Widow Arrested as Mate's Slayer in Springfield
The widow of Walter Blackford, 61, sales manager at Strathmore Paper Co., is charged with murder after his death from a carving knife wound. Police say he was paralyzed a month earlier by a shock. Mrs. Blackford, 55, was found unconscious in the garage after his body was found in their Longmeadow home.
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Springfield
Mass
Walter Blackford
Strathmore Paper Co
George A. Yardsley
Blackford
Longmeadow
Doubleday-Doran
Mary Bowen
Atlanta, Ga
Dutch Indies Autonomy Stand Faces Dutch Soviet Move
Batavia June 3 The Netherlands issued a note to address the Republican's foreign relations a move aligned with The Hague policy that the republic cannot engage abroad without Renville consent. Soviet recognition of the Republic and Indonesian approval of that stance marked a tense diplomatic moment.
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Batavia
Java
Netherlands
Hague
Indies
Republic
Russia
Antara
Jogjakarta
L.H. Neher
Mohamed Hatta
Ae Antara
Houston Packer Alleges Horse Meat in Beef Supply
A Houston meat packer told the Harris County grand jury that 200,000 pounds of horse meat are sold weekly as beef. J M Sullenger of Select Meat Co said the city is at the center of a wide horse meat racket with horses from Louisiana and San Antonio. Authorities planned state lab tests to confirm the labeling.
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Fouston
Texas
Houston
J. M. Sullenger
Select Meat Co
Harris County Grand Jury
Louisiana
San Antonio
Stotes
Felix Billingsley
Billingsley
Crey
Oscar Holcombe
Fred Laurentz
Jn C of C Proposes Selective Training Plan
Philadelphia June 3 The U S Junior Chamber of Commerce backs an elective service plan for universal military training The plan includes voluntary enlistment in the armed forces college and university programs for military training National Guard reserve service enlistment and a 50 day year long staggered training cycle Olympic skater Barbara Ann Scott arrives as convention queen Rep Richard Nixon and Senators Teague Smathers defend and support the Mundt Nixon anti Communist bill before the Senate.
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Philadelphia
The
U. S Junior Chamber of Commerce
Junior Chamber
National Guard
Reserve Service
Barbara Ann
Montreal
Richard M. Nixon
U.S. Senate
Neighborliness Hampers Vaccination Effort in Flooded Northwest
In Oregon the flood refugee crisis from Vanport disrupts typhoid tetanus and measles inoculations as medical teams struggle to locate scattered residents in private homes. Authorities say 30 000 homeless across Vanport North Portland and lower Columbia Valley areas need vaccines while vaccination stations and DDT spraying respond to the flood’s threats.
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Ortland
Ore
Vanport
Harold Erickson
Oregon
Portland
Columbia Valley
Dr. Erickson
Cuba names Carlos Prio Socarras as president elect
In Havana on June 3 the Superior Electoral Tribunal officially declares Carlos Prio Socarras president elect of Cuba. With 6763 of 7730 precincts counted Prio leads Authentic-Republican Alliance with 815,184 votes, Nunez Portuando 544,154, Chibas 293,152, and Communist Juan Marinello 129,672.
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Havana
Cuba
Carlos Prio Socarras
Prio
Ricardo Nunez Portuando
Nunez
Eduardo Chibas
Peoples Party
Juan Miarbella
Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill attacked by chamber
The U S Chamber of Commerce denounces the multibillion Taft Ellender Wagner housing bill as inflationsary and coercive it would create new federal controls and subsidize public housing while the Senate plan nears passage without the public housing clause President Truman pursues the goal George W West of the chamber lists four main objections including treasury costs inflationary pressure and centralized control, urging restraint or alternative action
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Washington
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Taft Ellender-Wagner
Wolcott
R.mich
House Banking Committee
Truman
George W. West
Atlanta
Chamber
House Committee
Federal Treasury
Two Die in California Bridge Crash
Two were killed and two injured when an automobile struck the concrete abutment of a drawbridge on the Black Point cutoff near San Rafael. Police stated the crash occurred yesterday on the highway junction.
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San Rafael
Black Point
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