Aleman Makes Subway Ride During New York Visit
Mexico's president Miguel Aleman and his son Miguelito rode a New York subway with escort due to rain and crowds. They visited Rockefeller Center and the RCA Building, met Babe Ruth's home, and toured St Patrick's Cathedral with Cardinal Spellman. The party lunched at Gracie Mansion hosted by Mayor O'Dwyer, then planned flights to Chattanooga and tours of Chickamauga Dam and Muscle Shoals before Kansas City.
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Mexico
New York City
Miguelito
Aleman
Miguel
Andres Iduarte
Columbia University
Rockefeller Center
RCA
Babe Ruth
Swat
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Cardinal Spellman
William O'Dwyer
Gracie Mansion
United States
Oswaldo Aranha
United Nations General Assembly
Trygve Lie
Warren R. Austin
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Tarrytown
West Point
Truman
Chattanooga
Tenn
Chickamauga Dam
Muscle Shoals
Kansas City
Marshall and Dulles Attack Sparks Soviet Izvestia Reply
Marshall’s speech, deemed aimed at displeasing Soviet policy, is criticized by Izvestia as distorting facts to mislead Western publics. Dulles is accused of similar distortions. Izvestia defends Soviet collaboration and proposes a provisional German government to fulfill Allied obligations.
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Izvestia
Marshall
Soviet Union
Europe
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Germany
Woman Plunges 162 Feet At Niagara Falls
An unidentified blonde woman died after plunging 162 feet from Three Sisters Point near Horseshoe Falls in view of sightseers. Coroner James W. Heary said two youths saw her climb a three foot fence and either leap or fall into the Niagara River.
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Niagara Falls
Terrapin Point
Horseshoe Falls
James W. Heary
Niagara River
Britain Russia trade mission aims at treaty framework
A UK trade official said Britain's Russia mission, led by J Harold Wilson, secretary for overseas trade, will lay groundwork for a full treaty to be drafted later. The mission is due back in London next weekend, two weeks later than planned.
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London
UPI
Board of
Pakesman
Britain
Russia
J. Harold Wilson
Government spending cuts proposed by appropriations committee
Senate appropriations panel calls trimming across agencies, opposing Marshall foreign cultural relations funding, and urging staff reductions before July. It slashes foreign and domestic commerce, Civil Aeronautics, and international programs, while preserving some NATO or private partnerships.
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Marshall
All Russians Work Hard To Eat All Russians Work Hard To Eat
Washington dispatch explains how Soviet rationing under article 12 of the new constitution ties work to food. It notes postwar cuts in bread and basic staples, withdrawal of dependents cards, and sharp price shifts aimed at boosting factory labor and closing the rationed un rationed price gap.
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Soviet Union
Josef Stalin
Taft Seeks GOP View On Social Aid Bills
Senator Taft of Ohio urged Senate and House Republicans to chart how far to expand federal activities in Social Security housing health and education while cutting Truman expenditures. He will form a subcommittee to coordinate policy with House allies amid debates over tax cuts foreign aid and labor measures.
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Taft
Washington
Ohio
Senate
House
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Truman
G.O.P
Congress
Republican Policy Committee
State approves $1.2 million Route 20 reconstruction contract
The State Public Works Department awarded a $1,206,298 contract to Lane Construction Corp of Meriden Conn for reconstructing 6.94 miles of Route 20 from Brainard to New Lebanon in Rensselaer and Columbia Counties. The project calls for a 3-foot, three-lane pavement.
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Albany
State Public Works Department
Lane Construction Corp
Meriden
Conn
Brainard
New Lebanon
Rensselaer
Columbia Counties
Anthracite conference to review research and prospects
Bethlehem Pa will host the Industrys fifth annual conference at Lehigh University next Thursday and Friday. Nearly 20 speakers are scheduled including H F Randolph of International Heater Company Utica who will discuss production developments and future prospects.
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Bethlehem
Lehigh University
H. F. Randolph
International Heater Company
Utica
Prison Break at Acre and Outbreak in Palestine Plains
An official report tallies 33 Jews escaped with four killed and 183 Arabs fled with one killed. Among 613 inmates at Acre prison were 163 Jews and 450 Arabs, including lunatics. Escape via a two yard hole blasted in the citadel wall. The Acre attack began in broad daylight with commandos in army uniforms led by a Jew in a British engineer captain’s uniform.
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Acre
Red Skelton A Proud Papa
Santa Monica Calif Mrs Red Skelton wife of the comedian gave birth to a baby girl weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces at St Johns Hospital at 1 30 A M today Mrs Skelton the former Georgia Davis screen actress to whom he was married March 10 1945 while he was still an Army private and the child were doing well the hospital reported
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Santa Monica
Calif
Red Skelton
St. John's Hospital
Virginian Railways Objects to Consolidation Plan
The Virginian Railway Company argued that consolidating the Chesapeake and Ohio with the New York Central would hurt other carriers between Chicago and the Atlantic seaboard. It had earlier asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to block C. and O. leaders Robert R. Young and Robert J. Bowman from taking New York Central board seats.
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Virginian Railway Company
Chesapeake and Ohio
New York Central
Chicago
Theastern
Seaboard
Virginian
Interstate Commerce Commission
Robert R. Young
Robert J. Bowman
C. and
New York Central Board
Test Slated On Fund Bill In Senate Action
Washington action opens on the 1948 Labor Department Federal Security Administration appropriation bill. Senator Knowland says he will oppose any increases to the $1.676 billion package while three Democratic colleagues have signaled they will seek to restore about 5 million dollars for additional Labor Department operating funds.
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Washington
Senate
Federal Security Administration
Knowland
R-Calif
Von Ruckteschell Placed on Trial in Hamburg War Crimes Case
Helmuth von Ruckteschell, former German naval officer, pleaded innocent in a military court in Hamburg to war crimes charges over the sinking of British ships in the North Atlantic during World War II. He faced accusations of violating the laws of war while commanding raiders disguised as neutral merchantmen.
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Hamburg
Helmuth von Ruckteschell
North Atlantic
von Ruckteschell
Britain tightens controls on Jewish emigration to Palestine
A government spokesman said Britain has taken vigorous extensive and varied measures to stop uncertified Jewish emigration from Europe to Palestine. In the House of Commons Hector McNeil warned public debate could lessen the measures’ effectiveness.
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London
Britain
Europe
Palestine
House of Commons
Hector McNeil
Yossen
Lower Prices Draw New Recruits in Price Drive
Washington reports the administrations moral suasion move for lower prices gaining new support and protests. President Truman backs the wholesalers bid to curb prices across manufacturing, wholesale, and retail. Housing Administrator Raymond Foley urges immediate action from material producers, brokers, developers, and labor to reduce housing costs. The National Planning Association calls on business to reassess and lower prices to benefit the country. If orderly price reductions fail to spread, business may face duty to act.
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Washington
Truman
National Association of Wholesalers
Joseph Kolodny
Association
Raymond M. Foley
Frank R. Creedom
National Planning Association
Businessmen urged to lead nation out of price slump
A report from the association's business committee on national policy argues that while businessmen share blame for the price slump, they bear the chief responsibility to steer the country out of it. The private organization focuses on agriculture, business, labor and government.
Stassen to Address Baptist Nomination Convention
Southern Baptist headquarters in Washington announced Harold E. Stassen will address the denomination's annual convention next week in St. Louis. Stassen is the only avowed candidate for the 1948 GOP presidential nomination. The Baptist convention opens next Sunday.
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Washington
INS
Southern Baptist Headquarters
Harold E. Stassen
St. Louis
Stassen
Baptist Convention
Turks Salute Istanbul Review With 121 Gun Salute
American and Turkish warships fired a 121 gun salute during a review for President Ismet Inonu in Istanbul. The presidential launch Acar neared the Turkish cruiser Yavuz as the first salute rang out.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Acar
Yavuz
Calvert Reserve Blended Whiskey Label in Utica Ad
An advertising entry lists Calvert Reserve Blended Whiskey with 86.8 proof and 65 percent grain neutral spirits, attributed to Calvert Distillers Corp New York City, located at 1574 West Street Utica NY.
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West Street
Utica
N.Y
Calvert Reserve
Calvert Distillers Corn
New York City
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