Russia Seen Ready for Showdown Fight, Congress Told
The House Armed Services Committee warned that the Soviet Union may seek a showdown if not checked by a broader draft and universal military training. The report backed quick passage of a bill to expand conscription for men 19 to 25 and urged stronger defense, while noting Senate delays and partisan dissent.
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Army Services Committee
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Fan Andrew Ren
Russia
Jonathan Wainwright
Douglas Mardrthir
Te Batwan
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Europe
Ixechoslovakia
Shert Amos
Senate
Mother's Day Becomes Fact For Poor Widow
In Chicago a widowed mother, Mrs Joan Jazke, receives a generous Mother's Day bouquet after her son Norbert, aided by a letter he wrote to an florist association, prompts a driver to deliver American beauty roses. The gesture honors a family facing hardship and loss of the father.
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Tive
Norbert Jazke
Joan Jazke
Allied Florists Association of Fhlinets
Jazke
Holy Land Truce Pledged Amid UN Pessimism
The Jerusalem cease fire goes into effect as Arabs and Jews promise to halt hostilities while UN pessimism persists over Palestine. Britain plans to end the mandate next week and Creech Jones urges an emergency UN agency.
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Holy City
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Britain
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Portsmouth Man Indicted in Accident Death
A Cumberland county grand jury indicted Vincent Shea, 31, of Portsmouth, for manslaughter in the auto death of Sara Grenier, 25, of Biddeford. Shea pleaded innocent March 1 in South Portland municipal court. Police say Grenier died from injuries when her car was struck by another vehicle driven by a local man.
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Cumberland County Grand
Vincent Shea
Portsmouth
Sara Grenier
Biddeford
South Portland
York Junior High Desk Theft Sparks Fingerprint Sweep
York police nabbed possible student suspects after a thief took a thinner containing $1 from a desk at York Junior High. Officers fingerprinted students and reviewed the drawer’s fingerprint file, aiming to crack the case with today’s clues.
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York Junior High School
Toviay
Missing Portsmouth Woman Searched In Parker Crash Probe
York County authorities press a continued probe into whether a missing Portsmouth woman aided Charles Parker of Kittery whose car plunged 75 feet through an Interstate bridge barrier into the Piscataqua river. Local officers check a witness-described woman, Parker’s condition remains critical in Portsmouth Hospital, and a diver found no body in Parker’s wrecked car but noted a broken window suggesting a companion may have been pushed free.
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Charles Parken
Kittery
Piscataqua River
Leonard H. Hewitt
Harold F. Grave
Parker
Portsmouth Hospital
Ben H. Blakeman
York
Stock-in-Trade Tax Hit As Injurious to Business
A New Hampshire legislative committee urged revisions to the stock-in-trade tax and other revenue measures. It warned the current tax undermines industry yet favors a broad reform including possible payroll or gross receipts taxes, electric energy tax options, and graduated inheritance tax with exemptions. The panel opposed unlimited legislative authority to levy taxes on property and cautioned against a universal flat-rate approach for utilities.
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Morto Ie
Railroad Strike Imminent Threatens Nationwide Paralysis
Chicago reports warn a looming railroad walkout by about 190 000 engineers firemen and switchmen could halt rail transport and choke other industries. Local estimates predict 290 000 to 350 000 layoffs in St Louis area with Michigan auto plants likely shuttering. Embargo plans on perishables loom as carriers prepare extra flights and buses rush to meet demand.
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Chamber of Commerce
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Michigan
Admiral Warns War Prevention Now A Must
SONC ORD May AP Prevention of war and its abolition is a must unless we return to the stone age Rear Admiral John J Brown Jr warned at a state house ceremony marking the Spanish American War anniversary Governor Dale said volunteer recruiting is no longer adequate to meet military needs The speeches drew about 5 000 people including veterans of two world wars with only about 200 veterans from the first New Hampshire volunteer infantry regiment present.
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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
John 3. Brown, Jr
State House
New Hampshire
Charles M. Dale
New Hampshire Regiment of Volunteers
McKinley
Dale
State House Plaza
First
New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiment
New England Railroads Plan Drastic Strike Cuts
Boston and Maine and Maine Central move to stop all perishable freight after 12:01 am Monday and halt other freight after 11:59 pm. Boston and Albany expects major trains to be canceled including Boston to Chicago Detroit and St. Louis. Commuter service ends Tuesday before 3 am if strike endures. widespread layoffs and drastic schedule cuts loom as railroads prepare for a prolonged shutdown. Industry says shortages will hit perishables and Boston fishing beet shipments.
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Car Recovered After Nighttime Theft Deed
An automobile belonging to Robert Gallagher of 228 Circuit Road was stolen from Bridge Street late last night and recovered early this morning in the rear of the senior high school.
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Bridge Street
Chubby Truman Turns 64 As Rail Strike Looms
President Truman marks his 64th birthday amid rail strike threats that could alter his cross country campaign tour. He plans speeches in Chicago Omaha Seattle Berkeley San Francisco and Los Angeles with additional appearances along the route. He weighs 174 pounds and maintains a light diet while walking daily at the White House accompanied by secret service.
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Los Angeles
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Tramar
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Woman Collapses and Dies During York Beach Minstrels
Mrs Helen Twombly 35 a York Beach clubwoman died after collapsing while performing with her husband Dudley during the York Beach minstrels. She suffered a cerebral hemorrhage at about 10 39 pm and died at York Hospital after an ambulance ride. Born Providence May 18 1922 she was survived by her husband their daughter Ruth S Twombly a sister and her parents.
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Helen Holb Twomply
York Beach
Order of Eastern Star
Husband slays wife in Lincoln restaurant chaos
Samuel Grass 45 fatally wounded his wife Melissa Jane Grass 20 and wounded himself in a Lincoln Elm restaurant after she began divorce action. Police say Grass fired three shots, striking her in the chest and arm before shooting himself. he was treated and expected to recover. Witnesses say Melissa Grass begged him not to shoot.
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Samuel Grass
Wiliam Brinson
Melissa
Jane Grass
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Tafe
Brinson
Sammy
Orie
Albert J. Guliian
Court Grants Raymond Demand On School Issue
Raymond residents win court approval to hold an emergency school meeting on or before June 1 to consider a $35,000 annex for the Raymond consolidated school. The plan was rejected in March. the PTA had circulated a petition to seek court action to relieve crowding.
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Unions and Owners Clash In Rail Strike Talks
Washington report says the White House weighs a 20 day postponement to avert a strike as peace talks resume between carriers and three unions. Presidents aides Reynolds Steelman involved amid looming seizure risk and possible court injunction to quell the deadlock.
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White House
John R. Steelman
Stedman
Truman
John L. Lewis
Peleare
Mr. Truman
Pack
William E. Leiserson
Judge Orders Mental Exam For Goumalatsos
Superior Court Justice Stephen M. Wheeler ordered a psychiatric examination for 27 year old Costos Goumalatsos after probable cause was found in the murder arraignment in Dover. Goumalatsos, held without bail, is charged with first degree murder in the April 19 shooting and death of his divorced wife Rose Cavaretta. The examination will occur at the state hospital in Concord. He was arraigned yesterday before Judge Harry W. Peyser and bound over to the grand jury.
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Dover
Goumalatsos
Rose Cavaretta
Gourelatsos
Concord
Harry W. Peyser
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