Senate probes race news network to boss bookies
A Senate Commerce Subcommittee is compiling a who’s who of American bookmakers and tracing race news flow from tracks to distributors to bookies. Chair McFarland warns subpoenas will issue if replies lag, as officials name major distributors and test the network from Chicago to Cleveland.
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Senate Commerce
McFarland
Kansas: City
Tano .Lococo
Eddie ‘(Spitz) Osadchey
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General News Service Bureau
Chicago
Western Union
General News Service
Continental News Service
Cleveland
Continental
General News
Nehru Cabinet Resigns in India
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his cabinet resigned today. He was expected to form a new stronger cabinet by tonight.
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New Deh
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
Newcomer Manchester Boddy Enters California Senate Race
The newspaper notes publisher and columnist Manchester Boddy is entering the California Democratic primary for the Senate seat vacated by Sheridan Downey. Marquis Childs outlines the development on the editorial page as readers are directed to features across pages S58 and 39 including comics and other sections.
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Manchester Boddy
California
Senate
Sheridan Downey
Marquis Childs
Left. HASTILY Boy Hunted In Worcester Killing
Worcester mass police hunt 20 year old Paul Brown alias Paul Drohan for the hatchet slaying of Mrs Yvonne LaValle 41 mother of three. Brown left Syracuse after an overnight stay and was seen near New York Central Station depot in Syracuse with a blonde girl. Reports say a school bus driver halted a car matching Brown description. Authorities describe the suspect as tall thin with a pencil mustache wearing blue dungarees and cowboy boots.
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Worcester
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Syracuse
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Paul Drohan
Yvonne LaValle
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Worchester
Thomas King
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Oswego County
26 Aboard Fallen Plane Crash Near Air Base
In Minneapolis a twin engine C-46 of the Air Force crashed in a wooded area near Wold Chamberlain Air Base today. Initial reports listed a crew of three and 23 passengers aboard with no lives lost. Smoke rose from the scene about a mile east of the airfield.
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Wold Chamberlain Air Base
Secret Service Honors Truman Birthday Gift Badge
President Truman became a Secret Service agent for a day and received a solid gold badge from chief A. E. Baughman. Agents contributed funds for the gift, announced to mark his 66th birthday upcoming Monday.
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Washington
Llp
Truman
Secret Service
A. E. Baughman
Service
Gas fumes force mass evacuation near Oslo
In Norway, more than 60 000 residents fled two towns south of Oslo as chlorine gas escaped from a Borregaard pulp plant pipeline. About 36 000 residents of Frederikstad returned home hours later, while 25 000 of Sarpsborg’s southern part remained evacuated. A few workers suffered minor gas exposure.
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Norway
Sarpsborg Lane
Frederikstad
Thaive Hama
Borregaard
Sarpsborg
Glomma
Acheson Seeks London Pact on West Germany
Secretary of State Acheson plans to win British and French agreement in London next week to gradually end Allied occupation controls over Western Germany. The aim is a de facto civilian front line within about 18 months while U S and Allied troops remain on a new basis. Acheson and advisers have prepared for talks with Bevin Schumann and the North Atlantic Council session in London. He departs for Paris tomorrow.
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Washingt
Acheson
London
Germany
Aehesen
Bevin
Schumann
Paris
We can't have it both ways says J Robert Lake
At a Denver dinner J Robert Lake of the American Horseshoe Pitchers Association argues against tariff hypocrisy. A parlormaid dismisses a caller about Miss Betty with a line about a box of candy that would save trouble if not delivered.
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J. Robert Lake
American Horseshoe Pitchers Association
Denver
Miss Betty
Woman Seeks $76,700 After 21 Years of Marriage
Betty Norcom sued ex husband Fred Norcom for $76,700 claiming housekeeping and other services during their 21 year marriage from their 1929 Yuma Arizona wedding. The annulment was granted on his cross complaint and she listed totals including 571200 for housekeeping 2000 for a Long Beach home and 17500 invested in his poker business.
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Los Angeles
Long Beach
Pittsburgh Street Car Hit by Lightning Injures 23
A bolt of lightning set a downtown Pittsburgh street car ablaze during a 5 19 A.M. electrical storm. Twenty three people were injured with burns, cuts or shock and treated at hospitals. The streamliner car lost lights, some windows shattered, and passengers rushed to exit as flames spread from the trolley base.
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Pittsburgh
Morgantown
W. Va
Pittsburgh Weather Bureau
Knoxville
John Kuntz
Mercy Hospital
Luigi Ricci
Allegheny ‘General Hospital
U.S. Weather Bureau
Allegheny County
United Press
New Delays Hit Chrysler Detroit Plants
Chrysler Corp faces possible Monday plant closures after Dodge Local No 3 pickets block entry and maintenance work. 30 000 members refuse entry to the main Dodge plant, delaying interplant parts transport and hindering production as talks on a new contract proceed locally.
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Chrysler Corp
CLO
United Auto Workers
Dodge
Spelling Champ to Be Crowned Tomorrow in Syracuse
The central New York spelling bee sponsored by the Herald Journal Herald American climaxes in Syracuse with 100 pupils at Central High School preliminaries at 10 AM and oral finals at 2 PM in the Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts auditorium. Contestants are drawn from some 75,000 grammar school pupils in a 17 county area and one will reach Washington to compete in the national finals. WSYR commentator Bill Rothrum serves as master of ceremonies with radio coverage for listeners unable to attend.
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Syracuse Museum of Fine Arts
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Bill Rothrum
WSYR
Syracuse Wins National Traffic Safety Honors in 1948 Contest
Syracuse and Kansas City, Mo. share second place in the National Safety Council contest for 200 000 to 500 000 population group. Waller L Fox of the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce reports the city received plaques and will be formally honored next month. Syracuse led in traffic death record with 13 in 1946 13 in 1948 and two deaths so far this year.
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Syracuse
Kansas City, Mo
Waller L.fox
Syracuse Chamber of Commerce
Institute of Traffic Engineering
Fox
National ‘Safety
Council For School’ Safety
John A. Ninney
Treasury reports $3.02 billion deficit so far this year
The Treasury shows government spending exceed revenue by 3.019 billion dollars from July 1 to May 3. If President Truman’s forecasts hold, outlays will add about 2.46 billion this month and next, totaling a 5.4 billion dollar deficit for the year ending June 30.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Truman
Labor Gains One in Yorkshire By election
Labour Party expands its technical House of Commons majority to six after a Labourite victory in a Yorkshire by election. The result strengthens the party's standing as Britain awaits further political moves.
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London
House of Commons
Yorkshire
Women at 32 Learn They Are Obsolete
New York report notes postwar shift to a male dominated job market. Women over 32 face higher rejection than younger women and even men say older women are viewed as obsolete. Interviewed women cite sexism and business realities as reasons for fewer opportunities.
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New York
Remington Denies Communist Ties and Manhattan Project Link
William W. Remington of the Commerce Department testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He said he learned of the Manhattan Project in 1944 but believed it related to high octane gasoline rather than an atomic bomb, while acknowledging past Communist youth ties. He helped the War Production Board arrange raw materials for wartime plants in 1943–44.
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Washington
William W. Remington
Commerce ‘Department
Sonce
Remington
House ‘Un-American Activities Committee
War Production Board
Tennessee Valley Authority
Knoxville
Tenn
WPB
Red River Flood Threatens City of 360000
Heavy rains swell the Red River crest threatening Bismarck or city with 360000 residents as officials expect the crest to arrive tomorrow. Emergency workers bolster defenses with sandbag dikes and flood control measures to protect heat and transportation systems.
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Wisntpeg
Man
Red River
United States Rebukes Russia Over Baltic Plane Incident
The United States accuses Russia of lying about the April Baltic shootdown of an unarmed Navy patrol plane, denying the B-29 claim and stating ten American fliers were killed. The note warns of a serious breach of peace and refuses to resolve the dispute while Russia denies facts.
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Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
Isito
U.S
U. S
U.S.S.R
Baltic Sea
Rain Tonight With Warm Up Ahead In Tennessee
Weather forecast says warm spell continues with a slight drop overnight as a high pressure moves in. Lows around 49 tonight, 50 tonight, and highs near 75 tomorrow as southerly winds push temperatures up from 72 yesterday afternoon. Scattered showers or storms likely tonight and tomorrow with reports of thunder in Cortland and Binghamton.
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Andrew. P
Keller
Mercury
Cortland
Binghamton
Jenny Lind Secret Love Revealed In The American Weekly
The American Weekly presents Jenny Lind's secret romance and marriage misjudgment. The feature explores how the Swedish Nightingale chose marriage over career and later realized the match was wrong. A Sunday Herald American promotion rolls out.
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