Legion Opens Drive Against Mental Disease
The American Legion launches a national drive to combat mental illness with a $25,000 contribution to a mental health foundation. National Commander George N. Craig notes the effort follows Mayo Clinic and Rowntree recommendations and seeks preventive care, treatment, and research to reduce hospital costs and improve national health.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion
United States
National Legion
Charles W. Mayo
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Agency For Mental Hygiene
Craig
National Heart Foundation
Legion
Warren Couple Killed by Car
A Warren couple died when their car slid off a steep embankment on a foggy hill after the driver Joe failed to stop in time. He exited to assist and both were pulled over the edge as the ground gave way, the car following them down.
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Chelpanoff
Joe
Turkish election could end Inonu era as opposition gains
Turkiye voters reportedly toppled Inonu allies with the People's Party losing power for the first time in the republic. Officials note high turnout with many women voting and several ministers defeated including Erim Nihat and Rushtu Ismail as Ankara and Malatya returns shift the government. Bayar, leading the Democratic Party, also figures in the campaign’s aftermath.
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Deeat
Inonu
Assembly
Turkey
Greece
America
Europe
Middle East
People’s Party
Kemal Ataturk
Sultanate
Erim Nihat
Rushtu Ismail
Sherafettin Fazil
Kemal Satir
Davit Oral
Bayar
Ataturk
Democratic Party
Mances
Tragic Warren Area Crash Kills Couple
West Deer Township police report two adults killed in a crash that left their three young children with grandparents. The victims, married couple from Russellton and Warren, are identified by last name Chelpanoff and Zackeroff. Several family members and relatives are noted in the obituary details.
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West Deer Township
Howard
Joseph Jr
Peggy Ann
Mr. Chelpanoff
Russelton
Warren
Violet Zackeroff
Bairdsford
Bauman Sentenced To Two To Twenty Years In Fires Case
The trial revealed gasoline used to start the fires after a drive to clear Woodworth of slot machines and slot headquarters run by racketeers under Woodworth Novelty Co. Attorney Richard Bauman, a former Beaver Township justice, led the anti gambling crusade and defense argued racketeers set the fires in reprisal.
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Woodworth
Woodworth Novelty Co
Richard Bauman
Bauman
Beaver Township
Strike Bites Youngstown As Rail Lockout Hits Industry
The strike disrupts shipments in Youngstown area with 7% idle workers in Youngstown Niles Girard and Sharon and 500 more at New Castle plus potential idle at Ashtabula. Erie and B and O report full trains while United Air Lines and Capital Air see increased cargo and passenger business. Youngstown Airways inc reports heavy activity as executives seek travel and shipments.
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Pennsylvania
Dayle Aid
Youngstown
Erie
Detroit
Capital Airee
Youngstown Airways Inc
Niles
Girard
Sharon
New Castle
Ashtabula
Girl Injured Jumping From Car in Lake Milton Area
Three year old Donna Hallick of Rus sell Avenue Youngstown was seriously hurt when she leapt from a parked car and ran into an oncoming vehicle on West River Road near Lake Milton. She is listed in fair condition at Youngstown Hospital with possible skull fracture and a broken right leg. Deputies say the girl left her father’s car near Craig Beach, then ran into traffic. driver’s name was not obtained.
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Donna Hallick
Russell Ave
Youngstown
West River Road
Lake Milton
South Side
Youngstown Hospital
Sheriff's Office
Craig Beach
Video Telephone Developed In Signal Corp Experiment
Fort Monmouth May 15 The Army Signal Corps unveiled a video telephone set in two demonstration booths as part of Forces Week. The system projects a caller’s image on a wall screen and synchronizes lip movements with speech for the recipient. Col James D OConnell said the device is a dramatic offshoot of Signal Corps television research aiding training and long-range observation for missile programs.
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Ansel E. Talbert
New York Herald Tribune News Service
Fort Monmouth
Army Signal Corps
America
Signal Corps
The
James D. O’connell
Co-Or
Dinating
Benjamin Franklin
United States
Flooded Winnipeg Braces for Dike Breach as Evacuations Stepped Up
In southern Manitoba the seven mile St. Boniface dike and Norwood suburb face potential collapse as flood crests threaten to lift water levels by a foot. Officials ordered evacuations then limited them to women with children, warning thousands of homes could be flooded to second story level within hours. More than 540 square miles across 12 towns have been inundated, and recovery may take weeks even if dikes hold.
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St. Boniface
Norwood
Manitoba
Winnipeg
U. S
Struthers Couple Awaits Word From Winnipeg Guest
Dr and Mrs R R W Fenton of 4% Overlook Ave host Miss Dorothy Polson of Winnipeg Fort Rouge district who left by plane Saturday. They await telegram or mail confirming she reached flood‑hit Winnipeg safely. Mrs Fenton fears friends may have lost everything and notes her own Winnipeg ties.
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Struthers
Winnipeg
Mra
W. Fenton
Overlook Ave
Dorothy Polson
Fort Rouge
Polson
Dominion Brige Co
Fentons
Barbara Bennett Seeks Custody of 5 Children
The Bridgeport Sunday Post reports Barbara Bennett ex wife of Morton Downey has begun a court fight to gain custody of her five children. A court order requires Morton Downey to appear before Judge Kenneth Wynne in superior court on May 26.
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Barbara Bennett
Bridgeport, Conn
Bridgeport Sunday Post
Morton Downey
Kenneth Wynne
Superior Court
Mr America of 1950 honors listed by weightlifting body
The Senior National Amateur Weightlifting Championship crowned Mr America of 1950 with Wells from Los Angeles winning the heavyweight title and best lifter honors. Melvin Weiss of Buffalo earned the most muscular designation. Other winners include John Davis York Pa light heavyweight, Stanley Stancey Utle, Peter George Akron, Richard Greenawalt Columbus, and Joseph De Pietro Patterson N J in various weight classes.
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Philadelphia
John Farbotnik
Turday
Melvin Weiss
Buffalo
N.Y
America
Wells
John Davis
York
Negra
Stanley Stancey
Peter George
Akron
Richard Greenawalt
Columbus
Joseph de Pietro
Paterson
N. J
Venezuela Bans Communist Party Amid Oil Strike
Caracas authorities move to ban the Communist Party charging delays to democracy through illegal strikes and sabotage. All party offices and publications ordered shut as the military junta governs amid a weeklong strike crippling oil fields.
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Venezuela
Communist Party
Caracas
New Scales Measure Weight of a Single Drop
Roanoke Virginia May 15 A top physicist describes ultra sensitive scales that can weigh differences as small as one thirtieth of a billionth of an ounce. Dr Jesse W Beams of the University of Virginia explains a magnetic balance in vacuum using a suspended rotor and light beam to detect weight changes. The device aims to assist chemical reactions and atomic research in fission and fusion contexts.
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Roanoke
Jesse W. Beams
University of Virginia
Virginia Academy of Science
Virginia Scientiate
Dunham Tavern Antique Show Opens in Cleveland
The Cleveland Dunham Tavern Antiques Show began Sunday at Hotel Aller ton. It runs to Wednesday with doors open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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Cleveland
Allerton
Trainmen's Lodge to Hold Special Meeting
A special meeting of Lodge 1041, Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, is set for 3 p m EST Tuesday at the Moose Halls FE. President Victor Vasvari announced the session to discuss problems arising from a strike situation affecting several railroads.
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Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Moose Halls
Federal St
Victor Vasvari
Boron Used in Detector Tubes for Radioactive Conditions
May 18 reports that boron, a key element in borax and boric acid, is applied in atomic laboratories as the lining of a detector tube to identify unsafe radioactive conditions. Generalists announced the development to determine the presence of pare
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Selene Berviony
Schenectady
Atomic Laboratories
Neutron Counter Tube to Gauge Radiation Safety
A new neutron counter tube using boron lintegal captures neutrons emitted by radioactive materials. When a neutron hits boron in the detector, two charged particles explode outward toward an argon gap, causing current surges counted by a central wire to determine if lab radiation levels are unsafe.
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Heron
G Br.ectentiate
Investigation into Doughnut Illness Ties Denridge Residents
An immediate inquiry will probe five Denridge Street residents who fell ill after consuming cream filled doughnuts from a Sunday bakery. Health Commissioner Carl A. Wilebech announced the action Sunday night.
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A. Po.eAn
Denridge St
Carl A. Wilebech
Bedroom Views Spurs Bus Route Protest in Tikeston
Local residents in Tikeston Derbyshire protest to the council demanding the town bus be rerouted citing complaints about upper deck seating feeling like a bedroom at current stops.
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Tikeston
Derbyshire
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Lemet Inonu
Associated Press
Haystack
Morris
Man
Federoff
Leonard Onderejko
John Hunderick
Klivan’s
West
Sunbeam Coffeemaster
Sunbeam
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Texas
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Dace Epermanis
New York
Washington
Wick Ave
Fuller Brush Company
Hartford, Conn
Fuller
Fuller Brush CO
Akron Savings & Loan
Ohio
Cushman L. Sears
Hartford 2
Connecticut
Los Angeles
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John Farbotnth
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