McGoldrick Appointed Rent Chief in New York
Governor Dewey names Joseph R. McGoldrick administrator of the new state residential rent control law set to take effect May 1. McGoldrick will direct staff, earn 15000 dollars annually, and oversee controls extending to areas decontrolled by federal authority. The measure, challenged in federal court, freezes rents to March 1, 1950 levels outside NYC and March 1, 1919 within NYC, with limited post July increases for certain cases. Public housing and certain new constructions are exempt.
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Albany
Dewey
Joseph R. McGoldrick
New York City
Dale
McGoldrick
Walter J Coing
Federal District Court
Westchester County
Republicar
Metropolitan Fair Rent Committee
Bridges Trial Heads to Jury in Perjury Case
After 81 days and more than 2,000,000 words of testimony, the Harry Bridges perjury trial goes to an eight man eight woman jury. Federal Judge George B. Harris was to deliver final instructions before the jurors hear the case. Bridges, 49, an Australian-born longshoreman, is charged with lying about being a Communist when his naturalization papers were issued in 1845.
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San Francisco
Faye
Harry Bridges
George B. Harris
Bridges
CSO
Longshore Chil
Suspicion rises over defense boondoggling in air guard
Marquis Childs notes growing questions about misuse in the National Defense Establishment with a pointed look at the Air National Guard. Readers are directed to editorial pages and other features listed, including Amusements, Letters, and various sections.
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National Defense
Wat
Air National Guard
Marquis Childs
City Life
Earl Wilson
Winchet
Stolen Baby Found in Theater Lobby Calm After Kidnap Claim
Diane Ranzle six months old was found unharmed twelve hours after abduction from a Brooklyn theater lobby. The second infant Chanetal Holden, ten days old, remains missing from Lincoln Hospital incubator. Mrs Catherine Palmore held for kidnapping after Diane’s safe return. Police searched hospital and nearby areas for the other infant.
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New York
Diane Ranzle
Brooklyn
Chanetal
Holden
Dor
Lincoln Hospital
Ranzie Gurt
Catherine Palmore
Clarence Holden
Charles Cahill
Palmore
Diane
Budget and defense drive clashes in Congress
The House faces a clash over a 1951 defense appropriation as Rep. Taber resists adding about 600 million dollars to the defense budget while Rep. Rogers demands roll call votes on any increases. President Truman backs the current armed services budget, and the House plans to push for overall cuts amid GOP pressure to trim over a billion.
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Washington
House
Rep. Taber
New York
House Appropriations Committee
Fe Wall
Armed Services Committee
Dwight L. Rogers
D- Fla
Defense Department
Vinson
D-Ga
Army
Navy
Air Force
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taber
Truman
Key West
Fla
Eisphower
G.O.P
Rogers
Appropriations Committee
Dr Sander Faces Secret Inquiry in New Hampshire
Peterborough New Hampshire INS reports the Hillsborough County Medical Society plans a secret inquiry into unpublicized charges against Dr Hermann N Sander a 41 year old Manchester physician. Sander was recently acquitted by a Hillsborough County Superior Court jury of a mercy killing charge in the death of an alveolar cancer patient.
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Peterborough
N. H
INS
Hillsborough Coun Medical Society
Harmann N. Sander
Manchester
Sander
Hillsborough County Superior Court
Survey Finds Keys to Happy Marriage at Green Mountain
A UP survey of 290 Green Mountain Junior College girls found maturity shared church attendance similar social backgrounds and comparable educational levels as the most important factors for a happy marriage. Love was not mentioned.
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Poultney
Green Mountain Junior College
Arsonist Held For Murder At Pennsylvania Sanatorium
Nicholas Verna, 29, a sanatorium inmate, will be charged with murder and arson in a fire at Belle Vista Sanatorium that killed nine male patients. Warrants to be issued and a preliminary hearing scheduled. Verna admitted starting the Wednesday fire saying he felt a sick impulse.
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Norristown
Nicholas Verna
Bernard E. D. Joseph
di Joseph
Verna
Belle Vista Sanatorium
IUE Maps 1950 Strategy At Meeting In Pittsburgh
The CIO electrical workers conference opens a three day session to draft 2930 demands on the electrical industry and shape strategy against the expelled United Electrical Workers Union. James Carey says meetings will guide labor’s purge of Communist dominated groups and cites expected landslide votes in upcoming Westinghouse and General Motors elections.
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Pitttsburgh
CIO
International Union of Electrical Workers
Lee
United Electrical Workers Union
C.lo
United Electrical,Radio and Machine Workers of America
James B. Carey
Clowlue
National Labor Reclations Board
Westinghouse
Carey
Dewey Urged by Rockland GOP to Seek Reelection
The Rockland County Republican Committee urged Gov. Thomas E. Dewey to run for reelection in November. GOP county chairmen statewide will be notified of the unanimous resolution adopted last night.
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Spring Valley
Rockland County
Republican Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Fire destroys Syracust Color Press plant in Syracuse
A 3 alarm blaze early today gutted the interior of the Syracust Color Press plant at 204 Ainsley Drive, with damages to machinery and stock estimated above 50 thousand dollars. The plant's value placed between 125 and 250 thousand dollars. Foreman Charles Wierk discovered the fire at about 12 30 A M as flames swept the 60 by 80 foot building housing stacks of comic books for various publishers. Ralph Benedict, VP, notes the comics are printed at the Solvay plant at 104 Charles Avenue. The 2 8 alarm was reported by District Chief Francis Cayrol.
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Syracuse Color Press, Inc
Ainsley Dr
Syracust Color Press, Inc
Upr
Charles Wierk
Bicks
Arthur St
Gee
Ralph M. Benedict
Solvay
Syracuse Color Press
Charles Av
Francis Cayrol
Rochester Area Faces Rising Flood Waters
The Rochester area remains hit by high water with Hood conditions easing elsewhere in Central and Western New York. About half of 125 to 150 families have been evacuated in the past two days as the Genesee River continues to rise and a crest is expected imminently.
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Rochester
Irile
New York
Genesee River
Sales Tax Laggards Hit City Collects $102087.02 This Year
City notice to 1500 delinquents to pay up or face court action within two weeks. Assist. Corp. Counsel Richard T. Mosher said assessments will be wed to all delinquents. warrants may be issued if payments fail within 10 days after assessment date. The tax expired February 28. Merchants who paid promptly urged fairness. Of the year’s collected amount, 371085.19 came from the last quarter of the levy’s existence.
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Tas
Richard T. Mosher
Corporation Counsel
Sales Tax Bureau
Mosher
City Public Works chief unveils white trucks with names
Frank Harmon, the new Commissioner of Public Works, outlined a plan to repaint Public Works trucks white with a black hood and assign short names to each cab. Mayor Corcoran joined a test drive in Harmon’s eight cylinder limousine. Drivers will radio from the city garage to direct emergency crews. The fleet cost $2,236,590 with two old cars traded in, bringing the Amausine price to $1,856.50.
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Frank F. Harmon
Pubiic Works
City Hall
Harmon
Janes Harmon
Corcoran
Robert Wood
Public
Miami Weather: Coldest March Record Since Bureau Began
Amid a sharp cold snap in Miami the temperature plunged to 45 degrees marking the coldest March on record since the Weather Bureau began operations. Local residents bundled up as forecasts warned of continued chilly conditions.
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Atiame, Pin
Miami
Weather Bureau
Keepiords
Acheson Refutes Lattimore Claims Amid McCarthy Attacks
Secretary of State Acheson stated Owen Lattimore was not the architect of U.S. Far East policy and said he never met him. He rebutted McCarthy's charges of Soviet agent ties, calling them pure moonshine. McCarthy claimed to have witnesses and documents linking Lattimore to Communist causes, while Acheson defended limited contacts and denied significant ties to the State Department.
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Washington
Acheson
Owen Lattimore
U.S
Lattimore
McCarthy
Jonny Hopkins University
Wisconsin
Repubean
Senate
Len
Neal
Far East
Het Acheson
State Department
Lartiaiore
Corazounist É Oly
Central
New York
Cloudkare
William Roolnson
Department of Hearings
PBI
FBI
Fox McCarthy
Weather Bureau
McCar
Lalli
Ately
Philip
Alidourm Teccisa
Jessup
Seventh
North St
Lesithy
Ambassdor
Colonth
Flood and Flu Toll Rise Near Clarington Hospital
Flood waters and influenza deaths fill reports from Claringda Te with 516 inches of March precipitation and 298 influenza deaths since Feb 1 at the state mental hospital. Officials note the flood is easing but the influenza toll remains serious among elderly patients.
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Wormit
Weather Bureau
Worn
Park al
Trac
West St
Clarinda
AU Town
Long Branch
State Road
C C. Graves
Bridgeport
Minoa
Hitchings
Gaga
Norman B. Render
Poet Saith
Colwnet
Render
Driver Finds Toy Co Mixup Delays Shipment
A Detroit dispatcher misdirected a truck for the Garton Toy Co. The driver traveled 500 miles before learning the correct destination in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, after arriving in Cheboygan, Michigan yesterday.
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Heboygan, Mich
Garton Toy Co
Detroit
Sheboygan
Wis
Poor Prince and Lincoln Marriages Stir British American Ties
Fragmented OCR passage notes The Duke of Newcastle wed a poor but beautiful American actress May Yoke and his son Lord Lincoln married another American actress The text records quirky quotes about international marriages as romances versus commercial affairs with lines about a prince and American heiress and a playful insistence to marry.
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Duke of Newcastle
Yoke
Lord Lincoln
She Kept Her Figure Esther Williams Diets and Exercise
Screen star Esther Williams discusses how she retained her figure after childbirth. The article describes her diet, fitness routine, and postbirth regimen as she regained her personal image while balancing motherhood and stardom.
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Esther Willigans
American Weekly
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Ida Jean Kain
Haworth
Joseph BD
Megoedbice
Dr. Sander
I.U.E
Geler
Frank
Harmon Brown
Public Works
Boss
Chester Kelly
Frank R. Harmon
Raymond Dodge
Rain Hospital
Herald
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