RomeRide Hurts All The Way By Frederick C. Othman
Rome dispatch from Paris to Rome details a brutal trip on a battered C-47 air transport. The author lambasts cramped bucket seats, freezing drafts, and a sleep‑taking crewman while noting nine paying passengers and one free rider. He warns the airline is folksy beyond comfort, concluding with a tease about continued coverage.
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Frederick C. Othman
Rome
Paris
Hound Bawg
Tilott Roosevelt
European Air Transport System
Big Four-Showdown On Trieste Imminent
Paris reports the Big Four talks entering a critical phase with a final showdown over Trieste. Negotiations may seal the success of the conference and shape a possible peace conference this summer. No compromise appeared on Trieste, while progress seemed possible on other Italian treaty aspects.
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Paris
Europe
Trieste
Adriatic
Barred From Rails
Washington reports that 4 circuses and carnivals remain barred from train travel even after freight embargoes were lifted. The policy blocks animal acts and large show trains from rail transport, affecting touring schedules and venue planning nationwide.
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Washington
Weather forecast for Syracuse area and eastern New York
U S Weather Bureau forecast calls for fair, continued cold today and tonight with low 34 and high 34 Sunday. Tuesday rain and warmer. hourly readings show sunny, mild today, then clear tonight, increasing clouds Tuesday with rising temperatures and rain later.
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New York
JAPAN'S SURRENDER ARGUMENTS AT FAR EAST TRIBUNAL
Tokyo defense counsel Ichiro Kiyose contends Japan did not surrender unconditionally and questions tribunal authority over 28 defendants on 55 counts. He argues Gen. MacArthur oversteps power and says top statesmen believed they would avoid war crimes prosecutions. Adjournment to Tuesday morning noted.
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Tokyo
Japan
Far East
Ichiro Kiyose
Allies
Joseph B. Keenan
Kiyose
Two Week Truce Eases U S Coal Strike Standoff
Washington reports most of John L. Lewis 400,000 striking miners return to pits under a two week truce. Freight and parcel post restrictions end at midnight while conservation limits on coal stay in effect. Government urges quick contract settlement as talks resume.
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Washington
America
John L. Lewis
Pennsylvania
McCaughey Rites Increase Tension in Belfast
Northern Ireland mourners awaited the funeral of John McCaughey a former adjutant general of the Irish Republican Army who died in Dublin after a 23 day hunger strike for release from prison. His body was transported from Dublin to Belfast by relatives in a 100 mile procession marked by a tense border moment when police removed the Eire tricolor from the coffin.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
John McCaughey
Irish Republican Army
Dublin
McCaughey
Ulster
May Cooler Than Average Weather Update
The Weather Bureau notes a cooler May with average temperatures four degrees below normal. Only three days rose above normal, with a 56 degree norm and high 60s and low 40s. Syracuse has had colder nights, with a 28 degree low on May 3. Last Saturday reached a 67 degree high. Winds may suppress frost tonight despite the drop.
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Weather Bureau
Mercury
Syracuse
Wife Held In Gun Death Of Husband
Discovery of new evidence in the fatal shooting of Pfc. Frank H. Helvey 36 was with the district attorney today as staff questioned Lucile D. Helvey 39. She admitted involvement in a death by own action pact but refused to say she pulled the trigger. Authorities doubt the action theory, noting the gunfire and head wound would have made self infliction improbable. Concluded on Page 6 Column 6.
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Frank H. Helvey
Lucile D. Helvey
S. State St
Helvey
Jesse E. Cantor
Mr. Cantor
Wheat Pinch Hurts as Hoover Report Looms
Washington reports the wheat shortage deepens with a major flour mill closed as President Truman convenes Herbert Hoover for talks. Bowles aims to push wartime rationing if conditions do not improve, planning to seek action by August. Hoover arrives from a global food study but offers no immediate optimism for world famine relief.
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Washington
Truman
Herbert Hoover
Chester Bowles
Hoover
Mr. Truman
Truman Gets Private Gym At White House
President Truman now has a private gym near the White House west wing with a mechanical exercise horse to combat fatigue from long days at the desk. He works out four or five afternoons weekly under his physician Col. Wallace Graham, taking a brisk quarter hour to half hour sessions.
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Washington
Ins
Truman
White House West Way
Wallace Graham
Tr0n Lung Flown To War Bride At Sea
New York dispatch reports the Air-Sea Rescue Service awaited word on the condition of Mrs Margie Anderson wife of Sgt George Anderson New Albany Indiana after a 900 pound iron lung was flown from New York to a transport off Newfoundland Medical officers described her condition as intermittent respiratory paralysis awaiting further medical update
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New York
INS
Army Land
Newfoundland
Margie Anderson
George Anderson
New Albany
Ind
Thomas H. Barry
Riot Halted in Haiti Election After Tear Gas Use
In Port au Prince soldiers dispersed an excited crowd with tear gas during the final hours of Haiti's national election last night preventing a political clash from turning into a riot. The incident underscores tense voting amid competing factions as authorities sought to maintain order and ensure a peaceful tally.
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Port AU Prince
Haiti
Truman undecided on chief justice choice
Washington reports President Truman remains undecided about the timing of naming a new chief justice. White House aide Charles G. Ross said today no decision has been made and offered no forecast on when a nomination might be announced.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross
Solicitor General for State Quits
Orrin G. Judd has resigned as solicitor general of New York State after three years in office to enter private law practice in New York City. The resignation was announced yesterday by Attorney General Nathaniel L. Goldstein.
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Albany
Orrin G. Judd
New York State
New York City
Nathaniel L. Goldstein
Harvard economist study cited in Marquis Childs column
An inside look on today’s editorial page cites a Harvard economist’s analysis showing the high cost of strikes to workers and their families, highlighted by Marquis Childs in his Capital Calling column.
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Harvard Economist
Marquis Childs
Capital
Three Monkeys Still at Large in Manhattan Escape
Police hunt continues for three undomesticated monkeys that fled a Lower Manhattan pet shop along with about 100 other escapees. The others were captured after a citywide chase through streets stores and rooftops including fire escapes.
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New York
Lower Manhattan
Report Charges Franco Threat to World Peace
A five nation UN Security Council subcommittee will receive a 300-page report accusing the Franco regime of Spain of threatening world peace. The document cites alleged Spanish atomic research and troop movements on the French border. Presented by Dr Jose Giral Y Pereyra, exile premier.
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New York
Spain
United Nations Security Council
Jose Giral Y. Pereira
Giral
Paris
Sailors and Hawaiians Renew Waikiki Riots
Honolulu officials revealed renewed clashes after rioting by about 300 sailors and unknown civilians at Waikiki Beach. Authorities warned to curb further warfare between U S sailors and local youths termed gooks. The disturbance marks a new outbreak following earlier Damon tract riots months ago.
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Honolulu
INS
Hawaii
United States
Waikiki Beach
Waikiki
Damon
Five Die in Slippery Delaware Collision
Wilmington police report five Philadelphians killed in a three car wreck on a rain slick highway. One vehicle burst into flames trapping the occupants.
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Wilmington
Del
Draft Fight Roars Back To House
Washington update shows the House reopening the draft dispute with a bid to halt inductions, especially of teenagers, as a Wednesday deadline looms. Rep Sheridan proposed trimming the 45 day extension to a draft holiday, but the chamber faced the same core impasses as in earlier debates.
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Washington
Agers
Chamber
House
Senate
Sheridan
D-Pa
Hear Fate Three Others Get Life In Prison
An American Military Tribunal at Dachau sentences 58 Mauthausen camp workers to death by hanging with 3 others receiving life terms. August Eigruber appears in Bavarian costume as death is pronounced. The six week trial found an irrefutable record of mass killings and starvation. Sentences await review by the U.S. Third Army and Gen. McNarney before execution. The ruling follows the Ardennes massacre context with further trials planned for 75 Nazi SS men at Malmedy.
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Dachau
Mauthausen
Satturday
Gay B. Prickett
August Eigruber
Upper Austria
Prickett
U. S. Third Army
Joseph McNarney
Malmedy
Belgium
Truman Calls Merger Parley
President Truman convened top Army and Navy leaders for a conference on unification of the armed forces. White House press secretary Ross said the meeting aims to promote unification and not sabotage it, and that he is not advocating shelving the plan.
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Washington
Truman
Army
Navy
White House
Charles G. Ross
Polio epidemic grips San Antonio and Corpus Christi
San Antonio closes all schools as a polio like illness spreads through the city. In Corpus Christi 175 miles away officers guard highways and public gatherings are banned. Fifteen cases and four deaths reported in San Antonio. Four Corpus Christi cases and one critical. Me ces County authorities close all schools churches theaters parks and pools for two weeks.
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