White Artist Resolution Debated at DAR Continental Congress
About 4,000 delegates and alternates at the DAR 55th Continental Congress considered floor action to delete the words white artists only from rental contracts for Constitution Hall in Washington. Mrs. R. E. Denny Vann of Leonia New Jersey said yesterday’s decision to dissolve Rep. Clare Boothe Luce’s committee against racial discrimination did not end the matter.
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Atlantic
DAR
Continental Congress
Constitution Hall
Washington, D.C
RE. C. Denny Vann
Leonia
N. J
Congress
Clare Boothe Luce
Committee
Charter Groups Would Be Checked By Comptroller Bid
Five Senators introduced a bill to subject all government chartered corporations to an annual check by the comptroller general and bar them from political campaign contributions. Authors Revercomb and Kilgore cited groups like the American Legion Red Cross and the Daughters of the American Revolution as examples and argued the measure would reduce external pressure on Congress for charters.
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Wasiington UP
Revercomb Dr-W.vard
American Legion
the Red Cross
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Kilgore Dw.vad
Congress
Diaper Service Expands via Air Transport Between Cities
In Saratoga Springs and Gloversville two diaper service operators launch air delivery to speed operations. Nicholas Alexander runs laundry for his own service and for Peter Matthews in Gloversville, about 39 miles away. The first shipment of 1400 clean diapers moves from Saratoga Springs to Gloversville today.
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Saratoga Sprengs
Saratoga Springs
Gloversville
Nicholas Alexander
Saratoga
Peter Matthews
Frank Hermann Frank hanged as war criminal in Prague
The Prague radio announced that Kurl Hermann Frank, former Reich Protector for Bohemia and Moravia, was publicly hanged for war crimes. He was convicted by a Czech People's Court for responsibility in the Lidice massacre, carried out in June 1942 as retaliation for Reinhard Heydrich’s slaying.
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London
Prague
Kurl Hermann Frank
Bohemia and Moravia
Frank
Lidice
Reinhard Heydrich
Ambulance Driver Describes Killings in World War II
Samuel Dobyns of Sandusky Ohio testified at a U S military court about being shot four times after surrendering at Malmedy Crossroads on December 17 1944 He also described SS war crimes defendants overseeing the killing of more than 100 soldiers in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge while aiding wounded Germans with Red Cross insignia.
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Dachal
Germany
Normandy
Red Cross
Malmedy Crossroads
Samuel Dobyns
Sandusky
U. S
Belgium
State seizes hotel to house fire victims in Long Beach
In Long Beach the state used an emergency housing law to seize the President Hotel after owners refused to surrender keys. A locksmith changed locks on 87 apartments to provide shelter for homeless families. Efforts to seize the breakers hotel are stalled by a locksmith-proof court injunction.
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Long Beach
INS
President
Breakers
Pay Suit From Page One Highlights Interstate Claims
A small New York sand and gravel company faces a potential 50 000 penalty and double damages in a wage and hour suit. The bill aims to curb such suits by limiting liability for local businesses not previously subject to federal rules.
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State of
New York
Supreme Court
W. F. Saunders & Sons, Inc
Nedrow
N. Y
Judiciary Committee
Army reenlists Haudenschild after discharge praised
Noevin R Haudenschild 35 of Republic reenlists in the Army Air Force. Staff Sgt Marvin Hedrick of the Army recruiting service says Haudenschild and his wife and 13 children will receive 320 dollars a month in family allowances after his reenlistment following discharge last December.
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Tiffin
Noevin R. Haudenschild
Republic
Army
Army Air Force
Marvin R. Hedrick
Army Recruiting Service
Haudenschild
Nazis knew Jap 41 plans exposed in war crime trial
Grand Adm. Erich Raeder and Adm. Karl Doenitz are challenged as evidence shows Germans knew months ahead of Japan’s Pearl Harbor attack. Britain’s Gladyn Jones proves coordination between German forces and Japan in the run up to 1941.
London barber Oswald polishes up a wary traveler
A narrator recounts a barber experience in London with Oswald a veteran hairdresser of 25 years. The exchange covers manners, a jacket, a humorous dig about sliming cream, and a scalp massage with heliotrope notes leaving the speaker smelling like a royal garden in August.
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Oswald
U.S.A
London
Royal Flower Garden
Fuller Bill pushes grain cutoffs at international food talks
Fuller presses congressional measure to halt grain exports for alcohol abroad. Fuller notes support from UN relief chief LaGuardia and officials Anderson and Byrnes as he seeks favorable House action to starve abroad alcohol production. He cites malt shipments and Dutch misuse as examples of feedgoing to beer. Byrnes pledged to raise issue at the UN FAO conference in Washington.
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Fiorello H. LaGuardia
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitaion Organization
Fuller
caCruardia
United States
Clinton P. Anderson
James F. Byrnes
Anderson
Hallant
Byrnes
United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization
Washington
Big A Ship Force Sails From Pearl Harbor For Bikini Atoll
The largest group of test ships yet sailed from Pearl Harbor toward Bikini Lagoon under Vice Admiral Blandy. Ten target and support vessels led by the flagship departed, leaving only a few larger ships such as the carrier Saratoga and the former German cruiser Prinz Eugen in port.
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USS
MT. McLhiinley
Pearl Harbor
Bikini Lagoon
William H. P. Blandy
Saratoga
Truman Silent On Rejection
The White House declined comment on a Moscow radio report that Premier Stalin refused President Truman’s appeal to join in relief efforts for the world food shortage. Officials also declined to address a claim that Truman made a second appeal to Stalin.
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Washington
Ins
White House
Moscow
Stalin
Truman
Stalin and Trieste dispute in peacetime talks
Officials debate Yugoslavia’s control of Trieste as a symbol of Russia’s leverage. The discussion weighs Stalin's stance on Molotov’s objections to a four power German control pact and possible Truman Stalin Attlee talks versus a smaller or bigger trio summit.
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Trieste
Yugoslavia
Adriatic
Russia
Stalin
Molotov
Byrnes
Capitol Hill
Pepper
D-Fla
Truman
Britain
Attlee
Mundt
R-S.d
Big Power Rift Over European Peace Reaches UN
Reported fissures emerge as Byrnes signals aim to push the European peace issue to the United Nations General Assembly. If major powers do not unite, Russia could be pressured to act.
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Miliar
Paris
Russia
Byrnes
United Nations
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