Forest Fire Takes Five Lives in New Jersey Crisis
A major forest flame swept across coastal plain from New Gretna to Chatsworth near Atlantic City. Five known dead, many missing, CCC workers among the volunteers, as crews battled a triangular front and feared more victims.
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New Gretna
N. J
South Jersey
CCC
Chatsworth
Manahwakin
Johns Thornburg
Mt. Holly
Fie
Stanley Carr
John la Salle
Bass River
Cce
Tra Morey
Atlantic City
Asbury Park
Col
Leonidas Coyle
Mt. Holby
Civilian Conservation Corps
Suifford Forge
Packerton
Barnegat
Torgether
Alfred Morey
Ron Nelx
Bass River Dee
Ira Morey
West Creek
Warden Mor
Weather Summary Amid Patchy Showers Across States
Patchy showers move through Kentucky western portions tonight into Wednesday with unsettled temperatures. North Carolina sees light winds and scattered showers in the mountains by midweek, while Virginia and Utah report cloudy skies and scattered showers. Temperature trends show yesterday’s highs around six to seven degrees in the region with limited rainfall yesterday.
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Kentucky
Hegienne
North Carolina
Black robbers steal from Nashville lunch wagon
In Nashville on May 26 two Black robbers struck a lunch wagon, injuring two White men, Scott and King. Police arrested Harris Drew and Robert Carter, with bloodhounds leading to their home. King, paralyzed, identified Drew as the assailant. witnesses called the act cold blooded.
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Nashville
I. B. Scott
Tate
East Washville
Harvey King
Harris Drew
Robert Carter
W. E. Nannie
Nannie
Scott
Drew
King
Pitiher
Wannie
Arabs Repulse British Troops In Anti Jew Fight
Arabs and British forces clash across the Holy Land as 49 days of violence leave at least 50 dead. In Nazareth region gunbattles force police to retreat at Mount Tabor while another engagement with 200 Arabs occurs near Maskha. High Commissioner Wauchope vows government mandate duties will be fulfilled.
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Jerusalem
Holy Land
Amah
Palestine
Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope
League of Nations
Jesus of Nazareth
Mount Tabor
Nazareth
Maskha
Contractors for Power Lines Quit Knoxville Contract
Hess and Barton Inc of Pittsburgh notified City Manager George Pempster they cancel the Knoxville power distribution contract. They cite a revised Public Works Administration loan of 2.5 million without their consultation and delays from injunctions by the Tennessee Public Service Company. The firm seeks 50,000 in damages. TVA and PWA funding legal actions loom with a chancery hearing scheduled.
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Knoxville
Hess and Barton, Inc
Pittsburgh
George Pempster
W. F. Hess
Public Works Administration
Tennessee Public Service Company
Circuit Repart
Chancery Court
State Supreme Court
PWA
Tennessee Valley Authority
Deputy Pleads Self Defense in Murder Case
MATHSOR VELLA May 26 Deputy sheriff faces murder charge in the McFadden slaying. District Attorney General FR Beecher Witt aims to schedule preliminaries for Friday DW May 26. McFadden, 18, of Asheville, died May 25 after a gunfight. Sheriff Birel Wrigges reported self defense. McFadden and Gaddis, tied to a Works Progress Administration disturbance in Polk County, had prior hostile exchanges. Gardin was shot earlier. McFadden allegedly shouted and claimed a bond-related trial.
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Mathsor Vella Ternth
Vanpiett Gerthis
Tolle
Shorife
Faerd Po
Iit Ier
McFadden
Beecher Witt
MeéFadden
Asheville
Sonne Strat
Dergar
Een Tsabetle
Sherif Birel Wrigges
David McFadden
Raslaiianu
Bert Frye
Copperhill
Gomleh Etg
McFaddlen
Gaddis
Biggs
Works Progress Administration
Polk County
Gardin
Meladden
Chattanooga
Girl Object Of Attacker Near Eufaula
In Eufaula Alabama on May 26 a 16 year old girl warded off an attempted assault in a garden. An overnight hunt used bloodhounds from Kilby prison but no trail was found. The assailant fled after the girl screamed and her father fired twice. No injuries reported as authorities work on scant clues.
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Eufaula
Ala
Here
Kilby
Montgomery
John Pitt Williams
Murder victim identified in Clinton case
May 26. The torched murder victim of Want ustiuquet mountain was identified today as Mrs Elizabeth Cannon Freel, 50, a socially prominent matron of Clinton. The husband, Dr Harry C Du prey, and Police Chief Michael E Kelly, all of Clinton, identified the body after reading reports of her dental work. Mrs Freel disappeared May 15 and left home for several days at a time. She was mother to three children and active socially.
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Kenn Nch
Wantustiuquet Mountain
Elizabeth Cannon Freel
Clinton
Robert E. Freel
Wacuchttts Electric Lightsompany
Harry C. Duprey
Michael E. Kelly
Massachussetts
Keene
Arthur Olsen
Freel
University of Pennesylvania
Clinton Chamber of Commerce
Clinton Rotary Club
Clinton Knights of Columbus
Zioncheck Dances With Wife In New York Night Club
New York report says Seattle Congressman Marion Zioncheck and his 21 year old wife spent three hours at an upper Manhattan club after a Caribbean cruise. He danced with her, urged by the impresario to slow the tempo. Zioncheck wore a play suit and red tie while his wife wore a white suit and matching hat.
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Albert W. Wilson
Freas
New York
Marion Zioncheck
Seattle
Upper Manhattan
Zioncheck
City Ten
Lewis Leon
The
Lab
Bioncheck
Puerto Rics
Virgin Islands
Leon
Sediels
Jauy
Tax Bill Short Washington Seeks Quick Senate Action
Leaders aim to send the $1.425 billion relief bill and the tax bill to the Senate floor for debate before the Republican convention. The finance committees worked on revenue gaps and possible rate hikes, including tightening corporate taxes for improper accumulation and stockholder withholdings above 30 percent.
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Washington
Congress
Senate
Senate Finance Committees
Treasury
Roosevelt
Tupelo Defends Reduced Power Rates Against TVA Subsidy Talk
Tupelo mayor J P Nanney defended local power pricing after Wendell Wilkie suggested TVA subsidy gifts. Nanney cited Tupelo's 1.38 cent per kWh average retail rate with three cent max and four mill min, arguing TVA sales to the city remain profitable for taxpayers. He compared West Point, Mississippi, wholesale usage and TVA costs, asserting Tupelo buys TVA power wholesale without subsidies and resells at a lower rate while making a profit.
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Commonwealth and Southern
TVA
Nanney
Tupelo
Tennessee Valley Authority
Wilkie
Federal Treasury
Anney
West Point
United States
French science heiress could join cabinet as under secretary
Paris May 26 Mme Irene Joliot Curie daughter of Marie and Pierre Curie may become the first woman in a French cabinet. Political sources say Leon Blum plans to offer her a post as under secretary of state as part of a new leftist ministry. Her secretary said she is too busy with experiments to discuss the post.
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Edward Kennedy
Associated Press
Paris
Mme
Irene Joliot-Curie
Leon Blunt
Chamber of Deputies
Madame Marie Curie
Mme. Joliot-Curie
Blur Howver
Joliot-Curie
Blur
Frederic Joliot
Blum
Feader
People's Front
Curie
Radium Institute
Pierre Curie
Six Major Strike Fronts Surveyed
Los Angeles reports two celery field strikers shot and 40 arrested as state troops guard strikes. In Portsmouth Ohio guards called for Wheeling Steel plants. Syracuse notes a general strike in progress. Akron Ohio thirty Goodyear workers held on charges tied to a sit down protest. Memphis Tennessee reports peaceful East Arkansas cotton fields amid union claims of terror. New York aviation and shipyard workers weigh possible strike by Dry Packs Inc. and Marine and Shipbuilding Workers Union.
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Los Angeles
Portsmouth
Wheeling Steel
Syracuse
Rand
1 Corp
Aix
Remme
Akron
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co
Memphis
Tenn
East Arkansas
Southern
Tenant Farmers Union
New York
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Dry Packs, Inc
United One
Hast
Wall Street
Lower Manhattan
Court Debates Cat Ownership in Tennessee Custody Case
In Chat tanooga on May 2 1966 a dispute over a yellow Persian cat split two neighbors in a justice of the peace court. Plaintiff Mrs George D Spurling testified she recognized the cat by face and color, arguing the animal wandered away and should be returned from Mrs H J Rowe. Defense sought a subpoena duces tecum to compel bringing the cat. the move was defeated. Squire Luther Hamby said he could proceed without the animal’s presence and further argument and decision were anticipated.
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Chattanooga
Igland Fark
Justice of the Peace Court
George D. Spurling
Yeuterday
H. J. Rowe
Dionnes Offered House But Refuse Guardians Plan New Staff Home
Callander Ontario May 26 The Dionne quintuplets guardians announce plans to build an eight to thirteen room staff house for the hospital crew and the children funded from the quintuplet funds. The Dionnes parents decline offers of a home built from their children's earnings preferring to keep the family in the hospital setting. The present 13 room building is deemed too small for the five little girls two nurses two guards a cook and a laundress. Work will begin after the playground project is completed to provide normal social life while allowing controlled visits.
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Callander
Elzire Dionne
Lundh
DaFoe
Heated debate over church union at Augusta assembly
Delegates of the Southern Presbyterian church argued over union efforts and related issues at the Augusta assembly. Talks focused on pastorless churches and mismatched ministers with proposals ranging from postponement to interpresbyterial cooperation and executive staffing.
Prison Guards Tied to Black Legion in Michigan Probe
Grand jury actions span every Michigan county as authorities pursue the Black Legion terror network. Charges target 25 alleged members for kidnapping and felonious assault after a WPA worker was flogged. Detentions include guards at the southern Michigan prison and 21 unknowns.
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Detroit
Black Legion
David H. Crowley
Crowley
Lansing
United Front
Jackson
Owen Dudley
Jackson County
Michigan
Priso
Dudley
Harry H. Jackson
Charles Cooley
Secret Order
Ray Ernest
Harley Smith
WPA
Ernest
Glenn
Clarence
Allen Bosom
John Docs
Jackson State
George Noon
Ernest C. Dawnter
Duncan
McCres
Wayne County
Charles A. Pale
Rutor Qwen Dudley
Dickson
Southern Michigan
Neva Yelle
John Does
Cere Ray Ernest
Dudhey
Lae Terraneisis
Cen Nd
Aton Brera
Ernest Brothers
Pris
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