Joe Palooka
RKO
Iowa
Randolph Sear
Cae
Sena
Rita Hayworth
Janet Blair
Lee Bowman
Lanabelie
Laraine Day
Susan Peters
Lucy
Pappy
Said
Boyington
Blonde Frances Baker
Marion
Dakota
Paramounts
BSS
Rere
Epeayss
Gish
Billy de Wolfe Ray Collins
THE
Paramourt Tees Ee
Pat O’brien
Ellen Drew
Man Alive
Lena Horne
Bill Robinson
Kay Kyler
Ann Miller In
Carolina Blues
Chilé
Laurel and Hardy
John Wayne
Vera Ralston
Leo Gordy
Keane
Andrew Stone
Denneg Jou Carroll
Ruth Hussey
Boston
Lauritz Melchior
Jimmy Durante
Peter Lawford
Champens
Eee
Mawkete Downs
Salz Montrose Hotel
Pat
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