Three Alcatraz convicts killed during riot control
The Alcatraz riot ended with the deaths of three ringleaders Bernard Coy 46 Louisville Kentucky armed robbery sentenced man Joseph Cretzer life term Tacoma Washington who overpowered guards and shot hostages Marvin Hubbard 34 Chattanooga Tennessee kidnaping officer amid chaos as 14 guards wounded in the assault on the prison.
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Alcatraz
Bernard Paul Coy
Louisville
Joseph P. Cretzer
Tacoma
Wash
Marvin Franklin Hubbard
Chattanooga, Tenn
San Francisco
James A. Johnston
Coast Guard
Island
Optometrists Convene for Louisiana State Convention in Monroe
Louisiana Optometric Association members arrive in Monroe for annual state convention at Hotel Frances. Registration starts at 10 A M with first business session at 11 30 A M led by Dr H B Hewett. Public meeting at 2 P M features Dr Jerome Heather on production via visual efficiency. A 4 P M lecture by Dr William Feinbloom follows. A barbecue for visiting optometrists and spouses is at Dr Bert Heinberg’s home on North Sixth Street at 7 P M.
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Lousiana Optometric Association
Monroe
Hotel Frances
H. B. Hewett
Lake Charles
Joseph Lemoine
Lafayette
E. C. Lederer
Ruston
Sam T. Roberts
Monroe Association
Bert Heinberg
North Sixth Street
Senate moves for cloture on British loan bill
The administration seeks a Senate cloture vote to limit debate on the $3.75 billion British loan. Senator Ball filed the petition after Barkley proposed a one hour per senator discussion start Monday. Opponents like Senator Johnson objected, risking a delayed test vote as the chamber remains divided.
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Washington
Senate
Ball
Minnesota
Barkley
Kentucky
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Johnson
Louisiana executes attempt aborts electric chair in St Martinville
Willie Francis, 17, sentenced for slaying druggist Andrew Thomas, spent his first full day in Iberia parish jail after electric chair failed to deliver a shock. Governor Davis granted a reprieve until next Thursday. repairs were underway in Baton Rouge.
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ST. Martinville
Willie Francis
Iberia Parish
Louisiana
Jimmie H. Davis
Leonard Resweber
Baton Rouge
Francis
Andrew I. Thomas
Davis
Fred S. Leblanc
D. D. Bazer
State Penitentiary
Auction to Sell 48 Truckloads of Seized Cigarettes
United States Marshal H. Richardson will auction 48 cases of 10,000 cigarettes each within days. The cigarettes were seized January 8, 1945 after the chief steward of the SS Magallanes tried to export them to Spain in violation of export control. Federal Judge Wayne G. Borah issued the sale order.
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New Orleans
United States
Marshall H. ©. Richardson
Magallanes
Spain
Wayne 1 G. Borah
Truman Calls Coal Strike A National Disaster
President Truman issued a report declaring the coal strike a national disaster with effects only beginning to be felt. The document, prepared by the Office of War Mobilization, warned of widespread plant closures and growing economic damage as senators clamored for government seizure of mines and additional controls.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
John L. Lewis
Office of War Mobilization
Civilian Production Administration
Charles G. Ross
Lucas
Illinois
Railway Express Agency, Inc
Office of Defense Transportation
White House
Lewis
Schwellenbach
Edward F. McGrady
Solid Fuels Administration
United States asks 15 governments to end war time missions
Washington May 4 The United States urged fifteen foreign governments including Britain Russia and France to wind up their purchasing missions in the United States as quickly as possible in a shift to private trade The State Department said such agencies should trade on normal commercial terms The move aims to ease reconversion of world economies and stabilize prices Officials noted troop withdrawals from Manchuria and Iran as a key peace time development with residual questions about Soviet troop removal
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Washington
United States
State Department
Britain
Russia
France
Manchuria
Iran
China
Eisenhower Seeks Lasting Peace in VE Day Message
General Eisenhower spoke on the VE Day anniversary promising that nations will not fulfill duties to the war’s heroes until a lasting universal peace is secured. He and Secretary Patterson paid tribute to all service members as the War Department released statements for VE Day May 8.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
War Patterson
War Department
Byrnes proposes plebiscite for no man’s land border area
U S Secretary of State James F Byrnes proposed a plebiscite in the no man’s land between American and Soviet border projections to resolve the Italian Yugoslav border dispute. Molotov Bevin and British ministers opposed a partial vote covering the same claim area. The matter was to be discussed further at the next meeting.
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Paris
U. S
James F. Byrnes
No Man's Land
Italy
Yugoslavia
Byrnes
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Trieste
Ernest Bevin
Venezia Giula
Edward Kardelj
Save OPA Day rallies staged across the nation
The American Veterans Committee reported 370 of 450 chapters plus other groups staged Save OPA Day protests. Organizers hanged six effigies in Los Angeles and Hollywood and gathered petitions urging Congress to extend price controls and retain the OPA.
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Associated Press
American Veterans Committee
Save Opa
Los Angeles
Hollywood
Sez A. Vv. Co
Omaha
Nebraska
Wherry
Butler
OPA
Phantom Killer Strikes Texarkana Slaying and Shooting
A phantom killer in Texarkana shoots at a farm home near Homan Ark killing Virgil Starkes 36 and wounding his wife 30. The crime scene yielded a .22 caliber bullet and a dropped flashlight as investigators pursue two major clues amid a regional manhunt.
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Texarkana
Tex
Texas
Arkansas
Virgil Starkes
Homan
Ark
W. E. Davis
Miller County
H. S. Hallett
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Earl
Bowie County
Richard Griffin
Polly Ann Moore
Paul Martin
Betty Booker
End of Alcatraz Siege Declares Ringleaders Dead
Officials say the Alcatraz riot ended with the last conspirators in custody. Three convicts died including ringleaders Joseph Paul Cretzer Bernard Coy and Marvin Hubbard. Two guards were killed and fourteen were wounded. An investigation by U S Attorney and FBI teams began. The death sentence was said to be pursued for indicted prisoners.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz
Federal
James V. Bennett
James A. Johnston
Joseph Paul Cretzer
Bernard Coy
Marvin Hubbard
Cretzer
Cogan Hubbard
Hubbard
Coy
Thompson
Shockley
U. S
Daniel O. Deasy
Deasy
Federal Grand Jury
Johnston and
Bennett
Los Angeles
Kentucky
Marvin F. Hubsbard
Tennessee
Miram Edgard Thompson
Texas
Sam Shocksley
Oklahoma
Johnson
Clarence Carnes
Johnston
Strangehold
Arabs plan Moscow appeal on Palestine amid UN move
Reports in Cairo say several Arab groups may send a delegation to Moscow to urge the Soviet Union to champion Palestine before the United Nations and to back Arab resistance to British American plans. Musa Alami declined to confirm the Cairo report as Arab leaders discuss the situation and the likely return of the exiled grand mufti.
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London
Moscow
Palestine
United Nations
Arab League
Cairo
Soviet Union
Musa Alami
Jerusalem
Lebanon
Arab Higher Committee
Attlee
Reuters
Alan Cunningham
Housing bill conferees split over subsidy provision and housing guarantees
Washington May 4 Conferees failed to agree on a $600 million housing subsidy, with the Senate offering $406 million rejected by the House. Rep Spence said the issue would be referred to the House Thursday before resuming. The bill would also guarantee a market for 200 000 prefabricated dwelling units and expand mortgage insurance authority. Real estate boards report existing homes selling below replacement cost despite price gains since 1940.
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Washington
House
Senate
Spence
D-Ky
Truman
National Association of Real Estate Boards
UN Security Council may drop Iranian case next week
Delegates expect the Iranian dispute to be dropped at the May 7 session as Soviet troop withdrawal by May 6 nears completion. Private reports support Tehran’s deadline, and only the Spanish question and a Polish-Charged Franco threat remain on the agenda with a subcommittee due to report by May 3.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Tehran
Iran
Russia
Trygve Lie
Lie
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