New York Wholesale Prices Show Mixed Movement
Independent stores report higher sales and active buyers in early April. The AP wholesale commodity index for food hit a yearly low at 145.12 while total cost for 31 foods stood at 6.76 dollars, with beef ham cheese and rice up. Meat output is down 10 percent from last year but fruit and vegetable demand remains firm.
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New ‘York
Sma
Rham
Associated Press
Don & Bradstreet
New York
Washington
House of Representatives
Department of Agriculture
Baltimore Plans Lee and Jackson Statue Dedication
Baltimore prepares to unveil a large bronze statue of Generals Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson parting before Chancellorsville. The ceremony is set for Saturday, 85 years after the battle, with Confederate battle flags requested to decorate the unveiling site.
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Baltimore
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Chancellorsville
Jackson
Army Airmen Killed in Training Crash Near Bolling Field
Three U S Army airmen died when their trainer crashed in a swamp southeast of Bolling Field Washington D C The victims were Col L G Feigel Arlington Va pilot Tech Sgt Malcolm J Miller Wilmerding Pa and Sgt Ottist B Stiller Salisbury NC The plane was en route from Mitchell Field N Y to Bolling Field Officials said no others were aboard and a farm operator reported watching the craft bank and plunge in flames.
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Army
Yesters
Heres
Washington Base
Mitchell Field
N. I
Chester Mohler
Bolling ‘Field
L. G Feigel
Arington
Air Force
Pentagor
Tech
Malcolm J. Miller
Wilmerding
Del
Clifford L. Miller
Fort Os‘Tethorpe
Ottist B. Stiller
Salisbury
N.C
Firebug Uses Explosive Powder in Mountain Town Fires
Police hunt a firebug in Maryland West Virginia area after at least 12 incendiary blazes follow the theft of explosives from a mine. A powder stick and two similar sticks were found at local sites including a water tower control room and a pulp and paper plant. Authorities link fires, theft, and planted charges as they seek to restrain the suspect with a large stock of torches still at large.
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Luke
West Virginia Pulp
Mint Juleps Endorsement From Medico In Atlanta
Dr. George R. Herrman of Texas University told Georgia physicians that mint juleps dilate the arteries of the heart and may help ward off rising heart disease by encouraging a calmer pace of life. He urged a return to slower Southern traditions and more moderate sipping to relieve stress on the heart.
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Atlanta
George R. Herrman
Herrman
Texas University
Georgia
Two Million Man Defense Force Size Planned
The article outlines a peacetime force of about 2,004,000 with a Marine Corps of 108,000 and 46,000 in the organized reserve, alongside 60 National Guard aviation groups. It discusses a ground army of 23 to 30 divisions, a Navy of 990 ships, and an air force of 110 to 120 groups, aiming to deter invasion and deny bases if attacked while enabling limited action and eventual buildup.
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Air
National Guard
Marine Corps
United States
Joint Chiefs
White House
State Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Japan
Okinawa
Europe
Navy
Pacific
Atlantic
Truce Sought To Save Jerusalem Debate On Interim Trusteeship
The committee weighs an American plan for an interim UN trusteeship in Palestine as British mandate ends May 15. No vote on retaining or scrapping the 1947 plan to partition into Jewish and Arab states. Washington names John Hilldring as Palestine affairs chief amid policy speculation. Security Council to resume debate on Czechoslovakia with Chile accusing Moscow of engineering Prague coup.
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Mittee
U. N
Palestine
Assembly
Holy Land
U. S
Washington
John H. Hilldring
Security Council
Czechoslovakia
Chile
Russia
Prague
Anti Red Bill Threatens Citizenship and Party Registration
The plan seeks to outlaw the Communist party as a secret organization by forcing annual registration with the Justice Department and listing members. False registration could bring five years in jail and a 36 000 fine. The bill would bar Communists from passports and certain jobs, require labeling of propaganda, and force disclosure of funding sources.
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Nixon
Communist Party
Justice Department
New York
Supreme Court
Nizon
Ison
Fear Another Freeze Tonight in Western Maryland Orchard Report
Weather outlook for Washington County warns of more frost with 32 to 38 degree temperatures tonight and Friday. Orchards in Hancock show minimal frost at 37 but damage potential remains if temperatures dip below freezing. crop from the cold snap will be light, with Western Maryland fruit crops cut to a third to a fourth. Clearspring escaped damage, while Keadynville reported a low of 35 and a high of 53 with no frost.
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Maryland
Washington County
Dunbar
Hancock
Weather Bureau
J. A. Miller
Keadynville
Abandoned hut in western New South Wales bears odd settlement note
The door of a derelict hut lists distances to nearest amenities and offers the farm to whoever finds it. The message claims the narrator and a companion have left for the city, inviting a pioneer to settle the west.
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Sydney
Australia
New South Wales
Talesua
Local Inventor Showcases Air-O-Car Concept
Johnny Davis of Hagerstown, long with Fairchild Aircraft, unveils his Air-O-Car model a hybrid auto aircraft designed to fly into airports and drive to nearby cities. Davis notes its stability and retractable wings for emergency use and plans to exhibit at the Scout-O-Rama at the fairgrounds.
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Davis
Army Air Force
Fairchild Aircraft
Airocar
Johnny Davis
Sanford
Florida
Waneta
Fairgrounds
Jobs Guarding Nazis At Spandau Prison Draw Applicants
After a year with no U S guard, two vacancies at Spandau Prison drew a flood of applications from Belgium Holland France England Hungary the United States Canada and many German locations. The openings were for supervising Rudolf Hess and six other surviving Nazi war criminals with a gross annual salary of 361 percent dollars.
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Berliz
Rudolf Hess
Spandau
U. S
Berlin
Associated Press
Belgium
Holland
France
England
Hungary
United States
Canada
Germany
Hard Luck Hits Family Three Times In A Row
Livingston Montana April 28 report details a chain of accidents hitting the Bekemans family. Mrs Joe Bekemans Jr. fractured her ankle after a fall downstairs while Mrs Joe Bekemans Sr. broke her wrist in a stair fall. Ten year old Dreyfus Sekemans injured an arm falling while at play.
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Livingston, Mont
Joe Bekemans
Joe Bekemans, Jr
Bekemans
Dreyfus Sekemans
PM Newspaper Finally Sold
A west coast attorney and a Manhattan newsman bought controlling interest in PM, the eight year old New York City newspaper. Bartley C Crum San Francisco lawyer and Joseph Barnes foreign editor of the New York Herald Tribune own the stake, with Meher Marshall Field retaining a minority share. No immediate changes planned in personnel or policy. The CIO New York Newspaper Guild approved the sale. Field had announced last March 12 he would discontinue publication unless a buyer was found.
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New York
Manhattan
New York City
Bartley C. Crum
San Francisco
Joseph Barnes
New York Herald Tribune
PM Pub- Meher
Marshall Field
Field
Cram
Barnes
CIO New York Newspaper Guild
Oleo Battle Moves Through Senate In Dairy State Fight
An Agriculture Committee member vows to defeat a service tax bill targeting oleo with specific duties. The proposal would levy cents per pound on colored and uncolored oleo and annual charges on manufacturers wholesalers and retailers, drawing opposition from dairy-state representatives.
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Agriculture Committee
Boy’s Day At The Circus Stirs Reporter
A New York boy visits the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden. An accompanying letter says he paraded before the elephants from East 4th Street and Second Avenue to the Garden. The boy’s mother forbids another circus trip.
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New York
Johns O’railly
New York Herald Tribune
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Madison Square Garden
Mr. O
Boy Receives Circus Reward For Elephant Parade
Nine year old Dion Rummage was photographed away from home and faced trouble until O'Reilly advised Dion's parents to change the punishment. Circus President John Ringling North praised Dion's handling of the elephant parade and noted no elephants were missing after the event.
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Dion
O'Reilly
John Ringling North
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