Free Suspect Widen Hunt For Girl Eight In Abduction
Fort Washington Wisconsin crowds joined an intensive search for eight year old Georgia Jean Weckler missing since Thursday afternoon. A $2,500 reward was posted for tips leading to her recovery or the abductor’s arrest. FBI agents questioned a man driving a car matching a sighting description while police noted a girl in Fort Atkinson cried to be let out before being forced back into a car.
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LaVerne ‘Weckler
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Iti
Fort Washington
Georgia Jean Weckler
George C. Weckler
Oscar Menzel
Milwaukee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago
Sam Kilment
Fort Atkinson
Tragic Brisbane Train Collision Kills 16 Workers
In Australia a government excise department excursion train carrying 450 employees derailed on a sharp curve 15 miles north of Brisbane. At least 16 people were killed and about 60 injured in the crash, with rescuers racing to reach the wreckage and aid survivors.
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Sydney
Australia
Government Excise Department
Brisbane
Today's Features and Page Teasers
Editorial by David Lawrence argues Congress protects laboring men from union bosses' abuses. The note lists page placements for Comics, Ida Jean Kain, Dr. Brady, Mary Heworth, Horoscope, Amusements, Letters, Bridge, Financial, Classified, Inq. Reporter, City Life, Radio, Deaths, Social News, Earl Wilson, Sports, Editorials, Winchell, and Today's Pictures on page 14.
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Congress
David Lawrence
Ida Jean Kain
Dr. Brady
Mary Heworth
Bridge
City Life
Earl Wilson
Winchell
Morehouse Repudiates March Jury Report In May Grand Jury
Supreme Court Justice D. Morehouse today repudiated the March Onondaga County grand jury report that criticized the community after a gambling probe. He warned May jurors cannot issue any report or presentment unless it is an indictment or allows defense, saying criticism without defense is a charge. The March panel had criticized police, radio broadcasters, and indirectly the county alcohol board and pressure groups.
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D. Page Morehouse
Onondaga County
Grand ‘Jury
Grand Jury
County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
Low Pressure Brings Showers to Syracuse Area
A persistent low pressure system over Rochester will bring showers this afternoon and tonight across Syracuse. Rain was also forecast for the Great Lakes region with overnight lows near 40 degrees. Tuesday looks mostly cloudy and cooler, with highs around 55.
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Syracuse
Rochester
Great Lakes
Communists Seek Corridor To Manchuria, Says Tu
Government General Tu Li-Ming reports in Mukden that Chinese Communists, credited with recent victories in North China civil warfare, are attempting to reopen a corridor to Manchuria.
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Peiping
China
Manchuria
Tu Li-Ming
Mukden
Aid Debate Postponed Over Gerlach Death
The House postponed the foreign aid debate on Greece and Turkey totaling 400 million dollars in response to the death of Rep. Charles L. Gerlach of Pennsylvania. Debate will begin Tuesday as leaders honor Gerlach who died of a heart attack at his Allentown home.
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Washington
Greece
Turkey
House
Charles L. Gerlach
Pennsylvania
Gerlach
Foreign Affairs Committee
Land
Allentown
Red Leader Dies Confirmed in China
PEIPING (2) Sun Li Jen, former commander of the government First Army, announced today the death of Gen Lin Piao, chief of the Chinese Communist forces in Manchuria, has been confirmed.
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Peiping
Sun Li-Jen
Lin Piao
Manchuria
Killer of Four Relatives Slain in Police Hunt
Wayne West Virginia report: Oliver Hurley, sought after a family killing near Fort Gay, was killed by a state investigator. Prosecution notes confirm details from Constable Boyd Napier. Victims include Hurley’s son Jay, estranged wife Fale Billups Hurley, brother William, and sister-in-law Nora Belle Skeeny. Two children wounded. Sheriff attributes the shootings to jealous rage amid Hurley’s separation.
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Floyd Harrison
Oliver Hurley
Fort Gay
Sherive
Robert L. Crown
Hurley
Jay Hurley
Fale Billups Hurley
William Hurley
Nora Belle Skeeny
Crown
Taber's Creek
Wildcat ‘Hallow
Stassen Opposes All-Out Greek Military Action
Former Minnesota governor and 1948 GOP hopeful Stassen urged against arming an all-out Greek mountain offensive. He favored the Senate-approved 400 million dollar Greek Turkish aid but warned it should not spark civil war in Greece. He called for building a stable regime to weaken communist appeal and pressed for a positive U.S. approach globally. He also blamed Truman partly for Potsdam term omissions and noted Moscow’s tentative cooperation.
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Harold E. Stassen
United States
Minnesota
Truman
Senate
Greece
Stassen
America
Stalin
Carroll Accused By General Clay In Frankfurt
Gen Lucius D. Clay accused Earl J. Carroll former Lichfield trial prosecutor of abusing his entry permit in Germany. Clay said Carroll acted as commercial representative for a foreign liquor concern while his permit only allowed him to serve as attorney for one soldier and four American civilians.
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Lucius D. Clay
Earl J. Carrol
Lichfield
U.S
Germany
Clay
Carroll
High Court to Hear Challenge to Anti Petrillo Law
The Supreme Court was scheduled to hear arguments on the constitutionality of a law aimed at curbing Musicians Union President James C. Petrillo. The anti Petrillo measure, passed by the 79th Congress, prohibits featherbedding that interferes with radio broadcasting.
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INS
Supreme Court
Musicians Union
James C. Petrillo
Fined for Fags Tokyo Man Fined for Cigarettes Case
Far East Air Force Headquarters announced that Donald A. Camesi of Pittsburgh was fined 1500 dollars and sentenced to two months hard labor after a conviction for possessing more than a reasonable amount of cigarettes.
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Tokyo
Far East Air Force Headquarters
Donald A. Camesi
Pittsbugh
Marshall Criticized by Izvestia Over Moscow Conference
Soviet parliament paper Izvestia charges U S Secretary of State Marshall with misinforming the American public and distorting the Moscow conference facts. It accuses him of presenting an incorrect interpretation and of shifting blame to alleged Soviet complacency and monopolist interests in Europe.
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Marshall
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Tavestia
Germany
Europe
Four Phone Unions Break Picket Lines in New York
Four independent unions crossed picket lines and returned to work in New York, ending a 29 year nationwide telephone strike. New York Telephone reported normal local manual service, with 37 000 union members' settlements granting a $4 weekly raise. Long distance remains disrupted as 19 000 workers stay on strike. other settlements include Chicago where two unions agreed to a $4 weekly raise, but with pledged respect for the remaining picket lines led by the Illinois Telephone Traffic Union. In North Carolina, 958 workers in five towns voted to resume work pending new talks.
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New York
New York Telephone Company
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Chicago
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Federation of Telephone Workers
Commercial Telephone Workers Union
Ilinois Telephone Traffic
North Carolina
Marshall Subpena For May Blocked
Justice Henry A. Schweinhaut blocked a defense motion to summon Secretary of State Marshall as a witness in the Garsson May war fraud trial. He called attorneys to a bench conference saying Marshall had protested by telephone against the subpoena.
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Washington
Henry A. Schweinhaut
Marshall
Garsson
Hunger march in Vienna protests in front of chancellery
More than 1000 Viennese demonstrators believed to be largely Communist gathered before the Austrian chancellery staging a hunger demonstration.
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Vienna
UN agrees in principle to hearing for Jewish Agency at UN
United Nations debate centers on whether to allow Jewish Agency representatives to speak before the General Assembly's political committee. The Soviet bloc drops bid for plenary hearing. US shift toward compromise leads to acceptance of one proposal. Yugoslavia, Byelorussia, Chile, Argentina and Uruguay offer compromises. Argentine and Chilean texts seek special recognition for the Jewish Agency.
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Flushing
United Nations
Agencs
General Assembly
United States
U. S
U.S
Warren R.austin
Sir Alexander Cadogan
Yugoslavia
Russia
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Argentina
Uruguay
Jewish Agency
Pilot Dies in Plane Crash on Century Country Club Course
Alfred T. Beauret, 45, of New York City, was killed instantly when his four passenger amphibian aircraft attempted an emergency landing on the Century Country Club golf course. Two passengers, Al Erhardt of Dobbs Ferry and William Doherty of Hastings, were injured and transported to St. Agnes Hospital in White Plains.
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Alfred T. Beauret
New York City
Century Country Club
al Erhardt
Dobbs Ferry
William Doherty
Hastings
Beauret
St. Agnes’ Hospital
White Plains
Manhunt across Palestine after Acre prison raid
British troops spread a vast dragnet across northern Palestine searching for 192 remaining Jewish and Arab convicts after Sunday's mass breakout at Acre Prison. Officials report 16 killed and 20 wounded in the attack as forces from the Sixth Airborne Division, police, and Trans-Jordan Arab Legion scour Acre to Nazareth and Galilee.
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Acre
Palestine
Irgun
Zvai. Leumi
Sixth Airborne Division
Trans-Jordan Arab Legion
Nazareth
Galilee
Mead says White House visit was social call
Former Democratic Senator James M. Mead of New York said after a White House call today he is not yet seeking a Federal job or other political office. He told reporters the call on President Truman was a social one.
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Washington
Government budget cut urged by House Appropriations
The House Appropriations Committee endorsed a 23 percent reduction in the 1948 combined budget for Commerce, Justice, State, and Federal Courts. The omnibus supply bill totaling 535,728,008 was sent to the House floor with a sharp report warning agencies against a spending psychology and detailing specific cuts including the State Department 219,128,058 budget, down 60,409,565.
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House Appropriations Committee
House
State Department
Ellis Island May Go as Budget Cuts Target Immigrant Center
Immigration Commissioner Carusi told a House subcommittee Ellis Island may close to save about 300000 a year as activities transfer to floors of the Immigration Service Building in New York City. The budget bill proposes federal agency cuts across Justice Commerce and Judiciary, with total near 163 million dollars, below this year but above last year.
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Washington
Justice Department
Federal Judiciary
Epidemic Fatal to 20 Infants in Allentown Hospital
Medical teams fight to save 14 survivors of infant diarrhea epidemic that killed 20 infants in Allentown maternity wards and Temple University Hospital. Dr Basuch reports 15 deaths in Allentown March 15 to May 1, with four more in Philadelphia and two transfers dying in isolation at Temple annex. Six Temple Sacred Heart deaths noted earlier.
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Allentown
Frederick R. Basuch
Temple University Hospital
Children’s Hospital
Sacred Heart Hospital
Temple ‘University
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