Push-Button War Possibility Grows
The article notes atomic warheads for guided missiles and atomic shells for artillery, with all services advancing jet and radar guided weapons. It cites plans to convert a cruiser for missile launching, tests of long ranged jets, and a Navy and Air Force push toward radio controlled bombs and guided weapons while stressing continued manned roles.
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Washington
Associated Press
Navy
Pacific
Air Force
Second Pastor Bans Scouting In Congregation
Eagle River Wisconsin reports that Rev Walter Schumann of Christ Evangelical Church bans Boy and Girl Scout participation for his members. He threatens excommunication for active scouts and cites a 1946 pamphlet criticizing scout theology. Local officials note some boys may resign. Girl Scout leaders say no members are in their troops.
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Eagle River
Wis
Wisconsin Lutheran Synod
Walter Schumann
Christ Evangelical Church
Walter Stroschien
Princeton
Schumann
Milwaukee City
New Construction Marks May Record in 1950
May 1950 new construction valued over 1.9 billion dollars set a record, up 114 percent from April and 23 percent from May 1949, with private home building driving much of the gain. In the first five months, total construction value rose about 21 percent year over year. British duck farmers protest a four cent per dozen price cut for duck eggs compared to hen eggs.
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Washington — .P
Bureau of Labor Statistics
No 190 Subscription Rates Notice
Mail subscription rates listed for Kenosha Racine Walworth counties and others. weekly delivery three cents single copies five cents. long distance rates include Wisconsin Illinois and other states. year prices indicated but partially obscured.
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Kenosha
Racine
Walworth
Wisconsin
Illinois
AWOL Soldier Brought Back After 10000 Miles Handoff
Shenandoah, Pa. John E. Gavenas 28 left the army Jan 3 in Japan and after six months 10000 miles away rejoined the service. An FBI agent arrested him yesterday while he attended a veterans school under an honorable Marine discharge. He reenlisted and traveled by plane to Seattle then drove across the United States.
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Shenandoah
John E. Gavenas
Japan
FBI
Gavenas
Seattle
Wash
Embarrassing Accident in Caledonia and Cuba Sugar Talks
An eighteen year old Frank Bales in Caledonia walked into a moving auto and the car door handle tore his belt and his trousers. Separately Cuban sugar labor troubles have reduced sugar output.
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Caledonia, Mich
Frank Bales
Cuba
Gamblers Pick Trial Judges In Philadelphia Case
A May grand jury presentment says gamblers manipulated bail papers to choose judges who impose lighter sentences. In 116 gambling cases over 16 months ending May 5, 212 indictments involved 215 defendants. The jurors note gamblers know judge tendencies, especially in gaming offenses, and prey on the poor. They do not criticize the judges themselves.
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Philadelphia
Common Pleas
Joseph L. Kun
Observer office closes for fishing trip three days
The Kewanna Observer announces the office will be closed June 1 2 and 3 due to good fishing conditions. The door will be left open with paper and pencil available for patrons to leave news items advertising or request job estimates.
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Kewanna
Ind
Kewanna Observer
Bill Lyon
the Observer
69 Douchobors Sentenced for Nudism in Protest
In Nelson British Columbia a group of 69 Douchobors including 23 women began three year prison terms for nudism. They were members of the Radical Sons of Freedom and were arrested after stripping during a protest as they burned their homes to oppose preparations for a third World War.
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Nelson
B. C
U.P
Radical Sons of Freedom
British Surgeons Describe Index Finger Heart Valve Repair
Three British surgeons report a new mitral valve repair technique using the surgeon's index finger. Seven patients showed satisfactory progress after the operation, two died. The method exposed the heart, inserted the finger into the valve, and stretched the passage to restore circulation, deemed a stride ahead in heart surgery.
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London
British Medical Association
the Journal
Philadelphia
R. C. Brock
The
Medical Journal
Maine youth admits killing wealthy Melrose aunt
William L. Elwell a 19 year old resident of East Sullivan Maine was held for arraignment on a murder charge in the bludgeon strangling of his aunt Mrs Viola Tully at her Melrose Massachusetts home. He said he killed her after going berserk and then placed the body in the trunk of her car and fled to Maine. The body was found in a roadside ditch in Scarboro after he was captured in Portland. He described using a metal machinist dresser as the weapon and planned to drive to an air force field in San Antonio Texas for enlistment.
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Portland
Melrose
Mass
William L. Elwell
East Sullivan
Viola Tully
Malden
Massachusetts
Sylvester Meade
Bilwell
Maine
Scarboro
Meade
Elwell
Gavage
Toshi Isomura
Bevin Undergoes Second Operation in London
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin underwent his second surgical operation in two months and is reported by the Foreign Office to be in satisfactory condition.
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London
Ernest Bevin
Foreign Office
Refugees Describe Mauna Loa Lava Terror in Hawaii
Refugees from the Mauna Loa eruption recount lava rivers two miles wide and 15 miles to the sea that destroyed 15 homes. Mrs. Hose and Toshi Isomura describe fleeing through heat and crackling poles as molten rock surged toward the coast. Police say missing persons are safe. pilots report 500-foot spouts and geysers as lava crosses the highway and cuts off traffic.
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Kona
Hawaii
U.P
Mauna Loa
Henry Hose
Memphis Ex Mayor Pleasants Fatally Shot at Home
Former Memphis mayor James J. Pleasants aged 42 was fatally wounded in his home in what police called an apparent accident. Police said he was shot in the side with a .38 revolver while cleaning the gun and died shortly before midnight at Methodist hospital. Pleasants had resigned as mayor on January 15 1949 and later served as city attorney, a longtime ally of E H Crump's Shelby county Democratic machine.
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Memphis
Tenn
James J. Pleasants
Buddy Dwyer
Pleasants
Methodist Hospital
E. H. Crump
Shelby County Democratic Organization
Dwyer
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