Five-Year-Old Girl Abducted and Slain in Pennsylvania
A five year old girl abducted after accepting a ride from a stranger in Lansdale was found dead in a well near Worcester Township. Police described a blond-haired man in a black sedan and issued a nationwide teletype. The victim, Carol Thompson, was playing outside her home when she vanished. Her body was recovered about an hour later, showing signs of assault.
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Norristown
Carol “Mrompst
Landsdale
Carpenter
Coremer J. W. Rushong
Rushong
Montgomery County
Philadelphia
Ther
Carol
William
Alice Swendt
Worcester Township
Rusoong
Brooks
George E. McGinnis
Sara S&s. McNeil
Negro Woman Hit By Auto In Dothan Intersection
A Negro woman sustained injuries when struck by a car at the Main and Foster streets intersection in Dothan. The vehicle was driven by Maswell Brouner of Ashford. authorities reported no charges were filed.
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Heel Anderson
Sat- Gan
Main
Foster
Maswell Brouner
Ashford
Accordis
County commissioners to vote countywide for all districts
A proposed change would shift from district voting to countywide elections for commissioners starting 1948, with First and Third District seats up then and Second and Fourth in 1950. The road supervisor election would await the current term ending January 1949. Senator Hughes argues education supervisor qualifications are too rigid and a candidate with business experience could qualify without a Master’s degree.
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Chcre
Robert Woods
Woods
Mathison
Hughes
Geneva County
Ofice
Soviet ambassador backs American envoy on Communique No. 5
Soviet ambassador Molotov told Marshall he would accept the American commander's amendments on Communique No. 5. The proposals would entitle Korean groups to be nominated for consultation and represented by chosen individuals, with replacements if hostile to Allied decisions. Groups would be expected to maintain good behavior and avoid hostility toward the joint commission, Allies, or the Moscow decision.
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Joint
Joint Commission
Moscow
Molotuy
Marshall
Hader Named Manager of Aniston Rams
AP reports Pete Hader of New Orleans has been signed as manager of the Aniston Rams in the Southeastern League. Hader succeeds catcher Tommy West who led the Rams to the championship last season, per Ram President Lou Gunter.
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Hrader
RAMS
Anniston
Pete Hader
New Orleans
Pitener
Anniston Rams
Lou Gunter
Ram
Hader
Tommy West
Collegeville police report grim homicide details
State police at Collegeville, patrolmen Herbert L. Hoffman and Raymond Nighan, and Coroner Ruhong removed the body. They said Carol had been beaten on the head and strangled with a belt from her own dress.
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Collegeville State Police
Herbert L. Hoffman
Raymond Nighan
Ruhong
Carol
City Officials Debate Civil Service and Salaries
Commissioners discuss excluding department heads from civil service and anti politics rules. They set director salaries between 1500 and 3000 first year, 900 to 1800 thereafter, while considering retirement and disability benefits with a 5 percent contribution from employees and matching city funds.
City officials debate civil service changes and funding
Rish notes first benefits could begin Oct 1 as program drafted. Malone calls for actuary on Dothan plan and state experience. Hardwick plans to revise civil service bill, include tests for all employees, and decide on excluding department heads like police chief and treasurer.
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Rish
Malone
Dothan
Wag
Kish
Hardwick
Brennan
Budget Cuts Track Across Big Government Programs
The House committee trims about 1.2 billion from the President’s 37.5 billion budget, aiming to save 6.6 billion. Democrats call 4 billion of the cuts “phony” as they target tax refund allotments. Agriculture faces 315 million in reductions, Navy expected cuts total 1.0 billion across 350, 4100, and related measures. Omnibus bill looms for miscellaneous agencies including the Veterans Administration. The budget for the VA stands at about 7 billion.
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House Committee
Congress
Agriculture Department
Navy
Army
Agriculture
Veterans Administration
Debating Palestine’s Independence Path at UN Probe
The UN inquiry panel heard Herschel V. Johnson oppose mandating any single plan for Palestine’s future while Andrei Gromyko urged proposals to establish an independent Palestinian state. Backed by India, Yugoslavia and Arab states, Gromyko pressed for clear direction as debate continued among 55 members with no final mandate yet.
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Palestine
Herschel V. Johnson
United States
Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia
Gromyko
Gromyša
Asaf Ali
India
Johnsen
Colombia
Australia
Belgium
Gromoko
Folsom Faces School Aid Struggles Amid Tax Clash
The governor’s emergency session push centers on school teacher salaries while budget plans split the income tax surplus between education welfare and bond payments. Interim reports fuel calls for a new extraordinary session as lawmakers debate using the $26 million surplus for bonds, buildings, homestead relief, and future salaries.
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Folsom
House
Senate
Capidl
Auburn Board of Trustees
Welfare Interim Committee
Speech in the Dark marks 1947 club inauguration
Harold M. Talburt becomes club president amid a Secret Society style Speech in the Dark. Guests include Supreme Court figures Chief Justice Vinson and others, plus ambassadors from Britain France Canada and the Philippines. The event features satirical skits on politics and atomic age themes with notable journalists attending.
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Harold M. Talburt
Scripps- Howard
Fred M. Vinson
Supreme Court
Great Britain
France
Canada
Philippines
Oswaldo Arahna
United Nations General Assembly
Warren Austin
U. S
U. N
Rov Wn. Howard
Scripps-Howard
Julius Ochs Adler
New York Times
Whitelaw Reid
The
New York Herald Tribune
Hugh Baillie
United Press Associations
Robert McLean
Associated Press
Paul Bellamy
Cleveland Plain Dealer
John S. Knight
Knight
Gardner Cowles
Des Moines Register and Tribune
John Cowles
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Paul Patterson
Henry L. Mencken
Baltimore Sun
Truman
Te McKellar-Lilienthal Reud
Martins
Uncle Sam
Josef Stalin
Father Of Six Shot To Death At Mobile
Wilbur Alton Hopkins aged 32, father of six, was shot dead at his Mobile home. County Solicitor Carl Booth filed a first degree murder charge against his 23 year old brother, John Edward Hopkins, based on Ruth Hopkins testimony that John fired from outside the house through a window. She said Wilbur Hopkins had beaten her and tried to kill his wife with a shotgun. John Edward Hopkins, a disabled war veteran, was attending college locally.
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Mobile
Wilbur Alton Hopkins
Carl Booth
Joan Edward Hopkins
C. E. Barclay
Doug Thompson
Ruth Hopkins
John Edward Hopkins
Wilbur Hopkins
Hopkins
Workmen Prep Bailey Bridge At Pea River Crossing
State Highway Department crews under J Kilpatrick prepare to lay a Bailey bridge over the Pea River at Geneva. Pilings are sunk on both riverbanks, six carloads of bridge parts stored nearby after the old crossing collapsed April 18, killing two. Fort Benning technicians to supervise past preliminary work as Alabama secures the Army bridge for use until a new structure is built.
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Geneva
State Highway Department
Pea River
J. ¥. Kilpatrick
Highway Department
Andalusia
Kilpatrick
Ft. Benning
State of Alabama
Army
Montgomery
Baptists Praised For Youth Program
In St Louis Robert Kerr former Oklahoma governor and Southern Baptist leader urged the five day convention to use modern knowledge and methods to reach vast youth audiences. He warned the fast pace of the modern world threatens to deprive youth of their opportunity to hear the message and called for an attractive approach.
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ST. Louis
Robert S&s. Kerr
Oklahoma
Southern Baptists
Kerr
Southern Baptist Foundation
Oklahoma Baptist Convention
Need the Bible in the era of human progress
A brief text reflects on humanity’s long ascent in logic literature history philosophy and science while noting that human nature has remained unchanged across ages. The passage contrasts accumulated knowledge with enduring core traits guiding behavior and belief.
Duke Goes Home Duke and Duchess of Windsor sailed home
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor sailed to New York returning from a royal journey. Reports indicate a private voyage with no public events planned, reflecting continued royal mobility amid ongoing duties.
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Duke
New York
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Fragmentary OCR Summary of English and Southern France Travel
A partial OCR fragment describes travel by someone to England and Southern France. The text includes jumbled words about spending and wicks and does not present clear events, dates, people, or organizations. The readable portion is too fragmentary to identify a coherent news item or outcome.
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Jack Kingty
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Mich
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Jim Brennan
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Vo Ld
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Ployer
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Umme
Edgewater Gulf
Panama City Beach, Fla
Edgewater Gulf Rates
Edgewater Park, Miss
Baptists
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Terday
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