Mother of Eight Receives Coffee Maker on Mother's Day
Mrs James W McDonald of 920 Oak Street woke to a playful chorus from her seven daughters and baby son Jimmy on Mother's Day. The children revealed a wrapped coffee maker and a box of candy, then treated her to waffles as they celebrated her big family.
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James, Jr
James W. McDonald
Gang
cLay Gang
Syracuse
James. W. McDonald
Jimmy
Patricia
Mary Theresa
Sally
Ellen
Kathleen
Sheila
Sarah
Dad
Faultless Captures Preakness In Close Finish
Faultless won the Preakness with On Trust second Phalanx third and Jet Pilot fourth. The mile and three sixteenths took 1 59 flat as Faultless overtook On Trust after a brief lead by Jet Pilot. Odds paid £10.40 for win $4.80 place $2.80 show.
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On Trust
Phalanx
Jet Pilot
Calumet
Warren Wright
Chicago
Doug Dodson
Royal Family Return Accepts Homecoming Welcome
King George and the royal family will land in England after a three months South Africa tour aboard HMS Vanguard. The King Queen and princesses will stay aboard until 10 AM for the official homecoming in Portsmouth where crowds and beaches are expected to attract over 500000 visitors for Monday's ceremonies.
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England
South Africa
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Portsmouth
Andrincesses
Wherry Seeks Immediate End to Sugar Rations
Senator Kenneth S. Wherry asks for a 10 pound sugar bonus for housewives and announces sugar rationing will end this summer. He cites a surplus of sugar beyond conservative government estimates. Representative Edith Norse Rogers supports the request in a telegram to Agriculture Secretary Anderson.
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Washington
ULP
Kenneth S. Wherry
R-Neb
Clinton P. Anderson
Wherry
Edith Norse Rogers
Anderson
Truman faces veto risk on portal pay bill offset
Washington reports indicate congressional allies urge President Truman to sign the portal pay bill to offset expected labor disputes veto risk. Conferees prepare a Senate House version while Truman signals possible veto, with officials split on whether any compromise aligns with wage hour laws.
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Washington
Truman
Senate House
Senate
White House
Cohwuan
Shanghai strike threat by 800000 workers over rice prices and wages
Eight hundred thousand Shanghai workers threatened a general strike at noon Monday unless wages rose and living costs fell. The Federation of Industrial and Utility Workers called the ultimatum to all media, demanding wage increases, living-cost stabilization, and demobilization of the army. The move follows a wave of rice riots, strikes, and student protests nationwide.
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Shanghai
China
Federation of Industrial and Utility Workers
Federation
Paris
Truman in Missouri For Mother's Day
President Truman will depart Washington at 6 30 A M on Sunday for a brief visit to his mother Mrs Martha Truman in Grandview Missouri The presidential plane will land at Grandview about 9 15 A M CST and depart for the return trip at noon It will reach the Air Transport Command terminal around 6 P M
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Truman
Martha. Truman
Grandview
Air Transport Command
Windsors Sail From New York for England Trip
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor depart Saturday aboard the Queen Elizabeth for a Kingfisher of business and leisure voyage to England.
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New York
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
England
Paris Awards Churchill Medal For Leadership In War
The French government awarded Winston Churchill the Medaille Militaire the highest military honor for his leadership in 1940 and the war to liberate Europe. Premier Ramadier pinned the medal on Churchill in the Invalides court as a cheering crowd watched.
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Britain
Paul Ramadier
France
Paris
Churchill
Europe
Court of the Invalides
Ramadier
Great Britain
Telephone Strike Near Settlement Closer to End
Government negotiators signaled progress in the 34 day Western Electric Co. walkout as talks moved toward a weekend agreement to remove pickets by Monday morning. Assistant Secretary of Labor John W. Gibson led the talks and said company and union were cooperating, easing the path to a settlement.
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Washington
Western Electric Co
John W. Gibson
AT&T Urges Public to Forego Mother’s Day Calls
American Telephone and Telegraph requests the public skip long distance calls on Mother’s Day to ease network load as only about a third of its long distance workers are back on the job.
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New York
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Unions Narrow Rift in West Coast Telephone Strike
Negotiations between Western Electric and its employer association progress as about 15 disputed issues remain. Southern Bell workers ordered back to duty in nine Southern states by the Telephone Workers federation. Independent United Brotherhood of Telephone Workers tentatively accepts a modified offer to end their part in the 34 day strike.
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Western Electric
Western Electric Employer Association
Gibson
Southern Bell
States
Southern Federation of Telephone Workers
United Brother of Telephone Workers
Eight Men Drown In W. H. McFadden Sinking
Eight men are reported drowned after the Seattle tug W. H. McFadden sank in the Strait of Juan de Fuca on Saturday. Rescue efforts and search operations were planned as authorities investigated the mystery surrounding the powerful vessel's loss.
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Wash
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Seattle
W. H. McFadden
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Russia Agrees to Open Korea Talks Soon
Washington reports Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov accepted American terms to reconvene the Joint Soviet American Commission on Korea. Secretary of State Marshall expected to signal approval for renewed talks on Korea's provisional government and unification. Molotov said Moscow would abandon the demand that only pro Communist factions participate.
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Russia
U. S
Korea
George C. Marshall
V. M. Molotov
Marshall
Gene John R. Hodges
Molotov
Joint Commission
Hodge
Ivan Christiakov
Moscow
U S Indicts German Field Marshals in War Crimes Case
U S charges stem from mass killings and reprisals across occupied Europe. Major defendants include Field Marshals Wilhelm List and Maximilian von Weichs, with ten generals named in the indictment by Brig. Gen. Ford Taylor.
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Baron Wilhelm List
Maximilan von Weichs
List
Balkans
Russia
Stalingrad
Weichs
Austria
Sudentenland
Poland
France
Yugoslavia
U. S. Seventh Army
Air Hero Peterson Missing on Salisbury Flight
Cap Chesley G. Peterson, World War II American air hero, was reported missing Saturday on a flight from Salisbury to Dar Es Salaam with three passengers. Four RAF planes searched the area. Peterson, once a Utah ace with the Eagle Squadron, served in Africa and is currently at Johannesburg.
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Rhodesia
Chesley G. Peterson
Dar Es Salaam
Royal Air Force
Peterson
Utah
R.A.F
U. S
Johannesburg
South Africa
Dog battles lash Indianapolis streets as cap guns rise
Indianapolis reports a 58 percent rise in dog bites as youngsters fire cap pistols on city streets. Health Director Gerald Kempf blames cap gun battles for canine combat fatigue while cap pistols remain illegal until July 1. At the city pound Superintendent Leona Frankfort notes owners seek kennel admission as dogs grow irritable from exploding caps.
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Indianapolis
Gerald Kempt
Indiana
Kempf
Leona Frankfort
UN subcommittee splits over timing of Palestine independence
In Lake Success a UN political committee debate split over when Palestine should gain independence. A 15 nation subcommittee will craft instructions for a new UN commission to study the issue, with a deadline for recommendations set between August 15 and September 1. The United States and Soviet Union clash over urgent independence vs study and timing. The full committee will review four independent proposals, while a plan to visit displaced persons camps gains support. American delegate Herschel Johnson says timing should await the commission’s study, while Andrei Gromyko pushes for quick independence.
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Holy Land
Russia
United States
U. S
UN General Assembly
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Poland
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Jewish Agency
Philippine
Herschel Johnson
UN Commission
Andrei Gromyko
Cannibals Get Anti Red Cash Parody at Gridiron Dinner
The Gridiron Club satire in Washington staged sketches about the anti-Communist aid to a distant nation, Stalin, and Henry A. Wallace while lampooning figures like Senator McKellar David Lilienthal and inflation. President Truman, Herbert Hoover, and Governor Earl Warren attended.
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Henry A. Wallace
Gridiron Club
Tennessee
Senator McKellar
D-Tenn
David E. Lilienthal
Gael Sullivan
Democratic
National Committee
Statler Hotel
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Herbert Hoover
Earl Warren
Calfornia
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