May sought army job for Garsson ally’s son in conspiracy case
In the May Garsson conspiracy trial a letter from ex congressman May urged a California based Officers Candidate School for Albert Freeman son of Jospeh Freeman a Garsson ally. Freeman served in the Pacific and was later discharged for medical reasons. Hershey testified May sought deferment for Albert Teitelbaum in 1945 and a Garsson associate reported the matter.
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Shock Lifts Kansas City Man Above Four Thousand Volts
In Kansas City a coil of wire wrapped around S. R. Drumm while mowing. He untangled it thinking a neighbor played a joke. A lineman later warned him he had touched 4,000 volts, yet Drumm was not electrocuted because he only contacted insulated wire and avoided the bare end.
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Kansas City
S. R. Drumm
Drumm
Power Company
Dramimn
Dramm
Drizzle Continues With Light Rain Expected Tonight
Weather forecast warns of ongoing light rain and drizzle through the night with a brief daytime break Thursday. Syracuse lies in a cold sector keeping temperatures low, with a low around 38 degrees and mild northeast winds 15 to 20 mph.
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Syracuse
Sinking of coastal steamer He claims 40 lives
An explosion in the engine room sank the coastal steamer He near San Jose Costa Rica. Forty people are reported dead with the vessel lost in the accident.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Ins
Truman popularity rises on home front in Childs column
Marquis Childs warns the president’s growing appeal may face a sudden end as he analyzes a “second honeymoon” for Truman. The feature appears on the editorial pages with related items on pages 32–33 including comics, horoscopes, and regular sections.
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Truman
Marquis Childs
Soviet smear campaign aimed at U S policies
The State Department said a Soviet smear campaign to discredit United States policies and institutions continues in high gear. The assessment is based on a detailed survey of the Soviet effort by the American embassy in Moscow.
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Washington
United States
State Department
Moscow
Labor Unions weathered as Congress tightens curbs
Congress shows lowest labor influence in over a decade as the Senate passes a broad bill to regulate union activity by a 68 to 24 margin. The measure follows a stricter House version and faces a conference committee and possible presidential veto.
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Washington
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House
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Arabs reopen UN fight for Palestine independence
At the United Nations Assembly the Arab bloc pressed for immediate independence for Palestine and backed an 11 nation inquiry to assess possible solutions. Dr Fadhil Jamaly of Iraq led the push while Iraq reserved the right to oppose the inquiry. The UN secretariat prepared a neutral staff and documents to support the commission once organized. Concluded on page 6.
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United Nations Assembly
Palestine
Lake Success
Holy ‘Land
Fadhil Jamaly
Iraq
Inquiry Commission
Trygve Lie
Ocean Airship Lines Urged to Seek Transoceanic Service
Vice Admiral C E Rosendahl urged Congress to authorize steamship lines to develop a transoceanic flying service using lighter-than-air craft. He argued helium monopoly gives the U S airships a unique American edge and could create a dominant position in overseas air commerce.
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Rosendahl
Congress
Navy
House Commerce Committee
Smith says U S must sell its way of life to Europe
American ambassador to Russia Walter Bedell Smith told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that the United States must use radio publications and news to sell a decent way of life to Central Europe amid a clash of ideologies. He warned that silence could cede influence to communism as Congress debates funding for an American cultural and information program beyond June 30.
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Washington
Walter Bedell Smith
Russia
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State Department
United States
Europe
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Smith
Department
Voice of America
House Appropriations Committee
Driver Trapped Five Days In Wrecked Auto
Ernest K. Steele survived five days trapped under his wrecked car in Oakland California. Surgeons at Permanente Foundation Hospital said they may have to amputate a portion of his right hand but otherwise his condition was satisfactory.
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Oakland
Calif
Ernest K. Steele
Permanente Foundation Hospital
Memorial Auditorium Referendum Defeated in City Vote
A special city referendum proposing a memorial auditorium for war veterans at an estimated cost of 1.5 million dollars was voted down Tuesday by 4,439 to 1,374. The measure failed to win approval in Niagara Falls.
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Niagara- Falls
Bomb Found Near Military Courts Building in Jerusalem
Thirty men were detained after an unexploded bomb camouflaged with netting and leaves was found in a tree fork near Jerusalem's Military Courts Building. Police said the device contained 67 sticks of gelignite and 15 pounds of rivets with two detonators and about 20 yards of wire.
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Jerusalem
Military Courts
Vets Children Win 100 Scholarships Announced in Albany
Children of deceased or disabled New York war veterans will compete for 100 college scholarships, 60 more than last year. Applications are due by June 1 and come from the State Education Department. Scholarships cover up to tuition plus 100 for maintenance.
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State Education Department
Department
Division of
Nurse Triggered Tear Gas Bomb in Haverford Home
A nurse at J. Stanley Reeve's home in Haverford, Pennsylvania, searched for a Mashlight in the dark and activated an object that turned out to be an old tear gas bomb, causing alarm.
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Haverford, Pa
J. Stanley Reeve
More Customs Men Sought at Buffalo
Buffalo officials request additional customs inspectors for the American end of the International Peace Bridge to prevent traffic delays this summer.
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Buffalo
Ft. Erie
International Peace Bridge
Truman Pushes Portal Law and Higher Minimum Wage
President Truman signed portal pay legislation to reduce employer liability and urged Congress to raise the minimum wage to 65 cents an hour. He warned defects remain and called for immediate action on a higher wage while easing wage negotiations for stable production and prices.
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Washington (P
Truman
Congress
Clay Warns Jail For Food Agitators In Germany
General Lucius D. Clay warned in Frankfurt that political agitators would be jailed if they tried to exploit Germany's food crisis. He cited unconfirmed reports of Communist efforts to trigger strikes in the U.S. occupation zone and pledged imprisonment for any caught agitator.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Communist Party
United States
U. S
Clay
Bevin Discusses German Food Crisis With Advisers
British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin spent two hours with top advisers on the German food shortage. A Foreign Office spokesman called the outlook "gloomy and difficult" and said recommendations from the secret meeting would go to the cabinet for discussion at its Thursday weekly session.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Foreign Office
German mood over food shortages cited by military governor
The military governor described a bitter resentment among Germans over food shortages and warned of possible strikes in the American zone while hoping to avoid demonstrations on the scale seen in the British zone. He suggested force would not be needed if order is maintained.
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United States
U.S
Builders Price Cuts Seen as Possible Antitrust Violation
Attorney General Tom C. Clark warned that joint actions by building industry officials to cut prices would violate anti trust laws. He said however that builders may discuss methods of price reductions individually without fear of prosecution.
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Washington
Tom C. Clark
Clark
Army Begins Secret War Study To Imagine Future Combat
Washington reports three young officers, identities withheld, will project warfare 25 years ahead. They must envision advanced destructive tech and command challenges for Ike. The aim is to counter claims the Army starts new wars with last war’s tools and notions.
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Washington
Army
War Department
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