Bleak Father’s Day Tragedy Ends in Slayings
In Seattle a 30 year old Charles Reimers returns home to find sons Thomas 5 and Jerry 1 battered and stabbed to death, his wife 29 eight months pregnant with twins dies after knife wounds. King County sheriff says it was a death by own action and double slaying. Police note despondency but no reported quarrel.
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Seattle
Charles Reimers
South End
Thomas
Jerry
Josephine Reimers
Reimers
King County Sheriff’s Office
Soviets Release Austrian POWs Returnees Report Encounters
A group of 184 Austrian war prisoners and internees arrived in Wiener Neustadt after release by the Soviet Union. They described meeting American, British, and French prisoners in Russian camps, and named individuals such as Mike Finegage of New York and Charley Brown, with reports of another American known as Eisenhower. They cited a 1952 death in a Ural camp.
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Austria
Soviet Union
Alexandrovsk
Siberia
Mike Finegage
New York City
Eisenhower
U.S
Charley Brown
Ural
London Stevedores End Dock Walkout Vote
London stevedores voted to end the five week port strike and return to work tomorrow morning. A delegation was chosen to inform union chiefs of the move. Similar steps were anticipated at Manchester Birkenhead Liverpool Hull and other ports.
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London
Britain
Manchester
Birkenhead
Liverpool
Hull
Dr. V L Wyatt Dies In Dothan
Dr. V L Wyatt 61 longtime Alabama Baptist leader was found dead in a Dothan hotel room after missing a scheduled sermon at a local church. A heart attack is suspected after a doctor saw him ill early Sunday, with authorities noting his death followed a period of illness. Wyatt served eight years on the State Baptist Executive Board after 16 years as pastor of East Gadsden Baptist Church and was a Howard College and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary graduate.
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Dothan
V. L. Wyatt
Alabama Baptist Executive Board
Wyatt
State Baptist Executive Board
East Gadsden
Los Angeles Transit Lines Strike Stalls City Commute
A predawn strike by 2,600 Los Angeles Transit Lines workers leaves 900,000 riders stranded as AFL Transportation Workers Union rejects a delay tactic and pushes for a 20 cent hourly raise to lift top operator pay to 2.11 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Transit Lines
AFL Transportation Workers Union
Fer to Boost Pay in Three Steps Over Two Years
The proposal aims to raise pay to 2.03 dollars in three increments across a two year span. It outlines phased increases and the timeline for implementation, affecting affected workers and related budgeting.
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Fer
First Known Written Reference to Coal by Chinese Figure
A historical note states that the earliest written reference to coal was made by a Chinese scholar who died about 2,100 years ago, marking an ancient milestone in energy history.
Valley stock sale yields large volume and top prices
Valley Stock Yard reported a total volume of 44 617.32 with 775 head sold. The top veal calf, 210 pounds, went for 20 50 to Florence Packing Co. from M H McCutcheon. Four tied for second top veal calves averaged 20 cents, sold to Neuhoff Co. The top baby beef, 19 cents, went to Bourbon Stockyards. top feeder steer weighed 960 pounds at 18 cents to Watkins Commission Co. Nashville. top hogs brought 21 cents.
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M. H.mccutcheon
Somerville 2
Florence Packing Co
Edward May
Toney
O. B. Slate
Somerville
O. B. Bass
Hillsboro
J. D. Runager
Trinity
Neuhoff Co
Nashville
Tenn
Donald Morris
Hartseller
Bourbon Stockyards
Louisville
Joe Anderson
Watkins Commission Co
Barbara Blake Rocks Hemingway Theme Help
Barbara Blake 17 sought Hemingway guidance by calling Ernest Hemingway’s home near Havana Cuba. After a long chat Papa advised her to judge her theme hard cut out fluff and she earned a top grade.
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Charlotte, N.C
Barbara Blake
Ernest Hemingway
Havana
Cuba
Barbara
Farm land and youth share of Americans
About 60 million Americans are under 20 years old. The U.S. total of land in farms available for crops has been about 512 million acres for the past 30 years.
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U.S
Stylon Plans Florence Tile Plant Expansion
Stylon Corp announces construction of a second tile plant in Florence to boost capacity from 12 to 15 million square feet. Joseph Mass, the president, outlined projected annual sales near 10 million dollars and a 1 April plant operation start. The Florence plant is expected to reach full productivity soon with the Milford facility also contributing.
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Stylon Corp
New York
Joseph Mass
Stylon
Milford
Mass
Family Loses Five Children To Home Fires
In Morton Mississippi a fire killed three of a Negro family’s children yesterday, less than three years after a previous fatal blaze claimed two other children. Town Marshal Charles Boykin urged a state fire marshal probe, noting it seems unlikely one family would suffer five fire deaths. Neighbor John Rayborn saved two children before the house collapsed. The victims included James Edward, age 4. Diane, age 2. and Davis, four months old.
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Morton
Miss
Charles Boykin
Boykin
J. E. Harris
John Rayborn
Rayborn
James Edward
Diane
Davis
Backache and mattresses in medical guidance
Dr. W W Bauer notes backache stems from improper lifting and posture. He cautions mattresses cannot cure medical or surgical causes and advises a balanced firm flat surface and proper spine alignment for relief. He adds historical notes on German term Hexenschuss and emphasizes safe lifting.
Backache Causes and Treatments From Medical Guide
The article explains how poor posture and high heels contribute to back pain and lists conditions like arthritis myositis and fibrositis as common causes. It describes a slipped disc pinch of nerve roots causing sciatica and notes surgery if conservative methods fail.
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Crates Tighe
U N Ten Years: Aids and Limits of Global Cooperation
James Marlow assesses the first decade of the United Nations at ten years old. The piece notes the UN’s usefulness in fostering cooperation through health education and agriculture, while acknowledging its failure to create an international army and the persistence of Cold War rivalries between the United States and Russia.
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San Francisco
United Nations
U.N
United States
Fair Weather Returns After Severe Texas Thunderstorms
Severe storms in western Texas eased leaving scattered showers across the South Great Plains and Far West. A 5%-inch rainfall flooded a low cellar in Clarendon drowning three farm children. Michigan and Dakota regions reported showers and storms while the Atlantic coast saw rain from New England to the Carolinas.
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Associated Press
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South
Great Plains
Far West
Clarendon
Michigan
Minnesota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Missouri
Atlantic
New England
Carolinas
Mississippi Candidate Vows Coast Gambing Clean Up
Atty. Gen. J. P. Coleman said he would clean up Gulf Coast gambling in less than a day if elected governor. He wrote to the Harrison County Crime Commission stating he has the power but lacks the money and manpower to act as attorney general.
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Jackson, Miss
J. P. Coleman
Gulf Coast
Coleman
Harrison County Crime Commission
Japan Produces 302 Feature Films in 1953
In 1953 Japan produced 302 feature length motion pictures, 58 fewer than the United States, reflecting a prolific year for Japanese cinema and a close output gap with Hollywood.
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Japan
United States
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