Police Say Couple Leave 41 Kids Starving on Trip
ROANOKE VA Jan 12 Police charged an unemployed truck driver Braxton D Summes 38 and his wife Sue Fannie 38 with leaving 41 children starving in a two room shack while they went to Detroit for work and to visit relatives Their oldest daughter cared for the younger children The youngsters were described as starving and some had sores Doctors reported improvement after hospitalization The couple were held on 5000 bond Juvenile court indicated the children would be removed and placed under court jurisdiction
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Braxton D. Summes
Detroit
Jock
Sue Fannie
Dauehter
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Tors
Shirley
Jons
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Television Aid in Search for Gift Girl Josephine
In Yonkers New York on January 12 a stand-in for 12 year old Josephine Tech will appear on a television program to aid the search. The plan includes hair styling and motion picture study to resemble the missing girl while authorities broadcast a facial likeness and description. A public appeal is centered on the area near The Black Robe vehicle where search efforts have focused.
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Josephineé Tech
Iasi Thursney
Vehichem
Josephine
Finn Premier Wins Confidence Vote In Parliament
Hellexet Jan 1 Premier Earl Fegerheim survives a close confidence vote on labor policy 37 to 90 with 12 abstentions The vote backed a general wage increase of seven and a half percent while Communist deputies opposed The Agrarians split with some deeming the rise too high and others too low A Communist proposal raising the increase above 10 percent was defeated 103 to 79 plus 17 abstentions Some observers say Communists aim to undermine Fagerholm amid wartime criminal questions involving Russia and Finland
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Hellexet
Earl Fegerheim
Sun
Churchill Ends Vacation and Returns to Campaign
Churchill cuts short his Madeira vacation to fly to Southampton today for the election campaign. He aims to restore himself to power, planning a return to London this afternoon if the weather allows.
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Funchal
Madeira Islands
Winston Churchill
London
Southampton
Aguila Airways
Indian Claimants Eye 16 Million Lifted Prize
In Portland Oregon a widespread push emerges to pay legitimate Indian claimants 16 515 603 awarded by the U S Court of Claims after years of litigation The four tribes are the Tillamook Chetco Coquille and Tolowa descendants face strict lineage proof and possible two year wait for claim classification Indians from multiple states plan to file for their share of the award with government timing tied to the Palmer agreement land abandoned near Coos Bay Oregon and later relocated to Dayton Oregon
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Joel Palmer
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Indian Agency
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U.S. Senate
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Grand Ronde
Siletz
Pennsylvania
Missouri
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California
Washington
Bids From 34 States For Site As Air Force Academy
Washington January 12 195 bids from 34 states have been submitted for the site of the proposed Air Force academy. A civilian architect engineer will recommend 30 sites after preliminary surveys by Army and Air Force teams and a special selection board will pick one of 20 proposed sites. Congress must approve construction and may select a different site. The list includes numerous cities across Arkansas Illinois Kansas Louisiana Missouri Nebraska Oklahoma Oklahoma Texas and more. The piece notes the origin of the phrase key to the city and its historical meaning.
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Air Force Academy
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Air Force
Special Air Force Academy Selection Board
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Congress
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Hainois
Camp Elis
Rentoul Town
Devonport
Kansas
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el Dorado
Great Bernd
Herrington
Hutchinson
Independence
Leavenworth
Marion
Saline
Topeka
Wichita
Louisiana
Alexandria
Mansfield
Minden
New Iberia
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Shreveport
Missouri
de Soto
Kansas City
Sedaliz
Springfield
Stover
Weldon Spring
Nebraska — Alliance
Grand Island
Harvard
Hastings
Kearney
McCook
Omaha
Detroit Used Car Dealer Shot in Texas Hotel Room
Detroit used car dealer Clyde W McCorde was shot to death in a Fort Worth hotel room. Adrian A Womack of Fort Worth says McCorde died by suicide during a game of Russian roulette after removing five of six shells from a gun. Womack is being questioned.
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Detroit
Clyde W McCorde
Fort Worth
Texas
Adrian A. Womack
Ft. Worth
McCorde
Womack
McCord
MecCorde
Womeck
Noisy quake rattles Los Angeles area
A moderate tremor centered about 15 miles from Pasadena rattled the Los Angeles area yesterday at 1 42 p m during a rainstorm. Seismologists said the shock was not large though tall buildings and the city hall swayed. People fled downtown theatres after a blast like noise amid two shocks, felt inland to San Bernardino.
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Los Ankles
Los Angles
California
Institute of Technology Seismologists
Trermor
Pasadena
Tts
San Bernardino
Truman Confirmed as Nation's 33rd President in Directory
Washington January report notes the new Congressional Directory now lists Truman as the 33rd president, changing earlier counts tied to Grover Cleveland's two terms. The edition shifts numbering by treating Cleveland as two distinct presidents, moving Truman to No 33.
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Truman
Congress
Grover Cleveland
Lst
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Mr. Truman
Dogs Must Have New Tags By Next Week
Baytown residents risk their dogs being impounded if licenses are not renewed by Saturday. Tax Assessor-Collector Barber notes only 15 of 1850 tags sold to date and orders untagged dogs to be picked up starting Monday by Poundmaster Bailey.
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Barber
A. Bailey
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