Scout Council Ends Session With Garden Rally
The 42d annual meeting of the Boy Scouts National Council closes with a Garden Rally at Madison Square Garden led by actress Margaret Truman with 2 000 Cub Scouts singing God Bless America. President Truman commends the Scouts for patriotic effort in their get out the vote campaign.
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God Bless America
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Sailors Walkout Ties Up West Coast Shipping
A mass walkout by the AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific halted west coast shipping and tied up routes from Canada to Mexico as shipowners refused wage increase and Saturday overtime pay. The disruption followed the refusal of wage concessions.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
Italy ends bitter election campaign with no known deaths
Italy wrapped up a fierce municipal campaign with no reported fatalities though street fighting and arrests occurred mostly in the south. Voting for city officials is set for tomorrow across Rome Naples and about 2400 towns and cities.
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Rome
Italy
Naples
Riot in Korea ends as guards quell mob after prisoner injury
Demonstrators attacking a guarded compound in Korea were suppressed when a jeep mounted machine gun fired. An American and several South Koreans were wounded as guards entered and fought back with clubs and rocks. Dodd and Colson faced downgrades in rank amid official statements.
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Eighth Army
Dodd
Niagara Falls Strike Ends Accepts City Wage Terms
Workers vote to end strike after Local 138 and city accept terms from a citizens committee. Each worker to sign statements pledging no strike for five years. city drops legal actions and rehiring proceeds under Wadlin Act and Condon provisions. Union seeks higher pay. city offered seven cents raise, average about 3496 yearly with overtime.
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William J. Sutherland
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Bidenaul & Wage
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Cheek
Condon
Harry
Jordan
Niagara Falls Federation of Labor
Sutherland
Citizens’ Committee
Carey Asks Probe of G E by Congressional Inquiry
James D. Carey of the International Union Electrical Radio and Machine Workers urged a U S Congress inquiry into General Electric denouncing the firm as an enemy of democratic ideals and unionism. The UE Union claims about 71 000 GE workers and cites alleged Communist influence in labor. GE says it does not assist UE or IUE and disapproves of their leadership. The IUE CELO board weighs contract matters as it prepares nationwide demonstrations for June 5 against GE wage offers.
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General Electric Company
James D. Carey
U.I.U. International Union Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers
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General Electric Co
Carey
United Electrical Workers Union
United Electrical Workers’ Union
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Soas L. R. Boulware
G.E
New York
1.U.E
Lu.e-C.lo
Presbyterians Change Remarriage Rules in Churchs Assembly
The 2 500 000 member Presbyterian Church in the U S A approved revising remarriage policy requiring a year after divorce before a minister may remarry and removing the phrase about remarrying the innocent party. The General Assembly also endorsed cooperative plans with the Presbyterian Church in the U S A and United Presbyterian Church, including a common hymnbook and future merger talks. Dr Ralph W Lloyd reported Protestant persecution in Colombia with some 2000 cases since 1949.
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Ito
Ralph W. Lloyd
Maryville College
Maryville
Tenn
Henry L. McCorkle
Philadelphia
Colombia
South America
McCorkle
Presbyterian Life
Demotions at Pusan Command Prompt Comment Silence
The Second Logistical Command at Pusan with jurisdiction over Kose was reprimanded. Yount de clined a comment. General James A. Van Fleet, commander of the Eighth Army, refused to discuss the demotions beyond noting that the Washington announcement speaks for itself.
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Yount
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Washington
Air War yields heavy losses as communists grow stronger
Airmen report at least 14 enemy dead and extensive damage to supply hubs near Kiyang southwest of Pyongyang. Fifth Air Force, Marine and allied aircraft bombed rail bridges, power stations, warehouses and coal works while strafing trucks and enemy positions. Ground fighting escalates with 6194 artillery rounds and multiple Red positions reported hit.
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Fifth Air Force
Kiyang
Pyongyang
Kwaksan
Sinuiju i
Yalu
Air Force
Marines
Eighth Army
Panmunjom
Thief Has a Heart Overlooks $205
Louis La Vallee aged 58 of 409 Niagara Street said a thief with a conscience took $91 from his wallet while he slept. He claimed the wallet previously held $296 but shrank to $205 when he awoke.
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Louis LA Vallee
Niagara St
Lava
Aid Bill Sparks House Clash Over European Defense Aid
The House attacked foreign aid with deep cuts to European economic and military aid as it shifts toward Senate plans. Acheson travels to Bonn as lawmakers edge toward a final package, with Taft backing but not leading a six billion dollar bill. Republican and southern Democratic absences shift power temporarily amid battles over cuts to European divisions, aircraft, and naval units.
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Taft Ike clash shapes G O P race at Minneapolis convention
Minnesota prepares for at large delegates to fill the state’s 28 vote quota with Gov. C Elmer Anderson and Eisenhower supporters expected to win posts. The Minneapolis contest centers on electing a G O P national committeeman as Taft leads Eisenhower in delegate tallies while Thye shifts to Eisenhower. Democratic race shows Russell Harriman Kennedy totals as conventions lift delegates.
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Oursler a Multifaceted Writer and Editor of Early 20th Century Media
Oursler rose as music and drama critic then wrote short stories for magazines. He edited the New York Music Trade in 1920 and Metropolitan Magazine in 1923, later leading Liberty and MacFadden publications. He authored The Spider and other mystery thrillers and wrote Modern Parables and Why I Know There Is a God. He collaborated on Father Flanagan of Boys Town with his son Will and contributed to numerous major magazines and radio. He lectured widely and served as a trustee and president in literary and religious groups.
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Metropolitan Magazine
Liberty
MacFadden Publications
Oursler
God
Father Flanagan
Will Oursler
American Mercury
Atlantic ‘Monthly
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Reader’s Digest
Good House
Andrew Carnegie Fund For
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Catholic Institute of the Press
Alco ‘Holics Anonymous Foundation
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County Directors Face Scrutiny In Onondaga County Debate
A county executive form for larger counties is defended as efficient without harming towns. Critics fear politics and a dictatorship, but supporters argue the director would direct, not run departments, with the board appointing a competent leader and public pressure guiding choice. A referendum is urged this year.
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Onondaga County
Onondaga
Board of Supervisors
Court House
Early film era figure Oursler linked to Gable and two marriages
The obituary notes L. J. Oursler, linked with stars in early cinema, his hobbies in magic ventriloquism and poisonous plants, and his two marriages. It records his 1911 marriage to Rose Keller Karger producing two children Helen and William, and a 1925 marriage to Grace Perkins producing Grace April and Charles Fulton.
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Richard Bennett
Clark Gable
West Falmouth
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William
Grace Perkins
Grace April
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Directions to Bennett Road from Fairmount Corners
20 minutes from downtown. Go out W Genesee Street, turn right at Fairmount Corners. Take first left after bridge, then first right is Bennett Road.
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Fairmount Corners
Bridge
Bennett Road
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