Quarrel Over Comics Ends in Brutal Death
A quarrel over comic books between a 14-year-old boy and neighbor girl ended with the boy smothering 8-year-old Nancy Schuler to death with a pillow. Nancy cried stop as she was pressed, later fading out. The boy fled, later found on an elevated train, and confessed to the act.
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Nancy Schuler
Chicago
Associated Press
Shicago
A.P
Patrick Coughlin
Coughlin
Roy Adams
Roy
Donald
Adams
Lt. Coughlin
Nancy
George Adams
Ruth Kratzer Schuler
Allentown
General Hospital
Florence Schuler
North Catasauqua
Voice of America skirmish over script prompts debate
Washington reports lawmakers debated halting or pausing Voice of America world broadcasts after claims of slander. Rep Chenoweth urged tighter oversight with hearings by a House subcommittee. State Dept officials testified programs were inadequate, with a possible shift of supervision to Commerce if continued.
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Washington
Voice of America
Rep
Chenoweth R.cole
Chenowith
Truman
United States
House
Chenoweth
George W. Allen
State Department
Commerce Department
Aller
Lighthouse Construction Under Way at Long Beach Harbor
News notes quick update on lighthouse project progressing at Long Beach Harbor with ongoing work and expected milestones. Also mentions tax increase for park improvements and other regional items across pages.
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Long Beach Harbor
Truman On Cruise To Naval Academy
President Truman boarded the yacht Williamsburg for an overnight trip to Annapolis Maryland. He will attend sports events including a baseball game between the midshipmen and West Point cadets and plans to return to Washington by 5 am Sunday for Memorial Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Washington
Truman
Williamsburg
Annapolis
Midshipmen
West Point
Arlington National Cemetery
Housing and Defense Action Lacks Progress, says Legion
American Legion Commander James F. O'Neil warned Congress has fired a valley of blanks on housing and defense problems. Public patience is running out as President Truman indicated no further appeals to Congress for housing legislation.
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Washington
American Legion
James F. O'Neil
Congress
Truman
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General Tells Scions He Will Report Later
General Douglas MacArthur refused an invitation to return home before the Republican convention, saying it would be seen as politically inspired. He offered to testify after next month’s convention and emphasized his desire to avoid any appearance of capitalizing on his Pacific war record.
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Washington
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Senate Appropriations Committee
Tokyo
MacArthur
Bridges
Ran Ho
Pacific
Japan
Byron Getchell Honored With Day For Schoolboy Patrol
San Francisco May 28 UP. Police Inspector Byron Getchell organized a schoolboy safety patrol twenty five years ago and none of the children have been killed or injured on streets guarded by patrols. Mayor Elmer Robinson proclaimed May 27 Byron Getchell Day.
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San Francisco
Byron Getchell
Elmer Robinson
Three Killed in Auto Train Collision at Grade Crossing
VAN NUYS May 28 UP Two men and a woman died in a train auto grade crossing crash. Police named the victims as Pearl Beatrice Finegold 23 West Los Angeles Edward Kroutil 48 Sherman Oaks and Marion A Joss 38 Santa Monica. All were listed as employees of the San Fernando Veterans Hospital.
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van Nuys
Pearl Beatrice Finegold
Westos Angeles
Edward Kroutil
Sherman Oaks
Marion A. Joss
Santa Monica
Lsted
San Fernando Veterans Hospital
Navy to Rescue as Northwest Flood Toll Rises
Floodwaters the worst since 1884 push hundreds from homes across three states and Canada. Toll climbs to 13 as Fraser River Valley in British Columbia bears the brunt. Canadian navy readies small craft for a Dunkirk style evacuation while Esquimalt base could dispatch larger units. Army Engineers activate flood control and Washington meat supply risks rise with Columbia River crest.
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Pacific Northwest
Canada
Fraser River
British Columbia
Esquimalt
Victoria
D. C
Washington State
Hanford Atomic Plant
Washington
Oreagon
Army
Portland
GOP Chiefs Seek Faster Congress For June 19 Adjournment
Washington May 28 Republican leaders urged Senate committees to suspend all but emergency meetings to reach a June 19 adjournment. Taft announced the policy committee’s plan to finish action on the displaced persons bill, revive the draft law, and consider a Vandenberg defense aid measure. The schedule hinges on passage of money bills, with potential night sessions and possible postconvention work if needed.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Saveil
Taft
R.oble
Vanderserg
Midh
Philadelphia
Vandenberg
Policy Committee
Smuts Resigns After South Africa Election Defeat
CAPETOWN May 28 Smuts resigned as prime minister after his party lost the election to the Nationalist Afrikaner coalition. Malan will form a new government. Final returns: Nationalists 73 seats, Smuts United 55, Labor six. three native representatives remained with United. Smuts, 78, planning retirement to his Doornkloof farm.
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Capetown
Union of South Africa
Jan Christiaan
Smuts
Daniel Francois Malan
Soluionist
Malan
Prestoria
Jong
Britain
Doornkloof
London
Lord
Beaverbrook
Evening Standard
Daily Mail
United Party
Labor Party
Die Burger
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Associated Press
Military Goods Marked for Iran Aid Planned by U S Senate
John Jernegan, head of the State Department Greek Turkish Iranian affairs division, outlined proposed military aid to Iran before the Senate Operations Committee. The package would include fighter and cargo planes, guns, and other equipment from surplus stocks.
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Washington
United States
Iran
Senate
John Jernegan
State Department
Labor Strikes Widen As Rail Ban Extends To June
The federal injunction against a railroad strike was prolonged to June 1 as unions and carriers negotiate. Meantime Chrysler UAW talks drag on with 75,000 workers idle and nationwide walkouts estimated to have cost 8 million in April. Government data attribute most losses to coal and meat strikes. Wage talks and possible further rail action loom as Detroit Chrysler and Philadelphia coal talks continue.
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C. I. O.united Auto Workers
Chrysler Corp
T. Alan Goldsborough
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Peortia
Hill
International Association of Machinists
Seattle
Boeing Airplane Co
Detroit
Chrysler
General Motors
Philadelphia
United Mine Workers
U. M. Wi
John L. Lewis
Red Chief Warns Opposition to Communist Control Bill
Washington May 28 UP William Z Foster head of the American Communist party told the Senate judiciary committee the Mundt Nixon bill would create a fascist police state. He said the party would not register with the government if it became law and would not perjure itself by admitting resemblance to the bill. Rep Vito Marcantonio opposed the measure, denying he followed the Communist line despite Ferguson’s charge.
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Washington
William Z. Foster
Communist Party
Foster
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hitler
Vito Marcantonio
American Labor Party
New York
Sen. Ferguson
R-Mich
Marcantonio
Battle for Jerusalem Drives Holy Land Fronts
The Trans-Jordan Arab Legion seized the old walled city of Jerusalem after a three-building Jewish defense. A larger clash along the Tel Aviv Jerusalem highway drew thousands of troops, with Near East radio calling it among the war’s biggest battles. The British ordered 21 Legion officers to leave Palestine while Brig. John Glubb Pasha remained unaffected.
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Associated Press
Trans-Jordan
Palestine
British Foreign Office
John Glubb Pasha
War Office
Old City
Jerusalem
International Red Cross
Latrun
el Kumelra
Baniyas
Syria
Bodies of Two Miners Hunted
SCRANTON Pa May 28 Rescue workers raced to reach the bodies of two anthracite miners trapped 200 feet underground by a rockfall. Anthony Brezak 34 and Julius Pizarra 27 were sighted last night after Brezak spoke to rescuers in fading voice. A third miner William Ambroise Ambroccis 53 was crushed and died in the same rockfall Wednesday night with his body recovered soon after.
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Hhey
Anthony Brezak
Julius Pizarra
Brezak
William Ambrose Ambrucis
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