World mourns Gandhi as leaders honor his life
News agencies report tributes from leaders worldwide after Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated. Condolences pour in from King Farouk and Prime Minister Attlee to President Truman and Chiang Kai Shek as global reactions condemn the act and call for peace. Panamanian Hindus declare a month of mourning.
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Gandhi
Subcontinent
Christiandhi
Vatican
Farouk
Egypt
Jawaharlal Nehru
Paris
L’ Humanite
Rome
L’unita
Attlee
India
Parkistan
Truman
Washington
South Africa
Jan Christiaan Smuts
China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Singapore
Indian Congress
Panama
Hindug
Britain
Gunmen Take $1500 After Pozulp Fails to Reveal Safe
In Chicago on January 31 Raymond Pozulp, 26, manager of Cherry Meat Packers, told two gunmen he did not know the safe combination. As four other workers listened, the pair tried the door. it yielded, and the robbers fled with $1500, Pozulp reporting the loss to police.
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Chicago
Raymond Pozulp
Cherry Meat
Pozulp
Two Men Held in San Antonio On Charge Of Armed Robbery
Two men are in custody in San Antonio Texas charged with armed robbery in Santa Fe New Mexico. District Attorney Marcelino Gutierrez says the pair are accused of robbing Tony Lujan during a taxi ride and taking 270 dollars at gunpoint. The cab driver remains under 1000 dollars bond.
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San Antonio
Santa FE
N. M
Tex
Marcelino Gutierrez
Tony Lujan
Oklahoma University Irish Lampoon Campus Outbursts
One hundred Irish students at the University of Oklahoma protested campus meetings about state racial segregation laws. Ferrill Rogers warned of discrimination against Irish students and burned a copy of the 1872 Railroad Act, sending ashes to the janitor and President Truman. Cleo Fitzgerald urged officials to address the issue, saying student demonstrations stir trouble.
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Oklahoma University
Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma
Ferrill Rogers
Stillwater
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
University of Oklahoma Student Union
Truman
Cleo Fitzgerald
Caddo
Fitzgerald
One Dancer Hurt as Opponent Is Jailed in New Moxie Affray
In Chimayo a dance ended in a fight. Captain A B Martinez of the New Mexico state police jailed one dancer and took another to a doctor in Espanola. Ricardo Vigil suffered a scalp wound from a bottle blow. Ceveriano Martinez was held on a weapons charge.
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New Moxie
Santa FE
N. M
U.P
Chimayo
A. B. Martinez
Martinez
Espanola
Ricardo Vigil
Ceveriano Martinez
Negro Freed After Extradition Fails
Clarence Johnson known as The Little Rock Policy King was freed in East St. Louis after Arkansas authorities failed to extradite him on a four year old felony charge. Judge Joseph Troy ruled that withholding a sentence or revoking probation without a valid conviction violated American rights. An earlier extradition attempt was dismissed as not subject to extradition.
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East ST. Louis
U.P
Clarence
Baby) Johnson
Little Rock
Ark
Edwin Dunaway
Arkansas
Joseph Troy
Dred Scott
Dunaway
Johnson
Troy
State issues ruling on county employee group insurance
Attorney general opinions say county employees may join group health insurance under a 50th Legislature act, but counties cannot deduct premiums from pay, use county funds for premiums, or pay premiums for groups only of county workers. Counties also may not obtain workmen's compensation insurance for employees. Opinions arise from requests by Brazoria County Attorney Sam Lee and Bexar County Auditor E. G. Garvey.
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Austin
Brazoria
Sam Lee
Angleton
Bexar County
E. G. Garvey
San Antonio
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Lund
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Plainview
S. E. Cranfill
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J. W. Marshall
Cranfill
Baylor University
United States
Texas Ave
Grea Faeutonee Browalem
ED D. Allen
Lubbock Optical Company
Zale
Will M. Clower
G. W. Shelfer
Lubbock Optical CO. Zale's
Texas
Ind. A
Clifford Lineback
Baker Company
Dial
Heath
Heath’s
Lubbock
Amarillo
Memphis
Clarendon
Howell
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