Boy 14 Describes Years of Starvation and Abuse in Toronto
A 14 year old boy told Toronto police he was locked in a closet for a year by a couple he called his aunt and uncle. He weighed 65 pounds, had welts on his back, and had been fed only bread and water. He was taken to a children's shelter and police investigate possible parentage with Mrs. James Marion.
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Toronto
James Marion
T. H. Davis
Davis
Mount Dennis
Gordon Kelly
Etobicoke
Davises
Everything's Lovely On Endurance Flight
Pred Vinmont and Bert Simons pursued a new world endurance flight record near Grand Prairie. They passed 24 hours at 6 p m reporting everything's lovely despite a ground mishap when an upright on the refueling car broke. Refueling had to be done by artificial light instead of daylight, as planned.
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Grand Prairie
Pred Vinmont
Bert Simons
Vinmontego Simons
Princess Elizabeth to have first baby at Buckingham Palace
London sources say Princess Elizabeth insists the birth occur at Buckingham Palace believing a future king will be born there. The hospital room near Elizabeth’s suite will host delivery with doctors William Gilliatt Sir John Weir and Helen Rowe among attendants. Home Secretary James Chuter Ede may attend for customs.
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London
Elizabeth
Buckingham Palace
Prince of Wales
Edward VII
Duke of
Windsor
George VI
Britain
John Colvillé
Margaret Egerton
William Gilliatt
Sir John Weir
King George
Harley Street
Helen Rowe
James Chuter Ede
Home Secretary
Actress Landi Dies in Hospital at 43
Elissa Landi, 43, famed actress and writer, died of cancer after a 10 day hospital stay in Kingston New York. Born in Venice to noble Austrian parents she rose to fame on stage in England and the United States and starred in Hollywood films. She wrote novels in several languages and retired four years ago to her Bright Acres farm near Kingston. Her funeral services will be private.
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Kingston
N. Y
Elissa Landi
Kingston Hospital
Kenneth Lefever
Curtiss Thomas
Ultrafax Transmits Gone With The Wind In Minutes
Washington reports RCA and Kodak time novel broadcast via Ultrafax in two minutes and 21 seconds from sending point to Library of Congress receiver. Microfilm recording and rapid development yield full 1047 page text with viewers showing pages at high speed. Sarnoff calls breakthrough landmark.
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Washington
Radiotelevision
Ultrafax
David Sarnoff
Radio Corporation of America
New Progress
Margaret Mitchell
Library of Congress
RCA Laboratories
Eastman Kodak Company
National Broadcasting Company
Elmer W. Engstrom
RCA
Pres. Sarnoff
Kerrville Debates Guadalupe River Public Parks
Kerrville plans public park sites along the Guadalupe River with a county wide parks board to study property for river picnic areas. The initiative is sponsored by the Kerrville Chamber of Commerce and may seek action from the Kerr County Commissioners Court.
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Kerrville
Guadalupe River
Kerrville Chamber of Commerce
Kerr County Commissioners Court
Deputy Gunn Catches Assignment on influenza
Deputy Sheriff L T Gunn took up duties again after his wife contracted influenza. He learned more about KP on Thursday as the patient at 2510 Hartford Rd was said to be improving, though the deputy himself struggled with the situation.
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Gunn
L. T. Gunn
Hartford Rdé&a
Russians fear protest after desertion from air force
Two Russian Air Force lieutenants Piotr Pirogov and Anataliya Barsof, who fled from the Ukraine to Linz, described widespread Soviet discontent and fear of voting. They praised the United States and Voice of America while denying any U.S. coercion. They expressed desire to settle in Virginia, not California, and noted Western living contrasts.
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Thinate
Piotr Pirogov
Ukraine
Linz
Anatalya Barsof
United States
Russia
Barsof
State Department
Voice of America
US State Department
Washington
Berlin
New York
Pirogov
Soviet Union
California
Virginia
Golden Gate
Chicago population soars past 3.7 million
Chicago's population has increased by 303,000 since 1940, reaching an estimated 3,700,000. Officials attribute the growth to the surge of job opportunities in the area, underscoring Chicago as a rapidly expanding national center.
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Chicago
Columbus
Ohio
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry
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