Hopeful wedding for quadruple amputee corporal in Maryland
Robert L. Smith, 22, of Midsieburg Pennsylvania, a quadruple amputee from Korea, wed Barbara Borm, 17, of Takoma Park Maryland, at Fort Lincoln cemetery chapel. The ceremony drew interest from two witnesses, a maid of honor and a best man, amid canaries in the chapel. The couple met at Walter Reed Army Medical Center while Barbara visited patients. Smith lost all four limbs after frostbite and war wounds in 1950. a national trust funded about 120000 dollars toward his care, with monthly income from the trust and Veterans Administration. They plan a brief honeymoon and expect Barbara to return to Takoma Academy next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert L. Smith
Korea
Washington, D. C
Barbara Borm
Takoma Park
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Barbara
Washington
America
Midsieburg
Fort Lincoln Cemetery
Bob
Edgar W. Beckett
First Methodist Church
Hyattsville
Maid of Honor
Phillis Anderson
Wheaton
Staley Borm
Tskoma Park
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Boo
Veterans Administration
Takoma Academy
Erna Borm
Smith
Whole town awaits audit in Dierks bank shortage case
Opal Simmington 49, assistant cashier at Bank of Dierks, faces federal false entries charge as about 73 thousand dollars vanish from the bank. FDIC, FBI, and state agents worked through the night. she posted 7500 bond and awaits results of a wide audit impacting the 1300 resident lumber town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dierks
Ark
Irs
Opal Simmington
Bank of Dierks
Arkansas
Simmington
U. S
Elmer Tackett
Hot Springs
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Ds. M. W. McFarlin
FBI
Little Rock
FDIC
State Bank Commission
Accidents at Low Air Force Reports Major Drop
Washington August 19 The Air Force reported a new major accident rate of 29 per 100000 hours flown in the first half of 1952, down 8 from the prior six months. Jet fighters led improvement with 79 major accidents in early 1952, down from 97 in late 1951 and 101 in the prior January-June period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Boy Dies on First Ride of New Pony in Westtown
In Westtown on August 19, twelve year old Clarence Arthur Horler died after a first ride on a pony bought by his father, Clarence Horler. The boy tied a rope from his waist to the saddle horn and was dragged across a rocky field and through a pond before succumbing at a nearby hospital. The incident remains under inquiry with details unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westtown
Clarence Arthur
Horler
Clarence
Federal Jury to Investigate Shipyard Sale
Attorney General Mc Granery announced that the government sale of the St Johns River Shipyard at Jacksonville in 1946 will be presented to a federal grand jury in Washington on September 3. The case involves bribery and exclusion allegations tied to the sale, which cost 19.5 million and was won by Tampa Shipbuilding Corp. Louis E. Wolfson leads the winning group and serves on Capital Transit’s board. two Justice Department assistants will present before the grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McGranery
St. Johns River
Jacksonville
Fla
House
Justice Department
Tampa Shipbuilding Corp
Louis E. Wolfson
Wolfson
Capital Transit Co
Washington, D. C
Maw
Capital Transit
J. Frank Cunningham
John H. Mitchell
Strike Notice Served on Bethlehem Steel
A seven day strike notice has been served by a CIO union affecting 32 000 workers in eight Bethlehem Steel Co shipyards in New York Aug 19. The union seeks a 20 cent an hour across the board raise while most workers earn 1 80 dollars per hour. Company reps and CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Ship Building Workers plan another settlement effort Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bethlehem Steel Co
CIO
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Ship Building Workers
America
Page Listings From The Daily Paper
A concise index lists sections and pages including Beach Combing on B-1 Bagle on A-9 Bridge on B-2 Classified Ads on B-8 to B-11 Comics on A-6 Crossword on B-8 Editorial on A-19 Financial on 3-6 Obituaries on B-7 Radio and Television on B-4 Shipping on B-7 Sports on Ac 10 and 17 Theaters on B-5 and Weather and Temperatures on 3-7 Women s Activities on B-2
Bachelor Sails World End to End Solo in 3 1 2 Years
A Brooklyn bachelor, 40-year-old Al Peterson, sailed solo aboard the 33-foot Stornoway and completed a round-the-world voyage three and a half years after leaving Brooklyn without notice. He moored at Sheepshead Bay Yacht Club as friends cheered, after stops from Miami to Tahiti and on to Sydney, through the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea, finally returning to Brooklyn last June 28. The vessel is a single mast sloop with two sails and an outboard motor.
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New York
Brooklyn
Y al Peterson
Stornoway
Sheepshead Bay
Peterson
Brooklyns
Miami
Pia
Pacific Coast
Tahiti
Sydney
Australia
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Mediterranean
Dakar
Africa
Atlantic
Bombing hits Korean grenade plant near Yalu River
Fourteen U S Superforts bombed a large grenade factory near the Yalu River in northwest Korea, about three miles south of the border with Manchuria. The plant at Nalkwon, between Sinuiju and Namdosong, reportedly produced 1000 anti-tank grenades and up to 5000 hand grenades daily. The raid faced heavy anti aircraft fire. one night fighter engaged a B 29 but all 14 planes returned safely. Weather then improved on the front as Allied forces repelled a Chinese probing attack at Bunker Hill amid strong winds.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S
Yalu River
Manchuria
Far East
Tokyo
U. N. Command
Nalkwon
Sinuiju
Namisdong
Sea of Japan
Hokkaido
Japan
Bunker Hill
Grand Jury Details in New York Vice Case
A New York grand jury heard actor Richard Short, 38, who is accused of living off a call girl’s earnings, as two young women were questioned in the widening vice probe. Prosecutors disclosed payments of at least 300 dollars weekly to Pat Thompson, with other witnesses and a wealthy heir and designer ex-husband among those implicated in the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Case Society
Richard Short
Short
Pat Thompson
Anthony J. Liebler
Gore
Bionce
Peerkaroo
Two youths charged in extortion plot in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles on August 19 two youths Eugene Donohoe Bales 23 and Philip Campbell 18 faced arraignment on extortion charges after FBI agents trapped them by placing a phony package at the Greyhound bus depot. They admitted demanding ten thousand dollars in small bills from Herman Tl Hahn president of Union Bank & Trust Co. Bales led agents to Campbell who confessed to writing the threatening note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Herman Tl. Hahn
Union Bank & Trust Co
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Eugene Donohoe Bales
Philip Campbell
Bales
Greyhound
Campbell
Hahn
Lonely Gunman Says He Needed His Own Doll
Santa Monica August 19 A gunman named Robert G. Livingston 28 was sentenced to 10 years to life in Superior Court Judge Harry J. Borde's court after pleading bitter over not having a doll. He confessed he walked into a police stakeout at a service station last June and claimed he held up only happy husbands and men with girlfriends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Monica
Robert G. Livingston
Harry J. Borde
Livingston
Canadian immigrants papers fraud case linked to minister's sister
Washington reports the Justice Department named Mrs. Aline Steigerwald of Windsor as an advisor to Canadians seeking border crossing papers amid an immigration visa fraud probe. The department linked 100 Canadians in the Detroit area to misrepresented finances for U S visas. Other arrests included Windsor resident Lawrence E MacKinnon and Canadian Everett E Glassco, with a bank official Royce Merride implicated for false deposits. officials stressed no evidence of Steigerwald or others committing offenses on American soil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Justice Department
Canada
Aline Steigerwald
Windsor
Paul Martin
Detroit
McGranery
United States
Steigerwald
Lawrence E. MacKinnon
Everett E. Glassco
Royce Merride
Provincial Bank of Canada
Glassen
McBride
Prest
Immigration Service
Department
Four California fires kill one and hurt four
Four California forest fires burned more than eight thousand acres of timber and brush before being controlled. Larry Higgins, 21, a State Forestry Service worker from Lakeland Village, died fighting a blaze near Elsinore. Four firefighters were injured on the Wind-whipped Mt Hamilton fire, which burned about seven thousand acres before a 325-strong crew halted it. Two other blazes in the Sierra Nevada were contained, with injuries reported among firefighters from San Francisco and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
California
Larry Higgins
Lakeland Village
Elsinore
Cleveland Nalianal Forest
U. & Forest Service
Mt. Hamilton
Santa Clara
Stanislaus
Sierra Nevada
Thomas E. Bowers
San Francisco
Livermore
Harold Leyden
Turlock
Philp van Deventer
Judge Douglas cites Russian flag in Malaya insurgency
U S Supreme Court Justice William Douglas, on a self financed tour of Southeast Asia, said he personally saw a hammer and sickle Russian flag in Malaya captured from guerrillas near Kuantan. He photographed the banner and argued Moscow backed the guerrilla campaign as part of a global plan of terrorism.
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Singapore
United States Supreme Court
William
Douglas
Malaya
Kremlin
United Press
Moscow
Ghurka
Kuantan
High Court
Southeast Asia
Formosa
Japan
Korea
Rangoon
Cyclist and girl rider die in Arroyo Seco crash
A motorcyclist Farrell Sneed aged 24 and his passenger Ernestine Wilson aged 19 were killed when their bike struck an abutment on the Arroyo Seco Freeway near Cypress Ave Los Angeles. Police said the speedometer read 78 miles an hour with the bike speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Arroyo Seco
Farrell Sneed
Ernestine Wilson
Cypress Ave
Hard Coal Firms Rule Out Pay Hike
In New York on August 1, 75000 hard coal miners began negotiations for a new contract as industry leaders declare no pay increase is possible at this time. John L. Lewis, UMW president, said he was detained in Washington but may join talks later with union and management representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WEW
York
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Washington
Variable skies with sun by afternoon forecast
A mostly sunny outlook tomorrow after noon with mild morning and night lows. Clouds may fog in the morning and early afternoon as the temperature holds steady. Winds shift from east to southwest at 10 to 18 mph during the afternoon.
Son in Law Held in Slaying at Compton Home
Compton police report Elijah Lawshea 46 of 934 East 122nd Street was shot dead by his son in law John Lee Ivy 41 of the same address. Ivy was taken into custody on suspicion of murder after a family dispute at about 730 am today. Det Sgt Arthur M. Thomas Det Henry Wabben and Officers D M Tally and Gene L Wokal arrested Ivy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Compton
Elijah Lawshea
Win Law
John Lee Ivy
William Church
Ivy
Arthur M. Thomas
Henry Wabben
D.M. Tally
Gene L.wokal
All-Time US Gas Tax Bite Ahead of 1982 Total
In New York on August 19, U S motorists face an all-time high in gas taxes estimated at 2.75 billion dollars for the year. A semi annual survey by the American Petroleum Industries Committee shows state gasoline tax receipts for the first half of 1952 rising 2 percent over the prior year, with projections implying a total near 1.984 billion by year end when including interstate taxes.
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New York
U. S.S
Ametan Petroleum Industries Committee
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USAF
Florida
Bethlehem Steel
Bachelor
Yalu
Grand Jury
N.Y
Minot Ts -Ielke
Sumter ‘Chapman
Ceil Chapman
Lonely Gunman
Calif
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