Grasshoppers Bombed From 5 Air Bases
Sheridan Wyoming June 15 AP. The aerial campaign against grasshoppers begins in Wyoming and Montana with poison-laden planes from five bases. Iverson of the Agriculture Department says they are just beginning to give them hell. Experts map 30 000 000 acre danger zone and target nests for a 99 percent kill using bran baits laced with chlordane and toxaphone. If left, grasshoppers could devastate cropland and grazing ranges, feeding on forage and laying eggs for a new swarm by July end. The Montana Wyoming outbreak is the gravest amid concerns in Wisconsin Texas California and others.
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Montana
Iail
Leo Iverson
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Iverson
Wisconsin
Texas
California
Hinds
Montana-Wyoming
Rescue Effort Fails as Woman and Boy Drown
In Newfoundland Pennsylvania on June 15 a 56 year old grandmother drowned attempting to save her 6 year old grandson. Coroner Vernon Walsh reported the Wayne County coroner identified the victims as Mrs. Ethel Baisley of Newfoundland and Lawrence Hadden, son of Mrs. Erma Hadden of Honesdale.
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Newfoundland
Vernon Walsh
Wayne County
Ethel Baisley
Lawrence Hadden
Erma Hadden
Honesdale
Destroyers reactivated at Navy stresses antisubmarine plans
Navy reactivates destroyers as part of a broader antisubmarine strategy. The article highlights renewed emphasis on anti-submarine warfare and ship readiness. Local context references the newspaper’s page listings and sections including sports, comics, and editorials.
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Navy
New England Heat Death Toll Rises as Crops Endangered
The Associated Press reports northeastern heat pushes death toll to 15 over three days while floods kill 11 in north Texas. Showers improve midwest crops but New Jersey faces peak fire risk and drought. Cornell warns of first class drought emergency without rain. Forest fires burn across Adirondacks and New York that are now under control.
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Cornell University
Ithaca
New England States
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Hudson Valley
State Department of Agriculture
Burlington County
Pacific Northwest
Grand Jury to Hear All From Brenda Allen Today
Los Angeles on June 15 the grand jury will hear Brenda Allen, who runs a Hollywood disorderly house, as part of an inquiry into vice payoffs to police. Police shake up sent vice squad officers back to street duty, and Allen, serving a year for attempted pandering, says she is ready to testify fully.
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Los Angeles
Brenda Alen
Hollywood
Vice
C. B. Horrall
Horral
Miss Allen
Harry M. Lawson
KE V. Jackson
Brenda
Jackson
Bullet Lodges Near Heart of First Baseman
Eddie Waitkus Philadelphia Phillies first baseman was shot at Edgewater Beach Hotel Chicago by Ruth Ann Steinhagen a 19 year old fan. He was wounded near the heart and in critical condition later described as fair to poor. Police said she confessed an urge to kill and had been undergoing psychiatric evaluation.
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Ruth Ann Steinhagen
North Side
Chicago
John T. Warren
Ed Waitkus
Philadelphia Phillies
Boston
Associated Press
Eddie Waitkus
Waitkus
Masonic Hospital
Edgewater Beach
North Shore
Big Four Talks Postponed by Vishinsky
The FIA reports the secret meeting of the Big Four foreign ministers was postponed as Andrei Vishinsky asked for more time. American sources say the Soviet foreign minister was not ready to meet Western colleagues and present the Kremlin’s reply on a transport trade deal for Germany.
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FIA
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Vislinskky
Kremlin
Germany
Four alarm blaze injures 13 in Vancouver industrial district
A four alarm fire swept through Vancouver's east central main industrial district, injuring 13 people and causing estimated damage exceeding 1.06 million dollars. The blaze burned for about two hours before containment, with continued coverage on Page A-2.
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Vancouver
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Atty Gen Clark blasts Hoover resignation rumor
Attorney General Clark called reports that J Edgar Hoover quit as FBI chief over secret files in the Judith Coplon espionage case ridiculous. He rejected questions about resignation and said no. Congressmen defended Hoover as patriotic, defending his service amid sensational reporting.
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Clark
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Judith Coplon
Hoover
Washington Times Herald
Justice Department
Frank Waldrop
Times-Herald
Times Herald
Waldrop
Congress
Rep. Rankin
D.miss
House
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ran ¥In
Truman
Edward U
L A Bandit Suspect Killed by Police in LA Bowling Alley Robbery
A 28 year old bandit suspect John Stanley Keller was shot dead by police while fleeing after alleged robbery at a Los Angeles bowling alley. About $1800 was taken from cashier Charles Leblanc as more than 70 customers watched.
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Los Angeles
John Stanley Keller
Charles Leblanc
Hooded Klansmen flog World War II veteran in Alabama incident
Reported at least three rope hooded men attacked a World War II veteran in his Birmingham area home. A separate Stone Mountain Georgia initiation burned a cross as 126 Klansmen gathered. Witnesses describe dragging, whipping, and a witness statement by the veteran’s family. No official comment from the Klan.
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Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
Stone Mt
Georgia
Birmingham
Ala
Stovall
Guy Stovall
Jimmy
Elaine
Stuart
At- Green
Atlanta
Kian
Puta
Bookie Ring Details Uncovered in State Records
Los Angeles report details step by step operations of a large bookmaking ring with 128 agents operating from barber shops and cigar stores. The disclosure came in Public Utilities Commission records during a renewal case for telephone service claimed by the group’s fronts. San Francisco attorney John Sutro testified for Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co., outlining the syndicate’s extensive network and millions in annual handle.
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OS Angeles
State
Public Utilities Commission
Los Angeles
San Francisco
John Sutro
Sutro
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co
Collapsing Floor on New York Building Injures Eight
Eight workmen were injured today when a fifth floor collapsed at a building under construction near Central Park on Madison Avenue between 76th and 71st Streets. Two are seriously hurt as debris blocked streets and traffic was detoured.
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N.Y
New York
Central Park
Parke-Bernet Art Galleries
Madison Ave
76Th
71Th Sts
City Inrvesting Co
Istreeta
Jap Police Eject Sitdown Strikers in Hiroshima Plant
Tokyo dispatch says Japanese police controlled a steel plant at Hiroshima after ejecting 2500 sitdown strikers. Kyodo News reports 1200 strikers and 20 policemen injured in fighting before the plant was emptied. many strikers identified as Communists.
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Tokyo
Hiroshima
Kyodo
Blast at Kentucky Pipeline Causes Three Deaths
IRVINGTON Ky June 15 Three men were killed and several others injured in a dynamite explosion on the right of way of a Texas to Louisville gas pipeline under construction along the route. The blast halted work as authorities investigated the accident and reported initial casualty figures.
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Texas
Louiaville
Jeter
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