One Arrested in South LA Gaming Heist and Kidnapping
Detectives rounded up eight suspects after an attempted murder and kidnapping of Ger ald D. Jenkins in south Los Angeles. Jenkins, shot in the arm, said three men abducted him near Artesia Street and Atlantic Avenue and fired about 1:15 a.m. at Seaside Hospital. Police identified Howard George Fairbairn as one of the trio and searched the Compton area where the holdup at a gambling room yielded about $2000.
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Los Angeles
Gerald D. Jenkins
127Th St
Willowbrook
Seaside Hospital
Jenkins
Artesia St
Atlantic Ave
Compton
E. Artesia St
Lottie N. Lauvain
Etta M. Helms
Elmer W. Vance
John ©. Urquhart
Pine St
Howard George Fairbairn
Janice St
Long Beach
Fairbairn
Otis McKinley Sanders
40 Main Way
Sanders
California Social Welfare Conference Opens Here
The California Conference of Social Welfare opens in Long Beach as veterans plan Memorial Day programs and readers check local items including a reported earthquake with no damage.
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California Conference of Social Welfare
Long Beach
Labor, Management Anti-Red Vow Urged in Congress
Rep. Landis proposed a non-Communist oath for management and labor negotiators expanding Taft-Hartley to require affidavits from more union leaders. The plan aims to curb subversive influence and speed NLRB actions, with calls to enlarge the five member board or empower its legal staff.
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Labor, Management
Ashington
Rep
Landis
National Labor Relations Board
Sku Ula
Ne Ahd
Fie Expresseg
Uc Senate House
Attorney General's Office
Ives
Herzog
Denham
Fiveman
NLRB
Japanese Clerical Rail Workers Idle Over Wage Dispute
Tokyo May 24 clerical workers of the Transportation Ministry staged a 24 hour holiday. The action did not halt trains. The government railway workers union demanded wage differentials promised but await parliamentary approval for payment.
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Tokyo
Transportation Ministry
Government Railway Workers Union
Truman to Deliver Five Major Speeches on Western Trip
The White House announced President Truman will make five major speeches during a cross country train trip in June. Topics include foreign policy conservation and displaced persons with two other subjects not yet announced. One talk is set for Omaha on June 5 during the 35th Division reunion. other major stops are Chicago Omaha Seattle Berkeley and Los Angeles.
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Washington
White House
Truman
35Th Division
Omaha
Chicago
Seattle
Berkeley
Cali
Los Angeles
Chicago Stadium
Manu
Baby Strangles in Play Pen Incident Reported in Los Angeles
14 month old Judith McGill died after becoming tangled by a play pen crossbar while her twin sister played nearby. Det Lt Jack Fergis said the child apparently stepped on a bottom crossbar causing her feet to slip out and her head to become wedged on the uprights. An inhalator squad could not revive her.
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Los Angeles
Judith McGill
Jack Fergis
Edward J. McGill
General Motors Offers Raise to United Auto Workers
Detroit May 24 AP General Motors offered the UAW a wage increase. sources say likely about 10 cents an hour, better than Chrysler's six-cent bid. UAW CT0 had demanded 25 cents, Chrysler 30. Gov Sigler brokered talks toward a new meeting at his Detroit HQ.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
United Auto Workers
General Motors
Kim_ Sigler
Chrysler
G. M
Sigler
Sigler Anid
L A Newsman Killed in Crash Near San Clemente
Otis M. Wiles a 45 year old Los Angeles Examiner feature reporter was killed in a head on collision on U S Highway 101 near San Clemente. Photographer Felix Paegel suffered a broken leg and six others in the other vehicle were injured as patrolmen reported.
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San Clemente
Otis M. Wiles
Los Angeles Examiner
U. S. Highway 101
Here
Felix Paegel
Wiles
Geremy Rouse
Pasadena
San Diego
U. S. Sit Lake City
Charles Brannan Named Secretary of Agriculture
Charles Franklin Brannan was nominated to be Secretary of Agriculture, succeeding Clinton P. Anderson who resigned May 10. Brannan, Colorado native, was serving as Assistant Secretary. The President also nominated J Frieda B Hennock to the Federal Communications Commission, becoming the first woman on the panel.
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Washington
Charles Franklin Brannan
Brannan
Senate
M. Brannan
Colorado
Clinton P. Anderson
New Mexico
J. Frieda B. Hennock
New York City
Federal Communications Commission
Miss Hennock
Clifford J. Durr
Commission
Cotton Exports Stop Price Drops as Market Reacts
In New York on May 24 the federal government halted Marshall plan exports, triggering a price break of up to 5.05 a bale. Domestic buying then helped cotton rebound while New Orleans futures fell to 7.50 a bale. Old crop July led declines with other months following.
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New York
New Orleans
Tuly
Chicago
B 29 Training Flights Stopped Amid Arab Jewish War
American B 29 Superfortresses operating from Germany to Dhahran Saudi Arabia have had training flights suspended due to unsettled conditions along the route. An Air Force spokesman cited risk of misinterpretation by Arab and Jewish combatants as the reason.
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Ananel Uni
Germany
Dhahran
Saudi Arabia
Spoksman
Ex-bank Robber Slain in Chicago by Gang in Car
Leo Friedman known as Little Sneeze, 38, was killed by four gunshots at a west side intersection after car occupants fired then approached him. Police tied him to a past policy racket link but said motive may be retaliation for another homicide. His wife Carol Friedman, 24, witnessed the attack as they walked toward their hotel.
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Chicago
Onelire
Leo Friedman
Friedman
West Side
Harry Penzin
Warren Ave
Loop
Carol
Penzin
Thomas Brennan
Mercury Record Distributing Company
Mercury
Harry
Paul ‘Wasczyk
Wasczyk
Elmwood Park
Jews Accept Ultimatum With Proviso
Arabs reject UN cease fire in Palestine with Syria seeking a 36 hour delay. Jews accept the order if the seven Arab states comply. U S appeals for cooperation as fighting continues around Jerusalem. Strong entities include United States State Department United Nations Israel Syria Trans Jordan Egypt.
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Associated Press
U. N
Palestine
Syria
Israel
United States
Great Britain
Arab League
Cairo
Faris el Khouri
U. N. Security Council
Lake Success
U. S
Washington
State Department
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Wh Delmert
Lewis Douglas
London
Evin
Egypt
Iraq
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Willem C. Burdett
Jerusalem
Trans-Jordan
Arab Legion
Louisiana Gas Tax Protest Hits Statewide Rally
Baton Rouge report says Louisiana service stations raised prices to protest a proposed 2 cent per gallon gas tax increase that would lift the state rate from 7 to 9 cents. Opponents cite higher costs and link protests to other pending tax plans on beer and sales tax.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Wellington Suffers Twenty Earthquakes in One Hour
Twenty earthquake shocks, most slight, were recorded in Wellington within an hour ending this morning. R C Hayes, acting director of the Dominion Observatory, announced the quakes.
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Wellington
New Zealand
R. C. Hayes
Dominion Observatory
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