Debate Over Second Trip to Chair in Willie Francis Case
A nationwide dispute centers on whether Willie Francis, a 10 year old Louisiana boy, should be executed a second time after an electric chair malfunction. Governor Davis faces pressure from Father Flanagan, attorney Giesler, and the NAACP to commute the sentence. Francis remained unaware of the debate, believing divine intervention spared him.
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New York
Willie Francis
Francis
Louisiana
St. Martinville Parish
Edward J. Flanagan
Father Flanagan
Boys Town
James H. Davis
Lfe
New Iberia
Jerry Giesler
Los Angeles
James D. Simon
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
A. P. Tureaud
New Orleans
Interior Funds Halved by House Appropriations Panel
The House Appropriations Committee trimmed nearly half from the Interior Department budget for the coming fiscal year, citing inefficiency and extravagance under former Secretary Harold L. Ickes. The panel proposed 174,652,579 dollars, far below the Budget Bureau’s 346,765,830 request, with deep cuts to power and reclamation projects including a reduction of over 94 million from the Bureau of Reclamation to 72,271,475.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Interior Department
Harold L. Ickes
Department
Budget Bureau
Congress
Bureau of Reclamation
Federal Agencies Get New Annex Near White House
President Truman approved use of the historic State Department building across from the White House as an annex to the Presidential residence. The building will house agencies including the Budget Bureau the Office of Economic Stabilization and the Office of War Mobilization.
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Washington
Truman
State Department
White House
Budget Bureau
Office of Economic Stabilization
Office of War Mobilization
Soviet Bond Sale Oversubscribed on First Day
The Finance Ministry reported the new 20 billion ruble internal loan was oversubscribed on its first day. Collective farmers across the Soviet Union bought large blocks, indicating strong demand from rural sectors.
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Moscow
Finance Ministry
Soviet Union
Air Victims Bodies Shipped Home
The body of Robert Chester Johns, 31, pilot of a private airplane that crashed on Parker Mountain Sunday with three lives lost, was forwarded to Marshall, JL. The bodies of Leslie L. Leveque, 51, Columbus, Ohio businessman, and his wife Elsa Will Leveque, 50, were sent to Columbus, Ohio, after the night crash in a rainstorm.
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Rochester
N. H
Robert Chester Johns
Parker Mountain
Marshall
Leslie L. Leveque
Columbus
Elsa Will Leveque
U.S. Probes Pilot Strike Threat Cuts Airline Service
President Truman orders an emergency inquiry board to investigate a wage dispute affecting 13 airlines and 2000 pilots and co pilots at Transcontinental and Western Air. No wage change for 30 days after the report unless agreed. The strike could halt service on 28 000 miles of domestic and overseas routes.
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T.W.A
De Gaulle Refuses Invitation to Victory Celebration
Paris reports Gen Charles de Gaulle declined an invitation from President Felix Gouin to join the official May 12 victory celebration. The refusal underscores his ongoing split with the government after his resignation over the constitution dispute last winter.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Felix Gouin
Tires Will Match Car's Paint Job
Akron report on a new compound from B F Goodrich allows tire colors to match paint. Developed over ten years, white carbon black or white soot is a fumed silica powder that toughens rubber like carbon black but with no discoloration.
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Akron
Howard E. Fritz
B. F. Goodrich Co
Goodrich
Fritz
Baby Sitter Case Goes to Jury
New York 14 year old Jack Turk charged with first degree murder in the Feb 23 strangling death of 3 year old Sybil Gurfe. jury to decide verdicts of first degree murder second degree murder or acquittal. Judge Farrell instructs if acquitted, Turk to be treated as a juvenile delinquent and sent to juvenile court.
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New York
Jack Turk
Sybil Gurfe
Queens
Peter T. Farrell
Bombing in Cairo Suburb Wounds Woman and Daughter
Police hunt unidentified assailants after a bomb tossed from a speeding car in a Cairo suburb last evening injures an Egyptian woman and her daughter.
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Cairo
Butter Fight Heads for Showdown
Washington reports a three week old policy clash on boosting butter use. Stabilization Director Chester Bowles and OPA Chief Paul Porter push subsidies and production limits to channel more cream into butter, while Secretary Clinton P. Anderson resists enforcement and favors higher retail butter prices to lift output.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Chester Bowles
OPA
Paul Porter
Secretary of Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
Bowles
Anderson
Mine Battle Proves Fatal
HARLAN Ky One man was killed and at least one more wounded in a gun battle at the International Harvester Company captive coal mine in Benham Ky J G Galbreath mine general manager named the dead man Senator Brook of Stanfill Ky Another man Joe Shepherd of Elcomb Ky was hospitalized with a shoulder wound His condition not serious Galbreath said attackers fired on workers from cars near the mine entrance and miners returned fire
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Harlan, Ky
International Harvester Company
Benham
J. G. Galbreath
Brook
Stanfill
Joe Shepherd
Elcomb
Harlan
Galbreath
Student Show Halted by Union at UC Berkeley
A University of California radio show was limited to a single note for Glee Club singers due to a union demand for stand by musicians. Carol Mathews, senior student and director of the University Radio Workshop, said the variety show was canceled Monday night because of the dispute.
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Berkeley
Calif
Ins
University of California
Glee Club
Carol Mathews
University Radio Workshop
Bride 16 Leaves 74-Year-Old Mate in Ozark County
In Houston Missouri the 74 year old groom T W Sutton says his 16 year old bride Vinnie Holden left after Easter Sunday. Sutton, farmer and former teacher, says she complained of a headache before leaving Friday night and has not been seen since. He notes many letters and clippings from young men objecting to the marriage.
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Houston
Ozark
T. W. Suttor
Sutton
Vinnie Holden
Still Seek Lost Plane Over Montana After Bad Weather
Weather permitting search resumes for an Army C-45 missing since Sunday with six aboard. Capt. Jack Klingler directs the effort as air craft were driven down by bad weather near Crazy Peak. The focus shifts to the Willsall area where Sgt. H. D. Avery bailed out, believing the ship out of control.
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Great Falls
Mont
INS
Jack Klingler
Franklin
Crazy Peak
Montana
Wilsall
H. D. Avery
Youngstown
Avery
Vets Division Director Named in Albany
Edward J. Neary announced Casimir A. Kenswick of New York City as executive director of the State division of Veterans Affairs. The post pays 8000 dollars annually. Kenswick is a World War II veteran who served in the Counter Intelligence Corps and Military Intelligence Bureau, and has been an associate research analyst in the budget division of the Executive Department.
OPA Raises Price Ceilings for Saws and Wood Tools
OPA today announced higher retail price ceilings to 9 percent for saws and other wood cutting tools with manufacturers receiving a 17.3 percent increase effective immediately. The agency cites offsetting higher labor and material costs as the reason and says higher prices may be charged until purchasers are billed.
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Wasitington
OPA
Tool regulation exclusion under consumer goods rule
The text clarifies that the provision applies to tools covered by a consumer goods regulation and does not extend to items governed by an industrial machinery price order. It delineates regulatory scope between consumer goods rules and machinery price controls.
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