Girl Keeps Vow To Jump Off Roof
New York girl Ruth Mardling 11 leaped from a two story dormitory roof after threatening to jump if confronted. An orderly and staff attempted rescue but she suffered multiple injuries and was listed in critical condition at Fordham hospital.
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New York
INS
Ruth Mardling
Ruth
Edwin Gould Foundation
Bronx
Evelyn Lambert
Evelyn
Eric Hunt
Fordham Hospital
Bullet Only Clue To Hall's Slayer
In Lansing Michigan June 24 1950 state police used ballistics to analyze a .32 caliber bullet found at the scene of the killing of oil executive George C Hall 50 The killer described as a crazed hitch hiker remains at large as authorities search central and southwestern Michigan Grand Rapids is a focal point where Ruby Colby 32 Hall's secretary was released after seven hours of questioning and corroborated by investigators
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Lansing
Mich
INS
George C. Hall
Michigan
Ira Marmon
Grand Rapids
Hall
Ruby Colby
Colby
Laingsburg
Miss Colby
Far East tensions rise as nations search Tientsin and planes shot down
Reports say foreign nationals are being hunted in Tientsin by Japanese forces while in the north Japanese claim 49 Mongol aircraft down. A map shows trouble spots including Port Swatow as British and American destroyers stand by after Japanese orders to depart. A separate fatal shooting near Laingsburg involved Hall and a hitchhiker, with Miss Colby forced to drive the killer across countryside before he vanished near Grand Rapids.
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Tientsin
Hipponese
Map
Far East
Swatow
Nurse Thelma Thomas Dies on Coast
Thelma Thomas 32 former Dunbar resident and graduate nurse died of injuries from a Tuesday incident along the coast. Her death closes a brief life marked by service in nursing.
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Dunbar
Thelma Thomas
Ray Olson cornered by 200-man pursuit in Chippewa flowage
Hundreds of possemen led by Under Sheriff James Berardt closed in on Ray Olson the fugitive slayer of two deputy sheriffs near Hayward Wisconsin. A bridge standoff at 4 30 am ended with Olson spotted and challenged as officers advanced through brush and bog.
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Hayward
Wis
Ray Olson
James Berardt
Olson
Philip Hall
Moose Lake
Berardt
Berardi
Planning Board Receives Charleston Population Study
A population study of Charleston contracted to Ladislas Segoe of Cincinnati has been completed and delivered to the Charleston Planning Board led by S. W. Pickering II. The board announced the delivery.
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Charleston
Ladislas Segoe
Cincinnati
S. W. Pickering, II
New Zealand Tightens Import Licensing Reach Expands Manufacturing
Foreign firms move production to New Zealand to meet new import licensing rules. Firms shift output to domestic plants for drugs toilet preparations soft drinks and sporting goods to comply with the licensing regime.
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New Zealand
Italian Army Faces Test With Grand Summer Maneuvers
Rome reports Italy plans a late summer grand maneuver program along the French frontier to test a swift attack doctrine. The Aug. 3 drill will deploy the Po river northeastern force to simulate repelling an invasion, with tank and chemical units in training and 40 days of mountain artillery firing near Turin, Alexandria, Brenner, Udine, Bari, and Libya. Naval squadrons will conduct 15 day cruises in the Mediterranean before joint sham battles.
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Rome
Italy
France
Piedmont
Mussolini
Turin
Allexandria
Bolzano
Brenner Pass
Germany
Udine
Bari
Adriatic
African
Libya
Mediterranean
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Long Beach
Calif
California
Iu.s.s.t
Imongolia
Mancho Uxude
Ladivostok
Peiping
Tientsing
Nanking
Shanghai
Liam
Amoyj
Singapore
Sclove Jeweler, Inc
Wesselton
Wonder Watch
OMEGA
Regi
Our
Capitol Street
U.S
United States
Pillsbury
U. S
Pope
Underwood
C. W. Matthews
Planning Board
Norge
Cavender
Charleston Maytag Co
Summers St
Dial
McKee’s, Inc
Capitol St
L. B. M. Maytag Co
McClung-Morgan Stores Co
South Charleston
Walker Home Furnishers Co
Virginia St
Old Barlow
Whittington Plumb. Supply Co
Penn. Ave
Ical Supply CO
Drs. Collins & Collins
Quarrier St
Medical Arts
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Kanawha Banking NO Trust Company
3 Furniture CO
Kanawha ST
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