Painter Cheated Death on Central Park Scaffold
James Kremidas 31, a New York painter, dangled from a 15 floor scaffold at 55 Central Park West after one side collapsed. He clung by an arm and leg for five minutes before fellow painter Kremidas rescued him. A state effort in Albany launches to map cerebral palsy care with a $20,000 appropriation.
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New York
James Kremidas
Kremidas
Central Park
Albany
State Department
New York State
California Divorce Decree Not Recognized in State
The California Supreme Court ruled that a Nevada divorce decree need not be recognized in California if evidence shows residence in Nevada was temporary for the purpose of obtaining the divorce. The decision emphasizes limits on interstate recognition of matrimonial decrees.
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California
Ballia
Los Angeles
State Supreme Court
Nevada
Notable Deaths of Military and Civic Leaders Across the United States
Obituaries report the deaths of Captain Rawson J Valentine port director in Reykjavik and World War veteran. Reverend Frederick Muchlinghaus former pastor in Dunkirk. Walter A Sheaffer founder of the Sheaffer Pen Co in Fort Madison. Richard Grazier editor of the Boston Post. Major General Halstead Dorey former Second Infantry Division commander in San Antonio. Major General Allen W Gullion wartime Provost Marshal General in Washington.
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Rawson J. Valentine
Us.n
Reykjavik
Iceland
Philadelphia
Frederick W. Muchlinghaus
St. John’s Evangelical Reformed Church
Dunkirk
Walter A. Shheaffer
W. A. Sheaffer Pen Co
Fort Madison
Richard Grazier
Boston Post
Nate Edwin A. Grazier
The
Post
Boston
Mass
Halstead Dorey
8Th Corps
San Antonio
Tex
Allen W. Gullion
Washington, D. C
Speer warns Hitler in 1944 of German collapse
SUERNAERG Germany Albert Speer former German munitions minister told the International Military Tribunal he warned Hitler a year before Germany collapsed that the country was too exhausted of materials to continue modern war. He said he sent a memorandum in June 1944 noting a serious coal shortage and that another month of Allied bombing could destroy the chemical industry.
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Hitler
Suernaerg
Germany
Albert Speee
International Military Tribunal
Adolf Hitler
Truce Near End as China Communists Face Eviction
As the two day remaining truce nears expiry, Chinese communists are told by the nationalist government they must evacuate cities seized after the June 7 cease fire or be held responsible for breaking the peace and any consequences. Budapest reports say withdrawing Russian troops looted two Hungarian towns over the weekend, leaving nine dead and several injured in one location.
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Nanking
Ins
Budapest
The Wolf Man Seeks Brother In Five Line Quip
A quirky line from a wartime or mystery feature has a character urging to fetch a brother who has appeared in the same line three times. The snippet hints at a playful or suspenseful moment within the unfolding scene.
Army Budget From Page One Review of postwar Army funding plan
The House committee cut Army relief and abroad aid while approving a 1.1995 billion Air Corps allotment and an atomic service fund. It projected 1,279,000 active soldiers for the coming year with 240,000 National Guard and 1,053,000 organized reserves. Budget items include 110 million for organized reserves, 16.872 million for ROTC, 281.5 million for research, and 195 million for permanent bases in Alaska, the Marianas, the Philippines, Hawaii and Okinawa. The report notes hospital cost growth and calls for restraint on Army entertainment.
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Air Corps
Air National Guard
Atomic Service Fund
Army
National Guard
Organized Reserves
R.O.T.C
Alaska
Marianas
Philippines
Hawaiii
Okinawa
Robert P. Patterson
Gen. Eisenhower
Pentagon
Honolulu
Bread Line Woes and Panic Over Butter Prices
A fragmented postal style note reports soaring ceiling prices for frozen sheep lands and panic about bread shortages. It mentions butter at 94 percent and vague promises of down payments, with local grocer buying meals of odd flavors and a church bulletin urging action next Sunday.
U S Chemical Research Packs Strong Punch
Maj. Gen. Alden H. Waitt told the House Appropriation Committee that U S chemical and related research show potentials to dwarf World War II violence. He called military chemical research defense insurance and warned of weapons rivaling those in public view, noting low funding.
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Washington
Army
Congress
Alden H. Waitt
Chemical Warfare Service
House Appropriation Committee
Wartime control clashed over bacteriological weapons
In a House debate, Walt argued that true war control is impossible, comparing bacteriological warfare to the atomic bomb and noting weapons can be researched in small labs. He urged redirecting efforts to halt war rather than regulate weapons, warning mankind has reached a point to stop war.
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Walt
Dad of Nine Enlists in Army to Avoid Layoffs
George E. Reeder Jr a 34 year old planer and father of nine chose Army service for steady work and no layoffs his wife Margaret says the Army has assured no layoffs Reeder seeks overseas duty and his family expects 250 a month in service pay
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Chester
George E. Reeder, Jr
Roomotive Works Planer
Army
M Margaret
George
Reeder
Court Buries Hopes Of Gravediggers In Jersey City
In Thancery Court Jersey City Vice Chancellor Charlies M. Egan dismissed the petition of 21 striking grave diggers seeking a court order to force cemetery trustees at Fairview New Jersey to follow a NWB directive urging higher pay. He ruled the directive advisory and noted current pay exceeds that of grave diggers at five leading Metropolitan cemeteries.
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Jersey City
N. J
Arrest affidavit ties Harvey to Philadelphia slaying
FBI traced Harvey to a Philadelphia rooming house after Beckerman was found murdered near Fredericksburg. Harvey admitted stabbing Beckerman and burying the body. he stole the car, $70, Beckerman’s license and his watch, later abandoning the vehicle in Philadelphia. The watch surfaced in a pawn shop as the case unfolded.
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FBI
Beckerman
Harvey
Philadelphia
Fredericksburg
Vincent’ Harvey
Old National Guard
Supreme Court
Frank P. Malpass
George H. Cain
Texas
Onondaga County Grand Jury
Allied order to seize top rubber stocks in Japan
Allied Headquarters in Tokyo ordered Japan to confiscate stocks of the three highest rubber grades and all unknown grades to halt domestic distribution of export and reparations goods and prevent waste.
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Tokyo
Fraulein on Trial in Nuernberg Murder Case
Erika Krebs a 20 year old fraulein stood trial in Nuernberg court charged with murdering Sgt. Robert Flanigan of Peoria Illinois on June 12 last year.
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Nuernberg
INS
Erika Krebs
Robert Flanigan
Peoria
Ill
A Kiss Charged Five Dollars. Actress Jailed
Hollywood gossip item reports Darlene Welch jailed for contempt of court during divorce trial after shouting at her husband bakery owner Sidney Raskin. She reportedly charged him five dollars per kiss and took fifty dollars in cash, claiming credit was often given.
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Hollywood
Darlene Welch
Superior Court
Elmer Doyle
Sidney Raskin
Raskin
Peace treaty commission to run twelve months after signing
Foreign ministers held a morning session but failed to reach a final agreement on France's territorial claims in the Italy frontier dispute. The Big Four plan to establish a commission for 12 months after treaty signing to push progress toward drafting the peace settlement. Molotov agreed to withdraw Russian troops from Bulgaria as Allied troops exit Italy.
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Italy
France
V. M. Molotov
Bulgaria
Heart on Outside Baby Girl Dies in Lancaster Operation
Doctors at Lancaster Hospital report the infant born with heart outside her body died after surgery that returned the heart to place but revealed a lung malformation. The baby girl was the daughter of Mrs. Willis Steffy, a former Canadian Army nurse.
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Lancaster
Lancaster Hospital
Willis Steffy
Youth Refuses to Talk as Detective Presses for Truth
In Omaha a detective questions a youngster but receives no help. Detective Captain Harry Green asks for the truth in a gentle tone. The boy replies with a firm refusal and mentions Johnny who ended up in the reformatory.
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Omaha
Nebr
Harry Green
Green
Johnny
Pollard Appointed to State Agricultural Institute Board
Guy Pollard of Canastota was appointed by Joo Dewey to a seven year term on the board of visitors of the State Agricultural and Technical Institute Morrisville to replace the late C Greene Brainard of Waterville Asaph B Hall of Elmira and Samuel Stern of Kingston were reappointed to seven year terms on the same board.
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Albany
Guy Pollard
Canastola
Joo. Dewey
State Agricultural and Technical Instiute
Morrisville
Polard
C. Greene Brainard
Waterville
Dewey
Asaph B. Hall
Elmira
Samuel Stern
Kingston
Touss Reformatory
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