Slain Michigan boy hunted by police for sex fiend
Police comb Lansing for a suspect after 4 year old Walter Eaton was found slain in a downtown storage area. His throat was cut with a broken beer bottle near his home as investigators describe a possible sexual assault and a tall thin man seen nearby. Volunteers scoured cheap housing and rail yards while authorities pursue a manhunt in the capital city.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Walter Eaton
Charles E. Black
Walter
Emily
Lewis Keeps Coal Operators Guessing Across Conferences
Jon L. Lewis pressed general contract demands at three regional talks as soft coal contracts expire June 30. About 400,000 miners begin a 10 day vacation July 5, while Lewis seeks higher pay, shorter hours and welfare-royalty boosts, keeping specific demands under wraps amid rising industry tensions.
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Bite Sulphur Springs
W. V
Jon L. Lewis
Lewis
Southern Association
United Mine Workers
John Owens
Bluefield
W. Va
Southern
S.C. Pb.a
Harry M. Moses
U. S. Steel Corporation
Chiang Reported In for Public Spanking by U.S.
Diplomatic informants report the State Department may publish a white paper blaming Chiang Kai-shek for Nationalist China's collapse. They say the document will argue Chiang wrecked south China defense, withdrew air force and navy, and dispatched troops to prompt his recall, while allegedly honoring limited American military advice.
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Washington
China
Chiahng Kai-shelé
State Department
Chiang
Dean Ache- Bon
Nmys
South China
Yangtze
Magazine Fights New York School Ban
The Nation magazine, barred from New York public schools for another year, plans court action to overturn the ban. By a unanimous vote the nine member board of education renewed the ban and approved the list of periodicals dropped by the boards of superintendents.
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New York
Py the Nation
L A Loses Out on Extradition
Oklahoma City June 24 UP Leslie D Dillon, 24, claiming 100000 from Los Angeles for false arrest in the Black Dahlia case, beat an extradition attempt by LA officers. He says the charge is a ruse to block his claim and produced witnesses placing him in Oklahoma during the Carmel Hotel Santa Monica robbery on April 28, 1947.
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Oklahoma City
Leslie D. Dillon
Los Angeles
California
Oklahoma
Dillon
Carmel Hotel
Santa Monika
Coal Miners Begin Paid Vacation Tonight
SCRANTON PA June 24 The nation s coal miners start a paid vacation at midnight The big question is whether miners will return to the pits after the vacation ends John J Lewis United Mine Workers president and coal operators hold the answer If no contract is reached before June 30 miners may again be idle past performance suggests the rule No contract no work will guide the industry once more.
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Scranton
John J. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Shipping Line Issues Six Million Refund to Government
The American President Lines sent a check for 6,102,000 to the United States Maritime Commission as a partial refund of federal subsidies. An additional refund of 678,000 будет follow. The move relates to competition with other shipping lines.
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San Francisco
United States
Jerenal
Press Club Cancels Tomorrow Show In Los Angeles
The Greater Los Angeles Press Club cancels a top night show by star entertainers including Milton Berle and Dinah Shore due to a dispute with the American Guild of Variety Artists. Ticket buyers will be refunded and invited to the dance without charge. the union demanded each star be paid one seventh of four weeks pay, forcing the cancellation of the performances.
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Los Angeles
Greater
Press Club
Milton Berle
Dick Powell
Jimmy Durante
Dinah Shore
Three Dream Explosions Destroys Asphalt Plant
ERTH AMBOY New Jersey June 24 Three men died two buried alive under asphalt as a series of explosions destroyed a $500000 asphalt plant. Volunteer firemen Lawrence Dambach and Howard Adams were killed. Michael Tonaway died from burns. Adams brother Harry reported his kin and Dambach were helping hose the tank when it blew, sending burning asphalt over the vicinity.
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California ‘Refinery. Co
Manhattan
Goa P. mi
Lawrence Dambach
Howard Adams
Re. Michael Tonaway
Perth Amboy General Hospital
Adams
Harry
Dambach
Young Republicans battle over party head choice
Lake City June 24 AP fight between Harold E Stassen backers and California Gov Earl Warren over a new chairman unfolds at the Young Republicans convention. Labor leader Keenan calls for a change in GOP thinking as Taft and Martin are cited, with several candidates including Laughlin Waters Ackerman and McGlinn duking for support amid credentials disputes and floor battles.
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Jack Bell
Gait
League For Political Education
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
House
Joseph Martin
Massachuset
Keenan
D. Scott Jr
Scott
Stassen
Alex Ackerman Jr
Orida
Ackerman
Frank C. P. McGlinn
Philadelphia
National Junior Chamber of Commerce
McGunn
Joseph Grundy
Pennsylvania
Frank C. Hilton
Womelsdorf
Young Republican
Hilton
Joseph Pew
Donald L. Jackson
R.-Calif
Avention
Jackson
Suspect Butcher of Iowa Woman Caught by Posse
Morrison Iowa June 24 a young man Edward J Buddy Beckwith 27 Mor rigan admitted to his mother he hired and mutilated a young 22 year old woman said Sheriff John A Meyer Beckwith held in Grundy County jail to face first degree murder charges He was seized by a four man posse near Morrison after being identified by tavern patrons Beckwith asked to spend the night with his widowed mother before leaving town and reportedly told his mother she would never see him again
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Harvey
Beckwith
Jesse Algood
Morrison
Meyer
E. M. Beckwith
Newark
Essex County
Edward Gaulkin
Marie Jean Steinhauser
Martland
Jap Textile Exports Decline From Postwar Peak
June 24 Tokyo. Japanese textile exports continued a steady slide in April from the January peak. Al-Ned headquarters attributes the drop to rising competition and a slowdown in textile imports by the United States and other nations.
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Tokyo
al- Ned
United States
National Marbles Contest Heats Up For Finals
Fifty two contestants from coast to coast compete in the 25th national marbles tournament aiming for the title and gold crowns. Emma Miller an Amish girl from Canton Ohio claimed the girls crown as rounds continue for boys and other finalists with prizes including bikes and watches.
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Sbury Park
N. J
Emma Miller
Canton
Ohio
Mother Hubbard
Elyic
Larry Vinson
Ruapoke
San Juan Hill Veterans Reunited in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS NEVADA June 24. Fewer than 30 veterans from San Juan Hill Las Guasimas and El Caney gathered for what may be the Rough Riders Association final convention. No business was slated only one speech and closing banquet planned with Gov Mabry expected to address. G A Rolland first registrant and David M Goodrich of Detroit chairman of B F Goodrich & Co sent word he might attend despite medical advice.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Rough Riders Association
San Juan Hill
Las Guasimas
el Cany
Thomas J. Mabry
G. A. Rolland
City
David M. Goodrich
Detroit
B. F. Goodrich & Co
Balloon Shot Down Over Elkhart by Guard Pilot
An advertising balloon tethered in Chicago snapped its cable and drifted 140 miles to Elkhart, Indiana. Capt. Robert Donahue, piloting an F-51 fighter from Chicago, shot it down about 5000 feet over the town amid 33 mph winds.
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Elkhart
Ind
Chicago
Witnois ‘National Guard
Lake Michigan
Indiana
Robert Donahue
Ona
Seattle Cat Delivers 288 Kittens in Ten Years
UP Stinky the shaggy black cat has given birth to 288 kittens over the past decade. The Mayovsky family adopted her in 1989 after attempts to discard her, and she continued to have litters, with seven arriving recently and one dying. Jerry Mayovsky quips that she has kittens quite often.
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Seattle
Stinky
Paul Mayovsky
Jerry Mayovsky
Girl Cured of Bone Disease Dies in Crash
Ten year old Catherine Tully, once treated for a long bone disease, died in an automobile accident near Pittsburgh after doctors had said she was on the way to recovery. The girl had hoped to walk without crutches and had recently learned surgeons expected improvement. The cab struck a concrete abutment on the return trip.
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Mt, Pleasant
Catherine Tully
Mary Catherine
Pittsburgh
Vet Convicted of Slaying Wife in Ohio
In Columbus, Ironton veteran Clay Patterson, 27, was convicted of manslaughter for the January 14 tavern slaying of his wife Elizabeth, 21, after an all-woman jury could not acquit him. Patterson testified he fired six shots but pleaded innocent. the judge limited verdict options to first degree murder, second degree murder, or manslaughter.
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Columbus
Ohio
UPI
Ironton
Clay Patterson
Elizabeth
Cecil J. Randall
Randall
Patterson
France approves largest postwar military budget
Paris June 24 the French National Assembly passed by show of hands a budget of 383 billion francs about 1.16 billion dollars for the army navy and force funds not including Indo China costs. Socialist opposition failed to block the measure.
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Paris
French National Assembly
S Bitee
Indo-China
Assembly
Robert Schuman
Council of the Republic
France
Eto House
United States
Congress
Russia
Movie Writers Honor First Awards in Hollywood
Hollywood June 24 129 Screen Writers Syndicate honors its members with awards for dramatic film plays. Frank Millen Brand receives best beat drama for "Si Pit" while novelist Mary Jane Ward also shares in the honors. Others honored include John Hughes Treen.
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Hollywood
Screen
Sylla Char
Frank Sang Millen Brand Forte
SI Pit
Mary
Jane Ward
John Hugh Treen
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