Man Admits Extortion Attempt In Detroit Case
Detroit AP report says 31 year old George Bruce Coapman confessed to trying to extort 8000 dollars from the widowed mother of his friend, Marie Schweitzer. The missing son Richard, 19, has been absent since May 23. Police staged a trap at Mt Olivet Cemetery to arrest Coapman after disguises and notes directed payment. He said he acted alone, and a warrant for attempted extortion will be sought.
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Detroit
Joseph Krug
George Bruce Coapman
Marie Schweitzer
Schweitzer
Richard
Coapman
Mt. Olivet Ceme
Tery
Elkhart
Ind
Mt. Olivet
Krug
Coupman
Cougman
Philippines
Krog
Flood Waters Surge Toward Mississippi In New Crests
The Missouri and Des Moines rivers reach new crests driving floodwaters toward the Mississippi. Over 1,000,000 acres inundated and about 24,000 homeless. damage estimated at $28,000,000. Ottumwa residents evacuate for a second time in a week as Tracy Iowa reports higher crest. Government observer predicts a 100-mile stretch of the Mississippi could have its greatest flood in history by week’s end.
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Associated Press
Missouri
Des Moines
Mississippi
Rule
Neb
Ottumwa
Tracy
Ottumwysu
Ce of. Tucker
Burling
Mississippi River
Keekuk
Louisiana
Leveca
Quires
Hannibal
Nebraska
Southern Conference for Human Welfare Reported Communist Front
Washington AP reports the House anti American activities committee found no Red tag on the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, labeling it a deviously camouflaged Communist front. The panel cited prominent figures including Wallace, Davies, Robeson, and Parker, while the conference denied affiliations and protested hearings.
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Washington
Howes
Southern Conference For Human Welfare
House
Henry A. Wallace
Melvyn Douglas
Mire
Marshall Field
Warold I. Lekes
Joseph E. Davies
Dorothy Parker
Paul Robeson
Mary
Reeder
Wanneedry
Aleady
Plains
American Anti Communist Association
Ta Op Krug
un-America Actaiiies
Soveret
Russian American Differences Stall Peace Acts
News from Lake Success reports US and Soviet delegates in the United Nations show tensions over atomic controls armament reduction and a global police force delaying peace machinery. The Palestine issue Balkan probes and Ethridge remarks fuel discord even as Security Council meetings loom. A Shrine Day pageant in Dothan closes with holiday atmosphere and ceremonial events.
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Palestine
Bone
Land Inquiry Commission
Palestine Commission
Jerusalem
Arab Higher Committee For Palestine
Trygvelag
Yurozdavia
Mark F. Ethridge
Matements Ethndge
Bulgaria
Albani
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Gaviak
Pueradia
Greece
Eithridge
Yososhis
Sava No Rosanovic
Security Council
Garradlas
Albania
Butpatse Yuroslavia Pistierids
Bashar Epresion
Oat
Sectrity Council
Atomic Energy Comrates
Cita
Butter Yield From Milk Varies With Richness
A traditional rule states that from two to one and all three parts of milk es its es long. depending on the richness of the milk, one pound of butter yields.
Plane Crashes Into Vermont Mountain
Springfield Vermont reports a crash on Hawk's Mount near the town early today. Civil Aeronautics Commissions says an Army B29 is missing with unknown departure and destination. Rutland authorities request ambulances and doctors for the Hawk's Mount area as police deploy a posse. At 2:05 am a telephone operator notes a plane dumping flares over the community.
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Springfield
Civil Aeronautics+ Communications
Burlington
Rutland
Hawk's Mount
Auto Bootlegging Sparks Detroit Dealer Dispute
Detroit AP reports the Dect Automobile Dealers Association urged a six month dealer customer contract to curb bootlegging of new cars. Purchasers would retain or return cars with a 10 percent fee. state officials plan legal action against custom dealers selling new cars above list price. Ben Cole warned probes into used car dealers’ access to new models. Secretary of State Jed Alger Jr. approved the plan and hearings await revocation actions.
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Detroit
Dect Automobile Dealers’ Association
DADA
Marcid C. Johns
Ben HH. Cole
Attirnry Reneral
Aionday
Cole
Fuxehe PL
Dud Shells Kill Girl in Camp Gordon Gap Area
AUGUSTA Ga AP a 10 year old girl named Bette Joan Whitaker was killed when a dud shell exploded as she picked it up near Camp Gordon Gapnet area. A nearby man was injured and officials noted the area had not been fired into for a year and was marked as dangerous.
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Augusta Ga
Bette Joan Whitaker
Camp Gordon
Robert Spine’s Autograph Worth Noted by Collectors
Robert Spine once served as a clerk in Weestingan Woot and was a famed harper. He used Cortes of Coorte Washington’s signature, now valued among autograph collectors for its rarity and historical interest.
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Robert Spine
Weestingan, Woot
Ite
Cortes
Coorte Washington
Reminders from Rome and U.S. apple varieties
A nomenclator in ancient Rome served hosts by recalling guests names at banquets. In the United States about 15,000 apple varieties exist yet roughly 500 are grown commercially and only 30 are widely known.
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United States
Shriners Convention Ends Smoothly in Dothan
Police praised the Shriners for an orderly convention in Dothan last night reporting no disturbances or complaints. Officers noted it was unusually peaceful and well behaved, unlike prior gatherings and well above expectations.
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Shriners Convention
Dothan
Fathers in Oklahoma threaten strike over Father’s Day breakfast
Broken Arrow fathers threaten to strike unless breakfast in bed is served and demands from a 20‑father meeting are met. The list calls for later returns, rights to speak, no money for gifts, phone calls, and respectful terms, with editor Cal Tinney among organizers. threats include a car‑based picket option.
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Oklahoma
Broken Arrow
Okla
Cal Tinney
Breen Arrow Ledger
Auburn trustees approve Davis nomination amid three month deadlock
The Auburn board of trustees finally approves Dr. Davis of Albertville after a three month deadlock. The vote marks a partial victory for Gov. Felsomys as lawmakers grapple with revenue policy and tax exemptions. Debates focus on extending the two percent sales tax to more commodities and possible effects on liquor referenda and state finances.
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Folsome
Davis
Brown
Senate
Auburn
Philip d. Hamm
House Wars and Means
Rep
Roberts Brown
Enuipateu
Alabama
Bruce Henderson
Wilcox
Russian Commander In Hungary Refuses Tri Partite Probe
In Budapest the Russian commander Lt Gen V P Sviridov refused a three sided probe into Hungarian internal affairs for the third time. He argued the American plan aimed to back individuals involved with conspirators fleeing abroad and charged that Soviet actions had not violated Yalta. Nagy, former premier, had resigned while in Switzerland after Russia claimed to possess documents implicating him.
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Budapest
V. P. Sviridov
Republic
George H. Weems
United States
Hungary
Smallholders
Allied Control Council For
Ferenc Nagy
Sviridov
Weems
Nagy
Switzerland
Bela Vacra
Plane Crash Mystery Deepens Over Maryland Blame Questioned
Julian Brooks of Alexandria VA a Red Cross field agent notes the disaster after a four engine DC 4 vanished in rain near Baltimore. Widespread search found few survivors as ground teams toiled through mud on Blue Ridge trails. Pilot Horace Stark veteran of 26 years and 2.46 million miles flew the Baltimore liner that went missing in Virginia Maryland airspace. Senator Brewster said he doubts wage fabine blast, investigators to probe possible structural failure in the crash.
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Julian Brooks
Alexandria
Red Cross
Enct
L. T. Fasley
Associated Press
Meel Pency Thoratie
Dever
Stone
Blue Ridge
Sir Margaret Keuppers
St. Paul
Palo Lon Yeft
Judith Christine Bevan
Mary Bevan
Indianapolis
Norfolk Va
Joseph Marko
Cleveland
Horace Stark
Washimison
Stark
Glspom
Sarinburp
W. Ve
Inayton
Chicastokko
Baltmore
Merry Dts
N.Y
Port Depp
Brewster
ReMey
Senate
Washington
New York
Maryland
Army
Navy
Motionless Seismograph Records Earthquake Shakes
A coastal seismograph shows motionless pen points during quakes while the earth rages beneath. The Harlett Lane, a Civil War era cutter, fired on Fort Sumter during the conflict. House committees plan joint hearing on a liquor referendum, with time and place left to chairman Rep. R. S. Ganey of Taladoga.
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Coast Guard
Harlett Lane
Fort Sumter
House
Senate
R. S. Ganey
Taladoga
Publication Urged for Molotov Ribbentrop Papers
Senator Ferguson urged speedy publication of the Molotov Ribbentrop papers to let the public know the facts. The Nazi documents cover conversations before the 1939 nonaggression pact and are part of a broader plan to publish captured foreign policy papers. Officials indicated no early publish plan despite talks with Britain and France.
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Washington
Ferguson
R-Mich
State Department
Nazi Documenta
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Joachim von Ribbentrop
United States
Britain
France
Foreign Office
Ball
R-Minn
Senate
F. H. Russell
Ribbentrop
Molotov
Department
Marshall
Czang Acheson
Negro Boy Drowns In Madison County
Huntsville Alabama AP reports Henry Cheaton a 16 year old Black youth drowned while playing in swamps four miles southwest of Mooresville Madison County He stepped into a hole and could not swim Coroner Grigsby Griffith noted there were two other youths present at the scene The report ends with an unrelated line about Iceland's railroads.
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Huntsville
Ala
Henry Cheaton
Mooresville
Madison County
Grigsby Griffith
Griffith
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