Girard Trial Forces Fresh Push to Revise Status of Forces
The Japanese court case of Army Specialist William S. Girard renews calls to renegotiate or rescind status of forces treaties allowing the U S exclusive criminal jurisdiction over troops abroad. Congress's Bow proposal seeks to expand control by resigning U S jurisdiction if treaties cannot be revised.
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William
Girard
United States
Japan
U. S
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
Senate
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
House Rules Committee
House
Dulles
Eisenhower
Supreme Court Orders Girard to Stand Trial in Japan
The U S Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling on July 11 and ordered Girard to be turned over to a Japanese court. The court cited status of forces agreements as within executive and legislative discretion. The American Legion has observer Col Alvin M Owsley in Japan to monitor the trial and report to seek amendments.
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U. S. Supreme Court
High Court
Girard
Supreme Court
American Legion
Japan
Col
Alvin M. Owsley
Dallas
Legion
Editorial Digest Highlights From 40 Newspapers
A digest of the day’s most notable editorials drawn from forty newspapers arriving at the office. Highlights reflect leading opinions on politics society economy and public policy. Readers get a concise view of prevailing perspectives across multiple urban and regional outlets.
Harlem bishop argues against civil rights and integration
Addision, archbishop of the African Universal Church and Commercial League Corp, speaks in Dutchtown La. He claims half a million Negroes live in Harlem with little ownership and criticizes civil rights laws as unnecessary, insisting rights come from within. The remarks reflect one colleague of Representative Powell, amid praise for his courage and integrity.
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Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Addison
African Universal Church and Commercial League Corp
Addision
Dutchtown
Congress
Why Drivers Behave Badly Says Yale Traffic Chief
After 30 years of study Yale's Frederick W. Hurd admits no clear cause for automatic accidents. He notes some drivers seem beyond understanding and urges caution, saying never trust others to follow rules and to drive as if every other driver is careless.
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Yale Bureau of Highway Traffic
Frederick W. Hurd
Yale Bureau
Montreal Spy Ring Suspected Among Refugees
The Star The Montreal Canada Gazette reports a Communist spy ring of refugees from Tron Curtain countries operating in Montreal allegedly gathering secret defense industry information. The article notes accompanying social notes and local visits amid broader wartime tension.
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Motreal, Canada Gazette
Tron Curtain
Montreal
Anne Johnson
Helen Garm
Edmonds
Cecil Street
Front Bays
Edvin B. Clevenger
West Boscawen
Trolley Collision in Terrytown Injures Seven
Seven people were badly injured when two trolley cars collided at Terrytown on the Hudson. Mr John Hyett aged 86 and his daughter Mrs Joseph Shepp of Brucetown were visitors at the home of Mrs Mary F Trimble near White Hall. Hyett kept making daily trips on the Brucetown to Wadesville star route. Tommy and Rohnert Armel of Silver Ridge Farm in Claces county stayed several days at their uncle G W Ariel’s home.
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John Hyett
Joseph Shepp
Brucetown
Mary F. Trimble
Wute Hall
Hyett
Ue Mail
Wadesville
Tommy
Rohnert Armel
Silver Ridge Farm
Claces
G. W. Ariel
Fat man learns to count calories by example tale
In a New York bar two men, one fat and one slender, share drinks. The fat man is mocked about weight, receives a long letter from a fat man who explains his wealth and contentment despite obesity, then the slender man reads it and leaves without comment.
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New York
Park Avenue
The Doctor Speaks About a Breakfast That Energizes
A Pennsylvan ia doctor explains why skipping breakfast reduces morning energy. Rising body temperature triggers appetite signals via the hypothalamus, and two remedies are offered: work then rest before breakfast or have breakfast in bed to raise appetite without hunger.
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University of Pennsylvania
J. Brobeck
Dr. Brobeck
Basel Shifts 4 Million Tons Of Overseas Cargo Yearly
Basel Switzerland handles about 4 million tons of overseas ship cargo annually as ships arrive and depart along the Rhine River far from the sea.
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Basel
Switzerland
Schools Open Next Week in Winchester with Supplies
Local Winchester stores advertise back to school supplies and fine service as schools reopen next week. Shoppers find children's materials in stock at Kug Your Children's Supplies and other fine stores.
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Winchester Fine Stores— Fine Service
Strength For The Day: Herakles Cleansing Stables Through Rivers
The piece links Herakles redirecting the river Alpheus to clean the Augean stables in a day with the Christian idea that divine Spirit clears the human heart of temptation. It argues that human effort alone fails against passions and that spiritual power alone can cleanse the heart.
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Herakles
Augeas
Alpheus
God
How's Your I.0 Memory Quiz On Correct Answers
A 19 day quiz scoring based on 100 questions rates memory levels from Memory Genius to Good. Questions include Coast Guard aircraft use, Constantinople fall year, Esau’s twin, Ton Sand country, NYSE tree origin, Heydrich role, Washington children, Chamberlain resignation year, verb form hopeng, and a quotation attribution to G B Lee Burns or Kipling.
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Constantinople
Esau
Ton Sand
New York Stock Exchange
Reinhard Heyrich
Prague
George Washington
Neville Chamberlain
Lee, Burns
Kipling
The Worry Clinic On Childbirth Reduces Fear For Mothers
Dr Crane explains to Dora G a first time mother that knowing what to expect cuts fear and pain. The article outlines pregnancy stages the birth process including dilation timing and an episiotomy and urges readers to request his booklet Facts About Pregnancy for guidance.
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Dora
Dora G
Jesus
Dulles Messes Up Chance for Newsmen to Visit China
James Marlow reports that Secretary Dulles limited a six month trial allowing 24 U.S. reporters to China while insisting on no reciprocal access. Peiping’s paper calls the move unacceptable and warns of further friction as State Department cites new factors such as food shortages and disasters.
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Washington
Secretary of State
Dulles
State Department
Red China
Ching
Congress
China
Red
United States
Peiping
Chinese People’s Daily
Department
Generalissimo Francisco Franco's Early Military Rise
Francisco Franco began his political career as military governor of the Canary Islands, a Spanish possession off southwest Africa, before rising to power in Spain in 1939.
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Francisco Pranco
Spain
Canary Islands
Africa
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