Sleepy Time Boy Locks Sleep With Din Of Rescue
Concetta Voss summoned police and fire crews after her husband Carlton Voss slept through the night at 237 Merrimania Street. Officers and firefighters forced entry via the kitchen window and woke the baby, while Carlton remained asleep, undisturbed by the commotion.
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Carlston Vols
Concetta
Merrimanay
Vosses
Carlton
Voss
Louis Mosher
Paul Callahan
Defiant Lee Returns to Work Amid Resignation Push
Michael Lee and William W Remington, two Commerce Department officials earning $10,000 annually, faced calls to resign from Secretary Sawyer. Lee reported for duty despite the rejection of pressure, while Remington had planned a holiday and grand jury appearances, insisting they will not quit.
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Washington
Michael Lee
Commerce Department
Congress
Sawyer
William W Remington
Remington
Department
New York
Lee
Blast Kills Three At Defiance Quarry
A dynamite explosion at the Awe Rintee Stone Co quarry in Defiance killed three workers and injured one. Official reports say the blast occurred in the early hours, with responders finding several casualties at the scene. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
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Defiance
Awe Rintee Stone Co
Lo- Dy
UN Secretary General Trygve Lie Reports on Missions
An editorial by Mardyutt Childs discusses Trygve Lie's latest UN report. The piece stresses utmost seriousness and calls for further steps toward securing peace, urging decisive action based on the secretary general's assessment.
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Trygve Lik
United Nations
Tis
Mardyutt Childs
Ymge
Boy Cyclist Hit and Ticketed After School Collision
Patrolman reports a teacher and pupil collided on a bicycle at Parkay Geddes Street. The pupil, 14, rode an unlicensed bike and was ticketed for driving without a license. The teacher, Henry McLaughlin of 204 Lathrop Ta, will face a youth bureau lecture on bicycle registration.
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Joseph Donahue
Henry" McLaughlin
Lathrop Ta
Parkay
Geddesst
Donahue
Police Youth Bureau
Cigaret Blamed For Fayetteville Woman's Burns
Miss Mary Barder, 28, of 31 Washington St Fayetteville was severely burned when a cigarette ignited her clothing as she dozed in a chair. Neighbors helped extinguish the flames and she and another woman sustained first to third degree burns. University Hospital treated them as officials sought to contact her uncle Dennis Bander.
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Mary Barder
Washington St
Fayetteville
University Hospital
George Abeling, Jr
Barder
jAnna ‘Heffron
No Putsch Berlin Red March Is Peaceful
Berlin report describes a large Communist parade in the city seen as a stalemate rather than a putsch. Tens of thousands of blue uniformed youth plus 10,000 East Zone police officers marched past the reviewing stand with chants against the West and praise for Soviet Russia. Authorities warned of no clear victory for either side as the crisis mood lingered.
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Berlin
Smuch
West
East Germany
Soviet Russia
Wilhelmstrasse
Hitler
Reich
Unter den Linden
Russia
Ing
Wehrmacht
Colum
Flight Terror in Fresno as Gunman Tries to Rule Plane
John O Regan O Reilly a 28 year old Los Angeles man armed with a pistol terrorized 25 passengers aboard a Southern California to Oakland flight. After smashing two windows with a fire extinguisher the plane diverted and landed in Fresno where deputies took him to a psychiatric ward. Passengers including stewardess Joan Herron and Dorothy McKenzie recounted the hour long scare as the gunman demanded loyalty while the aircraft crew tried to calm panicked travelers. O Reilly claimed conspiracies and said he planned to hide in Oakland with his brother awaiting police. He faces assault with a deadly weapon and possible psychiatric examination.
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Fresno
Cali
John O'Reilly
Los Angeles
California
Air Force
Oakland Hound
Magdaline
Oakland
O'Reilly
Joan Herron
Dorothy McKenie
San Francisco
Miss Herron
Cecil Lyons
Bady
O’reilly
Edward O'Reilly
Local Weather Sketch and Odd Personal Notes
A garbled weather–personal notes item reports a cold front east of Syracuse fading by late today with mild tonight and a high near 76 tomorrow. It mentions a jail sentence, a British trip, a baby daughter, and a hospital transfer amid scattered, unclear references to places and people.
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Syracuse
England
Fenty Rhum
Tex
Atlantic
Jmorrow
Amber
Girtl
Britain
Durham
Veronica
Americans to Honor War Dead Tomorrow
Americans prepare quiet ceremonies to honor fallen servicemen as world tensions loom. Memorial services across the United States and overseas will recall World War I and Civil War dead, with flags placed on graves and wreaths sent from President Truman. General Marshall will address events in advance of Memorial Day.
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New York
Anion Services
Tha V Sernes
Washington
United Aylmer
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Hawaii
Hector Fortin
Lake Reschenes
Eugene Crotean
Roger Renaud
Banko game at Cleveland theater shocks audience
The Cleveland theater manager rattled off 85 numbers in a game of Banko before any response came. When the sixth number was read, half the audience screamed Banko. Wander claimed all cards, identical, were likely packaged in error by the equipment supplier, prompting a $1 stake from Wander on 250 patrons.
Lie Reports to Acheson on Cold War Peacemaking Talks
Secretary General Trygve Lie told Secretary of State Acheson about major Cold War peacemaking efforts in Moscow and European capitals during a 70 minute confidential State Department discussion. Acheson then briefed President Truman on London talks and renewed foreign minister meetings while Lie, back from Western and Soviet meetings, aimed to restart urgent East West talks.
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Washington
UFI
Trygve Lie
Acheson
Moscow
State Department
Truman
London
Lie
White House
Janny
Memorial Day Accident Toll Rises Across Nation
The four day Memorial Day weekend brought 250 accidental deaths, including 181 traffic fatalities as highways carried an estimated 300 million cars. Drownings reached four Texas residents after a fishing boat capsized, with nine traffic deaths and six drownings reported in New York.
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Chicago
Downings
National Safety Council
Fort Worth
Tex
New York
US paratrooper drops out of world record attempt
Fort Bragg paratrooper Pte Neal Stewart 22 of Birmingham Alabama failed to set a world record after eight misses in a grassy drop zone at Clinton NC airport. He landed in a ditch five times on the runway and escaped serious injury. Stewart aimed for 76 jumps, surpassing a May 1948 Yugoslav tally. he noted Argentina’s claimed 105 in a day.
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Clinton
N.C
Fort Bragg
Neal Stewart
Bimingham
Ala
Stewart
London
Argentina
Miner Wins Back Work After Airline Crash
New York UP report says thirteen passengers and crew walked away from a Colonial Airlines DC-3 crash at LaGuardia. Miner Lloyd Sidener, ousted March 7 during a coal mine dispute, was reinstated at $21.05 daily after a pardon from the United Mine Workers local. The calm landing left the airline with no deaths and a spotless safety record.
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New York
Ourliner
LaGuardia Field
Colonial Airlines
Dc-A
Lloyd Sidener
United
Nerel
Lema
Sidener
Montried
Airibe
Quiet ends on Chicago crime scene as federal probes loom
Federal and local gambling investigations have quieted underworld activity in Chicago as a Senate probe looms. Mob bosses like Capone and Burk have fled to obscure resorts or abroad, while Chicago Mayor Kenelly’s cleanup and the inquiry dampen syndicate operations nationwide. Some bookies suspend or relocate, with Miami hosting secret hearings drawing attention to the crackdown.
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Chicago
Federal J
Fim
Senate
Ralpa
Capone
Jake Burk
Sammy Hunt
Senate Committee
Martin H. Kennelly
Leutenants
New York
Florida
South America
Senet Ate Committee
Miami
Sales Tax Drops in New York City Revenue Figures
New York City records show sales tax receipts down six million dollars for the 20 month period ending April 30. Seven other special taxes yielded smaller returns than the prior period, with total levies for the 10 month span at 155,388,650, down 46,099,145 from the previous period, potentially influencing real estate tax decisions.
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New York
New York City
Poor Policy The War and a Sam Patch Joke
A late Waller Huston quotation discusses war fatigue and the need for decisive action. The piece recalls Sam Patch, a Croy don Four Corners character, who flirts with a boy about measuring heat, joking the thermometer will wear out if kept runnin' up and down the tube.
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Waller ‘Huston
Patch
Sam Patch
Avas
Croydon Four Corners
Sam
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