Sick Gypsy Boy Hunted as meningitis fears rise
Ohio and Michigan authorities join Toledo police and Lucas County deputies in a manhunt for eight year old Stanley Mitchell described as more dangerous than any criminal. Doctors diagnosed meningitis after the child’s parents fled with him following a spinal puncture offer. Police searched two local carnivals but found no sign of the Mitchells or the red Ford car they used.
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Ledo
Ohio
Michigan
Toledo
Lucas County
Sheriff's
Stanley Mitchell
Riverside Hospital
Claypool
Mark Mitchell
Battle Creek
Mich
Donald C. Mebane
Mebane
Walter HL Hartung
Miller
Reynolds’ Corners
Sai Child
Watchman Perishes as 17 Race Horses Die in Blaze
A fire at the Emi Denemark farm near Hinsdale destroyed a 320 foot, 40 stall barn killing watchman John Cooney and Frank Wermecek and 17 to 22 horses including Curtice, winner of the Futurity at Washington Park. Lightning struck the roof during a severe storm, igniting 200 tons of hay and causing $700,000 in losses. Denemark said most horses are at Washington Park for Linco Fields meeting.
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CAGO
Emi Denemark
Hinsdale
Denemark
Curtice
Washington Park
John
Cooney
Frank
Wermecek
Raphael
Enforcer
Red Mood
Margaret Blen Replay
Bog Fair
Tre Vit
Silver Pony
Yeggs Crack LB Firm's Safe For $500
Burglars forced entry to the Long Beach Milling Co at 2735 Long Beach Blvd and pried open a new safe, taking $500 in currency. Police later caught burglars from a prior attempt who have since been sentenced. Inspector George Doyle investigated at the scene.
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Yeggs
Long Beach
Milling Co
Long ‘Beach Blvd
Jock
Gomapany
Coor
Spector George.Doyle
Police Department
Invertiaetne, Blvd
Guilty in First Degree Murder for Talle
A San Jose jury finds cattleman Thomas P Talle guilty of first degree murder in the killing of his wife Marge on December 23. He faces a life sentence with possible parole after 15 years, after a trial noted for his calm demeanor and testimony.
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San Jose
Thomas P. ‘Talle
New Mexico
Marge
Talié
Anniversary man celebrates with money rain in Hazleton
In Hazleton Pennsylvania a man named Charles E. Waterson of Flint Michigan formerly from Mt. Carmel caused a money shower when coins rained from a fourth floor hotel room. Passersby collected coins and alerted a police officer who located the happy celebrant, noting it was his seventh anniversary and that he felt like celebrating.
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Hazleton
Jime
Reora
Charles E. Wat‘Son
Mich
Carmel
Six Jap Red Leaders Flee to Escape Police
Six Japanese Communist leaders went underground today after anti occupation leaflets were found. One leader Hidetaro Ikeda was jailed. Police seized leaflets, issued six more warrants, and extended bans on outdoor gatherings and political writings. Many purges and detentions followed, with broader measures against leftist activity.
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Tokyo
Hidetaro Ikeda
U.S
Yokosuka Naval Base
Here
Shin Sumida
Toich Tizuka
Toichiro Sudo
MacArthur
Folice
Osaka
Hiroshi Nakazawa
Jyaan
Japan
Metropolitan Police Board of Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Communist Party
Teiyu Amang
Truman Flays Militaristic Soviet Policy
President Truman accused Soviet Russia of preaching peace while fomenting aggression and preparing for war. He named the Soviet Union repeatedly, charging expansion of totalitarian control through infiltration, subversion, propaganda, and direct aggression as he contrasted democracy with dictatorship in a major foreign policy address. Actions at home and abroad were cited as evidence of Moscow’s obstructive role in world affairs.
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Ernest B. Vacuaro
ST. Louis
Truman
Soviet Russia
Russia
United States
Jefferson Memorial
Mississippi River
Soviet Union
Wild Brush Fire Threatens Camp Pendleton Marines
A fast moving brush fire swept across Camp Pendleton threatening a tent camp as the First Marine Division of about 000 men stood on stand by. U S Forestry Service crews fought to protect the Cleveland National Forest near the blaze, with the origin under investigation as a possible artillery shell or Marine maneuvering accident in the making of a motion picture.
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Camp Pendleton Marine Base Reservation
First Marine Division
U. S. Forestry
Cleveland National
Montezuma
Town Escapes Tornado Damage
A tornado roared through Blackwell Oklahoma last night causing a spring barn to be the only damaged structure. Several power lines failed temporarily, but no injuries were reported. Theo F. Definer was injured when his barn collapsed on a cow that had just given birth to a calf. both escaped further injury.
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Blackwell
Okla
Oklishoma
zheTheo F. Definer
Snake in Zoo Births 45 Young in Bronx Exhibit
A Dolsonous snake mothered 45 babies today at the Bronx Zoo. The fer de lance arrived from Costa Rica last month and contributed to the unusual birth event.
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New York
Bronx
Costa Rica
Fire Threatens Stored Gasoline as Wind Flares Up
In Lewisporte New Foundland a forest fire roared toward two million gallons of stored gasoline near the village. Firefighters and every able bodied man from the 1600 population battled the blaze four miles from the tanks. Deputy Minister Frederick Rowe reported snow and no immediate danger to the village or 10 other settlements, while planes and ships stood by for possible mass evacuation as winds gusted from 25 to 45 miles per hour.
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Lewisporte
Mid
N’ ‘Ational Resources
Frederick Rowe
Rowe
Grand Falls
Peel
Forest Rangers
Dominion Public Weather Office
Nine Anti Red Poles Sentenced to Prison
Warsaw June 10 The Polish press reports nine members of an underground sabotage and espionage organization were given sentences from life to 15 years by the Olsztyn Province district court. One life sentence went to Rev Jozef Smitana, described as the organization's chaplain.
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Warsaw
Poland
Rground
Fatty
Olsztyn
Mill Court
Jozef Smitana
Fire wipes out Danish resort center in Hundested
A gale driven fire swept through the fishing resort center of Hundested in Denmark today. The blaze caused an estimated 175000 dollars in damage. No injuries were reported.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Hundested
Bushman's Life Fight Ends In Near-Death Struggle
Chicago mourns Bushman the 550-pound gorilla once called a personal pet at Lincoln Park Zoo. After two days of near paralysis and pain, doctors noted a partial recovery while keepers and the public watched anxiously. Bushman, captured in Cameroon, had been at the zoo since 1930 and was believed to be about 70 human years old.
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Hicago
Bushman
Eddie Robinson
Lester Fischer
French West Africa
America
Lincoln Park
Robinson
Strikers Wives Block Coal Train Across Tracks
Striking coal miners' wives lay on rails to halt a train at the Zap mine as nonunion workers loaded coal. A crewman stopped the run by emergency cord, and the train was diverted to a siding. Police moved women off the tracks as more took their place before officials halted attempts. United Mine Workers had walked out January 12 and subs worked only yesterday.
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Wap
Diate
Zap
United Mine Workers
Princess Elizabeth's Second Child Due August T: Princess Elizabeth's second child due Aug. 10
London sources said Princess Elizabeth's second child is expected around August 10 and likely to be born in Scotland.
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Elizabeth
London
Scotland
Mob Attack on Workers at Struck Enka Rayon Plant
In Morristown Tenn a rock throwing mob of 75 to 100 attacked a caravan of 12 cars carrying workers from the American Enka Corp rayon plant after the midnight shift. Police reported one car overturned and a driver injured by glass. The incident follows a 10 week labor dispute with the union seeking higher pay and benefits. guards had been deployed previously to restore order.
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Morristown
Tenn
American Enka Corp
Rayon
Carl Gilbert Caid
Seerenett
Glass
Ka Cattorney T. Wean
New York
Joe Q
Dougherty
Enka Public Relations
Tepol
Gordon Browning
Iserman
C. So. Textile Workers’ Union
Ex-WAC Arrested as Slayer of Youth
GEORGETOWN Delaware June 10 A 22 year old youth was shot to death today and a former WAC was arrested for questioning in the slaying. The victim was Granville Genfar a member of a prominent Georgetown family. Capt Clarence Lynch said Thelma D Powell 31 a mother of two admitted the shooting in an oral statement. No charges were lodged immediately.
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Georgetown
Del
UB Ao
WAC
Granville Gen Far
Delaware
Clarence Lynch
Thelma D. Powell
German Cafes in Town Put Off Limits to Gis
In HOF Germany on June 10 all German restaurants in the Russian zone border town were closed to GIs to check a small outbreak of paratyphoid. Local officials acted to curb the spread and ensure safety.
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Hof
Germany
Plane crash injures three at air school on base grounds
A plane struck the Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa wiping out three maintenance workers Alma Pigett, Amuel Kerr, and J. W. 67. The left wing sliced through wooden barracks as the craft halted with its tail against another building. Witnesses say the plane never rose more than three feet before the impact.
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Sula Onis
Alma Pigett
A. Kerr
Tulsa
J. W
Spartan School of Aeronautics
Wichite
Kan
Scott Field
Til
Senate Approves Test Vote on Rent Curb
OFF THE TELETYPE notes a Senate test vote approving rent control measures. The item references related coverage in sections on church pages, classifieds, obituaries, radio, schools, shipping tables, sports, theaters, and weather pages across the newspaper.
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Senate O. K
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Ken
Odt
Frank Ellen
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