Congress Hears Plea for Help For Children
Washington December hearings before the joint economic committee heard John L. Thurston of the federal security agency warn that about three pupils in a 30 student classroom may spend part of their lives in a mental hospital. He said 3,000,000 of 30,000,000 school children suffer serious emotional and behavior problems and urged expansion of health insurance education aid social security and public health services to ease low income families.
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WASHINGTON
congress
John L. Thurston
joint congressional economic committee
Thurston
Sparkman
D-Ala
subcommittee
repor
Flanders
Hubert
Ohio
Rich
Wiretapping used in Copion arrest in espionage case
NEW YORK December 12 FBI wiretaps on the phones of Soviet engineer Pi-Va lentin A. Gubitchev and Judith Coplon were disclosed as prosecutors seek to move toward a December 27 trial date for alleged conspiracy to transmit government secrets to Russia. Judge Sylvester J. Ryan will hear tomorrow on the defense request for the transcripts.
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NEW YORK
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Judith Copion
Russia
Sylvester J. Ryan
FBI
department of justice
Gubitchev
Miss Coplon
Ryan
Archibald Palmer
New Year Strike Forecast by United Mine Workers Leader
New York December reports that about 400000 soft coal miners could strike if John L. Lewis does not act, with operators likely to push for a strike under Taft Hartley injunction to force action.
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NEW YORK
New York Times
United Mine workers
John L. Lewis
imes
Hiss Trial Reaches Halfway Mark in Perjury Case
The government rested its case in the second Alger Hiss perjury trial at 12 27 p m EST. The final witness Mrs Hede Massing testified that Hiss may have broken with the Communist party since the prewar era. If convicted he faces up to ten years in prison and $4000 in fines.
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NEW YORK
Alger Hiss
Hede Massing
Gerhart Eister
Hiss
state department
Whattaker Chambers
New York Initiates Water Holiday Amid Drought
New York begins a "water holiday" experiment this week to conserve the dwindling supply as millions join in prayers for rain. Rain was forecast for 24 hours for Catskill watershed and Westchester, while city reservoirs dropped 863 million gallons in the last 24 hours to 85.255 billion, about 33.7 percent of capacity.
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NEW YORK
Catskill mountain
Westchester county
British Parties Study Results In Dominions
London reports show Conservatives hopeful about lean years ending as they study recent by election losses in Australia and New Zealand. Labor argues results there differ from Britain as Reynolds News cautions Labor to avoid overconfidence and persist in campaigning. Sir Frank Soskice urges followers to heed South Bradford's verdict over distant elections.
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LONDON
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Attlee
South
Bradford
Labor
house of commons
commonwealth
Reynolds News
Reynolds
Frank Soskice
Labor party
Birkenhead
woters
Will of Countess Peel Reveals Burial Fears and Large Charity Estate
London and probate court details show Dowager Countess Peel leaving ten guineas to ensure she would not be buried alive and directing surgeons to confirm death before burial. Her estate valued at roughly £4.27 million with about three quarters paid in death duties. major portion to charity earned after her November 9 death at age 77. Her son Earl Peel receives heirlooms but no money.
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LONDON
Peel
Britain
Earl Peel
Tolerant Young Artist Wins Award Despite Friend Refusal
In Warrington England Gordon Slater sixteen wins a five year art scholarship after his friend Brian Porter seventeen rejects it over nude models and angels with wings. Gordon defends nudity as acceptable for artistic study and says it broadens the mind while remaining religiously devout.
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WARRINGTON
England
Gordon Slater
Brian Porter
Warrington grammar school
Brian
Manchester school of art
The Ecclesia of Christ
Gordon
Storm and Fire Toll Dark Weekend Across Nation
The Associated Press report details a string of deadly fires and explosions nationwide. A Birmingham amusement center fire killed multiple, a three-story antique shop burned, and several people perished or were missing. In New York City, a tenement blaze forced mass evacuations and a baby's death occurred. Other incidents include a Harlem rooming house fire, a farmhouse blaze near Wellsville, four soldiers dying in Tacoma smoke, a Germantown home fire, Cascade Pa cabin fire killing eight children, a Rensselaer two-story fire trapping three men, and Oswego County farmhouse deaths amid burns and hospitalizations.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Union City
Birmingham
New York City
lower east side
Harlem
Tacoma
Wash
Germantown
Cascade
Williamsbort
Rensselaer
N. Y
Oswego county
Weather Deaths Placed at 12
The weekend storm toll rose with at least 12 killed across Arkansas Missouri and Montana as tornadoes and a blizzard tore through the plains and mountains. Damage mounted across several states while weather linked fatalities climbed to thirteen including a four dead rock fall near Victorville California.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Garland Robbins
Providence
Poplar Bluff
Hannibal
Junia Kay Love- Jess
Modesto
Miles City
Mont
Rocky mountain
Minnesota
Great Lakes
Extortion Trial Of Women Opens In Hollywood Case
Los Angeles December hearing opened for Helen Keller and Toni Hughes charged with extortion from Ben Klekner head of a Hollywood radio school. Grand jury cites a possible vice ring allegedly blackmailing prominent men. Cohen named as ring head. Both defendants deny charges. Hughes brought from New York after grand jury indictment.
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LOS ANGELES
Helen Keller
Toni Hughes
Hollywood
Ben Klekner
Hollywood radio
Klekner
Paul Behrmann
Miss Hughes
New York
Behrmann
Mickey Cohen
Girl Scout Ruth Aberle Missing in Snowy Forest
In Kelso Washington a 16 year old girl named Ruth Aberle is missing in a rugged snow blanketed forest near the town. A sheriff's posse and family searched through rain and snow after she vanished yesterday, hoping her Girl Scout woodsmanship could aid survival.
German POWs in Russia hold 400000 Germans says official
A West German government official stated in Bonn that Russia continues to hold about 400,000 German prisoners of war, a figure reflecting ongoing losses from World War II and stalled prisoner exchanges. The remark underscores enduring tension in postwar relations as authorities seek repatriation progress.
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BONN
Germany
UPI
Russia
Starvation Threat Ended for Village in Maryland
SHALLMAR Md Dec 12 The village of Shallmar in Allegany County faced severe hunger as 50 elementary pupils received hot lunches and 50 shacks were served musk eggs fruit and vegetables. The West Den coal mine remains shut since last March 31 with hopes of reopening but no immediate prospects relief came from Cumberland Frostburg Midland Westernport Md and Piedmont W Va aiding the destitute town of about 200 people.
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SHALLMAR
West Den
Maryland
West Virginia
Cumberland
Frostburg
Midland
Westernport
Piedmont
W. Va
One Beat Crime Wave Is Solved By Police Arrest Patrolman
Jersey City law enforcement wrapped up a string of thefts on Patrolman Francis McManus beat by arresting the officer himself. McManus, 29, who joined the force two years ago, faces seven charges including breaking and entering and larceny.
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JERSEY CITY
N. J
Francis McManus
McManus
Supreme Court Upholds 1949 Rent Controls
The Supreme Court, in an 8-0 ruling, upheld the 1949 federal rent control act overturning a Chicago federal court finding of invalidity. The decision cited prior rulings and noted a local option section allowing states and cities to set or end rent controls. The case involved Shoreline Cooperative Apartments Inc. and eviction rules tied to stockholder occupancy.
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WASHINGTON
supreme court
U. S. District Court
Elwyn R. Shaw
Chicago
Shaw
congress
justice department
department
Idaho
Michigan
Wisconsin
employment relations board
federal housing
Shoreline Cooperative Apartments, Inc
Shoreline
Flogging Case Ends Mistrial in Alabama
A mistrial was declared today in the Ku Klux Klan flogging case of A B Carradine a 40 year old West Jefferson mechanic. The jury could not reach a verdict after deliberating over the weekend though two state witnesses identified him as the man with the lash. Carradine admitted Klan ties but denied involvement in raids or flogging. He claimed to be at a ball game May 19. Retrial on the charge is planned with a maximum penalty of 10 years.
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BIRMINGHAM
Ala
A. B. Carradine
West Jefferson
Jack Alexander
Stonewall Jackson Klavern
Adamsville
Carradine
Cecil Deason
Strike Settled in Timken Roller Bearing Case
The 38 day strike by 10,600 production workers at Timken Roller Bearing plants in five Ohio cities ended today and employees will return to work tomorrow.
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CANTON
Timken Roller Bearing co
Ohio
Truman Pledges Efficiency Drive
President Truman urged a drive for better federal government efficiency and reorganization. He said changes along with improved operations within agencies are needed and cited outside support from business and labor leaders for Hoover commission reforms. Hoover to address the committee at a dinner that evening.
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WASHINGTON
Truman
congress
Igey West
Fla
national reorganization
sescon
Hoover commission
Robert L. Johnson
citizens committee for
Hoover report
interescuiy Goth
citizens committer
Widbert Hoover
Hoover
Newsman Shooting Trial Delayed in Bell County
In Belton Texas on December 12 the murder trial of Pordy Sam Smithwick, ex deputy sheriff, for the killing of radio operator Bill Mason was postponed again to January 18. Defense lawyers stated unpreparedness. Judge Wesley Hirt granted the continuance as the crime scene moved from Alice to the central Texas town.
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BELTON
Tex
Pordy
Sam Smithwick
airerift
Bill Mason
Wesley Hirt
Texas
Alice
Lloyd Trout's Black Cloud So Far Lacks Silver Lining
Lloyd Trout, 23, in Manhattan Beach, suffers a run of bad luck. A gale at Inspiration Point blew his car from a cliff, wrecking it. Earlier incidents include a broken ankle, wife and son illness, a $400 loan, a fall while mussel digging, wallet loss, and now the car gone.
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Lloyd Trout
MANHATTAN BEACH
Calif
Lloyd
Trout
inspiration point
Ward Describes Red Treatment As Hellish
Ward condemns the Red treatment as hellish amid tense exchanges. He outlines alleged abuses and calls for scrutiny, citing dangers faced by opponents and the broader political climate. The remarks underscore a charged atmosphere surrounding the debate and its impact on public perception.
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Ward
Probers Recall Groves and Jordan in Sparse Report
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Groves and Jordan with scattered data about races and gears. The piece reads like a broken sports or event note with unclear details and few identifiable outcomes.
Fragmented OCR: unclear event details and names
A garbled OCR passage mentions various terms like career, Ware, Cad, Bethe, Gira, and 2M machines. The text lacks coherent dates or actions, making it difficult to identify a concrete event, persons, or organizations.
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