Dewey Campaign HQs Boast Big Prizes and Fashionable Look
Philadelphia gossip columns describe the Dewey for President drive with a lavish Bellevue-Stratford HQ setup. Vendors donate sample sets for women, a cafe area, live music, and door prizes while Dewey is praised as best dressed. tailors and barbers weigh in on the candidate’s evolving New York style and trimmed mustache. Willie Howard backs the third party.
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Philadelphia
Dewey
New
Bellevue- Stratford
New York City
Ralph Edwards
Double Shooting Over Roof Paint Sparks Tragedy in New York
In New York an elderly man, believing his freshly painted roof cursed his wife, shot the painter and then killed himself. Frank Tortorici, 60, died. neighbor Carmello Motta, about 60, was wounded fatally. Police labeled it a fatal domestic-tinged shooting. Dr Allan G Brodie named new president of the International Association for Dental Research.
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New York
Frank Tortorici
Carmello, Motta
Rochester (P
Allan G.brodie
College of Dentistry
University of Illinois
International Association For Dental Re
Truman Begins Plans for Election Campaign
President Truman outlines vigorous campaign plans after a 9,500 mile transcontinental trip. White House says he met with Democratic leaders and DNC officials for two hours to study strategy ahead of the election. The scene reflects a White House push as ERP aid and other measures move through Congress.
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Truman
Washington
Ins
White House
Democratic National Committee
One Man's Opinion: Vice Presidential Rumor
Philadelphia column jokes about a rumored candidate for vice president being held, awaiting convention delivery, with satire on the appeal of easy money. The piece notes the strange secrecy at headquarters and concludes a vice president is simply a man in the post as long as he remains in power.
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Dewey
Walter Kiernan
Philadelphia
Bradley Advocates More Peace Talks
Army Chief of Staff General Omar N Bradley urged 3000 UCLA graduates and 10000 relatives at an open air theater to pursue peace through intellect. He warned against dismissing the chance to settle global disputes via conferences rather than war.
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Los Angeles
Army
Omar N.bradley
U.C.L.A
Profits Boom For Business Shows Strong 1948 Outlook
The Federal Reserve Board reports 1948 business profits likely exceed 1947, predicting higher cash dividends and sustained undistributed profits. It notes corporations remain financially strong amid high sales and broad profits, based on data from 200 large manufacturing firms.
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Washington (P
Federal Reserve Board
Hs Monthly Bulletin
the Bulletin
Sales in 1947 Compared With Earlier Years
The note states sales in 1947 were 6.7 cents, lower than 1946 at 6.7 cents and 1939 at 7.2 cents, illustrating a decline from prior years.
Amnesty Granted to Huk Rebels After Surrender
President Quirino proclaimed amnesty for the Hukbalahap rebels led by Luis Taruc after Taruc voluntarily surrendered. Taruc and about 50,000 followers were given 20 days to lay down arms, and Quirino and Taruc shook hands, ending nearly two years of fighting in Central Luzon. The president expressed hope a social amelioration program could follow. Taruc arrived from negotiations and surrendered to Quirino in a surprise move.
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Manila
Quirino
Luis Taruc
Taruc
Luzon
New Compact Unit Roasts Two Hotdogs In Car Juice
A compact automotive accessory roasts two hotdogs in their own juice using the car battery. The device fits inside vehicles and operates off vehicle power. It represents a novelty cooking gadget for on the go meals.
End of rationing in Australia sparks relief and questions
Prime Minister Joseph B. Chifley announced the day’s plan to end meat and clothing rationing tomorrow in Australia. Meanwhile King Abdullah I of Trans‑Jordan will visit Cairo for a two‑day meeting with King Farouk of Egypt, joined by his foreign minister and chief of staff. United Nations guards arrived in Cairo and were bound for Palestine, and mass media reported the drowning of Massimo D Asta, Italy s underwater fishing champion, tied to a fatal fish encounter.
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Australia
Canberra
Joseph B. Chifley
Rome
Naples
Ventotene
Massimo D’asta
Italy
Shandie
Notable deaths including Maud Lady Mosley in London
Obituary round up lists Maud Lady Mosley mother of Sir Oswald Mosley died in London. Also noted are The Hon Edmund Burke Roche 89 in Victoria British Columbia Dr Frederic B Knight 56 Purdue education division Lafayette Indiana George F Boyle 41 pianist composer teacher Philadelphia and Capt Sir Beachcroft Towle 84 president National Institute of the Blind London.
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Maud Lady Mosley
Sir Oswald Mosley
London
Edmund Burkeroche
Victoria
B. C
Frederic B. Knight
Purdue University
Division of Education and Applied Psychology
Lafayette
Ind
George F. Boyle
Philadelphia
Sir Beachcroft Towle
The
National Institute of the Blind
Britain seeks UN control of Haifa port and bases
Britain requests United Nations supervision of Haifa port and military installations during the interim before the Palestine truce ends. UK plans to withdraw its last troops from Haifa in about ten days.
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London
Britain
United Nations
Haifa
Palestine
Greek court sentences eight for justice assassination
In Athens a Greek military court today sentenced eight men to death over the assassination of a justice. Justice Minister Christos Ladas announced the May Day verdict amid ongoing postwar security actions.
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Athens
Christos Ladas
Ford Offers Wage Boost to 110000 UAW Members
Ford Motor Co. proposed an 11 to 14 cent an hour raise for 110,000 United Auto Workers. Workers earning $1.50 or more would get 14 cents, those under would receive 11. Average pay is just above $1.50. GM gave 11 cents, Chrysler 13 cents.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Co
C.I.O
United Auto Workers
Ford
General Motors Corp
Chrysler Corp
Rochester Typographical Union Votes Strike Against Local Papers
The International Typographical Union Local 15 authorized leaders to call a strike against the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle and the Rochester Times-Union. The vote was 168 to 17, with Bert W. Kelley reporting. No date was set for a walkout. Strikes authorized against 14 newspapers in eight cities across upstate New York and New Jersey, with eleven in the Gannett group.
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Rochester
Red Offices Burn Rome Communists Blaze Hits Lavine Branch
Fire destroyed communist party offices in Rome as bystanders watched. Explosions from grenades stored in the Gartridges building prevented effective firefighting and forced the abandonment of attempts to extinguish the flames.
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Rome
Lavine
Bologna
Red Cross in Convention Opens With Duty to Troops
Fifty years after first serving troops the American Red Cross opens a national convention in San Francisco with Basil O’Connor saying the 37 million member group may need to expand services to men in uniform under likely selective service legislation. Delegates exceed four thousand as the organization emphasizes its charter link between service members and home.
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San Francisco
American Red Cross
Basil O'Connor
Red Cross
Deaths in Cemetery Prompt Two Tragedies in Evans Mills
While decorating a family plot in a cemetery, William D. Steinhilber, 70, died of a heart attack. He becomes the second person to die in the same cemetery within a month. Earlier, Miss Agtha B. Baum, 68, collapsed and died of a heart attack on Memorial Day at her father's grave in Evans Mills.
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Evans Mills
William D. Steinhilber
Agtha B. Baum
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