Broadway Nites and Show Biz Tidbits from New York
Dinah Shore and Deborah Kerr dash to Hamburger Heaven then Copacabana where Jerry Lewis keeps the crowd laughing. Elisabeth Fraser reveals she is pregnant during Mr. Adam opening in Detroit. Harpo Marx recalls meeting Shaw in London and a naked towel gag. Bea Lillie weighs a fall Broadway run with John Golden. Bets on Paris Theater crowd for Devil in the Flesh and parking meter trials in New York.
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New York Business Failures Rise in Week to 172
Dun and Bradstreet reports 272 failures in the week ended May 20 in New York, up from the prior week. Comparisons show 1938 weeks with 92 and 88 failures, while 1939 tallies reached 259 in the same period.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Wage talks center on pay and retirement benefits
Canton Timken plant union and Timken Roller Bearing Co. negotiators met to discuss wage boosts of 15 cents per hour and the start of a combined retirement and disability plan. The session aimed to settle contract terms between United Steel Workers and the company.
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Unemployment in Germany Reaches Postwar Peak
In the American and British zones of Germany unemployment hits a postwar peak with 1,260,000 jobless. Other items report war crimes charges against Field Marshal Erich von Mannstein, George VI and Elizabeth to host garden parties, a boy's murder by a Frankfurt man, and solemn rites for Archbishop Damaskinos.
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UN Spy Case Opens Probe
The House Un-American Activities Committee launched a three way investigation into Communist activity with hearings on a new case. Two unidentified witnesses testified as the panel examined reports that Communists may use United Nations agencies to slip spies into the United States. A female UN employee linked to a former government worker discharged for security risk was mentioned, and the man reportedly attempted to flee aboard the Polish liner Batory. Clarence Hiskey of Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute was also slated to testify.
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House Un-American Activities Committee
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Batory
Gerhart Eisler
Clarence Hiskey
Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute
State Help Sought In Milk Price War
New Jersey milk dealers urge Governor Driscoll to intervene as milk prices fall three cents a quart across Northern New Jersey. The governor may issue a statement on the situation today after a conference with Driscoll.
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Trenton
N. J
Notable deaths of scientists and engineers reported
Dr. William Webster Han Sen 39 a pioneer of a billion volt linear accelerator at Stanford Palo Alto Calif died J Pressley Coleman 83 retired Union Switch and Signal engineer noted for railroad safety in Pittsburgh George N Amaranddos 64 Rochester first physiotherapist died in Rochester James Norton 60 president of New York Athletics Club and owner of a readymix concrete firm died in St Petersburg Fla Mrs John Henkel 102 who came to Brooklyn from Germany at age six died in Montreal
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Leland Stanford University
Palo’ Alto
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Union Switch and Signal Company
Pitsburgh
James Norton
New York Athletics Club
Readymix
St. Petersburg
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John Henkel
Brooklyn
Germany
Montreal
One Man Opinion by Walter Kiernan on Ford talks
The column notes Ford contract discussions and a health strike, with Kiernan wryly suggesting a mix of remedies and cautions about overtaxing workers. He jokes that the health strike may affect Detroit's traders more than doctors and quips about a broken heart.
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Detroit
Bloodhounds Fail In Slayer Hunt
Faribault Minnesota reports bloodhounds used to track a gunman who killed 29 year old Fred Morsching and raped a 16 year old girl. The assailant fled in a car after Morsching tried to start the vehicle. Police say the hounds lost the trail on two main roads. Morsching had just graduated from Faribault High School.
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Minn. CP
Fred Morsching
Joan Simon
Rane
Morsching
LaCrosse
Wis
Faribault
Faribault High School
Student Held In Church Fire
Los Angeles reports arraignment today for Douglas F. Scott 25 UCLA student on burglary and arson charges in a fire at St Marys Church in Brentwood. Bail set at 3,500. Firemen nabbed him at the scene as priests attempted to extinguish the blaze. The church was damaged but Masses resumed with a makeshift altar. Scott’s mother noted he once acted in films with Freddie Bartholomew and served on General MacArthur’s Tokyo staff.
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Larsom
Douglas FL. Scott
UCLA
Liberty
Peirce
St. Mar Os ‘Fours
Rentwood
Scott
Augustine Cl Murrey
Murray
Douglas F. Scott
Freddie Bartholomew
London
General MacArthurs
Tokyo
Pole Reads Trade Unit Chair in Geneva UN Body
Uf Tadeusz Lychowski of Poland was unanimously elected today chairman of the newly established trade committee of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Erastus Bigelow was the inventor of the carpet weaving machine.
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Geneva
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Tadeusz Lychowski
Poland
United Nations Economic Commission
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Erastus Bigelow
Man Kills Son and Self in Arkansas Apartment
A resentful husband, Houston A. Ewton, 49, shot and killed his five year old son Robert Lee Ewton and himself in an upstairs apartment in Little Rock. His wife Odell Ewton, about 35, was wounded in the shoulder but listed as not seriously hurt. Police reported the tragic shooting ended with the husband dead and the wife hospitalized.
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Little Rock
Second suit against Pastor Brougher ruled out
Los Angeles civil court cannot remove a pastor over alleged misconduct with women parishioners. Superior Judge Arnold Preager dismissed the second suit brought by Edger Maxwell of the First Baptist Church in nearby Glendale, urging church action on Christian grounds. The first suit was similarly dismissed.
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J. Whitcoma
Brougher, Jr
Arnold Preager
Broughesr
Edger Mexwell
First Baptist Church
Nearcy Glencale
Fine Blended Whiskey from Frankfort Distillers Corp
A 90.5 proof blend labeled Fine Blended Whiskey uses 50 percent grain neutral spirits and is produced by Frankfort Distillers Corp. in 8.Y.
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