Polio Emergency Sought In Muncie Indiana
Polio cases rise prompting Muncie Indiana health board to ask mayor to declare a state of emergency and bar all public meetings. Ball Memorial Hospital reports 22 positive and 10 suspected cases, 15 from Muncie, with statewide Indiana total at 211 cases and 2 fatalities. An earlier police chase ends with a misidentified monster as a worn automobile tire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ind
Board of Health Today
Lester Holoway
Bell Memorial Hospital
Munele
Indiana
Health Board
M. J. Moss
Board of Health
State Board of Health
Ball Hospital
Control of All Shipping Said to Be Red Aim
United Press reports House investigators in Washington examining the Hawaiian dock strike for links to a Moscow plan to seize global shipping control. Hearings will feature Joseph Curran of Nations Maritime Union and an ex-Communist tied to 1920s meetings. Hawaii’s territorial bill would let Stainback set a stevedoring agency, sparking further dock boycotts by ILWU locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Prem
House
Washington
Moscow
House UN- American Activities Committee
Joseph Curran
C. I. U. Nations Maritime Union
Hawaii
London
Myc
Giurran
Walter Ackerman
Striking International
Longshoremen’s ‘and Warehousemen's Union
C. I
Senate
LL. W.U
Berry Schmitt
San Francisco
Seattle
San Pedro
Schmidt
Man Faces Charge of 400 Burglaries
TAMPA 410 says a former Los Angeles bartender, Patrick James Murdock, 28, admitted financing a cross country trip with profits from 400 burglaries across 27 states. Held on open charge, he said the loot totaled about 7000 dollars. He quit bartending 14 months ago and moved from city to city cashing stolen goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Ingepector
D. D. Firphera
Noncha
Patrick James Murdock
Los Angeles
Murdock
Stephens
California
Miami
Rockford
Til
Girl Swimmer Fears Ocean Monster Sighting
Miami Beach girl Carol Krelg, age 12, screamed as a slimy sea creature swam beside her during a day at the ocean. Her frightened parents carried her ashore to their hotel while investigators, including Delshop, checked the scene as a crowd gathered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Quly
Carol Krelg
Terday
Miss 12
Delshop
Of All Things Screen Door Stolen
Cumberland, Md July 29 A humorous police blotter item reports Officer C D Manges returning home in a cruiser when a desk sergeant asks if he wants a screen door. Manges replies he does not need one as summer nears end, then is told his wife reported the door stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
C. D. Manges
Manges
Wife Ends Life In Night Club Shooting Tragedy
PITTSBURGH July 29 A shot rang out at a downtown night club as Leroy Ripley 23 found his wife Vera 23 mother of their year old twins dying of a bullet wound in the right temple. Police said the couple, amid reconciliation efforts, died by self-inflicted action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Leroy Ripley
Vera
Boy Wins Title of Freckle King at Chicago Fair
Herbert Harris eleven won the freckle king title at the Chicago Railroad Fair after he bared his freckled back in a judged contest. Freckle queen Sally Brady nine of Evanston also won the title. Hundreds of children with freckles attended the fair yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Herbert Harris
Herbert
George
Minchin
Santa Fe Railroad
Harris
Sally Brady
Evanston
Fair Free
Yester
Blighted Love Story Upsets Murder Trial
Redwood City July 29. Kermit O. Frazier on trial for killing Mrs. Mary Thompson in Atherton California described a blighted love affair in tearful detail as women spectators sobbed and fainted. He says the shooting followed an attempted suicide after Doris, his lover, forbade contact. Doris and her sister Sharle were hurt in the shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redwood City
Kermit O. Frazier
Frazier
Mary Thompson
Atherton
Calif
Doris
Sharle
Air Force
Joanne
Five Percenter Quiz Witness Rated 'Hot'
Secret testimony of a White House visitor in the five percenter inquiry was called hot by Senate investigators. John Maragon, a former bootblack now famous for his network of government contacts, indicated there may be more to come in weeks ahead. He testified after initial denials, saying he sought to be heard by the committee following a charge in Drew Pearson’s column. The subcommittee probes if contractors used influence to secure government work, though the practice itself is not illegal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Ashington
White House
Senate
John Maragon
Congress
Truman
Harry H. Vaughan
Maragon
Mexagon
Special Investigations
Cap ‘Ftal
Drew
Pearson
Sen
Karl Mundt
South Dakota
Sen. Mundt
Commission
Name-Calling Banned as Steel Talks Open Hearings
New York July 29 Presidential fact-finders urged calm as union demands in the steel industry moved to hearings. The United Steelworkers seek increases totaling 30 cents hourly for about 900,000 workers. C I O President Philip Murray attacked steel leaders, prompting name-calling warnings from the board and a pledge to focus on facts without emotional remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Co. SO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Murray
Carroll R. Daugherty
Scopa
Fragmentary report on threats and police plea for protection
A damaged notice notes a family threat case involving Inez Carpenter and Miss Lockwood calling for police protection. A 43-year-old man, likely a judge, faced bond and appeared linked to a Shanghai auto fee dispute. The fragment hints at a murder threat and ongoing legal concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Lockwood
Inez
Carpenter Ly
Jnc
Ctv
Also Mentioned on This Page
Supreme Court
Ganera
Tom Clark
Frank Murphy
Howard McGrath
Associated Press
Muncie
Abe, Ziskin
John Walsh
Ziskin
D.R. 1
Rhode Island
Clark
Man
Boy
Freckle
Quits Hospital
Dee David
Mickay Cohen
Queen of Angels Hospital
Edward
Neddis) Herbert
Shanghai
Shanghai 2
Uae
Er? Angeles
Unikom Pacific
Long Beach
Fina
Lamy Beach
Carven J
Union Pacific
Catalina
Pacific
Wilmington
Avalon Blvd
Avalon
Pam
Tiki Ofiown
LON Ansirsg
SOB W. Oth
Pacific Electric Sia
Matany Lone
PaciNe Backs Station
Pace’ Ocean Shvd
Catalina Terminal
Fact of Avoten Sivd
Mulle
Jan Garber
Dallboom
Packard
Moonare
In ‘Iedooe Glab
Siéas
Packard Long Beach CO
American Avenue
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!