Killer Sets New High in Infamy
Authorities describe Howard Unruh a quiet Haddonfield veteran who killed 13 people in a 1949 Camden shooting rampage. Police found The Shooter's Bible 700 cartridges and gun manuals in his room. a Bible lay open to Matthew chapter 24. His brother James cites Army service and wartime trauma as factors.
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James Unruh
Haddonfield
N. J
James
Europe
Howard
Temple University
School of Pharmacy
Unruh
Ammunition and Arms Company
Eyewitness recalls frantic Camden shooting rampage
A 48 year old gas and electric worker describes a berserk gunman firing at random at a busy Camden intersection. He watched a girl be picked up, heard shots, and saw people fall as the shooter fired into shops and crowds until he fled north on 32nd street.
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Camden
N. J
Gas and Electric Company
William McNeilly
Pennsauken
Public Service Company of New Jersey
River Road
32Nd Street
Slayer Calls From Phone Then Surrenders to Police
A man identified as Unruh refused to say why he was killing, saying he had a "score" and was busy. Police forced him from a barricaded home with tear gas, leading to his surrender after hours on the line with a contact. In a separate Los Angeles item, actress Joyce Brainard sought a divorce citing her husband Carl Brainard’s late nights and dog kisses as part of the dispute.
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Unruh
Los Angeles
Joyce Brainard
Hubby
Carl Brainard
Helen Wilson
John
Emma Matlack
Thomas Hamilton
Irene Rice
Hamilton
Cooper Hospital
Charles Peterson
Camden
Peterson
James Crawford
Roxy de Marco
Madeline Harrie
Armand
Charles Hance
Edward Joslin
Admiral Toyoda Acquitted of War Crimes Charges
Tokyo reports Admiral Soemu Toyoda wartime chief of the Japanese navy general staff was acquitted Monday of all charges of command responsibility for war crimes committed by Japanese naval personnel.
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Tokyo
Soemu Toyoda
Revolt in Yun Nan Ended in Settlement Favoring Government
Nationalist central news agency reports Yun Nan province revolt ended with a government-favorable settlement. Gov Lu Han flew to Chungking to confer with Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek after previously declining to go to Chungking to meet Chiang.
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Canton
Yunnan Province
Lu Han
Chungking
Chiang Kai-shek
Chung-King
Chiang
Supreme Court Justice Rutledge Recovers Fromcoma
Supreme Court Justice Wiley B. Rutledge has emerged from a coma enough to talk to family and nurses. The 55 year old jurist suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and shows slight improvement after nourishment resumed, according to hospital officials.
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York
Maine
Supreme Court
Wiley B. Rutledge
Elmer Tower
Rutledge
Britain Seeks Temporary Aid Gap Fix Before Reserves Fall
Britain opens a Washington economic conference led by Foreign Secretary Bevin to address balance of payments and the dollar sterling gap. American officials Snyder Acheson brief Senate leaders on a flexible approach while Bevin stresses permanent solutions and a world of free peoples. Anti British pickets line Pier as liner Mauretania docks.
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Britain
Secretary of the Treasury
Snyder
Acheson
Capital Hill
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Smith
Congress
New York
Ernest Bevin
Mauretania
Washington
50Th Street
North River
Bevin
Stafford Cripps
European committee to meet in Rome on plan for union
The political committee of the European consultative assembly announced it would meet November 30 in Rome to draft a plan for a political union of European democracies.
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Strasbourg
France
U.P
European Consultative Assembly
Rome
Traffic Toll Is Nation's Worst
United Press reports Labor Day weekend traffic deaths set a record with 513 killed. 383 in traffic crashes, 57 drowned, 22 in air crashes, 51 in other causes. National Safety Council calls it unquestionably the worst traffic toll in peacetime history and criticizes reckless driving nationwide. Ned Dearborn denounces the holiday as mass indifference and a grim driving era.
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United Press
National Safety Council
Ned Dearborn
Council
Body of Chicago Bride Found Lashed to Boat
Louis D Maquessan left Chicago for a Michigan City cruise. Strong winds lashed the lake over a holiday. A lake steamer sighted the drifting sailboat and the lashed body eight miles from Chicago harbor. Coast Guard men cut away rigging to recover Mrs Neitzel's body.
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Louis D. Maquessan
Chicago
Michigan City
Ind
Angeline
Chicago Harbor
Coast Guard
Yanks Exchange Gunfire with Czech Forces in Germany
United States constabulary troopers exchanged gunfire Saturday night with persons believed to be Czech soldiers at Neuhause-Rehau in Germany. Military government said no casualties were reported.
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Hof
Germany
U.P
United States Constabulary
Neuhause-Rehau
Hospital Notes From Butte And Murray Pages
Admitted and discharged lists show multiple individuals across Butte and Murray areas including Bridget Malone Beverly Clark Nina Moore and Charles Dailey with addresses in East Park 1034 Utah 510 South Idaho and 2216 Oak plus contributors from Dillon Glendive and Anaconda Road. The notes record patient movements for St James Butte and Murray facilities with extensive names and addresses.
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ST. James
Bridget Malone
East Park
Henry Jones
Ringling Brothers Circus
Sarasota
Fla
Dan Gallaher
Warren
George Lynch
Placer
James Warren Stewart
West Porphyry
Glen Cornforth
RFC
Butte
Walter Millican
West Park
Harold Sprague
Missoula Avenue
James Norton
West Silver
Morgan Almos
North Main
Perrin Dudley
Murray
Beverly Clark
Utah
Jean Trafford
South Idaho
Blanche Morris
East Second
Nina Moore
West Gold
Charles H. Dailey
Oak
Fern Wells
Dillon
Beatrice Landon
Waukesha
Robert Russell
Montana Livestock Auction Company Yards
Bernice Sargent
Alice Trudgeon
Gladstone
Annette Stringer
Dubois
Wyo
Avis L. Boehrs
Glendive
Barrie Frick
South Wyoming
Sigred Harvey
Anaconda Road
Break in Dreuth Comes Too Late
Crop conditions show limited grasshopper damage. irrigated potato digging has begun in Valley county with harvest not broad until late September. Dry beans harvest is near finished in Yellowstone and active in Carbon and Stillwater. blight cut yields there. Sugar beet harvest expected around September 19 in Ravalli, with bright yield prospects. Soil moisture remains critically short across northern and eastern counties delaying winter wheat seeding. Alfalfa second and third cuttings underway. hay supplies for winter projected to be well below last year. Grasshoppers reduced feed supplies while cattle marketing rose in July and shipments remained heavy.
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Valley County
Yellowstone County
Ravalli
Butte News in Brief Highlights Local Events and Births
Butte fire crews answer a rubbish fire call between Broadway and Park with no damage reported. Multiple births announced at St James and Murray hospitals include Crosby and Woods infants. A variety of visiting residents and travelers are noted, along with a parish carnival and local club meetings. A marriage license was issued to Rosetti and Harrington.
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Butte Fire Department
Broadway
Park
St. Annalar Society
St. Ann Parish Hall
Bing O’brien
James Keyes
Attilio Alfred Rosetti
Margaret Eva Harrington
Butte
Bennett Defends General Vaughan in Senate inquiry
Perfume maker David A. Bennett, set to testify in the five percenter probe, says Maj Gen. Harry Vaughan helped him meet the right people after World War II and to fly home from the Azores when ill. Bennett claims Vaughan only did one direct favor and accuses partisan politicians of using Vaughan to attack President Truman.
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David A. Bennett
Chicago
Harry H. Vaughan
White House
Senate
Holland (Mich
Holland
Mich
U.P
Harry Vaughan
Bennett
Holland Sentinel
Vaughan
Azores
Sentinel
R. J. Collins
Ken Allen
Truman
Collins
Allen
Albert Verley Company
Sauatuck
Howard
Hughes
Washington
Senator
Impostors Seek Hospital Funds in Butte Neighborhoods
Police warned Tuesday night about door to door solicitors canvassing in Butte neighborhoods for funds. The impostors claimed to raise money for St James hospital, which officials say has no authorized campaign here. Residents told police, who urged any tips on the solicitors to report to headquarters.
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Harper Joy
Spokane
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circuis
Butte
St. James Hospital
Government Takes More Than Half of Nash's Fortune
Executors of Charles W. Nash, pioneer auto maker, paid the government 23,500,899.06 dollars in federal inheritance tax. The appraisal stood at 43,183,624 dollars with California and other levies to reduce the total by about 75 percent. Nash died at 84 in Beverly Hills. his wife Jessie died in 1947, leaving an estate about 9,000,000 dollars. The residue is placed in trust for two daughters Mae N. Brenton and Ruth N. Biss.
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Los Angeles
Charles W. Nash
Pioneer Auto Maker
California
Nash
Beverly Hills
Jessie
Mae N. Brenton
Ruth N. Biss
Gross Pointe Farms
Mich
Ark hunters plan new Ararat search attempt
Dr. Aaron J. Smith of Greensboro North Carolina, head of an American expedition seeking Noahs Ark on Mt Ararat, said the party may try next Sunday to search the west and northwest parts of the mountain after weather delays.
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ARK Hunters
Istanbul
Turkey
Aaron J. Smith
Greensboro
N. C
Mt. Ararat
Depth record set in Pacific west of Panama
The deepest ocean point reaches 35,400 feet below the surface in the Pacific Ocean west of Panama. This measurement marks the greatest known sea depth, highlighting extreme undersea topography and exploration findings.
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Pacific
Panama
Eleven-Year-Old Held in Purse Thefts at Butte Store
An 11-year-old Butte boy was detained after police accused him of stealing three purses from store clerks over two months. He admitted the first two thefts and later the third, saying he hid the cash during a circus visit. he was sent to the county probation officer for supervision.
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Butte
Ed Molthen
John Sheehan
Molthen
Elmer Powell
Malthen
Matthen
Hiker Saved After 24 Hours On Reynolds Mountain
Thom Moulds, 23, of Santa Barbara and fellow University of Washington student Wallace Smith, 26, of Portland, were honored by Glacier National Park authorities for rescuing Moulds after he lay on Reynolds mountain for a day. Moulds suffered a broken right foot and arm lacerations after falling Saturday while hiking from Logan Pass to Gunsight Pass.
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Glacier National Park
University of Washington
Thom Moulds
Santa Barbara
Calif
Moulds
Whitefish
Reynolds Mountain
Washington
Wallace Smith
Portland
Ore
Logan Pass
Gunsight Pass
Smith
Reynolds Lookout
Teachers blamed for child maladjustment says scholars
Dr Arbuckle warns against disciplinary phrases that shame children and hinder feeling of being loved. Tulane psychologists Ammons and Ammons introduce a picture based vocabulary test for non speaking children to gauge understanding, using nods and grunts to indicate comprehension.
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Dr. Arbuckle
Tulane University
Helen S. Ammons
Robert Ammons
Tulane
Probate Matters Filed in Court
Probate matters in two estates were filed in district court. George Osborne petitioned for probate of the will of Joseph Semmens. George A. Hill Elmer H. Mester and Daniel Coleman filed an appraisment valuing the estate of Paul A Gow at $31 036 76.
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George Osborne
Joseph Semmens
George A. Hill
Elmer H. Mester
Daniel Coleman
Paul A. Gow
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Acme
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Maurice Cohen
Cohen
H. E. Yaskin
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Philadelphia
Edward C. Carroll
John J. Plaschik
Clark Hoover
Hoover
James Hutton
Westmont
Hutton
Charles
Rose
Minnie Cohen
Unrah
Hilda Zegrino
Howard Unruh
Orris Smith
Helga Zegrino
James J. Hutton
John P. Pilarchik
Delaware Gardens
Pennsauken Township
Alvin M. Day, Jr
Mantua
Rose Cohen
Maurice
Matlack
John Wilson
Wilson
Butte Hospital
Harvard
A. Henry Dudden
Railroad
Dayton
Charles Kennedy
Pennsylvania Block
Joe Shoemaker
Leadville
Colo
Batt J. Auda
Harrison
Oscar Buhl
Whitehall
Dreuth
Butte News
Joseph J. Vranak
Arizona
Bremerton, Wash
Deer Lodge
Bremerton
Francis Crosby
Joe Yakamvich
Maryland
Ray Milner
Murray Hospital
Browning
Thomas Stanisich
Kennedy
Charles Woods
East Mercury
Floyd Hicks
West Galena
R. A. Stiles of Wisdom
Leggat Hotel
Fred Gill
Davie Hickman
Wise River
C. L. Mullens
Fort Meade, Md
Bozeman
H D. Stone
Helena
Finlen Hotel
Ann Stillway
Mrs. S. Crum
Mrs
D. O. Cain of
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M. J. Wilcomb
Missoula
Fred I .Hubbard, Jr
Jack Nott
White Sulphur Springs
Curtis Dickerson
Helen Waite
Billings
A. L. Williams
Tom Lynott
Salt Lake City
J. W. Donegan
Anaconda
Esther Coburn
Lily Ammerman
James Richards
Havre
Maj
J. W. Radman
West Yellowstone
Labor Day
G. O. Holm
L. K. Pence
B. C. Parker
Laurel
William C. la Prath
Paul Lisenby
Miles City
Ernest A. Carrell of
N. Chamberlin
Jefferson City
Dean C. O'Neil
Lincoln
T. L. Dooley
Hall
Acoma Hotel
City
Ira H. Daddow
Immaculate Conception Church
Wilbur Thompson
Seattle
James Gavin
Anna Cook
Jean D. Kelley
R. C. Barry
Dr. E. T. Gangner
Kalispell
Polson
J. E. Becker
Francis L. Crosby
West Platinum Street
Montana Tau
Beta Sigma Phi
Olga Mandich
South Excelsior
H. E. Merhar
Arlene
Nevada
Butte Sor Optimist Club
Hotel Finlen
Virginia DeLance
Silver City Review
Women's Benefit Association
Ioof Hall
West Broadway
Mary Miller
Glacier Park
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