Bus Car Crash Near Lake George Kills One, Injures Seventeen
An interurban bus and a car collided eight miles north of Glens Falls injuring seventeen and killing Frank Eldridge of Luzerne. The bus driver Carson Stone reported the car pulled from a secondary road into the main highway. Passengers were evacuated via an emergency door and a coroner's verdict was postponed pending investigation.
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Frank
Elaridge
Luzerne Ré
Adirondack’ Transit Lines
Carson Stone
Warrensburg
Eldridge
Bloody Pond
Aeavele
Swires
Frederick
Cleayland
Jean Marie Daley
Mary Sommerville
Glens Falls
Janet Darker
George W. Gebhardt
Paul Carroll
Joseph C. Varga
Lake George
Estelle Harris
Brooklyn
Frances Fuller
Blue
Mountain Lake
Walter Brendlin
Syracuse Traffic Prize Awarded At City Conference
The National Safety Council awarded Syracuse the first prize in its traffic contest during the second day of the New York Safety Conference at Hotel Syracuse. Mayor Frank Costello presented the award to Dearborn of Chicago, with scores by traffic experts and a luncheon in the Onondaga Rot garden. Judge Truman J Preston urged a community chest for safety as a statewide and national need.
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Safety Council
S. “Trafic
Ithe Central
New’ “York
Safety
Iayor
Frank
I. .Costello
Onondaga- Roct Garden
Albert C.deisiscroth
The
Bruns Co
Truman JH. Preston
Preston
Public Power and Transmission Ownership Debate
Democratic lines hold on the issue of public ownership of transmission lines from government power projects. Marquis Childs analyzes the topic on today's editorial page. Other features include comics with Dean Mary Haworth Ida Jean Kain, Horoscopes, and various sections such as Classifieds, Sports, Editorials, and Deaths.
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Marquis Childs
Amusements
Inq
City Life
Winchell
Costly Fish Game Violations Cost Albany Penalties
The State Conservation Department collected 5500 in penalties for fish and game violations during March in Albany.
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Albany
State Conservation Department
Maren
Flags to fly as Berlin traffic ends at midnight hour
Traffic will end the lease of blockaded Berlin as flag bedecked vehicles are ordered to reduce transport and communications. General Chuikov confirms smooth final arrangements with Soviet commander in Germany while Western powers oversee the shift in operations.
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Trafic
E.D.T
V.I Chuikov
Germany
V-E Day urged as Berlin airlift victory noted
In Celle Germany a group argues the Berlin blockade victory by airlift crews marks a turning point and deserves a V E Day. Lt Truman Lucas of Indianapolis says Europe has V E Day and Japan has V J Day, so a V E Day should honor this victory.
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Celle
Germany
Berlin
Europe
Japan
Truman Lucas
Indianapolis
Ind
Berlin Reopens Transit and Mail as Blockade Eases
Authorities announce resumption of transportation and mail between zones with six teen freight trains per day into Berlin. Highways reopen and travel permits are not demanded by Soviets, while Western Berlin Mayor Ernest Reuter orders the Berlin flag to fly on public transport as the city returns toward normal.
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Berlin
Ernest Reuter
West German Republic
Free Fishing Licenses for Seniors Highlight City Figures
John Shattell of 318 Gertrude St entered City Hall and, with City Clerk Edward R. Apps witnessing, received a free fishing license under a state law granting gratis licenses to people over 70. This year 390 free licenses have been issued among 2,850 total.
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John Shattell
Gertrude St
Edward R. Apps
Thirteen Missing After Andes Snowslide Buries Camp
LOYA Peru AP Reports say thirteen people are missing after a snowslide buried a mining camp high in the Andes. A rescue party from Carhuaz 35 miles away found heavy snow blocks rescue efforts were blocked. camp lies at 15 000 feet on a desolate slope.
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Loya
Peru
Carhuaz
Lima
Warburg Warns Soviet Threat Is Political Not Military
James P Warburg told the Senate Atlantic Pact hearings that the Soviet danger is political and not military, citing Communist penetration as the primary threat to peace. Senators plan to push pact and arms program to Senate approval by July 1, with Acheson guiding the speeded schedule. The pact would bind the United States Canada and 10 Western European nations to mutual aid against aggression.
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Washington
James P. “Warburg
New York
Senate
Russia
CHE Foreign Relations Committee
Warburg
State Acheson
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
R-Mich
United States
Canada
Cold to Last Another Day Weather Maps Show Cool Europe
COOL AIR dominates the nation’s map with only the extreme southeast and northwest spared. The forecaster expects the cool pattern to continue 24 to 36 hours with light winds and a low around 40. Overnight low was 42 in Syracuse, with frost expected in sheltered spots despite wind. Temperature at 3 AM was 44 and a high of 60 is forecast for tomorrow.
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Syracuse
Here
Trial Set May 24 for Crowe Embezzlement Case
A federal judge announced May 24 as the trial date for Richard H. Crowe a former branch bank official charged with embezzling 832862.60 from National City Bank The case stems from internal bank reviews and federal charges in New York upstate district court proceedings may proceed after pre trial motions are resolved
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New York
Richard H. Crowe
National City Bank
Emily Post Publishes Traffic Etiquette Booklet
Emily Post releases Motor Manners a free traffic etiquette pamphlet through the National Highway Users Conference. Mrs Post urges courteous driving and condemns reckless behavior while federal official Philip B. Fleming lauds the work as a vital highway safety contribution.
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National Highway Users Conference
Post
Grateful
Highway Users
American Automobile Association
Emily Post
Gadget tale of tipplers and a sober writer hoax
Dr Ron v Harger a Biochemistry Toxicology professor at Indiana University notes the writer and Herald Journal staff are dead sober after a breath test. Arthur Cornelius and Joe Beamish drank alcohol before the test while the writer had coffee. Concluded on page 8.
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Indiana University School of Medicine
Arthur Cornelius
Herald-Journal potbeeBees
Herald-Journal
Ron v.Harger
Indiana University School In Medicine
Harger
Joe Beamish
City Life
Cornelius
Beamish
Protest Over Dean Selection Stirs Senate Atomic Panel
Washington report shows discontent among Senate House Atomic Committee members over President Truman's choice of Gordon Dean as atomic energy commissioner. Dean, 43, an attorney and law professor, faced criticism for politics while Smyth backed despite past controversy.
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Washington
Senate House Atomic Committee
Truman
Gordon Dean
Congress
Smyth
Commission
Dean
University of Southern California
McMahon D-Conn
Senate House
McMahon
Justice Department
Robert H. Jackson
Supreme Court
Plane Crashes on Return Flight to Berlin
A British civilian airlift plane crashed in the Soviet zone early today while returning from Berlin. The crew of four survived, with two seriously injured.
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Berlin
Soviet Zone
Hague's Fate Is Vote Issue
Jersey City voters faced a rainy ballot as the city elects a new commission government. The fate of Frank Hague looms as a top issue, with Hague's long hold on Democratic leadership at stake. A record 168,600 voters were registered, and officials expected about 130,000 to vote.
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Jersey City
Frank Hague
Hague
Commission
Business Failures Dip in Early May Week
New York reports a weekly decline in business failures with 193 cases in the week ended May 5 down from 204 the prior week and below 108 in the same week last year. Failures with liabilities of 5000 dollars or more dropped to 158 from 163, compared with 89 a year ago, per Dun and Bradstreet.
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New York
Dun and Bradstreet
Pink rag yields eleven thousand nine hundred fifty eight
Patrolmen on a dull dawn patrol found a pink rag in the gutter at 166th street near 90th avenue. Inside were $11,958 in cash hidden in the ragged folds, prompting a stationhouse count. Other brief items note Mary Cathout's 101st birthday and a beaver sighting in Lake Superior. Albert St Peter sells his home to W. K. Sinn.
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New Yorke
Jamaica
Gilbert Orr
Thompson Underwood
166Th St
90Th Av
Orr
Ford and Reuther Reach Interim Auto Strike Talks
Ford and United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther agreed to talks as a 65 000 worker strike idled Ford plants nationwide. Ford signaled willingness to negotiate but declined to debate on a public rostrum, while Reuther urged dialogue to avert further layoffs and bring the dispute to a close.
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Detroit
Ford
Spe
Salenerene Ahd T C.L
United Auto Workers
Henry Ford
Weather
Reuther
Union
Israel Wins Test in UN Admission Vote
Israel's bid to join the United Nations moved closer as the General Assembly’s special political committee backed the admission by 33 to 11 with 13 abstentions and one absence. Final assembly decision expected soon.
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Lake Success
Israel
United Nations
General Assembly
World Organization
Night in Borneo Story From Indiana Explorer
Robert Lang, returning from Sarawak in Borneo, recalls a strange hotel scene. A chambermaid asked about his frog to clean scorpions and a snake to eat the frog, then instructed him to kill the snake with a war club to ensure rest amid fire ants.
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Robert Lang
Borneo
Indiana
Sarawak
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