MacArthur invited to testify may not return soon
Gen Douglas MacArthur blocks a homecoming invitation and signals he will not testify before the Senate appropriations committee about conditions in Japan and the Far East before the Republican National Convention. Wainwright urges a formal committee request. Georgia votes to oppose Truman, with delegation pledged to anti Truman sentiment. Delegates chosen in South Dakota Alabama and other states as campaigns intensify.
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Washington
Douglas MacArthur
Senate Appropriations Committee
Bridges
R.N. H
MacArthur
Japan
Far East
Philadelphia
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Wainwright
Georgia
Truman
Carroll Reece
South Dakota
Alabama
Judge Hereford Introduces Pretrial Conferences
Huntington West Virginia Judge John W Hereford tests informal pretrial conferences for civil cases to cut litigation costs. He expects frank discussions around the judge's desk to streamline lawsuits this spring.
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Huntington
W. Va
John W. Hereford
Gas Almost Choked Him and Other Relief Claims
A man reports relief from gas and stomach distress after taking INNER-AID from MER-AID, a Nature's Herbs juice mix. The ad claims the product cleanses bowels, relieves gas, enlivens the liver, and removes old bile, urging readers to buy at drug stores.
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Adv
Opponents Plot Protest Over Mundt Nix Anti Communist Bill
Washington June 1 Opponents of the Mundt Nix anti Communist bill vow a protest demonstration Wednesday to urge a hearing before the senate judiciary committee, as hearings on the house bill to force Communist registration adjourn. Paul Robeson and Joseph Kehoe refused to answer whether they are Communists, prompting debate on questions of civil rights and legislative remedies.
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Washington
Len Goldsmith
New York
Committee For Democratic Rights
Senate Judiciary Committee
Goldsmith
Wiley
R.-Wis
Ferguson
R.-Mich
Paul Robeson
Joseph Kehoe
Communist Party
Robeson
Kehoe
Co. I. O. American Communication Association
Senate
California moves to aid fish with spring overland transport
California assigns five tank trucks to ferry salmon along a 30 mile San Joaquin river stretch amid drought created sandbars. Wardens blast a rock to restore Big Sun river trout spawning grounds, while Mt Shasta minnow offspring are raised in a valley hatchery to accelerate growth and enhance fishing opportunities.
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San Francisco
California
San Joaquin
Monterey
Big Sun River
Mt. Shasta Uplands
Registration to Start at Northeast Junior College This Summer
Northeast Junior College announces summer term registration June 4-5 with classes starting June 7. A $5 late fee applies after June 5. Tuition is $15 for all regular students, nine week term ends August 7. Alphabetical registration slots and tentative course offerings described by registrar B S Hamner and Dean Rodney Cline.
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Northeast Junior College
B. S. Hamner
Rodney Cline
Stenographers and Typists Sought in Deep South Agencies
The Tenth Civil Service Region in New Orleans reports a continued shortage of qualified stenographers and typists for federal agencies in Louisiana and Mississippi. To widen eligibility the stenographic speed has been reduced to 80 words per minute from the former rate. Reapplications are allowed for those who did not qualify previously, with forms available from the U.S. Civil Service Examiners Secretary at Monroe post office Louisiana.
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Louisiana
Mississippi
Tenth Civil Service Region
New Orleans
Commission
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
Monroe, la
Monroe Selects H T Ward as Acting Police Chief
Captain H T Ward, 50 year veteran Monroe officer, was appointed acting police chief by the city council succeeding retiree J D Busby. Ward, a farm boy from Ackerman Miss, has a long career with promotions to sergeant in 1938 and captain in 1945. He pledges strict law enforcement guided by the golden rule. Ward resides at 106 Layton street with wife Eleine Ruark and three children, and two sergeants are named as possible successors he notes.
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H. T. Ward
Monroe
Mississippi
Ward
Harvey Benoit
Ackerman
Miss
Layton Street
Jerry McBride
Lois Schumacher
Guam
Johnny Ward
Ouachita Parish
Eleine Ruark
Pine Bluff, Ark
Benoit
Hugh Tolbert
H. J. McMurry
Tulsa bakery venture sells home made pastries through women
In Tulsa, Mrs. Vivian Bein opens the Vivian Kitchen Exchange Plan. Pastry comes from dozens of Tulsa women working as contributors. A tester approves a contributor and orders are issued. Costs are calculated and profits split between the Exchange and the creator. Chicago hosts 1385 hotels with 185,400 rooms, 35,000 of them transient.
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Tulsa
Okla
Vivian Bein
Vivian Kitchen Exchange
Kitchen Exchange
Bien
Chicago
12000 Japanese grenades seized in Taikyu
A cache of 12000 Japanese hand grenades was seized at an iron works in Taikyu, South Korea. Police say the cache was left by Japanese troops and used in two attacks on police officials. The ironworks manager and 16 others were arrested for questioning. Police plan bodyguards for assembly members after reports of leaflets calling to do away with the national assembly. A separate Rome note details a revived Tiber River power project with $3200000 set aside for five dams and plants to produce 70000000 kilowatt hours annually.
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Seoul
Taikyu
P. 0
Chough
South Korea
National Assembly
ROME
Tiber
Giovanni Antolisei
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Women’s Defense Corps
Srinagar
Eral
Lipton’s
Cleo
Wisconsin
Lid
Valantee
Vanport
Ore
H.t.ward
J. D. Busby
Home Freint Bakery
Drugist
Erie
Lincoln
Lincoln Cosmopolitan
Kellogg-Jackson Motors, Inc
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Grand St
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