Speculation Surrounds Albuquerque Sandia Center Project
Rumors swirl about a $10,000,000 secret project on the mesa near Albuquerque between the city and the Sandia and Manzano mountains. Military and civilian sources debate whether underground caverns store atomic bombs or house weapons plants. Locals report guarded facilities near Kirtland Field and Sandia base, with restricted airspace and screened workers.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Mesa
Sandia
Manzano Mountains
Denver Post
Rio Grande Valley
Kirtland Army Air Field
Navy
Los Alamos
Trinity
N. M
White Sands Proving Ground
Alamogordo Air Base
Roswell Air Base
War Department
Sandia Base
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project
Leslie BR. Groves
Robert MM. Montague
Post
Henry F. Hannis
U. S. Engineers
Hannis
Kirtland Field
Montague
Annexation urged at Pan-American Recreation Club meeting
H F Bailey president of the Chamber of Commerce urged Adrian annexation proposal at the Pan American Recreation Club gathering. He cited new factory sites and job opportunities within city limits along with sanitation improvements discussed by Dr H C Huntley as preventing epidemics. The club promotes softball, basketball and other sports.
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H. F. Bailey
Chamber of Commerce
Pan-American Recreation Club
Adrian
Bailey
H.C. Huntley
H.C. Huntley, Health Unit Director, Discussed Last Week. Dr. Huntley
Ice Is Melting Faster Than It Freezes
The Adrian Ice Company at 317 West Maple Avenue reports demand for ice exceeds its capacity. Ice melts in boxes citywide as hot weather drives demand beyond supply. Management denies plant breakdowns or driver shortages, saying they simply cannot cope with the heat.
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Adrian Ice Company
West
Maple Avenue
Heat wave ends as Detroit cools after record heat
The two week heat wave broke this Sunday with a high of 100 degrees in Detroit and 95 Saturday as rain and cooler air from Canada arrived. A 10 year old girl died when lightning struck a tree in Detroit and a man collapsed from heat. Forecasters predicted temperatures would drop to the 80s through the week with rain across the corn belt.
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Adrian
Michiaga
Detroit
Joanne Wilkins
Ernest E. Crocker
Mob attacks priest. Papal envoy wounded in Venezia Giulia
ANSA counts a mob attack in Zone B Istria injuring Msgr Giacomo Ukmar and fatally wounding Rev Miro Bubisch as Vatican envoy Msgr Akmar and Bishop Santin faced restrictions. The assault occurred near Lanische under Tito’s zone occupation.
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Rome
Trieste
Venezia-Giulia
Vatican
ANSA
Giacomo Ukmar
Fiume
Miro Bubisch
Msgr
Ukmar
Lanische
Istrian
Zone B
Marshal Tito
Akmar
Antonio Santin
Capodistria
St Johns Lutheran Church Celebrates Centennial at Fair Grounds
The St John s Lutheran church marked its 100 year founding with morning and afternoon services at the Lenawee fair grounds. Lutherans from Monroe Detroit Toledo Britton Jackson Marshall Riga Waltz Hillsdale and other Michigan towns attended. Rev Andrew Zeile spoke in the morning and Rev Herbert Fehner in the afternoon. The event featured a rain interruption, a decorated platform and the choir. congratulatory letters were read from nearby churches.
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St. John’s
Fehner
St. John's Church
E. F. Manske
St. Stephen's Lutheran Church of
Adrian
A. H. Baer
Three youths injured when car rolls over on US-112 near Evans Lake
Special to The Telegram Clinton August 25 Three youths including 18 year old William Noble of Azalia Michigan were injured at 3 30 a m when their car rolled two or three times on US 112 near Evans lake Noble said he fell asleep and the car left the highway He and two passengers William Denham 12 of Ridgeway and Fred Bunte 19 of Dundee Route 2 suffered injuries taken to Tecumseh hospital Denham fractured left leg Bunte suffered severe head and facial lacerations A second mishap on the same highway near Wolf Lake involved two cars sideswiping Lee Ward Wade of Adrian Route 1 treated at Tecumseh hospital and Joyce McClenathen of Jasper the westbound driver Police investigated Clinton state police handled the scene.
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Clinton
Evans Lake
William Noble
Azatia
Mich
Clinton Post
Noble
William Denham
Ridgeway
Fred Bunte
Dundee
Tecumseh Hospital
Wolf Lake
Lee Ward Wade
Adrian
Joyce McClenathen
Jasper
Clinton State
Mystery Carowner Found After Abandoned Vehicle Clue
Sheriff's officers traced a unregistered six mile west of Adrian abandoned car with no plates or State IDs. Papers tied it to California and Colorado men, leading to hope of a prize. A telegram from Holyoke Colorado revealed the 1937 coupe was stolen there. Sheriff Bringman continues to search for the thief.
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Lee Harrington
Adrian
Secretary of State's
Lansing
California
Colorado
Sheriff's Department
H. M. Clements
Holyoke
Elmer Bringman
Ford Increases Car Prices As Production Costs Go Up
Ford Motor Company raises prices 4.2 percent on most passenger cars and trucks after seven months of price cuts. President Henry Ford cites rising costs, steel shortages, and strikes among factors. Wage increases and a new CIO United Auto Workers pension plan for 107,000 workers cited. Examples include Deluxe 6 coupe up from 1016 to 1078 and Super Deluxe 8 Tudor from 1220 to 1295.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Chrysler
General Motors
Kaiser-Frazer
Nash
Hudson
Packard
Henry Ford
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
Child 3 Performs Classical Recital At South Side Church
Three year old Margaret Harris gave a full program of Brahms Bach Schubert Tchaikovsky Mozart and Rimsky Korsakov from memory with improvised pedal attachments before 200 listeners in a south side church. Her teacher Mildred Godfry Hall called her one of the most brilliant prodigies she has heard. Her parents, W D Harris and wife, said they are not musically inclined. Margaret hopes to be an artist.
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Chicago
Margaret Harris
South Side
Margaret
Mildred Godfry Hall
W. D. Harris
Miss Hall
Fresh border tensions spark Punjab conflict fears
Across partitioned Punjab, reports of attacks on trains and killings by Sikhs and Hindus against Muslims intensified fears of a prolonged conflict. Nehru and Jinnah urged restraint as West Punjab warned travel to Delhi was unsafe. Sikhs demand a homeland while many Sikhs live in Pakistan and refuse to abandon shrines.
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New Delhi
India
Pakistan
Punjab
Jawaharlal Nehru
M. A. Jinnah
West Punjab
Lahore
Delhi
Liberator
Seventeen Die in Weekend Accidents Across Michigan
Seventeen persons perished in weekend accidents in Michigan with three killed in a plane crash. Eight deaths came from traffic incidents and six from drowning as extreme heat drew people to beaches and highways. Five plane crashes were reported, with three fatalities. Among the deceased were Andrew D. Stanford and his son Albert of Lodi Ohio and George Berry of Villa Grove Illinois. A light plane crash south of Rose City burned its three occupants. William Korlock of Mount Clemens died from burns sustained while fighting a Friday Hing station fire.
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Associated Press
Michigan
Andrew D. Stanford
Albert
Lodi
Ohio
George Berry
Villa Grove
Ill
Rose City
Crisis can wait as Brits soak up sunny holidays
A US reader asks how life in England feels amid food cuts and labor worries. With pleasant weather and seaside holidays, Britons and even ministers pause crises, enjoying sun and strolls while officials urge later action.
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London
America
England
London Sunday Observer
Three Small Boys Abandoned Found in Cathedral
Police found Daniel Gillespie four, Stephen three, and John two in Holy Name Cathedral with a suitcase and plea for help. The boys said they came from San Francisco four months ago. a note asked for a good home. John went to St. Vincent's orphanage while the others were sent to juvenile home.
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Chicago
Holy Name Cathedral
Daniel
Stephen
John
Frank Gillespie
Jerry
San Francisco
St. Vincent's Orphanage
Miss Truman Shines In Hollywood Bowl Debut Concert
Margaret Truman, 23, daughter of the President, made her Hollywood Bowl debut before about 15 000 fans. Albert Goldberg of the Los Angeles Times praised her courage while noting she remains in the student phase interpretatively. The audience gave a standing ovation and she performed two encores. The Trumans did not attend the program.
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Hollywood
Margaret Truman
Hollywood Bowl
Bowl
Truman
Albert Goldberg
Los Angeles Times
Miss Truman
Young Romeos Fall For Mysterious Matchmakers
In Springfield Massachusetts on August 25 forty young Romeos grumbled after chasing a charm lure. An ad promised two charming ladies would tour the city, requiring character references and a car. Twenty couples set out in as many cars but drifted away when the bait proved elusive.
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Springfield
Mass
St. James Avenue
Bowdoin Street
Britain to clutch at new plans after Washington talks
Britain’s cabinet meets in special session to hear Sir Wilfred Eady on the treasury mission’s Washington visit and to chart measures for the economy. Repercussions from cutting free convertibility of sterling into dollars loom as food rationing may tighten. Attlee also pushes miners to add a half hour daily work to lift coal output, though miners oppose longer Saturdays with overtime.
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London
Britain
Wilfred Eady
Treasury
Washington
Attlee
Edison’s Widow Mina Miller Edison Dies at 82
Mina Miller Edison, widow of Thomas A. Edison, died at 82 in Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center after a coma. Survived by sons Charles Edison and Thomas Miller Edison, she lived to see her husband hailed as an inventor and served in political circles. Born in Akron in 1865, she helped run cultural work with Chautauqua Institute and remained active in public life.
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New York
Mina Miller Edison
Thomas A. Edison
New Jersey
Navy
Charles Edison
Thomas Miller Edison
John Eyre Sloane
Harkness Pavilion
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Menlo Park
Edison
Edward FE. Hughes
Franklin, Pa
Akron
Ohio
Lewis Miller
John H. Vincent
Chautauqua Institute
Tenants Honor Versatile Janitor for Going Beyond Duty
In Chicago on August 25, Walter Clausius, a north side apartment janitor, received a "Crimson Heart" citation from 50 tenants at a surprise 49th birthday party. They praised him as a baby sitter, toy fixer, dog walker, and gin rummy player, noting his radio and clock repairs, appliance work, and reliable fixtures. Lena Greenberg, 75, said Clausius plays gin rummy with her weekly and she beat him twice that day.
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Chicago
Walter Clausius
Clausius
North Side
Gilbert J. Brett
Walt
Lena Greenberg
Missing Baby Found After Four Days In Briar Patch
Carolyn Jeanette Peterson, 20 months, was missing four days from Marion Ohio, then found about 1000 feet from home by neighbor Samuel Almendinger. She survived by blackberry foraging, suffered briar scratches and a mild infection. authorities say no kidnapping occurred and no serious harm. Charles Peterson and wife Mrs Peterson, her parents, were relieved as sheriff Le Roy Retterer called off the search. Physicians noted no serious harm beyond outdoor exposure.
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Marion
Ohio
Carolyn Jeanette Peterson
Marion City Hospital
Waldo
Carolyn
Samuel Almendinger
Almendinger
LeRoy Retterer
Charles Peterson
Retterer
Argentina Agrees to Defense Pact Compromise at Conference
At the inter American defense conference in Quitandinha Brazil on August 25 Argentina moved toward a mutual defense treaty. Informed sources said two thirds of the treaty was agreed with Argentina accepting collective measures to stop intra hemisphere attacks after consultations. Canada was described as indispensable to the defense system and a “steel band of defense” extending to extra territorial ocean zones was discussed.
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Quitandinhaa
Brazil
Argentina
Venezuela
United States
Ricardo Joaquin Alfaro
Panama
Arctic
Antarctic
Alfaro
Canada
Mancheno
Velasco Ibarra
Jose Vincente Trujillo
Ecuador
Inter- American Defense Conference
Quitandinha
Boy’s game ends in heat death of two-year-old in Royal Oak
Detroit August 25 A boy named Gary Braun from Royal Oak died after hiding in his father’s car with windows up and doors closed on a hot Sunday. Firemen labored for two hours to revive him but were unsuccessful.
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Detroit
Gary Braun
Royal Oak
Ecuador’s Velasco Ibarra ousted in bloodless coup
Col. Carlos Mancheno, former defense minister, proclaims himself executive power after a coup that toppled President Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra. Velasco Ibarra and wife flee to Colombia seeking asylum. Mancheno calls for party consultations as Latin nations react with shock.
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Quito
Ecuador
Carlos Mancheno
Jose Maria Velasco Ibarra
Velasco Ibarra
Corina Parral de Velasco Ibarra
Cali
Colombia
Operations May End 25 Years Of Eating With A Tube
Mickey Schuster, 29, of Youngstown Ohio, celebrates his birthday by attempting to eat through a stomach tube as doctors plan a series of operations to reopen his esophagus after a lye accident 26 years ago. A first tube test will check for any opening from above, with major surgery to follow. he has endured feeding via tube and longed to dine with friends again.
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Pittsburgh
VPP
Mickey Schuster
Mickey
Youngstown
Ohio
Motorcycle hill climb champion tops 340 ft course
Clem Murdaugh of Westchester Pennsylvania won his second straight national motorcycle hill climb title at Mount Garfield Muskegon on a 340 foot course in 8.86 seconds earning a large share of a $2,000 prize. He defeated Willard Bryan of Columbus Ohio, a five time national titlist, who finished second in Class A expert.
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Muskegon
Clem Murdaugh
Westchester
Murdaugh
Mount Garfield
Willard Bryan
Columbus
Ohio
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