Sex Slayer Sought In Bronx Area
New York AP reports detectives in the Bronx hunted a sex slayer after eight year old Jack Goldsmith was found garroted and strangled in Starlight Park. An autopsy confirmed a sex crime targeting the child who last was seen with a man described as 40 to 50, wearing octagon shaped rimless glasses. Funeral services were held in Brooklyn with burial in Degul Yehuda Cemetery, Deans New Jersey.
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Bronx
Jack Goldsmith
Starlight Park
Ronx
Christian R. Salseider
Jack
Brooklyn
Degul Yehuda
Deans, N. J
Abert Goldsmith
Boston Terrier Missing Belongings Highlight Theft
Everett Massachusetts reports Mrs. Rose Weiner sees her 6 year old Boston terrier Jiggs lose faith in watchdog value as 11 dog blankets and two harnesses vanished from his back over the past year. The report contrasts with a related note about algae movement noting they swim though they are plants.
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Everett
Mass
Rose Weiner
Jiggs
Former Middletonian Serves in U S Diplomatic Services
Ben A. Thirkield, Middletown High School alumnus and former Journal staffer, is now stationed in Johannesburg as Information Officer at the U S Consulate General. The Foreign Services, part of the State Department, operates 300 posts with over 11,000 employees handling passports visas reporting and citizen protection. Thirkield served in the U S Navy during World War II and earned the Silver Star and Bronze Star Medals. he studied at Franklin schools Chicago and Middletown, and earned an A B from Washington and Lee University in 1936.
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Department of State
U.S
Department
Ben A. Thirkield
Journal
Johannesburg
U. S
Thirkield
Wilmington Journal
Washington Post
David Lawrence
World Report
United States News
The
U.S. Navy
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Treasury
North Winship
Macon
Union of South Africa
Cape Town
David G. Wilson
Portland
Ore
Middletown
Winship
Wilson and
Cape Argus
Woman loses billfold finds unmailed letter instead
In Plymouth Indiana a local woman realized her billfold was missing while paying for a purchase. Postal authorities retrieved the billfold from the mailbox and replaced it with an unmailed letter found in her purse.
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Plymouth
Ind
Frogs Die From Dry Conditions In Enclosure
A report notes that frogs perish when kept in a too dry spot where they cannot reclaim their rapidly evaporating body water. The observation highlights the need for adequate humidity to sustain amphibian health.
Democrats And GOP Quarrel Over Delays In 80th Senate
Washington AP report records Republican Chairman Hugh D. Scott Jr accusing Democrats of using “Cry Baby” alibis for Congress delays in Truman’s program. Senator Sparkman counters that the 80th Congress will end with an excellent job. Scott attacks Civil Rights action delays and cites stalled anti poll tax efforts by Senate Democratic leader Lucas. Sparkman says Republicans must take responsibility for Senate debate time and notes major appropriations, housing, and education measures moving toward action.
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Washington
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Congress
President Truman
Sparkman
D-Ala
Scott
Truman
GOP
Senate
Alabama
House
Lucas
Illinois
Israel Syria sign cease fire to begin armistice talks
Secretary General Trygve Lie said Israel and Syria signed a cease fire in a tent near the border as a prelude to armistice negotiations. The pact, delivered by Ralph Bunche aides, becomes effective while the Security Council has not abrogated it. Syria remains the last active Arab combatant for a separate armistice.
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N. Y
Trygve Lie
Israel
Syria
Lie
Ralph Bunche
No-Man’s-Land
Security Council
Egypt
Lebanon
Trans-Jordan
FBI reports crime rate shows a major 1948 pace
The FBI data indicate crimes occurred roughly every 18.7 seconds in 1948, reflecting a high national rate. The figure highlights ongoing concerns over public safety and law enforcement workload across states and cities.
General Coxey Celebrates 95th Birthday in Massillon
General Jacob S. Coxey, leader of Coxey's Army, turns 95 in Massillon, reporting no pain despite aging. He warns on national debt and tax burdens while proposing a Mar Plan style financing using non interest bearing bonds backed by foreign issuers to fund deficits and repay in 27 years. He remains a former mayor and perennial political figure, recovering from a pelvic fracture last summer.
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Massillon, O
Coxey
Washington
Jacob S. Coxey
America
U. S
Treas
U. S.S
Europe
Soviet To Release Imprisoned Sailor Kennedy
MOSCOW AP United States Embassy says Sature ldav Alton C Kennedy of Beaumont Texas will be released from a Soviet prison Wednesday after a three year sentence for hooliganism aboard a vessel docked in Odessa. He has a wife and two children in Beaumont and will depart for the United States after release.
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United States
Ldav
Alton C. Kennedy
Beausmont
Tex
Kennedy
Beaumont
Veteran 95-year-old tours downtown on cane
A 95 year old, born April 16 1854 and active since Easter Sunday, continues to walk with a cane and be seen downtown daily. He has campaigned for a nationwide bond program he believes will deliver world prosperity and jobs for everyone.
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