Justice Douglas Named Father of the Year for 1950
New York report says Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas was chosen as Father of the Year by the national Father’s Day committee. The award cites his public life, democracy ideals, and the 1950 theme For a safe world tomorrow teach democracy today.
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New York
Sun Court
William Douglas
Alvin Austin
Douglas
Sidney Blackmer
North Carolina
Jean Hersholt
Robert Young
Gladys Swarthout
Frank Chapman
Kay Kyser
Jackie Robinson
Walter Winchell
Cancer Research
Red Hot Fish Tale Triggers Amesbury Fire Alarm
Alexander Waskiewicz told his two young sons a tale about leaving fish in a red box, leading them to pull a fire alarm. The trio’s trip ended with the box on a pole triggering the alarm and a visit from Fire Chief George A. MacDougall who joked about the man’s fishing luck.
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Amesbury
Mass
Alexander Waskiewicz
Waskiewicz
George A. MacDougall
Wasiewicz
Jap Ex Premier Koiso Visits Dying Wife
General Kuniaki Koiso, former premier in 1944, was released from Sugamo prison to visit his wife at her bedside. She died hours later. Koiso, 70, is serving a life term as a war criminal and was returned to prison that night. It was his second permitted visit to his wife.
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Tokyo
Kuniaki Koiso
Kideki Tojo
Sugamo
Koiso
Apology From Jailed Ex Husband After Bride's Wedding Interruption
Lewis Hoover 38, an electrician, apologized from jail for breaking up his ex wife Dorothy Hoover Roberts wedding dinner. He entered a Moulton apartment, fired a pistol, but the shot was deflected. Mrs Roberts escaped with her new husband, W W Roberts, unharmed. The couple had married twice before separating last July and the divorce became final this week.
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Moulton
Lewis Hoover
Hoover
Dorothy Mae Hoover Roberts
W. W. Roberts
Roberts
Hoovers
Atom Scientist Warns Against Splitting Supply
Long Beach California May 25. Dr Robert F Bacher a top atomic scientist warns large scale hydrogen bomb production would drain fissile material from atomic power projects He argues a hydrogen bomb may not greatly enhance military power and warns tritium loses half its value in 12 years He calls for an open American debate before deciding the H bomb path.
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Long Beach
Calif
Robert F. Bacher
National Congress of Parents and Teachers
California Institute of Technology
Dr. Bacher
Tree Surgeon Faces Court Contempt Over Aliens Question
In Dallas the tree surgeon Fred Estes awaits Fifth Circuit review after being fined 100 and jailed 30 days for refusing to answer an immigration officer's queries about aliens near Dallas. His contempt sentence was withheld pending appellate opinion.
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New Orleans
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Dallas, Texas
Fred Estes
Fifth Circuit
William H. Atwell
Dallas
District of
Texas
United States
Estes
Lockheed unveils turbine piston P2V4 Neptune engine
Lockheed Aircraft and the Navy announced the first flight of a combined turbine piston engine powered P2V4 Neptune patrol bomber. The system adds three small turbines to exhaust, boosting takeoff horsepower to 3,250 per engine and extending range for Europe missions without refueling. Production is under way at Wright Wood Ridge, New Jersey.
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Burbank
Calif
INS
Lockheed Aircraft
Navy
Europe
United States
Wright
Body of Produce Man Found in Hotel Room
Assad Farres Jamail a 70 year old Houston produce dealer was found dead in a hotel room shortly before noon Thursday. His disappearance prompted a family search begun Wednesday and authorities ruled the cause a heart attack with death occurring five to sixteen hours before discovery. Surviving are his wife three sons and seven daughters.
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Houston
Assad Farres Jamail
Jamail
Iise Koch Faces German Trial for Nazi Camp Atrocities
Indicted in Augsburg Bavaria for instigating murders at Buchenwald and for involvement in skinning inmates to make lampshades. Prosecutor Ilkow warns of about 200 witnesses. charges include murder of 45 inmates and attempted murder of 135 others.
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Iise Koch
Munich
Germany
Ilse Koch
Buchenwald
Augsburg
Bavaria
Frau Koch
Lucius D. Clay
US Senate
Landsberg
Aichach Women's Prison
Hans Ilkow
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