Egypts New Prime Minister suspends Parliament for 30 days
Cairo report says Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha announced a 30 day suspension of Parliament and moves to purge government corruption. He seeks talks with Britain on Suez Canal Zone and Sudan while Fuad University is closed after a student sit down protest. Maher Pasha resigned last weekend. Western observers expect continued alignment with the West.
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Sudan
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Maher Pasha
Lions Club to Screen Valley Color Film “Daughter of the Stars”
The Lions Club will show the Shenandoah Valley color film Daughter of the Stars at tomorrow’s regular luncheon at the Gorge Washington Hotel. The film by Shenandoah Valley, Inc. features scenes from the city and the 1951 Apple Blossom Festival and is set for general release this spring.
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Lydia Pinkham's Compound Promised Relief for Menstrual Pain
The ad claims Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound provides relief in three of four cases for monthly pains cramps and backaches. It markets a new iron containing tablet and promotes use during the month for comfort before and during periods and for hot flashes of menopause.
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Lydia Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham's
McCarthy Seeks Foley Testimony On Tax Interference
Senator McCarthy urged the Senate Expenditures Committee to summon Edward H. Foley Jr to testify in a closed session about alleged efforts to intervene in tax cases. John Dunlap, rev enue commissioner, denied any interference by Foley or the Treasury during his tenure. The panel weighs Truman’s IRS reorganization plan, which would reduce district offices and shift authority under civil service.
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McCarthy
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Edward H. Foley, Jr
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Foley
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D-Ark
Senate
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
John B. Dunlap
Bureau
Dunlap
Treasury
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Collectors of Internal Revenue
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George
Congress
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Civil Service
Heart Attack Fatal To Woman On Bus
Mrs. Virginia Campbell Helsley aged 52 wife of Earl G Helsley of Woodstock died on the American Viscose Plant bus en route to Warren County Memorial Hospital Saturday after finishing work at 7 o clock. She was stricken with a heart attack and died on arrival. She had been under a physician’s care for a heart condition.
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Earl G. Helsley
Woodstock
Warren County Memorial Hospital
Helstey
Daily crossword puzzle clues mixed with scattered notes
Puzzle clues span Across and Down entries with partial word lists and stray phrases including river bottom Bury therefore equipment and other scattered hints. The text resembles a clipped crossword page with mixed up numbers names and stray terms rather than a coherent news item.
Truth as Greatest Magic Feat Said by Amateur Magician
John J. McManus a New York corporation attorney and collector of magic apparatus argues the best magic trick is telling the truth He recalls his war work profiting from defense contracts and notes magic influences from hypnotism to political deception with Houdin and phrenology cited as historical uses He quips about stockholders distracted at meetings by sawing a vice president in half.
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New York
John J. McManus
Washington
McManus
Robert Houdin
Soviet Encyclopedia Declares God a Myth
A Warsaw translated excerpt from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia 1950 51 brands God as a mythic fictional personality. It argues progressive materialistic science rejects faith in God and calls for destroying religious survivals amid contradictions in both testaments.
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Rome
Warsaw
Compound 62 Festering Sore In U N POW Camp
KOJE ISLAND Korea Compound 62 a barbed wire enclosure housing about 5900 Communist led inmates is a festering sore in the United Nations prisoner of war camp. Violence exceeds that of other compounds with 55 prisoners killed and 159 wounded, including 23 dead since. One American soldier died and 39 were wounded.
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Korea
United Nations
U. N
Pal Readies Martian Invasion Film With Grounded Fury
Hollywood columnist notes George Pal’s next sci fi project costs about two million dollars with Martians attacking Earth in ships like stingrays using disintegration rays. Previous hits Destination Moon and When Worlds Collide earned millions. Pal plans Zyra colonists and a Houdini biopic between sci fi films.
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Pal
H. G. Wells
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Harry Houdini
Lady Wonder the Rich mond Mare Reads and Writes
Lady Wonder a 26 year old mare near Richmond Virginia is said to spell words solve arithmetic and foresee the future using blocks and a keyboard Mrs C D Fonda owner credits the horse with extrasensory perception tested by Richard F Dempewolff and Dr J B Rhine of Duke University who affirm remarkable abilities
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Popular Mechanics
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Richmond
Virginia
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Dempewolff
Chappaqua
J. B. Rhine
Duke University
Influenza Epidemic Seems to Be Easing in Local Schools
The flu outbreak appears to be abating in city schools with near normal attendance. Ha reported 70 pupils absent across high and elementary grades, while Virginia Avenue 36, Douglas 15, and John Kerr 34. County schools remain hard hit, with James Wood showing 125 absentees, near the worst of the epidemic.
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Douglas
John Kerr
James Wood
FBI raids seize 327 coin operated machines in Tennessee
FBI agents conducted morning raids in 23 Tennessee cities and seized 327 coin operated gambling machines valued near 40 000 dollars. J Edgar Hoover announced the nationwide sweep as part of the crackdown on illegal gambling operations in the western and central regions of the state.
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Washington
Tennessee
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Jassen Enters Oregon Presidential Primary May 16
Harold E. Jassen, Republican presidential candidate, will enter the Oregon primary on May 16. His campaign headquarters announced the plan today.
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Washington
Harold E. Jassen
Oregon
UN policy on prisoners fuels control of compound
The United Nations approach to prisoners is cited as the best explanation for how Compound 62 is dominated by a Communist group. The policy has enabled a minority to control the compound, spawned daily noisy protests, and led to blood shed.
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United Nations
Committee Urges Congress Probe of Cadet Oustings
A New York parents committee led by Col. Harrison G. Travis claims a medieval inquisition ousted 90 West Point cadets last August for sharing exam information. They allege a long running cheating problem, link it to football emphasis, and seek a congressional investigation. Travis says about 40 guardians authorized representation. his son Harrison Gerard Travis was among those ousted.
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New York
West Point
Harrison G. Travis
Atlantic Highlands
N. J
Congress
U. S. Military Academy
Army
Travis
Harrison Gerard Travis
French Army repels Vietminh drive in Indochina clash
French forces claimed a two-pronged Communist assault on delta positions in north Indochina was repelled. They reported 500 Vietminh rebels killed and 1000 wounded in the engagement.
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Saigon
Indochina
Opera Stars to Wed in New York This Summer
Metropolitan Opera singers Robert Merrill and Roberta Peters plan to marry this summer in New York subject to their opera and concert schedules.
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New York
Metropolitan Opera
Robert Merrill
Roberta Peters
Ex-South Boston Official Charged With Embezzlement
Zora M. Wilborn former superintendent of South Boston waterworks and plumbing faces a March 14 trial justice court hearing on 18 counts of embezzlement. He was arrested and released on $2,000 bond after firing February 21 by Town Manager D G Felford. Police say he admitted taking used meters and town equipment sold for cash. total warrants exceed $300 with a largest single amount of $100.
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South Boston
Zora M. Wilborn
Wilborn
D. G. Felford
F. M. Bowman
Bowman
Gas Is Fine in The Furnace Not in Your Stomach
Fragmentary ad text touts relief from stomach gas and bloating with a product called CERTAIN-GAUNT'S UG STORE. It claims food does not digest and causes misery, claiming Winchester residents are free of stomach gas after using the item.
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