Ex Grand Tower Youth Killed in Nebraska Accident
A 19 year old former Grand Tower resident, Billy Allen, was killed in a Blue Springs Nebraska automobile wreck at 4 a m Sunday on 90 day Navy leave. His funeral plans were not yet set, with services expected in Blue Springs and burial in Alto Pass after lifting the family from Grand Tower. His sister Jeannine Allen was en route to Baltimore for her wedding next Friday when the tragedy occurred.
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Grand Tower
Baltimore
Jeannine Allen
Robert Allen
Pamela
Blue Springs
Neb
Nebraska
Billy Allen
Navy
Grand Tow
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Billy
Donald
Allen
Hazel Keith
Alto Pass
Eastern Australia Measured Wettest June on Record
Month of June brought unprecedented rains in East Australia causing river overflows and drownings. Kempsey town and Grafton faced severe flooding with major streets inundated. Sydney reports 25 inches of rainfall this month as authorities warn of continuing hazards.
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Eastern
Australia
Kempsey
Sydney
Grafton
MacArthur Suspends Jap Red Paper for 30 Days
General Douglas MacArthur ordered Japan to suspend the Communist party newspaper Akahata for 30 days. This followed his prior moves two weeks earlier suppressing party leadership and banning top editorial staff from Akahata.
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MacArthur
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Communist Party
Japan
Vienna Nurses Enroll At St Louis University
Mrs. Wilma Cable and Mrs. Mary Hensley of Vienna Illinois registered nurses have enrolled at St Louis University for the summer term. They will take a course in the Department of Public Nursing and return to their State Health Department positions in Gundri County Vienna after completing the program.
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Wilma Cable
Mary Hensley
Vienna
Ill
St Louis University
Department of
Public Nursing
Cable
Hensley
State Health Department
Gundri
Percy Postmaster Elected Illinois League Chief
Otto Vogt of Percy returned home from the Postmasters convention in Springfield. He was elected president of the Illinois Branch of the National League of District Postmasters of the United States.
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Otto Vogt
Percy
Postmasters
Springfield
Mr. Vogt
Illinois
National League of District Postmasters of
United States
Heatwave Triggers Three Refrigerator Fires in Paterson
In Paterson New Jersey during a hot weekend three refrigerators overheated and burst into flames. Firefighters responded quickly and extinguished each blaze with little difficulty.
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Paterson
N. J
St Louis Man Killed in East St Louis Auto Crash
William Brandhorst aged 49 of St Louis was killed when struck by a car driven by Hubert Tarnhart 26 of East St Louis yesterday in East St Louis Illinois local police reported the incident occurred June 25 and the driver was questioned by authorities as the investigation continues
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ST. Louis
East St. Louis
Ill
William Brandhorst
Hubert Tarnhart
Two Million Fish to Be Buried After Storm Drowning
Two million fish will be buried at Lake Apopka after weekend storms churned mud into the lake suffocating the fish. The mass death sparked odor that forced families on the lake’s southwest shore to relocate.
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Orlando
Fla
Lake Apopka
Stock Losses Range to $6
A second wave of selling hit the New York Stock Exchange with prices tumbling $1 to $5 in the morning and losses exceeding $6 a share later. Selling was broad though aircraft issues showed strength. Major declines included U S Steel Du Pont Republican Steel Santa Fe Railway Standard Oil (N J) American Telephone General Motors and Chrysler.
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New York
Truman
U. S. Steel
du Pont
Republican Steel
Santa Fe Railway
Standard Oil
N.J
American Telephone
General Motors
Chrysler
Stocks Dive and Grains Rise in Early War Market Turmoil
The market swung as war fears hit Korea with stocks plunging to their steepest drop in 18 months while commodities like foods and industrial materials surged. New York open saw blocks of 35,000 shares traded and key issues fell $1 to $5, then later tumbled further. Chicago soybeans for July rose to the 10 cent limit alongside gains in wheat, corn, and oats.
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New York
Korea
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago
Nationalist Planes Bomb Swatow Area
Nationalist warplanes bombed wharves and storehouses and strafed Chinese Reds in the Swatow area. The raid, unchallenged, achieved big results. Other planes attacked an airfield at Changting in Western Fukien. no resistance reported.
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Taipei
Formosa
Swatow
Swatow Harbor
Hart
Changting
Fukien Province
Sculptor's Son Otto Braun Dies at 92 in Germania
Otto Braun of Germania Pennsylvania dies at home aged 92 claiming he was born in the U S Capitol building in Washington. He recalled his parents living in the Capitol when he was born on June 10 1858 and that his father was a sculptor working on a Capitol wing at that time.
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Bon
Capitol
Otto Braun
U. S. Capitol
Washington
Braun
Otto
Severe Storm in Wisconsin Destroys Homes and Drowns Two
A violent windstorm near Rhinelander Wisconsin last night demolished several homes and caused two drownings while injuring at least a dozen people. Ten to twelve homes were flattened and vehicles were blown off highways. Two people, Kenneth Nyberg and Freda Watson of Rhinelander, disappeared after their rowboat capsized in the Wisconsin River. Virgin Swedberg of Rhinelander and Cecelia Priebe of Lake George swam to shore. At least 10 injured treated at Rhinelander Hospital. communications disrupted hindered full details.
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Oneida County
Kenneth Nyberg
Freda Watson
Rhinelander
Wisconsin
Virgil Swedberg
Cecelia Priebe
Lake George
Wis
Rhinelander Hospital
New Coplon Trial Denied by Federal Judge
Washington June 26 AP Federal Judge Albert L Reeves refused a new trial for Judith Coplon the 29 year old government employee convicted of spying for Russia He sentenced Miss Coplon to 40 months to 10 years and overruled the motion alleging newly discovered evidence about concealed wire tapping at the original trial The government denied the case rested on wire tapping evidence
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Washington
Albert L. Reeves
Judith Coplon
Twee
Russia
Reeves
Tas
Miss Coplon
Bolivia seeks Western ministers conference on anti red actions
La Paz Bolivia The Conservative El Diario reports Bolivia calls on Western hemisphere foreign ministers to plan against activities in the Americas The paper quotes Foreign Minister Pedro Zilveti saying the U S State Department and other ministries agreed on the vital need for such a conference in La Paz.
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la Paz
Bolivia
el Diario
Americas
Pedro Zilveti
U. S
Thieves Use Truck to Steal 200-Pound Safe in Louisville
In Louisville Kentucky over the weekend criminals loaded a truck and removed a 200 pound safe from Automatic Music Co. The safe held only two keys to music boxes, and no cash or valuables were reported. Investigations are ongoing.
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Louisville
Automatic Music Co
Apples Produce Being Shipped from Union County
Transparent apples harvest underway in Union county with Cobden and Alto Pass recording first shipments. O K Loomis of Anna delivered first apples to Anna Municipal market. Cobden market shipped about 500 bushels at 3.50 to 4.00 per bushel. Anna sold 15 bushels on consignment. Metzler Orchard Cobden to begin shipments. harvest estimated at about 18 carloads, slightly below 1949. Cobden cucumbers, squash and raspberries also traded. Anna market receiving 200 to 400 bushels daily priced 2.50 to 2.75 per bushel.
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Union County
Cobden
Alto Pass
O. K. Loomis
Anna
Frank Rendleman
Metzler Orchard, Inc
H. H Lamer
All Bran Claim Promises Relief From Constipation
Betty Thyra Nelson advertises All Bran as a cure for years of medical laxatives and urges readers to eat an ounce daily with water. She claims dramatic regularity and offers a double money back guarantee if not satisfied after ten days.
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Thyra Nelson
Star Route 1
Union Wash
Kellogg's
Battle Creek
Mich
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