Blockade Note Dispatched as Western Powers Plan Restart
Berlin reports that Western Allied governments have dispatched a note to the Soviet authorities stating that they consider next Wednesday midnight as the time to lift the blockade and resume interzonal traffic. A British freight train is to enter the Soviet zone from Helmstedt, followed by U.S. trains. Kyaschnin confirms Russian plans to marshal cars for zonal convoys and to construct a second mass line paralleling the Berlin Helmstedt corridor.
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Tikeay
Helrstedt
Sovie
Kyaschnin
Berlin
Helmstedt
Kansas City School Tax Parade Demonstrates Support
About 3000 school children with high school bands and floats marched downtown Kansas City to back a proposed school tax increase. An estimated 25,000 spectators lined the route as children displayed signs urging voters to support education funding ahead of next Tuesday’s ballot.
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Kansas- ‘City
Kansas City
Auto Crash Kills L. H. Kayton 18
L H Kayton 18 son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Kayton of 134 W Elm Tree Pl San Antonians died in a highway crash north of Helotes on State Highway 16. The convertible hit a stone wall and overturned. Two companions Joe Glover 17 and Kenneth Lovell 17 survived with minor injuries and were treated at Santa Rosa Hospital. Kayton was a Texas Military Institute senior and football squad member. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Porter Loring.
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Lewis Hartung Kayton
Lewis Kayton
W. Elgmete Pl
Helotes
Kayton
E. Gramerey-pls
Kenneth “Lovell
Broadway
Santa Rosa
Texas Military Institute
Glover
Lovell
R. E. Glover
CW. Lovell
TMI
Sansaci
George’ Burnup
Boerne
Bexar County
Bob Pryor
Joe Dominguez
Justice of the Peace
John N. ‘Ogden
Oe Porter Loring
Lubbock
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Texas
Fanhandle
Morton
High Plains
Bill
Parcella
Scott
Wanda
Randy
Sundown
Bruce Burney
Condeem
T. M. Harris
Magnova Petroleum
Bartlesville
Heat Wave Sweeps Across East as Cold Front Falls
The Associated Press reports a sharp cold front moving from the Midwest into the Ohio River states and Pennsylvania New York. Temperatures fell from the 90s in many eastern cities while western and northern regions saw snow in Wyoming and Colorado. Arizona and Flagstaff logged snow while remaining areas hit 90 degree weather.
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Associated Press
Bot
Norman Marks
Midwest
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
New York
Wyoming
Colorado
Cisco
Flagstatt
Ariz
Arizona
Ite Jenmied
British forces in Hong Kong on stand by for action
Hong Kong was reported almost cut off by Communist guerrillas as British armed forces were ordered to stand by. The crown colony’s permanent garrison was told to be ready whenever and wherever required.
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Hong Kong
INS
Gueras
Ink spilled campaign clash targets Mrs Gonzales
Fragmentary text reports a political clash tied to a mom identified as Mrs A A Gonzales at 503 Allen with charges following a Saturday incident. A White for mayor sticker dispute sparked ink and bottle breaking as police investigated.
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S. Paign
A.A. Gonzales
Record Golf and Sprint Feats Highlight Sports At A Glance
Bobby Locke fired a 68 to lead Boston into a two way tie in the National League as the Creenbiier Open showcased his sharp putting. Mel Patton clocked 20.2 seconds in the 220 yard dash and unofficially ran 100 yards in 9.1 seconds.
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Giants
Boston
Bobby Locke
Mel Patton
Communism in Colleges Attacked at Institute Discussion
Stanford University professor Dr. Ralph H. Lutz told an academic freedom institute that any professor espousing communism should be dismissed summarily as part of the ongoing cold war era crisis and scrutiny in higher education.
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Los Angeles
Stanford University
Ralph H. Lutz
The
Institute On Academic Freedom Today
New York socialite reports $200000 jewelry loss in West Virginia
Mrs. Ronald Bascom of New York and Palm Beach reported diamonds and sapphires valued at $200,000 missing tonight at the Greenbrier hotel in White Sulphur Springs. Indications point to a professional jewel theft gang. The former Mrs. Vanderbilts honeymooning with her husband at the Greenbrier.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
ENS
New York
Ronald Bascom
Palm Beach
George Vanderbilt
Swank Greenbrier Hotel
Weekend Weather Outlook With Warm Sunday Forecast
Partly cloudy to cloudy Sunday with scattered showers and a few light sprinkles. Moderate southerly winds. Morning near 70 and Sunday afternoon near 86. Saturday high around 69.
Reds Claim Soviet A Bomb Secret Amid Paris Talks
A wartime style dispatch asserts Russian scientists may know atomic energy and the bomb’s formula, with a claim Soviet Russia lacks a completed device but could finish one soon. The piece notes Paris talks among US Britain France and Russia loom as the bomb lore spreads, possibly propaganda or real.
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Paris
Russia
Soviet
Bss
Britain
France
Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Moscow
Soviet Russia
Ryan Ponders Pay Hike For AFL Longshoremen
Joseph P. Ryan, leader of 80,000 AFL longshoremen, says if conditions stay the same his men will need more money as contracts run to Sept 30. The ILWU president agrees wages are likely to rise with prices.
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Houston
Joseph P. Ryan
New York
Ford strike widens as union and company seek talks
The three day Ford strike at the Rouge plant gains momentum with 62,000 of 65,000 workers walking out. Mayor Hubbard of Dearborn urges a meeting to end the walkout while Ford offers to negotiate and preserve work standards under contract terms. Other plants face layoffs and related labor actions across the country.
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Ford
Henry Ford
Orville L. Hubbard
Dearborn
Big Rouge
Hubbard
CIO
United Auto Workers Affcrats
Uvaw- Inn General: Motors Plant
Scranton
AFL Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric’ Railway
Baltimore
AFL
Macy's Department Store
New York City
Independent
Department Store Union
Bevin Vows Britain Will Aid Berlin Despite Conflicts
Berlin May 7 Bevin told Berlin airlift workers England will never refuse to help the people of Berlin and Germany He praised pilots for mastering early difficulties and said Britain has raised its prestige to new heights Bevin planned talks with German leaders tomorrow.
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Ensi—Besl
Errest
Belin
England
Germany
Bevin
Hiss
Gataw
Nou
Britain
Wholesale index declines to lowest since 1947
The Associated Press index of 35 wholesale commodity prices slipped to 155.85 this week, the lowest since November 7, 1947. The weekend level was 155.85, down from a week ago and well below the 186.73 figure a year earlier.
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New York
Killer Gets Suspended Term
Ernest James Jackson of Dallas was convicted of murder by a jury in Judge Earl Roberts' court and received a suspended sentence. The case arose from the October 1018 pistol slaying of James Howard in Dallas, involving a Dallas Negro.
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Dallas
Ernest James Jackson
Earl Roberts
Special Criminal District Court
James Howard
Watches Doctor Cut Off His Leg At Sea
A British whaler returned to Liverpool with Kenneth Sinclair of the Southern Venturer missing a leg after an at sea amputation without anesthetics. Crewman Ord, 18, saved him from bleeding out by applying a tourniquet. Sinclair remained conscious and planned to rejoin as a radio operator.
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Liverpool
Kenneth Sinclair
Abe Whaler
Southern Venturer
Berets| Ord
Messboy
Sinclair
Ord
Wil Go
UN to Vote On Spain Plan Debated by Assembly Referendum
The UN political committee approved a measure allowing all governments to resume relations with Franco Spain or maintain the arms boycott, 23 to 16 with 16 abstentions, facing a likely two thirds requirement in the assembly and uncertain prospects. The Soviet bloc opposed the plan, accusing jet aircraft transfers to Franco.
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Lannsuneras
iMay
INS
United Nations
Franco Spein
IMB
Balaii Deniel
Soviet Bloc
Franco
Indonesian Reconcile Java Sumatra Hostilities Terms Agreed
The United Nations and representatives of the Netherlands and Indonesia announced an agreement to end hostilities in Java and Sumatra and to cooperate in maintaining law and order.
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Indonesia
Wetherlands
Indonesian Republi
Java
Sumatra
Tideland Issue Goes to High Court
Texas faces a jurisdictional fight with the federal government over underwater lands in the Gulf of Mexico. Price Daniel travels to Washington to present Texas’ position as the U S Supreme Court schedules Monday for arguments.
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Austin
Price Daniel
Washington
Texas
Rain Threats Hang On For San Antonio Weekend
Rain threats linger as showers and thundershowers persist around San Antonio from May 1. South winds moderate, skies cloudy to partly cloudy with highs near 85 degrees and Sunday morning lows around 65.
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San Antonio
Lubbock Flood Toll Rises in Texas Weather Outbreak
The Associated Press reports deadly storms across Texas with 5 killed and 36 injured. Sundown and Lockney suffered fatalities from tornadoes and lightning. Flooding isolated Lubbock, damaged homes, and disrupted transport as tempers flare with more storms expected.
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Associated Frees
Lubbock
Ana
Lockney
W. F. Pierce
Tra Duke
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