New Split Threatens Administration Over FEPC Amendments
A Senate Democrat plans an anti closed shop amendment to the fair employment practices bill to curb job discrimination based on labor union membership. The move targets the FEPC measure as a priority item, with southern Democrats signaling a split over fiscal and policy priorities. President Truman may set FEPC or foreign aid as a top priority upon his return.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Sen
McClellan
Ark
Truman
Arkansan
Taft
Ohio
FEPC
Congress
Ponder New Trial Plea In Mercy Killing
Attorneys for Harold A Mohr consider a new trial after his voluntary manslaughter conviction in the fatal shooting of his cancer-stricken brother Walter. Defense seeks arrest of judgment with deadline set for Monday. decision pending as Mohr faces 6 to 12 years in prison.
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Attlentown
INSI
Harold A Mohr
Walter
Mohr
Mercy
Harry P. Creveling
James F. Henninger
Creveling
Morris L. Shafer
Coplay
Metered Parking Remains In Use On Holiday Downtown
Observers note about two of every three motorists in the downtown area paid at meters on the legal holiday, though payment was not required.
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Pa Newe
Yesearay
Daily Weather Report Forecast Declines Into Snow Flurries
Snow flurries and some rain shift to snow flurries in the east and south. Windy and colder this afternoon with a cold wave tonight. Lows reach 15 to 20. Tomorrow remains cloudy and colder. 24 hour stats show high 48, low 3, trace precipitation, river stage 10.1 feet. last year’s same date recorded 57/29 and 0.4 inches.
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United States
Girl Reported Kidnaped Is Located Unharmed
Daley Nelson a 16 year old Covina high school student reported kidnaped by a mustached stranger was found unharmed near Pomona with the man who reported the abduction. The two youths were being taken to San Dimas sheriff's station for questioning. Identity of the man not disclosed.
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Covina
Cal
Daley Nelson
Sheriff's
Pomona
San Dimas
Daley
Donald Oelrich
Oelrich
Miss Nelson
Baldwin Park
Police Will Explore Safe in Kansas City Club
Police investigating the double murder of political boss Charles Binaggio and bodyguard Charles Gargotta plan to open the locked safe at the Kansas City Democratic club where the pair were slain. Authorities have not found significant clues after questioning about 30 Binaggio associates. The theory remains that Binaggio was killed over broken promises to a crime syndicate to expand gambling.
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Kansas City
INS
Charles Binaggio
Charles Gargotta
Democratic Club
Binaggio
Fire in Franklin Area Extinguished After Tank Blaze
Fire in a refinery tank containing gasoline and oil was put out in 380 minutes yesterday by Rocky Grove and Franklin fire crews. Chemicals fought the flames in the L. Sonnneborn Sons farm tank on Route 322 near Franklin. Officials attributed the blaze to a hot bearing in an oil pump and said no major damage occurred.
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Franklin
INS
Rocky Grove
L. Sonneborne Sons, Inc
Franklin Company
Harrisburg Easter Egg Hunt Draws Hundreds of Children
Hundreds of children under 14 swarmed the State Capitol lawns in Harrisburg for the Volunteers of America Easter egg hunt. Nearly 4 000 eggs were hidden with prizes for the finder of the most eggs in the 15th annual event.
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Harrisburg
INS
State Capitol
Volunteers of America
Tito says no immediate danger of war in interview
Marshall Tito told The Times of London that there is no imminent threat of war and that the cold war may end in a year or two. He cited mutual will to avoid war and said Germany and Austria deals are progressing slowly but without escalation.
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London
INS
Marshall Tito
Times of London
Tito
Germany
Austria
President Truman to Lead Campaign Swings From Florida
President Truman to return Monday from a month in south Florida and launch a nationwide campaign in May. He plans two coast to coast swings with four major speeches, aiming to win Democratic seats in the Senate and House in the fall by elections. The first swing will cover 16 states, with a key May 15 speech in Chicago Stadium.
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U.S
Key West
Fla
Truman
South Florida
Washington State
Senate
House
Chicago
Blizzard Conceals Fate Of Fishermen Off Cape Cod
An Atlantic blizzard conceals the fate of eight scallop fishermen last known to be bailing for their lives off Pollack Rip lightship near Cape Cod. The Coast Guard said radio contact from the William J. Landry of New Bedford was lost as the storm closed in ten miles away, the crew reported pumps out and constant bailing on the 63 foot craft.
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Chatham
Mass
Pollack
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
William J. Landry
New Bedford
Landry
Two Alarm Fire on Atlantic City Boardwalk
About 2 000 Easter parade visitors watched a two alarm blaze in the Vienna restaurant storeroom and basement on the Atlantic City boardwalk. Four firemen were treated for smoke inhalation as about 150 diners evacuated.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Many Census Takers Quit In New York
In New York and northern New Jersey area supervisor Dr. Zola Bronson reported 400 to 500 enumerators left since last Saturday. Most resignations were by women who said they could not take the strain. They cited low pay eight to ten dollars daily, harsh conditions, and exhausting workload as reasons.
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New York
Zola Bronson
New Jersey
Bronson
Lower East Side
Obituary Notices for Samuel Fox and Others
Death record lists Samuel Fox 78 of Portersville R D 2 Mrs William Clark 74 Evans City Luke F Eagan 83 of 208 East Lincoln Avenue Joseph Palmieri 59 of 109 South Cedar Street Robert H Gwin 33 Elyria Ohio.
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William Clark
Evans City
Luke F. Eagan
Lincoln Avenue
Joseph Palmieri
Cedar Street
Most Famous Male Ballet Dancer Nijinsky Dies at 60
London reports the death of Vaslav Nijinsky at age sixty in a clinic. The dancer suffered a near total mental collapse years earlier after a peak in 1919 that made him renowned worldwide.
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London
Insi
Vaslav Nijinsky
Nijinsky
Preparations To Observe Easter Made By Millions
Christians worldwide mark Holy Saturday as Lenten season ends with Easter plans. Exoduses of holiday crowds affect America England and the continent while Washington forecasts rain cold and wind for most areas. Sunrise services are planned coast to coast mostly outdoors on hills and mountains.
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America
England
United States
Weather Bureau
Washington
New England
Florida
Pacific Coast
Many Special Easter Programs Planned in City 1950
Easter Sunday observances will fill churches across the city and county with worship services, song, and pictures recounting the Easter story. Families will reunite and attend services, with a large spring show downtown in the afternoon. Citizens are urged to pause for prayer and thankfulness for religious freedom.
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Church
God
Cold Easter Forecast For Most Of Nation
The U S Weather Bureau predicts a cold and windy Easter for most of the nation. Only Florida and the gulf states are expected to be fair and mild, with mixed conditions elsewhere including rain snow and cool winds.
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Washington
INS
U. S
New England
Middle Atlantic
Missouri Valley
Mississippi Valley
Rockies
Great Lakes
Florida
Gulf States
Pacific States
Exhume Bodies Of Two Killed In Wrecked Taxi
Clearfield county District Attorney says the taxi driver Myr L. Sones 24 and passenger Mrs. Josephine Brobst 32 will be exhumed for autopsies. The February 5 crash near DuBois involved Brobst's husband Ernest 28 who was found dazed. Autopsy set for Wednesday by Dr Milton Ackerman.
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Dubois
INS
Clearfield County
Joseph A. Dague
Myr L. Sones
Josephine Brobst
Ernest Brobst
House Probers Fly To Hawaii
House un American activities committee sent investigators to Hawaii for a three week probe into potential fifth column activity. The visit aimed to clear the air for pending Hawaiian statehood legislation stalled in the Senate amid opposition citing communist activity.
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Washington
House
Hawaii
Pacific
House un-American Activities Committee
Senate
Two Window Washers Die After Scaffold Collapse
Two workers fell 30 feet from Chicago's American National Bank building when a wooden guard rail broke toppling them from the scaffold above the doors. Police said they died on arrival at Henrotin Hospital and carried no identification papers.
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Chicago
INS
American National Bank
Henrotin Hospital
New Church Plans Ready for Central Presbyterian
Special congregational meeting of the Central Presbyterian Church is set for Wednesday April 12 at 8 PM in First Presbyterian to act on the architect's plans for a new church on the New Wilmington road in Neshannock township. The drive to raise funds preceded the project after the former building was destroyed by fire a year ago.
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Central Presbyterian
First Presbyterian Church
Wilmington Road
Neshannock Township
Believe Man Was Pushed Or Fell From Fast Train
A New York Central telegrapher Raymond J. Hoffman, 40, of Collingwood Ohio, was found dead under a South Bend viaduct after a train passed through at 4 47 am. Coroner Gorgaczewski said Hoffman apparently fell but would not discount the possibility he was pushed to his death.
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South Bend
Ind
New York Central Railroad
Raymond J. Hoffman
Collingwood
Cleveland
St. Joseph County
TC. Gorgaczewski
Hoffman
Indiana
Grass fire on Etna Street quelled by brooms
Firefighters responded to an alarm from Box 62 on Etna Street at 7 55 p m Friday a grass fire was extinguished using brooms.
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Etna Street
Senate probes split over Lattimore exoneration
Senate loyalty investigators divided on whether the FBI file clears Owen J. Lattimore of espionage or communism. Sen. Hickenlooper protested a conclusion that the FBI completely exonerated him, saying the statement was unwarranted and not universally agreed.
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Washington
Senate
FBI
Owen J. Lattimore
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
MoeCarthy
Wis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lattimore
Tydings
Justice Department
McGrath
J. Edgar Hoover
Alfred Kohlberg
New York
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Philip Jessup
Kohlberg
Jessup
Hickenlooper
Sen
Federal Rent Controls May End on June 30
Senate housing advocate Sen Sparkman says extension of federal rent controls is unlikely to pass and that the present law may lapse on June 30. He notes administration talks continue but face rough going despite Truman urging a one year continuation in the State of the Union.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Truman
Sen. Sparkman
Ala
Congress
Inside Today's News Classified Page Cross Word Comics Obituary Editorial
Brief collage listing sections such as classifieds crosswords comics obituaries and editorials with references to radio TV sports society issues stocks and theatrical items. No single news event identified in readable text.
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Cross Word Comics
Radio
T.V. Sports Society
Easter Suit Fashion and Church Attendance Amid Seasonal Weather
The speaker notes an Easter suit ready for wear for a year and hopes for clear weather tomorrow. He cites a desire not to flaunt style but to look fine, while imagining fashionable youths with hats and nylon hose. He predicts varying church attendance with seasons and recalls an Easter crowd and preachers addressing them, marking the day as 44.
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