Luckenbach heads to Africa on lions safari
Luckenbach, the Broadway producer who inherited a fortune, plans a 14 000 mile flight to Zanzibar for a lions hunt and to file a piece for Life. He jokes about not getting cables after his first half dozen kills and describes his safari gear and trip timeline. He expects to return August 1–10 to produce more shows and face critics.
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Luckenbach
Zanzibar
Mathew Arnold
Arnold
All Safe as B-29 Skids to Landing
The crew and nine passengers escaped unscathed when a B-29 belly landed on an emergency airfield near Tokyo after a life raft broke loose and fouled the tail controls en route to Yokota airfield.
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Tokyo
Here
Yokota
Senator Martin asks Wisconsin GOP to drop name from secret poll
Senator Martin of Pennsylvania asks the Wisconsin State Republican Committee to remove his name from a presidential possibilities list to be voted on in a secret Madison poll this Saturday.
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Washington
Martin
Wisconsin State Republican Committee
Madison
Bursting steam pipe kills man at East Side laundry
A five inch steam pipe burst in an East Side laundry fatally striking foreman Max Hushin aged 55 behind the left ear. About 125 workers, mostly young women, were unharmed.
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New York
East Side
Max Hushinsky
Grand Jury Called in Kansas Vote Inquiry
Preparations were made to select a Federal Grand Jury to investigate alleged vote frauds in the Kansas City primary election last August. Judge Albert A. Ridge signed an order summoning the jury for July 5 from a panel of 23 to serve.
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Kansas
Kansas City
Albert A. Ridge
Soviet attacks MacArthur land reform in Japan flare
A Soviet representative on the Allied Control Council in Japan charged Gen Douglas MacArthur s land reform program as aging. In Munich Bavarian officials accused Alfred Loritz of bribery and planned to seek his resignation at a party conference. In Leeds Eric Briggs was hanged for stabbing his wife after a defense witness confessed for notoriety. In Batavia Indonesia proposed an interim government for the United States of Indonesia. In Karachi the Pan American clipper America landed at Drigh Road after a flight from Istanbul. In Moscow Red Star reports atomic research in Norway led by American scientists.
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MacArthur
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Leeds
England
Eric Charles Briggs
Batavia
Java
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Karachi
India
America
Drigh Road
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Moscow
Red Star
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Generals Call for Universal Military Training
Gen Jacob L Devers and Lt Gen J Lawton Collins urged universal training at the ROA 21st annual convention in Miami. Devers said training would save the nation by supplying citizen soldiers as veterans attrition rises. Collins warned U S defenses are weak with insufficient air power and manpower to match Soviet strength.
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Reserve Officers Association
Congress
J. Lawton Collins
Europe
United States
Rita Hayworth Denied Entry to Switzerland
Hollywood actress Rita Hayworth, staying on Lake Como, was reportedly denied entry to Switzerland yesterday for lacking the required visas. Swiss border guards stopped her after Italian guards had briefly allowed her to pass, preventing a planned visit to South Ticino.
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Rita Hayworth
Switzerland
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Chiasso
Here
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Ticino
Doomed Man Granted 30 Day Reprieve in North Carolina
In Raleigh a 35 year old white man who faced a death sentence for raping a 15 year old girl received a 30 day reprieve after he willed his brain and eyes to a medical school. Governor R Gregg Cherry granted the reprieve following a stay of execution secured for Marvin C Bell, a co defendant in the case. The governor had previously said he would not intervene.
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N. C
R. Gregg
Cherry
Vernon Litteral
Marvin C. Bell
State Supreme Court
One Man Opinion on Driving Laws and Traffic Habits
Walter Kiernan mocks President Truman on traffic standards and horn use. He notes Sweden bans horn blowing and observes noisy road etiquette in New York. The piece jokes about rooftop parking and questions who has priority at an unusual intersection.
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Rudolpho Munoz
United Nations
New Jersey
Munoz
Walter. Kiernan
Truman
English War Bride Accuses Tea Guest of Theft
Mrs Dorothy E Miner invited a stranger for tea, then reported $75 missing from household funds. Police charged John Livingston age 24 with petit larceny after identifying him as the caller. The incident occurred in Schenectady.
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Scheneclady
Dorothy E. Miner
John
Livingston
Miner
Notable Deaths Listed Across Cities in Brief Memoir Tribute
Obituary notices honor prominent figures: Nathaniel Spear, 79, built a Pittsburgh and New York department store empire after starting as a $5 a week clerk. Frederick W. Willig, 73, longtime Louisville Times reporter. Bert Walker, 74, veteran Detroit Cleveland and New York newspaper man. M. Robert Werman, 53, national field director of the United Jewish Appeal. Col. John Henry Patterson, 80, commander of the Jewish Legion in World War I. Walter Williams, 80, J. J. Newberry executive and Woolworth buyer. Albert L. Sloan, 61, political editor of the Chicago Herald American.
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Pittsburgh
New York
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Louisville Times
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Louisville
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Detroit
Cleveland
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United Jewish Appeal
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Jewish Legion
Los Angeles
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F. W. Woolworth Co
Plainfield, N. J
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Chicago Herald- American
Springfield
White House lawns purge garlic odor charms grounds
National Capital Parks officials announced the treatment to purge garlic odor from the White House and surrounding lawns has been successful. The rolling greens are described as an aesthetic delight after the efforts to remove the pungent smell, improving the grounds around the presidency.
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INS
White House
Truman
National Capital Parks
Six Japanese Executed on Guam for War Crimes
GUAM INS The U S Military Government announced six Japanese were executed on Guam Island Wednesday night for war crimes. All were convicted of complicity in the beheading of nine American prisoners of war during 1942. Victims were members of Carlson's Raiders.
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Guam
INS
U.S
Guam Island
Carlson's Raiders
Two Children Drown at Brant Lake Outlet
In Warren County Brant Lake outlet collapsed sending brothers Robert Moore nine and Arthur Moore seven into the water. A sister Ruth five and another brother William eleven fell in while helping. William was saved by their mother Mildred Moore and Ruth was saved by fisherman Floyd Beagle of Albany.
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Robert’ Moore
Arthur
William. Moore
Ruth
William
Mildred Moore
Floyd Beagle
Albany
Warren County
Chestertown
Puppet governor of Chekiang executed for treason
Jap Puppet Shot SHANGHAL UP) Fu Shu-yue, puppet governor of Chekiang Province during Japanese rule, was executed Thursday for treason seated on a stool because he could not stand or kneel, while the executioner fired at his head.
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Fu -Shu-yue
Chekiang Province
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