Convicts Hitchhiked Ride, Nabbed Near Syracuse
Three Auburn Prison inmates fled Saturday from Sennett prison farm and were picked up near Syracuse by a transcontinental motorist. Missouri police arrested Andrew Leddick Gerald Gibbons and Andrew Creméints and held the driver Frederick Conklin Jr. Pending word from Conklin's father. Officials say the escapees will be returned to Kirkwood and face unlawful escape charges.
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Auburn
Kirkswood
St Louis
Missouri Highways
Sennett
Andrew Leddick
Whitehall
Gerald Gibbons
Fulton
Andrew Creméints
Cambridge
Frederick R
Conklin, Jr
Newburgh
Missouri -Policé
Conklin
Owas
California
Syracuse
Birk
Yonkers
Nework
Albany
Marcellus
Wilfred “Denno
Kirkwood
Rain Outlook and Temperatures for Syracuse Today
A fast moving storm from Canada brings warmer air to Syracuse with scattered showers or thunderstorms possible tonight. Tomorrow should be partly cloudy and cooler with a low around 48 and a high near 65. Yesterday peaked at 65 then fell to 36. By 8 AM today it rose to 45.
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Canada
Syracuse
Weather Bureau
Pan American Airways feature prompts monopoly concerns
A Pan American Airways feature in today’s edition raises concerns that rapid competition reduction signals a growing monopoly in America. Marquis Childs comments on editorial page about evolving market dominance as lines consolidate.
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Pan American Airways Today
America
Marquis Childs
Eisler Said to Have Hidden Aboard Polish Liner
CBS dispatch reports Gearhart Fister described by officials as Eisler the Communist leader fled America as a stowaway on the Batory from New York May 6 bound for Poland via Southampton. He allegedly boarded with only clothes and a few coins and later paid for passage to Gdynia after discovery. Immigration confirms the identification and links birth date February 20 1897 to Leipzig Germany. The Batory’s voyage to Southampton is noted with the story continuing on Page 7.
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New ‘York
Gearhart
Eisler
Amer‘Yea
Batory
CBS
Bators
Poland
Southampton
New York
Gearhart Fister
Gdynia
Leipzig
Germany
Suit Attacks Centralized School Plan in Lysander and Van Buren
Federal court action filed by nine common school trustees from Lysander and Van Buren challenges a proposed centralized district plan. The suit claims the merger violates the 14th Amendment due process and equal protection. Trustees named include Leonard W. Jenne Roy Mills Raymond Maloney and others. A state effort to dismiss argues jurisdiction lies with state courts. hearings set for Syracuse before Judge Brennan.
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U. S. District. Court
Utica
State Attorney General’s Office
Syracuse
Stephen W. Brennan
Leonard W. Jenne
Roy, D. Mills
Raymond L. Maloney
Mabel B. Jensen
Milton Doughton
Leslie Horner
Lela Betts
Walker Halko
Steve G. Orman
Thelma S. Heffer
Lysander
van Buren
State of
New York
Francis T. Spaulding
Baldwinsvile Board of Education
Charles Rinaldo
County pledges first of 3 million for L A Pictures drive
A Syracuse dinner in Hotel Syracuse energized Syracusans as the county pledges reached 1 002 570 toward a 3 000 000 goal for Syracuse University expansion. Chancellor Tolley framed the drive for a greater university and city. Initial gifts committee notes three 100 000 gifts and a 250 000 pledge amid broad county support.
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Syracuse University
Syracuse
William _P. Tolley
Charles A.” Chappell
Coal Talks Open Between Lewis and Southern Miners
Washington reports John L. Lewis and Southern Coal Producers Association agreed to start talks on a new mining contract in Bluefield West Virginia. The southern group covers about a third of national bituminous coal output. The present contract expires June 30 with no talks yet planned with northern western operators or steel company mines.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Southern Coal Mine
Bluefield
W. Va
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Southern Group
Northern and Western
Steel Company
Late frosts cut strawberry crop in world’s largest producing area
Farmers in a major strawberry region faced losses up to 250000 as unseasonable frost damaged about half of the 1949 strawberry blossoms. Grapes also suffered damage estimated between 23 and 50 percent per Erie County agricultural agent Ross R. Hayner.
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Buffalo
Erie County
Ross R. Hayner
Hayner
Noose Slayer Sentenced to 35 Years to Life
Howard A. Smith Jr., 21, of Gloversville, was sentenced to 35 years to life in Clinton Prison for the second degree murder of Theodore F. Allen, 51, a state employee from Goshen, killed last September after pleading guilty to a reduced charge.
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Albany
Howard A. Smith, Jr
Gloversville
Clinton
Smith
Theodore F. Allen
Goshen
Envoy James Bruce to Remain Ambassador to Argentina
James Bruce said after a White House call that he intends to stay indefinitely in his post as ambassador to Argentina.
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Washington
James Bruce
White House
Argentina
Conservatives sweep council elections across Britain
Conservatives scored decisive wins in town council contests across England and Wales, taking 2,245 of 3,213 seats while Labour won 296. In London, Labour held nine boroughs but lost four to the Tories including Wandsworth and St Pancras. Communists held six seats in Whitechapel districts. elsewhere they were wiped out.
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England
Wales
Labor
British Press Association
London
Tories
Labor Party
Wandsworth
Gashouse
Bevin
St. Pancras
George Bernard Shaw
Whitechapel
East End
Phil Piratin
House of Commons
Labor ‘Party
Britain
Generals Approve Bonn Draft for West German State
In Frankfort the three Western military governors approved the Bonn drawn constitution for a West German state. Gen. Lucius D. Clay Gen. Pierre Koenig and Lt. Gen. Sir Brian Robertson praised the delegates for democracy under trying conditions and made no changes to the wording.
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Frankfort
Bonn
Lucius D. Clay
Pierre Koenig
Brian Robertson
Mine sweeper deserts to North Korea with 39 aboard
An American-made Korean Republic mine sweeper deserted and sailed into a Soviet-supported North Korean port with 39 men aboard, the Ministry of National Defense announced today.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Ministry of National Defense
Elderly couple die in Fulton house fire at 415 Fourth Street
In Fulton a man aged 80 and a 72 year old woman suffocated when a two and a half story home at 415 Fourth street, opposite Lee Memorial Hospital, burned shortly after daybreak. Fire chief said a wood furnace overheated starting the blaze. Damages estimated at 8000 dollars. The victims were Robert Dodge and Miss Ruth Carr.
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Fulton
Hhe
Fourth St
Lee Memorial Hospital
Robert Dodge
Ruth Carr
John Rogers
Ralph N. Foster
Dodge
Matthews Chosen Secretary of Navy in Truman Administration
Francis P. Matthews, 62, Omaha lawyer and Catholic layman, was named Secretary of the Navy to succeed Sullivan. President Truman also promoted Dan A. Kimball to undersecretary of the Navy, with Kimball succeeding W. John Kenney. Matthews, a Democrat and Creighton University graduate from Albion, Neb., awaited Senate confirmation.
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Washington
Francis P. Matthews
Omaha
White House
Matthews
John CL. ‘Sullivan
Sullivan
Defense Johnson
Navy
Truman
Dan A. Kimball
Kimball
Unders
W. John Kenney
Lweek
Charles G. Ross
Senate
Creighton University
Albion
Neb
Ross
Army
Kenneth C. Royall
Coeds Parade Stag Week Riot at KU Campus
Lawrence Kansas police described a riot after a no date pledge as about 1000 people gathered on campus. eight students injured none seriously. A dean was doused with water as sorority houses suffered damage while male students were ducked into a lake by pranksters.
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Lawrence
Bas
University of Kansas
L. C. Woodruff
Thieves Cut Up Bent Grass At Warren Valley Golf Club
In Detroit detectives report a theft at Warren Valley Golf Club where 225 square feet of premium bent grass were cut and rolled around a hole, leaving the cup intact. Investigators call it a record divot.
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Detroit
Warren Valley Golf Club
Russians Charge Western Blockade Lifting Talks Amid Berlin Row
The Soviet army newspaper Taegliche Rundschau accused the Western Allies of evading lifting restrictions tied to the Berlin blockade. U S economist Lawrence Wilkinson, spokesman for the U S military government, dismissed the charge as nonsense and noted progress after directives to remove restraints. Observers warned of possible threats to resume the blockade, a decision for higher authorities.
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Berlin
Lawrence ‘Wilkinson
U. S
Germany
Taegliche Rundschaun
Ankrupt
Heavy Smoke Haze Crosses Border From Canada
The Weather Bureau reports a heavy smoke haze from Canadian forest fires drifting into the region. Visible from Eastern Montana to Western North Dakota and parts of Canada, with Re Zina and Edmonton recording less than a mile of visibility.
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Chicago
Weather ‘Bureau
Canada
Montana
North Dakota
Re- Zina
Edmonton
Big Tube Closed To Traffic After Holland Tunnel Blast
A surge of explosions aboard a truck in the Holland Tunnel released carbon disulphide fumes and ammonia. Ten to twelve trucks burned, walls and ceilings damaged, and the tunnel partially shut for possibly a month. Communications lines were disrupted as motorists fled and crews worked to contain the blaze.
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New York
Holland Tunnel
Hudson River
Wallis
Manhattan
Hugo E. Rogers
CE. S.I T
New England
West
Américan Telephone
Telegraph Company
New York Telephone Company
Jersey Bell ‘Telephone
Jtunnel
Quake Shakes Los Angeles Area Causing No Damage
A tremor struck Los Angeles early today, felt strongest in the San Gabriel and San Fernando Valleys including Altadena Pasadena Burbank and Glendale. Downtown and eastern LA buildings rattled while police switchboards filled with inquiries. no damage reported by the Sheriff or other agencies.
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Los Angeles
Los
Angeles
San Gabriel
San Fernando
Altadena
Pasadena
Burbank
Glendale
Long Beach
Sheriffs Office
San Bernardino
Lancaster
Studio
California
Pickets Halt Packard Move at Bendix Plant
Pickets halted Packard Motor Company's bid to remove seven brake dies and a million auto parts from the Bendix Aviation plant. Sheriff Tipsak read a circuit court order to about sixty pickets blocking the Bendix gates.
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South Bend
Ind. U
Packard Motor Company
Millon
Bendix Aviation
Stephen C. Tipsak
Bendix Gates
Packard
Bendix
To Escape Pessimism Says Holliwwood Songwriter
Oswald Perkins at a dinner offered a quirky view on pessimism and criticism. He joked that to escape it one should do nothing say nothing be nothing while noting pessimists are married to optimists.
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Oswald Perkins
Holliwwood
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Gibbons
Ida Jean Kain
Dr. Dean
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Ridge
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Alask
City Life
Earl Wilson
Winchell
Red
Richard Naffe
United States
B’ville
CIVIC
L. A
REDS
Herald-Journal Wire
Mr. Dodge
Harry Waugh
Miss Carr
F.P. Matthews Chosen
Secretary of Navy
Memphis
Tenn
Dhmpler
Carof
Gimmie Patton
John Newman
Marksman
Charles Havrsaar
8Th St
4Th Av
Russia
Wilkenson
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