British Physicist Alan Nunn May Sentenced to 10 Years
Dr. Alan Nunn May, a British physicist who worked on wartime nuclear research, is jailed for 10 years under the Official Secrets Act for disclosing information deemed useful to an enemy. The case ties to a Canadian probe into Soviet espionage and broader Allied wartime security concerns.
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London
Alan Nunn May
Soviet Russia
May
Canada
United States
Britain
Mackenzie King
Gerald Gardiner
Russia
Gardiner
Hartley
Westbrook Pegler Attacks Officers Code Dilution During War
Column argues West Point officers uphold a strict code of honor and duty, faulting civilian leaders for eroding standards during wartime. It cites an incident involving Elliott Roosevelt and a dog transport, saying the officer should have refused the priority, risking unofficial punishment.
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West Point
Congress
Elliott Roosevelt
Washington
California
White House
Military Academy
New Era Ahead for Southland
Former Governor Sam Jones spoke to Twin City civic clubs at Hotel Virginia urging a readjustment of the South's economy for a post war era. He urged a balanced agricultural and industrial program to boost Louisiana and noted the South's large share of crops minerals timber and oil production.
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Twin City
Monroe Kiwanis Club
Hotel Virginia
Sam Jones
Southland
South
Louisiana
Old South
New South
America
New England
Believes Mouse Cause Of Elyria Plane Crash
Elyria Ohio May 1 Jack Coates manager of the Elyria airport says he believes a mouse caused the April 10 crash that killed two men. He reports four mouse nests in the left wing where stitching failed weakening the wing. Pilot Wayne Myers 21 and passenger Joseph Burke 22 both of Grafton were killed.
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Elyria
Ohio
Jack Coates
Coates
Civilian
Aeronautical Authority
Wayne Myers
Joseph Burke
Grafton
Gas interests oppose proposed hike in Louisiana gas tax
Baton Rouge May 1 7 Gas industry representatives told the revenue code commission that cheaper natural gas is Louisiana and the Souths key industrial edge. Scott Wilkinson argued the tax hike from a half cent to three cents per thousand feet would deter new industry, while some firms have already raised prices.
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Baton Rouge
Revenue Code Commission
Natural Gas Industry Committee
Scott Wilkinson
Shreveport
P. A. Frye
State Natural Gas Conservation
Wilkinson
Monroe
Leland Richardson
West Virginia
Second death tied to same rifle in San Francisco
In San Francisco on May 1 a coroner ruled George Kennedy's April 9 death a suicide and handed the .22 rifle used to his nephew George Morton. A new call to the Folsom Street address found Morton dead with the same rifle beside him, with Morton’s wife Irene stating he had been...
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San Francisco
George Kennedy
George Morton
Folsom Street
J. O. Angell
Morton
Irene
Brooks Opposes $3 75 Billion British Loan in Senate
Senator Brooks Republican Illinois announced he will vote against the 3 75 billion dollar British loan terming it a worldwide WPA project that would lower American living standards He said he is anti British not anti American and joined critics including Jesse Jones Leo Crowley and Bernard Baruch in opposing the measure A parliamentary maneuver could halt Senate consideration of the bill without a direct vote on it
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Washington
Brooks
Ilinois
Senate
Illinois
Jesse Jones
Leo Crowley
Bernard) Baruch
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Johnson
Officer Donates 20 Year Pensions in New Orleans
Chief of Detectives John J. Grosch to donate his 20 year police pension of about 220 to a New Orleans orphans home. His brother William Grosch will donate his 16 year pension. Combined annual pension total to the orphans is 3244.
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New Orleans
John J. Grosch
Grosch
William Grosch
Police Board
Birthday tribute to Anna Jarvis in hospital isolation
Westchester Pa May 1 Miss Anna Jarvis founder of Mother's Day celebrates her 82nd birthday from a sanitarium where she has lived since 1943. The Mother's Day observance started in 1906 and is now observed in 43 countries.
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Westchester
Anna Jarvis
Miss Jarvis
Direct airline to link Miami Monroe first direct service
Delta Air Lines will inaugurate a 21 passenger DC-3 flight from Miami through Atlanta to Monroe starting May 1. The expansion also adds a Charleston to Monroe DC-3 service and new local shuttle flights to relieve bottlenecks at Birmingham Atlanta and Augusta Atlanta. This boosts Monroe travel options and seats amid eased travel restrictions and military demands.
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Monroe
Miam
Delta Air Lines
South Florida
Atlanta
Clyde Millar
Delta
Charleston
S. C
Former local teacher Mrs Truett Scarborough dies in Ruston
Mrs. Truett L Scarborough 40 formerly Helen Olmstead of Monroe died after a long illness at her Ruston home. Services set for 4 p m Thursday at Ruston First Presbyterian Church with Rev Thomas M Davis officiating burial in Greenwood Cemetery. She was born April 15 1906 in Montrose Colorado and moved to Monroe at age 11. She graduated from Ouachita High School 1923 LSU Normal 1927 and taught 10th grade English at Ouachita Parish High School before teaching at Okaloosa and Pelican. She married state attorney Truett Scarborough December 23 1929 and is survived by husband and three children Elizabeth Dorothy and Truett Lee, plus her parents, sister Clifie Olmstead, and brother Marion Olmstead. Lt W K Olmstead Jr was killed in the south Pacific in World War II.
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Scaisborough
Montrose
Colo
Wallace K. Olmstead
Siloam Springs
Ark
Monroe
Missouri Pacific Lines
Ouachita High School
Louisiana State Normal
Delta Sigma Epsilon Sorority
Ouachita Parish
Elizabeth
Dorothy
Truett Lee
Cliffie FE. Olmstead
Lida Benton School
Marion Olmstead
W. K. Olmstead Jr
South Pacific
Labor Picture Darkens as New Strikes Hit Nation
The labor outlook worsened with new strikes across the country. Atlanta transit operators rejected a last minute compromise, 18 000 Illinois miners walk out halting coal production, and a nationwide slowdown looms as the soft coal dispute deepens. Paul Fuller weighs resignation as John L Lewis seeks tougher terms, while Pennsylvania anthracite workers threaten action in 30 days.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
Illinois
Memphis
Tenn
Washington
John L. Lewis
Paul W. Fuller
A. F
Secretary of Labor
Schwellenbach
Fuller
Lewis
L. United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Georgia Power Company
Meat Control On Trial As 90 Day Test Looms
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson told the Senate banking committee that meat control could end in 90 days if shortages persist and price limits fail. He cited new slaughter quotas, anti black market efforts, and farm price shifts as factors shaping the test while urging a careful extension of OPA.
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Washington
Anderson
Senate Banking Committee
Bankhead
Alabama
Barkley
Kentucky
Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion
OPA
John W. Snyder
Acid Thrower Attacks Woman At Midway Parlor
Mrs. June Garwood, 23, of Sacramento, suffered severe chemical burns on both forearms when carbolic acid was thrown at her outside the Midway Amusement Parlor in DeSiard Street. Her sister, Evelyn Aldrich, described a neatly dressed young man who fled back into the parlor after the assault. Police seek the attacker as doctors warn permanent eye damage could have occurred.
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June Garwood
Sacramento
Calif
Hotel
Monroe
Midway
DeSiard Street
Evelyn Aldrich
Draft Shortfall Clouds Army Needs In April
Washington May 1 reports indicate the draft failed to meet the army’s expanded manpower needs in April. A drop in voluntary enlistments accompanied the shortfall, signaling uncertain future for military staffing.
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Washington
Palestine Report Urges Admission of 100000 Jews
Prime Minister Attlee told the House that the British American commission backs immediate entry of 100000 Jewish refugees to Palestine, despite practical absorption difficulties. The report to Britain and the U.S. calls for action as Churchill notes urgency.
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Palestine
London
Attlee
House of Commons
British-American Commission
Britain
United States
Winston Churchill
New Zionist Organization
Jerusalem
Arab Higher Committee
Daily Mail
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Europe
Daily Telegraph
News Chronicle
Commission
Times
Committee
Norblad accuses navy of dumping edible goods at Astoria
Oregon Congressman Walter Norblad claims the navy dumps large quantities of canned food and other valuable items at a naval station in Astoria. He carries samples to Washington and cites residents showing cans of pork, corned beef, powdered milk, and salvaged Canadian bacon as proof.
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Portland
Ore
Navy
Astoria
Walter Norblad
Oregon
Washington
Europe
Norblad
Congress
Astorian
Forrestal Rejects Merger Basis as False
Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal told the Senate naval committee that the army navy merger proposal rests on a major premise that is false. He backed improved coordination of the armed services but warned the plan blurs unified command in combat with government planning at home.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
James Forrestal
Army
Navy
Department of Defense
Senate Naval Committee
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