Rest and retaliation drive House Easter recess strategy
The article outlines Speaker Rayburn and Majority Leader McCormack sending members home for a ten day Easter recess as a refresher course amid fears of a Republican Dixie coalition opposing Taft Hartley. It notes AFL CIO plans to challenge returning lawmakers and details tensions with northern Democrats and southern coalitionists. It also highlights Morse’s growing movement and Barkley’s humorous dinner tale.
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Sam Rayburn
John McCormack
Rayburn
McCormack
G. O. P. Dixie
AFL
CIO
Anthony Taveriello
Buffalo
Tauriello
Oregon
Wayne Morse
Congress
Morse
John Phillips
California
H. R. Gross
Iowa
James Golden
Kentucky
Senate
U S Seeks to Avoid Chinese War as Warships Flee
Analysis notes U S efforts to prevent conflict with China as fleet withdraws from Shanghai amid tense siege talk. The piece reflects Western perspective on Berlin blockade chatter and wartime strategy.
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U.S
Shanghai
Berlin
Sullivan quits Navy post amid Shanghai crisis
U S fleet reportedly fled Shanghai as Communist forces advanced. Marines redeployed for sentry duty while Western officials faced pressure to evacuate. Labor tensions loom in auto industry with bargaining time near. Walter Reuther looms as potential negotiator for U A W union.
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Bcans
Shanghai
U. S
United States
China
J. Leighton Stuart
Nanking
Automobile
Packard
Ford Motor Companies
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Walter Reuther
United Automobile Workers’ Union
Berlin Blockade Lapse Hinted In Four-Power Talks
Western leaders signaled tentative acceptance of a Soviet offer to lift the Berlin blockade in exchange for a four-power conference on Germany. Officials stressed no hidden strings and warned the plan may aim to stall unification of western Germany by July 15.
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United States
Britain
Russia
Berlin
Germany
U. S. State Department
Moscow
Tass
Council of Foreign Ministers
France
Stalin
Truman
Soviet Union
Dairymen Plan 1.5 Million Campaign To Promote Milk
Dairy leaders anticipate another milk price drop this summer and plan a 1.5 million dollar campaign to boost dairy product sales and fight oleomargarine. A federal dairy specialist notes prices fell about 33 percent in seven months with butter near support levels and milk prices slipping. Unemployment cited as a factor reducing dairy consumption.
Price controls edged by easing installment rules
The Federal Reserve Board eased installment buying rules citing safety. Down payments on household appliances drop to 10 percent from 15, while payment terms extend from 21 to 24 months. Auto down payments stay at 30 percent. Reactions split between praise and concern over eroding wartime controls.
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President Truman
Federal Reserve Board
Spring Comes to England with Whimsy and Odd News
The year’s first signs in England bring playful chaos. Cows receive kissing rights from Denham town council while a lovelorn cat starts a house fire and a thief swipes two dozen love birds. A swan disrupts Thames traffic and a Formosan Mikado pheasant lays six eggs.
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England
Thames
Denham
Formosa
Frozen Frog Enters Ice Cold Frog Jump Contest
Dr. D L Albasio of Angels Camp California enters a frog jumping contest with Lazarus the frog said to be frozen stiff for about 1200 years. The physician found the prehistoric frog in the Dana glacier within Yosemite National Park and believes it can jump.
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D.L. Albasio
Angels Camp
Calif
Lazarus
Dana Glacier
Yosemite National Park
Journalists who Made News In Early Crime Reporting
A look at pioneering crime reporting features Frank Maguire Isaac White and Norman Alley. Maguire helped solve Midwest gang murders while Alley earned fame for dramatic on scene shots and confrontations with suspects.
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Hocus
Norman Alley
Alley
Newshawk Charlie Owens Detects Mob Links and Crimes
Charlie Owens, a Chicago Daily News reporter, earned a reputation as a top gang-buster. He faced threats from underworld figures while pursuing criminals, contributing to the conviction of small-time mobsters and the indictment of an Illinois governor. His cross border chase followed a bank robber into Canada and Europe, lasting over a year before capture in Germany.
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Alley
Newshawk
Charlie Owens
Journalism
Owens
Illinois
Chicago Daily News
Canada
Europe
Germany
Chuck Reynolds and Buddy McHugh in a Crime Reporting Tale
Police reporter Buddy McHugh bungled a murder inquiry by posing as coroner staff to the house. James Gordon Bennett revolutionized crime coverage by front paging interviews with sex workers connected to a prostitute murder. Bennett’s fierce stance and front pages drew readers, and he credited journalism with shaping public thought.
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Buddy McHugh
Chuck Reynolds
Coroner’s Office
McHugh
James Gordon Bennett
Namby-Pamby
Bennett
Gazette
Howlers
Mathematical Ace Can Tally Figures In Blinking of Eye
New Yorker Pai Sung Jin, a Korean mental wizard, demonstrates rapid head arithmetic by translating numbers into Korean phonetic words, adding mentally, and re translating to figures. He claims to add columns 11 across 10 deep in 15 seconds, outperforming machines. The contest with American adding machine experts and Korean champions was sponsored by the 24th American army corps.
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New York
Pai Sung Jin
Pai
Korea
24Th
American Army Corps
British Peers Seek Work to Pay the Bills
British peers study help wanted ads as socialism reaches the aristocracy. Many lords swap dinner jackets for overalls to cover living costs and taxes. Some sell land to sustain mansions while others take commoner chores to aid Britain’s production effort.
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London
Britain
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Barkley
Alben Barkley
Western Newspaper Union
U.S.S. St. Paul
St. Paul
Sullivan
Navy Post
Reds
Charles F. Brannan
John L. Sullivan
Navy
Defense
Louis Johnson
Johnson
Idairymen
Shirley Temple
Little Miss Marker
Mars
Hollywood
New York World
Isaac White
White
Midwest
St. Louis
Frank Maguire
Help Wanted
Independence Hall
Westfield
N. J
Philadelphia
Hugh Williams
Cranford
Hugh
Royal Products Co
Houston 2
Tex
Home Town Paper
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