Tragic Montana Mother Slays Four Then Ends Life
A 24 year old mother of six hurled four children from a bridge into the Milk River near Glasgow Montana and then killed herself by leaping. Surviving Johnny 7 said his mother struck him with a hammer and threw him in first. Jerry 4 and Larry 1 were recovered. Janet 5 and Howard three weeks old remained missing. The note to sheriff stated I know I am going crazy though illegible in parts.
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Glasgow
Mont
EB. L. McPherson
Andrew Campbell
Johnny
Jerry Campbell
Larry
Janet
Howard
William Walden
Campra Bell
Montana- Dakota Utilities Company
Campbell
Bud
Arms Conference Seen After Japan Defeat
San Francisco May 26 The United Nations arms conference likely follows Japan's defeat. Plans support maintaining armed forces for peace and reducing armaments to ease victorious powers. Major disputes center on authority of the security council and the veto. Big Four aim to uphold the veto while allowing charges against any nation. US delegation awaits a pre noon caucus before a broader meeting.
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San Francisco
United Nations
Japan
World Security Council
Yalta
Council
United States
Stettinius
Big Power
Security Council
Ex French Flier Arrested As Spy
New York May 26. Former French air force officer Dieudonne Costes led counter espionage that led to the arrest of Paul Jean Marie Cavaille a 43 year old Frenchman in a midtown hotel. Cavaille held on 50000 bail for June 4 hearing as FBI says he planned to continue acts despite Germany collapse.
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New York
FBI
Dieudonne Costes
Paul Jean Marie Cavaille
Germany
Nenni Arrest in Italy Ends with Warning Release
Pietro Nenni Italian Socialist leader was arrested in Northern Italy for addressing a public gathering without Allied permission and released with a warning, Italian sources said today.
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Rome
Pietro Nenni
Italy
Japs Threaten To Retaliate
San Francisco reports Japanese propagandists aiming to inflame Nipponese against Americans amid Tokyo’s fire bomb raids. Radio Tokyo vowed an answer and said those who witnessed enemy atrocities are stirred to fight to the last Japanese.
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San Francisco
Tokyo
Radio Tokyo
Court actions wrap up May docket with pleas and detentions
In circuit court this morning Joseph Martinal pleaded guilty to theft of a watch and received a suspended sentence as the May criminal docket closed. Geneva Stevens, tied to delinquency of a minor, got a suspended sentence on promising to behave. David Embly and George Pilgrim faced detention after a sustained demurrer over theft charges tied to old Country Club screens. Sailor Robert W. Peet, AWOL and charged with robbery of ten dollars, testified after a noon recess amid jury consideration.
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Joseph Martinal
Geneva Stevens
Harvey MM. Miller
David Embly
George Pilgrim
M. W. B. Bostetter
Ingram
Robert W. Peet
Study funds approved for feeble minded children work
Annapolis Md May 26 A joint study by the Board of Mental Hygiene and the Department of Public Welfare on the needs of feeble minded psychopathic and epileptic children has been approved by the Board of Public Works Governor O Conor announced A $3000 has been made available for the project.
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Annapolis
Board of Mental Hygiene
Department of Public Welfare
Board of Public Works
O'Conor
Carole Landis Plans Divorce From Major Wallace
Hollywood actress Carole Landis says she will begin divorce proceedings against Major Thomas Wallace within two weeks after establishing residence in Reno Nevada. Wallace stationed with the Army Air Forces at San Antonio Texas recently signed consent papers for the decree. The couple wed in London in January 1943.
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Hollywood
Carole Landis
Maj. Thomas
Wallace
Reno
Nev
Major Wallace
Army Air Forces
San Antonio
Tex
Miss Landis
London
Himmler Buried In Unmarked Pit
In Lueneberg Germany May 26 the body of Heinrich Himmler Gestapo chief ended his life by poison and was buried in an unmarked pine grave by three British soldiers after being transported from a Lueneberg villa. The private currency hoard of about $1,000,000 was found yesterday near Berchtesgaden. The grave was left unmarked to deter future exhumation.
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Lueneberg
Germany
Heinrich Himmler
Gestapo
Second Army
Berchtesgaden
Himmler
Belsen
Tommy
Thousands Will Be Discharged In Aircraft Plants
Two major Southern California firms Lockheed and Consolidated Vultee plan to lay off about 14 000 workers by late July due to production cutbacks. Lockheed will release 12 500 employees by July 31, including 4 800 next week, a 30 percent cut. Downey Plant of Consolidated Vultee will shed 1 500 by end July as P 38 and B 17 production declines. In Buffalo Bell Aircraft will discharge 8 000 of 14 000 workers as P 63 King Cobra production ends by Sept 1, while Curtiss Wright has not yet set a final number.
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Los Angeles
California
Lockheed
Consolidated Vultee
Downey
Buffalo
N. Y
Bell Aircraft
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Niagara Frontier
War Department
Bell
Curtiss
Quisling Trial Set For August in Oslo Hearing
The Oslo preliminary hearing announced by NBC set Vidkun Quisling’s trial for August 25. The broadcast from Norway confirmed the date amid ongoing wartime proceedings.
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New York
Vidkun Quisling
Oslo
NBC
Norway
How's This For Army Efficiency
A bus token and transfer would have taken Master Sgt. Bob Davis six miles from Kirtland Field to home when discharged. Instead the Army sent him on a 600 mile train trip to the separation center in El Paso Texas. Mrs Davis rode along solo.
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Albuquerque
Bob Davis
Kirtland Field
Army
el Paso
Texas
Davis
Realty Market Is Active Again In Hancock Area
The local real estate market in Hancock was active with near 100000 dollars in sales this week. Notably, Wiebel Pin Factory on North Foundry Street sold to Harry R. Seibert and Jacob H. Keller who resumed manufacturing insulating pins.
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Wiebel
North Foundry Street
Harry R. Seibert
Jacob H. Keller
Calvin Deneen
Henry H. Hoffman
Hancock
U. 8
Benj. F .Tarman
Anna M. Wendland
Leonard P. J. Wendland
Pen Marsectio
Raymond G. Hammond
Holley W. Miller
Williamsport Pike
Williamsport
Alice M. Wolf
Truman L. Wolf
Harvey C. Beard
Linganore Avenue
Charles David Ebert, Jr
Roy Lynch
East Antietam Street
Charles M. Clopper
North Prospect Street
Agnes L. Johnson
L. Elwood Holsinger
Maugansville
L. H. Wiebel, Inc
Jacob E. Keller
James D. Stickell
Halfway
Charles R. Bast
Arthur Blessing
Lakin Avenue
Boonsboro
Nellie F. Rouzee
Raymond W. Unger
Hollywood Road
Coffee seeks refuge under counters amid rationing
London readers report coffee shortages during rationing stir anxiously, with the Times noting the commodity’s scarce availability and traders discreetly handling demand as authorities curb supplies.
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London
The
Times
Watkins Removed To Maryland Pen
Earl Watkins, 19, a Baltimore resident, was given a life sentence for the May 11 supper table murder of John son at Roxbury Penal Farm. Associate Judges Mish and Capper ruled the act cold blooded and premeditated. Watkins was transported to the Maryland Penitentiary after sentencing.
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Earl Watkins
Baltimore
William Johnson
Maryland
Watkins
Johnson
Roxbury
Joseph D. Mish
Walter C. Capper
Mish
Crownsville State Hospital
City Market Scramble Strips Shelves At Dawn
City market opened in a frantic first come first served rush with poultry and meat stands quickly emptied by 8 am. Dealers faced harassment from angry customers overnight and fear continued shortages as home raised produce such as strawberries and cherries sold at higher, modest prices. The meat crisis leaves many households on short rations and dealers report being wiped out of prime cuts yesterday and unsure of tomorrow’s supply.
Peter Lorre Weds After Divorce in Las Vegas
Peter Lorre, 41, known for villain roles, honeymooning with Kaaren Verne, 27, after their Las Vegas wedding. Verne recently obtained a divorce from British actor Arthur Young. Lorre’s prior marriage was to Cecilia Lvovaky, a Russian actress.
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Hollywood
Peter Lorre
Kaaren Verne
Las Vegas
Nev
George Marshall
Arthur Young
Lorre
Cecilia Lvovaky
Terrific Damage Spreads in Tokyo Fire Raid
San Francisco reports say American B-29s bombed Tokyo in a devastating raid affecting the religious and political heart of Japan. The imperial palace complex, dating to 1465, saw unclear damage to the outer palace while inner sections and other imperial residences also faced fire. Moats and bridges guard the central compound, with 13 additional imperial residences in Tokyo referenced.
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San Francisco
Japan
Tokyo
Imperial
Hirohito
Domei
Radio Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Churchill's New Government Faces Parliament Tuesday
London May 26 The new Churchill led administration faces Parliament in its first test a fiery baptism as observers expect a mandate push to finish the Japan war. The Times credits a carefully balanced cabinet with core Conservative holdovers and Liberals like Maj Gwilym Lloyd George Ernest Brown.
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London
Churchill
Times of London
Britain
the Times
Anthony Eden
Gwilym Lloyd George
Information
Brendan Bracken
The
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Lord Woolton
Council
Clement Atlee
Richard Austen Butler
Ernest Bevin
House Meets In Unusual Saturday Tariff Vote
The House held an unprecedented Saturday session to vote on a tariff bill. Democratic leaders faced doubt as Republicans pressed opposition while absent Democrats were urged to return. The plan would extend the Reciprocal Trade Act of 1934 three years and grant the President power to cut duties up to 50 percent, shaping international cooperation versus isolation.
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Washington
House
Sabath
Ilinois
Cochran
Missouri
Navy
Roosevelt
Truman
Doughton
D-Nc
Ways and Means Committee
Donehson
Rep. Knutson
R-Minn
Fifteen Divorces Asked This Week
Three new divorce suits bring to 15 filed this week and 89 this month. May likely to set a new high record. Suits filed today include Naomi Sherley Wade versus Paul Webster Wade Sr. and Donald M. Shank versus Lois Baker Shank, both through C. K. Hartle, and Harry Barnett against Elsie W. Barnstr, through Samuel G. Strite.
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Naomi Sherley Wade
Paul Webster Wade, Sr
Donald M. Shank
Lois Baker Shank
C. K. Hartle
Harry Barnett
Elsie W. Barnstr
Samuel G. Strite
Two Palaces Destroyed As Tokyo Devastated By Fire Raid
GUAM May 26. Tokyo suffered extensive fire damage as 500 B-29s attacked the city for a second time in 48 hours. The outer palace and Omiya palace were destroyed, along with major districts including Ginza and Marunouchi. Emperors and royal family reportedly unharmed. Diplomatic embassies including Soviet Swedish Finnish and British unoccupied embassy listed as levelled.
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Guam
Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Omiya
Army and Navy Department
Diet
Hirohito
Kantaro Suzuki
Omiya Palace
Ginza
Marunouchi
Broadway
Fifth Avenue
Nippon
Hopkins To Meet Soviets Today
Presidential Advisor Harry Hopkins arrived in Moscow from Paris and faced a long journey as he prepared to begin talks with Soviet leaders on current American Russian questions. He rested at the U S ambassador’s residence while Mrs. Hopkins toured the city and Russian press described him as the personal representative of President Truman.
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Moscow
Harry Hopkins
Hopkins
Paris
U. S
W. Averell Warriman
310 Vessels Lost Since War Began
In the Okinawa area five ships were sunk, raising total naval losses to 310 vessels of all types since the war began. The Navy announced last night that the destroyer Little, LSM 190, LSM 195, the fleet mine sweeper Swallow, and the LST 447 were lost.
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Washington
Okinawa
Little
Thieves Steal Hedge In Night
In Albuquerque on May 26 a hedge yard plant was found uprooted and a long fresh ditch in the front yard. Police report thieves worked by night to steal the hedge Griswold tended, leaving only exposed soil and disturbed ground.
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Albuquerque
N. M
F. If. Griswold
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Ploesti
15Th Air Force
Boston Harbor
U. S. Navy
Pacific
Quisling
Religious Heart of
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Akasaka
Aomaya
Shiba
Kyobashi
David Lloyd George
Ernest Brown
Sir James Grigg
Rep. Martin
Massachusetts
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