California Demo Chiefs Say Truman Snubs California
California Democratic leaders complain President Truman snubbed them by appearing at a Greater Los Angeles Press Club event with no local party consultation. Rollin L. McNitt warned California could be lost to the Democrats, citing a Hughes Johnson precedent from 1916. James Roosevelt invited Truman, and McNitt said anti Truman resolutions have been held in check.
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Truman
California Democratic Central Committee
Greater
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Hiram ‘Johnson
Woodrow
Gen
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Democratic County Committee
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The
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Barbara Britten Drops $200,000 Suit Against Paramount
Barbara Britten withdraws a $200,000 damage suit against Paramount Pictures alleging she was promised star billing in the film Albuquerque. Attorneys say terms of a settlement were satisfactory and not disclosed.
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Angeles
Barbara Britten
Paramount Pictures
Albuquerque
Prom Bid Was Broken for Gilda Gray in Sterling
Readable items cover a Sterling High School prom invitation refusal for former dancer Gilda Gray cited as ill advised by the school board. Carl Collins, assistant principal, says board members object to the word shimmy. The event’s cancellation follows community pressure.
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Gilda Gray
Sterling High School
Sterling
Miss Gray
Yale
Harvard
Columbia
Carl. A. Collins
Larkspur
J. H. Johnson
Collins
Alaska Statehood Hope Dims Amid Senate Delay
Washington May 7. UP Delegate Bartlett of Alaska says he has given up hope of passing the territorys statehood bill this year. He cites the Senate interior committee refusal to act on the Hawaii bill and doubts House action as well.
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Ed Hurst
Hurst
Washington
Bartlett
Alaska
Congress
Senate Interior Committee
Hawaii
Senate
House
FCC Red Links Charge Probed
The House un American activities committee probes the FCC after Rep Hebert requests an inquiry to determine if the commission is part of a Red network. Hebert cites Edward Lamb of Toledo and his extensive Communist ties. FCC Chairman Wayne Coy says no evidence supports the claim.
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House un-American Activities Committee
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D-La
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Edward Lamb
Toledo
Lamb
Communist’ Party
America
Wayne Coy
Dutch Says Bamboo Spears Fail Against Dutch Guns
In Batavia on May 7 a Dutch official described bamboo spears as ineffective against Dutch arms in the truce zone. Reports indicate casualties with soldiers killed in the fighting and Dutch posts attacked by Indonesian forces.
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Batavia
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