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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1948 the stars and stripes Page 7 Louis paper wins 1947 pulitzer award new May 4 Louis pos dispatch yesterday won the pulitzer prize for disinterested and meritorious pubic service by an american newspaper in it was the third time the paper had won the the prize went to the newspaper for its series of the mine disaster last year and for the followup which resulted in impressive reforms in mine safely new Tornado hits North Texas toll rises to 23 killed May 4 a Tornado blasted a 12mile path of destruction across North Texas monday entering its Force on this prosperous Cotton Mill at least 3 persons were the Black swirling wind came in the Wake of an earlier weekend storm also born in the Southwest which Cut a wide Swath of ruin across the Midwest and Eastern states leaving 20 that storm reached the East coast and headed for the open Atlantic new twisters also hit Mill Creek and fifty three persons have been admitted to Mckinney City Hospital which suffered some damage in the twister and to Ashburn general a veterans Hospital North of the which not Laws and the paper won the award previously in 1937 and Tennessee Williams a Streetcar named the Story of neurotic girl in new Wor the annual prize for an origins american Michner gels prize James Michener won the priz for distinguished fiction for i tales of the South the pulitzer prizes Are Given annually for distinguished work h the Fields of literature music and first awarded in they were made possible by a if to Columbia University by or sepi former publisher of Thi new York world and Loui each of the individual prizes carries an award of the pos dispatch receives a Gold med Al valued at George Good staff writer of the Atlanta won the prize for a distinguished example of local re porting in it was for his expose of vote frauds in Telfair in the general elec Tion of Andrews honoured Bert of the new York Herald and Nat Finney of the Minneapolis wer awarded separate prizes for Dis Ting when examples of reportin0 on National they will receive the award to Andrews was to his Serier on a state department Security this told the of an employee dismissed after an eight month investigation by the Fri with the nature of the charges against him Finney received the award for his stories of the plan of the Truman administration to impose secrecy about the Ordinary affairs of Federal civilian agencies in other journalism awards distinguished example of report ing of International Ward of the Baltimore Sun for a series of articles on life in the soviet distinguished editorial Virginius Dabney of the Dabney was chosen for general editorial writ distinguished example of a cartoonists Rube Goldberg of the new York won the award for a cartoon entitled peace depicting an american family living on an atomic bomb poised on the Edge of a Boston photog wins outstanding example of news gushing of the Boston traveler for his photograph boy gunman and this picture was carried by the associated press on a spot the picture showed a 15yearold delinquent using another boy As n shield while he exchanged shots with police in an other prizes in the Field of let ters were distinguished Book of history of the de Voto for across the wide distinguished american Biog Clapp for for gotten first citizen John Bige distinguished volume of Auden for fun Annne Auden for the age of the annual music prize went to Walter Piston for his symphony Morgan tells court wife is communist new May 4 comedian Henry Morgan charged that his who seeks a Sepa is a communist and was immediately accused by her at Torney of making a cruel jest which May re Echo to his disadvantage the communism charge was part of a Long answer filed by Morgan to the complaint of blonde Isobel Gibbs who alleged yesterday that the comedian abused taunted her with other women and invited her to commit answering his wife claims stated my wife is a member of the communist party and i personally have seen her membership Arline weds 6th As 5 sails new May 4 insurance said today that he and Arline judge will 56 married tomorrow by supreme court Justice Ferdinand the wedding is scheduled for approximately the same time that miss judges a husband Henry Bob Topping and his new screen Star Lana Are to depart for Jondon on me liner Utiss who will be wed the sixth obtained a divorce and a Cash settlement from copping 10 Days ago in life in the Jackson meet again Detroit catholics Pray or conversion of reds May 4 catholics overflowed Washington Boulevard to offer an outdoor May Day prayer for the conversion of Edward Cardinal Mooney our prayer is for the men and women and Little children who have Een robbed of their Freedom by communist Cardinal Vioney urged that catholics work against the spread of communism n our own land and in every country within the Range of our Russell named Navy jag May 4 tear George Russell was nominated by president Truman to a to be judge advocate of the Travy for four May 4 federate flags in the streets of the largest City below the Mason Dixon line As the clocks were turned Back 85 years to the famous parting of generals Robert Lee and Stonewall Jackson at the occasion was the formal dedication of a huge double equestrian statue of the general in Wyman the Bronze the work of Laura Gardin of depicts Lee and Jackson talking together their final parting in the chancellors Ville Woods on May Baltimore has awaited the statue for almost years Ever since a local Henry left in his will to Cost memorable the generals parting be cause they were my boyhood dead Man lives 64 years May 4 when Alfred Heitmuller was 24 years his doctor told him he would die within a yester Day Heitmuller celebrated his 88th the doctor died years son burned by father May 4 a father who burned his 6year old sons hands with a cig Aret lighter to show him what lire feels like pleaded guilty in municipal court to an aggravated As Sault he was held in 8500 for the grand War Bride paroled Carson May 4 Bridget redheaded Irish War Bride serving a Nevada Pris on sentence foe the involuntary manslaughter of her was today granted a parole by the state Board of the parole was made subject to her immediate she will be turned Over to the immigration who has served 17 months of her  prison shot and killed her american Frank wat on kids play numbers in May 4 numbers racketeers Are peddling their Ware among the Small police the charge was anade at a hearing for Edward who was held in bail for court on charges of taking Penny numbers bets from boy strangled by balloon new May 4 three Earold boy was strangled to death yesterday by a toy balloon and a Lump of passover bread Arthur of was holding an inflated balloon in his lips while he ate an unleavened bread used in the Observance of the balloon deflated into his Mouth and both it and the bread were forced into his life recommended for Judd May 4 state Hospital superintendent John Larson yesterday recommended reducing to life imprisonment the death sentence imposed upon1 trunk Slayer Winnie Ruth Judd for the murder of two women starvation kids finish diet May 4 thirteen school children who went on a rigorous weeks starvation diet to dramatize the plight of thousands of children throughout Europe and ended their meager meals and went to a filet mignon the group dubbed the starvation ate heartily while125 guests at the dinner marking the opening the crusade Eor children drive to provide food Lor children throughout the ate what the 13 children had been eating All bread and bean the starvation kids lost an average of 4 cd Pristine Miami looks into the eyes of a Macaw perched on her the Are but if they Are annoyed they will nip you with their heavy Condon assured fair play May 4 the National Academy of science it has been assured that the House Una Merican com Mittee will treat Edward Condon with Complete fairness in its forthcoming hearings on his 6 killed in bus crash May 4 family and a bus Driver were killed last night when a car apparently sped through a Stop sign and collided with a two Olhs children were critically Twenty three passengers on the bus were Home yields hidden Fortune May 4 a Hoard of Gold notes and old style Bills was found in the Home of a Semi Recluse died a month the Girard Trust executors of the will of Helen said the Hoard was in a trick Safe Bidden in an old searchers struggled through masses of furniture which had been placed to Block All entrances to the girl pickets father Kansas May 4 dentists daughter pick eted his office yesterday because she wanted him to go to Church with the family instead of working on Herschel Phillips keeps his office open from 9 to noon he discovered his Daugh Ter Elsie marching acc and Forth before the carrying a sign Reading unfair to make my daddy work on unfair to his children because we want him to go to v Admiral Kilts show May 4 it was pretty certain the Admiral didst like the rear James superintendent of the naval walked out half Way through the midshipmen annual dramatic production boy meets the in which the midshipmen play both boys and finished its first performance but the second in never hit the five members of the Ives Perry monthly subscription unit order form unit tin tul unit Telephone servicing Apo District Augsburg Joe Hon Date Ruach i Nurnberg i Wiesbaden of pubic oltion of incl Olbis stars and stripes Pei 35 cents per new York Herald Tribune per expires total enclosed i understand and certify that the amounts specified i payable to Lite Stan and must accompany this ordet i lorm before delivery will be i unit representative and ilgner Fob stars and stripes use Only i name of i Date of Hist delivery stars and stripes Nyht weekend i District manager Check appropriate Box  
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