Reds Violence Aim Told at New York Trial
In New York on March 30 the trial heard that the American Communist party aims to overthrow the U S government by violence per its constitution Louis F Budenz former top official testified Budenz now a Fordham professor said parts of the document are window dressing and null and void Dennis the party secretary dismissed the claim Me dina allowed the testimony noting Budenz’s former status The witness also recalled orders to foment civil war after the 1929 Hitler Stalin pact and that Dennis gave them at a Chicago basement meeting.
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Eugene Dennis
Benedict Arnold
United States
Harold R. Me
Dina
Budenz
Fordham University
U. S
Britain
Dennis
Chicago
Maple Sap Bath Disaster in Ohio Farmhouse
In Arren Ohio Mrs Laura Brandt used 30 gallons of maple sap mistaken for rain water. The sap, stored in a 15 gallon crock outside the home near West Farmington, was used for bathing children and dishes. Chickens died or suffocated in fear. a mongrel dog injured other birds.
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Arren
Ohio
Laura Brandt
Bill
Brandt
Brandts
West Farmington
Gillson
Line-up Reversed Suspects Trapped in Atlanta Holdup
In Atlanta detective Lt. Glyn Cowan used a reversed line-up method during a $7 holdup case. Two men identified a nervous victim while taxi driver D S Strickland failed to pick anyone. Robert Heard and William Buren admitted involvement.
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Atlanta
Maren_ ou
Igi
Glyn Cowan
Cowan
D. S. Strickland
Robert Heard
Wiliam Buren
Dog Responsible for 950 Chicken Deaths Near Dunkirk
Town Assessor Frank Gillson says William Lesch found about 950 chickens dead on his farm near Dunkirk after a dog supposedly caused the losses. Lesch reportedly killed the dog after discovering the scene.
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Dunkirk
Here
Frank Gillson
Gillson
William Lesch
Lesch
Generous Stork Brings Six Lambs
CHANUTE Kan March 30 Kenneth George stockman near Thayer kept busy counting sheep reporting one of his ewes gave birth to six lambs. In Kansas City Glen Thomas livestock commissionman said he had never heard of six lambs in a single birth and noted the usual litters are one or two with three occasionally.
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Chanute
Kan
Kenneth George
George
Thayer
Kansas City
Glen Thomas
Livestock
Boy Jailed Over 5-cent Candy Deal
A year-old boy in Dillon, D C, is jailed after trying to buy 2 cents worth of candy with a check. Officers kept him without charge pending a hearing. He claimed the story, about finding a post office box key and a check inside a letter, explains the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillon
D. C
Students Run Into Embarrassment at Temple Exam
In Philadelphia on March 30 Temple University students faced a midterm question that asked if one gets lonely while thinking alone and finds solace in looking at someone else's paper. The cheeky prompt drew laughter and comments about academic integrity.
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Philadelphia
Med Hall of Higher Learning
Temple University
Crackdown on Rent Black Market Due Under New Federal Controls
Newark March 30 AP report on a world peace conference tour faltering after State Department barred 18 Communist delegates. Visa limits restricted to New York meeting. Shostakovich absent from program. rally still carried by Lampell and others with delegations from Britain Cuba and French West Africa amid protests by veterans groups.
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Newark
N. J
State Department
New York City
Millard Lampell
New Haven
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Detroit
St. Louis
Denver
Los Angeles
U. S
New York
Dean Acheson
Council of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
Great Britain
Cuba
French West Africa
Rollback Seen for Many No Big Increases
Washington March 30. Congress passed the rent control extender, with Truman expected to sign. Bill preserves controls 15 months and aims to curb a rent “black market” as landlords face new rules and tenants gain more protection. The Senate 78 11, House 262 143. Patman says rents may rise for some properties and thousands may sue for overcharges. Tenants hailed a victory while landlords seek fair net operating income.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Truman
Tme
Congress
White House
Patman
Texas
Tighe Woods
House
McCormack
Paul V. Betters
U. S. Conference of Mayors
Thomas E
Senate
Sen. Bricker
Ohio
Rent Administration
Xiprocesa
Chien
Nate
Behon
Jéevele
Dera
Larestorda
Igrens
Deck
Woodadaya Thin
Mince Hanroan
New York
Chi
Woods
House Banking Committee
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Philadelphia
Unemployment on Pacific Coast Surpasses Nation
A United Press survey shows California, Oregon, and Washington face unemployment rates double the national average. About 700,000 able-bodied workers in the trio are jobless, with California alone listing around 500,000 unemployed. Hidden underemployment and seasonal layoffs in lumber, agriculture, and food processing compound the jobless picture as spring nears.
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San Francisco
California
Washington
Oregon
United Press
Pacific Coast
Federal Security Agency
C. I
FSA
Pacific Coast States
United States
Ninth Marines Sail From Shanghai Post
The U S Navy transport Bayfield sailed for Guam with more than 600 Marines of the Ninth Regiment aboard. They have been in Shanghai since December and were billeted aboard the Bayfield in the Whangpo River. Recruits from the Ninth were relieved by the Third Regiment Marines who arrived last week and are billeted aboard the Chilton anchored in the Whangpo.
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Shanghai
Bayfield
Guam
Whangpo River
Chilton
Whangpo
New Rent Law Aims to Help Neediest Landlords Fed up with old system
The Congressional Record notes a shift in rent-control aims from restoring net income under hardship and operating-loss rules to a single fair standard. The proposed amendment sets a percentage of gross income as a target net operating income, factoring class, structure size, and service differences to give the most in-need landlords relief beyond break-even.
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Ashington
Congressional
Office of Rent Administration
Tapalord
Bad Influence blamed for man’s rail banditry
A Maryland federal court heard that drugs drink and a fatherly bad influence steered 20 year old George Ashton and 22 year old Skip Ramsdell from Youngstown to board the B and O Ambassador streamliner near Martinsburg West Virginia last March 9 They halted the train with an emergency cord and robbed about 100 passengers before Ramsdell was wounded and captured Ashton pleaded guilty saying he drank and used benzedrine during the crime His mother Ruth Unger who is divorced from his father testified the father was a bad influence and has served a prison term in Ohio The judge postponed sentencing pending probation authority review and Ashton and Ramsdell face other indictments for West Virginia robberies The maximum state penalty is life imprisonment
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Airmont
W. Va
Ted
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
George L. Ash
West Virginia
Ashton
Luman
Skip
Ramsdell
Youngstown
Martinsburg
Farsdell
Washington Hospital
Harry E. Watkins
Washington
Florida
Ruth Unger
B. & O. Megally
Zoning Ordinance Amended To Add R-3 District
City Council backed an amendment to permit three and four family dwellings in an R-3 district while R-4 remains for four plus units and R-2 covers two family homes and duplexes. Planning Commission to study removing the subdivision back-up lot provision for new residential tracts.
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Planning Commission
Johnson to Force Unity of Services
Ashington March 30 Louis Johnson new defense chief will press unity across the armed forces amid potential clashes with Air Force Navy or Army. Johnson vows no headlines or secrecy leaks and orders a rapid Pentagon reorganization including merging public relations across services with an expected 35 percent staff cut.
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Ashington
Louis Johnson
White House
Congress
Defense
Johnson
James Forresta
Forrestal
Defense Secretary’s Office
Air Force
Navy
Army
Truman
Pentagon
Forresta
Washington
Milwaukee Youth on Trial for 1st Degree Murder
Milton Babich, 19, is charged with the murder of 26 year old Patricia Birmingham in Milwaukee. Prosecutors say he killed her over remarks about Kathleen's pregnancy then disposed of the body in the Milwaukee River. He admits buying a .22 revolver to threaten her but claims the shooting was accidental. The case spurred disbelief among friends and family who described him as a model student and hardworking youth. Preliminary hearing set for April 12.
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Milwaukee
Milton Babich
State of
Wisconsin
Patricia Birmingham
Patricia
Kathleen
Milton
William J. McCauley
McCauley
Babich
Pat
West Allis Central High School
Albert Birmingham
Victor Babich
Free Macedonia Rebels Get New Support in Greece
Athens reports that new divisions of Macedonian fighters join Greek rebel efforts in the civil conflict. The NOF Free Macedonian Movement Congress in Vitsi claims to aid Greek rebels, with Yugoslav, Bulgarian, and Albanian Macedonians and Greek Communist representatives present. The radio says Greek Communists vow to back efforts to make Macedonia free and independent.
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Athens
NOF
Free Macedonian Movement Congress
Vitsi
Macedonia
British politician quips on U S business leaders tour
Harold Davies, Labor member of the British House of Commons, arrived in New York for a lecture tour and said the United States has bad politicians and good businessmen, while England has good politicians and bad businessmen.
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New York
Harold Davies
House of Commons
England
United States
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Arthur
Dorothy
Shirley Fuchs
Evangelical Hospital
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MacNaughton
Reed College
Portland
Ore
Karin Rolph
Francis M. LE May
Ninth Marines
Mattie Stachling
Paola
Mandy Stachling
Albert P. Stachling
Associated Press
By Elton C. Fay
Ilwaukee
Free Macedonia
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