Chicago gamblers fall to triggermen in South Side killings
Three underworld slayings in two weeks appear tied to a city clean-up campaign. Norton Polsky, 26, was stalked and shot as he neared his home. Leo Friedman, 33, and George Si 26, were killed in similar fashion as they returned to residences. Police believe organized crime bosses may be colliding over scarce gambling territories.
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Chicago
Norton Polsky
Leo
Little Sneeze) Friedman
George
Bulldog
William Touhy
Lawndale Station
Martin H. Kennelly
Touhy
Polsky
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Friedman
Juke Box Company
India orders forces to invade Hyderabad to stop border raids
New Delhi directed its army and police to invade the princely state of Hyderabad if needed to end raids along the Hyderabad India border after talks failed. Nehru ordered quelling border incidents even by pursuing those responsible into Hyderabad territory amid tensions with the Moslem state.
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New Delhi
India
Hyderabad
Hyderabad-India
V. P B. Menon
Ministry of Indian States
Laik Ali
Walter Monckton
Menon
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Nizam
Army Seeks 27000 Nurses for Reserves Recruit
The Army invites 27000 nurses nationwide for organized reserves with about 25000 remaining in civilian roles and not called to duty unless national emergency. About 2000 will serve on extended active duty in 1948. RN candidates aged 21 to 45 may apply regardless of prior service. contact Captain Helen Sanderson at the Pocatello station on Friday June 11 between 9 am and 1 pm. Guernsey cattle first entered the United States in the early 1880s.
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Army
Erik Erickson
Army and
Air Force
Capain
Helen Sanderson
Pocatello Army and Air Force
Accidents Kill Two In Salt Lake City Area
A ten year old boy, Edmund Melvin McClain, died after crashing through a door glass and suffering a severed artery in the groin. A nine year old girl, Virginia Allsop, drowned in Little Cottonwood Creek near Union during spring runoff. her body was recovered downstream. Both incidents prompted investigations by highway patrol and county sheriffs.
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Salt Lake City
Edmund Melvin McClain
Salt Lake
Ed McClain
Virginia Allsop
Cottonwood Creek
Union
Utah
Virginia
John Reuel Allsop
Bacon Quality Linked to Faster Growing Pigs Found
Researchers report that bacon quality improves with pigs that develop more rapidly, suggesting faster growth yields better meat characteristics than slower developing stock.
Royal Couple Will Wed In Greece Today
In Athens the wedding of Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma and former King Michael of Romania takes place in the Greek royal palace drawing room at noon. Archbishop Damaskinos will officiate with a portable Easter altar as King Paul acts as best man and Queen Frederika as matron of honor.
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Greece
Athens
Anne of Bourbon-Parma
Michael
Romania
Anne
Prince Rene
Margrethe
Bourbon-Parma
Erik
Vatican
Damaskinos
Paul
Frederika
Duke of
Aosta
Paris
Ctherine
Maj
Philip Bradham
Britain
Tatai Palace
Lausanne
Switzerland
Ford Unveils New Lighter 1949 Models In Modern Rebuild
Ford announces a radically redesigned 1949 line costing over 37 million dollars to develop. Cars feature lighter bodies, new styling, V-8 and six engines, improved heating and visibility, and a lower silhouette. Public showing at Waldorf Astoria precedes dealer displays nationwide.
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Detroit
Ford
Ford Motor Company
John R. Davis
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
New York
Anderson Wins Race for New Mexico Senate Seat
Clinton P. Anderson won the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in New Mexico. He will face Patrick J. Hurley in November after defeating former Gov. John J. Dempsey by about 10,000 votes with unofficial totals showing 26,108 for Anderson and 17,154 for Dempsey. Anderson resigned as agriculture secretary May 10 to campaign with Truman administration backing. Hurley was unopposed in the Republican primary.
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Santa FE
N.M
Agriculture
Clinton P. Anderson
U.S. Senate
New Mexico
Anderson
Patrick J. Hurley
John J. Dempsey
Dempsey
Washington
Truman
Hurley
Sen
Dennister
U. S
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