Rose to Be Official State Flower
Albany reports the New York Legislature moves to make the rose the official state flower after 64 years as the unofficial symbol. Assemblywoman Mildred F. Taylor leads the push with unanimous Assembly passage and Senate approval expected. the Capitol honors include roses worn by senators and about 500 roses distributed on the hill. Governor Harriman awaits signature as the companion Senate bill proceeds.
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Walter F. McGuinness
Albany
Mildred F. Taylor
Wayne County
Senate
Govere Harriman
Assembly
Senate Finance Committee
Dutton
S. Peterson
Odessa
House
Capitol Hill
Harriman
Taylor
New York
Smith
Bolton
Locomotive Plant Hit By Strike
The American Locomotive Company plant in Auburn begins a strike after 700 of 1,000 production workers vote for action over pension and insurance concessions. Union dispute centers on a 12 cent hourly package and changes to shift premiums. Molony cites insistence on pay cuts and resisted wage boosts at upstate plants.
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Auburn
American Locomotive Company
ALCO
Donald Delano
Usw-Cio
Schenectady
Joseph P. Molony
Dunkirk
James J. Reynolds
Buffalo Durig
USW
Molony
Latrobe
Montreal
Can
Lubin Naming Hangs Fire in Albany Hearing
Isador Lubin faces uncertain Senate Finance Committee action on his confirmation as industrial commissioner. Senate leader Walter J. Mahoney indicated the committee may report without a recommendation to the full Senate. In New York, two Canadian oil stock promoters, Paul Payette and John Vanier of Montreal, were barred from securities dealings after a state order. A New York report notes about a quarter of US hospital patients are treated in government facilities.
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Albany
Isador Lubin
Senate Finance Committee
Walter J. Mahoney
Senate
Harriman
New York
New York State
Aly
Jacob K. Javis
Supreme Court
Paul Payette
John Vanier
Montreal
Mothers Heart and Lungs to Save Penny Rae Raymond
In Waukesha Wisconsin Penny Rae Raymond seven year old daughter will undergo a rare operation to close a hole in her heart March 15 at the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis. Her mother Mrs K E Raymond will temporarily donate heart and lungs to pump and purify blood to Penny during the procedure if needed. five other local volunteers stand by as alternates.
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Waukesha
Wis. C
Peniny Rae Raymond
University of Minnesota Hospital
Minneapolis
K. E. Raymond
C.W. Lillehi
Penny Roe
Penny
Raymond
DeSapio Wiretap Case Reveals Tammany Tactics
New York authorities discuss a 1947 48 wiretap on Carmine DeSapio then district leader and Manhattan leader and state secretary of state. William Keating for a crime prevention group says the court ordered tap aimed to expose political manipulation. Frank Hogan denies any political wiretaps during his 13 years as district attorney.
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New York
Tammany Bell
Carmine G
DeSapio
Manhattan
William Keating
Dist
Slaying Suspect Held After Orangeburg Ax Killing
Sam Junior Wright admitted to police the ax slaying of a wealthy Orangeburg woman and surrendered to a magistrate yesterday in Euharlee town. He was held today in an undisclosed jail.
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Orangeburg
S.C
Sam “Junior” Wright
Euhanville
Spectators Searched For Weapons In Fuller Murder Trial
In Birmingham Alabama Judge J Russell McElroy ordered search of spectators for guns or deadly weapons as Albert Fuller’s murder trial entered its third week after a long weekend recess. The move followed indications of rising tension among spectators while prosecutors had rested their case against the former Phoenix City chief deputy sheriff.
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Birmingham
Ala
Albert Fuller
J. Russell McElroy
Fuller
A. L. Patterson
McElroy
Phenix City
Modern flamethrower used by Germans in World War I
A report notes that the German military employed a modern flamethrower as a weapon during the winter of 1914 to 1915 in World War I.
Capitol Police Move To Replace Force With Professionals
On the first anniversary of the Puerto Rican attack four wounded representatives urged Congress to replace the current Capitol police with a professional corps. Reps Roberts Bentley Davis Jensen and Fallon sponsored the bill, noting security lapses during the 12 month remembrance and the Senate shelving of the Civil Service police measure.
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Congress
Capitol
Roberts
D-Ala
Bentley
R-Mich
Davis
D-Tenn
Jensen
Iowa
Fallon
House
Civil Service
Senate
Burleson
D-Tex
Government seeks nationwide survey on corn plantings
The government aims to gauge how much land farmers plan to plant to corn this year as a preliminary step to setting the price support rate under the new flexible support law. The piece also notes a general point about fish reproduction.
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Washington
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