Potato price ceilings blamed for shortage in New York
The New York State Farm Bureau Federation blames government price ceilings for a potato shortage and black market. C. K. Bullock, associate secretary, said the scarcity and trade difficulties were foreseen when they opposed the ceilings in January. Robert Johnson becomes Richmond County Republican chairman on Staten Island after Ellsworth Buck resigns.
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New York State Farm Bureau Federation
C. K. Bullock
New Richmond
New York
Robert 3 Johnson
Richmond County
Staten Island
Representative Dies in Chicago Mystery
A man identified as Richard Howland a New York based This Week magazine representative was found dead on a West Side street in Chicago. Police said articles in his pocket pointed to his identity and the death was described as extremely suspicious.
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West Side
New York
Richard Howland
John Conneely
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British Firms Doubt China Trade Change After Note
British firms in Hong Kong await Peiping's reaction to Britain ending business in Red China. Most expect little change as Reds likely ignore the notice. Meanwhile Burgess and MacLean are formally dropped from the Foreign Office roster as a routine measure. Five Canton nurses commit suicide after denouncing relatives in a Red purge. Queen Elizabeth's coronation ad appears in London. Two Canadian nuns jailed in Red China raise total to 17. Dutch propose a special court for European defense talks. U S Admiral Briscoe says Korea air attacks threaten Communist plans. Daily Express calls for repatriation of all Communist prisoners to seek Korea cease-fire.
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London
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Donald MacLean
Foreign Office
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Tiong Hongpa
Red China Dispatch
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Hamford
Quebec
Kweivang
Kweichow
Ner Ant
Jeanne Dionee
Coati- Quebec
INS
London Daily Express
Korea
Notable Newspaper Figures Die in 1970s Obituaries
SGHN P Reatigag 75 vice president and production manager of the Journal Company Milwaukee. Harold C Hendee 64 editor of the Pacific Coast edition of the Wall Street Journal San Francisco. Charles P Dickson 66 former advertising manager Prairie Farmer Chicago White Sulphur Springs W Va. Charles Arthur Powell 52 industrial and aviation editor San Fernando Valley Times North Hollywood Calif. William A Geiger 70 president Miami Beach Music and Art League longtime Pennsylvania Railroad engineer Miami Beach Fla. Mother Mary Carmelita 79 first mother general Sisters of Mercy United States Bethesda Md.
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The
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Milwaukee ‘Journal
Milwaukee
Harold C
Deac) Hendee
Pacific Coast
Wall Street Journal
San Francisco
Charles P. Dickson
Prairie Farmer
Chicago
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Charles Arthur Powell
San Fernando Valley Times
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Hollywood
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Miami Beach Music and Art League
Western Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Pittsburgh
Miami Beach
Fla
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Marie Estelle Hartman
Sisters of Mercy
United States
Bethseda
Striking Workers Vote on Pact at Lederle Laboratory
Striking ALPLL chemical workers vote today on a wage compromise relaxing picket lines at Lederle laboratories Pearl River. The strike began last Wednesday halting production of penicillin and aureomycin, with about 400 workers and researchers maintaining operations at the 400 acre plant.
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ALPLL
Lederle Laboratories
Man Granted Interlocutory Divorce Over Wife Embarrassment
A man obtained an interlocutory divorce after testifying his actress wife publicly embarrassed him and declared their marriage a failure in front of friends. The case centers on marital discord and uses a temporary separation pending final decree.
Potato shortage triggers price fight and controls debate
Washington reports a heated debate over federal farm programs as a potato shortage prompts ceilings and price supports. Officials blame reduced storage crops and late harvests while farmers shift to other crops. Black markets and uneven ceilings worsen shortages, with relief expected in four to six weeks as new potatoes reach markets.
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Henry A. Wallace
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Office of Price Stabilization
Ellis Arnall
Arnall
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Alabama
Texas
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Carolinas
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Helen Gahagan Back on Stage in Washington Theater
Helen Gahagan Douglas returns to acting after a Senate defeat in California. She starred as the wife of the secretary of state in the revival of Kaufman Dayton’s First Lady in Washington. She declares she has not given up politics and hopes to be a Democratic national convention delegate. The play heads to New York next.
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Helen Gahagan Douglas
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Senate
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Washington Manners
New York
Eisenhower Says He Is Not Aspiring to Anything
In The Hague Eisenhower told Dutch Premier Drees he is not pursuing any office. He said any future role would be out of duty and subject to Republican party invitation. He departs as supreme Allied commander June 1 and will not campaign for the presidency.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Republican Party
Willem Drees
Drees
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Europe
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North Atlantic Pact
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Pamblogatel Osu
North Atlantic
Matthew B. Ridgway
Supreme Times Nations
Liebe Ey Ada Teeer
Far Eas
News Industry Labeled Leader in Employing Older Workers
Albany CT Senator Thomas E. Desmond commends the newspaper Indy for pioneering use of older workers during senior citizens month. He chairs the joint legislative committee on aging and says the industry values experience and avoids compulsory retirement at 65, unlike other fields.
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Thomas E. Desmond
Indy
Newburgh
New York
Desmond
Senator Ives to keynote New York Young Republicans meet
U S Senator Itraing M Ives will deliver the keynote speech at the 20th annual convention of the New York State Young Republican Clubs. The three day gathering starts Thursday at Burden Lake Averill Park with events in Averill Park New York.
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U. S
Itraing M Ives
New York State
Young Republican Clubs
Burden Lake
Averill Park
Slain Brooklyn Man Identified After Found Near Swamp
The nude body of Sydney Selwyn, 47, a Brooklyn interior decorator, was identified by teeth glasses and a coat found with the body. An autopsy found a bullet wound to the head. police say he was trussed in a car trunk. The body was found Sunday near Stony Point in Rockland County.
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Sydney Selwyn
Brooklyn
Stony Point
Rockland County
Depositions Authorized in Frankfurt Coffee Case
A U S High Commission granted permission for depositions of Detroit department store executives in a case involving 120 pounds of coffee allegedly imported by Katherine G Reed and sold on the West German black market for marks. Reed 44 defender pleads not guilty. her husband Col Allen Reed formerly Wiesbaden military post commandant now with the U S 12th Air Force supply division is implicated.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S. High Commission Cours
Detroit
Americansociety
Katherine G. Reed
Read
Allen i. Reed
Wiesbaden
German peace treaty to be signed in Bonn Monday
The United States Britain and France will sign a separate peace treaty with Western Germany in Bonn next Monday. A second agreement will join Germany to a European defense pact to form a European army against potential Soviet aggression. Adenauer announced the double signing after talks with the Western Big Three.
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Germany
United States
Britain
France
Europe
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
U.S
Dean Acheson
Anthony Eden
Robert Schumann
Eisenhower Receives Write-In Vote in Hastings Election
In Hastings Michigan a write-in for General Dwight D Eisenhower was cast for First Ward alderman in the municipal election. He did not win, losing to Albert Osborne.
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Hastings, Mich
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alderiman
Hastings
Alibert Osborne
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