New York City Subway Service Called Perfect After Brief Downtime
New York City officials said subway service was perfect today following a minute work stoppage by shop repairmen yesterday and the temporary suspension of two Transport Workers Union members. In Troy, about 4000 Elks parade contingents gathered for the association’s three day convention underway in Niagara Falls. Eight vice presidents were elected at a business session this morning with Matin DAntonia and Edwin C. Gifford named as two despite a state involvement in the event.
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Natural Gas Shortage to Stay Acute in 1947-42 Winter
The Federal Power Commission reports gas shortages in the midwest and Appalachia will be as severe next winter as this one. After a three day meeting with natural gas industry representatives, the panel evaluated supply and demand for the 1947-48 season.
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Deaths and far flung notes from naval to Paris and Reno
A collage of obituaries and short notices lists WLADYSLAW RACKIEWICZ 83 in Annapolis and others including JAMES AGATE 69 in London and DR GEORGE SWE Wade Wilson 55 in Venice California. Also noted is A B Leonard of Detroit and a 18 year old Chico girl and a 74 year old farm hand who wed in Reno and began housekeeping in Chico.
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Wales
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London
George Swe Wade Wilson
Rockefeller Institute
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AN OTHER LANDS Border Jumper Kills U S Trooper
FRANKFURT (INS) A United States constabulary trooper was shot dead today by an illegal Russian border crosser at Hof near the German Czechoslovak frontier. The Russian, a civilian, obtained a gun from the trooper and died by his own actions after the shooting. The incident highlights tensions along the frontier and prompts calls for stricter border control.
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Sugar Bonus Assured for Households This Summer
Secretary Clinton P. Anderson said housewives will receive a sugar bonus of five to ten pounds this summer even if rationing continues. Rationing could end Oct 31 unless he acts sooner. decision will come soon. He noted the timing to end rationing for household use has not arrived and many unknown factors remain.
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Clinton P. Anderson
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Aunt Het by Robert Quillen
An ironic note from Robert Quillen on aging tastes in home fixtures. The speaker mocks changing bathroom aesthetics, predicting that today’s old-fashioned fixtures will become fashionable antiques in a few years.
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Vote Probe Field Day In G O P Circles
Washington reports on Kansas City vote fraud allegations drawn into a Senate inquiry. Senator Ferguson insists federal probes were delayed until ballots were stolen, grilling district attorneys and judges over the Estella Carter voting claim and related affidavits alleging dead voters and double voting.
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Babies Slain From Page One
A grief-stricken father recounts a sleepless night after the hospital nursery death of his baby daughter. A 26-year-old mother expected to visit for a transfusion, while doctors administered whole blood as a strength measure. No clues, as authorities launched a hunt for the killer with the father awaiting news.
Youth Injured As Car Hits Tree
Watertown report says 30 year old Alton Bodway suffered a fractured nose roof line fractured mouth and broken teeth after his car veered off Meadeay and struck a tree in the 500 block of At the Jaffi Wetay sand. He was treated at Mercy Hospital with facial injuries and bruises sustained yesterday.
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Victory Slogan at Milwaukee GOP Meeting 1947
Darrell B. Reece, chairman of the Republican National Committee, urged the Milwaukee gathering of the young GOP federation to elect a Republican president in 1948. He said the wage structure had been made realistic and that Communists and fellow travelers should be removed from government influence to complete the job.
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UN Army Row Brews Over Global Force Size
The United Nations army debate grows after Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko warns against inflated forces. He says postwar Germany and Japan are under Allied control and there is no need for a large international force, arguing for a relatively small peacekeeping body.
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Floods Hit Central Regions Damaging Yards and Homes
Severe floods across the central region force evacuations in Des Moines and Ottumwa Iowa with power cuts and water shortages. Missouri towns Canton and Hannibal report rising Mississippi and river levels. Tornadoes strike near Chester Oklahoma and Excelsior Springs Missouri causing farm and resort damage amid widespread thundershowers.
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Youth Tries to Deliver Views to Hirohito at Harbor
A uniformed, unarmed youth named Tsunesuke Kato attempted to approach Emperor Hirohito during a harbor inspection in Osaka. Kyodo reports he sought to petition the emperor with views on improving Japanese industry and was seized by police before being released.
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Comic strip caption turns tense in playful chase
In a LAFF A DAY style frame a character grasps another by the arm as a comedic struggle unfolds. The pursuer weakens and signals of surrender emerge while the crowd reacts to a mock confrontation. The tone stays light despite the mock showdown.
Taft Targets Truman on Taxes and Prices in Speech
Taft argues for cutting government expenses and taxes to lower prices as he clashes with President Truman over economic policy. He claims the administration created high costs and blames business for price rises, while urging passage of the tax bill and asserting noninflationary effects of tax cuts.
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Cuban Official Denies Sugar Ban
In Havana Senator Jose Manuel Casanova head of Cuba's sugar industry denied plans to suspend sugar shipments to the United States. He called the allegation unfounded in a telegram to Rep. Fred L. Crawford of Michigan who had urged halting Cuban exports in response to a Cobart ban report.
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Labor Bill Prom Page One
Labor bill moves to the White House with debate on closed shop rules and union power. Senators Ball Ellender and Ives weigh override chances as the measure heads to President Truman with a 37 to 24 Senate tally and a 10 day decision window.
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Balkans turmoil colors post coup rumors across Europe
The report details Hungarian and Balkans politics during a Soviet backed shift in Budapest. It cites Petkov facing accusations from the regime, Nagy resigning under pressure, and Tito favoring Balkan unity. It notes plans to expel Smallholders deputies, Kovacs confessing to plots, and Washington seeking a Russian role inquiry by the United Nations. Foreign offices fear Soviet interference with Hungary's government and mass refugee movements to Vienna amid embassy sieges.
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Graduates Warned To Master Science
British ambassador Inverchapel at Lansdowne High School commencement warns the graduating class to master science or civilization could be destroyed by atomic energy in the hands of fools or knaves. He says graduates have no future unless mankind throttles atomic energy.
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