Campaign Fund Limit Bill Held Up
In Congress to allow a 53 000 000 bid on presidential campaign spending to potentially carry over to next year, delaying action on a measure supported by leaders in both parties. Senator Eilender and others said there may not be time for this session. the bill would raise limits, cover primaries, and require greater donor publicity. The Rules Committee has not yet scheduled hearings.
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Drum Murder Clues Fade In Philadelphia Case
Philadelphia homicide probes the so called barrel murder as clues fade to identify the victim. Autopsy by Dr Benjamin Gouley reports a 38 inch gauze bandage wrapped four times around the neck forming a noose. Homicide squad notes the body was placed in a heavy metal drum and moved to a ravine by three men.
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New Flying White House Ruling For Tojo Trial Shakedown
In Santa Monica a new Flying White House plane the Independence is nearing test flights. The four engine DC-6 variant will carry 24 passengers or 12 berths with a presidential suite and modern communications. In Tokyo the international war crimes court ruled Tojo and 24 others are not on trial for actions after Russia's 1945 Pacific entry. The tribunal found evidence irrelevant without charges or sufficient support.
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Streptomycin Danger Seen in Tuberculosis Fight
Army doctors at Fitzsimons General Hospital in Denver warn that streptomycin might hinder a patient's natural resistance to tuberculosis. The question is unresolved, but the policy there is not to use streptomycin when the patient can control the disease without it.
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Fitzsimons General Hospital
Denver
J.B. Wallace
George W. Fishburn
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Electric output in New York dips after holiday week
The Edson Electric Institute reports that electrical energy distribution in New York fell to 4,429,090,000 kilowatt hours for the week ended May 31, after Memorial Day. This compares with 4,682,858,000 the prior week and shows an 18.4 percent rise from the same week last year’s 3,741,256,000.
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Edson Eelectric Institute
U S Auto Law Hearings Set for Highway Use Legislation
Representative Ellsworth of Oregon chairs a House subcommittee planning hearings on a nationwide auto driving law. The bill proposes creating a division within the Interstate Commerce Commission to issue permits for interstate driving and license all drivers.
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Interstate and Ferge Commerce Committee
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Interstate Commerce Commission
U S Army Board Secret in Turkey
A Turkish government secrecy order kept unreported the arrival of a U S military commission in Istanbul. The panel is studying Turkish army needs under President Truman aid, with the group in place since yesterday and news suppressed despite widespread local awareness.
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Truman
Istanbul
Soap Crew Delivers Free Soap in Pasadena Promotion
In Pasadena California a soap company promotion crew handed out free samples as war ends. Police officer Frank Carven halted them to check legal angles, but the distribution was legal and authorized by the city.
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Calif
Frank Carven
Pearl Harbor
Japanese Diet Recesses Until June 23
The Japanese Diet recessed today until June 23 after sessions in standing committees. Lawmakers adjourned amid routine scheduling and committee work as government business paused for a short break.
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Beating Case Ends In Acquittal Of Tom Verner
Tom Verner 26 and his brother James faced federal charges over a July Walton County mass lynching. The jury acquitted Tom late yesterday while a retrial was ordered for James. They were accused of assaulting Golden L. Howard 19 who refused to reveal testimony about the killing of four Negroes during the mob incident. A grand jury investigated but returned no indictments.
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