War Bride Held After Apparent Kidnapping Attempt
Former English war bride Margaret Joyce Wyrick was held in Marion jail on a kidnapping charge after returning with her son, Richard Reival, whom Rev. Lester Kidd and his wife had adopted. Police traced her abortive plan to take the boy toward England via Canada, with bond set at 5000 dollars.
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Weemsee
Xenia
Marion
Margaret Joyce Wyrick
Lester Kidd
United States
Clyde Hardin
Wyrick
Toronto
Upper Sandusky
Rev. Kidd
Detroit
Canada
England
Fliers Defy Rules To Take Korean Girl To Hospital
An injured Korean girl guided five wounded Americans from the 2nd Division to safety near Pohang airfield and was later flown to a hospital in Japan by the 35th Fighter Group despite regulations. She was wounded by snipers on the return trip and collapsed at a field dressing station.
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Okyo
Japan
Air Corps
Army
Pohang
35Th Fighter Group
New Retail Store Aids Disabled Moose Jaw Workshop
A Moose Jaw store will sell merchandise made at the disabled civilians' workshop here. It employs 24 staff, 20 of whom are disabled, and the shop produces about 48000 dollars in goods annually.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moose Jaw
Sask
Chicago association seeks Christmas tree price ideas
During a summer heat wave the Chicago Association of Commerce received an inquiry about prospective prices for Christmas trees. The note shows interest in market conditions and anticipated costs ahead of the holiday season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Association of Commerce
State Patrol Tactics To Be Probed in Logan
BELLEFONTAINE Aug 17 AP A committee will be appointed to study alleged violations of civil liberties by the State Highway Patrol. Logan County Bar Association led by Common Pleas Judge Elmer L Godwin asked the investigation after claiming patrol boycotted justices of the peace and mayor courts not aligning with patrol recommended fines.
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Bellefontaine
State Highway Patrol
Common Pleas
Elmer L. Godwin
Logan County Bar Association
Godwin
Justices of the Peace and
Mayor
Volt Named For Italian Scientist Volta
The volt in electricity is named for Italian scientist Alessandro Volta, who died in 1827.
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Alessandro Volta
Ashes of Climbers To Be Sent to East
Libby Holman Reynolds planned to send her son Christopher and companion Steven Wasserman’s ashes to the East after their bodies were recovered from Mt. Whitney. Christopher, 17, a tobacco heir, and Wasserman, 17, were killed during an ascent begun August 6 and found on the mountain’s east face. Coroner Eddie Blake said Reynolds’ ashes go to Stamford Connecticut and Wasserman’s to Philadelphia.
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Lone Pine
Calif
Libby Holman Reynolds
Christopher
Mt. Whitney
Los Angeles
Gether
Steven Wasserman
Eddie Blake
Reynolds
Stamford
Conn
Young Wasserman
Philadelphia
Paris
Belgian Army to expand regular strength to 31,000
Brussels August 17 AP The Belgian Army started a recruiting drive to raise its regular force from 25,000 to 31,000 over the next two years and a three year period, with distribution proportional across all service branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brussels
Belgium
Israel rationing law tightened in Tel Aviv case
In Tel Aviv a housewife was fined 700 dollars and faces three months in jail for purchasing meat without ration coupons as Israel enforces anti profiteering rules. The army strength is 62,800 including courts, with conscripts noted in the context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Israel
Mun
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Montreal
Halifax
Southhampton
Winchester
NSRB
Robert J. Smith
Dallas
Tex
National Security Resources Board
Washington
W. Stuart Symington
Logan
Bond
U.S
McClellan
Rittenhouse
Continental Distilling Corp
Phila
Studebaker
Aplus
ATI
Kramer Motors, Inc
Tuscarawas St. W
Canton
Ohio
George M. Varga
South Main St
Nogle Motor Sales Company
South Union Ave
Alliance
Reudebush Motor Sales
Carrollton, Ohio
Kieffer Motor Sales
Linevin Way
W. Maassilion
Guest Motor Sales
Valley St
Minerva
William Stix Wasserman
Europe
Spain
Service
Philco Refrigerator
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