Labor Leaders Reach Three Key Amendments to Lesinski Bill
Houston reports an all around meeting with A F I C I O officials and congressional leaders to accept three amendments to the Lesinski labor bill. President Truman attended portions per the Chronicle with Rayburn and McCormack named. Tucker cites decisions to present to Congress. Amendments grant injunction power, require anti Communist pledges by officials, and mandate financial disclosures.
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Texas
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Chronicle
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D-Texas
McCormack
D-Mass
House
Robert C. Tucker
Harris County
Democratic Executive Committee
Tucker
Morse Declines Offer of Federal Judgeship
Sen. Wayne L. Morse of Oregon says he has received Democratic inquiries about resigning to take a federal district judgeship in San Francisco but he declines. He cites obligation to his party and his aim to remain in the Senate despite administration feelers.
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IVF
Wayne L. Morse
Senate
San Franco
Morse
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Oregon
Always on Time Greensburg reporter records Crosby's forty eight years
In Greensburg on April 30 the Pennsylvania Railroad honors B. G. Crosby a 66 year old locomotive engineer for forty eight years of punctual service with the Red Arrow train. Crosby has never been late to work in his long career and is celebrated for reliability.
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Greensburg
B. G. Crosby
Pennsylvania Railroad
Shanghai Stalingrad Stand Predicted By Chinese General
Lt Gen Chen Ta-ching, commander of the Shanghai-Woosung garrison, said his troops are digging in for a last-ditch battle to defend Shanghai as a port and airfields. He warned of heavy bombardment and vowed to fight to the death with reinforcements arriving, while noting the garrison has completed months of defense work and would rely on flight to sustain an independent war.
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China
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Stalingrad
Ji Chen
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Fomile
Hangchow
Nanking
Connally predicts unanimous Senate support for North Atlantic treaty
Senator Connally of Texas told reporters the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will likely approve the North Atlantic security treaty unanimously after witnesses favoring ratification finish testimony next week. Robert Lovett and General Omar Bradley are slated to testify.
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Connally
D.-Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Conmally
Robert Lovett
Will
Omar Bradley
Truesday
Texas
Garlic Does It Hungry Hippo Begins Honeymoon
In Columbus Ohio Snooky the hippo arrives at her new quarters after a move from Brookfield. Wary keeper Earl Davis, aided by staff, endures a stubborn sit down strike as Snooky resists transport and enclosure moves. A crate of vegetables finally tempts her to yield.
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Ohio
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Hppo
Columbus
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Cage
Davis
Plosaet
Joniy
Asylum Urged for Minister Hetenyi in Rochester Shooting Case
A Rochester waiter linked Rev. George P Hetenyi to the murder of his wife and the couple’s 2 year old child. District Attorney Anthony Miceli seeks a court order to commit Hetenyi to Rochester State Hospital for a sanity test.
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N. Y
George P. Hetenyi
Hetenyi
Anthony Miceli
Akeba
Miceli
Mice
Daniel J. O'Maraor
Rochester State Hospital
General Bates Terrifying Air Weapons
Washington April 30. Gen Joseph T. McNarney head Air Materiel Command predicts a 12,000 pound guided bomb ready for operational use within a year. He outlines advances in guided missiles rockets jet engines and new jet bombers as part of postwar Air Force plans.
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Wright Field
Dayton
Society of Autornotive Engineers
I. U. & Aircraft Engineers
Air Force
McNarney
Sud J
High schoolers embrace square dances at Fo'c'sle Canteen Club
Wilson High School students form the Fo'c'sle Canteen Club with 200 members. Mason Kight leads as president. Weekly sessions at Belmont Recreation Center feature instruction by Sally Holston and Mel Griffin with Walter Newland and Fred Frazer assisting. Music by Madaline Frazer and Hob Whitlock.
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Mel
Griffin
City College
Southland
University of California At Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Madaline Frazer
Commission
Hob Whitlock
Fo'c'ste
Belmont Recreation Center
Maton
Eilean Nolan
Bill Miére
Jean Clary
Carl Halsted
Mary Louise Richy Deva Kulp
Marie Boll
Red Army Chief Warns Troops US 'Rulers' Want War
London dispatch reports Soviet Armed Forces Minister Alesander Vassilevaky urged troops to stay steadfast facing alleged US plans to unleash a new war. The May Day order warned Washington seeks world conflict and cited the Atlantic Pact as proof of aggression.
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Alesander Vassilevaky
Het
America
Moscow
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Claians
United States of America
Vassilevsky
N. A. Bulgan
Mainiater
High Stakes Casino Raided in Los Angeles
Los Angeles officers struck a Wiltshire district gambling hall early today catching 12 men and four women in a raid. Police recovered a roulette wheel, $15,000 in dice tables and thousands of chips. some guests paid by check. One man, Sol Green of North Hollywood, faced charges for conducting the games.
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Wiltshire
Sol Green
North Hollyswood
Sammy Marzo
Charles Stoker
Eck
Russian Roulette Ends in Demonstrator's Death
In Cleveland on April 30 Gus Ponnek, 59, died after a man in a live demonstration loaded a 122 caliber revolver with one chamber and fired. The demonstrator described the act as retaliation and quoted the phrase This is how the Russians do it before he died.
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Gus Ponnek
Witowick
Poppek
Compromise Offered on Labor Bill Pleases Texas Murderer
In a week end recess, Rep. Jacobs proposes a three step plan to handle national emergencies with a fact finding board, court orders, and presidential proclamation. The Wood bill looms, potentially killing the Lesinski bill, while Senate education funding and treaty issues move forward. In Texas, Arthur Clayton Hester is convicted of murdering Dr John Lord and sentenced to 50 years, expressing happiness at the sentence.
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Senate
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Cleburne
Texas
Arthur Clayton Hester
John Lord
Texas Christian University
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Burleson
J.C. Free
Max Brazzal
Fort Worth
Hester
Free
Jack Proctor
Doolittle warns of using atom bombs against Russia
Lt Gen James H. Doolittle told Georgetown University alumni that the United States must be ready to drop atom bombs on Russian industry at the first sign of aggression. He argued the bomb’s existence deters Soviet aggression and urged national conditioning to accept retaliation. He added the U.S. would not start a war, but warned Russia could time any strike over years.
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James Hy
Doolittle
Red
Tokyo
Georgetown University
Russia
Husain
Keeping Up LAWRENCE Kansas April 3
WE College expands the Kansas curriculum adding airline hostess training as part of its growing program. The note highlights Unity of Kansas adding this new course and the university’s broadening academic offerings.
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WE College
Kansas
Unity of Kansas
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Forest Fires Wreak Havoc Across Canada New York and Minnesota
Wide fires scorch thousands of acres in Manitoba Manitoba border areas and northern Minnesota. Firefighters are injured as equipment crashes while tackling blazes. Volunteers battle nine outbreaks in Porcupine Reserve amid dry windy conditions with no rain forecast.
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Minnesota
Manitoba
Bemidji
Porcupine Forest Reserve
Saskatchewan
Winnipes
Winnipeg
New York State
Port Jervis
New York State Conservation Department
Forestry Division
Aprilan
Purported Son of Fields Seeks Share in Estate Fight
William Rexford Fields Morris, who claims to be the son of W. Fields and a former Follies girl, says Fields paid his mother to deny paternity and provided monthly support until her death. Morris, 31, arrived in Los Angeles to confer with lawyers before a Monday hearing on a suit for a share of the estate. The claimant recalls Fields saying he was his father in 1937 and that he offered $100 for him to leave Hollywood.
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William Rexford Fields Morris
W. ©. Fields
Follies
Hugh
Morris
Dallas
Fields
Bessie Chatterton Poole
Honolulu
Ter
Carlet
Haxonti
Walian Islands
Watertrain
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International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
George L. Hellenbrand
All Part of Job in Topeka Dog Bite Case
April 30 in Topeka reports a dog bite incident labeled as occupational hazard similar to flat feet in postmen. Police designate the dog bite as an occupational condition affecting a small carrier, reflecting classification practices of the era.
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Topeka
Kan
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