Ode to Fathers Day and famous hotel tales collide
A reflective piece on Father's Day and respect for dads, with a Chicago hotel culture anecdote about Ernie Byfield and his rise from age 16 to running hotels. Humorous musings touch on royalty, fashionable suites, and social quirks as cultural color. A sharp quip about urban living ends with a civic frustration.
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Ernie Byfield
Chicago Ambassador
Egypt
Waldorf
Plaza
Lady Mendl
Drowning Death Shocks City Infirmary Tale
A 14 year old St. Louis girl was found dead in a tub of scalding water at City Infirmary Hospital. Autopsy cited drowning with scalding as a secondary cause. The case involves a hospital patient whose identity is noted in the report. Police and hospital officials investigate for clues as to the death.
I G O P Split Over Local Tax Problem
Albany report on a GOP split over Governor Dewey's local taxing program as Comptroller Frank C. Moore calls for new financing for higher teacher salaries. County boards reject taxes. Dewey faces pressure to craft alternative funding methods amid party tensions.
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Dewey
Moore
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Oswald D.heels
State Conference Off Mayors
Chauncey B. Hammond
Elmira
New York State Association of Towns
State Conference of Mayors
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Mother of Two Dies in After World Pact Shootout
A Albanya woman, 29, mother of two, was killed by a gunshot early today. A 34-year-old man, Gerald Bauer, was found slumped beside the car with the body of Mrs. Josephine L. Hooghkerk. Police say the incident appeared to be a pact to meet in the after world.
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Albanya
Josephine L. Hooghkerk
Gerald Bauer
Slingerlands
Onilice
Arab intellectuals in Palestine face UN inquiry decision
Arab Higher Executive leaders said they will present the Palestinian position to the 13 nation UN inquiry commission as it plans to start in the Holy Land next Sunday. Cooperation remains unclear as the group weighs the boycott option and its implications.
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Jaffa
Palestine
United Nations Inquiry Commission
Holy Land
Palestine Arab Higher
Notable Deaths Include Executives and Pioneers Worldwide
A list of prominent figures who died includes Twist Rich, 96, Brockton Daily Enterprise president and editor in Brockton Massachusetts. Dr Edwards Ext, 77, renowned eye specialist in Amalic City. Frederick Augustus Preston, 63, VP at Poor & Company and railroad equipment director in Chicago. Clarence Baldringe, 78, former Idaho governor in Boise. Horace Marshall, 36, Singer Sewing Machine attorney in New York City, and wife Amblin Marshall, 36. Vas S S Zavoico, 75, former Russian industrialist and diplomat in New York City. Dr Edwin Newell Wen, 72, ex president of the American Academy of Dental Science in Rockport. Henry Ordemann, 63, early wrestling contender in Minneapolis. Anna Whetlock, wife of Brig. Gen. Lester J. Wallock, deputy chief of staff Allied Headquarters in Tokyo.
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Vassily S. Zavoico
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American Academy of Dental Science
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Jenry Ordemann
Frank Gotch
Minneapolis
Anna Whetlock
Lester J. Waltlock
Allied Headquarters
Tokyo
U N Commission Plans July 5 Talks on Korea Provisional Gov
The United States Joint Commission agreed to begin oral consultations with northern and southern Korean political elements on July 5 at American and Russian occupation headquarters. The talks aim to lay groundwork for a provisional Korean government.
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Seoul
U. S.joint Commission
Korea
Ohioan Facing Charge Kills Self in Norwalk
William Bukove, 37, died after slashing his throat and tearing stitches in an apparent suicide while awaiting arraignment on an auto theft charge. He reportedly told fellow prisoners that authorities could file two more charges against him if they knew.
Gandhi urged no hunger strike amid fuel and sugar fears
Walter Kiernan notes Gandhi plans to eat as long as possible while fuel shortages loom. The piece contrasts official war peace framing, hints sugar rationing may end before elections, and covers Tojo trial momentum with expectations of punishment. Nuernberg references touch on legal outcomes and differing wartime postures.
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Gandhi
Ike
New Phone Union Born in Miami Beach Convenes First Rally
The Communications Workers of America CW A formed in Miami Beach led by 36 year old Joseph A Beirne to recruit the nations 570 000 telephone workers and to lure telegraph and radio technicians from AFL CIO while confronting two rival fights. In Geneseo New York Dr Henry Noble MacCracken warns the third world war has begun as a war of ideas and questions future affiliate choice for CSO AFL or independence.
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Fla
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Communications Workers of America
C.W.A
Joseph A. Beirne
A.F.L
GLO
Geneseo
Henry Noble MacCracken
Vassar College
Geneseo State Teachers College
MacCracken
CSO
Telegraph workers clash over new union alignment
Delegates in IC.W.A. favor CLO backing as T.W.O.C. forms against CW.A. The CW.A. traces to the defunct National Federation and the Telephone Workers Organiza tion Committee, formed ten days ago in opposition to CW.A. The CW.A. is the successor to a loose postwar union network.
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T.W.O.C
Telephone Workers Organization Committee
Cw.a
C.W.A
Lene
National Federation
Ele
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Miners Quit in Protest of Labor Bill in Pennsylvania
In Southwestern Pennsylvania a mass walkout by coal miners spread as 9 600 to 10 000 diggers idled by protest over a labor curbing bill. About 6 600 quit or voted to quit during the weekend and another 3 600 joined in Jayette Greene and Washington Counties. The Hartley Taft measure would limit strikes in essential industries and set up new mediation, with expected White House signature soon.
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Congress
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Jayette
Greene
Washington
Mack Wins Over Savage in Washington Third District Race
Olympia elects Republican Russell Mack by about 1500 votes over Democrat Charles Savage who had backed Henry Wallace. Mack succeeds the late Fred Norman and says the result shows Washington's third district backs the nation’s partisan policy. Savage condemns smear tactics while noting Wallace influence and a shift away from the Republican program.
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Russell v. Mack
Congress of the United States
Charles Savage
Henry Wallace
G.O.P
Hoquiam
Mack
Washington
Fred Norman
Savage
Wallace
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