H L Mencken Dies At 75 Caustic American Critic
Baltimore remembers H L Mencken as a caustic journalist and language scholar who died in his sleep at 75 after a heart seizure. A famed editor and essayist, he lampooned bigots and mediocrity and is known for The American Language and coverage of the Scopes trial. He shaped American letters as a reporter for the Baltimore Sun and editor of American Mercury.
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Mencken
August
U.S
Arkansas
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Baltimore Sun
Dayton, Tenn
William Jennings Bryan
Clarence Darrow
Whiteout pins down Explorers in Marie Byrd Land
Little America V base reports a blinding Antarctic whiteout trapping a seven man trail party 330 miles southeast of the base. The group led by Pemican Pack Bursey travels with a Weasel and two Snow Cats, towing nine sleds, aiming to reach an IGY base site for American scientists. The party, wintering over, includes Moss, Wedemeyer, Dube, Levesque, Edwards, and Stevens, with fuel caches and red flag markers marking progress.
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P—America
Marie Byrd Land
Little America V
Ross Ice Shelf
Bursey
Granc. Rapids
Mich
Antarctic
Richard E. Byrd
George Moss
North Providence
R.I
Charles H. Wedemeyer
Philadelphia
Raymond J. Dube
Taunton
Mass
C. Roland Levesque
Beverly
Alvah G. Edwards
Lakebay
Wash
Chester M. Stevens
Lock Haven
Former Hungarian Premier Expelled From Red Party
Vienna reports Imre Nagy former Hungarian premier who sought greater consumer goods has been expelled from the Hungarian Workers' Party. Nagy joined in 1917 and led the country in 1953 until his replacement on April 18 by Andras Hegedus after policy shifts toward slower industrialization and more consumer goods and agriculture. The broadcaster says Nagy's ouster may remove the last opposition figure Matyas Rakosi leads the Red Ss.
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Austria
Imre Nagy
Hungary
Nagy
Andras Hegedus
Matyas. Rakosi
Red Ss
Cop Delivers Again in New Bedford Police Officer Nicknamed Doc
Patrolman John Lomas aided delivery of a second baby this month and seventh in three years on the force. He has earned the nickname Doc for his rapid assistances and steady service.
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