New York Moves to Probe Public School Subversives
New York Education Commissioner Francis Spaulding pledges nearly all 75 000 teachers will remain loyal as boards must annually investigate staff under a new state law. Regents set to publish a subversive list in September while local boards enforce civil service rules until then.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Francis T. Spaulding
Benjamin F. Feinberg
Senate G. O. P
Thomas E. Dewey
Board of Regents
New York
Regents
Communist Party
U. S
Daughter of F D R Faces Divorce Court
John Boettiger files a divorce suit against Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, daughter of the late president, to be heard in Phoenix superior court. Boettiger, former publisher of the Arizona Times, is petitioner. The story notes the American steel industry’s capacity context as of January 1949.
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Phoenix
Ariz
John Boettiger
Anna Roosevelt Boettiger
Superior Court
Boettiger
Franklin D.) Roosevelt
Arizona Times
Glasses aid cross-eyed people from Optical Co
The American Optical Co. announced eyeglasses for cross-eyed people to balance vision. The design uses unequal lenses to train the non-working eye while the other eye is blurred slightly, making both eyes work together. The glasses are crafted to look alike while providing the needed correction.
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Southbridge
Mass
The
American Optical Co
Traffic Toll Shows Decline In Six Months
The six month traffic death toll reached 13 810 in 1949, down 100 from 1948. A five month mileage rise of six percent yielded a rate of seven deaths per 100 000 000 miles, down from 7.2 last year. Twenty two states reported fewer deaths and 200 of 471 cities over 10 000 population saw reductions, with 128 cities recording no fatalities. New Bedford Pawtucket and Cedar Rapids had perfect records.
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National Safety Council
Britain Loses Millionaires As Tax Records Show Decline
Britain reports 54 millionaires after tax year ending March 31 down from 56. Inland Revenue lists 70 people with net income above 6 000 pounds and 2 200 earning over 20 000 pounds before tax. Of 21 million taxpayers, 8 375 000 earned under 500 pounds and 2 030 000 had under 150 pounds after tax. The standard income tax rate is 45 percent.
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London
Britain
Inland Revenue Commissioners
British House Approves Royal Commission Report on Press
The House of Commons approved a royal commission report calling for a voluntary council to supervise the press. Deputy Prime Minister Herbert Morrison warned government action if the press does not form the council, while Beverley Baxter criticized the inquiry as political. Morrison denied any call for state control or ownership of the press.
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London
House of Commons
Herbert Morrison
Cross Country Burglar Bartender Netted $7000 Loot
Patrick James Murdock 28, a former Los Angeles bartender, confessed to financing a cross country spree after 400 burglaries in 27 states. He said the loot totaled $7,000, with his biggest haul $450 from a Rockford dance studio. He was arrested in Tampa while trying to break into an office building.
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D. D. Stephens
Patrick James Murdock
Los Angeles
Stephens
Murdock
California
Rockford
Miami
Tampa
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Chicago
New Bedford
Pawtucket
R. L
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Lek
Illinois Commercial Telephone Company
Fla
R. J. Brunner CO
Southern
Illinois
Marion
South Market Street
Wm. Strassburger
H. B. Barnett
S&s
8&T
Herrin
Parker's Gift Shop
Carbondale
Morgan Place
Murphysboro
Illinois Avenue
14Th Street
Missouri
Kentucky
Morgan
Morgan’s
Illinois Ave
Murphysboro, Ill
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