New Weapons Bring Push-Button War Closer
Washington reports a wave of advances in American weaponry including atomic warheads for guided missiles and atomic shells for artillery. Navy progress shows a cruiser conversion to a missile launcher and attempts to sink ships with guided missiles. Air Force and military leaders note radar guided systems and anti aircraft missiles expanding reach, with X-1 jet rocket tests and possibilities of automated bombing from aircraft.
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Washington
Associated Press
Navy
Pacific
Air Force
U. S
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Russia
Argets
Al lied High Commission Reforms West German Industry
In Bonn the Allied High Commission returns control of most West German industry to German hands except for items usable solely for war. Some chemicals with dual uses are retained under regulation while controls on fine mechanics optics and electronics are lifted. New rules curb rearmament and maintain industrial demilitarization.
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Bonn
Germany
Allied High Commission
St Francis Xavier’s Body to Be Shown in Goa
The body of St Francis Xavier will be exposed to public view again in December 1952 at Bom Jesus church Goa authorities said. The saint died in 1552 and his body has been kept in an elaborate tomb with periodic public viewings since then in Portuguese India.
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Goa
Portuguese India
St. Francis Xavier
Old
India
China
Sisters start summer globe trotting after school term ends
In Kankakee Illinois the bell ends the school term and signals the start of a summer of travel for sisters Mable and Lula Martin. For 12 years both teachers have visited 46 countries and islands abroad, with this season aiming at South America.
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Kankakee
Ill
Mable
Lula Martin
South America
Aliens jailed abroad lack rights to hearings
The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that aliens imprisoned abroad by U S authorities cannot seek court hearings in the United States. Justice Jackson authored the decision overturning a circuit ruling. Justice Black dissented. The ruling concerned Ludwig Ehrhardt and 20 other German civilians tried by a U S military commission in Nanking in 1946.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
Jackson
Court of Appeals
Black
Douglas
Burton
Circuit Court
Federal District Court
Ludwig Ehrhardt
U. S
Nanking
China
Germany
Siam Receives World Bids for Rice Surplus
Bangkok reports the Commerce Ministry says nations have submitted offers to buy Siam's 1950 exportable rice surplus of 1 200 000 tons. Officials are checking all silos to find additional paddy to meet demand.
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Bangkok
Siam
Commerce Ministry
Be Boppers Drive Racial Tension In Brooklyn Teen Gangs
In Brooklyn, zoot suited youths spark rival gang violence with bloody clashes among six groups. Two schoolboy killings and a serious wound in five weeks mark rising conflict. Police note a new gang the be boppers wearing bright peg top pants and contrasting jackets, sometimes using cars to patrol.
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New York
Jooklyn
District Attorney's Office
Mauna Loa Volcano Simmers After Violent Display
Five days of intense eruptive activity at Mauna Loa produced rivers of lava and lava lakes along the southern slope. Chief Ranger Frank Hiort said dikes had formed on both sides of the main fissure and that lava would likely cool into crusted lakes unless new cracks opened to feed further overflow.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Frank Hiort
Hawaii National Park
Hiort
Girl saved by hair intervention in Chicago incident
Three year old Linda Lou McAuley crawled after a runaway tricycle that slid under a moving truck. Neighbor Stella Galinsky saw the danger from a grocery window and seized the child by the hair to pull her to safety, averting tragedy as the tricycle was crushed.
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Chicago
Linda Lou McAuley
Stella Galinsky
Community Harassment Alleges Outside School Incidents
Reports describe outside school confrontations where individuals start fights and forcibly remove girls from nearby courts. Authorities investigate and urge witnesses to come forward.
Mrs. Jones Named Bible School Head at First Baptist
Mrs. John Jones will head the Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church. The program runs next Monday and weekday mornings 9 to 11 30 am for two weeks with Miss Margaret Martin and Mrs. Evelyn Kiser of Handley School faculty and Miss Virginia Harvey of Boyce High School faculty serving as department superintendents. A Cradle Roll Class will also be offered.
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John Jones
Margaret Martin
Evelyn Kiser
Handley School
Virginia Harvey
Boyce High School
Boyce Baptist Church
Ancient Egyptians Built Temples Honoring Cats
Ancient Egyptians constructed temples to honor cats, venerating their revered animal companions as sacred beings within religious practice and daily life. The devotion reflected broader beliefs about animals and divine protection in ancient society.
Japanese Marry Younger At Record Pace
Welfare ministry survey shows one in five brides under 20 last year, up from less than one in ten fifteen years ago. The same trend is noted among men.
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Tokyo
Welfare Ministry
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