Compromise Proposed To Pass Aid To Education Bill
House leaders push a compromise to approve a 300 million dollar aid to education bill amid Catholic objections led by Cardinal Spellman. The plan would set 35 million dollars per year in federal grants for states for general school health, aiding public private and parochial schools.
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Washington
A.P
House
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Eleanor Roosevelt
John W. McCormack
Percy Priest
Tenn
Senate
Graham A. Barden
N. C
Cardinal Spellman
New York
Snelling Sentenced for Embezzling Red Cross Funds
Santa Fe New Mexico reports H Tracy Snelling former public information director at the Los Alamos atomic project was sentenced to one year to 18 months in state prison for embezzling Red Cross funds. Judge Luis E Armijo imposed the sentence after Snelling pleaded guilty and waived a preliminary hearing.
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Santa Fe
N. M
H. Tracy Snelling
Los Alamos Atomic Project
Red Cross
Snelling
Luis E. Armijo
Unseasonably Cool Night Across Wisconsin
Wisconsin records a rare July chill with lows near 35 degrees in places like Land o Lakes and blanketlike coolness across the state. Lake shore areas report higher readings while prairie towns reach the 80s and 84 at Prairie du Chien, with storms and warmer weather returning later.
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Wisconsin
Land o’Lakes
Howard J. Thompson
Blair
Dalton
Lake Shore
Milwaukee
Prairie du Chien
Lake Michigan
Thompson
Kenosha
Suspects grilled in Mickey Cohen ambush case
The second suspect Tony Brancato was taken into custody on the west side and questioned at the Hall of Justice after Joseph Messina provided an alibi and was released. A search continued for the third member as Sheriff Biscailuz pressed officers to arrest the trio in the Sunset Strip shooting case.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Mickey Cohen
Tony Brancato
West Side
Hall of Justice
Joseph E. Messina
East Side
Eugene Biscailuz
Messina
Cohen
Sunset Strip
Queen of Angels Hospital
Brancato
Boyle Heights
Lincoln Heights
Petrillo Fights Piped Music Use in Chicago
James C. Petrillo accuses Chicago hotels cafes and night clubs of using non-union piped music via Muzak oper ated by Boone Electrical. He says AFM members will be withdrawn from clubs if Muzak continues using non union staff and non union pay.
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Petrillo
Chicago
New York
James C. Petrillo
AFL
American Federation of Musicians
Herald-American
Petillo
Boone Electrical Company
Muzak Corporation
AFM
Madison Police Set To Adopt 40 Hour Week
Madison policemen will switch to a 40 hour work week starting next January after city council approval. The change will reduce the current 48 hour weeks to align with the new schedule.
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Madison Police
Madison
Wis
U.P
Power Failure Halts New York Subways
A major power failure last night crippled two thirds of the citys subway system for about an hour, stranding thousands of riders on hot trains as signals failed along more than 150 miles of underground track. Passengers endured the heat while police described them as unusually stoic.
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New York
New York City
Lost wedding ring found after fifty years in Sweden
Escanaba Michigan Mrs Oscar Hornblad learned Friday a wedding ring lost fifty years ago on her family farm in Sweden has been recovered by a new tenant. The ring caught on a harrow’s prong and was identified through Swedish relatives. Engraving A.H. to O.H. remains clear.
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Escanaba, Mich
Oscar Hornblad
Escanaba
Sweden
A.H
O.H
Secrets in Diary Ties to Five Percenter Probe
A secret diary owned by James V. Hunt figures in the senate five percenter inquiry. The diary is said to name Maj. Gens. Herman Feldman and Alden H. Waitt and to link Hunt to influence over government contracts. Army officials Feldman and Waitt were suspended for poor judgment. Hunt denies attempting to sell influence. Senator Hoey notes data from the diary contributed to the suspensions.
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Washington
Senate
James V. Hunt
Hoey
D-Nc
Army
Herman Feldman
Alden H. Waitt
Chemical Corps
Gordon Gray
Senator Hoey
Senate Expenditures Subcommittee
Paul Grindle
Massachusetts
Hunt
Grindle
New York Herald Tribune
Feldman
Waitt
Harry H. Vaughan
Truman
Detective Slashed in Chase of Suspect in Chicago
Detective John E. Killackey, 32, was slashed across the abdomen with a jack knife while pursuing a man wanted for an earlier stabbing. He suffered a 12 inch wound and was listed in fair condition after a blood transfusion.
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Chicago
John E. Killackey
Senators Favor Delay In Arms Plan
Senators Taft and Smith call for delaying the foreign arms program until the North Atlantic Council drafts a common defense plan. Smith supports delaying any arms submission until the council canvasses needs and agrees on an overall defense plan. Taft favors a study of European needs before Congress acts.
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Washington
Taft
Ohio
Smith
North Atlantic Council
Senate
Council
Congress
Truman
Capitol Hill
Europe
Britain
Los Angeles
Lawrence R. Hafstad
Atomic Energy Commission
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
Canada
Atlantic Alliance
Greece
Turkey
Administration
Schnuck Loses In Court Fight Against Lien
A 13 page decision by Circuit Judge Alfred L. Drury finds William D. Schnuck liable for 8813 in the cost of a Memorial Home built for him by contractor Peter Propsom. The lien sought 9840 and the court rejected a verbal 19000 agreement with the Kenosha County Veterans Council.
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Alfred L. Drury
William D. Schnuck
Peter Propsom
Drury
Schnuck
Propsom
Kenosha County
Veterans Council
Phillippine Islands
Marjorie Schnuck
Marjorie B. Schnuck
Churchill Decries Labour Rule In Major Policy Speech
Winston Churchill charged Britain faces imminent peril from Communism and bankruptcy under Labour. He spoke to 40 000 at Wolverhampton stadium, urged a return to incentives and prudent housekeeping, and promoted the Conservative Right Road policy ahead of a mid 1950 election.
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Wolverhampton
Eng
Winston Churchill
Britain
Churchill
Germany
Italy
Midland
Birmingham
London
Cargo Ship Skaubo Sends Distress Signal 445 Miles SW of Cape Flattery
The cargo ship Skaubo flashed a distress signal 445 miles southwest of Cape Flattery as heavy cargo shifted and the vessel listed 25 degrees in 30 mph winds. Coast guards moved toward Seattle while the James O Hara stood by to assist. the ship carried copper concentrates bound for Vancouver, B C, with Inter Ocean Steamship as agent.
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Westport
Wash
U.P
Cape Flattery
Coast Guard
Seattle
Inter-Ocean Steamship Company of
San Francisco
James O'Hara
Skaubo
Seattle Coast Guard
Vancouver
B. C
French naval plane missing with 17 aboard
Paris U P reports from Agadir Morocco that a French naval plane carrying 17 aboard vanished last night during maneuvers near Agadir. Other planes hunt the area but fog and rain hinder operations.
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Paris
U.P
Agadir
Morocco
Supper Argument Ends in Stabbing Death
Chicago story reports Mrs Eleanor Loveck a 39 year old housekeeper admitted stabbing her 67 year old employer William Dolagie to death in a kitchen quarrel over supper choices corned beef versus veal chops. She said the dispute began after she bought veal chops and he brought home corned beef. She stabbed him three times with a butcher knife.
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Chicago
Eleanor Loveck
Body in Well Found in Decatur Ill
Coroner reports 74 year old Jace Oscar Davidson presumed to have taken his own life by diving into a narrow well. Davidson’s body was discovered wedged head downward with arms raised above the head. ill health cited by Coroner Harold Brintlinger.
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Decatur
Ill
Jace Oscar Davidson
Harold Brintlinger
Davidson
Bloodied clash as panther and gorilla fight ends in gorilla’s death
In Spokane a 300 pound gorilla and a black panther battled for two hours after the panther slipped into the gorilla’s cage. The gorilla was shot and killed by trainer Ruby Smith as attendants tried to separate them. The panther suffered serious injuries. a gate had been left unlocked enabling the deadly encounter.
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Spokane
Wash
Ruby Smith
al Meyers
Meyers
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Truesdell
Schwartz
Roosevelt
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Vermont
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David Briggs
Edward Thompson
Karlene Thompson
Alice Pecott
Irene Briggs
Connie Crane
Lien
Fred Byas
William Miller
Scioto
Byas
William
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