Davidson Installed as Union College President
Dr. Carter Davidson was inaugurated as Union College president, pledging a curriculum focused on practical 20th century life. Induction was by former board head Dr. Hiram C. Tord. Davidson formerly led Knox College.
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Dr. Davidson
Union College
Schenectady
UNS
Carter Davidson
Hiram C. Tord
New York
Board of Trustees
Davidson
Knox College
Wartime Employment Near Peak and Other Dated Items
US employment hit near wartime high in April with 360000 fewer unemployed than March. Total 54550000 employed, just 200000 below July 1943 peak. Also notes weapon demonstrations at Fort Knox starting four days, with May 18 conferences. Best novel award goes to Taylor Caldwell for This Side of Innocence. House approves federal offense for prostitution near Army camps after emergency law ends May 16. Boston fire injures 10 in apartment blaze. police and fire crews save six children. eight family members hospitalized.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
House
Boston
Charles Frederica
Frederica
Deaths of notable yacht historian and artists across three continents
William P. Stephens 91 a yachting historian writer and Lloyds Register of American Yachts editor for 29 years died at Bayside. Catulo da Paixao Coarense 82 a Brazilian folk lore poet and composer died in Rio de Janeiro. William Albert Wise 71 a pioneer airman died in Tyler Texas. James A. Shepherd 78 an artist and Punch staff illustrator died at Cirencester England.
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William P. Stephens
Lloyd's Register of
Bayside
Catulo da Paixao Coarense
Rio de Janeiro
William Albert’ Wise
Lyler
Texas
James A. Shepherd
Punch
Cirencester
England
International War Crimes Trial Probes U S Officials
Defense lawyers in a Nazi war crimes trial seek permission to question U S Secretary of War Robert Patterson and Maj Gen William J Donovan about whether Hans Bernd Gisevius was used as a spy. UN delegate Basil Dendramis named to head Greek UN delegation. will travel to Buenos Aires before the next UN session to negotiate with Argentina and attend Peron inauguration. In Shanghai, a 15-year-old Chinese youth fatally shoots a Navy shore patrolman and is killed by Chinese gendarmerie after a gun battle. Tokyo orders transfer of Italian Kobe consulate assets to the Swedish Consulate. General Tu Li Ming says China will repatriate 11,300,000 Japanese from Manchuria with US Army help. Budapest relief duties officially taken over by NARA. Stanley J. Sommers leads mission.
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Mernberg
U. S
Robert Patterson
William J. Donovan
United States
Hans Bernd Gisevius
United Nations
New York City
Dendramis
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Shanghai
U.S. Navy
P A C Groups Unite Byrd Hits Back
Washington reports three national political action groups join to back liberal candidates and push progressive legislation. The CIO and the National Citizens Political Action Committees unite with the Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts Sciences and Professions to back a purge list including 10 Senators and 23 Representatives. Senator Byrd replies, refusing to wear the PAC collar and denouncing their threats as he pushes bills to require unions to report finances and contracts.
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Washington
C.I.0
National Citizens Political Action Committees
Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions
C.so.p.a.8
Atlantic City
C.so-P.a.c
Byrd
D-Va
Boyd E. Payton
Virginia C.10. Council
Political Action Committee
C.I.C
Sidney Hillman
John L. Lewis
Caesar Petrillo
Warm reception for US general at Leipzig Fair amid border clash
Maj. Gen. C. R. Moore, top American engineering officer in Europe, was treated warmly at the Leipzig Fair but Russian sentries fired on his car and detained him for over an hour near Eisenach on the Russo British boundary while he traveled to attend the Soviet hosted event.
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Berlin
Ins
C. R. Moore
Europe
Eisenach
Mooré
Truman Receives Degree As Fordham Marks Centenary
President Truman travels to New York City to deliver the charter centenary address at Fordham University and receive an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Over 1,000 police guard the route from La Guardia Field to campus as radio nets plan a 4 to 4 15 P M broadcast. Bernard Cardinal Griffin of Westminster will also be awarded a Doctor of Laws.
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New York
Truman
New York City
Fordham University
la Guardia Field
Bernard Cardinal Griffin
Westminster
England
Sacred College of Cardinals
Defer UN Action on Membership Applications Suggested
Security Council delegations discussed a U S proposal to defer action on UN membership applications until late summer when a subcommittee defines qualifications and procedures. Britain was expected to back the plan, while Albania backed by Yugoslavia with Russian support could mounting a Soviet counter move when debated next week. Albania's is the only current file item and was tabled at London sessions on Stettinius's suggestion.
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New York
Security Council
United States
United Nations
Great Britain
Albania
Council
Yugoslavia
London
U.S
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Herzog Opposes Wagner Act Change
Niagara Falls report quotes Paul M. Herzog, chairman of the National Labor Relations Board, arguing there is no need to amend the Wagner Act. He says the act has achieved its purpose and that postwar labor trouble has not been caused by the act’s intended abuser, despite calls for legislative supplements.
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Niagara Falls
Paul M. Herzog
National Labor Relations Board
Herzog
Roosevelt Driver Begins Theft Term
James Johnson, 24, former chauffeur for Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, started a six month sentence in Dutchess County Jail for grand larceny after pleading guilty. He admitted taking the car soon after working for Mrs. Roosevelt for only a few days, and had recently been tried and acquitted of manslaughter tied to the same accident.
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Poughkeepsie
James Johnson
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dutchess County
Johnson
Tie
Coal Truce Talks Continue Amid Mines War Risks
Negotiators led by Lewis and McGrady pressed for a two week truce as miners from Berwind White near Johnstown Pa oppose returning to work without a contract. Officials warned of continued fuel shortages and urged strict conservation while Congress considers anti strike measures and draft extensions.
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McGrady
Berwind-White Coal Mining Co
Johnstown
Olver Pauley
Pauley
Francis Y. Casey
Pittsburgh
Solid Fuels
Steel Company
President Truman
John S. Lewis
Lewis
John D. Small
Small
CPA
J. Monroe Johnson
Congress
Senate
Soft Coal Pact Would Aid Anthracite Talks
New York reports negotiators from the United Mine Workers and anthracite mine operators say any soft coal agreement would influence wage talks. The seven member committees consider higher pay shorter hours and a health and welfare fund. UMW secretary-treasurer Thomas J. Kennedy says John L. Lewis would not attend today's negotiations. Operator spokesman J B Warriner cautions no one expects a strike in the Pennsylvania hard coal fields.
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New York
A.F
Health and Welfare Fund
Thomas J. Kennedy
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
J. B. Warriner
Coal Reserve Survey In State To Go On Strike
A state directed study of New York soft coal reserve proceeds amid a strike suspension. Public Works Superintendent Charles H. Sells says no new shipments for at least ten days after mining resumes. He orders Commerce Department and Public Service Commission to survey dealers manufacturers utilities and military installations to assess supplies and required actions. Utilities dealers and factories must report coal stocks promptly to state officials.
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Albany
New York
Public Works
Charles H. Sells
Sells
Commerce Department
Public Service Commission
Public Works Department
Public Service Department
Senate eyes House substitute as draft law nears expiry
SHORT ACCUSED the Senate of passing the buck to the House on the draft and other controversial matters. He said senators knew the draft law would expire May 15 unless acted, yet left the bill on the shelf for nearly a month and now offer a stopgap proposal.
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Short
Senate
House
Britain tests rocket speeds beyond sound barrier
Witnesses at yesterday's test included Sir Henry Maitland Wilson Gen Joseph Stilwell and Vice Admiral Blandy. Navy and Army groups participated as defense and offensive rocket work advance. Two new stands will test jet motors to power rockets up to 150 tons, potentially far larger and faster than the V-2.
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Britain
Henry Maitland Wilson
Navy
Army Air Forces
Army Ordnance c
Signal Corps
Joseph W. Stilwell
Big Four Clash Over Italy Treaty Future and Spoils
The Big Four deadlocked over Italy treaty terms including Trieste’s fate and war booty. Molotov pressed for rapid treaty drafts while Bevin accused him of veto power. Bevin and Molotov tempered positions on Tripolitania and UN trusteeship as Britain sought Cyrenaica assurances.
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Byrnes
Russia
Trieste
Adriatic
Molotov
Ernest Bevin
Tripolitania
Uaty
Bevin
Tripolistania
Britain
Cyrenaica
Libya
Egypt
Living Cost Dips Honest Decline in March Costs
The National Industrial Conference Board reports a 0.4 percent drop in the cost of living for wage earner and clerical families from mid December to mid March, driven mainly by a 1 percent fall in food costs. Women's clothing eased while men's clothing, fuel and light, and sundries rose. From March 1945 to March 1936 living costs rose 1.2 percent with food up 2.7 percent.
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New York
National Industrial Conference Board
Nine States Given 15 Days To Submit Rail Rate Findings
UTICA UP nine states were ordered by a three judge Federal Court to file further findings of fact within 15 days after Friday's denial of their bid to overturn an Interstate Commerce Commission order raising railroad freight rates. The order calls for a 10 percent increase in the north and east and the same decrease in the south and west. A temporary injunction from December to block the rate rise was dissolved. States named include New York Delaware Indiana Maryland Michigan New Jersey Ohio Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. They argue the I C C exceeded its authority and failed to consider evidence on changes to class rates, a change affecting most manufactured goods.
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Utica
Interstate Commerce Commission
I. C.C
New York
Delaware
Indiana
Maryland
Michigan
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
1.C.C
Woman and girl found dead in Bridgeton township grave
In Grant Michigan a two-week-old discovery of a fully clothed unidentified woman and a 10-year-old girl, both face down in a shallow grave near an abandoned well by a hunting lodge, prompts police to consider murder after a head wound is found on the woman and no violence marks on the child.
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Grant
Mich
Bridgeton
Michigan
Newago County
Goroner
Harold J. McKinley
Explosion Kills 2 Youths in Suburban Lab
In Maywood a basement chemistry lab explosion fatally wounded 17 year olds Robert Adams and Albert Klasen while a third boy, Kenneth Colberg, 16, was seriously injured. The trio had been preparing for final chemistry exams when they were found by Adams’ father Michael Adams and rushed to Westlake Hospital in Melrose Park.
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Chicago
Maywood
Robert Adams
Albert Klasen
Westlake Hospital
Melrose Park
Kenneth Colberg
Adams
Michael
Guerrilla Captain Surrenders After Roxas Inauguration
Captain Antonio Villatema of 100 guerrillas in Northeastern Nueva Teija Province notified the Filipino Military Police headquarters of his intent to surrender following the May 28 inauguration of President-elect Manuel Roxas.
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Manila
Hukhalahap
Antonio Villatema
Nueva Teija
Manuel Roxas
Record Cod Catch in Korea Exceeds Twenty-Two Million Pounds
The Korean fishing industry reports a historic cod haul of over 22.4 million pounds, achieved by a fleet reduced to one third of its wartime size due to Japanese losses. This large catch marks a major wartime fishing milestone.
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Seoul
U.S. Charges Polish Loan Pact Breach
The State Department cites a breach of political commitments in the Polish loan agreement as Warsaw reportedly censored an Associated Press dispatch about Polish Peasant Party leader Banczyk. Acheson says Poland withheld the April 24 text, while Poland’s embassy denies censorship, blaming a late courier for nonpublication.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Polish Peasant Party
Poland
Stefan Litauer
State Department
Acheson
Larry Allen
The
A. P
Allen
Stanislaw Banczyk
Italy Restricts Parades as Vote Nears
Rome reports the Italian cabinet bans all political parades ahead of June 2 plebiscite on monarchy while public assemblies remain allowed. Monarchists gathered about 10,000 before the Quirinale, staying orderly. King Umberto II pledged to heed the election result.
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Rome
Vittorio Emanuele III
Quirinale
Republic
Umberto II
Umberto
Dublin and Belfast Demands Spark Protest Over Hayes Case
A nationwide clemency appeal faded as Stephen Hayes was commuted from death to life in prison. Dublin mass meetings and demonstrations in Belfast protested his fate while authorities rejected release. The case linked to LR A activities and a 1941 capture and alleged torture surrounding a drum head court martial.
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Lr.a
Stephen Hayes
Dublin
Eire
Sean T. O'Kelly
Belfast
Northern Ireland
Fleming
Erie
North Ireland
McCaughey
Hayes
Adjutant General
Irons
Solvay Tyrol Club To Fete Veterans
The Solvay Tyrol Club and Auxiliary will host a welcome home dinner for veteran members at 6 PM on Saturday May 18 in the club rooms at 114 Freeman Avenue Solvay. About 90 veterans are invited with Rev Carl J Dents as guest speaker and Prime Conrads as master of ceremonies. After dinner families and friends will dance with club and auxiliary members.
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Solvay
Tyrol Club
Freeman Av
Carl J. Dents
Prime Conrads
British Loan Faces Stiff House Fight
Washington reports the British loan bill advancing to a House committee after Senate approval by 46 to 34. The $3.75 billion credit with five year draw and two percent interest starting 1951 faces public hearings led by Rep. Spence. Britain seeks waivers on interest if exports lag and aims to begin dissolving wartime currency restrictions within a year.
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Washington
House
Senate
Britain
Attlee
Spence
D-Ky
Banking
Treasury
Fred M. Vinson
England
Paris Drinking Fountains and Rome Ticket Pleasures
The writer notes Paris has the sole drinking fountain in town and a fondness for water over wine, while London lacks water. In Paris they endure cafe national coffee and seek water. a bruneétte helps with visas. Getting a Rome ticket is easy, the Army welcomes a cash gift, and an early wake to reach the air field is planned. The Hotel Etats Unis earns no trust.
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London
Paris
Rome
Hotel Etats Unis
Rue de la Paix
Europe
Fellows
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