Peace Moves By Russians Are Studied
Washington reports a Soviet peace offensive unfolding in eastern Europe with cautious U S officials skeptical of major concessions. Notable items include Yugoslavia offering to settle U S claims, Bulgaria ready to negotiate with Greece to restore relations, Russia accepting a proposed 10 nation Danube navigation conference, and sharp Soviet cuts in reparations claims against Finland, Romania and Hungary.
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Europe
Yugoslavia
United States
Russia
Danube
Finland
Romania
Hungary
United Nations General Assembly
Paris
12 Babies at 32. She’s Set to Quit
In Kansas City, Mrs. Carver, 32, welcomed a six pound boy as the 12th child in the family. The eldest is 15. She and her husband decided the family was large enough with the new arrival.
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Kansas City
Kan
Arthur Carver
Congress Acts on Non Controversial Bills and Aid Compromise
The Associated Press reports Today in Congress that 150 non controversial bills are taken up before a disputed measure, a two year compromise extension of Atomic Energy Commission terms. A House Senate conference committee resumes work on foreign aid fund disputes as votes on draft housing appropriations and other bills move toward Saturday adjournment.
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Senate
House Conference Committee
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Norwood Boy Injured by Fall Into Washer
POTSDAM Pot swung to a Norwood home when two year old Robertson J Short fell head first into a washing machine while his mother hung clothes. He nearly drowned, suffered a possible skull fracture, and was revived after 40 minutes with an inhalator used by the Potsdam Fire Department before Dr. Marshall L Stevenson arrived.
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Potsdam
Robertson Short
Robertson J. Short
Norwood
Potsdam Hospital
Dailey Ridge Rd
Taft Confronts Philadelphia Magazine Mixup
Taft headquarters faced embarrassment as 10 000 copies of This Week in Philadelphia were prepared for delegates and visitors but the front cover wrongly featured Thomas E Dewey. The mix sparked red faces and a hurried correction at the convention.
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Philadelphia
Robert A. Taft
Thomas E. Dewey
Juvenile Victory OKLAHOMA STATE Spinach and Watermelon Harvest
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture reports a mixed harvest year with 66,000 fewer bushels of spinach and 550,000 more watermelons. The note frames the trend as a difficult struggle yielding a positive fruit result for the state’s agriculture.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Department of Agriculture
Oil strikes on Mrs. Thomas farm in Missouri
Driller Bill Barnes reported finding a pocket of oil while redrilling a water well on 73-year-old Mrs. Lou Brooks Thomas's farm near Fristoe Missouri. She refused further drilling, fearing another strike, after sealing the first well with concrete to preserve drinking water.
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Fristoe
Lou Brooks Thomas
Bill Barnes
Thomas
Missouri
Four Prisoners Overcrowded Jail Puzzle Solved
Four men were held at once, violating a two prisoner limit. Authorities arraigned and released one man and moved a second to Corning Jail. The action addresses jail overcrowding and disposition of the remaining two prisoners.
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Corning
Haddad to Study for Episcopal Ministry in Buffalo
Mitchell Haddad son of a former national advertising manager will study for holy orders under Bishop Lauriston L. Scaife in the Western New York diocese. Scaife said Haddad was accepted as a postulant without college or seminary training.
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Buffalo
Mitchell M. Haddad
Alexandria, Va
Gazette
Lauriston L. Scaife
Western
New York
Scaife
Haddad
Jap Guard's Treason Trial Opens in Los Angeles
The treason trial of Tomoya Kawakita, a former Japanese prison camp guard nicknamed Meatball, opens in federal court as U S Attorney James Carter leads the case. He faces multiple atrocities against American captives at Honshu POW camps, with testimony promised from numerous U S service members. Indictment cites abuses including shoving a Clarksville man into a freezing cesspool and denying medical care to another, among other charges.
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Los Angeles
Tomoya
Kawakita
U. S.S
James Carter
Honshu
William L. Bruce
Oeyama
Bruce
J. C. Grant
Clarksville
Einer
Latvala beating death and Kawakita's wartime return noted
A Marine Latvala was beaten after pressing a treatment request and died in the snow. Kawakita left the United States in 1939 and returned in 1946 claiming not to have aided the Japanese war effort.
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A. Latvala
Minnesota
Latvala
Kawakita
U. S
Tree Hollow Heart Supports Food Transport Inside Bark
The tree can live with a hollow heart because food materials move through the inner bark and the sapwood beneath the outer bark, sustaining the tree's vitality.
Commons Votes New Film Quota
The House of Commons approved an order to raise the British film quota from 20 to 45 percent for screenings in Great Britain. The decision came after a defense by J Harold Wilson, Board of Trade president.
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London
House of Commons
Great Britain
J. Harold Wilson
Board of “Trade
Greek government offensive against Markos Vafiades reported
Press dispatches from Athens say government forces have begun a major offensive in north western Greece against guerrilla leader Markos Vafiades. The report notes debate over film import terms and cinema openings in relation to American film demands.
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Greece
Markos Vafiades
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