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Newspaper

Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1949

Page

12

Supreme Court Okays Watching Adultery Evidence in Divorce

The New Jersey Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision, allowed Philip E. Bingenheimer to use evidence that he watched his wife with a boarder to prove adultery in his divorce proceeding. The ruling overruled a lower court that found the evidence inconclusive, asserting a husband may observe suspected adultery to obtain proof without connivance unless he encouraged the act.

Trenton N. J INS New Jersey Supreme Court High Court Linwood W. Erickson Chancery Court Philip E. Bingenheimer Cardiff Selma Erickson Bingenheimer Supreme Court

Midwifery Out of Date in Kansas Report

In Topeka Kansas the Kansas department of vital statistics reports midwifery as obsolete with physicians attending 99.6 percent of births and only 7 percent occurring outside hospitals. The finding marks midwifery as no longer a common birth option in the state.

Topeka Kan Kansas Kansas Department of Vital Statistics

Kasenkina Leap Grants Freedom and Profit

Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina won political asylum after fleeing the Soviet Consulate in New York. She reports earning about $45,000 from syndicated stories, paying $10,000 in medical bills and $2,050 for a 1948 sedan, and living alone in Jackson Heights, Queens. She drives, hired a private detective, and has received marriage proposals while critiquing life behind the Iron Curtain.

New York Oksana Kasenkina Russia

Brain memory filing shown by brain probes in patients

Montreal researchers led by Dr. Walker Penfield report electrical probes touching exposed temporal lobes reveal memories as if from a filing system. Patients describe music, voices, and scenes from memory, suggesting a brain memory pattern linked by synapses and nerve fibers.

Montreal American Psychiatric Association Walker Penfield McGill University Neurological Institute Penfield

Australian Cardinal Arrives In Nippon

Norman Cardinal Gilroy of Sydney, Australia, arrived Tuesday night to represent Pope Pius at the 400th anniversary of St Francis Xavier's arrival in Japan. He is the first papal legate to attend a religious celebration in Japan. The ceremonies open formally in Nagasaki Sunday.

Tokyo Norman Cardinal Gilroy Sydney Australia Pope Pius St. Francis Xavier Japan Nagasaki

Japan to study stronger police for postwar Japan

A State Department official said proposals are under study to provide Japan with more adequate police forces. Lincoln White noted there is no intent to form a Japanese national defense force, despite reports that such a plan is under vigorous study by U.S. officials.

Washington State Department Japan Lincoln White White Douglas MacArthur Far East

Japanese commission approves police light arms only

A commission cites Japan's constitutional ban on permanent armed forces and authorizes light arms for the domestic police while excluding any heavy weapons. The move reflects cautious postwar security planning and avoids rearming for extended conflict.

Japan

Immigration minister accuses Tokyo of meddling in Australia

Australian Immigration Minister Arthur Calwell charged that interference from Tokyo stunted Americans in Tokyo and a “cheap conspiracy” sought to bring former US Sergeant Lorenzo Gamboa to visit his Australian wife. Calwell blamed Alva Carpenter and MacArthur aides for inspiring efforts to circumvent immigration controls.

Canberra Australia Arthur Calwell Tokyo Lorenzo Gamboa Gamboa Calwell US State Department Alva Carpenter MacArthur Melbourne United States

Doughnut Service Starter Helen Purviance Retires

The Salvation Army officer who baked the first doughnuts for American troops in France in 1917, Lieutenant Colonel Helen Purviance, retires this week after a long service since 1908. She recalled turning out doughnuts in a village near the front when no stove was available, and they were eaten before cooling.

New York Salvation Army France Helen Purviance Salvatori Army

Woman Wins 49000 Dollar Bills Hour Contest

Mrs. Winona Thiel, 23, receives 49000 in one dollar bills after armored car delivers prize to Norwich City Hall. City officials confirm the Colgate Palmolive Peet Company radio contest awarded the prize to the winner who was summoned to the mayor's secretary desk.

Norwich Conn City Hall Richard T. Marks Colgate Palmolive Peet Company Winona Thiel

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