Hoover and FBI Grow Over Twenty Five Years
This Washington piece notes J Edgar Hoover's 25 year leadership of the FBI and the agency's growth from a small, little known unit to a national force. It highlights staff increases, fingerprint expansion, a national crime laboratory, and the FBI Academy. It traces shifts in power after the Lindbergh kidnapping and Hoover’s enduring public profile. It also mentions concerns about civil liberties and Hoover's quiet personal life.
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Saranac Lake Free Library Reopens After Redeconstruction
The Saranac Lake Free Library reopened today with around 350 new books ready for circulation. The interior has been redecorated and new shrubs planted around the building.
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Berlin Airlift Ends and City Prepares for Free Passage
The blockade ends as 12 thousand tons of daily supplies resume into Berlin from the western sectors. The Soviet press calls it a unity victory while border workers upgrade communications and border controls ease.
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Firemen Meet Tonight in Port Byron
May meeting of Cayuga County Firemen's Association will be held at the new Port Byron fire headquarters. Speaker will be Joseph Cook soil technician for Cayuga County soil conservation district.
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Marines Demonstrate Seaborne Helicopter Fleet
At Quantico Marine pilots showcased a new seaborne helicopter force designed to land assault units at beaches and potentially save ships from future atomic threats. Congress members observed the demonstration as debate resumed on whether the Marine Corps should remain separate or be merged into the Army and Naval aviation.
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Princess in Vatican meeting with Pope Pius
Princess Margaret, a member of Britain's royal family, met Pope Pius in the Papal Library in Vatican City. The private audience lasted about 18 minutes before she introduced her small retinue to the Pontiff.
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Bank cigars dating from 1833 spark a smoke clash
The Cigar Institute of America claimed to own the world’s oldest cigar but Greenwich Savings Bank disclosed five cigars preserved since 1833. Officials say the cigars were planted in the cornerstone of the bank’s first building by auditor John Greshen, who left a note inviting future readers to smoke them and report back.
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Cigar Institute of America
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Reds Nearer To Shanghai Battle Report
A Central News Agency dispatch from Hankow says Communist forces moved toward Hankow with 66 troops entering Lignekuiow two miles north of the city. Attackers reported 100 casualties and were reinforced as a regional peace movement in the area was reportedly under active development.
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Guam Flier Ties Murder Site to Negro Suspect
Prosecution witnesses placed Herman Dennis Jr. near the jade shop where Ruth Fernsworth was fatally beaten. Francis Moylan, a Honolulu camera shop operator, said he flashed his jeep headlights to Dennis at 7 30 P M on December 12 as the attack time was set for 8 30 P M. James MacDonald, a San Francisco post exchange worker, said he gave Dennis a ride about an hour later, roughly three quarters of a mile from the jade shop.
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Consumer Income Falls for Third Consecutive Month
The Commerce Department reports March consumer income dropped three percent from December peak, marking a third straight monthly decline. The annualized rate fell to 725.2 billion dollars, down from February and four percent above March 1948.
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Three Nations Plan Polar Expedition
Oslo reports announce a joint Antarctic expedition by Norwegian Swedish and Arctic scientists. The three nations meet to finalize technical plans for a November launch to Queen Maud Land on the Antarctic continent, with service planned in 1952.
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Widow Urges Action On Disease Research and MS Campaign
The article reports Genrig, widow of a famed figure, urging Congress to fund and accelerate research on multiple sclerosis and related conditions. She frames the issue as critical to fight a paralyzing disease and to support new funding for medical campaigns.
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