Medical Head Attacks Truman Health Commission
Dr John W Cline, retiring AMA president, accuses President Truman of using a health needs commission to dodge an election issue and push for federal compulsory sickness insurance. He denounces the plan as socialized medicine and says the administration biases the inquiry while forecasting December recommendations.
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Chicago
American Medical Association
A.M.A
Truman
John W. Cline
San Francisco
Cline
House of Delegates
Paul Magnuson
Presidential Commission
Magnuson
AREA GI'S BUILD KOREA ROAD IN DARKNESS
Two area men Pvt John D. Severs of Carbondale and Sgt First Class Norman A. Jones of Zeigler helped build a Korean road near a rocky hill at night without lights. Both are with the 77th Engineer Combat company, 25th Infantry division. Sgt Jones arrived in Korea in August 1951 and Pvt Severs in April 1951.
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Rocky Hill
John D. Severs
Clarence W. Severs
Graham Street
Carbondale
Norman A. Jones
Norman N. Jones
Zeigler
77Th Engineer Combat Company
25Th Infantry Division
Sgt. Jones
Korea
Pvt
Severs
Jennifer Jones Injured Hand During Scene
Hollywood actress Jennifer Jones broke a bone in her hand while striking Charlton Heston during filming of Ruby Gentry in Morro Bay California. The blow was in the script but the fracture was not. Filming will proceed with Jones absent from scenes.
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Hollywood
Jennifer Jones
Charlton Heston
Morro Bay
Calif
Ruby Gentry
Gambler Solly Moretti dies in New Jersey prison
Salvatore Solly Moretti 49, noted gambler and racketeer of the New York New Jersey underworld, died at the state prison hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. Stricken May 6, the day he faced a parole hearing, he was serving 2 to 3 years for running a million dollar dice game in Bergen County. His brother Willie was killed in a gangland shooting last year.
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Trenton
N. J
Salvatore
Solly) Moretti
New York-New Jersey
State Prison Hospital
Moretti
Willie
Bergen County
Panyushkin Leaves New York for Moscow Posting
Soviet ambassador Alexander S. Panyushkin, in New York on his way home after 1948 tenure, shifts to a new undisclosed post. He arrived with his wife and secretary after a motor trip from Washington and sails tomorrow aboard the Stockholm to Sweden.
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Panyushkin
New York
Alexander S. Panyushkin
United States
New York City
Moscow
Washington
Stockholm
Sweden
Herrin Churches Hold Annual Bible School Parade
Forty vehicles joined the Herrin Daily Vacation Bible School parade Saturday at 2 p m led by the police car and a fire truck with sirens. Decorated trucks cars and bicycles from more than seven churches participated. Bible School began today at 8 30 and will run through June 20. The event was sponsored by the Herrin Minsterial Alliance.
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Herrin
Lamont Named Left Wing Candidate for Senate
Corliss Lamont, 50, a Columbia philosophy teacher and son of a Morgan partner, was unanimously recommended by the Ameri can Labor party executive committee to run for the U S Senate. Vito Marcantonio, A L P state chairman, said Lamont agreed. The A L P nominating convention in New York is set for August 28.
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New York
American Labor Party
A.L.P
Corliss Lamont
J. P. Morgan
U. S. Senate
Lamont
Columbia University
Vito Marcantonio
The
Progressive Party
New York State
Silk's First Hands: Chinese Began Silkworm Rearing
A historical note attributes silkworm cultivation to the Chinese as the earliest known practitioners. The claim places silk production's origins in ancient China, signaling long-standing sericulture traditions.
Sandpaper Treatment Offered for Skin Scars and Marks
At the AMA annual meeting Dr. Claire L. Straith and Detroit colleagues described sandpapering the skin to erase pimple pits pock marks tattoos cindermarks and carbon marks from explosions. They note coarse sterile sandpaper rolled on a sterile bandage or an emery stone applied by hand or machine as a post surgical aid.
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American Medical Association
Claire L. Straith
Detroit
Ex-Steeleville pastor dies in California
Rev Edwin Guebert former assistant pastor at St Mark s Lutheran Steeleville from 1941 to 1945 died in California after an operation. Funeral services were held at 2 pm Wednesday June 4 at St John s Lutheran Red Bud with Rev H C Welp Campbell Hill officiating.
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Edwin Guebert
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
Steeleville
California
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Red Bud
H. C. Welp
Campbell Hill
Conventions Picked Chicago for Many National Meetings
Across 1854 to 1952 fifty national Democratic and Republican conventions were held, with twenty one guiding political leaders to Chicago. The data highlights Chicago as a central venue for party gatherings in that period.
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United States
Chicago
Funeral Home Expands In Jonesboro Under Norris Family
Norris and son funeral directors of Jonesboro remodel a south side building to create a modern chapel lounge rooms and departments. The firm, established in 1898 by Tom Norris, will upgrade with brick front new windows air conditioning and heating.
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Clyde Treece
Southern Illinoisan
Norris and Son
Jonesboro
Business Square
Tom Norris
Cecil Norris
Union County
Norris
Allo
Blue Phantom Sniping Alarm Hits Illinois Highways
Illinois state police intensified a search for the blue phantom gunman who has fired on motorists over two weeks, with 13 victims reported from Lake County to Belleville. Two motorists escaped injury. others endured minor glass damage. Police set roadblocks and used an airplane for patrols as investigators pursue clues about the dark blue car and three alleged assailants.
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Springfield
Illinois
W Ole
Lake County
Belleville
St. Louis
Frank Pazdiora
Lily Lake
McHenry County
Yolo
Pazdiora
B. Buracker
Chenoa
Lexington
Briadwood
Ken Erickson
Wilmington
Korean Unions Clash Sparks Hospitalizations and Arrests
A clash between two factions within South Korea's federation of free labor unions left two people hospitalized and 18 arrested. Police reported the confrontation erupted during a factional dispute and disrupted union activities across multiple sites. The federation has not named any organizations involved.
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South Korean Federation of Free Labor Unions
Heat Raises Heart Strain More Than Exercise
A medical study from Michael Reese Hospital and the Institute reports heat can place as much stress on the heart as heavy labor. At 94 degrees the heart strain matches moderate exertion, with heart rates rising up to 43 percent. A New Orleans heat room test found heart disease patients showed collapse symptoms within 40 minutes in 104 F humidity, while normal subjects lasted up to 114 minutes before weakness and faintness forced removal.
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Medical Sin Institute
Michael Reese Hospital
Gerald R. Graham
New Orleans
Louisiana State University
Turkish Deputy Killed on Korean Front
Turkish Col Nuri Pamir deputy commander of forces in the Far East was killed Thursday by a Red mortar shell while inspecting Turkish positions on the Korean front. The Turkish brigade announced the death.
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Nuri Pamir
Far East
Volcano Eruption Driven by Escaping Steam
A violent volcano eruption is often triggered by vast quantities of steam trying to escape from beneath the earth’s surface, building internal pressure until explosive release.
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