Texas Heat Kills Fifteen as Wave Lingers Across State
Texas reports fifteen deaths from the ongoing heat wave with over 25 towns recording temperatures above 100 degrees and Presidio reaching 114. Houston tallies two heat stroke deaths, while other areas face water shortages, power outages, and scorched pastures. If the heat endures, cotton losses may top a million bales below USDA forecasts.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Houston
Victor Emanuel Anderson
Dorothy Good
Presidio
Denver City
Morton
Lubbock
Henrietta
Wink
Cotulla
Lardo
Salt Flat
del Rio
Fort Worth
Wichita Falls
Alice
Mineral Wellis
Austin
Sherman
Denison
John White
United States Department of Agriculture
Crash Plane's Number Clue to Victims' Identity
NORWALK Ohio August 9 AP The wrecked two seater Taylorcraft plane owned by unknown traced by serial number to identify two victims one man and an 18 year old youth Coroner Edel found personal effects including an army identification tag and belt buckle among the ashes near the cockpit.
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Norwalk
Don Woods
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Washington
Alliance
Charles Edel
Jobless Chinese Kills 2 Sons in Mandalay Temple
In Rangoon Aug 9 AP report says Chinese card maker K H Kee killed his two sons inside a Mandalay temple with a meat chopper as his wife shopped for food. Kee claimed the killings were to save them from starvation and said he planned to kill his wife and himself later amid upheaval after a fire at Shwebo.
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Rangoon
Mandalay
K. H. Kee
Kee
Shwebo
Alliance Canton Students Edit Mt Union Handbook
The 1951 Mt Union College freshmen and transfer handbooks are ready for fall. Edited by Miss Faye Wyrick of Alliance and Richard Smith of Canton, the larger books describe campus buildings traditions and all organizations with entrance requirements. Distribution is by Robert W. Tripp, registrar, and Miss Harriet Ream, acting dean of women.
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Alliance
Mt. Union College
Faye Wyrick
Richard Smith
Canton
Robert W. Tripp
Harriet Ream
U S Population Topples 154 Million Mark
Washington census bureau estimates the U S population as of July 1 at 154 353 000 including armed forces overseas. This rises from 151 132 000 at April 1950 and 153 085 000 for January 1, 1951.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Man Arrested Over Unlicensed Dog Harboring Charge
Robert Wissoc, 34, of 2125 19th at NE, was arrested by a deputy dog warden on a charge of harboring a dog without a license. The charge stemmed from an investigation into a dog bite injury, according to the deputy warden.
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Robert Wissoc
Logic to the Rescue 10-Point Test for Marital Harmony
A Kiplinger Changing Times piece explains that many couples imagine leaving marriage during friction but proper response matters. It offers a 10 question scorecard to rate agreement on money, recreation, religion, affection, friends, sex, children, conduct, goals, and in laws, then compares scores to reveal hidden disagreements and guide seeking professional help if needed.
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Changing Times
Kiplinger
Truman Promises Big Army to Preserve Freedom
President Truman urged maintaining large armed forces for a long time to safeguard freedom and avert World War III. He spoke while dedicating a Union Station lounge for armed services use, noting its World War II visitation and its operation by the United Service Organization.
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Washington
Truman
United States
Union Station
United Service Organization
Governor's secretary earns more than Indiana governor
INDIANAPOLIS August 9 AP The legislature raised salaries for elected state officials but the governor’s pay remains capped until a new chief executive takes office. Arthur Campbell, the governor's secretary, increased from 7200 to 10000 dollars annually while Governor Henry F. Schricker's salary is 8000 with 12000 expense allowance, and the next governor will earn 15000 a year.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Arthur Campbell
Henry F. Schricker
Robbers Strike Waynetown For Easy Pickings
In Waynetown Indiana robbers hit last night as a night watchman napped leaving $21 in pants on a chair by an open window. A doctor drove to Florida abandoning an expensive car with keys in the ignition and a unlocked garage. This morning the pants money and car were missing.
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Waynetown
Ind
Florida
Lake season good as Great Lakes shipments hit new high
The lake carriers' association reports a peacetime total of 78,273,903 net tons through July, marking a second best season. The breakdown includes 51,089,778 net tons of ore, 21,750,900 net tons of coal, and 5,433,223 net tons of grain.
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Cleveland
Great Lakes
Lake Carriers’ Association
Returns to Army Duty After Korean War Wounds
Corporal Vernon E. Moyer, son of Mr and Mrs Redmond B White of RD 5, has returned to duty following recovery from wounds suffered in the Korean conflict.
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Army Duty Corp
Vernon E. Moyer
Redmond B. Whitehead
RD 5
Akron Couple Seeks Ohio High Court Adoption Backing
Akron couple David and Mary Carson appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court seeking to reverse a lower court ruling on the adoption of baby girl Wilson. The child, born July 14 1949, has been under a court plan for 24 hour supervision after custody shifted from the Wilsons following their divorce. The Carsons allege they have cared for the child as their own and seek full adoption.
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oLemaus
Akron
Ohio Supreme Court
David A
Mary Louise Carsons
Carsons
Summit County Probate Court
Wilson
Supreme Court
Wilsons
Frozen Woman To Get Artificial Legs Training
Dorothy Mae Stevens, 23, known as the frozen woman, leaving Michael Reese Hospital for a South Side welfare convalescent home to receive artificial legs and vocational rehabilitation. She was found February 8 in a South Side areaway, with both legs amputated below the knee and multiple finger losses, temperatures extremely low but she survived the record low core temperature.
Poor Farm Lands So Poor They Cannot Grow Crops
Knox County officials weighed a contractor plan after tenant James Kern testified the 130 acre poor farm soil is too depleted to profitably raise crops. Kern blamed insufficient funding to restore soil, with commissioners considering letting him run the farm under his own method.
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Vincennes
Ind
Knox County
James Kern
Kern
Price set for fairgrounds land in Columbus
A Probate Court jury set the sale price at 157000 dollars for 80 acres the state seeks to acquire to enlarge Ohio state fairgrounds. The figure is 2000 dollars above the offer reportedly made by State Agriculture Director Howard S. Foust for the state. Ownership rests with Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co which had asked 185000 dollars. Either side may appeal the verdict.
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Columbus
Ohio State Fairgrounds
Howard S. Foust
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Order of Orioles Elects Lebanon Man President
E. W. Smith of Lebanon Pennsylvania was reelected president of the Fraternal Order of Orioles at the 41st national convention in Columbus. John Walk of Akron was chosen warden and trustees named were N. G. Simons of Akron and Sanders Firestone of East Liverpool.
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Columbus
E. W. Smith
Lebanon
Order of Orioles
John Walk
Akron
N. G. Simons
Sanders Firestone
East Liverpool
Health board urges preschool exams in Millersburg
Holmes County board of health urges completing preschool physical examinations before September. County health nurse Miss Eleanor Campbell says about one third of children entering schools have not yet been examined.
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Millersburg
Holmes County Board of Health
Eleanor Campbell
Hoover says Churchill blocked Belgian relief in both world wars
Herbert Hoover, writing in Collier's, says Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt opposed Belgian relief in World War I and again in World War II. Hoover, Belgium relief administrator, details negotiations with Germany and Britain and contrasts German efficiency with Allied hesitancy. He recalls Lodge's opposition and Roosevelt's pledge to back him.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Winston Churchill
Franklin Roosevelt
Commission For Relief
Belgium
Hoover
Kitchener
Churchill
Collier’s Magazine
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
Henry Cabot Lodge
League of Nations
Odore Roosevelt
Lodge
Roosevelt
Women urged to move west for husbands finds advice
Columbus report notes marriage counselor Dr. Morton D. Oyler of Ohio State University says women, especially older spinsters, should seek western states with higher male-to-female ratios where men migrated for manly jobs. A study by Dr. H. H. Moore at Arkansas A and M cites spinster traits as less appealing.
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Columbus
Merton D. Oyler
Ohio State University
Mississippi
Washington, D. C
Oyler
H. H. Moore
Arkansas A and M. College
Monticello
Ark
Gunman Takes $3,000 From Girl Messengers
In Cleveland on August 8 a gunman forced entry into a car and seized a $3,000 payroll from two young female messengers, Miss Beverly Klaameyer and Miss Marie Frate, aged 19, before releasing them. The car was later found abandoned. The money was en route from the Kamm's Corner Cleveland Trust Co. branch to Brus cino Expan Homes, Inc.
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Cleveland
Beverly Klaameyer
Marie Frate
Kamm’s Corner
Cleveland Trust Co
Bruscino Expan Homes, Inc
Field Surrenders Bail Records to New York
Frederick Van derbilt Field surrendered the Civil Rights Congress bail fund records to the New York state banking department after both federal and state authorities sought the documents. The fund faced over 100000 dollars posted for communists who jumped bail, while authorities hoped the records would aid in locating four fugitive communists. The surrender followed immunity granted to four jailed fund trustees.
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New York
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Civil Rights Congress
New York State Banking Department
State Banking Department
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