Custody Fight Drama as Actress Testifies of Tone
Jean Wallace testifies of fights and love making with Franchot Tone since their 1948 divorce. Barbara Payton named as Tone’s potential future wife as custody proceedings unfold in Santa Monica. Tone and Miss Wallace discuss the kids Paschal, 7, and Thomas Jefferson, 5 amid tears and disputes over visitation and custody.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Franchot Tone
Jean Wallace
Miss Wallace
Tone
Barbara Payton
Miss Payton
Church Group Gets Truman Message
New York reports the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U S A received a letter from President Truman in reply to their Constituting Convention prayer. He cites grave days and urges faith in the United Nations as hope for world peace and the future kingdom of God.
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New York 4
Truman
National Council of the Churches of Christ
U.S.A
Cleveland
Congress
United Nations
Berlin riot as Krauss returns to stage amid anti Nazi protests
About 2000 people gathered outside the Kurfuerstendamm Theater in Berlin last night. Police used hoses and clubs as rioters broke windows and invaded the lobby shouting that Werner Krauss was a murderer and Nazi. Curt Riess, author of anti Nazi books, was attacked while defending Krauss's denazification claims.
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Berlin
Werner Krauss
Jew Suess
Kurfuerstendamm
Krauss
Curt. Riess
Riess
Side-Payment Funds Recovered for Veterans in Housing Deals
The attorney general's office reports $725,134 recovered for veterans overcharged in GI loan housing deals. An official said fines and costs totaling $105,240.74 have been paid. about 2,747 veterans have had roughly 300 cases tried since 1948, with 2,652 cases pending.
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Washington
Attorney General’s Office
Film Actor's Car Hits Teacher in Nashville
Nashville police said Claude Jarman Jr., 16, struck high school teacher Katharine Kirkpatrick Clark, 37, as she crossed a city street in front of her home. Clark died after arrival at a hospital. Jarman is a Nashville student and a film actor known for The Yearling and Intruder in the Dust.
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Nashville
Tenn
Claude Jarman, Jr
Katharine Kirkpatrick Clark
Jarman
Two Escape When Train Hits Auto
In Central Falls Rhode Island two men escaped with minor injuries after their car crashed through an iron fence fell 15 feet to railroad tracks and was struck by a Providence bound train. Mederick Dufault 21 Valley Falls jumped clear before impact and clung to the fence Francis Prada 28 Taunton Mass was in the car and says he froze to the wheel as the train scraped the roof and windows. Both men received slight cuts and bruises.
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Central Falls
R. I
Mederick Dufault
Valley Falls
Francis Prada
Taunton
Mass
Prada
Hiss Appeals Bail Request for Supreme Court Review
Alger Hiss seeks to remain free on bail while appealing his perjury conviction. The U S Court of Appeals scheduled a Monday hearing after upholding the verdict and bond has been set at 10,000 dollars. Hiss plans to carry the appeal to the U S Supreme Court.
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New York
Alger Hiss
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals
Hiss
Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Driver Loses Wife’s Makeup Kit on Trip Near Columbus
A Texas man, Greer Sugden of King Ranch in Kingsville, reports valuables missing after placing his wife's makeup kit on top of his car before loading luggage at a Columbus area motor court. He recalls seeing the kit about 60 miles east of Columbus but found it vanished when he looked later. The kit contained cosmetics and jewelry worth thousands along with cash and traveler's checks.
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Columbus
Greer Sugden
King: Ranch
Kingsville
Tees
Sugdon
UMT Plan Offered By Dr Eisenhower
Dr Milton Eisenhower proposed a universal military training plan allowing two years of service between ages 18 and 26. He spoke at a New York dinner for the Penn State Club, where his brother General Dwight D. Eisenhower, head of Columbia University, attended and expressed interest in the plan.
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New York
Mil‘ton
Eisenhower
Pennsylvania State College
New York Penn State Club
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia University
Mickey Rooney to Be Divorced After Quick Marriage
Actress Martha Vickers says she will file for divorce from Mickey Rooney after a brief marriage. Rooney’s third wife Ava Gardner was previous, with Betty Jane Rose as a prior spouse who received 1000000 settlement. Ted Rooney, their son, born last April, may stay with Vickers who seeks custody.
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Mollywood
Mickey Rooney
Martha Vickers
Miss Vickers
Little Ted
Rooney
Milkey
Ava Gardner
Betty Jane Rose
Miss
Birmingham
Seven Die In Three Car Crash On Rainy Highway
A MonsonMass crash on a rain slick highway killed seven people and critically injured five others early today. The jeep carried two more passengers who survived. Names listed include Michael Palermo 20 Palmer. Mr and Mrs Richard Choinard Palmer. George Bean Monson State Hospital attendant. Mr Fred Booth and Cecil Heck.
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Monson
Mass
Michael Palermo
Palmer
Richard Choinard
George Bean
Monson State Hospital
Jfred Booth
Cecil Heck
Soldier's Father Urges A-Bomb Use Over Son's Death
J Waring Horning, an industrial worker from Savannah, wrote to Senator Walter F George urging the atomic bomb to save his son, a soldier, in Korea. Horning learned his 19 year old son was killed in action three days before his letter arrived.
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Savanah, Ga
J. Waring Horning
Walter F. George
D-Ga
Korea
Horning
Waring Horning
Man Faces Trial For Baby's Death in Rochester
Edward Santillo, 20, faces a second degree manslaughter trial over Theda Whaley's death, caused by a ruptured liver. Coroner's nurse noted bruises. police say the 23 month old was struck or kicked. The infant died after an incident at her home as her mother Mrs. Whaley visited a neighbor.
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Rochester
Edward Santillo
Theda Whaley
Santillo
Theda
Emil R. Lambiase
Lambiase
Mother Held After Boy's Death in Philadelphia
A 30 year old woman is free on bail as authorities investigate the death of her 5 year old son Richard Szczypkowski. Det Bernard O'Donnell reports the mother Genevieve admitted striking him with a strap after he refused to eat. She says he fell while fleeing a bath attempt Sunday night. The coroner cites a death from a combination of beating and fall with a fractured skull and multiple injuries.
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Philadelphia
Richard Szczypkowski
Set
Bernard O'Donnell
Genevieve
Richard
Untitled fragment of Aunt Het dialogue
A rough fragment shows Aunt Het speaking about tobacco and a cigarette moment, mentioning a person named Jamel and a left message. The text is garbled and lacks a clear news event or context.
Truman Letter to Music Critic Draws Public Eye
President Truman fired a scathing private note to Washington Post critic Paul Hume after he panned Margaret Truman’s singing at a concert. The letter, described as earthy, drew mixed reactions with Republican critique and Democratic sympathy for a protective father. Miss Truman defended Hume’s right to critique while touring in Nashville.
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Washington
Truman
Paul Hume
Washington Post
Hume
Margaret Truman
Congress
South
Miss Truman
Nashville
Tenn
Plan Funds for Yugoslav Aid Under Marshall Plan Diversion
Senate leaders back emergency relief for Yugoslavia with a diversion of Marshall Plan funds from Western Europe. Chairman Connally said he would accept the plan after two senators objected to aiding a Communist country in the initial debate of the bill.
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Washington
Senate
Yugoslavia
Europe
Connally
D.-Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Indictment in Plot Faces Defense Fight Over Form
Government attorneys prepare to answer a defense motion seeking dismissal of the Oscar Collazo indictment for the Nov. 1 assassination attempt on President Truman. Defense requests also ask for a bill of particulars and removal of inflammatory language as well as a trial delay to February.
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Washington
Oscar Collazo
Truman
Collazo
U. S. District Court
U. S.S
George Morris Fay
Fay
U.S
Leo A. Rover
Leslie Coffelt
White House
Grisello Torresola
Torresola
Blair House
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