Nightclub Gossip and Hollywood Notes from Midnight
A fragmentary interview with actor Charles Boyer mixes smoking quits and love scenes with Ingrid Bergman and other stars. The piece adds assorted entertainment notices from the Pierre lounge to Beverly Wilshire and London Palladium, plus Oscars, theatre chatter, and various social scraps downtown.
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Rochester Bandits Ring Heist Nets 5000 in Jewelry
A jewelry store owner Joseph Batha, 50, was attacked by three bandits who escaped with rings valued at 5000 dollars. Police chase details unavailable. Local crime blotter notes broader unrest with multiple incidents reported in New York and Monticello.
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Palles
Thenat
Joseph Batha
Maine potato shipments top last season total
Maine potato shipments for the current season reach 57 472 carloads, surpassing the 57 460 carloads of 1946 47, as the season nears its end per the U S Department of Agriculture Production and Marketing Administration report.
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Maine
Presque Isle
U. S. Department of Agriculture, Production and Marketing Administration
Nazi Official Pleads Forster Seeks Clemency
Albert Forster former Nazi gauleiter of Lądźis has asked Polish president to spare his life and written to Vatican City for Pope Pius XII to intercede. He is sentenced to be hanged for directing the Nazi seizure of the free city of Danzig.
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Boleslaw Bierut
Vatican City
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Vast Bomber Base Under Construction in Japan
A $9,000,000 U.S. Air Force project at Misawa in northern Honshu aims to support heavy bombers for operations across Eastern Europe and Asia. The base is nearing completion as part of U.S. military expansion in Japan.
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Parliament Passes Bill Targeting Hungarians Abroad
Budapest reports Parliament approved a bill enabling the government to strip citizenship from Hungarians living abroad. The decision expands citizenship measures amid ongoing debates on national loyalty and state sovereignty.
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Budapest
Hungary
Deaths of Noted Figures Include Peden Hamill Howard Butler Reta
Obituary notices list James L. Peden 68 of Corn ing honorary vice president of Corning Glass Works in Clifton Springs. Dr Samuel McClinto Hamill 85 pediatrician and former president of the American Academy of Pediatrics in Philadelphia. Maude Irene Howard 67 former Bryn Mawr General Hospital superintendent in Philadelphia and mother of Brig. Gen. James H. Howard. Gustavo Zepeda Carranza 52 prominent Mexican horseman and industrialist in Mexico City. Kate Lamontagne Butler 79 widow of Nicholas Murray Butler in New York City. Brother Francis Reta 82 of St Anthony on Hudson in Albany.
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American Academy of Pediatrics
Philadelphia
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Bryn Mawr General Hospital
Harvey J. Howard
James H. Howard
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Gustavo Zepeda Carranza
Mexico City
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Columbia University
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New York City
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Rensselaer
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the Immaculate Conception
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One Man's Opinion on 1948 Presidential Prospects
A Democratic HQ briefing cites astrologers claiming Taft and Truman fared differently by stars while Eisenhower reportedly prefers his current job. The piece notes public eagerness reshaping political timelines and hints at broader doubt about a four term White House. The second item reports five strikers arrested at Rogers Majestic plant amid a clash with 160 nonstrikers, with police intervening at the Seaside Ontario site.
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United Elecrical Workers
Colombia Breaks Diplomatic Ties with Russia
Colombia severed diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union becoming the third Latin American nation to cut ties. Prime Minister Mariano Ospina Perez cited international Communism after the April 9 revolution, with the cabinet announcing the break and a brief note delivered to the Soviet legation. The move followed Chile and Brazil and aligns with Pan American stance against the USSR.
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Cardinal Spellman Leads Melbourne Children's Mass
Francis Cardinal Spellman of New York presided as a coadjutor during a centenary Catholic celebration in Melbourne. About 15,000 children attended the mass as the cardinal marked his 59th birthday.
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Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
Spaak Reportedly Plans Resignation of Belgium Premier
Reuters from Brussels says Belgium Prime Minister Paul-Henri Spaak intends to resign and notify Regent Prince Charles that he and his government will step down.
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Prince Charles
U.S. Party Rules Give More Delegates to Democrats
Democratic Party rules allocate twice as many delegates to national conventions as Republican rules. The summary notes a structural difference in delegate counts between the two major parties.
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Clergymen Lead United States Church Network
One hundred thirty seven thousand clergymen conduct the churches of the United States, shaping congregations and spiritual life across the nation.
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