France faces crisis as premier-designate seeks confirmation on European army pact
Paris rides a political crisis as Mendes-France seeks to form a cabinet after Laniel's resignation over the Indochina vote. He faces split Assembly support over the European Defense Community pact, with MRP urging fast debate and Gaullists opposing. U.S. diplomats press Paris for timely EDC action amid defections and Socialist party divisions.
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Pierre Mendes-France
Joseph Laniel
Laniel
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Mendes-France
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de Gaulle
European Army
Ex-Governor’s Kin Reveals Embezzlement Details
In Trenton and Madison new charges loom as Ada Leonard, Hoffmans daughter, says her late father stole 300000 to fund his 1927 to 1931 Congress term and his 1934 gubernatorial bid. Meyner vows full repayment and faces findings of irregularities cited by Atty. Gen. Richman. Hoffman, once division head and Circus Saints and Sinners figure, died June 4 in New York.
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Robert B. Meyner
Harold G. Hoffman
Meyner
Hoffman
Ada Leonard
Madison
Congress
Leonard
Saints and Sinners
New Jersey
Atty
Grover C. Richman Jr
South Ambor Trust Co
New Yor
Poultry Market Reports From West Virginia and Virginia
MOORFIELD West Virginia South Branch Valley area reports live poultry demand fair supplies ample off grades discounted prices at farm from Friday 10 am yesterday 18 lots broilers 43 725 head average 2 85 32 lbs turkeys reported South Branch Valley Auction live poultry market about cent lower than last week demand fair some growers refusing lower prices Broilers 24 25 turkey fryers 30 total offered 186 900 head in 71 lots total sold 132 700 head HARRISONBURG Virginia Shenandoah Valley area live poultry market steady demand fair to good offerings heavy demand and receipts heavy prices at farm Friday noon yesterday broilers under 3 lbs 23 24 3 lbs and over 23 24 mostly 24 heavy hens 18 19 small type turkey fryers 30 31 heavy type young hen turkeys 35 36 toms 27 28 heavy type breeder hens 25 toms 20
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South Branch Valley
Harrisonburg
Shenandoah Valley
Mullens Boy Scout to be honored for lifesaving act
An 11 year old Mullens boy, David Elmore, will receive a certificate of merit from the Boy Scouts national life saving committee for dashing into a busy street in April 1953 to snatch 3 year old Ricky Cook from an oncoming car. The event is among a series of varied WV items from the Associated Press.
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David Elmore
Ricky Cook
Boy Scouts’ National Committee On
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Segregation of Voters Fails in Cape Province South Africa
CAPETOWN South Africa Prime Minister Daniel F Malans plan to remove 38000 colored voters from the common registration roll failed in Parliament. In a joint session 128 voted for the bill and 42 against, 10 short of the required two thirds for constitutional change. It marked the fifth defeat Malan has suffered in courts and parliament in three years of racial segregation efforts.
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Capetown
South Africa
Daniel F. Malan
Cape Province
Malan
Cancer Victim Kills Self and Daughter in Baltimore
A Baltimore electrician James Stanley Jakubowski, 41, who had learned he had cancer, was found fatally wounded with his 6-year-old daughter Shirley beside a car in Anne Arundel County. A .22 rifle lay nearby. They died about two hours after being found at South Baltimore General Hospital. The family also has a 12-year-old son.
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Baltimore
James Stanley Jakubowski
Anne Arundel County
Shirley
South Baltimore General Hospital
Jakubowski
Youngs Regime Begins Work On Nations 2nd Largest Line
New York Central, the nations second largest railroad, begins under Robert R. Young after a proxy win. Young becomes chairman at $1 a year with Alfred Perlman as president and CEO. The board plans talks with key operating men to map a modern, standardized, efficient future.
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New York
Robert R. Young
New York Central
William White
Alfred B. Perlman
Dover & Rio Grande Western
Perlman
the Central
Pennsylvania Railroad
White
Ransom Bills Found Tie Kidnapper in Smith Case
In Phoenix the recovery of 75000 dollars in a man’s work shirt with a pistol on top cleared up the Evelyn Ann Smith kidnapping. Police say the money was hidden near the Superstition Mountains, close to a ranch house where Daniel J. Marsin was arrested. Herbert Marsin is identified as the abductor awaiting a preliminary hearing. FBI accusations of delayed description sparked city officials to defend local police.
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Phoenix
Arix
Evelyn Ann Smith
Superstition Mountains
Daniel J. Marsin
William P. Mahoney
Marsin
FBI
Charles P. Thomas
Thomas
Hayward Barker Case Continues in California Court
Shapely Susan Hayward is due to testify on financial matters in her divorce from Jess Barker in Burbank. Cross examination by S. Hahn focuses on a two million dollar movie contract and assets claimed as separate property. A nearby maid testified on business matters as the case unfolds nationwide report notes nine million motor trucks in use.
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Burbank
Calif
Susan Hayward
S. 5
Hahn
Jess Barker
Lodee Hazel Swain
Barkers
Sherman Oaks
Ostrex Tonic Tablets Advertises Youthful Vitality
An old style health ad urges readers not to blame age for low energy and promotes Ostrex Tonic Tablets as a quick fix for debility. It claims the product boosts pep in both sexes and sells at 50 cents, with a local mention of Cohen's Cut Rate in Beckley.
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Beckley
Cohen
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