Luise Rainer Eyes Return to Movies After Oscars
Viennese actress Luise Rainer, mother to 11 month old Francesca, discusses returning to films in Hollywood or England as she rejects sensational stardom. She recalls past marriages, Oscar wins for The Great Ziegfeld and The Good Earth, and notes she aims for quality roles rather than loud vanity.
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Luise Rainer
Sutton Pl
East River
Francesca
Hollywood
Zose
England
France
Betaly
Robert Knittel
Clifford Odets
Pictures
Postmistress Cleared as Delays Dismissed in Secane Case
In Philadelphia area news the charges against 33-year-old Orvilla H. Hardican former Secane postmistress were dismissed. Inspectors told U S Commissioner Norman J Griffin the Secane office was cluttered with packages Hardican reportedly couldn't find time to handle with some packages left unprocessed for two years.
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Philadelphia
Orvilla H. Hardican
Secane
U. S
Norman J. Griffin
Hardican
Alaska Peninsula Forest Fires Sweep Timber Lands
Anchorage Alaska reports a series of forest fires across Alaska including the Kenai Peninsula blaze which has burned about 224 square miles of valuable timber land. Fire crews battle multiple active fronts amid rising danger to forests.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Ken&i
Deaths A. E. Thomas MRS Julia A McHugh and William Steinbeck
A. E. Thomas 74 former New York City newspaperman cutcor and playwright with Pulitzer drama jury experience from 1526 to 1928 in Wakefield Rhode Island. Julia A McHugh 84 mother of songwriter Jimmy McHugh died in Beverly Hills California. William E Steinbeck president of the Bolton Landing Chamber of Commerce died in Glens Falls.
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A. E. Thomas
New York City
Cutcor
Wakefield
R. I
Julia A. McHugh
Jimmy McHugh
Beverly Hills
Califf
William E. Steinbeck
Bolton Landing
Girls With Guns to Patrol New York Subways
Two 24 year old women named as the citys first transit policewomen will receive pistols after training and more officers may follow if the program succeeds.
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New York
Board of Transportation
Senate Seeks Policy on Conversion of Occupation Marks
The Senate urged an Administration declaration on losses from converting unbacked occupation marks and asked for all cables directives and papers tied to transferring Bureau of Printing and Engraving plates to Russia for occupation mark printing. Anatoly Gromyko, son of the Soviet UN ambassador, earned a learner permit in Mineola as he prepares for a road test. Judge Louis E. Levinthal of Philadelphia was named adviser on Jewish affairs to Gen. Lucius D. Clay in Germany.
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Washington
Ins
War Department
Germany
Bridges
R-N.eh
Treasury, State
Russia
Bureau of Printing and Engraving Plates
Mineola
Anatoly Gromyko
United Nations
Samuel D. Schroet
Louis E. Levinthal
Philadelphia
Lucius D. Clay
Ward Department
Levinthal
Philadelphia Common Pleas Court
Mongolian Raid Reported In China Officials Say
The Central News Agency reported a punitive Mongolian raid in North Chahar Province, China, by 1,000 bandits described as Russian-speaking nomads from Inner Mongolia, burning, plundering, and killing during the second recent incident.
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Nanking
Central
China
Kalgan
Chahar
Inner Mongolia
Mother Questioned After 3-Year-Old Son Strangled
Chicago police questioned Betty Barrows 22 after her three year old son Gerald Drazin was found strangled in his crib. A lie detector test was inconclusive due to her nervous condition and a second test was planned. Police found a six and a half foot length of clothesline in her bedroom and the coroner reported the baby was strangled with a rope. The inquest was continued to June 26.
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Chicago
Betty Barrows
Uader
Barrows
Gerald Drazin
Roy Black
Robert Barrows
Louis Drazin
San Pedro
Calif
Victor Levine
A. I. Brodie
Andrew Barry
Boy 13 shoots mother over scolding in Gastonia area
Johnny Weaver 13, an eighth grade pupil and son of a Baptist pastor, killed his mother Cora Weaver 47 with a .22 rifle at their Spencer Mountain home near Gastonia. He said he was angry after being scolded for opening a letter to his sister. He fled and was captured nearby, awaiting investigation while the case goes to North Carolina Juvenile Court for possible training school.
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Gastonia
N.C
H. T. Efird
Edward . Groves
Gaston County
Johnny Weaver
Cora, Weaver
Groves
Spencer Mountain
Ranlo
North Carolina
W. Carl Weaver
Priest Stabbing Suspect Confined After Lunacy Ruling
New Orleans authorities confine 28 year old former Marine Don Laurentz to the state insane asylum at Jackson after a lunacy commission found him insane at the time of the stabbing of a Catholic priest during Holy Communion.
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New Orleans
Don Laurentz
Jackson
Laurentz
Gold, Cigarette Standard, and Trade Tactics
The State Department claims 60 percent of world gold, while smoking shifts global standards. F B Boone of Lexington is praised as a key tobacco figure, outranking Truman in local esteem. The piece jokes about burying gold after trading for it and predicts a reset with Europe holding the goods.
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State Department
F. B. Boone
Lexington
H. 5. Truman
Independence
Mr. Trinman
Mr. Boone
Superior Curbs Pastor As Crusader
In Rose City Michigan the Rev Cecil H H Scott known as a crusader against local vices is ordered to drop the campaign by Dr Frank Fields superintendent of the Saginaw Bay Methodist district. A nuisance injunction is sought as demonstrations erupt with jeers horns and a caravan circling the pastor's home.
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Rose City, Mich
Ins
Cecil H H. Scott
Rose City
Frank Fields
Saginaw Bay Methodist District
Norton King
Scott
Melvin I. Orr
Rochester cadet dies in AT-6 crash near Doniphan
Grand Island Nebraska report says M/Sergeant Edward Tack of Rochester New York was killed when an AT-6 trainer crashed at Doniphan Nebraska yesterday per Army announcement.
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Grand Island, Neb
Edward Tack
Rochester
N. Y
Doniphan
Army
Vandenberg Aid Plan Receives U S Backing
Washington report notes State Department blessing for Senator Vandenberg s bid for a bi partisan survey to gauge how much more aid the United States can safely give abroad. Undersecretary Clayton welcomed the study of American resources but said aid needs a separate assessment by nations themselves under U S checks. Marshall and aides will study the bipartisan approach before full cabinet discussion with Vandenberg.
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Washington
Vandenberg
United’ States
State Department
Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wil Clayton
Clayton
Treasury
Marshall
Clayton Endorsement Stirs Debate on Foreign Aid Plan
The text discusses a three point outline for a safe and wise foreign assistance plan. It mentions reciprocal considerations and overall regional requirements in Europe and Asia. Clayton appears to support only the first point.
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Europe c
Asia
Clayton
Curley Improved at Cohasset Hospital
Boston Mayor James M. Curley was reported in improved condition at Cohasset Hospital. Medical reports of his illness were sent to Washington for study in Federal District Court.
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James M. Curley
Boston
Cohasset Hospital
Washington
Federal District Court
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