Lawmakers propose doubling one percent sales tax for education
Eight Louisiana representatives filed an amendment to raise the state retail tax to two percent with half funding the public schools and 70 percent for teachers salaries. The measure, backed by educational groups, would allocate funds for school plants and operations and permit matching federal funds.
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Baton Rouge
House
W. I. Hair
Doris Holland
Jesse Verret
Carl Close
W. E. Claunch
W. R. Cutter
G. C
Rep
A. M. Smith
New Orleans
de Lesseps Morrison
Wagner Act Defects Criticized as Labor Persecution Recalled
Westbrook Pegler recalls debates on the Wagner Act and Millard Tidings for forbidding coercion by unions and employers. He describes violence by John L. Lewis followers including assaults on workers and harassment of families. He compares Heywood Broun’s professed ideals with cruelty toward reporters.
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Senate
Millard Tydings
Maryland
John L. Lewis
Heywood Broun
Senate Defeats Move to End Food Subsidies Next July
The Senate banking committee defeated a Capehart motion to end all consumer price subsidies on food next July 1 by 11 to 7. Subsidies cover meat flour dairy and other items totaling about 1.6 billion dollars yearly with OPA seeking 1.7 billion to extend price controls for 12 months beyond June.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Capehart
Indiana
Secretary of Agriculture
OPA
Three Babies Die on Brides Ship Zebulon Vance
The bride ship Zebulon Vance carrying 426 war brides and children from France Belgium Poland and Holland arrived in New York after a 13 day voyage from Le Havre. Three infants died and 16 others were ill with an undetermined illness. autopsies and tests on supplies are underway.
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New York
Zebulon Vance
le Havre
John A. Schiess
Army
Fort Hamilton
Brooklyn
France
Belgium
Poland
Holland
Schiess
John Battenfield
University of Oklahoma
Myriam
Battenfield
551St Parachute Infantry Regiment
Army Base Hospital
English Actor's Wife Dies After Parlor Game Fall
Mrs. David Niven 28 died from brain injuries after allegedly losing balance during a game at Tyrone Power's home. Lilli Palmer described the Sardine game as lights-out with someone hunted. An autopsy will decide if an inquest is held.
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Hollywood
David Niven
Tyrone Power
Lilli Palmer
Miss Palmer
Mrs. Niven
England
William
Kathleen Rollo
Marquis of Downshire
Santa Monica
Maynard Brandsma
Niven
Victor Wallace
Extradite Three Accused Kidnappers From Alexandria
Three men held on kidnapping charges waived extradition and will be sent to Vicksburg Mississippi for trial. The suspects are Robert Adams Earnest George Davis oil workers and William S Wilson farmer. Bail set at 20000 each by U S Commissioner R C Bauer.
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Alexandria
C. E. Weeks
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Natchez
Miss
Vicksburg
Robert Adams
Earnest George Davis
William S. Wilson
R. C. Bauer
Overcrowded State Asylums in Louisiana Report
Baton Rouge May 22. Robert L. Pettit reports Louisiana’s three mental hospital systems are crowded by 8,700 patients beyond capacity of 5,300. East Louisiana Hospital contracts awarded for 900,000. plans for a white male building await bond funds. Central Louisiana upgrades total 187,000. dining hall repairs 62,921. plans for white female and colored male wards funded by 600,000 bond sale. State Colony and Training School continues on fifth page.
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Baton Rouge
Robert L. Pettit
State Department of Institutions
Louisiana
East Louisiana State Hospital
Jackson
Central
Louisiana State Hospital
Pineville
State Colony and Training School
Pettit
Central Louisiana State Hospital
Woman slain as officers peer through peephole
In Liverpool England on May 22 police hunted a killer who stabbed and strangled Ella Staunton a 30 year old former beauty contest winner in her salon after a man entered during an observation from an upper room. Detectives heard a scream then found her dead and the suspect gone. Four thousand photos and descriptions circulated as roads and stations were watched. Staunton once worked in a New York dress shop.
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Liverpool
England
Ella Staunton
Oklahoma City Man Arrested Over Texarkana Phantom Killer Case
In Oklahoma City a 35 year old man was arrested at Union Bus Station after buying a ticket to Texarkana and asking about schedules. Police describe him as a suspect in five deaths near Texarkana by a phantom killer. Investigators plan to question him after Earl McCutcheon, manager of the station, flagged the ticket buyer. The man claimed carnival work prior to quitting.
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Oklahoma City
L. J. Hilbert
Texarkana
Hilbert
Union
Tex
Earl McCutcheon
McCutcheon
Government Claims Kungchuling Taken in Manchuria
Associated Press reports government forces claim Kungchuling seized halfway to Changchun with fronts advancing from Mukden. Communists push toward Chaoyang and Tsiwan as Changchun nears artillery range and government aims to avoid destruction.
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Associated Press
Kungchuling
Szepingkai
Changchun
Chaoyang
Jehol
Tsiwan
Shantung
Mukden
First Army
Kangchuling
Tu Li-Ming
Crump Reports Extortion Letter Threatening Wife Death
Memphis Tennessee May 22 political leader E H Crump disclosed receipt of an extortion note demanding 56000 payable May 20 in a brown case mostly in small bills The note signed Revised Capone Inc was postmarked from a Memphis station Crump said no further action taken and FBI and local police had no comment He has long been a dominant figure in Tennessee politics with strong Shelby County support.
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Memphis
Teriff
E. H. Crump
Capone Inc
Crump
Ed Crump
West Memphis
Ark
Tennessee
Shelby County
Eyewitness cites mass shooting of 100 American prisoners
Army court heard from Samuel Dobyns of Sandusky Ohio how American troops at Malmedy were shot while surrendering December 17 1944 in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge. He described being wounded four times after his ambulance with Red Cross markings was fired upon and wrecked.
Iran's case kept on UN agenda despite troop withdrawal doubt
In New York on May 22 Hussein Ala Iranian ambassador questioned whether all Soviet troops had left Iran and urged the UN Security Council to keep Iran's case on its agenda. The council unanimously kept the matter but adjourned indefinitely. A Polish proposal for a yes or no Ukraine-style reply was rejected 9 to 2.
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New York
Hussein Ala
United States
Iran
United Nations Security Council
Qavam
France
Poland
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Great Britain
Ala
Russia
Iren
Prince Firouz
Firouz
Lran
Old Guard Republicans Triumph in Pennsylvania Primary
Pennsylvania Republicans, led by Attorney General James H. Duff, win sweeping margins over new guard candidates and independents. Governor Edward Martin and Lt. Gov. Daniel B. Strickler secure re-election, while John S. Rice tops Democrats for governor in a fractured race.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
New Guard
James H. Duff
Carnegie
Edward Martin
U.S. Senate
Daniel B. Strickler
Lancaster
William L. Livengood Jr
Somerset
Air Corps
John S. Rice
Gettysburg
Henry Arthur Morris
Mahanoy City
Duff
Victory
Martin
Highways
John A. Shroyer
Shamokin
Carl Mau
Marcus Hook
Shroyer
Public hanging of Nazi official for Lidice massacre confirmed
Prague radio reports Karl Hermann Frank, former Reichs protector for Bohemia and Moravia, publicly hanged for war crimes. He was convicted by a Czech people's court for responsibility in the 1942 Lidice massacre, carried out in retaliation for Reinhard Heydrich's assassination.
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London
Prague Radio
Karl Hermann Frank
Bohemia and Moravia
Frank
Lidice
Prague
Reinhard Heydrich
Final Offer From Brotherhood in Railroad Strike Talks
Washington reports that the Brotherhoods and government officials pressed toward a quick showdown as a 4 pm strike deadline loomed. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Railroad Trainmen submitted a final proposition while President Truman may hold White House talks.
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Associated Press
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Truman
Interior
J. A. Krug
Ben Morrell
John L. Lewis
A. F. Whitney
Trainemen's Brotherhood
John R. Steelman
Whitney
Steelman
White House
Steelen
Pepper Ready On Labor Bill Sparks Senate Showdown
Senator Pepper of Florida says he is ready for a Senate vote on labor disputes legislation and his welfare fund proposal. The Senate signals an early clash as Byrd moves to curb employer welfare payments and Taft backs a coal dispute related measure amid Truman’s mine seizure.
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Washington
Pepper
Florida
Senate
Congress
Truman
Byrd
Virginia
Taft
Ohio
Ball
Minnesota
President Signs New Homes Bill Expands Veterans Housing
President Truman signed a housing bill to facilitate private construction of 2.7 million homes in two years. The measure expands government mortgage loan insurance by 1 billion dollars, extends war priority controls through 1947, gives veterans housing preferences, and allows the housing expeditor to direct prices and curb lumber exports amid material scarcities. Congress balked at subsidies for building materials but approved 400 million in subsidies.
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Washington
Truman
Wilson W Wyatt
Veterans
Congress
House
OPA
Missouri trio faces U S charges after theft spree
Marie Juaniita Rivers 19 of St. Louis Roy C Swafford 19 and George Cathey 22 both of Kenneth Mo were jailed after stealing a saddle from J C Oliver’s porch and selling it for 41 dollars. They admitted thefts including a radio rifle pistols and clothing totaling 322 dollars. They were sentenced to a year for larceny in Missouri and later received another year in Louisiana.
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Marie Juaniita R. Rivers
St. Louis
Roy C. Swafford
George Cathey
Kenneth
Louisiana
U. S. District Court
Milton Coverdale
Lake Charles
Coverdale
J. C. Oliver
Monroe
Missouri
Criminal
Bastrop
Morehouse
Soldier Held in Shreveport Death
The body of F. W. Joyner, about 60, was found near Lake Fort Smith. An 18-year-old soldier was arrested after a wreck on U S Highway 71. Police report a bloody front seat and a 38 caliber revolver with one shot fired. Coroner to hold inquest.
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van Buren
Ark
Shreveport
Lake Fort Smith
Crawford County
F. W. Joyner
Daisy Ocker
U. S
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Westbrook
Pegler
Anderson
Los Angeles
Director of Selective Service
John Atherton
Harold Holden
Edward Behre
Richard Stenhouse
Marvin Shapiro
Howard Goldstein
Dobyns
Red Cross
OLD Guard
Lewis
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