Storm swept derelict schooner search spans coast
Coast Guard planes scoured the east coast at dawn to find a storm battered derelict schooner believed to harbor two children locked below decks. Sighted two days earlier 70 miles off Charleston by a tanker, the vessel is linked to Donald Parrot of Salem sailing from the Bahamas with his wife and two children aboard.
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New York
Coast Guard
Charleston
S. C
Donald Parrot
Salem
Mass
Bahamas
Phantom ship row raises search for missing children
Coast Guard and armed services mounted a massive air and sea search for the crewless schooner Keewatin and two missing children, David aged 4 and Steven, believed confined below deck. Eyewitness accounts say Parrot locked the youngsters in a cabin for safety during storms while pursuing a Cape Charles course with a plan to stop at Great Abaco Island.
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Charles F. Hansel
Charleston
Capella
Coast Guard
Nassau
Great Bahama Bank
Parrot
Sansel
Cape Charles
Great Abaco Island
British West Indies
Europe Urges U S Arms Aid For Atlantic Pact Nations
The State Department plans to publish notes from several North Atlantic Treaty members requesting urgent U S military assistance. The package would total about 1.25 billion dollars in military supplies over 12 months as Congress debates a broader foreign aid bill.
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Washington
U. S
State Department
Congress
Capitol
Connally
D-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Connatty
Ernest Grogs
Senate
James F. Webb
Department
United States
Senator Connally
Bret Webb
Truman
Budget Bureau
Defense Department
Europe
Headless rooster seized in Los Angeles court dispute
Mrs Martha Green sues the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and a pet hospital operator for $2,500 after Lazarus the headless rooster was seized from her home. She says she bought the bird on April 2, it crowed and walked hours later, proving a miracle and drawing thousands of visitors.
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Los Angeles
Lazarus
Martha, Green
Fast radio taxi sparks streetwise sprinting housewife
A Binghamton housewife phones for a taxi and the radio dispatch system forwards her call to a driver next door. The driver arrives before she finishes hanging up. She insists on another company. In Boston, horse players reportedly left tickets worth up to 250000 unclaimed at Suffolk Downs. John Pappas, head of the Eastern Racing Association, testified to a legislative committee. In Washington, Mme Genevieve Jaudoin-Prom notes French women believe American babies are monitored by electric sitters and that women handle home chores by pushing buttons.
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Associated Press
Binghamton
Boston
Suffolk Downs
John
Washington
Mme
Genevieve Jaudoin- Prom
Mme. Jaudoin-Prom
Club Feminin de Liaison
Georgia Teachers Rebel Over Tax Vote And Walkouts
Georgia teachers meet stiff rebuff after threatening to walk out to force new school funds. About 200 quit classes. 1,000 more expected as Polk and Chatooga counties close schools. Leaders urge contracts be fulfilled. officials warn pay stops for days out.
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Atlanta
Georgia
O. C. Aderhold
Athens
Georgia Education Association
Aderhold
GEA
Roy Adama
Paul Hurt
Polk County
Herman Talmadge
L. M. Shelf
Rockmart
Polk County Teachers Association
Shelf
B. E. Thrasher, Jr
M. D. Collins
Chatooga
C. B. Akin
Uke Chatoozga
Haralson
Sea
Professor Joins Ranks Of Absent Minded Men
A University of Cincinnati professor, famed for absent mindedness, left his coat and hat on a sale rack during a campus sale. A UC employee took the items after paying a student a dollar, then returned the clothing and the dollar after the error was found.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Nine-Year-Old Ronald Self Dies In Accidental Hanging
In Norwalk Connecticut nine-year-old Ronald Self hanged himself while playing with a rope from a tree. His mother cut him down and sought help, but police and an inhalator arrived too late. Dr. William H. McMahon ruled it an accidental hanging with no witnesses.
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Norwalk
Conn
Ronald Self
Harold Self
William H. McMahon
Pyramid Clubs Illegal In Virginia
Virginia Attorney General J. Lindsay Almond ruled pyramid clubs violate state gaming laws. He said no Virginia constitution or code defines a lottery and any scheme with prize, consideration and chance is condemned, citing the pyramid club's elements as clearly a lottery.
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Richmond
Virginia
J. Lindsay Almond
Commonweallth
Henrico
Hanover
Almond
T. Gray Haddon
Commonwealth
Popular Newspaper Carries Inside Story On Finances
A popular newspaper presents an inside look at finances tied to a local bill drive. Report highlights funding sources, budget implications, and community impact with emphasis on key figures and institutions involved.
Damages Sought By Woman In Rape Case
A prior note details damages sought by a woman alleging rape in a Missouri case. The report covers legal arguments on lottery like schemes, constitutional sections, and related court actions. It mentions attorney general views, Haddon’s letter, and references to related cases and laws. The piece also discusses a pyramid club scheme and a newspaper pay envelope concept. Local names include Almond and Burgan, with mentions of Blue Ridge Glass Corporation and Public Clearing House versus Coyne.
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Haddon
Public Ee
Emer Clearing House
Coyne
Sparntlan
Ikea
Wna
Pyramid Club
Blue Ridge Glass Corporation
W. Burgan
Almond
Garrett W. Denise
Bursan
Street Scenes of Moving Life and Support at Crossroads
A harried young professional, newly moved, drives to his old home only to discover he no longer lives there. A train stop at a crossing yields a friendly wave from the engineer and a shower of cinders. Nearby, a group of young women consoles a friend about a dental procedure, with all insisting on accompanying her and holding her hands.
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Worean
D River
Permanent Registration Bill Passes Both State Houses
Tennessee's election system overhauled as an amended permanent registration bill clears both chambers and goes to Gov. Browning. It covers counties with 50,000+ population and cities 2,500+. Senate backed 22 to 0, House voice-voted concurrence.
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Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
General Assembly
Gordon Browning
Senate
House
Tennessee Press Association
Counies
Charles B. Fields
Union City
4. H. Gray
Brownsville
B. Bowles
Knoxville
Clifford &. Allen
Senate Fails On Contractors Bill In Tennessee
Nashville lawmakers report that a bill to compensate contractors for highways cancelled by Governor Browning failed in the Senate for lack of a constitutional majority. The vote 16 to 17 reflected opposition from Charles M. Everhart and others. Debate cited previous highway department contracts and potential savings of 3 to 4 million dollars. The chamber also advanced two Labor Department bills, cutting women’s industrial hours from 57 to 48 per week and raising the working age for minors from 14 to 16 with some agricultural and domestic exceptions.
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Nashville
Charles M. Everhart
Kingsport
Gordon Browning
Bald Everharts
L D. Beasley
Carthage
Highway Department
House
Labor Department
Senator Attacks Nashville Editor Over Column Jibe
Nashville Tennessee senator Frazier Riggins attacked Joe Hatcher, Nashville Tennessean editor, accusing him of lies in a column criticizing Riggins for opposing a bill on locked metal ballot boxes. Riggins called Hatcher a coward and threatened to have him arrested to prove the allegations. Hatcher replied there has been too much smoke from Stewart for there to be a real fire.
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Nashville
Tenn
Frazier Riggins
Bumps Mile
Taday
Joe Hatcher
The
Nashville Tennessean
Hatcher
Riggins
Senate
Land
Stewart Snot
Massive U S Liner to Stretch Atlantic Trade Edge
The United States will build a 44- thousand ton superliner at Newport News for 87.35 million dollars with 1,000 crew, speed about 30 knots and 12,000 troops ready. government funds total 45 million, US Lines 28 million, defense features, wartime conversion possible, due to sea in 194? summer.
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Washington
Britain
W.W. Smith
Maritime Communsion
United States
National Defense
United States Lines
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Newport News
Smith
Maritime Commission
U. S. Lines
Newport News Shipbuilding Company
Famous Painter Ezra Winter Dies by Own Action in Connecticut
Ezra Winter, 83, renowned muralist, was found fatally shot in the woods behind his Canaan home. Medical examiner ruled death self-inflicted. Winter’s works adorned major venues including the Congressional Library, Radio City Music Hall foyer, and Eastman Theater, with no notes left behind.
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Canaan
Conn
Ezra Winter
R. C. Sellen
Fred Blackwell
Winter
Elton Nolen
Blackwell
Congressional Library
Washington
Radio City Music Hall
New York
Clark Memorial Building
Vincennes
Ind
Eastman Theater
Rochester
N. Y
Bank of Manhattan
New York City
Able Mabel Sets New Payload Record for Carrier Plane
Baltimore The Martin Mauler also known as Able Mabel set a new unofficial payload record for single engine planes. The Glenn L. Martin Company said on a recent test flight the plane carried a 10 889 pound payload. Total weight with load was 20 332 pounds including three 2000 pound torpedoes twelve 250 pound bombs and four 20 mm cannon with 800 rounds of ammunition.
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Baltimore
Glenn L. Martin Company
Chinese Leader Offers to Sacrifice Self for Peace Talks
Acting President Li Tsung jen telegraphed Mao Zedong offering to be burned or dismembered if it would help end the civil war. He rejected the Communist ultimatum demanding surrender of leaders, saying peace negotiations have started and he will follow Sun Yat Sen in seeking a new China with democratic personalities.
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Nanking
Li Tsung-Jen
China
Mao Tze-Tung
Chines
Peiping
Mao
Ike
Sun Yat-Sen
Democratic League
Sen Chinese
All But $60,000 Which Banker Took Has Been Recovered
National City Bank figure Richard Crowe faces recovery of most stolen funds after FBI assistance traced 690,000 in bonds hidden in the attic of his Staten Island home. Crowe disappeared March 12 and was later arrested in Daytona Beach. Authorities say about 193,580 cash and bonds totaling 483,863 were stolen from the Broadway branch vault. The case goes to a grand jury as wife Mia Crowe recalls his admission and wait to surrender.
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New York
Richard Crowe
National City Bank
Crowe
FBI
Staten Island
New York Harbor
Mia
Honora Walt Crowe
Broadway
Peter F. Gulotta
Daytona Beach
Min
Crowes
Selunar Tables Outline Major and Minor Periods
The text describes boldface Major Periods starting at listed times and lasting about ninety minutes to two hours, with regular Minor Periods of shorter duration. A schedule from John Alden Knight's Saturnar Tables is printed below to aid planning for hunting in good cover, using Eastern Standard Time.
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John Alden Knight
Lake Stage Readings At Cherokee And Dougina Reservoirs
Observed water stages were recorded at the Cherokee Reservoir dam and Dougina Reservoir on Friday morning. Cherokee stood at 1048.7 feet above mean sea level while Dougina reported 9467.4 feet above intelligible level.
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Cherokee Reservoir
Dougina Reservoir
Intennes
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N. C
Army
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Hadley Parrot
N. W. Rice
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U.S
Blue Ridge Glass
Rv Bill Maniaa
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Vince Foster
Chicago Stadium
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Alice Smetla
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Jack Hurley
Ray Robnson
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Chuck Taylor
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Brack R. Sams
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Everhart
Able Mabel
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