Eisler Dragged From Polish Liner To Face Extradition
Gerhart Eisler, labeled the No 1 Communist agent in the United States, was dragged ashore from the Polish liner Batory at Southampton and jailed to await extradition to the United States. British police will escort him to London for Bow Street Court proceedings on passport fraud and contempt of Congress.
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South Hampton
England
Gerhart Eisler
Batory
United States
Eisler
Southampton
London
Bow Street Court
Jan Cwiklinski
The
U. S
New York
Scotland Yard
Home Office
Polish exile fugitive Eisler arrested aboard liner Batory
Eisler, a bespectacled fugitive, resisted arrest by two policemen on a liner en route from New York to Gdynia Poland. He aimed to reach sanctuary behind Poland’s iron curtains but was escorted to the waiting tender amid a crowd charmed by the drama and shouted warnings from crew and passengers.
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Eisler
Poland
New York
Gdynia
Baltic Sea
Southampton
Scotland Yard
W. E. Bray
Costello Ordered to Bed. Stebbins to Promote May Fight
Lou Costello was ordered to rest and Artie Stebbins took over as co promoter for the Ike Williams Enrique Bolanos world lightweight title bout on May 26 in Los Angeles. The event aims to raise 83000 for the Lou Costello Junior Youth Foundation while Mrs. Costello says her husband will attend if able after rest.
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Los Angeles
Lou Costello
Artie Stebbins
Ike Williams
Enrique Bolanos
Stebbins
Joe Louis
Bud Abbott
Costello
Porter on his own melodies and the word for others
The composer reflects on why his music feels different from others. He names Dick Rodgers as holy, Jerome Kern as sentimental, Irving Berlin as simplicity, and admits uncertainty about his own musical character.
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Dick Rodgers
Jerome Kern
Irving Berlin
Cole Porter
Frigidaire Announces Broad Price Reductions on Refrigerators
Frigidaire division of General Motors in Dayton announced price cuts on 13 household refrigerator models up to 23 dollars. The average reduction is 10 dollars effective immediately. General manager Mason M. Roberts said gains in production efficiency and material cost reductions made the cuts possible.
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Dayton, O
Frigidaire
General Motors
Mason M. Roberts
Frigidairs
Four Winners Share $164000 Nenana Ice Pool Jackpot
Four contestants split a $164000 prize as the Tanana river ice broke at 2 39 p m PST marking spring in Nenana Alaska. Olaf Efkkila J A Lay Ino Nickelson and Betty Dean each receive 41000. The May 14 break is the earliest on record.
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Nenana
Alaska
Tanana River
Olaf Efkkila
Anchorage
J. A. Lay
Fairbanks
Ino Nickelson
Betty Dean
U. S
Dawson
Yukon Territory
Loyalty Probes Were Successful
Attorney General Tom Clark said that less than one sixth of one percent of federal employees checked in Truman's loyalty test required further investigation. About 2,000,000 government workers were screened, with a small group either dismissed, resigned, or cleared.
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South Bend
Ind
Tom Clark
Truman
Passengers Live After Sedan Crashes Under Truck
Dr Eugene W Hitchman 44 of San Jose Calif survives a severe crash when his sedan smashed beneath a cement laden truck trailer. He suffers head injuries and a broken arm. the other occupant also survives.
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Eugene W. Hitchman
San Jose
Calif
Helen Young
Francis Beard
Hitchman
Hill
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