Radio star Tom Breneman dies at 47 in Hollywood
Tom Breneman a longtime radio host famed for Breakfast in Hollywood collapsed from a heart attack at age 47. He had just finished breakfast and was en route to the studio after a month’s Palm Springs vacation. Breneman’s show drew large crowds and featured orchid gifts, hats, and audience wishes.
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Waynsboro
Oleo Tax Repeal Bill Advances in House Action
A bipartisan House bloc pushes an oleo tax repeal despite dairy opposition. Republicans and Dixie Democrats seek to force packaging changes and maintain public access to untaxed margarine, though Senate passage and ongoing taxes remain uncertain.
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Rivers
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Senate
City Council grants pensions to police and fire widows
Long Beach announces pension grants for children and widows of police and firemen. Also noted is a city plan to mark the 30th anniversary of air mail and local job openings at Long Beach aircraft plants. International briefs, schedules, and editorial content fill the rest of the page.
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Long Beach
Air Mail
King Peter Hopes to Rule Again
King Peter I of Yugoslavia, deposed monarch, plans a return to power. Aboard the Queen Elizabeth, he arrives in the United States with wife Alexandra and their infant son, asserting that free elections would topple Marshall Tito and that he would regain the throne in his own way.
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Peter I
Yugoslavia
Peter
United States
Alexandra
Marshall
Tita
R A F Planes Attack Jews in Holy Land
Britain vows to withdraw from Palestine by May 15 while Royal Air Force strikes Jewish positions near Jaffa and Bath Yam. Bevin says only UN negotiations are ongoing as Arab Jewish clashes intensify in Jerusalem and Jaffa amid questions of continued British troops and Legion funding.
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Ernest Bevin
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Labor
One Dead in Fire. Girl Missing in Vermont Blaze
In Albans Vermont a fire burned a four story mixed use block in the heart of town. One person died and a 16 year old girl was reported missing hours after crews extinguished the blaze. Mrs Jorge Shepard 33 was initially reported found in the third floor ruins but this was denied by Fire Chief Richard Sweey. Several others had been listed as missing earlier by a Red Cross disaster director and were later accounted for.
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St, Albans
Richard Sweey
Jorge Shepard
Tris Cochran
Everal
Red Cross
Preacher Convicted in Minor’s Case
In Winchester Tennessee a 66 year old man described as a preacher was convicted of violating the age of consent law in a relationship with a 13 year old girl. A Franklyn County Circuit Court jury deliberated three hours before returning the verdict against R S Holt. The charges stem from Holt’s relationship with Aline Rollman, whom he married last May. the marriage was later annulled.
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Tenn
Franklyn County Circuit Court
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Holt
Aline Rollman
Tough Bill Backed by House Un-American Activities
The House Un-American Activities Committee approved unanimously a bill to prosecute Communist party members and fronts. Rep Mundt said the measure should reach the House for action next week, describing it as tough but constitutionally sound and likely to curb Communist activities in America.
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House un-American Activities Committee
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America
Forrestal and Army Chiefs Press Truman On Defense Plan
Secretary Forrestal and top Army officers briefed President Truman on defense program disputes. Key issues: resisting a 66‑group structure and opposition in the House to uniting Universal Military Training with a draft revival. Symington and Spaatz argued for the 70‑group approach amid Senate questions and a heated exchange with O Mahoney and Gordon.
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Omar N. Bradley
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Yank Killed, Three Lost in Air Crash
In western Honshu two A 26 bombers collided over the Sea of Japan a third was forced down. The pilot and gunner of one bomber parachuted to safety. One body was recovered from the other plane while three Americans were listed missing.
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Sea of Japan
Jap Oil Industry to Be Controlled
Tokyo reports Japan will place its small petroleum industry under government control soon. Kyodo News Agency notes Teikoku Petroleum Co. holds a virtual monopoly. The 1936 yearbook records Japan produced one sixth of its petroleum domestically while imports reached 550 billion gallons.
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Stassen Wins Pennsylvania GOP Popularity Contest
Harold E. Stassen won Pennsylvania's nonbinding Republican popularity contest in the April 28 write-in primary, edging Gov. Dewey and topping other contenders. With 6769 of 8262 precincts counted, Stassen led in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and claimed a strong statewide showing though the result has no binding effect on the 73 convention delegates.
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Taft
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James H. Duff
Earl Warren
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Pittsburgh
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Bodies of Four Hunted on Peak
Search parties climbed Monument Peak today seeking the bodies of four persons in a wrecked private plane. A Fresno pilot named Greig later saw the still smoldering wreckage and said four bodies were sprawled around it after the plane vanished behind a hillside 30 miles southeast of Oakland.
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Plea to Beth Princess Asked to Spare Slayer Dog
Norman Wilkinson appealed to Princess Elizabeth to grant a royal pardon for his dog slated to be killed for killing chickens. He argued the death penalty has been abolished for murderers and should apply to a dog as well.
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Norman Wilkinson
Princess Elizabeth
Senators Charge Oil Gauge of 30 Million
Washington April 28 A P A senate war investigating committee said the Navy was overcharged by Aramco between 30 900 000 and 38 000 000 on wartime oil sales to the Navy from 1942 to 1947 The report blamed Aramco for seeking enormous profits and faulted Navy procurement for not enforcing price protections and duties toward Saudis amid lend lease aid touted as benefiting the economy
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Mantz Sets Fast Cross Country Flights in P 51 Mustang
Pilot Paul Mantz, famed flyer, claims new speed marks. He flew his red P 51 Mustang from Houston to Burbank in three hours, 54 minutes, 37 seconds, delayed by headwinds. The return hop Burbank to Houston took three hours, six minutes, 36 seconds, reinforcing his reputation for record time travel.
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Paul Mantz
Houston
Texas
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Finn Parliament Ratifies Treaty With Moscow
Finland’s Parliament ratified the Russian Finnish treaty of friendship and mutual assistance today. The government bill passed 157 to 7 with seven Liberals, three Agrarians and one Conservative voting against and thirty-two abstentions. The treaty was signed in Moscow April 6. Premier Mauno Pelkkäla warned of potential re signature if rejected. Internal minister Yrjö Leino cautioned Rightists about illegal action.
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Helsinki
Finland
Cardinal Attacks Atheistic Communists in Sydney Reception
Cardinal Spellman of New York denounced atheistic communists as the enemy of all men at a civic reception in Sydney. Several thousand people filled the streets as he departed the town hall with Norman Gilroy, archbishop of Sydney.
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Francis Cardinal
Nationwide railroad strike threat looms despite mediation
A rail strike set for May 11 threatened 150000 workers of locomotive engineers firemen enginemen and switchmen as the National Mediation Board and the Brotherhoods failed to agree. Douglass ONeill visit Chicago to resume talks amid warnings of severe economic impact and a possible public fuel and transport paralysis. Separately the CIO urged a meat packing strike against Swift Armour Cudahy Wilson Morrell and Rath, seeking wage gains and an investigation into clashes with police.
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Sullivan quits political tasks in party leadership
Washington April 28 Gael Sullivan resigned today as executive director of the Democratic national committee He will join the Theater Owners of America Friends say Sullivan will earn about 50000 a year in his new post His resignation takes effect in May The 43 year old Chicagoan joined the Democratic committee in February 1947 after resigning as second assistant postmaster general
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