Job Training Plan Boosts Young Men in Craft Trades
Ben Sloan, a war veteran, seeks a real career in postwar America. He learns about a joint effort by state and federal governments with industry and labor to provide paid apprenticeships. In California he is referred to the Apprenticeship Standards office to pursue cabinet making and related trades.
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Ben
Denmark
Office of
California Department of Industrial Relations
Jergins Trust
J. C
Winning General Becomes New Shanghai Mayor
Gen. Chen Yi, new Shanghai mayor and head of the military control commission, declared the revolution in China is for the people. Shanghai is reportedly fully liberated after 40 000 Nationalist troops north of Soochow Creek surrendered. The Red radio cited Nationalist losses totaling over 5.2 million since July 1946. It also claimed Communist troops captured Tsimo near the Shanghai anchorage for U S Fleet units at Tsingtao.
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Shanghai
China
Chen Yi
Asia
Military Control Commission
Ra Jlo
Soochow Creek
Liu Chang-yi
Woosung-Shanghai
Red Radio
Tsimo
U.S
Western Pacific
Tsingtao
Navy
Washington
U. S
Long-eared Beauties Selected by J. C. Co
Fourteen burro contestants paraded at the Flamingo Hotel pool as the Junior Chamber of Commerce chose Nevada’s prettiest burros. Winners were Hoover Dam three weeks old and Boulder Dam three months old, set to lead a 48 state parade at the National Junior Chamber Convention in Colorado Springs on June 9.
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Las. Vegas
Flamingo Hotel
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Nevada
Hoover Dam
Boulder Dam
Colorado Springs
Colo
Apprentices Learn Radio TV Trade in Harbor Area
Spratley and district supervisors told Ben he could train in a shop with expert technicians while earning wages. His pay is set by regu war promotions and he faces six month progress exams, plus shop safety checks. He is one of 100 apprentices in harbor area shops, the state’s largest group, as 17 programs operate locally with 1595 trainees under master mechanics.
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Spratley
Radiotelevision
Allies H and Russia German Unity Plan
Western powers unveil a Bonn Constitution based four power plan to govern Germany, replacing military governors with a central federal government and a four power high commission while the Soviet zone pursues its own East German constitution. Vishinsky calls the plan one sided as Berlin braces for a Soviet congress vote and Berlin’s airlift continues amid a long rail strike.
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Germany
Foreign Ministers’ Council
Bonn
High Commission
Commission
East
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Allied Control Council
Soviet Zone
Berlin
People's Congress
East Zone
Berlin West Sector
Italian ministry jails man in painting sale probe
Rome reports the education ministry says one man has been arrested and two Florence gallery workers suspended in an inquiry into how an Italian Renaissance painting attributed to Andrea del Castagno reached the United States. The Met in New York owns the painting of St. Sebastian. documents on temporary export permits were seized and charges pending. Charles R. Henschel of M. Knoedler & Co. says formalities were followed.
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Rome
Ministry of Education
Florence
United_States
Andrea del Castagno
U. S
Metropolitan Museum
New York
Education Ministry
Italy
Charles R. Henschel
M. Knoedler & Co
Most GI's Leave Korea in July
Seoul reports that the last U S combat troops in Korea are expected to be withdrawn by the end of July. Army officials gave no formal announcement but officers and men indicate the withdrawal should be complete then. The Fifth Infantry Regiment is the combat unit involved and a likely transfer to Hawaii may already be underway.
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Seoul
U. S
Korea
Hawaii
Lye burned eye regains sight in corneal transplant
In Portland on May 28 a 28-year-old Salem cannery foreman recovered sight after a cornea transplant. Elmer Van Hess said he can see across the hall and count the doctor's fingers. The donor cornea came from a young mother who had her eye removed due to a tumor behind it.
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Portland
Ore
Salem
Elmer van Hess
GAR-O Claim for Stomach Relief Promises Satisfaction
An advertisement touts GAR-O as relief for stomach troubles from hyperacidity, taken after meals and at bedtime. It claims non laxative, pleasant taste, medical ingredients, and a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Revised Military Pay Boosting Bill Will Be Offered
Washington May 28 A compromise military pay bill is in the works to cap top officers’ boosts at under 20 percent while enlisted grades may gain up to about 38 percent. Junior officers would see modest increases as veterans of World War II push the measure. Family allowances would continue for the duration of current enlistments. The bill, after heavy House support for changes, was returned to committee for further study following a 227 to 163 roll call. The effort is led by young veterans and Rep Sutton with input from Rep Bolling.
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Washington
House Armed Services Committee
Bolling
Pacific
Rep
Sutton
D-Tenn
Army
Navy
G O P Accuses Demos of Civil Rights Blockade
Washington May 28 The Republican national committee accused the administration of conniving with southern Democrats to block civil rights bills. Val J. Washington, head of the committee Negro division, said a backdoor filibuster is used by Truman Democrats and Dixiecrats to hinder such legislation across both houses. He cited House subcommittees and Powell's group as stalling efforts while hearings continue on a fair employment practices bill.
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Washington
Republican National Committee
Val J. Washington
House
Rep
Powell
D-Ky
Jury Finds Dr Rutledge Guilty on Fourth Ballot
The courtroom was crowded as jurors returned a verdict after four ballots with second degree murder as the ruling. Dr. Rutledge sat beside Sheriff J L Smith without comment while family members and officials noted his Houston roots and past probation.
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Dr. Rutledge
R. S. Milner
Rutledge
J. L. Smith
Sydney
Robert C. Rutledge Sr
Houston
Texas
Howard B. Goodrich
Hannibal
Farmer
Rutledge convicted in second triangle murder case
Cedar Rapids Iowa May 28 Dr Rotert C Rutledge Jr a St Louis physician was found guilty of second degree murder in a case described as his second involvement in a love triangle A short time after his arrest authorities reported the verdict ending a dramatic sequence in which a teenage rival was wounded and a broader jealousy dispute emerged as the trial concluded
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Rotert C. Rutledge Jr
St. Louis
Rutledge
Quintuplets Celebrate 15th Birthday in Callander
The Dionne quintuplets Annette Emilie Yvonne Cecile and Marie turn 15 in Callander Ontario as greetings pour in from around the world. Their parents give mantel radios and ivory clocks while a combined birthday and Father’s Day celebration is planned for tomorrow with remarks from nurses and teachers praising the girls despite worldwide attention.
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Callander
Ont
Annette
Emilie
Yvonne
Cecile
Marie
Long Beach Drives One Third of So Cal Finished Steel Use
A survey by Carl Hammons shows Long Beach area industries use more than 100000 tons of Southern California’s 300000 tons of finished steel yearly. Oil, shipbuilding, and prefab work push the heavy local demand while major plants in Torrance and Vernon anchor a $13 million payroll locally.
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Long Beach
California
Columbia Steel Co
Torrance
Parsons
Alcon Aluminum
Southern California
Carl Hammons
Press-Telegram
Hammons
U. S. Steel
Alcoa
J. Bethlehem Pacific Steel Co
Vernon
Peso Falls to 8.70 per Dollar in Mexico City
The Mexican peso plunged to a record low of 8.70 pesos per dollar in a panicky trading session. Businessmen and speculators dumped pesos to buy dollars as the rate slid from 4.85 in under a year.
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Mexico City
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Ike
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Bright
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Chan
D.C. Feorgit Ene Cilzoce ‘Nerd Spesistist
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Haly
Demos
Byron C. Hartman
W. E. Robertson
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