Syracuse Detectives Probe Theft Series Across City
Syracuse police investigate a string of thefts reported overnight. Victims include Jack Cook who says a $34 watch was stolen from his trousers at Onondaga Park pool, Arthur Jones whose wallet vanished from the Kemp der Building area, and Eve lyn Hazard who lost a purse and $30 cash in the City Bank Building elevator. Ida Seger reports a missing $400 diamond ring from a washroom, while David Rogers cites three boxes of American Cheddar Cheese spilled from his truck on Hiawatha Boulevard near the Ball Park, with witnesses seizing the value at $150.
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John Lynch
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Onondaga Parkway
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Eve‘lyn Hazard
Arthur Longley
Ida Seger
Oakwood
Easy Washer Machine Co
Longley
David Rogers
Blast at Showa Denko Fertilizer Plant Fatal for 16
An explosion at Japan's Showa Denko Fertilizer Plant near Tokyo and Yokohama killed 16 people and injured 52, 12 seriously. Two blasts rocked the facility, tearing off the roof and rattling the region.
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Japan
Showa Denko Fertilizer Ij Company
Here
Yokohama
Alger Hiss Trial Commentary On a Troubled Era
Marquis Childs weighs the Hiss perjury case amid a jittery public mood and a suspicious atmosphere. The piece appears in the editorial page as part of Today’s features listing and page references.
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Alger Hiss
Marquis Childs
Boy Drowns While Fleeing Police Near Manayunk Canal
A 13 year old boy named Alfred Hackett of Bergen, New Jersey, drowned today in the Manayunk canal after fleeing a cigar store with two other youths when Patrolman Bernard Miller approached an open rear window. The boys swam across the canal. Hackett sank near midstream as the others reached the far bank. Police recovered pennies and a nickel from his pockets.
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Siwin
Alfred Hackett
Bergen
M.J
Manayunk Canal
Bernard Miller
Alfred
Preachers Laugh at Joke Told at Church Assembly
In London the Archbishop of Canterbury and other clergy laughed for three minutes at a joke presented to the Church of England assembly. A separate note says a woman bought a drinking bowl for her dog and joked that she did not want the word dog painted on it because her husband does not drink water and the dog cannot read.
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London
Joe E Brown Treated for Malaria at Long Beach Navy Hospital
Joe E Brown is undergoing treatment for recurring malaria at the naval hospital in Long Beach California. The comedian who entertained servicemen in the Pacific during the war entered the hospital several days ago and is reported to be doing well by physicians.
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Calif
Joe E. Brown
Naval Hospital
Pacific
Coplon Sees Frame-Up Claims In Spy Trial
Judith Coplon cried that she has been framed during cross examination in a espionage trial. She denied being a Communist and named several officials and a Russian contact as participants in a conspiracy. The testimony highlighted her accusations and the seized sketches linking her to possible espionageRecruitment notes referenced in court.
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Judith Coplon
John M. Helley, Jr
Miss Coplon
Dart
Helley and
Raymond
Wearty
Judy
Justice Department
Valentine A. Gubitchev
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FBI
Kelley
Whearty
Pp. Shapiro
William E. Foley
Rain Arrives Late Today in Syracuse
Scattered showers and thunderstorms move in this afternoon as a low pressure system extends from Canada to Lake Superior. Warmer temperatures follow with a high near 90 degrees tomorrow. yesterday’s high reached 93 and the low 56.
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Syracuse
Canada
Lake Superior
Costello and Abbott Push Housing Aid in Syracuse
Abbott joins Costello in urging Rep R W Richman to back the Administration housing bill. The measure may earmark 360 million for low income housing, with earlier outlays reported as 1.5 billion and later cut to 800 million. Abbott, longtime county welfare official, and Costello press for aid to Syracuse families.
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Frank J. Costello
Leon H. Abbott
Syracuse
Abbott
Onondaga County Welfare Department
Costello
Chiang Aid Brings New Plea to U.S.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai Shek's personal aide Maj. Gen. Jen Ling Huang heads to Washington to seek renewed American support for the struggle against the Chinese Communists. He arrived in San Francisco after flying from Fosoma with potential messages from Chiang and first-hand reports on the Chinese situation.
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Washington
Issimo Chiang Kai Shek
Jen Ling Huang
San Francisco
Formosa
U. S
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Regents Exams Under Fire From Parents in New York
The United Parents Association denounces New York Regents exams as unnecessary and wasteful of students’ and taxpayers’ time. Critics cite a geometry item about a sharpened pencil and call for abolishing the tests nationwide.
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United Parents Association
Bus Turns Over injuring 34 near Baltimore
A double New York Washington Greyhound bus overturned on U S Route 40 near Ebenezer Maryland about 4 35 A M injuring 34 people. At Johns Hopkins Hospital 15 treated in the accident room and at Baltimore City Hospital 19 treated in the first aid room none seriously hurt. Police reported no deaths.
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Essex
Ebenezer
Baltimore City Line
Florida Governor Fuller Warren to wed Barbara Manning
Florida Governor Fuller Warren plans to marry Barbara Manning on the 23rd at Westwood Community Church with Rev. A. J. Soldan officiating. About 200 guests are expected to attend the ceremony at the county clerk office for license and papers.
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Los Angeles
Florida
Fuller Warren
Warren
Barbara Manning
California
Westwood Community Church
A. J. Soldan
Senate panel approves 75 cent minimum wage bill
The Senate Labor Committee unanimously approved legislation to raise the current 40 cent wage to 75 cents an hour. The plan excludes wide coverage of the wage hour law, instead extending the statute to about 100,000 more workers, said Senator Pepper.
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Pepper D-File
Sun Meter Controls Tan Sun Bather Burns
In Swampscott Massachusetts a sun burn meter was unveiled at the American Institute of Electrical Engineers show. The device features a dial indicating minutes of sun exposure needed to achieve the desired shade of tan.
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Mass
American Institute of "Electrical Engineers
Probe Begun In Floggings
Attorney General Tom Clark ordered a full field investigation by the Justice Department into recent night rider violence in Alabama. The inquiry names Ku Klux Klan members among those involved and spurs congressional hearings on Alabama floggings. District representatives warn Congress to stay out. First witness will be Clarke Stallworth of the Birmingham Post followed by Clarence Lake of the Birmingham News.
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Justice Department
Alabama
Ku Klux Klam
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la House
Clarke Stallworth
Birmingham Post
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The
Birmingham News
Death of Greek Premier Sophoulis Shocks Athens
Themistokles Sophoulis, premier of Greece since 1947 and a central Liberal figure, died today at his summer residence after a long illness and a recent heart attack. He led Greece through civil conflict and backed the Truman Doctrine amid Cold War pressures.
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Themistokles Sophoulis
Greece
Pal
Sophoulis
King Paul
Liberal Party
Cox
United States
Wwent
Turkey
Woods smoking ban lifted in Maine woods
A ban on smoking and fire building in the Maine woods was lifted today effective immediately. The action allows outdoor fires and smoking in the woods with no stated restrictions, ending a period of heightened fire risk and warnings by state authorities.
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Augusta
Maine Woods
Fire Sweeps Building At Secret Navy Plant
A fire destroyed a supply warehouse at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington early today. Fire crews doused the blaze in about 30 minutes as armed guards kept police away. The two story brick building housed laboratory supplies while a nearby 50 acre area contained a ballistics laboratory with explosives. officials said only a small amount was in the adjoining building. A naval board of inquiry was to determine the cause.
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Naval Research Laboratory
Navy
Naval Board of Inquiry
Ieee Ass
Hiss Denies Secret Papers to Chambers in Trial
In New York Alger Hiss testified he last saw Whittaker Chambers in late May or early June 1936 and did not meet him after January 1, 1937. He denied passing restricted documents to Chambers and rejected Chambers claims of meetings at Prospect Park and other locations.
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State Department
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Hiss
Lloyd Paul Stryker
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Bykos
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Prospect Park
Chinatown
Byker
39Th St
Volta’ Pl
Washington
Crosley
Volta Pl
30Th St
George Crosley
Czechs Crack Down as Clergy Clash with Government
Prague reports from Lidove Noviny say Communist authorities moved against Catholic clergy accused of fomenting disorder in Slovakia and possibly across Czechoslovakia. The Slovak governing body discussed the interior commissioner's report on bishops and priests, noting measures taken per the June declaration.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
CUP
Slovakia
Lidove Noviny
Interior
Modernists Aim to Destroy Falsehood in Truth Speech
Dr. Reginald L. Wingate told a Chicago dinner that modernists seek only truth. He said truth is often ugly and urged telling it at all times, contrasting idealists who paint hope as a mere wisp of hay to coax belief.
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Chicago
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