Story of Bigotry and Unity at World Scout Jamboree
J. M. Roberts Jr reflects from Moisson France on the World Boy Scout jamboree where Czech, Hungarian, and western youths mingle. He notes welcoming scenes, quotes a Czech teen on international unity, and warns that propaganda and hate threaten peace, urging spiritual defense before physical conflict.
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J. M. Roberts
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Moissoni
France
Czechoslovakia
America
Hungary
Yuodyslavia
Romania
Bulgaria
Judge grants Delmont Volunteer Fire Department liquor license
In Greensburg Pennsylvania on August 14 Judge George H McWherter overturned a State Liquor Control Board denial and awarded a club liquor license to the Delmont Volunteer Fire Department. The judge ruled the Quota Act does not apply to clubs.
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Greensburg
George H. McWherter
Delmont
Ilse Koch: From Buchenwald to Prison for Life
Hal Boyle recounts the U S war crimes tribunal ruling that Ilse Koch, the so called Queen of Buchenwald, will spend her remaining days in prison. He recalls disturbing testimonies from former prisoners and vivid scenes of her cruelty and bizarre fixation with tattooed skin lampshades.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Heaven
Germany
Frau Ilse Koch
Buchenwald
Weimar
Ilse Koch
Frau Koch
Fj T
George Patton
Third Army
Vienna
Herr Koch
Nise
Koch
Rome
Penty
Thera
Bad
Married for Spite Annullment Grants Divorce
In Towson Maryland on August 16 a court examiner reports John R. W. Seymour and Dorothy M. Fust 21 were annulled after Seymour claimed she wed to spite another man. Dorothy admitted loving another and the marriage ended after about a month.
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Towson
John R. W. Seymour
Dorothy M. Fust
Seymour
Dorothy
the Examiner
Universal Training Hot Issue In Nation Today
Washington Aug 14 Congressional backers of universal military training plan to persuade governors nationwide. Governors adopted a July Salt Lake City resolution backing UMT and a state-by-state campaign via an unidentified national group. Opponents doubted public support, while proponents say public sentiment will drive congressional action after January hearings.
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Washington
Salt Lake City
House Armed Services Committee
UMT
Congress
House Committee
Truman
Special Commission On
House
Senate
Search for Saint Dead 300 Years
Rev. James A. McEnerney S J heads to Auriesville to locate the bones of Rene Goupil, a Jesuit lay brother killed 1642 by Iroquois. He plans to use a mine land detector to find bones and a possible metal crucifix hidden with them. gnu and other antelope family members are mentioned in error as context.
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Scranton
James A. McEnerney
S. J
Scranton Preparatory School
Auriesville
Rene Goupil
University of Scranton
Father McEnerney
Philadelphia
Goupil
Ossernenon
St. Isaac Jogues
St. Jogues
Father McEncrene
Saint Goupil
British shells hit Gatow Airport in airfield strike
British authorities report four shells fell on Gatow Airport, one exploding and ripping a crater on a landing strip. Airport attaches suggest shells likely came from Russian tank gun training units near the surrounding zone. The piece also notes World War I era mentions of anthrax infections among British troops from shaving brushes imported from Japan.
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Gatow
Japan
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