The Battle of Vegetarians Rages in Public Dispute
Earl Wilson recounts a heated exchange involving George Bernard Shaw and American Vegetarian Party vice president Symon Gould. Gould demands Shaw disavow vegetarianism after Shaw’s remarks on killing insects and pests. The confrontation includes jabs at Shaw’s age and credibility and references to Tolstoy and other figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
George Bernard Shaw
America
G. B.S
Symon Gould
American Vegetarian Party
Whats Hot and Buzz Around Showbiz Today
Mrs James Manson teases baby name Portland if girl or boy. Sid Grauman recovers in LA. Lenora Slaughter marries Bradford H Frapati in Atlantic City. Sophie Tucker promises a US return via Sir Harry Lauder. Carlyle Blackwell plans life story in Miami. Dick Powell to perform at Capitol while June Allyson rests. Joey Adams to Broadway show Swing East. Joe DiMaggio seeks a farm near Toots Shor’s. A G V A to crack down on rowdy female club entertainers. Eddie Cantor heads on UJA tour. Johnny Coy joins Arthur Lessers Fifth Avenue cast. Ex Dead End Kid Gabriel Dell heads to London for play. Bob Horwitz leaves job to run Howie's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mason
Portland
Fred Allen
Hollywood
Sid Grauman
L. A
Lenora Slaughter
Bradford H. Frapart
Atlantic City
Sophie Tucker
Sir Harry Lauder
N. Y
Miami
Carlyle Blackwell
BOOZE
Dick Powell
June Allyson
Capitol
Joey Adams
George
Jesse
Jed Harris
Joe DiMaggio
Toots Shor's
A.G.V
Eddie
Cantor
United Jewish Appeal
Johnny Coy
Arthur Lesser
Fifth Avenue
Danny Daniels
Manhattan
Gabriel Dell
California
London
Bob Horwitz
Howie
Milk pricing inquiry data turned to federal antitrust office
City Investigation Commissioner John M. Murtagh said data from his milk pricing inquiry has been handed to Frank Gordon and George Haddock, special assistants to Attorney General Tom C. Clark, for federal antitrust review. In Buffalo, 13 carloads of Canadian cattle arrived at East Buffalo stockyards as the first heavy influx since the Dominion export embargo lift, with early buyers paying about 31 a hundredweight, roughly 1.75 less than domestic cattle. In Yonkers, an 18 pound boy who had his heart restarted seven minutes after birth at Yonkers General Hospital died, his parents Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Keith of the Bronx. Doctor Frank R. Fabiani performed the inter-cardiac adrenaline injection to revive him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
New York
John M. Murtagh
Murtagh
Frank Gordon
George Haddock
Tom C.clark
Buffalo GP
East Buffalo
Yonkers
Yonkers General Hospital
Edgar Keith
Bronx
Frank R. Fabiani
Dobbs Ferry
Rat control push seeks 3 million federal aid plan
The National Committee for Rat Control urged a 3 million dollar yearly federal aid program. Chairman Hamilton M. Warren proposed 2 dollars in federal aid for every 1 dollar states invest, part of a national effort to battle rats. The plan aims to fund state measures and expand control nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Committee For Rat Control
Hamilton M. Warren
Secretary of the Interior
Krug
Union organizer arrested as pickets clash at Nylon plant
ST. JOSEPH Michigan report says CIO UAW organizer Thomas Flynn was seized by Sheriff Erwin Kuipath as about 100 pickets shouted scab at workers entering the Nylon Products Co plant. In Atlanta a chain store employee killed his estranged wife then shot himself, using a pistol from a hobby shop window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph
Mich
Cio-United Auto Workers
Struck Nylon Products Co
Berrien County
Erwin Kuipath
Thomas Flynn
UAW J
Atlanta
J. P. Eaves
P. H. White
Patricia
Man Poisoned Cut to Bits in Cal Auto Camp
In Sonora California a dismembered body was found at an auto camp. Ada Hansen admitted poisoning Otto Hansen with sleeping pills laced with strychnine and cutting his body into pieces before burying him in a shallow grave. She was jailed on suspicion of murder after the confession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sonora
Calif
Here
Don Vars
Ada Hansen
Peters
Otto Hansen
George Lawson
Hansen
Modesto
Vars
Fear Sparks Divorce Suit Against Former Roosevelt Aide
Mrs. Simone Haver Miller filed for divorce from Earl Miller, a one time bodyguard to the late President Roosevelt, claiming constant fear for herself and two children. Miller denies the accusations of consorting with several women, while Mrs. Miller cites two alleged beatings, the first dropped and the second resulting in a guilty plea and fine. She says they live in isolation and seek security and safety for their family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
INS
Simone Haver Miller
Earl Miller
Roosevelt
Miller
Three Powers to Reject Red Pact on Danube Control
Nations Britain France and Austria informed the Danubian conference of their intent to reject a Communist drafted pact over river shipping. The United States planned to join later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danube
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Britain
France
Austria
United States
Palestine Truce Viewed as Broken
UN Truce Commission chief Gen. A. Lundstroem views recent Jerusalem shooting incidents as violations of the truce by both Arabs and Jews. He reportedly sent a report on the matter to UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte, who is in Stockholm at an ICRC conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haifa
United Nations Truce Commission
A. Lundstroem
Jerusalem
Lundstroem
United Nations
Folke Bernadotte
Stockholm
Thieves Swiped Suits Reported by NY Tourists
Charles Cannaval and D J Gagliardi of New York reported two suits stolen at a police station in Montreal. They located the suspects ahead of them who were wearing the garments, and police had rounded up the pair moments earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Charles Cannavall
D. J. Gagiiardi
New York
Swedish prodigy Lydia Makarova defies repatriation
Dagens Nyheter identifies the Swedish “Kosenkina” as 19 year old Lydia Makarova who fled Russia in 1944 after her mother’s death in Leningrad. She declined return requests, plans a piano recital in Stockholm on January 29, and dreams of Paris studies amid Swedish protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter Today
Kosenkina
Lydia Makarova
Russia
Sweden
Oksana Stepanovna Kosenkina
New York
Leningrad
Lydia
Paris
One Man's Opinion by Walter Kiernan
Walter Kiernan discusses consumer trends and price news with humor. He notes a new car on order for one in ten workers while others save for luxuries. He explains price support by government buying cheap grains to prop prices and contrasts currency values in China and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theother
World hop mother and Cambridge pilot take off
Mrs Richarda Morrow Taft 24 ex artist model leaves husband to care for their 18 month old daughter and embarks on an uncharted round the world flight in a single engine 208 horsepower plane with Michael Townsend 25 assisting as navigator. The pair plan about six weeks with a route spanning France Sardinia North Africa Iraq Bahrain Arabia India Burma Siam Indo China China Japan the Aleutians Alaska White Horse St John Edmonton Regina Winnipeg North Bay Montreal Gander Greenland Iceland and Scotland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Eng
Richarda Morrow-Taft
Michael Townsend
Royal Air Force
RAF
France
Sardinia
North Africa
Iraq
Bahrain
Arabia
India
Burma
Siam
Indo-China
China
Japan
Aleutians
Alaska
White Horse
St. John
Edmonton
Regina
Winnipeg
North Bay
Montreal
Gander
Greenland
Iceland
Scotland
Deaths of Horton and Brewster in Sheridan
Frank O. Horton former Wyoming Congressman and Republican state committeeman died in Sheridan Wyoming. James R. Brewster 73 secretary treasurer of the Brewster Cigar Company passed away, also noted in Sheridan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank O. Horton
Wyoming
Sheridan
Wyo
James R. Brewster
The
Brewster Cigar Comany
U S Senator Hickenlooper on Atomic Fallout Decontamination
Senator Hickenlooper said the United States is making definite headway in methods of decontaminating areas blanketed by atomic radiation. He noted that dangerous radioactivity from an atomic bomb remains a gravest post explosion effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gould
Shaw
Colorado
United States
Washington GP
Hickenlooper
R-Town
Manis Trial Nears Verdict In Chaplain Murder Case
A seven man court martial will begin deliberating a verdict tomorrow in the trial of Pfc. William C. Manis of Church Hill Tennessee, charged with the murder of Catholic Army Chaplain John A. Ryan of Philadelphia, shot near Sugamo Prison on the night of April 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Pfc
Wiliam C. Manis
Church Hill
Tenn
John A. Ryan
Chaplain Ryan
Philadelphia
iSugamo Prison
Also Mentioned on This Page
Earl Wilson
England
Gus & Andy
47Th St
Familly
Fred
Cleveland
Hitler
Stalin
All IN
U.S
Truman
F.D.R. Washington
Eleanor Roosevelt
White House
United National
Barnstable
Mass
Franklin Bludworth
Summit
N. J
Bludworth
Man
Berlin
Sachsenhausen
Oranienburg
Mernberg
Germany
Ior
Benjamin Ferencz
Arverne
N.Y
Lucius D. Clay
Athens
Grammos
Markos Vafiades
Indonesia
Batavia
Java
Good Offices Committee
Good Offices Commission
Jetter
Republican Security Committee
Quebec City
Palestine
S ‘Kosenkina
Foreign Office
Dagens Nyheter
Walter Kiernan
Hamburgs
Fayetteville Road
MacGregor
Northbrook
Risue
Ake
Ventura Liquor Store
Seymour St. Ats. West ST
Jim Ventura
Hhe
Syracuse
Bob Hope
Shore Club
Stetson Shore Club
Bob
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!