Lash Victim Describes Hooded Robbery and Threats
A 31 year old Navy veteran Billy Guyton Stovall told reporters he was flogged by six to eight hooded men at night after they dragged him from his home to a lonely road and beat him with a leather belt. He said his two children slept inside while his wife worked a late shift and neighbors call him a good father. This was the third such incident in a week in the Birmingham area as authorities vow action.
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Birmingham
Ala
Billy Guyton Stovall
Stovall
Jimmy
Ia Cross
E. P. Pruitt
Federated Ku Klux Klan
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Montgomery
National Guard
Lash
Lily Guyton Stovall
Elaine
Associated Press
U S Steamer at Shanghai Sailing Soon
Two fishing vessels began dragging the Yangtze river mouth channel for Chinese Nationalist mines. If none found, the American owned China Victory and a British vessel should sail on the first favorable tide.
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U.S
Shanghai
Yangtze
Pert
China Victory
Steel Union Puts Cards on Table in Wage Talks
In Pittsburgh on June 16 the CIO United Steel Workers and U.S. Steel officials held a two hour negotiation session. The union demanded a general wage increase and sought pensions and insurance benefits. No details on pensions were disclosed and no changes were announced.
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Pittsburgh
United Steel Work
Shanghai
Whang
Arsenal
U. Wae Rannrtéri
S. Steel Corp
Bomber Pilot Kills 128 Million Grasshoppers in One Flight
WORLAND Wyoming June 16 Archie Geiser veteran of the Hump war led a bombing mission in a C47 dropping 7350 pounds of poison bran on a grasshopper swarm. In 25 minutes over the target he wiped out an estimated 128 million insects, spraying 1470 acres. ground survey tallies suggest at least 123 million dead, a figure described as conservative.
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Worland
Wyo
Archie Geiser
New York
Los Angeles
Archie
Gelser
Jeo Iverson
Floods in South China Halt Communist Advance
Floods in south China reportedly impede Communist advances as Canton reports 20,000 drowned, a grim figure reflecting severe loss in the region. Officials confirm humanitarian and logistical strain amid ongoing conflict and relief efforts described in the Canton dispatch.
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China
Canton
Cinderella Comes Home But Mom Is Unimpressed
In Ydber Pennsylvania on June 16, Cinderella Stephana Sara Hitchcock 24 and her husband Francis Hitch cock visited her mother Mrs Steve Turk. The couple, once eloped to Georgia, helped with chores and spoke of possibly buying a home near Windham. A separate note recalls Mrs John Ozment seeing an alligator while walking home and Hale chasing it with a shotgun.
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Ydber
Steve Turk
Stephana Sara Hitchcock
Francis Hitchcock
Pennsylvania
Georgia
Hitchcock
Stephana
Hama
John Ozment
Hale
Wet-Dry Battle On in Oklahoma
Oklahoma City reports a looming wet and dry battle as Governor Roy J. Turner signals a special election on liquor age rules. Supporters warn of a rights clash while groups pledge a strong campaign over 104 days, aiming for record turnout in a historic vote.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Alligator Killed in Oklahoma Town
Ravia Oklahoma June 15 A UP Schoolteacher Melvin Hale killed a foot two inch alligator in this town of five hundred. That’s news because Oklahoma has frequent alligator sightings but few fatalities.
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Ravia
Okla
Melvin Hale
How to Get a Cat Down From Tree
Newport firemen solve treed cat problem by using a hose to spray the cat from a lofty perch. The animal descended safely after the brief rescue effort led by seven Newport firefighters.
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Newport
N. H
Dazed Denver Escapee Nabbed
Denver police report two inmates fled Denver County jail by sawing bars on the third floor. One man, Tony Villegas, 23, was recaptured after being found dazed at Denver General Hospital with both arms broken from a three story jump. The other, Henry Torres, 18, remained at large.
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Denver
Twoen
Denver County
Denver General Hospital
Tony Villegas
Cocepes
Vas
Henry E
Torres
Vee
Brannan Warns Against Price Slash At Camp Meeting
Secretary of Agriculture Brannan warned that farmers must receive a fair income or the economy will stumble. Speaking at a national 4-H Club camp meeting, Brannan said agriculture remains foundational, not the atomic bomb or military size.
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Washendton
Bran’nan
Brannan
Slightly Bent Military Pay Bill Moves Through Senate
Senate welcomes a battle tested pay bill with hearings set as Secretary of Defense Johnson to testify. The measure would raise pay across all services including reserves and guards, with new scales from 3 percent to 37 percent for ranks, costing about 358 million for the first full year and tapering to 202 million annually after 1952.
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Washington
Senate
House
Tydings
D.md
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense Johnson
Lucas
Uniformed Services
National Guard
Air National Guard
Russ Racketeers Get 3 to 15 Years
In Moscow a jewelry ring dealing in defective watches was sentenced. Eight ringleaders received prison terms from three to 15 years. The scheme involved buying defective parts, assembling faulty watches, and returning them to factories for rebates. Rubashin received 15 years, principals 10, others three.
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Moscow
UPA
Rubashin
Seventeen Leaders Win 4H Citations
Washington June 16 UP reports the national 4 H Club cited 11 civic leaders and its own state leaders for outstanding service to the 4H Club movement. Five medallions were awarded to Harvey Firestone Jr of Akron Ohio president of Firestone Tire and Rubber. Harry Seymour of Corvallis Oregon Triangleing Co. Gar Fowler McCormick of International Harvester Co board chair. messages of commendation went to David Sharp of Logan Utah.
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Washington
Harvey 5. Firestone Jr
Akron
Ohio
Firestone Tire and Earlier Co
Harry C. Seymour
Corvallis
Ore
Triangleing Co
Gar Fowler McCormick
Ternational Harvester Co
David Sharp
Logan
Utah
Reds on Defensive as Cominform Sets New Course
State Department officials found evidence that the Cominform is shifting to defend Eastern Europe and curb American influence. The Bucharest bulletin says blocking Americanism is now a cardinal task, signaling a possible westward expansion pause and tighter Soviet control. Western actions include a Yugoslavia trade deal and talks in Paris aiding Tito’s regime with goods and a World Bank loan for development.
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Ashington
State Department
Europe
Communist ‘International Information Bureau
Bucharest
Romania
United States
Germany
Yugoslavia
Britain
Paris
Acheson
U. S&s
Cavendish Cannon
Belgrade
Marshal Tito
Tito
U. S
World Bank
Old-age Insurance Move Aims To Cover 12 Million More
Washington reports the House Ways and Means Committee may endorse extending old age insurance to about 12 million additional workers. The plan would add 6 million self employed or professional persons and 2.5 million household workers, as well as some state and local government employees. The proposal also contemplates increased benefits and a payroll tax rise beginning January 1952, with Senate action unlikely until 1950.
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Washington
Horse Ways and Means Committee
Truman
House
Senate
Identify 2 Pilots Killed in Air Crash
Tokyo officials disclosed the names of two American fighter pilots killed in a dramatic multi aircraft collision over Misawa Base Monday. The deceased were 1st Lt. James P. Hurley, 24, son of Col. Patrick J. Hurley of Columbia, and Lt. Stewart A. Young, 26, of Paducah, Kentucky.
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Tokyo
Misawa
James P. Hurley
Patrick J. Hurley
Columbia
D. C
Stewart A. Young
Paducsh
Webb Lowest Bidder on Phoenix Hospital
GELES June 16. Del E Webb Construction Co. submitted the lowest bid of three million four hundred forty three thousand one hundred ninety dollars for the Phoenix veterans hospital project. Army District Engineer Col. W D Luplow announced Webb led the field as the first bid under the original government estimate.
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Geles
Phoenix
Ariz
Veterans’ Hospital
Washington
del E. Webb Construction Co
Army District
W. D. Luplow
Webb Company
Reno Man Donates 400000 to Temple Hospital Building Fund
Dr Theodore L Chase of Reno Nev donates 400000 at Temple University Hospital building fund announcement by Temple President Dr Robert L Johnson during the 68th annual commencement. The gift brings his total support to one million dollars for the Agnes Barr Chase Surgical Research Foundation in memory of his wife who died in 1943.
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Reno
Temple U
Philadelphia
Temple University Hospital
Robert L. Johnson
Temple
Theodore L. Chase
Nev
Chase
Agnes Barr Chase Surgical Research Foundation
Antisegregation Bill Wins Senate Committee Approval
Sacramento June 16 the GPA bill to end racial segregation in California's National Guard won Senate military and veterans affairs committee approval after weeks of delay The measure requires that members of the state militia shall not be segregated on the basis of race or color
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Sacramento
California
National Guard
Senate
Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Unions Sign Atlantic Gulf Seamen Pacts
New York June 16 AP two year contracts covering more than 60 000 seamen were signed by representatives of two CSO maritime unions and Atlantic and Gulf Coast shipowners. The deals run to June 15 1951 and include wage increases and maintained hiring hall practices pending Supreme Court ruling.
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New York
William N. ‘Margolis
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
National Maritime Union
American Radio Association
U. S. Supreme Court
Joseph M. Curran
Atlantic
Gulf
Dock Union Offers to End Hawaii Strike
Honolulu June 16. Longshoremen propose ending their seven day Hawaii strike immediately if employers accept the governor’s fact finding board recommendations. Employers had thus far accepted the board’s action, while the union backs accepting the findings, signaling a shift toward arbitration. The gap between labor and management has narrowed recently.
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Honolulu
UPC. T. O. Longshoremen
Hawaii
Gov
M. Stainbeck
Phe
Bue
Homer Guck dies former Chicago Herald-Examiner publisher
Homer Guck, 71, longtime Hearst newspaper executive and former president of the Chicago Herald-Examiner, died of a heart attack in a hospital in Norway Michigan. He was stricken while driving with his wife Beatrice and another couple en route to their Eagle Harbor summer home.
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Norway
Mich
Homer Guck
Hearst
Tine
Chicago Herald-Examiner
Guck
Jing
Beatrice
Eagle Harbor
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