Counterfeit $10 and $20 Bills in Georgia
Secret Service agents report counterfeit $10 and $20 notes circulating in Savannah Atlanta Columbus and Macon in a case linked to a $56 000 batch found with Alfred Thomas. Notes can be spotted by front and back plate numbers 108 110 on front and 480 on back. other prints show 418 430 front and 1201 back. Authorities advise not returning currency, delaying the passer and noting description or license plate.
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Atlanta
Secret Service
L. O. Padgett
Alfred Thomas
Savanah
Thomas
Padgett
Federal Reserve
Chicago
Treasury Department
Savannah
Columbus
Macon
Johnston Suggests Insurance Men Lead Security Quest
Atlantic City June 23 AP Eric Johnston urged private social security plans led by insurance firms. He called insurance a fine old capitalist concept and framed the issue as Americans choosing a welfare state or their own security program. Kiwanis elected J Hugh Jackson of Stanford president.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Eric Johnston
Johnston
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Motion Picture Association of America
Kiwanis International
A J. Hugh Jackson
Palo Alto
Calif
Schoo
Stanford University
Typhoon death toll rises to 143 in Japan disaster
Rural police announced 143 dead from the Tuesday typhoon in southern Japan. About 206 still missing, 840 previously listed missing found, 93 ferry passengers and crew from Aoba Maru unaccounted. Thirty four ferry victims recovered. an American and three Japanese aboard were rescued. Most fatalities from Kyushu Shikoku and southern Honshu.
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Tokyo
Japan
Kyushu
Shikoku
Honshu
Tax Revision Group Detects Large Georgia Loot in Taxes
Atlanta June 23 AP The state tax revision subcommittee uncovered multi million dollar loopholes in Georgia revenue with as much as 43 090 000 yearly in gasoline tax losses from smuggling and exemptions. Officials cited limited staff and weak enforcement, plus homestead exemptions eroding property tax, and noted tobacco stamp costs of 900 000 annually.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Iteamead
B. E. Thrasher
W. H. Atkinson
The
Revenue Department
W. M. Womack
Motor Fuels
Womack
J. G Rockmore
Wilmer Lanier
Augusta
D. N. Stafford
Tifton
Atkinson
Rockmore
Double Dollar Days Bring Special Savings to Thomasville Shoppers
Thomasville merchants announce a two day Double Dollar Day event Friday and Saturday with extra merchandise and special prices. Participating stores include Joseph Jerget The Fashion Shoppe The New Mfg Outlet Store The Shoe Box Roses 5c 10c 25c Store and more. The promotion aims to maximize value for thrift buyers across multiple districts and channels.
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Thomasville
Times-Enterprise
Tme
Joseph Jerget
Mfg
Shoe Box
Matt Russell
13 Year Old Girl Delivers Baby at Birmingham Hospital
In Birmingham Alabama a 13 year old girl identified as Mrs Katherine Elizabeth Love gave birth to a seven pound eleven ounce son at Jefferson Hillman Hospital. She had run away in September to wed 18 year old Joseph Love in Mississippi. The report notes a new baby boy at the hospital.
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Alabama
Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson-Hillman Hospital
Katherine Elizabeth Love
Joseph Love
Mississippi
Weather forecast for Georgia and Northwest Florida
Partly cloudy and warm through this afternoon tonight and Friday. Local thundershowers likely Friday afternoon and over the south and central portions this afternoon. Northwest Florida partly cloudy this afternoon tonight and Friday with widely scattered thundershowers and gentle to moderate variable winds along the coast.
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Georgiay
Florida
Czechs Tighten Net Around Archbishop Beran
Prague reports indicate Catholic priests sayCzechoslovakia’s Communist government has sealed off Archbishop Josef Beran in his palace with contacts cut off. Vatican and diplomatic sources fear a formal arrest is imminent as Beran defies state control and resists Vatican excommunication of pro government Catholic action.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Josef Beran
Vatican
Beran
Catholic Action Society
Antonin Zapotocky
Catholic Action
Lasht Hight
Three Justices Testify In Hiss Coplon Case
Judith Coplon faces prosecutors again as John Kelley Jr. presses her on allegations of a frame up. Supreme Court Justices Frankfurter Reed and Circuit Judge Magruder testify to Hiss's good character while witnesses place a Woodstock typewriter with the Hiss family linking to past espionage.
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Judith Coplon
Hiss
Associated Press
John M. Kelley Jr
Miss Coplon
Kelly
Valentine A. Gubitchev
New York
America
Gilbert Green
U. S. Supreme Court
Alger Hiss
Felix Frankfurter
Stanley M. Reed
Supreme Court
Calvert Magruder
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Boston
Justice Frankfurter
Harvard Law School
Frankfurter
Washington
Magruder
Harvard Law
Justice Reed
U. S
Woodstock
Hisses
Whittaker Chambers
Democrats Faction Faces Rough House Debate Fight
In Washington on June 28 AP reports Democrats confident of victory as the House housing bill opens day two amid a fist fight. Leader Rayburn claims a 30 vote margin. Republicans and Southern Democrats debate substitutes and compromises while opponents shout socialism and question the bill’s fiscal impact. The program aims at slum clearance and public and farm housing with costs estimated between 7.5 and 20 billion dollars. Sabath and Cox briefly reconciled after the brawl.
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E. B. Cox
Adolph J. Sabath
Hinds
Washington
Cox
Sabath
House
Truman
Rayburn
D-Tex
Rep
Halleck
R-Ind
Sunbath
D-Ii
D-Ga
Race conflict erupts as Negroes enter Ohio pool
Youngstown crowd confronts Nathaniel C. Lee and his three children at the East Side city pool. Police report Lee warned to leave or risk his children's safety as about 1,000 bystanders gathered. Park Commission plans to reopen all pools today after the incident.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Park Commission
Nathaniel C. Lee
National Association For Advancement of Colored People
Lee
Pilot's Skill Credited With Saving Lives
Memphis passengers credit Captain Ed Hatch for guiding the Convair after engine trouble. The City of San Antonio crashed near Municipal Airport, skidding across a highway into a tree. 43 aboard, 38 hospitalized. 18 released. Stewardess Yvonne Hanavan assisted as passengers helped the injured.
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Memphis
Tenn
American Airlines
Alphé
Municipal
Ed Hatch
Fort Worth
New York
City of
San Antonio
Hateh
Hatch
Henry D. Boyle
New Orleans
Yvonne Hanavan
Bitter old man in Georgia jail for slaying soldier son
Cusseta Georgia June 23 AP a bitter old man is jailed charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his soldier son Sgt George Grey McKenzie 27 of Camp Kilmer New Jersey the elder McKenzie 67 years old had 100 in his pocket as the family funds were missing after capture by Chattahoochee Sheriff Wright
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Cusseta
Chattahoochee
WN. &. Wright
George Grey McKenzie
Camp Kilmer
N. J
George Washington McKenzie
McKenzie
Park Pool Closed After Drowning Incident
Bruce Hamm, manager of the pool roof, notified police and, under Park Commission orders, closed the pool for the day following a drowning incident at the facility.
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Bruce Hamm
Park Commission
Justice Dept joins Congress in Alabama flogging probe
Washington reports the Justice Department and Congress will investigate hooded gang beatings in Alabama. Rep. Celler and a Civil Rights attorney will assist, while a Birmingham veterans group urged halting the inquiry. The panel plans witness hearings and considers a broad Civil Rights bill to expand federal protection and outlaw intimidation.
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Washington
Justice Department
Congress
Alabama
Rep
Caller
D-Ny
House Judiciary Committee
Celler
Department of Justice
Department
Congressional
Veterans’ Committee
Birmingham
Ala
Carl K. Wells
Veterans' Committee Against Crime and Violence
Hobbs
D-Ala
Wella
Clarke Stallworth
Birmingham Post
Federal Civil Rights Commission
Congressional Committee On
FBI
Cool Weather Eases Drought Strain in Northeast
Relief from heat and humidity arrives as cooler air lowers temperatures across New England and New York. Light showers reduce fire risk but fail to avert crop losses. New Jersey faces a $10 million damage estimate from drought. Garfield damps water pumping, and state parks enforce fire restrictions amid continuing hot, dry conditions.
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Associated Press
New England
New York State
New Jersey
Willard H. Allen
Garfield
Passaic Valley Water Commission
New
England
Massachusetts
Vermont
Mississippi Valley
Retex
Texas
Florida
Georgia May employment falls for fifth straight month
Georgia Labor Commissioner Ben Hulet reports May non agricultural employment down 8 700 with losses in textile lumber and chemical industries. Total jobs declined 16 000 from January with sustained weakness across major sectors.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Ben T. Hulet
Hulet
Dutch airliner crashes off Bari Italy killing dozens
A four engine KLM plane crashed into the sea near Bari Italy, killing an estimated 6 to 40 people including Americans Dutch and Turks. Bari port official reports 24 bodies recovered including 16 men five women and three children. Navy divers and patrol craft assisted in rescue as wreckage remained hazardous in rough seas. Witnesses said the aircraft fell from about 16 000 feet in clear weather.
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Bari
Italy
KLM
Royal ‘Dutch Airlines
Governors Meet Spurs Look at Senatorial Contenders
At the 41st annual governors conference in Colorado Springs several potential senate candidates emerged. Kansas Governor Frank Carlson, named conference chairman, is viewed as a probable entrant, with Pennsylvania Governor James Duff and Colorado Governor See Knolle linked as likely candidates. Speculation surrounds New York Governor Thomas Dewey, while Earl Warren and Frank Lausche are discussed as possible candidates for or against future races.
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Colorado
Springs
Colo
Kansas
Frank Carlson
Pennsylvania
James H. Duff
Knolle
Carlson
New York
Thomas
Dewey
California
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