Woman Admits 2 Lonely Hearts Deaths in Security Fight
Marion B. Folsom urged broader social security coverage and higher benefits before the House Ways and Means Committee. He proposed expanding Old Age and Survivors Insurance to 50 million workers, raising costs with wage-linked benefits, and adjusting payroll taxes while favoring state handling of disability cases.
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Washington
Congress
Marion B. Folsom
Eastman Kodak Co
Rochester
N. Y
Truman
Folsom
House
Ways and Means
James F
Big Jim) Folsom
Alabama
United States rejects UN probe into churchmen trials
Lake Success April 19 The United States rejected Cuba s call for a 15 nation UN inquiry into the Mindszenty trials and church punishments in Bulgaria and Hungary. An American spokesman said action should focus on Anglo American steps already taken and accused Bulgaria and Hungary of violating peace treaties. Russia opposed any inquiry and the 58 nation committee planned to debate the Cuban proposal today.
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United Nations
Cuba
Gustavo Gutierrez
Cardinal Mindszenty
Ordass
Hungary
Bulgaria
Russia
Special
Shreveport Man Dies in House Fire
Arville P. Gardner fifty six, former operator of the Gardner Hotel, perished in a blaze that gutted the upper story of his home in Shreveport. His body was found beside his bed room. accidental suffocation was listed as the cause by Dr. Charles Boone. His wife was away in New Orleans attending a Louisiana American Legion auxiliary meeting.
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Shreveport
Arville P
Jack) Gardner
Gardner Hotel
Gardner
Charles §. Boone
Caddo Parish
New Orleans
Fresh Civil War Looms As Reds Mass On Yangtze
Nanking reports the Chinese government rejects Communist demands and vows to defend the Yangtze frontier. Communist radio says 400000 Red troops are prepared to cross the Yangtze near Nanking and Shanghai if no concession is given, threatening a major surge in the conflict.
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Seniour
Nanking
Yangtze
Nanking-Shanghai
East China
Chen Yi
Red
Ban urged on peace parley in Paris by Mundt
Senator Mundt urged barring U S citizens from attending the world peace congress in Paris. The House committee branded the meeting Communist arranged and designed to recruit scientists for civil disobedience. State Dept passport policy remained typically secret with a hint passports will be issued except where legal bars apply.
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Washington
Mundt
U. S
World Peace Congress
Paris
House un-American Activities Committee
House
Senate
State Department
Department
Frederick Joliot
No Charges Planned in Kidnap Hoax Case
Beverly Hills police said no criminal charges will be filed over a staged kidnapping involving five year old Joey Goodman and about 30000 in his mother's betting losses. Mrs Joe Goodman 32 admitted staging the hoax to hide gambling debts from her husband.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
C. H. Anderson
Anderson
Joe Goodman
Goodman
Joey
Norfolk
Boxer
George Miller
Ruth Lefkowitz
Reidsville
N. C
J. W. Stanley
California
Ireland Achieves Freedom. Faces New Republic Path
Dublin reports Ireland fully free after 780 years under foreign rule. President Sean T. O Kelly envisions reaching the Free Republic goal within a generation. Ireland plans agriculture driven economy, a standing army of about 8000, air strength with Spitfires and Hurricanes, and naval gunboats, while Ulster counties stay in the British commonwealth.
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Carter L. Davidson
Dublin
Ireland
Trish
Ulster
Free Republic of Ireland
Sean T. O'Kelly
Republic
W. B. Topping
Northern Ireland
Free Ireland
Britain
Tokyo Raider 10 Gifts For Missionary Deshazer
Galveston Texas April 19 One of the Tokyo raiders now a missionary in Japan will receive a spontaneous contribution from his buddies to aid Rev Jacob Deshazer The aviator bombadier on a B 25 in the raid was captured in China and endured three months in solitary confinement in a Japanese prison camp He says the Bible given by a guard helped him endure and he believes churches can influence more Japanese than bombs.
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Galveston
Tex
Tokyo
Japan
Jimmie Doolittle
Jacob Deshazer
Deshazer
Osaka
China
Straw Hat Day Proclaimed Here
The Chamber of Commerce retail merchants division proclaims Thursday April 21 as Straw Hat Day for men and boys to wear summer headgear regardless of weather. The 1949 styles will be pictured in the News-Star World upcoming editions and are said to be ornate and eye catching to attract attention.
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Retail Merchants Division
Chamber of Commerce
News-Star— World
Jackpot winner undecided on how to spend prize money
A Biloxi, Mississippi woman who won a 23 000 radio quiz jackpot in February weighs using the funds for her 13 year old daughter's medical care in New York next March. She plans a new house, keeps the DeSoto car, sells four prizes, donates 1000 to charity, and faces about 4600 in taxes.
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Biloxi
Miss
Rose Fallo
Rose Marie
New York
CBS
Fallo
DeSoto
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Natchez
Lost Little Boy Claimed by Mother in Gary
A Gary Indiana woman identified a found three year old boy as her son Richard J. Lair Jr. The boy had been wandering the streets last week and was brought to a Gary hospital. Mrs. Robert Wiley of Blue Island Illinois claimed him saying she gave him up to adoption last Friday to avoid reminding her of her first husband.
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Gary
Ind
Robert Wiley
Blue Island
Set
T. v. Curley
Brennan
Barnes
Schultz
Delaware
Lonely Hearts
Wooldridge
Brennan Farm
Robert
New Hampshire
Raymond
Stretch
Concord
N. H
Epson
John Carson Faces Senate Questions On Economic Views
Washington April 19 Republicans prepared to quiz John Carson about past statements on capitalism as the Senate Commerce Committee weighs his nomination to the federal trade commission. Senator Brewster cited Carson 1945 testimony about capitalism's decline and said his views may not align with Republican positions. Carson, a former Washington reporter and aide to Sen. Couzens, was nominated April 7 for the 10 000 a year post to fill the seat of Robert Freer.
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Washington
Truman
John Carson
Federal Trade Commission
Brewster
Carson
Senate Commerce Committee
Senate Committee On Economic Planning
The
Trade Commission
James Couzens
Michigan R Publican
Senate
Robert Freer
Couzens
Consumers Counsel
Long opposes Hoover plan on flood control and river work
Sen. Russell B. Long denounces Hoover commission ideas to shift flood control from the Army Corps to Interior. He warns about hidden costs and favors maintaining efficient federal programs. At Red River Valley Association in Shreveport he praises Overton, supports barge line and soil programs, and cautions taxpayers on false savings.
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Shreveport
Russell B. Long
Hoover Commission
Department of the Interior
Senate
Louisiana
John H. Overton
Sclon
Alexandria
Long
Association
Hoover
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Engineering Corps
Port Allen
Commission
Overton
Soldier's Wife Slain Near Lover's Lane in North Carolina
Fayetteville police hunt a slayer after the nude battered body of Mrs. Martha Kennedy Hicks 41 was found in a pine thicket. She had been missing since April 9 and was tied with a bra and bound with underclothes. Her husband Joe Hicks a retired soldier lives in Bonnie Doone. Dorothy Taylor identified the victim. No footprints or tire tracks were found due to rain.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Martha Kennedy Hicks
Nathan Farmer
Joe Hicks
Bonnie Doone
Hicks
Dorothy Taylor
Flier Families Receiving Money After Endurance Flight
Dickie Riedel, sidelined by arthritis, smiles as his father and Bill Barris push a long endurance flight begun March 15 from Fullerton toward surpassing 727 hours. A surprise $5,000 check from R. S. MacMillan aids the venture, easing medical costs for Barris and Riedel families. The effort began after initial sponsor reluctance and a fund drive by the Fullerton Chamber of Commerce.
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Midway City
Calif
Dickie Riedel
Dick Riedel
Bill Barris
Fullerton Airport
Here
Dickie
Barris
Riedel
Patty
Steven
R. S. MacMillan
The
Petroleum Corporation
Her 2 Sons Also Held In Slayings
A 43 year old woman, Inez Brennan, tearfully admitted involvement with two of her sons in the killings of Wade N. Wooldridge and Hugh Schultz. Earlier she denied knowledge as state police questioned her about the deaths following confessions by her sons Robert and Raymond.
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Dover
Del
Lonely Hearts Club
Inez Brennan
Robert
Raymond
Delaware
Edgar Barnes
Wade N. Wooldridge
Bedford
Hugh Schultz
Epson
N. H
Priest Silenced by Archbishop Cushing in Boston
In Boston a Jesuit Fr. Leonard Feeney was stripped of priestly and teaching functions by Archbishop Cushing for seven months of defying his superiors. The action followed protests from Boston College instructors alleging heresy and comes as a Vatican review returns the dispute to local jurisdiction. The decree cites grave offenses against church law and bans Feeney from preaching or teaching.
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Leonard Feeney
S. J
Cushing
Feeney
Boston College
Vatican
Boston
Fr. Feeney
John Wright
St Benedict's Center
Cambridge
Harvard College
Freeney
Homes Offered To Lonely Boy In Easter Adoption Plea
Tenyearold Andy Tompos Jr wrote to a newspaper asking his missing mother return home for Easter. A Norfolk couple Haywood Bundy and his wife offered to adopt him, joined by the Saul family of Bethesda Maryland who would adopt if grandparents approve. Andy lives with his ailing grandfather and grandmother and his father is absent.
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Latrobe
Andy Tompos, Jr
Norfolk, Va
Haywood Bundy
Andy
Bundy
Thurston Saul
Bethesda
Washington
Sauls
Andy Oblywaniuk
Classified ad instructions from The News Star World
A brief notice explains how to place or renew classified ads by phone or mail with prompt attention and an advisor service for future insertions. It mentions a low seven-time rate and cancellation privileges for ads.
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the Newsstar—World
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