Mrs Roosevelt defends action on Catholicism in column
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt replies to Francis Cardinal Spellman accusing her of anti Catholicism. She says she supported Catholic Alfred E. Smith in every campaign and urges freedom of religion with separation of church and state while avoiding personal bitterness toward any faith.
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New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Alfred E. Smith
World Telegram
Smith
Cardinal Spellman
Roosevelt
Tragedy in Kenton as Child Struck by Car
Mrs Don Mabrey backed the family car from the garage Sunday morning striking her two year old son Donnie. The child was rushed to a San Antonio hospital but died within an hour, police reported.
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Kenton
Don Mabrey
Donnie
San Antonio
Janice Dawe
Annabelle
America
New York
England
Chicago
Kenneth Dawe
Southampton
Phillip Lewin
Michael Reese
U. S
Senator McCarran and UN Official Clash Over Testimony
Senate Judiciary subcommittee led by Senator McCarran questions a mystery witness identified as No 8 who alleged Communist terror within the UN secretariat. Byron Price denies the claim as untrue while House UnAmerican Activities probes Mrs Mary Jane Keeney a former State Department employee linked to a Manila envelope and Soviet espionage. Lie’s vacation in Norway limits comment as the UN signals possible leadership change.
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Washington
McCarran
D-New
United Nations
Senate
Keeney
Communist Party
No. 8
UN Secretariat
Trygve Lie
Lie
Norway
Price
Freighter Slices Pleasure Boat. One Dead, Nineteen Injured
Coast Guard probes a collision in Boston Harbor after the freighter American Veteran struck the 38 foot Marie S. killing Mary Di Giovanni and injuring 19 others. Passengers describe clear weather as rescues unfold and the Marie S. is left a wreck with only its bow afloat.
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Boston
Coast Guard
Mary di Giovanni
Waltham
United States Lines
Philadelphia
Navy
Lawrence B. Adams
Brooklyn
N. Y
I. Clarence Bailey
Bailey
Adams
Charles E. Stevens
Red Troops Advance In South China Battle Near Changsha
Communists push toward Changsha as Nationalists brace for a main south China battle. Reds reach five miles east of Changsha and ten miles east of Chuchow with three defense lines reportedly forming along the Hunan Kwantung border and near Canton. Air support from Nationalist forces strengthens as Chiang Kai Shek tours Formosa after leaving Amoy.
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Canton
China
Hunan
Changsha
Chuchow
Kiangsi
Yengyang
Rice Bowl
Chiang Kai-Shek
Taipei
Formosa
Amoy
Physician De Haven 83 Died in Xenia Ohio
Dr Albert D De Haven a practicing physician for 59 years in Xenia died yesterday at age 83. He served as city health commissioner and was a member of the City Charter Commission in 1918.
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Xenia, O
Albert D. de Haven
de Haven
Senate launches coal probe into industry and United Mine Workers
The Senate Banking Committee opens an inquiry led by Senator Robertson into coal industry practices and United Mine Workers activities. Key producers including Harry M. Moses of H. C. Frick Coal and George H. Love of Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal testify. the probe also eyes industry monopolies and labor power.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Robertson
D - Va
Lewis
Robertio Gaus
Harry M. Moses
H. C. Frick Coal Company
Pittsburgh
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Company
Love
Polio Victim Alfred Michealson Dies in Cincinnati
Alfred Michealson, 36, of Chillicothe, died last night at General Hospital after being admitted Saturday for polio treatment. Hospital physicians reported the death.
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Cincinnati
Alfred Michealson
Chillicothe
General Hospital
Storm Warnings Issued Again At Okinawa Island
Okinawa warns of a second big Pacific storm as a savage typhoon with winds near 150 mph strikes. An American girl, seven, was killed and 16 Americans injured in the latest typhoon that damaged the U S military base. Damage at Okinawa is extensive with half of many buildings destroyed, quonset huts wiped out, and the Tenzan and Awase areas heavily hit. Army and Air Force teams assess the destruction as a new typhoon looms hundreds of miles away.
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Army
U. S
U.S
Airforce Headquarters
Big Island
Japan
Tokyo
Okinawa
20Th Airforce
Navy
Guam
Airforce
Tenzan
Awase
Quite A Mixture Still Found In Cleveland
A 50 gallon still uncovered by police yielded grain mash garbage potato peelings coffee grains and several pairs of old socks. Two men were detained for investigation one claiming to be a gospel minister.
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Cleveland (Ap
Rent Control Act Invalid, Judge Rules Chicago
Federal Judge Elwyn R. Shaw held the 1949 rent control law unconstitutional, ruling the local option clause unlawful. The decision doesn’t end all rent controls. an immediate appeal to the Supreme Court will be filed while enforcement continues pending review. The housing expediter sought an injunction to stop evictions of 18 tenants by Shore Line Cooperative, Inc.
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Chicago
Elwyn R. Shaw
U.S. Supreme Court
William S. Kaplan
Shaw
Congress
Tighe E. Woods
Shoreline Cooperative, Inc
John P. Lulinski
U. S
Supreme Court
Wainwright Calls Atlantic Pact an Invitation to War
Gen. Jonathan M. Wainwright, hero of Bataan, criticized the Atlantic Pact as inviting another war. The retired leader told an interviewer that the United States would likely face a war largely alone, with limited help possibly from England.
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Cleveland
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Bataan
United States
England
Landlord shoots wife kills tenant then kills self
Atlanta. A dis gruntled landlord, J F Bailey, 38, killed tenant William J Hays 26 and wounded his pregnant wife before shooting himself. Police call it murder, attempted murder, and death by own action. Bailey left a note claiming to “show the OPA” and criticizing government controls.
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Atlanta
OPA
J. M. Pack
J. F. Bailey
Bill Hays
William J. Hays
Pack
Hays
Bailey
Pepil
Joe Staling
Fires Destroy 17 Cincinnati Streetcars In Barn Blaze
In Cincinnati a fire swept through a street railway car barn destroying seventeen streetcars. Officials estimated total damage at 175000, with seventeen cars moved earlier. Fire origin undetermined, winds limited spread, and nearby trolley buses largely spared. In Mansfield Ohio a separate four hour blaze in the Weldon building caused up to 100000 in damage, heavily hitting the E W Sutter Candy Company and a hobby shop housing coins and stamps valued at six thousand.
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Cincinnati
Cincinnati Street Railway Company
Barney Houston
Emerson Lucas
William Flamm
Evanston
Mansfield, O
Mansfield
Weldon
Main St
L. J. Steele
Steele
E. W. Sutter Candy Company
Sutter
William M. Weldon, Jr
James R. Conner
Mother and Son Rob Taxi Driver in Chicago Holdup
In Chicago AP report, Regina Marczak 42 and her 17 year old son Jerome plotted a holdup after she urged a promise not to shoot. They beat and robbed taxi driver Edward Mahoney of 11.50. Jerome charged with assault with a deadly weapon and robbery. Mahoney was not seriously hurt.
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Chicago
Regina Marczak
Jerome
Marczak
Edward J. Mahoney
Truman Signs Atlantic Pact
President Truman called the North Atlantic pact a step toward a free world. He signed the ratification at the White House and urged Congress to authorize funds to arm free nations against aggression, noting broad Senate and public support for peace and freedom.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Senate
Congress
Holdup Slayer Found Dead in Chicago Ditch
The bullet ridden body of ex convict Stanley Jakalski, 30, was found in a South Side ditch after a suspected gangland ride. Police say he had a long record for robbery and car theft and was linked to last month’s Brinks Express guard slayings. Andrew Jakalski reports two men claimed to be police at 4 am but no arrest was made. Stanley’s body was found about two hours later, shot five times.
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Chicago
South Side
Stanley Jakalsi
Brinks Express Company
Andrew Jakalski
Stanley
Truman Urges Swift Action on Foreign Arms Plan
President Truman urged Congress to approve a 1.45 billion dollar foreign arms program to aid eight European nations and others from Europe to the Pacific. He framed it as essential to defend against Soviet aggression and to keep momentum for peace, likening the program to a defensive North Atlantic pact. The State Department released a bill granting flexibility in arms distribution while barring atomic weapons.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Europe
Pacific Ocean
State Department
Russia
Soviet Union
Greece
Berlin
Iran
Turkey
United Nations
Mr. Truman
United States
Ohio weekend death toll from accidents tops a dozen
Associated Press reports at least 12 people died in Ohio accidents over the weekend. Victims included five in traffic crashes, five drownings, and multiple injuries. Names include Mrs. Dorothy Jame Emmory 19 of Bucyrus and others from Columbus Delware County Akron Cambridge Napoleon and nearby towns.
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Ohio
Dorothy Jame Emmory
Bucyrus
Columbus
Delaware County
Piedmont Lake
Harrison County
Blake van Fossen
Piedmont
Richard Mann
Barnesville
Clyde Murphy
Sardis
Monroe County
New Matamoras
John H. Hillard
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
New Castle
Akron
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Byron Price
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Holdup
West Europe
Associated Press
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Wars Ren
Neva
Summit Lake
Gertrude Hill
Myron Lewis
George D. McMillen
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Wills Creek
Ben Bechtel
Alice C. Rentz
Napoleon
Malinta
John Leach
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