AP marks centenary with top news stories list
New York May 24 The Associated Press marked 100 years with a NBC broadcast dramatizing ten historic stories. Alan J Gould said today the current world events may be the biggest story yet, as AP emphasizes freedom and truth in news. NBC narrators included Chaplin Trout and Swayze.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gould
Associated Press
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NBC
W. W. Chaplin
Robert Trout
John Cameron Swayze
John MacVane
Robert McCormick
Margaret OBrien Back From Europe
Hollywood star Margaret O'Brien, aged 11, returned from a European trip and reported that everything over there was wonderful.
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Margaret O'Brien
Europe
Hollywood
Empire Day Observed Across Britain and Commonwealth
Britain marks Empire Day on Queen Victoria's birthday with school plays and a Royal Empire Society reception in London. Field Marshal Jan Smuts urged a British Commonwealth association distinct from the empire to deter aggressors.
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Britain
Queen Victoria
Royal Empire Society
Jan Christian Smuts
Rime
Union of South Africa
Smuts
British Commonwealth
United States
Finnish Troops May Run Port Amid Strikes
Helsinki officials prepared to deploy troops to operate Helsinki port as dock workers remain on strike. Soldiers received quick training in cargo handling while protesters rally over the dismissal of Yrjo Leino, the former Communist interior minister, amid fears of broader strikes.
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Helsinki
Finland
Yrjo Leino
Trade Union Federation
Adm Pennoyer to Relieve Adm Royce Philadelphia Command
Rear Adm. Frederick W. Pennoyer Jr. will relieve Rear Adm. Donald Royce as commander of the Naval Air Material Center in Philadelphia. The change takes place in Washington on May 24.
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Frederick W. Pennoyer Jr
East Orange
N. J
Donald Royce
Naval Air Material Center
Philadelphia
Youth Held for Killing of Deputy
An 18 year old youth confessed to slaying Deputy J C Freeman of Marshall Missouri after a shooting at the state school for the feeble minded in Fulton. He was arrested in Kansas City four hours later. A gun was found and two other men were wounded including dentist Dr William G Trefz in critical condition.
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Blodgett
Freeman
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Trefz
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Plane Designed So Pilot Can Lie in Flat Position
ASHINGTON May 24 The Air Force designs a high speed plane piloted by two men lying on their stomachs Maj Gen Malcolm Grow air surgeon says prone piloting offers hours of comfort reduces fatigue and lowers blackout risk in tight streamlined flying wings for speed of sound aircraft are considered to keep the streamlining intact and avoid cockpit bubbles
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Air Force
Malcolm C. Grow
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