Brazen Youth Confesses to Three Slayings
In Chicago area, 15-year-old Bernard Sawicki, a parolee, admits to killing Henry Alain 72, and John Miller 14, and Charles Speaker 48, plus wounding Charles Kwasinski 27. He claims a pair of robberies escalated to shootings as police investigate and hold him on open charges awaiting coroner inquests.
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Cigago
Ant
Hugh Riccarite
Bernard “Knitey
St. Charles
Bawiik
McCarthy
Andy
Henry Alain
Momence
Feld
St Charles
John J. Miller
Chicago
Charles J. Speaker
Bethie
Paderewski in New York Lays in State on Eve of Funeral
Ignace Jan Paderewski internationally famous pianist and Poland's father died of pneumonia Sunday night at 80. His body lay in state in a New York hotel suite. It will be carried tomorrow to St Patrick's Cathedral for services Thursday officiated by Archbishop Spellman. Burial planned at Arlington National Cemetery, with return to Poland after the war per government in exile resolution.
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New York
UNS
Ignace Jan Paderewski
Poland
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Francis J. Spellman
Arlington National Cemetery
London
unknown fate of marines in sinking
Washington July 1 with the fate of marines in doubt the Davy sought a complete report on the torpedoed ship bearing a Marine detachment. Red Cross nurses were confirmed safe but navy did not confirm all Marines accounted for. Initial reports said ten marines with a major in command, one missing, and several nurses rescued or believed aboard lifeboats.
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Washington
England
Red Cross
Navy
Perésnne
Marine
Snatcher Returns Purse Minus Cash
Cecilia Medina reports a purse snatching in El Paso street area on Tuesday. The thief grabbed the purse then threw it back, leaving no cash recovered. Medina is 19 and lives on Peden Street.
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Ates
Cecilia Medina
Peden Street
el Paso Street
Twelve Soldiers Die During Tennessee War Games 1947
Army doctors reported twelve deaths during four weeks of Tennessee maneuvers ending Saturday. Col. Paul W. Gibson, second army medical commander, said deaths were lower than expected for a civilian population of 77 000. Most fatalities were accidents with three illnesses and one accidental. Hospital records show about 2 percent of 1540 men in active service were hospitalized for illness or injury. forty four injuries were serious enough for hospital care, ten from the 2nd Armored Division deploying equipment from Fort Hamilton.
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Tennessee
Paul W. Gibson
Second Army
Ilnesses
Ann N Auinide
Aca
2Nd Armored Division
Fort Hemilng
Colonel Gibson
British destroy 1453 warplanes in Middle East
The air ministry said in the first six months of 1941 British forces shot down or destroyed about 1453 Axis or Vichy aircraft, with June operations especially successful. British losses were not disclosed. Among those destroyed were 56 Vichy planes in Syria and others in the Beilah area.
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London
Lily
Middle East
Air Ministry
Syria
Bandera Deans Court Mocked In District Convention Fun
Bandera Tuesday recovers from district American Legion convention laughter. a mock Roy Bean court operated on Main Street. Offenders were fined for bread resales and beverage infractions, and a couple charged tea drinking in a beer place pleaded not guilty. Proceeds aided Bandera child welfare work.
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Bandera
District American Legion
Roy Bean
Lefal
Thomas Gant
Tarpley Agd
Aiching
Dude Wrangler
Judge Bean
Parents Accused of Chaining Son in Marion Indiana
In Marion Indiana Mr and Mrs John Warner were ordered to appear in Juvenile Court to answer claims they chained their 10 year old son Richard to a bed with padlocks and a chain to keep him from running away. Probation Officer Chalmer Weesner said he found the boy lying on a bed while eating yogurt from neighbors and saw the ankle shackled to the bed post.
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Marion
Ind
John Warner
Richard
Chalmer Weesner
Walker
Fight Peacemaker Bitten in Shoulder
C H Hospkinson, 58, offt Lewis street, was bitten in the right shoulder by a dog while trying to stop two dogs at Witcomer on Lewis and Euclid streets. He was taken to Robert B Green hospital.
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C.H Hospkinson
Lewis Street
Wan
Jy Bauveen
Witcomer
Lewis and
Euclid
Robert B. Green
Jhosaltat
Discharged Naval Yard Workers At Mare Island
Twenty eight skilled civil service workers at Mare Island naval yard were discharged after a Navy inquiry found they could not be trusted with military secrets. Rear Admiral John Wy Greenlade said the action was precautionary and that further discharges may follow as investigations continue. The men were not named and were said to be civilian staff hired during the wartime buildup.
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San Francisco
Jnround
Mare Island
Navylyard
John Wy Grrenslade
Twelfth Naval District
Katadhe Dinnotasats
N Naual Intergence
Apakesmen
Navy
Fie
New York Heiress Marries Kentucky Athlete in Honeymoon Flight
Brenda Dutta Frazier Kelly, a New York socialite heiress estimated at 3.5 million dollars, wed former Kentucky athlete John Simms Kelly yesterday. She discarded the nickname Shipwreck and asked friends to call him Jack as they began their westward honeymoon toward Honolulu.
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New York
Honolulu
Werg
Mra
John Simms
Kelly
Brenda Digna
Dutt Frazier
Jack
Sadler Radio Fire Suppresses Sadler’s Moment
A Texas Railroad Commissioner Jerry Sadler’s radio broadcast cut off in tears after a report that Governor W Lee O Daniel trailed Lynda B Johnson in the senate race. He grabbed a blanket and extinguished flames on his clothing, vowing to keep broadcasting.
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Austin
Jerry Sadler
Trish
W. Lee ‘O'Daniel
Lynda B. Johnson
Sadler
Texas
British gasoline ration cut announced by government
London reports the British government plans a one sixth reduction in gasoline ration for private citizens. Motoring per car falls from about 200 to 165 miles monthly. Eight horsepower cars get five gallons monthly. six gallons for a recharge horsepower vehicle. Tower ration to take effect August 1.
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London
Pluto
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