Senate Passes 24 Bills In Four Hours On Calendar Day
The Senate dispatched 24 bills in four and a half hours on a calendar day, including swift passage of six bills in one inspired minute. Notable items included a payment of 21.83 to Hibberd after a minor collision with a Fort Knox government truck, and special permission for Ta Fu Wu to stay in the U.S. Both the House and President Truman must act before any law, with procedural oddities noted as Senator Flanders stretched his five minute rule.
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Senate
Lyon F. Hibberd
Route 4
Elizabethtown
Fort Knox
Hibbert
Dedict
Hibberd
Luncle Sam
House
President Truman
Ta Fu Wu
Chungking
China
Fall Rir Mass
Mr. Truman
Ron
Barkley
Flanders
R.-Vt
Plan To Check Crime Grows In Senate Inquiry
Washington June 9 the Senate crime investigators compile a master file of known and suspected big-time operators in narcotics and underworld crime. Chairman Kefauver says a cross-indexed file helps chart interlocking operations, a first for a government group. Public warning from J. Edgar Hoover cites rising crime among youths, with figures on theft burglary and robbery.
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Senate
Kefauver
D.-Tenn
J. Edvar Hoover
Nationgl
St. Nervoues
Orig
Feo
Antamot
Marcatiee
gMupati
Cami Foyer
Hunger Artist Willy Schmitz Seeks New World Record
Frankfurt Germany June 9 Willy Schmitz a 48 year old German in a Frankfurt zoo cage fasts to set a new world record for food abstinence He has 10 days left and aims for 63 days while Red Cross nurses observe a daily doctor visit and weekly checks He has already lost 56 5 pounds and relies on four bottles of soda water and cigarettes to cope
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Frankfurt
Germany
Willy Schmitz
Willy
Frankfurt Zoo
Red Cross
Wily
Krefeld
Hang Schneider
Widows Eligible for VA Guaranteed Loans Under Housing Act
Widows of World War II veterans can qualify for VA guaranteed loans for home farm or business needs if the widow has not remarried and the veteran died as a result of service. Eligibility mirrors general death compensation rules, with applications directed to the VA regional office.
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Kauasasi
Veterans Administration
Dora
Magnet catches mailer debris and brass tacks in New York home
In Washington New York Tom Wing used a strong magnet at his house and collected about a pound of assorted items from a gravel drive including several brass tacks the magnet did not affect. The find shows magnets can grab stray metal yet misses brass tacks.
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Washington, N.Y
Mailer
Tom Wing
Traffic violations for Morty Verte and parking tickets
An item notes a TORS parking ticket and a second fine totaling 58 dollars. The report lists Morty Verte in connection with traffic violations and a separate double marking ticket with the stated amount.
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Morty
California Crop Dusting Film Shot Delays Grains
A California film unit plans to resume shooting after a crop-dusting plane was used to combat a grasshopper swarm menacing fields. The production, featuring Murphy, faces delays but aims to complete the sequence in the coming days as crews adjust to the pest outbreak.
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California
Ut Studio
E Murphy
Youth For Lemons Shipments Delayed By Hormone Weed Reports
Dr White Arm Stewart of the Bureau of Agriculture reports lemons are affected by hormones in weed-killers used on crops. The practice allegedly reduces birch buttons after washing and affects lemon quality, leading to shipment delays and concern.
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White Arm Stewart
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