Old Jerusalem Battle Ends as Jews Surrender
Cairo reports the epic two week battle for the old city ended with Jewish fighters surrendering. Arab Legion claims control of the old city while Jews report holding most of the modern city and cap tures near Latrun. A four week armistice proposal was discussed at Lake Success with mixed reactions from Jews and Arabs.
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Old Jerusalem
Cairo
Abdullah
Old City
Jerusalem
Israel
Latrun
Tel Aviv
Beit Jiz
Beit Sasun
Said Haganah
Zir'in
Nazareth
Jenin
Jenin-Nablus-Tulkarm
United Nations
Lake Success
Holy Land
Palestine
U. N
Lone Star Hospitality Converts Texas Hater to Tex Believer
Ray Halloran known as Texas hater No. 1 surrendered to Texas at the Madisonville barbecu e of the Madisonville Sidewalk Cattlemen's Association. The Cincinnati veteran, winner of the national contest for the worst opinion of Texas, said he might move to Texas after the tour and received several job offers.
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Madisonville
Tex
Ray Halloran
Texas
Lone Star State
Halloran
Alamo
Cartoonist Clifford McBride Divorce Suit Filed by Wife
Mrs Elizabeth Day McBride seeks divorce from cartoonist Clifford McBride creator of Napoleon the lanky dog. She cites cruelty in a May 27 filing. they married February 22 1924 in Hollywood and separated April 13. they have two grown children.
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Hollywood
Calif
Elizabeth Day McBride
Clifford McBride
Napoleon
Funny Pages
Girl Smothered in Fuss over Comics
In Chicago on May 28 a 14-year-old boy Roy Adams admitted smothering eight-year-old Nancy Schuler with a pillow for five minutes. Nancy was found on Roy’s bed with pillows, blankets, a chair and a bookcase piled atop her. Roy was taken into custody on an elevated train after riding the trains aimlessly since leaving home.
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Chicago
Patrick Coughlin
Coughlin
Roy Adams
Nancy Schuler
Roy
Donald
Adams
Subversive Tag Added to 32 Organizations by Clark
The Federal Loyalty Review Board announced 32 additional groups as subversive in Washington on May 28. This brings to about 122 designated groups for government scrutiny, following a prior list from November. The Communist Party and various alleged front organizations were among the original names.
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Washington
Clark
Federal Loyalty Review Board
Communist Party
Bund
MacArthur Seeks Delay in Return From Japan
General Douglas MacArthur asked to delay returning to the United States until after the Republican national convention. He told Senator Bridges that returning now would be seen as politically inspired, and said he would testify after settlement of next month’s political issues if requested.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
United States
Japan
Bridges
R-Nh
Senate Appropriations Committee
Toyo
Pacific
MacArthur
Appropriations Committee
Senate Committee
Philippines
Points West
Saltonstall
R-Mass
ECA
Economic Cooperation Administration
University Proxy Sued for Divorce in Chicago
Chicago May 28. Robert Maynard Hutchins, 49, chancellor of the University of Chicago and noted education figure, is sued for divorce on grounds of desertion. His wife Maude Phelps Hutchins seeks alimony, support and custody of two minors. Hutchins denies any wilful failure to live together and says they lived together until March 14, 1947.
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Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins
University of Chicago
Maude Phelps Hutchins
Hutchins
Night Club Waiter Unawed By Movie Queen's Sparklers
Hollywood report says Joan Crawford misplaced a diamond brooch worth about 50 000 dollars at a night club. Waiter Paul Bodlegar told police he thought the jewel was junk and pocketed it before returning it to detectives who recovered it for the star.
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Hollywood
Joan Crawford
Miss Crawford
Paul Bodlegar
Deliberate Crossing Crash Kills Father and Two Daughters
In Marion Ohio a 41 year old father Charles M Gerstenlauer drove his car into an Erie Lake Cities Express at a crossing killing himself and his two daughters Sandra three and Gaye two. The tragedy followed a recent divorce filing and a restraining order. Coroner E H Morgan said the verdict awaits patrol reports while authorities deem the act deliberate.
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Marion, O
Charles M. Gerstenlauer
Marion
Sandra
Gaye
E. H. Morgan
Marion County
State Highway Patrol
Ed Fink
Gerstenlaver
Erie Railroad
Lake Cities
Charles N. Lowe
Gerstenlauer
Frank Weidemann
Elsie
James C. Mann
Erie Railroad District
Mann
Lowe
Top Spellers Open Contest in Capital
The 21st annual national spelling bee opened in the capital with 40 finalists. Spellers attempted to show mastery of difficult words like lachrymose and equinox as around two and a half hours of steady spelling would determine the champion who wins 500 dollars and a trip to New York.
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Washington
New York
Markets At a Glance Shows Mixed Commodity and Equity Moves
Wheat steady with government and private trade, corn firm with strong cash demand, oats aided by corn strength. Hogs unevenly higher and lower with top at 24.75, cattle generally steady to 34.75, stocks quiet while aircrafts in demand and bonds narrow with rails improving.
Millions Headed Out For Memorial Day Travel Surge
The nation enters an extended Memorial Day holiday with heavy traffic predicted across air, rail and highway networks from Saturday through Monday. The National Safety Council estimates nearly 30 million cars on the roads and about 225 traffic deaths, unless drivers exercise extra caution.
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National Safety Council
Mrs. Charles O. Allen Dies in Logan After Heart Attack
Mrs. Charles O. Allen widow of Dr. Allen died at 9 P M yesterday at 131 West Second Street after a heart attack. A Haydenville native and lifelong Logan resident, she was active in Methodist mission work. Funeral 2 30 P M Saturday at the residence with Rev. Clinton Swengel officiating. Burial in Oak Grove mausoleum. Survivors include daughter Nellie Allen Adams grandson Allen sister Miss Minnie Moore and brother John Moore.
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Charles O. Allen
Allen
West Second Street
Haydenville
Logan
Hocking County
Samuel
Rachel Moore
Logan High School
Clinton Swengel
Methodist Church
Oak Grove Cemetery
Woodard
Nellie Allen Adams
Minnie Moore
John Moore
Columbus
Logan High School Alumni Meeting Tonight
Annual LHS alumni reunion to be held in the LHS auditorium at 8 P M with dancing from 9 P M to 1 A M Mac Tooill and his Columbus orchestra will provide music Dinner reunions for ten year classes precede the program The 1898 50 year class and the 1928 class meet at Blosser s Restaurant The 1908 class assembles in the Victory Room at the Sportsman and 1938 graduates meet at Logan Clay Products Co recreation rooms
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Logan High School
LHS
MacTooill
Orchestra of Columbus
Blosser’s
Sportsman
Logan Clay Products Co
U S Communists Plan To Ignore Anti Red Law
William Z Foster, leader of the American Communist Party, defies the Mundt Nixon bill saying the measure would create a fascist police state. He told the Senate judiciary committee the party would not comply with a law requiring communist groups to register.
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Washington
William Z. Foster
Communist Party
Foster
Senate Judiciary Committee
Ferguson Near Capitulation In Elevator Fuss
State Auditor Joseph T Ferguson, fighting to stop an elevator into his Columbus office, appeared ready to give up. Attorney General Hugh S Jenkins proposed basement space with air conditioning. Ferguson said he would take it if air conditioning is provided. Ferguson had blocked the elevator with an injunction, dissolved, then filed mandamus against Public Works Director Sowers for more space.
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Columbus
Joseph T. Ferguson
Hugh S. Jenkins
Statehouse
Ferguson
Court of Appeals
Public Works
George Sowers
Benes Very Sick Brother Declares
Jan Benes brother of President Eduard Benes says the president is a very ill man and he has paid his last farewells. He returns to Milwaukee to be with his ill wife while he had come from the United States to tend family properties.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Jan Benes
Eduard Benes
Milwaukee
Wis
United States
Jehovah's Witnesses Open Three Day Convention in Cleveland
Northern Ohio Jehovah's Witnesses begin a three day convention in Cleveland tonight with meetings and talks expected to draw attendees from the region. Leaders urge peaceful worship and community outreach during the event.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Jehovah's Witnesses
Rail Strike Ban Trial Postponed
Judge T Alan Goldsborough delayed the case until June 10 on a bid to keep a ban on a threatened rail strike in force. He also extended until June 11 the temporary order prohibiting union walkouts, with consent from the unions and the Justice Department.
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Washington
T. Alan Goldsborough
Goldsborough
Justice Department
Accused Teacher Acquitted by Jury in Dayton
In Dayton Ohio a Montgomery County common pleas jury acquitted Richard Stiver 26 a former high school science teacher charged with receiving stolen property He testified he did not know the article was stolen until 15 minutes after receiving it Stiver was arrested April 29 Eight students said he was running a crime school He resigned his teaching post.
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Dayton
Montgomery County Common Pleas
Richard Stiver
Stiver
Elevators Idle Casts Shadow on Youngstown CIO Row
A CIO Elevator Operators dispute continued in Youngstown Ohio idling two of three elevators in the city's tallest building. The standoff affects daily commutes and heightens labor tension in the central business district.
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Youngstown
CIO
Four-Ply Probe Begun Over Voice of America Broadcasts
Rep. Chenoweth launches four House investigations into Voice of America after claims the broadcasts slander the United States. State Department officials defend the service, while NBC produced scripts sparking calls to halt or transfer oversight to Commerce.
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Washington
Voice of America
Rep. Chenoweth
R-Cole
Chenoweth
Truman
United States
House
State Department
Congress
National Broadcasting Company
Department
Allen
Cleveland Seeks Major RFC Loan for Transit Modernization
The city of Cleveland filed an $11 million loan application with the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Mayor Thomas Burke requested $6.2 million to modernize the transit system and $4.8 million to refinance first mortgage revenue bonds on the system.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Cleveland
Thomas Burke
Professor and Two Others Held on Sodomy Charges
In Columbia Missouri three men face sodomy charges and warrants are out for two others as county prosecutor Howard Lang calls it a homosexual ring. E K Johnson a 50 year old journalism professor at the University of Missouri held on 3500 bond after pleading innocent. Willie Coots 39 and Warren Heathman 35 waived preliminary hearings with bonds of 2500 each. Col Hugh Waggoner said warrants were issued for two more unnamed persons suggesting a potentially larger case.
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Columbia, Mo
Howard B. Lang, Jr
E. K. Johnson
Missouri University
School of Journalism
Willie Coots
Warren W. Heathman
Col
Hugh Waggoner
State Highway Patrol
Waggoner
Coots
Heathman
Vteran
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Carl B. Sugg
JoAnna Waller
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Charles Allen
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George W. Allen
Commerce Department
NBC
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