Rumors of a purge of Poland's army and party
U.S. officials report rumors of a new purge in Poland’s army and Communist party, tied to Marshal Rokossovsky’s influence. The move would tighten Kremlin control over Poland and Eastern Europe, with officials skeptical of a rapid crackup of Soviet influence.
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Yugoslavia
Moscow
Marshal Tito
Kremlin
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Vladimir Clementis
Czech
Wladislaw Gomulka
Central Committee
Communist Party
Marshal Rokossovsky
Rokossovsky
Nine Men Arrested in Three States in Roundup
Louisiana sheriffs declare a three state roundup has led to the arrest of nine men. The operation targeted an Opelousas arrest with explosives, a Gulfport Mississippi arrest, and a Houston Texas arrest plus others in Jefferson parish Picayune and East Baton Rouge. Names include Sherrill Ballew aka Jim Hurd and Bob W. Campbell with multiple charges across parishes and states. Two suspects remain at large.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Bryan Clemmons
East Baton Rouge Parish
T. H. Martin
West Felicians Parish
West Felicians
Jefferson Parish
Picayune
Miss
Houston
Tex
Clemmons
Martin
Sherrill Ballew
Jim Hurd
Kentucky
Texas
Opelousas
St. Landry Parish
Bob W. Campbell
Senator Wherry Guides Nebraskans at Capitol Tour
Senator Wherry of Nebraska guided fourteen Nebraska couples at the Capitol during the U. S. Chamber of Commerce meeting. After the tour the women each gave him a dime, totaling 1.40 dollars, while regular Capitol guides earn 25 cents.
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Washington
Wherry
R.-Neb
Nebraska
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Capitol
Wheriey
Senate Chamber
Meyer Rites To Be Private
Mrs. Melanie Meyer 85 longtime Monroe figure dies in her hotel apartment after several weeks illness. Rabbi Hirsch to lead private funeral directed by Mulhearn Funeral Home. Widow of Sol Meyer she helped run the family dry goods business. survivor lists daughter Lillian Meyer sister Julie Broda and several nieces and nephews.
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Melanie Meyer
Monroe
F. K. Hirsch
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Meyer
Sol Meyer
South
Germany
Cigarette tax cut voted by House Ways and Means
Washington May 3 The House Ways and Means Committee voted to cut the tax on economy brands of cigarettes from seven cents to 4.9 cents a pack. The move pushes total excise tax cuts past $1 billion as makers promise lower prices while Treasury estimates show $90 million yearly revenue loss. President Truman warned Congress to raise taxes elsewhere or veto any cut.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
President Truman
Senate
Truman
Congress
Mr. Truman
Senate probes phantom network supplying racing news
Washington May 3. Senator McFarland ordered an investigation into a phantom network distributing horse racing information to bookmakers nationwide. The probe ties to Western Union leased wires and Continental Press in Cleveland, with officials from AP and other news services testifying as witnesses. Detectives raided Frank Erickson’s Park Avenue office amid a bookmaking inquiry.
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Washington
McFarland
D.-Ariz
Senate Commerce Subcommittee
Frank Starzel
Associated Press
Elmer Davis
Radio Correspondents Association
William D. Goode
International News Service
Herbert Moore
Transradio Press
J. P. Taylor
Missouri
United Press
U. P
Western Union
Continental Press Service
Cleveland
Ohio
Continental
Thomas Kelly
New York
Park Avenue
Frank Erickson
Erickson
Longest Constellation Flight Starts From Burbank
The first of four Constellation planes departs Burbank on May 3 for Johannesburg to serve South African Airways. Each flight will carry 42 passengers as part of a world spanning delivery operation.
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Burbank
Calif
Johanesburg
South Africa
South African Airways
Jolson Denies Death Rumor On Birthday Eve
Palm Springs California May 3 Singer Al Jolson dismissed a death rumor saying he must be getting up in the world and joking that such reports happen to Bing Crosby. Jolson will be 64 on May 26.
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AL Jolson
Palm Springs
Calif
Bing Crosby
Hollywood
Crosby
Jolson
Indiana Solons Renominated in Primary Returns
Indiana voters renominate 11 House members in a statewide primary along with county officers. Heavy urban voting and machine shortages delayed polls, while rural turnout was light. Notable results include Cecil Harden and Ralph Harvey retaining GOP seats, Denton leading Dems in the Sixth, Halleck pressuring, Madden and Noland winning, Jacobs and Crook and Kruse and Walsh and Wilson also advancing.
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House of Representatives
Indianapolis
Cecil Harden
Covington
Congress
Ralph Harvey
Mt. Summit
Winfield Denton
Evansville
Charles Halleck
Rensselaer
Indiana
Ray J. Madden
Gary
James E. Noland
Bloomington
Andrew Jacobs
Thurman C. Crook
South Bend
Edward H. Kruse, Jr
Fort Wayne
John R. Walsh
Anderson
Earl Wilson
Bedford
High Wind Deaths Hit Louisiana and Mississippi
Two days of fierce winds and heavy rain across Louisiana and Mississippi left one fisherman dead in Black River near Jonesville and caused injuries to twelve others. Debris, toppled trees, and damaged buildings were reported, with power lines out in multiple cities and several roads flooded or blocked.
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Associated Press
Louisiana
Mississippi
Black River
Jonesville
Fred Fairbanks
Catahoula Parish
Andy Meyers
Meyers
Church Hill
Natchez
Miss
Natchez Charity Hospital
E. B. Scott
Roy Scott
Martha Tenner
Fayette
Maggie Hill
E. B. Reber
Jefferson County
Meridian
James Abraham
Colfax
St. Joseph’s Convent
Cloutierville
Alexandria
Highway Department
Baton Rouge Man Killed in Gravel Road Crash
41 year old Guy Dalton Rounsaville died in a traffic accident yesterday when his gravel road vehicle apparently lost control and collided with another car. State Police Trooper D E Hoover testified at an inquest that Rounsaville was thrown from the truck and crushed beneath it.
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Baton Rouge
Guy Dalton Rounsaville
D. E. Hoover
Rounsaville
Evacuee Ship Brings 735 From Red China to Hong Kong
The Gen. W. H. Gordon arrived in Hong Kong with 735 evacuees from Red China, including 196 Americans, 79 British, 21 French, and 377 stateless persons. They left Taku Bar after U S consular staff were evacuated from Shanghai. The trip was private, following a failed U S sponsored evacuation of 1,600 foreigners.
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Stanley Rich
Hong Kong
W. H. Gordon
Red China
Taku Bar
Tientsin
U. S
Walter McConaughy
Shanghai
U. S. Stir Department
Hope Dim for Russian Flop
Washington May 3. A forecast of an eventual crack-up of Russia’s power failed to quiet congressional demands for continued draft and more defense spending. Rep Vinson and Cole dismissed Paul Hoffman’s warning of a coming Soviet collapse as wishful thinking while General Bradley noted no letup in Soviet pressure. Hoffman, head of the ECA, spoke before the Chamber of Commerce saying satellites appear smooth but are kept by brutality. He predicted the fall of the remaining dictator but gave no timing.
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Washington
Russia
Vinson
D.-Ga
Cole
Paul G. Hoffman
Omar N. Bradley
House Armed Services Committee
House
Hoffman
Economic Cooperation Administration
United States Chamber of Commerce
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Xavier Cugat Plans July Wedding to 18-Year-Old Singer
Boston May 3 Orchestra leader Xavier Cugat announced plans to wed 18-year-old Abbe Lane of New York, a singer in his band, after his current wife’s Reno divorce. He said Mrs Cugat already has California divorce but the decree won’t be final for a year, and he expects a Reno settlement in six weeks with the marriage to occur in July or August.
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Boston
Xavier Cugat
Abbe Lane
New York
Reno
Rhuma King
Cugat
Pepper Loses Senate Seat to Smathers in Florida Primary
Claude Pepper, a New Deal stalwart, loses his United States Senate seat to George Smathers in Florida after incomplete returns show Smathers leading by over 50,000 votes. Smathers, a 36 year old former Marine, calls the victory a stand for liberty and freedom as Florida solidifies its Democratic leanings.
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Miami
Fla
Claude Pepper
New Deal
George Smathers
Pepper
Florida
Smathers
Ohio Democrats Pick Ferguson for U S Senate Nomination
In Ohio's May 1950 primaries state auditor Joseph T. Ferguson won the Democratic nomination for U S Senate. He will face incumbent Republican Robert A. Taft, who ran unopposed. Ferguson led six rivals with 122,829 votes to 74,681 for May or Michael V. Disalle. Taft secured 350,215. Labor leaders vow to help defeat Taft amid opposition to the Taft Hartley act.
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Columbus, O
Ohio
Joseph T. Ferguson
Taft
Senate
Ferguson
Michael V. Disalle
Toledo
Disalle
Secretary of State
Jones Held Again In Death Bastrop La
In Morehouse Parish Sheriff Harp re arrests Willie Jones and reopens the case into the death of Dorothy Jones 19. Jones extradited from Billings Montana is charged with manslaughter in connection with her death. A drifter Bob Vanoven 28 remains jailed awaiting trial after confessing. Mrs Jones was found dead Feb 20 1949 in her Mer Rouge farm home with two young children nearby.
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Bastrop
Morehouse Parish
Robert Harp
Willie Jones
Dorothy Jones
Jones
Billings
Mont
Ouachita Parish
George Lester
Sheriff Harp
Bob Vanoven
Harp
Vanoven
Montana
Mer Rouge
Robert Harper
Harper
Smathers defeats Pepper in Florida Senate primary setting general election clash
In Florida, Claude Pepper faces George Smathers in a Republican era clash as Smathers leads Pepper for the U S Senate nomination. Smathers, a Taft Hartley backer, opposes FEPC and national health insurance while siding with Truman on foreign policy. Pepper accuses Smathers of aiding Communists. Four Florida congressmen advance. Warren remains governor until 1952.
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John P. Booth
Miami
Smathers
Senate
Truman
Pepper
FEPC
Mr. Truman
Republiains
University of Florida
Political Action Committee
Dupont
Florida
Bob Sikes
Crestview
Syd Herlong
Leesburg
Dwight L. Rogers
Fort Lauderdale
Fuller Warren
Two German Doctors jailed for killing 3000 inmates
In Freiburg on May 3 two German doctors, Julius Schreck and Ludwig Brauer, were sentenced for killing about three thousand Baden asylum inmates deemed unfit by the Nazis. Schreck received 12 years hard labor, Brauer 11 years, claiming they acted under Nazi orders to eliminate incurables.
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Freiburg
Germany
Baden Asylum
Julius Schreck
Ludwig Brauer
Schreck
Brauer
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Mulhearns
U. S. Senate
Fort Myers
Racing News
Indiana Solons
Birmingham
Ala
Lawrence McNeil
Lister Hill
Democrats
Robert A. Taft
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