East German Police Chief Admits False Arrests and Reforms
East German secret police head Ernst Wollweber publicly acknowledged some false arrests and ordered eased police methods. He said unjustified arrests were trifling and warned border and railway police to re‑examine practices to avoid mistakes. Delegates approved a five year plan to boost production and fund a national army.
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Robert Tuckman
Berlin
Ernst Wollweber
Secret Police
Wollweber
East Germany
Stalin
Moscow
Walter Ulbricht
Ulbricht
Fuehrer
Soviet Union
Mississippi Senate approves marriage bill amid segregation debate
Mississippi Senate passes Gov Coleman’s bill to abolish common law marriages as a tool to uphold segregation in schools. Opponents question how it would prevent integration and label most future children illegitimate. The governor urged approval after House support. The session also notes U.S. farm autos counts from 1910 to 1952.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi Senate
J. F. Coleman
Senate
House of Representatives
W. B. Alexander
Senate Judiciary Committee
House
Easter observances planned for Colorado maneuvers
At CAMP HALE Colorado chaplains will ferry altars a field organ and soldiers by helicopter and skis to provide Easter services for about 250 troops on maneuvers. Ft Bragg Special Forces operate in isolated units behind enemy lines in deep winter snow.
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Camp Hale
Colon
Rockies
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Woman's Scream Alarm Triggered Water Leak at Chicago Firm
Police investigated after residents heard a woman's scream and a man's call for help from Michigan Electronics in Chicago but found no burglars. A water leak from a burst pipe set off an electronic alarm at closing time, damaging the office about 1900 dollars.
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Chicago
Michigan Electronics, Inc
John Zetek
Zetek
NAACP Tied to Ancient Rhythm Ban Sought
Alabama White Citizens Council circulates petitions to ban rock and roll claiming Negro origin and degeneration. Asa E. Carter of Birmingham says NAACP promotes the music to drag whites down. He cites 300,000 signatures and warns juke boxes to purge smutty records or face closure.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama White Citizens Council
Asa E. Carter
National Assn
NAACP
Carter
Oldest Texas pool draws new gusher at Corsicana
Baum No. well in Corsicana field becomes Texas oldest pool’s largest producer. Discovered March 15 north of Corsicana, it now yields 75 barrels daily of 38 degree crude through a tight choke. Operators credit Zone 860 934 feet pay zones and perforations. field history notes 1900 peak output of 829,560 barrels before abandonment in 1910.
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Navarro
Corsicana
Paris cabbies forced to take any passenger after flag ban
Paris authorities order 12 000 cab drivers to drop the black flag practice and pick up riders anywhere they want. The Municipal Gazette sets new rules effective Saturday, raises base fare from 50 to 100 francs, and allows penalties from warning to license revocation for violations.
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Paris
Parisian
Moving firm official crushed in bank vault accident
Joseph Geiselman 31 vice president of Harris Moving and Storage Co died in a vault accident at First National Bank while moving records to City National bank building. Boxes weighing about 1600 pounds toppled onto him after swaying on a forklift.
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Houston
First National Bank
Joseph Geiselman
Harris Moving and Storage Co
First National Records
City National Bank
First City National Bank
Geiselman
Service Pipe Line Co Wins Safety Certificate
Tulsa March 31 Service Pipe Line Co a crude oil transporter with 2100 employees received a National Safety Council Certificate of Achievement for lowering its injury frequency rate from 4.33 in 1954 to 2.97 in 1955. The program involved 362 contestants across oil industry sectors and highlighted safety training and inspections led by Holly P Bradley and the Industrial Relations Safety section.
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Tulsa
Okla
Service Pipe Line Co
Wih
National Safety Council
Industrial Relations Department
Holly P. Bradley
Kellogg's All-Bran Promises Natural Regularity
An advertising copy touts Kellogg's All-Bran as a bulk forming cereal to aid constipation with daily regularity. It claims a 10 day result and offers a double money back guarantee if the empty carton is returned.
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Or &T
Kellogg’s
Egal Kellogg’s
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Texas
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Houston Moving Firm
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U.S
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Urplus
Cowboy Boots
Chald
Tim Early
Men's Army
SOX
Broadway
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