Sun Racer Sees Record Broken Soon
Los Angeles based Lt. John M. Conroy of the California Air National Guard says the Sabre jet will break records again. He flew 5,085 miles coast to coast in 11 hours 26 minutes 33 seconds on Armed Forces Day, shaving Paul Mantz’s 1947 mark by over an hour.
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Los Angeles
John M. Conroy
California Air National Guard
Lindbergh
Paris
Conroy
New York
California
Paul Mantz
Air Force
Robert D. Scott
National Guard
All Japan Falls Hard For Yankee Orchestra
Japan crowds swoon for the 94 member Symphony of the Air touring the country. Tickets sold out weeks ahead. 2600 schoolchildren camped overnight for a student concert. Scalpers asked up to $20 a pair as critics hailed a century defining performance. Concerts across major cities drew similar ecstatic reception co sponsored by a Japanese newspaper and the U. S. State Department.
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Tokyo
Japan
Symphony of the Air
Thor Johnson
Cincinnati Symphony
U. S. State Department
Princess Margaret’s German Visit Upsets Britons and Germans
Princess Margaret flies to Germany amid a typhoid outbreak in the Ruhr, canceling plans to attend a ball with the Third Hussars in Iserlohn and postponing further color presentation to the Suffolk Regiment in Wuppertal. She returns to London tonight. The Hagen typhoid center reports 40 hospitalizations and a death of a 62-year-old woman. Franciscan leader Rev. Philo Boehner dies at 54.
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Wuppertal
Suffolk Regiment
London
Hagen
Kefauver pushes federal limits to curb juvenile smut
Senator Estes Kefauver launches hearings in New York on child pornography and its influence on youth, proposing tight federal laws to curb the smut trade. The hearings, led by the Senate Juvenile Delinquency Subcommittee, will study salacious publications records pictures and films reaching youngsters.
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Washington
Sen Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kefauver
Senate
New York
Foley Square
Tennessee Democrat
Pogo Champ Eddie Kozlowski Retires From Local Title
Ten year old Eddie Kozlowski of Dearborn, a local pogo stick jumping champion, retires from defending his title after a 4013 bounce record. He suffered stomach troubles following the stunt and will switch to more useful chores at home per his mother.
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Bearborn
Mich
Eddie Kozlowski
Dearborn
Eddie
Washington Priest Sells Nudes to Public
A Washington priest described a range of materials sold locally including glossy paper nude art magazines and three by five inch cartoon books. He warned the items are not considered good reading.
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Washington
Savoy Woman Dies at 86 Leaves Large Family
Mrs. Mary A. Phelps 86 died yesterday at Savoy Mass leaving 111 close relatives. Daughter Mrs Terry Brackett said she left four daughters six sons 33 grand children 60 great-grandchildren five great-great-grandchildren two sisters and a brother.
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Savoy
Mass
Mary A. Phelps
Terry Brackett
Red-Style Peace Drive Nears Peak at UN Anniversary
A Communist style petition campaign aims to ban atomic warfare as it nears climax at the United Nations 10th anniversary meeting in San Francisco in June 2026. Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov may cite the petitions as backing for calls for a ban.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.N
United States
American Peace Crusade
New York City
U. S
World Peace Council
World Assembly
Helsinki
Finland
San Francisco
Communist Petition Drives Across Countries Attributed
The piece cites a demand for destruction of all atomic weapons and immediate halting of production. It claims the Communist press reports over 400 million signatories in China and millions more in Europe plus thousands in Austria France Italy Syria and beyond. Observers doubt the totals.
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China
Austria
France
Italy
Syria
Nurse 70 Retires but Continues Work at Chicago State Hospital
Mrs. Mathilé Maas at 70 must retire under state law but will keep a 30 year nursing career at Chicago State Hospital on an unsalaried basis with approval from Dr. Otto L Bettag. She says nursing has been her life beyond being a mere job.
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Maas
Chicago State Hospital
Otto L. Bettag
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