Shelton Gang War Flare Returns in Illinois
In Fairfield Illinois the Shelton gang conflict escalated with a roadhouse fire that destroyed Ogie Pennington’s tavern two miles south of town. Louis Sons, 49, was found fatally shot inside the closed tavern after Thursday’s machinegun attack on Guy Shelton Pennington and Lulu Shelton Pennington, who were wounded. Charles Blackie Harris surrendered on a charge of attempting to kill the Penningtons and was released on bond.
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Blackie) Harris
Penningtons
Harris
Heavy Traffic Over Holiday Be Careful
Police Chief Ray Locher urged extra caution during the Fourth of July period citing 491 traffic deaths last year. He endorsed the National Safety Council safety campaign and advised starting trips early, slowing at sundown, and avoiding abrupt maneuvers while obeying speed limits to reduce fatalities.
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Ray Locher
Locher
National Safety Council
Peninsula Named After Polish Scientist
The U S board on geographic names named an unnamed Antarctic peninsula Arctowski Peninsula in honor of Henryk Arctowski a Polish born meteorology professor at Lwow now with the Smithsonian since 1939. The 15 mile long feature lies between Andvord bay and Wilhelmina bay on the Danco coast.
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Washington
U. S. Board On Geographic Names
Henryk Arctowski
University of Lwow
Smithsonian Institution
Andvord Bay
Wilhelmina Bay
Danco Coast
Arctowski
Old Timer Recalls 1885 1890 Knights Templar Parade
Memory Lane column recollects a Knights Templar con clave held in Austin between 1885 and 1890. Efforts to fix the exact date have failed. Guy Wold provided an old photograph of the historic parade for page 10 of today’s Herald.
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Austin
Memory Lane
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Herald
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Amen fined $25 for slugging minister
Knoxville judge rules that shouts during worship are not illegal but slugging the pastor constitutes assault and battery. L. Julian, expelled from Memorial Baptist Church alongside 44 others, admitted striking Rev. Ralph A. Nite after being ejected from the service and was fined $25 by Judge Len Broughton Jr.
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Knoxville, Tenn
L. Julian
Memorial Baptist Church
Julian
Ralph A. Nite
Nite
Len Broughton, Jr
Typhoon Nears Okinawa Formosa Heads North
A tropical typhoon bearing toward Okinawa is expected to strike before Sunday morning if its course does not alter. The weather bureau reports the storm is moving east of Formosa and heading north.
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Taipei
Formosa
Okinawa
Weather Bureau
Canadian Newsprint Boost Scheduled
A $10 per ton increase in newsprint price takes effect Sunday July 1 for most Canadian production. The new price is $116 a ton in New York and $112 plus sales tax in Canada, impacting 11 producing firms that total about 4 million tons of Canada’s 5.5 million ton output, with roughly 90 percent sold to the United States.
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Toronto
United States
New York
Canada
Sea Foods Plentiful Through July Says Service
The Fish and Wildlife Service announced plentiful sea foods through July with high summer production of fish and shellfish. Frozen seafood in storage on June 1 topped 100 million pounds, up 6 percent from a year earlier.
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Washington
Fish and Wildlife Service
Hopes High in Europe for End to War
Britain and continental press react to Gen Ridgways armistice offer with cautious optimism. Observers note North Korean notes hint a bargain but likely fail to curb any further U S military actions. Editorials warn truce terms must prevent renewed Chinese or North Korean aggression. Copenhagen paper lauds the end of a bloody year of anxiety.
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Britain
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Matthew B. Ridgway
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Orient
Far East
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North Korea
France
Asia
Thailand
THE
London Daily Express
China
Copenhagen
Politiken
Marines Plan July Reunion in Chicago at Hotel Sherman
Leathernecks who served with the Second Marine Division in World War II will gather in Chicago on July 13 for their annual reunion at the Hotel Sherman. Lt. Gen. Julian C. Smith will lead the event with attendees from across the country. A highlight will be a citation presentation from the New Zealand government.
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Chicago
Hotel
Sherman
Julian C. Smith
Tarawa
Guadacanal
Saipan
Tinian
New Zealand
Doctor Facing Morals Count Takes Own Life
Dr. William M. Peake a 45 year old Long Beach physician killed himself to avoid morals charges involving four teenage boys His body was found in a downtown Los Angeles hotel room on Friday beside two empty sleeping pill bottles A note stated I have died by my own hand
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Los Angeles
William M. Peake
Long Beach
Father McCabe Heads School for Poverty-Stricken Children
Rev. Anthony G. Mc Cabe, 42, Dominican, leads the Mission of Blessed Martin de Porres in Columbia South Carolina a school for poverty stricken Negro children. He travels to New York for fundraising and emphasizes charity and tolerance guiding his work with a mixed faith student body.
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New York
Anthony G. McCabe
McCabe
Martin de Porres
Columbia
S. C
Illinois
AN Alton, Iil
Pacific
165Th
Mission School
Rain Ends Drought Saving $40 Million Louisiana Rice Crop
New Orleans reports 48 hours of rain filling South Louisiana rice fields with water after a drought, with over three inches in some areas. It is the first substantial rain since April 1, turning parched fields into pooling water and delaying Intracoastal Waterway navigation.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Newspaper backs up story with proof in Kimball county oil win
The Western Nebraska Observer prints an oil from the new Kimball well on the front page so readers can see the success for themselves. The paper notes the achievement as Kimball county's first oil well and highlights the confirmation by visual sample.
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Kimball, Neb
Kimball County
Western Nebraska Observer
Kimball
Man on 386 Foot Ambassador Bridge Rescued
Detroit worker Harry Sandlin, drunk after a pint of whisky, climbed a 386 foot tower on the Ambassador Bridge. Bridge Foreman Bill Murphy and painter Earl Foley restrained him as onlookers watched. Sandlin told police he planned to jump due to personal troubles but was later taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital mental ward.
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Ambassador Bridge
Bill Murphy
Murphy
Sandlin
Earl Foley
Mother
Detroit Receiving Hospital
Six Die in Puriton Ordnance Plant Explosion
An explosion in an isolated building of the Royal Ordnance Factory at Puriton in Bridgewater England on Friday night killed six workers. The plant employs about 1500 people and mainly fills shells with explosives.
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Eng
Royal Ordnance Factory
Purit
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