Peak Oscar Winner Will Recover After overdose
Academy Award winner Mary Astor, 45, was found by police in the library of her San Fernando Valley home after an overdose of sleeping pills. She was rushed to Valley Receiving Hospital, then transferred to Culver City Hospital where doctors said she would recover. The incident, labeled as attempted death by own action, follows earlier suspicions raised by a priest and notes from Astor's daughter and husband, with prior similar episodes.
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Calif
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San Fernando Valley
Valley Receiving Hospital
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Culver City Hospital
R. O. Ernst
D. R. Gardner
Thomas Wheelock
Miss Astor
Valley Hospital
William J. Smith
St. Cyrils Catholic Church
Encino
Marilyn Roh
Father Smith
Paramount Pictures
Allies Push North At Both Ends Of Line
Allied forces pressed north at both ends of the 100 mile Korean front for a second day. Patrols hunted Red troops in no man’s land while reports claimed new Communist build ups in Red Korea. Fifth Air Force flew 500 sorties as Lt. Gen. Van Fleet visited the western front and officers noted Red discontent over missing Soviet tanks and aircraft.
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Seoul
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United Nations
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Fifth Air Force
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Eighth Army
Western Front
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Gloucestershire Regiment
Marshall warns Soviets mass near Korea border
Defense Secretary George C. Marshall told a Senate committee that Russia has a considerable force within striking distance of Korea and Soviet controlled Japanese troops are concentrated in the area. He cited Vladivostok, Siberia, and Manchuria near Dairen Port Arthur Harbin as locations. He noted uncertain troop counts and indicated possible concentrations near Sakhalin.
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Defense
George C. Marshall
Russia
Korea
Marshall
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
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Siberia
Dairen
Port Arthur
Harbin
Manchuria
Sakhalin
Hokkaido
Japan
MacArthur
Soviet Siberia
Kee, House Foreign Affairs Chief, Dies
Rep. John Kee, 77, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, died of a heart attack during a committee session in Washington. He had been ill for some time and recently returned from Bethesda Naval Hospital, a member of the House since 1933.
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Washington
John Kee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
George W. Calver
Capitol
Kee
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Persistent Convict Flees Prison Again
FLORENCE May 8 Nacho Garcia was recaptured this morning after fleeing last night and hiding beneath a building about two miles from the state prison. Warden Lon Walters Jr. led a large search as bloodhounds trailed the suspect along the Gila River, with guards on horseback and in jeeps closing in on the 41 year old robber and burglar with a long record.
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Nacho
State Prison
Beadhounds
Gila River
Here
Nacho Garcia
Garcia
Prescott
Yavapai County
San Quentin
Perkinsville
Yarber
Brglaries
Shots Halt Suspected Car Thief at Border
Phoenix car theft suspect surrendered after gunfire at the California Arizona border road block. Inspector Tony Montano fired when the suspect tried to drive through. No injuries reported. The stolen 1950 two door coupe belonged to Aaron Winn Jr. of Phoenix. Winn is a pressman for The Phoenix Gazette and The Arizona Republic. Suspect jailed at Salome, to be brought to Phoenix for prosecution.
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Phoenix
California-Arizona
Tony Montano
Maricopa County
Aaron Winn, Jr
North 17Th Street
Chinese Execute Wounded Soldiers
Taiwan May 8 AP reports the Nationalist defense ministry says more than 300 wounded Chinese Communist soldiers were executed for spreading counter revolutionary ideas. The executions occurred in Guangdong Province on the Korean front.
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Formosa
Korean Front
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Defense Ministry
South China
Kwangtung
Warner Baxter Dead at 62 in Beverly Hills
Warner Baxter the original Cisco Kid dies at his home after years of arthritis and a vitamin deficiency led to slow starvation. A lobotomy eased pain three weeks before bronchial pneumonia hastened death. Baxter, 62, won the 1929 Oscar for Best Actor alongside director Raoul Walsh in In Old Arizona.
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Calif
Warner Baxter
Cisco Kid
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Jackrabbit
Raoul Walsh
Old
Arizona
Zion Canyon
Utah
Walsh
Emil Jannings
Italian government workers strike for higher pay
About 750000 Italian government employees quit their posts in a 24 hour shows of protest demanding increased wages. The demonstration occurred nationwide with workers leaving their jobs to press for pay raises.
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Rome
Ailing Cordell Hull On Critical List
Cordell Hull former secretary of state and "father of the United Nations" is in precarious condition at Bethesda Naval Hospital. At 79 he remains conscious and rational but is on the critical list with an acute respiratory infection and cardiac complications as hospital officials report.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
United Nations
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Hull
Noted Leaders Comment on War and Peace
International News Service quotes President Truman avoiding actions that might trigger a general war. General MacArthur says Soviet decisions on war will hinge on potential destruction to Soviet cities. Soviet sports official Adrianov pledges Russia’s strength and friendship for the Olympia ideal and global peace.
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International News Service
Washington
Truman
New York
MacArthur
Vienna
Konstantin Adrianov
Russia
President Truman Turned Sixty-Seven With Rose Gift
Washington May 8 AP President Truman marked his 67th birthday with a bouquet of roses and a scroll bearing a Mother’s Day prayer for himself, his cabinet, and Congress. Miss Mary Hohm of Syracuse presented the gifts on behalf of Our Sunday Visitor. White House secretary Joseph Short said the president would work a normal day with six to eight appointments, including a meeting with Israel's Prime Minister David Ben Gurion who is visiting.
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Truman
Congress
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Syracuse
N. Y
Joseph H. Short
White House
Short
David Ben- Gurion
Israel
Auto Collision Kills Cavness of Sanitary Board
Lloyd G. Cavness 42 secretary of the Arizona Livestock Sanitary Board died in an automobile collision at Lateral 17 and Maricopa Road while driving to his office from Lateral 20. Harris Waters 35 of East Sherman Street collided with Cavness. Waters and three passengers were taken to Memorial Hospital with non serious injuries. Cavness car crushed against a service pole. ambulance crew pried open door to remove the body. Passengers with Waters were Daniel Gordon 24 Isaac Moore 21 and Homer Burns 24.
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Lloyd G. Cavness
The
Arizona Livestock Sanitary Board
Lateral 17
Maricopa Road
Cavness
Harris Waters
Sherman Street
Waters
Memorial Hospital
Harry Seymour
Daniel Gordon
South First Street
Isaac Moore
Homer Burns
South Sixth Avenue
U S Rejects Russian Plan For Jap Pact
The United States rejected Russia proposal to hand drafting of a Japanese peace treaty to four Pacific powers including Communist China. State Department said the plan aimed to obtain a double veto to stall peace. Washington intends to proceed with current preparations for a settlement with or without Russian participation.
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United States
Russia
China
State Department
Department
Japan
U. S
McDermott
Soviet Union
Grand Jury Back At Work In Tucson May 8
The Pima County Grand Jury resumes hearings on vice graft and gambling with Robert Morrison saying Dolores Raines and Alice Miller have been ordered to appear under subpoena. Raines testified against Bryce H. Wilson and Jerome P. Martin, indicted by the grand jury. Morrison warned of two potential surprise witnesses as the jury has met since late February.
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Pima County
Grand Jury
Robert Morrison
Dolores Raines
Alice Miller
Miss Raines
Bryce H. Wilson
Jerome P. Martin
Morrison
Fighter pilot killed in F-84 crash at Gila Bend Range
Luke Air Force Base reports a fighter pilot from the base died when his F-84 Thunderjet crashed at the Gila Bend Gunnery Range at 6 18 a.m. Public information officer had no further details.
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Luke Air Force Base
Swedish Ship Afire Near Isle of Wight
The Swedish motorship Travancore reported a fire 25 miles southwest of the Isle of Wight in the English Channel. The American liner Washington relayed that she stood by with fire hoses warding off the blaze aboard the 4,684-ton vessel.
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Isle of Wight
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