Prison Aide's Talk Written By Convicts
Jackson Michigan May 4 AP Assistant Deputy Warden Vern on Foxs speech praising convicts for ending a five day rebellion at Southern Michigan prison was dictated by the mutineers. Ward demanded no reprisals and early surrender while Fox kept the secret as part of a traded pledge. The mutiny led to one death, nine wounded and two million dollars in damage.
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Jackson, Mich
Vernon Fox
Southern Michigan
Fox
Earl Ward
Ward
Crazy Jack
Montreal Jail Riot Quelled
In Montreal Bordeur jail about 570 prisoners rioted for five hours demanding better food and a new governor. Police used nightsticks, three people were injured, no gunfire occurred, and the mob calmed after officials promised improved meals. Riot damage exceeded $100,000.
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Montreal
Bordeur
Old pistol found in Santa Ana bears 1851 date
A geology student returning from Death Valley found a cap and ball pistol in Santa Ana. The gun, dated 1851 and still operating, is nearly perfect. Research ties it to a U. S. cavalry type issued after 1852 and notes a cavalry unit moved through Death Valley in 1860.
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Santa Ana
Calif
Death Valley
Desert
Douglas Thamer
Thamer
U. S. Cavalry
Long Beach Trekker Trudges 607 Miles for Pipeline Prep
Ed Markey of Long Beach completed a 607 mile foot trek from Alaska to test soil electrical charges for a Los Angeles contractor. The group faced early snow and temperatures 15 degrees below zero during the autumn journey.
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Long Beach
Calif
Ed Markey
Alaska
Travel note hints at European tour romance
A brief travel note from Hartford discusses European summer plans for West Hartford girls and their responses to Continental suitors. The piece mentions engagements, multilingual proposals, and playful gestures as part of the social scene.
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Europe
West Hartford
Desolate Hitler Memorial Created by Russian Order in East Berlin
A ruined plot two blocks wide near the Reichskanzlei is cleared and fenced as a memorial to Adolf Hitler seven years after his death by own action. The bunker and grounds are sealed off and bare, with no reconstruction planned while East Berlin advances grand building schemes. The article notes captured relics and initial Allied digs, then Russian restraint on information.
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Feuhrer
Eva Braun
Berlin
Germany
Adolf Hitler
East
Reichs Chancellery
Hitler
Forty-Second
Broadway
East Berlin
Belfry lodger found in Vallejo church mystery
Air Force Lt. Clarence B. Wrigley, 23, Wichita Falls Texas, admitted living three weeks in the Seventh Day Adventist church belfry in Vallejo California. Police found a radio heater food blankets and a flashlight rigged to rafters. He faced court martial for desertion while under prior disappearance charges.
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Vallejo
Calif
Air Force
Clarence B. Wrigley
Wichita Falls
Texas
Travis Air Force Base
Clifford J. Heflin
Wigley
Heflin
Dollinger
Mabel Olson
Dorcas Society
Belfry
Herman Pappenburg
Herman Pappenby
Wiglet
Whittenberg College Opens Lay Theology School
Springfield Ohio AP reports Whittenberg college starts a lay theology program believed to be first of its kind. The school trains laymen for congregational administration stewardship and evangelism with Saturday classes and four eight week terms each academic year.
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Springfield
Ohio
Whittenberg College
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Checker Cab
Carbondale
Mainini Tile CO
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St.Joseph Aspirin
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North 16Th Street
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America
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