Heiress and Three Others Slain in East Grand Rapids
In East Grand Rapids, 30-year-old heiress Frances Peppler was killed by her estranged husband who then took his own life. The spree also claimed Richard Peppler, 47, and the Sieswerda couple, Stella 30 and Richard 32, in a two-location murder scene. the Peppler's 18-month-old daughter survived. Police call it murder followed by suicide. motives unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Rapids
Mich
Frances Peppler
East
Richard R. Peppler
Paul Bloxom
Kent County
Richard Sieswerda
Michigan State Bar
Stella
Peppler
Frances Margaret
Sieswerda
Howard Coleman
East Grand Rapids
Secrecy May Hinder Hickenlooper’s Push on Lilienthal
Washington May 30 Some colleagues say secrecy bars may limit attempts by Senator Hickenlooper to prove publicly that David E Lilienthal is guilty of incredible mismanagement of atomic affairs He calls for public hearings by the Senate House Atomic committee prepared to produce proof at these hearings that Lilienthal has lax duties and should quit as AEC chairman But some Senators privately doubt that such hearings can air the full controversy due to need to protect A bomb secrets The AEC is like an iceberg most of its mass below the secrecy water line only those directly involved and the Senate House committee can be told what lies below the surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hickenlooper
A-l
Iona
David E. Lilienthal
Senate House Atomic Committee
Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Senate House Committee
James Marlow
Russia
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
Root Hillenkoetter
CIA
Congress
U. S
Amer
House
Senate
Six Escape Injury In Freak Accident
Martinsburg residents Charles Pannuty and R L Bowers with two Jefferson county sons were in a car when it collided with the Baltimore and Ohio Washingtonian Express near a Jefferson county crossing. The train uncoupled in three places and debris flew as the car was torn along the tracks, yet all six occupants escaped serious harm and were taken to a nearby hospital for checks.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Jefferson County
Charles Pannuty
R. L. Bowers
Pannuty
Baltimore and Ohio
Washingtonian Express
Washington
Cleveland
Six Are Drowned On Fishing Outing Near Green Island
A holiday fishing trip on the Mississippi near Green Island Iowa ended in disaster as six people drowned when a flat-bottom boat capsized after water entered once the outboard motor started. Sheriff Lorin Felderman said 11 aboard. four victims were children and three were brothers. In Manila Cebu reports the sinking of a coastal boat raised dead to 44 with 55 survivors.
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Green Island
Mississippi River
Lorin Felderman
Manila
Cebu
Woman Claims Civil War Father Started Memorial Day
Cincinnati May 30 A Cincinnati woman, Elizabeth Correll, says her Civil War father Capt. Joseph Rudolph urged Gen. John A Logan to set aside a day for decorating Union graves. She recalls the letter that led to Memorial Day and notes 81 years of uncertainty over the soldier’s identity.
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Cincinnati
Elizabeth Correll
Joseph Rudolph
John A. Login
Grand Army of the Republic
Logan
Senators Weigh More Spending Cuts In Washington
Washington May 30 Senate leaders discussed trimming government costs as Chairman McKellar urged finding ways to cut. Senators Johnson and McClean voiced hope for economy but stopped short of promising results. Officials predict higher outlays in the new fiscal year starting July 1, with increases likely for farm price supports unemployment funds and job placements. President Truman outlined about 42 billion dollars in the forthcoming year, while McClellan’s committee seeks concrete one two and three billion dollar cuts and asks advisers to outline offset strategies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McKellar
D-Tenn
Senate Appropriations Committee
Edwin C. Johnson
D-' Cole
McClean
D-Ark
Congress
Senate
McClellan
Truman
Death Toll Reaches 238 in Memorial Day Weekend
The Memorial Day weekend saw 238 deaths from traffic and other accidents. Traffic mishaps caused 150 fatalities, with 51 drownings and 37 from other accidents. Highway deaths stood 65 below prior National Safety Council forecast. The council had expected 30,000,009 cars on highways over the three-day span.
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Associated Press
Trafic
National Safety Council
College Beauty Slain By Divorced Husband
Evansville Indiana May 30 A college sophomore Mrs Helen Merle homecoming queen last year at Evansville College was shot four times by her divorced husband Richard Thom 26 as she sat in her bedroom Merle who had lived with her parents since her divorce two and a half months ago was killed while preparing to comb her hair Police questioned Thom at the scene in the Myrick home where Mrs Merle had lived since the divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Helen Merle
Evansville Colege
Richard Thom
Merle
Mrs. Merle
Loran Myrick
St John’s High to Graduate Sixteen Friday
Sixteen graduates will receive diplomas at Saint John’s High School commencement Friday at 8 p.m. at the Cathedral in Baltimore. Rev. Thomas Mardarga will address the graduates, with Ann Grove as valedictorian and Regina Davis delivering the salutatory. John Byerly Jr. serves as essayist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St.John's High School
Thomas Mardarga
Francis P. Keough
Baltimore
Ann Grove
Regina Davis
John Byerly, Jr
Two Americans killed in Bolivia mine hostages
In La Paz on May 30, seven American engineers seized by strikers at the Patino tin mines near Catavi faced violence as dynamite bombs were hurled at troops. Two Americans, T. H. OConnor of Pasadena and Albert Krefting of Seattle, were reported killed with a Bolivian engineer named Vargas. A third American remains missing, others wounded, as 15 hostages were seized by striking workers. The embassy evacuated dependents while the mines were closed indefinitely.
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la Paz
Bolivia
D. C. Derringer
Catavi
T. H. O'Connor
Pasadena
Calif
Albert Krefting
Derringer
H. T. Peterson
Biwabik
Minn
Wilbur J. Cook
Reno
Nev
Pat Green
Wenatehee
Wash
Floyd W. Erickson
Cyrus
Richard D. Ellett
Pullman
T. R. Woods-Smith
U.S. Health Mission
Pating
Bill to jail deportable aliens gains House support
Rep Hobbs predicts快速 bill to jail deportable aliens will pass House Judiciary this week. He cites Eisler case as a catalyst and argues strong deportation powers are essential for independence and sovereignty, allowing detention until deportation. The measure would empower the Attorney General to incarcerate such individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hobbs
D-Ann
Gerhart Eisler
House Judiciary Committee
Eisler
House
Senate
Russia
Memorial Day Observed By Steadman Kegan Post in Brunswick
Memorial Day observances were held today by the Steadman-Keenan Post American Legion in Brunswick with services at Park Heights cemetery and planned visits to St. Mark's, St. Mary's colored cemetery in Petersville, and Knoxville Reformed cemetery. Rev Andrew B Jones officiated graves decoration.
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Steadman-Keenan Post
American Legion
Brunswick
Legionnaires
Post
Park Heights Cemtery
St. Mark's
St. Mary's the
Petersville
Reformed
Knoxville
Andrew B. Jones
St. Mark's Episcopal Parish
Middletown
Valley Memorial Post No
Amvets
Everhart
Mop Fire At Mutual Insurance Co Offices
Independent Hose Company firemen investigated smoke in the North Market street offices and found several mops smouldering in a storage closet. Firemen carried the mops outside and extinguished the blaze.
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Independent Hose Company
The
Mutual Insurance Co
North Market Street
Over 1 000 Children In Folk Dance Festival Here Tuesday
More than a thousand children from Frederick County elementary schools will take part in a folk dance festival at Baker Park Tuesday from 10 36 a m to noon If rain, dances move to Wednesday The program features dances from America Scandinavia Hungary England and Germany with schools including Adams town Buckeystown Burkittsville Catoctin Furnace Emmitsburg Foxville Johnsville Liberty Middletown Myersville New Midway Point of Rocks Sabillasville Thurmont Urbana Walkersville Wolfsville and Woodsboro Mrs Louise F Thompson supervises the program assisted by Warren R Evans Visitors from the State Department of Education and other regions are expected The festival is open to the public The program lists multiple group dances and varieties across languages and traditions.
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Frederick County
Baker Park
America
Scandinavia
Hungary
England
Germany
Adamstown
Buckeystown
Burkittsville
Catoctin Furnace
Emmitsburg
Foxville
Johnsville
Liberty
Middletown
Myersville
New Midway
Point of Rocks
Sabillusville
Thurmont
Urbana
Walkersville
Wolfsville
Woodsboro
Louise F. Thompson
Warren R. Evans
State Department of Education
Baltimore
Thief With Siphoning Outfit Held
State Police at Barracks in Frederick halted a stolen car in Route 26 near the city and captured John Henry Rose, 29, of Williamsport Kentucky. Trooper H J Brown and detectives seized a gasoline siphoning unit and tools used to start the car. Baltimore police expected to transport Rose to Baltimore for further action. he was found in a roadside ditch and held at the local jail.
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Barracks B
Baltimore
Focal
H. J. Brown
Route
Iin
Brown
John Henry Rose
Williamsport
Kentucky
Rose
Set
Charles V. Main
Frederick
Another Democrat For Amending Labor Bill
Washington May 30 An other Democratic senator who opposed changes in the administration's labor bill urged amendments. Senator Withers D Ky a member of the Senate Labor committee warned of tough sailing even if his proposed changes pass. Senate debate on the Taft Hartley repealer may begin this week while the State Department pushes ratification of the Atlantic Treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Withers
D-Ky
Senate Labor Committee
Senate
State Department
Sons Of Boss Can't Vote In Election
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that two truck drivers who are sons of Hyman Schreer, president of Broadway Iron & Pipe Corp Brooklyn plant, are excluded from the bargaining unit because their interests align with management. The NLRB ordered an election among the plant’s truck drivers.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Brooklyn
N.Y
Broadway Iron & Pipe Corp
Hyman Schreer
Libertytown Incorporation Vote Sees No Candidates Yet
Libertytown prepares for a June 28 referendum on incorporation with four weeks to voting. No candidates filed for mayor or aldermen, no ballot printing arranged, and the supervisory board to oversee details has yet to organize. Opponents are canvassing voters as a study on projected revenues and code impacts proceeds.
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Libertytown
County Board of Election Supervisors
Oscar Joy
Eugene S. Hammond
Paul FE
Ssttely
Duval W
Lane
Tractor Fire Damages Farm Vehicle Near New Market
A farm tractor owned by To seph Etter near New Market was damaged to the extent of 350 dollars when it caught fire at about 1115 this morning. Etter sustained a badly burned right hand while trying to extinguish the blaze with dirt before the Independent Hose Company arrived. firemen noted the 1948 Ford tractor was not insured.
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Toseph Etter
New Market
Independent Hose Company
Etter
Dewey Visits Berlin Welcome by American Governor
Governor Thomas Dewey of New York arrived in Berlin with his wife and was greeted by Maj. Gen. George P. Hays deputy American military governor. They flew into Tempelhof Air field aboard an Army transport plane from western Germany.
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Dewey
Berlin
Thomas Dewey
New York
George P. Hays
Tempelhof Airfield
Germany
Butch the Cat Harassed by Aerial Mocking Bird Blitz
Butch a three year old housebound cat, is kept inside by a bold mocking bird guarding the yard. The bird’s dives and scoldings drive Butch back to the house after any attempt to roam, repeating a pattern from last season. Neighbors Mr. and Mrs. Bruchey observe the bird’s vigilant patrols and await the birds fledglings’ departure from maternal defense.
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Butch
Ed Bruchey
Beacon Hill
U S Plans Limited Trade With Communist China
Washington reports the administration moving toward a restricted trade policy with Communist China. Key rules include no loans and cash or goods payments for purchases, plus no American aid or sale of strategic materials. Diplomats consider recognizing a new Chinese government and coordinating with Britain and France on a possible Communist Asia front.
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Washington
Ois
China
State Department
United States
Russia
Far East
CIAL
Tientsin
Peiping
Nanking
Hin Line
Britain
France
Asia
Europe
U S hints easing Russia trade restrictions
Toronto dispatch reports Secretary Sawyer in a speech at the Canadian International Trade Fair said the United States may ease its 15 month old policy restricting Soviet bloc trade if relations with Europe improve. He emphasized no rigid formula guides export controls and called for freer flow of goods between Europe and the United States and for world trade expansion through fewer restrictions.
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Toronto
Russia
U.S
Sawyer
U. S
Soviet Bloc
Europe
United States
Paris
Graduates Receive Degrees At Western Maryland College
More than 170 graduates received degrees at commencement at Western Maryland College. From Frederick area: Arnold Warren Garrett Brunswick and Doris Jean Boller Thurmont earned BA. Joseph Fenton Lacount Martinsburg WV earned BSc Cum Laude. Duval Winfield Sneadner Libertytown earned Master of Education. Herman Monroe Wilson Gaithersburg received honorary Doctor of Divinity. Damuth and Hammersin honored. Delmar LeRoy Beall Yellow Springs jailed for DUI. bond set at 1000 dollars.
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Western Maryland College
Frederick
Jack Gail Ammon
Clarksburg
Orville Clifford Bowersox, Jr
New Windsor
Karl Joseph Damuth
Thurmont
Arnold Warren Garrett
Brunswick
Edgar Ward
Hammersla
Martinsburg
W. Va
Doris Jean Boller
Frances Jane Conaway
Mt. Airy
Audrey Jean Watkins
Monrovia
Anna Mary Englar
Joseph Fenton Lacount
Duval Winfield Sneadner
Libertytown
Frederick County
CIA Plan to Protect Spies Draws Congressional Action
James Marlow reports on a CIA proposal to relocate foreign informants and their families to the United States to protect them from secret police retaliation. The plan, discussed with Congress, would grant safety and residency, with bills advancing in both houses toward presidential approval.
Equality for Negro Will Come Says Bunche in Wardville
Wardville Tennessee May 30 Ralph Bunche United Nations mediator for Palestine said today that the Negro in America will eventually gain complete equality. He noted that nothing in America is easy but nothing is impossible and cited the nation’s history of continuous progress overcoming barriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wardville
Tenn
America
United Nations
Palestine
Ralph TH. Bunche
Americ
Memorial Day Traffic Light Throng Noted In City
Memorial Day activities pause city business while traffic on main routes remains heavy through the weekend. A Legion ceremony at Mt Olivet cemetery drew participation alongside Atlantic hotels reporting good business. Notables at Francis Scott Key Hotel included former Secretary of State George C Marshall and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Olivet
Edwin H. Sponscher
Hood College
Memorial Plot
Marshall
Francis Scott Key
George C. Marshall
Fort Bragg
N. C
Army
Elizabeth Long
General Marshall
Records Fall at Speedway as Nalon Crashes
Indianapolis May 30 Duke Salon of Sherman Oaks crashed on the north turn early in the 500 mile race after shattering records in the Novi Mobil special. Nalon, taken to Speedway Field Hospital, reported being okay after burns. George Lynch and Tad Van Acker also encountered crashes. Rose led contenders among a field with a potential new speed record for the 33rd annual International Sweepstakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Duke Salon
Sherman Oaks
Calif
Speedway
Salon
Ike
Nalon
Speedway Field Hospital
George Lynch
Detroit
Auto Shippers
Charle van Acker
South Bend
Tad
Redmer
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Mauri Rose
Rose
Bill Holland
Rex Mays
Duke Nalon
Jimmy Jackson
Johnny Parsons
George Condor
Parsons
Sec
Alon
Welcome For Eisler Ready For German Democratic Republic
Berlin May 30 Berlin Communists welcome Gerhart Eisler, listing him among 400 candidates for the Russian approved German People's Council for eastern Germany. Eisler, freed by a British court after a US extradition request, is expected from Poland. The Congress aims to ratify a constitution for a German Democratic Republic at the East Berlin Opera House.
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Berlin
Gerhart Eisler
Red
People's Council
Eastern
Germany
Poland
da Eisler
United States
Leipzig University
People's Congress
East Berlin
Ford Workers Start To Return To Jobs
Detroit reports about 1,200 Ford maintenance workers returned to their jobs at the close of the CIO United Auto Workers 24 day strike. Ford estimates full production may take two weeks to resume across all plants with 106,000 employees back. An arbitration path on the speed-up dispute was agreed after days of negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ford
CIO
United Auto Workers
Ford Motor Co
UAW
Rouge
Lincoln
Service Restored After Overseas Phone Link to Shanghai
San Francisco May 30 reports say overseas telephone service to Communist Shanghai was restored this morning. AP bureau chief Fred Hampson says no censorship had begun yet but is expected to start in a few days.
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San Francisco
Shanghai
Fred Hampson
Associated Press
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