Van Carries Polio Girl 200 Miles For Treatment
Janet Eberle a 15 year old polio victim begins a 200 mile trip from Grasslands Hospital to Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital in a six person van with a respirator powered engine. The journey aims to secure special treatment in Harrisburg Pennsylvania.
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White Plains
Janet Eberle
Harrisburg
New Rochelle
N. Y
Grasslands Hospital
Here
Harrisburg Polyclinic Hospital
Growing Need for Psychiatrists Stressed
The American Psychiatric Association meeting in Detroit heard Dr. George N. Thompson urge more medical training on mental illness as it now consumes about 60 percent of typical physicians’ practice amid rising demand for psychiatry in medicine.
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Detroit
George N. Thompson
Los Angeles
Calif
American Psychiatric Association
Swiss Urged to Economize For War Time
The Swiss government urged citizens to save food and raw materials as economic defense to accompany military preparations. The appeal came from the economy ministry citing unforeseeable events and the need for comprehensive national defense strategies.
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BEIN
Switzerland
Notable Obituaries From Diverse Fields Across the Nation
Obituaries list: Dr Magnus Pate Hopper 82 founder and medical director of Peck Memorial Hospital New York City. Robert Rogers 59 longtime president and director of Ship pers Car Line Corp Milton Pennsylvania. Wincenty Ryzmowski 67 Polish government minister and former journalist and novelist in Warsaw. Abraham Snellenberg 73 VP of N Snellerberg Co Philadelphia son of founder Na than Snellenberg. The Rt Rev Daniel Trumbull Huntington 81 Episcopal bishop in China for years in Wellesley Massachusetts. Francesco Domeninghiny 86 Italian painter who frescoed Buenos Aires theaters Bergamo Italy.
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Magnus Pate Hopper
Peck Memorial Hospital
New York City
Robert Rogers
Shippers’ Car Line Corp. of
New York
American Car and Foundry Co
Milton, Pa
Daniel Trumbull Huntington
China
Wellesley
Mass
Francesco Domeninghiny
Colon
Buenos Aires
Bergamo
Italy
Queen Launches Largest Aircraft Carrier Ark Royal
Queen Elizabeth today launched Britain's biggest aircraft carrier the 36800 ton Ark Royal replacing the famous I named ship sunk by the Nazis in World War II.
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QUEEN
Birkenhead
Eng
Britain
Senator O Conor criticizes business pressure on federal spending
Senator O Conor denounces business pressure on Congress as a threat to solvency while addressing the United States Chamber of Commerce. He urges restraint on federal spending and calls for tax reform favoring replacement of buildings and equipment and ending double taxation on corporations. The chamber closes its 38th annual meeting with policy statements and new officers.
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Washington
O’conor
D-Md
Congress
United States Chamber of Commerce
O'Conor
Cornarata Amdande
Eee
U. S
Otto A. Seyferth
West Michigan Foundry Company
Muskegon, Mich
Herman W. Steinkraus
Bridgeport, Conn
Indian Hunger Strike Continues As Leader Loses Weight
Jules Sioui, leader of the North American Indian national government, enters the tenth day of a hunger strike in Huron Quebec weighing 58 pounds less than start. He demands Prime Minister St Laurent stop enslaving Indian people and drinks only small amounts of sugar water daily. Doctor Gaston Jean says he may live about 30 more days on current diet.
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Huron
Que
Jules Sioui
Louis St. Laurent
Sioul
Gaston ‘Jean
Ian
One Man's Opinion on the Red Schoolhouse Politics
Walter Kiernan comments on a Republican public relations metaphor calling a political schooling for new members. The piece jokes about 25 students and one teacher with no federal aid and a hired woman, contrasting with Democratic claims that experience teaches. It notes Truman plans lectures on the road, non political in content.
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Truman
U.S. Action Planned on German Expellees Question
President Truman and Rep. Walter signal U.S. may launch international steps to resolve the fate of about nine million Germans expelled from Iron Curtain countries. Walter says Truman recognizes the plight and favors U S leadership to seek an answer.
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Washington
United States
White House
Truman
Rep
Walter
D.-Pa
House Judiciary Committee
U.S
Gambler Erickson Under Raid Over Bookmaking Records
New York city detectives seized 12 filing cabinets from Frank Erickson's Park Avenue office amid a probe into his nationwide horse and sporting event bookmaking. A district attorney said the raid followed Erickson’s claim of 30 years of law violations, with no arrests made. The case involves Senate investigators and a possible ban on interstate gambling information.
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New York
Frank Erickson
Senate
Erickson
Park Ay
Sol Gelb
General Sessions
John A. Mullen
Mullen
Frank Hogan
Gelb
Leonard
William J. Grafenecker
Raiders
Ericksons
Senate Commerce Subcommittee
Jolson Laughs Off Death Rumor Ahead of 64th Birthday
Palm Springs gossip claims singer Jolson faced a death report early, prompting a witty response about rising fame. Jolson, who turns 64 on May 26, joked that such rumors are typical in Hollywood and likened them to Bing Crosby’s supposed monthly notices.
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Palm Springs
Calif
al Jolson
Bing Crosby
Hollywood
Crosby
Jolson
Finland Indicts Striking Railmen Indefinite Indictment
Helsinki government drafts 4500 striking locomotive engineers and firemen into the army and orders return to work. The nationwide strike halts almost all trains except those carrying war reparations for Russia and food shipments.
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Helsinki
Finland
Russia
Creek Victim Ruled Slain
A 39 year old housewife Louise Wilkinson was found in Ellicott Creek near Depew and died from carbon monoxide poisoning. Sheriff Britt calls it murder as medical tests confirm death preceded the body entering the creek. Husband Richard Wilkinson and attorney were involved in the inquiry while money and clothing remain missing.
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Buffalo (P
Arthur D. Britt
Louise Wilkinson
Ellicott Creek
Depew
Rocco N. de Dominicis
Britt
de Dominicis
Stricken Mayor Improves in Wisconsin
A Wisconsin village reports Mayor Ralph E Kronenwetter, age not specified, slightly stricken by a cerebral hemorrhage on May Day. He shows improvement as state authorities monitor his condition and continue treatment.
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Mosines
Wis
Mtock
Ralph E. Kronenwetter
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