Justice Harlan Stone Dies After Notable Dissent
Washington AP Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone dies at 73 ending his active dissenting role on the Supreme Court. The seven man bench faced a vacancy as Truman weighed possible appointees including Douglas Jackson and Frankfurter. The president called the loss a grave national setback while aboard the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt en route to naval maneuvers off Virginia.
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Harlan Stone
Supreme Court
Washington
Harlan F. Stone
Truman
Stone
Enamele Dunilash
Winue Wahtu Vii
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Virginia
Mr. Truman
William O. Douglas
Robert H. Jackson
Felix Frankfurter
Hugo Black
Stanley F. Reed
Frank Murphy
Wiley Rutledge
Robert P. Patterson
Millions in Need of Food for European Children
Maurice Pate, adviser to Herbert Hoover on child food issues, says 20 to 30 million European children need aid and that a $100 million program is required for an adequate supplementary feeding plan. He cites Poland as having the worst conditions and outlines a daily 600 calorie meal target.
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Maurice Pate
Herbert Hoover
Europe
Pate
New York
Poland
Finland
Sweden
Norway
England
Netherlands
Belgium
Denmark
Germany
Austria
Yugoslavia
Greece
Hoover
U. S
Austria Seeks U N Troop Guard for Occupation Change
President Karl Renner told 14 American editors in Vienna that Austria prefers an international force under United Nations command to supervise the occupancy now by four powers. He proposed 30 000 troops to guard frontiers and warned disruption if the Potsdam reparations interpretation prevails. Renner urged a future with one great power of the United Nations and a strong free press.
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Vienna
Karl Renner
Austria
United Nations
U.N
Potsdam
Renner
Mark W. Clark
Bill Adds to Family Aid for Large Families
Senator Gossett introduces a veterans bill expanding pension benefits for large families and allows gifts to the Veterans Bureau for ex service men in institutions. Current widows and children pensions cap at 100 dollars monthly per family. bill would remove this limit. The administrator Omar says the measure would cost 264000 dollars for about 2000 families.
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Washington
Sen. Gossett
Idaho
Veterans’ Bureau
Gossett
Omar
Hughes Files Damage Suit Against MPA Over The Outlaw
Howard Hughes filed a damage suit against the Motion Picture Association of America claiming possible damages up to 5 million dollars for its rejection of advertising material for his film The Outlaw. The petition seeks 1 million dollars in one count and up to 5 million if the MPA withdraws its approval. Hughes resigned from the MPA hours before a scheduled appearance to discuss potential grounds for suspension or expulsion. Eric Johnston cited a violation of the advertising code’s standards of good taste.
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New York
Howard Hughes
Motion Picture Association of America
MPA
Hughes
Association
Eric Johnston
Crash Kills 18 in Nicaragua Flight Near Managua
Miami headquarters of Taca Airways said 18 people were killed when a plane crashed after takeoff near Libertad, 50 miles east of Managua. Twenty one aboard. a child unhurt and the pilot and co-pilot listed as injured.
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Fla
Taca Airways
Libertad
Managua
Nicaragua
Idahoans protest low rate granted by U P to Utahns
Boise readers learn Union Pacific officials testified at an interstate commerce hearing into lower freight rates for groceries shipped from Salt Lake City and Ogden to Idaho Falls Twin Falls and Pocatello. The Salt Lake Ogden to Idaho routes were suspended pending ruling after a Utah firm threatened to switch carriers.
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Boise
Union Pacific Railroad
Utah
Idaho
L. D. Smith
Omaha
Nebr
Commerce Bureau of the Railroad
Interstate Commerce Com
Pocatello
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Idaho Falls
Twin Falls
James Scowcroft
Prices Rocket BOISE Strawberry Prices Jump 40 Percent
Removal of price controls on strawberries led to a about 40 percent price rise, said Lloyd Bell district OPA price executive. Officials will reinstate controls if prices rise unduly. ceiling prices removed April 12 were 42 cents per pint cup, with current prices at 55 to 60 cents.
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Boise
Lloyd Bell
OPA
Bell
Peace Parley To Draw Treaty Terms In Paris Showdown Looms
Four foreign ministers Byrnes Molotov Bevin Bidault gather in the Luxembourg palace Paris to draft postwar peace treaties with Italy Hungary Romania Bulgaria and Finland The talks will shape the future of the United Nations and the Anglo Russian spheres of influence with Italy at the center of the realignment.
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DeWitt MacKensie
Paris
Byrnes
America
Molotov
Russia
Bevin
Britain
Bidault
France
United Nations Peace Organization
U.N
Luxembourg Palace
Italy
Hungary
Romania
Bulgaria
Finland
Detweiler Drops Gubernatorial Bid for Robins Support
Twin Falls Idaho bulletin reports W H Detweiler of Hazelton will not seek the Idaho governor race in the coming primary. He endorses Dr C A Robins of St Maries, shifting GOP battle toward Robins and ex Gov C A Bottolfsen. In New York Andrei Gromyko demands the UN Security Council drop the Iranian case from its agenda.
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Idaho
W. H. Detweiler
Hazelton
C. A. Robins
St. Maries
Dr. Robins
C. A. Bottolfsen
New York
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations Security Council
Secret agents seek four Poles tied to Nazi arsenic poisonings
Reports from Frankfurt indicate United States agents are pursuing four Polish citizens, former Nazi concentration camp inmates, in connection with arsenic poisonings affecting 2 283 S88 elite guards at a Nürnberg prison camp over the past week. In California, Patton estate probate sets value at 225 000 to 250 000 dollars.
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Frankfurt
Germany
United States
Nuernberg
Los Angeles
George 8. Patton
Third Army
Patton
California
Capper asks halt to drafting farmers in war effort
Senator Capper of Kansas urges President Truman to stop drafting and keeping farmers in military service. He argues draft harms farm production and hinders relief for famine sufferers, and he sends the request to Matthew J. Connally, secretary to the president.
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Washington
Sen. Capper
Stone Rites Thursday for Chief Justice Harlan F Stone
The funeral for Chief Justice Harlan F Stone will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in Washington Cathedral. Burial will follow at Arlington or a local cemetery in Washington D.C. The service will be attended by legal figures and government leaders.
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Washington
Harlan F. Stone
Washington Cathedral
Berserk Sailor Slays Nine on LST in Yangtze Tragedy
A 19 year old seaman second class, L. B. Smith of Asheville North Carolina killed nine shipmates and wounded one aboard an LST on the Yangtze River then stabbed himself. The gunman was disarmed by a fellow sailor and knocked down with a metal bench as a court of inquiry is prepared. Smith faced a 50 50 chance of surviving three deep abdominal wounds.
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Yangtze River
Navy
L. B. Smith
Asheville
N.C
Smith
Kenneth M. Stalnecker
Reading
Repose
United States
LST
Chinese Air Force Uses U S Planes Over Szepingkai
A report from Gen. Marshall's HQ said Chinese air force planes, supplied by the United States, operated over Szepingkai. A Chinese pilot Lt. Chen is missing after the operation. Communist claims of an American pilot killed were denied by U S sources. Marking U S aircraft with Chinese air force IDs was recommended. Communist dispatches say National First Army and 71st Army divisions attacked Szepingkal since April 18 and still held the city by Saturday.
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Chungking
Szepingkai
United States
George C. Marshall
Mukden
Chen
Prisoners Threaten to Kill Hostages at Milan Prison
In San Vittore, rioting inmates held 25 hostages since Sunday and warned they would hang them if demands are not met by tomorrow. About 2,500 prisoners exchanged fire with surrounding police as 1,000 officers backed by reinforcements surrounded the facility. A police commissioner and aides were seized amid the revolt.
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Milan
Italy
San Vittore
Stores to Aid Famine Relief Mobilized by Merchants
A merchants committee has been formed to enlist department stores in the famine relief program. The group, announced after President Truman's Famine Emergency committee meeting at the White House, will seek aid via advertising window displays and through department store cafeterias and tea rooms. Honorary chairman is C. B. Dulcan Sr., VP and GM of Hecht Co. of Washington.
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Truman
White House
C. B. Dulcan, Sr
Hecht Company of
Washington
Beet outlook rises in Utah Idaho Sugar plan
The Utah Idaho Sugar company expects to produce about 1 500 000 tons of sugar in the 1946 47 season, says general manager Douglas E Scalley. Expected total is 25 percent higher than 1945 46. About 75 percent of a projected 95 000 acre field is already under contract.
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Salt Lake City
Utah-Idaho Sugar Company
Douglas E. Scalley
Scalley
Mussolini's Body Missing From Milan Pauper's Grave
Milan officials report Mussolini's body removed overnight from Maggiore cemetery by unknown persons. An inquiry is under way to determine who was responsible, with conflicting details about how much of the body remained in the coffin.
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Milan
Benito Mussolini
Maggiore
Tl Journal
Rome
Underground German weapon plant blown up at Minden
British army engineers destroyed a large German underground factory at Porta Hill Minden using nearly nine tons of high explosives. The site built into rock under a Kaiser Wilhelm I memorial covered about 131000 square feet.
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Minden
Germany
Porta Hill
Kaiser Wilhelm I
Shidehara To Lead Party Amid Coalition Talks
Premier Shidehara accepted the Progressive party leadership and then shifted focus to a two party coalition plan with the Social Democrats and Liberals. Hatoyama led Liberal demands for premiership while Social Democrats pressed a defense based on their philosophy. Confere nces followed with Gen MacArthur's headquarters asked for guidance on leadership viability.
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Shidehara
Progressive Party
Social Democrat
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Liberal Party
Ichiro Hatoyama
Hatouyama
Douglas MacArthur
Soviet Losing U N Appeal in Iran Case at UN
At New York, the big three in the UN security council resume their fight over Russia’s bid to move attention from Iran. Gromyko’s support comes from Poland and France, while the eight-nation majority led by the United States and Britain backs keeping jurisdiction until the May 6 deadline for Russia to withdraw its Red Army from Iran.
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United Nations Security Council
Iran
Russia
Spain
Poland
Francisco Franco
Andrei A. Gromyko
France
United States
Great Britain
Strike Continues at Triumph Mine as Union Talks Go On
A week into the strike by 180 miners at the Tri umph mine, CIO Mine Mill and Smelter Workers union officials met with company representatives in an effort to settle the dispute. The workers seek about a 30 percent wage increase and the reinstatement of two employees discharged April 12.
Express Employes To Strike Friday In Wage Dispute
About 65 000 Express Agency workers plan a 12 01 a m Friday strike over wages. The AFL union says the firm refused a 16 cent rise tied to railroad workers. Company offers 10 cents, with no definite strike date.
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Railway Express Agency, Inc
Eer
George M. Harrison
AFL Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks
Cincinnati
Harrison
National Mediation Board
Railway Arbitration Board
Office Seeks Cause for Suit Shortage
Washington reports a civilian production administration survey of 80 manufacturers to find why output of inexpensive men’s suits fell nearly one million short of the 3.5 million goal for the first quarter. Officials expect to learn in a few days what new steps are needed to raise production to schedule at Maj. Gen. request.
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Washington
Civilian Production Administration
Death ends Lionel Atwill film career in Hollywood
Hollywood mourns the death at age 61 of Lionel Atwill at his Pacific Palisades home after a pneumonia relapse. The London stage alum, once married to Louise MacArthur, rose to fame as a versatile film character actor with early stage work in Walls of Jericho and a noted Royal Theatre run in Milestones.
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Lionel Atwill
London
Atwill
Pacific Palisades
Paula
Louise MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Croydon
England
Walls of Jericho
Fire Fatal to Three in Detroit Garage Incident
Three little girls died after candles they lit ignited a blaze in a Detroit garage where they were playing. The Monday night fire trapped them inside the structure.
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Detroit
Iran assures no censorship of US dispatches
The U S State Department said Iran promised reporters will be notified if stories are suspended and denied any blanket censorship. Premier Qavam said no censorship had been imposed and cited the Madrid treaty of 1932 as a rule for restricted dispatches.
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State Department
Iran
United States
Ahmed Qavam
U. 8
Qavam
Department
Madrid
Ran
London Times
Muzaffar Firouz
Tehran
Firouz
London
Indian Shoots White Man on Fort Hall Reservation
Oscar Armstrong a non Indian was shot by an unidentified Indian on the Fort Hall reservation about 10 30 a m Monday. He was moved to St Anthony hospital in Pocatello after being struck in the left chest. FBI agents were called to investigate and were working in Pocatello with no further details.
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Fort Hall
Katie Misner
Don Armstrong
Armstrong
Norman
Don
Blackfoot
St. Anthony
Pocatello
FBI
St. Anthony Hospital
Forrest Howard
Candidate Fears Kidnapers Hides in Philippine Hills
Unofficial returns show Manuel Roxas leading with 6 317 votes and President Sergio Osmena at 2 794 from 67 precincts in the Philippines election. Manila reports Roxas rumored to flee to hills as nearly 3 000 000 voters choose leaders for independent Philippines amid quiet grounds and a gate guarded by machine guns.
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Manila
Manuel Roxas
Sergio Osmena
Philippines
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