Amputee pitcher Bert Shepard charms crowd at Polo Grounds
Earl Wilson profiles Bert Shepard, eight limb amputee pitcher for the Amps, who lost a leg in World War II. Shepard recounts his wartime service, return to baseball with the Washington Senators, and current plans to pitch for the Flat Tires against the Broken Wings at the Polo Grounds on July 26. He explains his prosthetic leg, life after injury, and humor about his condition, noting a partial loss of vision when closing his remaining eye.
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Bert Shepara
Wwaterbury
Dana
Local Wash Totals and Show Biz Notes From Our Town
William Gargan plans a July return to host a radio detective show for U S Tobacco. Jesse James named art director for CBS Washington unit WiIOC IV. Jack Pearl staffs writers for a TV show. Igor Andrews from Mr Roberts nearly drowned at Long Beach while aiding a man. Ben Bodne of the Algonquin eyes a bid for the New York Giants. Miss Liberty producers plan a party opening night at the Statue of Liberty.
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Wiliam’ Gargan
U.S. Tobacco
Jesse James
CBS
Wiioc-Iv
Washington
Jack Pearl
Igor Andrews
The
Mr.Roberts
Long’ S Beach
Ben Bodne
Algonquin
N.Y
Opera star quips and Hollywood chatter on the coast
The item surveys show biz remarks and gossip from actors and directors. Patrice Munset praises her mother’s figure while Harold Lang quips about a corny joke. Milton Berle, Clyde Beatty and Eddie Cantor are sighted in a wave of publicity moves and upcoming projects.
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Patrice Munset
Harold Lang
Todax
Hollywood
Milton Berle
Clvde Beatty
Brothers to Die in Sing Sing Tonight
Two Dupree brothers Harold 27 and Herman 33 face execution in Sing Sing Prison's electric chair tonight for first degree murder in a Manhattan apartment house slaving case. The prior duo Morris and Joseph Diamond from Brooklyn were executed April 20, 1925 for a Brooklyn elevated station holdup killing two men.
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Ossining
Sing Sing
Harold Dupree
Herman
Manhattan
William Davis
The
Union
Morris
Joseph Diamond
Botn
Brooklyn
Defense Transportation Unit to Die Tonight
The Office of Defense Transportation, a wartime national agency, is to cease at midnight after coordinating trains, ships, and trucks for war industries and armed services since Pearl Harbor. A Cap May Court House plant investigation notes missing explosives described as Composition C and linked to RDX used in air weaponry. A separate report says an Army contract awards 200,600 pounds of Argentine beef to Empresas Rodriguez with pricing set for delivery in Bremerhaven Germany.
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Defense Transportation Unit
Office of Defense Transportation
Cape May Court House
Chicago
Papeamas
Empresas Rodriguez
New York
Bremerhaven
Germany
U.S
Emergency plan urged for public works in wartime
Senate Democrat Chavez urged immediate study of a public works plan for emergency use. He spoke after White House talks, criticizing price declines and unemployment. In Pennsylvania, wartime air raid warning posts will be reactivated to supplement radar coverage.
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Washington CP
Chavez
D-Nal
Truman
White “House
Indiantown Gap
Pennsylvania
Indonesian Republic Returns to Capital After Six Months
Jogjakarta resumes governance as Sultanh Hamengko Bu wono declares exile ends. He invites President Acekarno and Premier Mohamed Hatta to resume power on July 6. The switch from Dutch control proceeds peacefully with Republican guerrillas entering the city yesterday.
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Jogjakarta
Java
Sultanh Hamengko Buwono
Acekarno
Mohamed Hatta
Greek Premier to be sworn in amid coalition stability
Alexander Diomidees, former finance minister and central bank governor, will be sworn in tonight as head of a new Greek coalition. A Liberal Party leader, the 74 year old banker says there will be no changes in the coalition government from the arrangement in place when Premier Themistokles Sophoulis died last Friday.
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Athens
Alexander Diomedes
National Bank
Liberal Party
Diomiédes
Themistokles Sophoulis
Deaths Charles Brand and Philip Staples
Charles Brand 69 internationally known agricultural economist and ex co administrator of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration 1933 34 and War Industries Board member during World War I died in Washington. Philip C Staples 66 former president of the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania died in Philadelphia.
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Charles Brand
Agricultural Adjustment Administration i
War Industries Board
Washington
Philip C. Staples
The
Bell Teleshowe Company of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Anglo American trade funds clash nears settlement
In Paris a mediation group of the OECD discusses a compromise on Marshall Plan trade funds before the intra‑OECD payments pact expires. W Averell Harriman attends as observer. Britain seeks bilateral trade with no convertibility to avoid gold and dollar drain. Proposed terms include abandoning multilateral balance conversions and adding safeguards.
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Paris
Organization For
Ito
W. Averill Harrison
U.S. l
United States
Origiinally
Stafford Cripps
Britain
Belgium
Paul Henri Snaak
Marshall
Sweepstakes Trio Nabbed in New York Police Raid
In Manhattan officers seized about $1.5 million in Irish Sweepstakes tickets from a loft at 447 West 36th Street. Three men Frank M. Shevtin 36 of Great Neck James Beirne 47 of Brooklyn and Raymond Costello 28 of Long Island City were arrested on gambling and conspiracy charges after found inventory included 79 000 books of tickets 20 000 receipt blanks and 1 500 brochures.
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New York
Manhattan
August W. Flat
36Th St
Cambridge
England
Frank M. Shevtin
Great Neck
James ‘Beirne
Brooklyn
Raymond ‘Costello
Long, Island ‘City
Archbishop of York Criticizes Forced Birth Control Advice
Archbishop Cyril F. Garrett told the York Diocesan Conference that birth control guidance should not be forced on people. He cited a royal commission report urging state provision of free advice and noted declines in the birth rate due to some seeking marriage pleasures without responsibilities.
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York
Eng
Royal Commission On Population
Cyril F. Garrett
Bear hunt near Conshohocken sparks county hunt report
Near Conshohocken Montgomery County residents E Smith and Stanley Marceski told game warden George Freas they sighted a large black bear in the woods about 25 miles from Philadelphia. Freas said it was the first bear reported in the county in 12 years and led to a new search.
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Jez
Ina Germian
Philadelphia
Tetay
Montgomery County
E. Smith
West Conshohocken
Stanley Marceski
George Freas
Freas
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