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Long Beach Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1954

Page

2

Record on U S education priorities sparks debate in Atlantic City

U S Education Commissioner Samuel M. Brownell criticizes the nation’s school system noting growth in student numbers outpaces classroom construction. He calls for 117000 new classrooms annually, says 50 000 are built, and warns against illiteracy and loss of potential workers. He cites teachers shortages and rising student dropouts as major drift in national education.

Samuel M. Brownell U. S Brownell National Congress of Parents Tallon Dinah Shore Savage Tadey Eva Duncan Winters Calif Clarence Santry Marysville Mark Twain Elmira Eastern Assn James Moser Chet Brammer Des Moines New York Republican State Committee Dewey Nebraska GOP W. W. Spear Fremont Clarence S. Beck Bill Shirley Mass

Trial of Reds Nearing Jury

Final arguments begin in the five Communist defendants charged with conspiring to advocate violent overthrow of the government. Judge Roy W. Harper overruled motions for dismissal, mistrial, juror discharge, and a legal-point hearing. The trial, which began January 25, is expected to go to the jury Friday.

ST. Louis ULP Roy W. Harper Valso

Safe arrival ends chase of Bakersfield fugitive boy

A 13 year old boy who rode a freight train with two companions fled into brush near Newhall after the train slowed on Soledad Grade. Barney Offield reached Bakersfield and was located with friends, while Darryl Young and Jim Rheamount were picked up by a sheriff’s patrol. A search with a sheriff’s plane followed the trio’s escape from a switched boxcar incident.

Soledad Young Rheamount Offield Burbank Newhall Clevengers Barney Bakersfield Darryl Young Jim Rheamount Bothsor

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