Baby unharmed as parents die in gas suicide in New York
In New York City a 36 year old man Lester Bedell and his 35 year old wife Loretta killed themselves using gas while their one year old son Walter slept in the crib. Police classified the deaths as self inflicted and notes were found. A separate probe concerns the death of Mrs. Richard Ardell 21 found shot in her Fruitland CT home. Eastern Air Lines filed CAB routes Washington to Chicago Detroit and Charleston to Chicago. Milton Gluckman of Gloversville elected president of the National Association of Leather Glove Manufacturers.
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New York
Lester Bedell
Loretta
Walter
Fruitland
Marshal Livingston
Wayne County
Richard Ardell
Gloversville
Milton Gluckman
National Association of Leather Glove Manufacturers
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Chief Bans Bars in Hotels
Evanston Illinois report says Mrs. D Leissh Colvin president of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union proposed banning bars and liquor storage in hotels and rooming houses as fire hazards to improve safety nationwide.
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T.U. Head
Evanston
Ill
D. Leissh Colvin
National Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Frazer cars ship to 4200 distributors in first export
Graham Paige Motors began shipping the Frazer automobile to more than 4,200 distributors. President Joseph W. Frazer said orders total 273,000 Frazer cars. A war food order amendment puzzles South Dakota utility commissioners as it clashes with state storage laws. Navy General Court Martial in Annapolis will hear final arguments Tuesday in the Walter W. Rollins case. Representative Rankin and Senator Bilbo urge Mississippi Negroes to refrain from voting in the state primaries.
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Willow Run
Mich
Cins
Graham-Paige Motors Corporation
Frazer
Joseph W. Frazer
Pierre
S. D
South Dakota
Annapolis
Navy
Walter W. Rollins
Washington
Rankin
D-Miss
Bilbo
Mississippi
Presbyterians Advance Plans for U S A and U S V Merger
Drafting committees reported “excellent progress” on reunion plans for the Presbyterian Church in the U S A and the Presbyterian Church in the U S V. Veterans to check surpluses: A V W W II national HQ asks local posts to investigate disposal of surplus government property in their communities.
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Philadelphia
Presbyterian Church
U.S.A
U. S
Washington (P
John G Winant to Speak at Roosevelt Memorial Session
John G Winant United Nations official will address a joint Congress session on July 1 to memorialize Franklin D Roosevelt. The event marks the memory of the late president with a national tribute.
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Washington
John G. Winant
United Nations Social and Economic Council
Congress
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sorensen Elected President at Catholic War Veterans Meet
Max Sorensen of Philadelphia was unanimously elected president of the Catholic War Veterans at the 11th annual national convention in Newark New Jersey. The Massachusetts Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment opposed expanding food exports overseas until Allies match their resources.
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Cw.v
Sorensen
Newark, N. J
INS
Max Sorensen
Philadelphia
V.F.W
Lawrence
Mass
Massachusetts Veterans of Foreign Wars
Rice Output Shortfall in Burma and Java Across 600000 Tons
A British RAF survey shows Burma and Java may fall about 600000 tons short of domestic needs this year. In Rome the Catholic Action group notes an Arab delegation seeks audience with Pope Pius XII on the Palestinian question. Berlin hosts six American executives for two day economic talks with the military government. Paris reports President Bidault gains possibility of coalition as Communists show wage compromise stance.
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Burma
Java
Singapore
R.A.F. Nevn
ARAR
SEF
Pope Rome
INS
Il Quotidiano
Catholic Action Group
Rome
Pius XII
Berlin
Germany
Bidault
Paris 67
Georges Bidault
Danes urge Truman to stop animal use in Bikini tests
The Danish Association to Prevent Cruelty to Animals petitioned President Truman to halt live animal experiments planned for the atomic bomb tests at Bikini next month. The Moscow radio announced the Soviet Union approved a new five year plan unanimously.
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Copenhagen
INS
Danish Association To Prevent
Truman
Bikini
London
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Jepublic
Soviet Union
Bulgarian Agrarian Leader Jailed in Sofia Trial
Sixty six year old Trifon Kunev a noted journalist and opposition figure in the Agrarian party has been jailed and will stand trial under the law for defense of the people s power Soviet era phrasing states.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Trifon Kunev
Agrarians
Witness Testifies of Guards Beating GI at Lichfield Prison
In Bad Nauheim Germany a court martial hearing for Col James A Kilian heard Corp Robert Henney of Toledo Ohio recount guards stripping an American soldier and beating him with a rubber hose at Lichfield England prison barracks. Other witnesses described similar mistreatment by those in charge.
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Bad Nauchem
Germany
James A. Kilian
Lichfield
England
Kilian
Corp
Robert ©. Hennay
Toledo
Toleco
Lichfeld
Highland Park
Offiverds
Klan Leader Denies Plot on Gov Arnall
Dr Samuel Keen grand dragon said he thoroughly investigated and found reports of a plan in the Atlanta klavern to kill Gov Ellis Arnall wholly false Arnall said FBI informed him of a plot discovery in the Oakland City Klavern
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Atlanta
Samuel Keen
Grand Dragon
Meat Shortage Sparks Debate on Prices and Supplies
Amid reports of booming black market sales, economist Chester Bowles warned that meat will rise if price ceilings are removed after July 21, though more meat could appear. He projected declines by November and December due to grain shortages while producers and unions accuse packers of hoarding to erase controls. Retailers face growing shortages as a few shops stay open and miners threaten to quit without meat. Fresh fruits show a bumper crop while tomatoes and sugar prospects remain tight into spring.
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Chester Bowles
Congress
Bowles
OPA
Packer
Chicago
Omaha
St. Paul
Kansas City
C.I.0. Packinghouse Workers Union
Pennsylvania
Six food ships bring relief amid rationing concerns
A European relief convoy arrives as Paris bakeries close over flour shortages. Officials say the six ships carry 40 000 to 50 000 tons of grain and flour to Hamburg Bremen and Rotterdam with July as a turning point for rationing.
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Longchambon
Paris
North
South America
France
Hamburg
Britain
United Kingdom
Hambarg
Bremen
Rotterdam
America
Gool
Meat shortages and price controls spark nationwide warnings
Colorado stockmen demand end to price controls on meat. Major packers report scant meat, with Pittsburgh slaughter down to 82 hogs from 800 to 1,000. Washington says cattle receipts fall to a few percent. Salt Lake City shifts to four day week at Cudahy. Milwaukee butchers see gloom. St Louis plants run at 5–10 percent, Madison Oscar Mayer receives under a quarter normal cattle. Bowles predicts bread easing in 30 days and eggs plentiful till next winter with butter and cheese output lagging.
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Denver
Colorado Stockmen and Feeders Association
Pittsburgh
Agriculture Department
Washington
United Press
Salt Lake City
Cudahy Packing Company
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Oscar Mayer Packing Company
Madison
Wis
Bowles
Jet Record Man Arrives in Washington After Fast Schenectady Takeoff
W. Stuart Symington notes a jet propelled aircraft carried a letter to Washington at speeds over 500 mph from Schenectady New York. Captain Robert A. Baird of Mississippi piloted the Washington bound plane. Wright's letter to Dayton reached in just over an hour. General Electric president Charles E. Wilson wrote to Major Kelly. Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining's letter to Chicago arrived in two hours. Major K. O. Chilstrom piloted the Chicago leg.
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Washington
Schenectady
W. Stuart Symington
Air
United States
New York
Robert A. Baird
Mississippi
Wright
Dayton
General Electric Co
Charlies E. Wilson
Major Kelly
Nathan F. Twining
Air Material Command
Aa.f
Chicago
K. O. Chilstrom
Drug Benzenedrine Use Highlighted By Toxicologist
A toxicologist noted that the drug benzedrine can be absorbed in unlimited quantities by the human body. He stated it is often used as an intravenous solution since patients are usually unconscious. Dr Freirich serves at Bellevue Hospital as associate visiting physician and on Nassau County medical examiner staff.
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Freirich
Bellevue Hospital
Medica
Nassau Couty
Marshall engages in Manchuria talks amid Communist demands
General George C. Marshall met separately with Chiang Kai-shek and Chinese leaders in Nanking amid intensive Manchuria negotiations. Communists urged a 3 to 1 soldier ratio and control of Harbin Antung Tsitsihar Hailun Yenki, with a requested longer truce beyond July 1. Brig. Gen. Henry A. Byroade fell ill with typhoid, sidelining three truce teams for months.
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Marshall
Chiang Kai-shek
Chou
Hsu
Yu Ta-Wie
Nanking
Manchuria
Harbin
Antung
Tsitsihar
Hailun
Yenki
Henry A. Byroade
Byroade
Woman slain in Red Bank. three others attacked
Joyce Delk, 30, Red Bank mother of a 14 year old boy, was beaten and stabbed to death Saturday as part of a crime wave along the New Jersey shore. Three other persons were assaulted in the incident.
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Red Bank
N. J
INS
Joyce Delk
New Jersey Shore
OPA Reform Moves to End Price Controls on Commodities
Congress advances a plan to remove controls on non agricultural goods and let a new decontrol board and the Agriculture Secretary decide on farm commodity pricing. It sets subsidy scales and deadlines, with five changes labeled as booby traps by Bowles and a sixth dropped. The measures tie ceilings to base period costs and permit special treatment for textiles while allowing price controls to end as supply meets demand.
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Secretary of Agriculture
House
Senate
Bowles
OPA
Secretary of Agriculture Authority
William S. Hart Desperately Ill in Hollywood
Hollywood star William S. Hart, famed silent western hero, aged 75, clung to life after a serious illness Saturday night while hospitalized at California Lutheran Hospital. He has endured a long career marked by public acclaim and personal disappointments.
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Hollywood
INS
William S. Hart
California Luthern Hospital
Planes Ban Cabin Pressure Gear Pending Inquiry
The Civil Aeronautics Authority orders disconnection of cabin pressure equipment on all Lockheed Constellation air transports after a forced Wallingford Connecticut landing. Preliminary findings link a fire to the engine drive shaft pressure system that allowed higher altitude flight, prompting the suspension.
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Washington (P
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Wallimaztic
Conn
Charles I. Stanton
CAA
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