Commission Urges Quick Action on Teen Age Draft
A nine member civilian commission declares compulsory training of up to 950000 youths annually is an urgent military necessity in insecure peace. The report warns against defense outsourcing and possible extermination. President Truman in the White House context. Senate Republican policy committee schedules army navy action with Taft forecasting consideration next month.
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Pontiff appeals to peacemakers on timely chance for peace
Pope Pius XII urged global peacemakers to seize opportunities to restore normal relations among nations. He warned that stalled trade and unemployment threaten wider instability and urged restraint and peaceful settlements to ensure shared prosperity. The pontiff spoke on Saint Eugene's Day noting 1957’s half year nearly gone and pressed leaders not to miss the moment.
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Wife Saves Mate Buried in Ditch
A 10 month wife digs through 10 feet of rain soaked earth to rescue her husband Richard Peck 28 buried alive in a ditch near Parma. Neighbors assist as she frees him after he cried out for help from their car. Police say he was entombed by collapsing walls.
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Nazi Paul Revere On Trial in Boston
Boston scene reports 58 year old former Baltimore reporter Gay is tried for treason over wartime Nazi broadcasts under the alias Paul Revere. A large venire of 250 potential jurors was drawn as selection begins amid anticipated challenges.
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Douglas Chandler
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Paul Revere
Garsson on Stand In Fraud Trial Details Bribe Ties
Garsson testified about fraud claims linked to favors sought by a former Democratic congressman from Kentucky. The case centers on a bribe conspiracy alleging payments to May and Garsson’s involvement with a munitions firm holding war contracts worth 78 million dollars.
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Festival to Close During Graduation Ceremonies
Amron Groi vel festival on Fourth street near municipal auditorium will close during graduation exercises at the auditorium. Class Dar tomorrow afternoon and Thursday evening commence ment. Rides and concessions are arranged to keep traffic moving for drivers and pedestrians. Officials announced the two closures to accommodate commencement and noted the festival would remain open other times.
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Court to Review Religious Issue In Public Schools
The U S supreme court agreed to review Champaign Illinois religious education classes in public schools amid a challenge by Vashti McCollum a mother of three who calls herself a rationalist or atheist Her appeal questions the validity of sectarian education tied to public schooling The Illinois supreme court had upheld the program as voluntary with parental written consent and council funding in Champaign Boston mayor Carley mail fraud conviction appeal denied by Supreme Court leaving appellate ruling intact
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Hoover Urges RFC Extension To June Deadline
Former President Herbert Hoover asked Congress to extend the Reconstruction Finance Corporation’s life to beyond the June 30 deadline. He proposed broad revisions to keep RFC loans only for economic emergencies and to reduce its role in private lending, sending a letter to Banking Committee Chair Wolcott as the administration weighs continuation.
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Army Bores Secret of Jewel Seizure
FRANKFURT American seizure of 31 million worth of German rural jewels smuggled from the Soviet occupation zone was kept secret by the U S Army for seven months due to alleged Soviet complicity. The jewels, linked to the House of Sachsen Weimar Eisenach, were intercepted near the zonal border last October and only recently disclosed. An unrelated auto accident in Hamilton, Ohio, claimed the life of Lu jthe Russians, stepping into a car on a road, as Coroner Edward Cook reported.
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Accord Seen On Freedom For India
New Delhi reports indicate Britain will announce a plan for power transfer to Indian hands tomorrow. Mountbatten broadcast a communique detailing a plan likely to be accepted by major Indian parties, with security tightened in New Delhi Bombay Calcutta and the Punjab as talks continue between Congress Moslem League and Sikhs over a united India versus partition into Pakistan.
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Tractor Co Head Gets Death Threat
PEORIA TL A police guard was kept at the home of Louis B. Neumiller president of Caterpillar Tractor Co to shield him from a stated assassination threat. Neumiller was away Saturday night and his daughter Martha 45 received a call in which a man warned of harming him and his kind and said he would be out at midnight. Neumiller said he saw no reason for the threat.
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George P. McNear
Toledo, Peoria and Western, Railroad
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Fourth Set of Twins For New York Couple
Nine year old Annette Cammo announces to a friend that her mother delivered a fourth set of twins yesterday in New York. The Curminos, married nine years, previously had one twin pair die and three single births. Father Charles Cammo works two jobs earning about 118 dollars weekly.
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Charles Cammo
Marilyn
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Explosion Wrecks Cyanamid Plant Kills Two in Edinburg
Two men died and nine people were injured when an explosion wrecked two buildings at the American Cyanamid chemical plant near Edinburg. Victims Merle Craven, 55, and Robert Downing, 38, of New Castle, Pa, were identified. The blast shattered windows nine miles away in New Castle and prompted police to manage a traffic jam as ambulances and cars rushed to the scene.
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New Castle
John Moore
Thhe
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House Speaker Flees Hungary Amid Communist Crackdown
Bela Varga, speaker of Hungary’s House and ally of former Premier Ferenc Nagy, reportedly fled toward the American zone of Austria to escape arrest. U.S. Secretary Marshall canceled half of a 30 million credit to Hungary and wished the non Communist regime led by Alcide Gasper success while warning of political prosecutions.
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Two Army Men Save Boy From Drowning
Dayton report cites two Army men saving a boy from drowning after a quarrel at a Dayton home. An 18 year old Russell Bausman was shot by Patrolman H C Moore when reaching for a revolver, while 24 year old Denee Braun died in a rain swollen ditch incident. Fire destroyed 900 turkeys on John Hawthorne farm.
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Congress May Act in Coal Dispute
Washington reports Congress may cut summer recess if a threatened coal dispute evolves and labor protests reach final passage this week. Senator Eiber calls for direct federal action if John Lewis calls for a walkout after June 30, risking government seizure under Smith Connally. Miners plan a 10 day vacation starting June 28, complicating Truman’s veto fate of the compromise labor bill awaiting House and Senate action.
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Funeral Tuesday For W C Ledman
Funeral services for Wilbur C Ledman 67 of Chandlersville road former Zanesville postmaster and Muskingum County Republican leader will be held at 2 PM Tuesday at his home with Rev Ka Scheufler officiating Burial will be in New Concord cemetery Ledman died Sunday morning at home of a heart attack He had been in good health recently and had not complained of illness Opal Ledman his widow says he went to the city and returned home about 3 1/2 o clock Saturday night He had visited friends at the Elks club earlier He was a lifelong Muskingum county resident and was active in Republican politics He operated a grocery in Rix Mills before becoming deputy county treasurer in 1913 elected county treasurer in 1917 and served until 1921 when he became postmaster He stayed in that job until 1934 then worked in insurance in Akron with his son He was serving as deputy in the probate judge W C Secrest office at death He belonged to Grace Methodist Chandlersville Masonic lodge and Scottish Rite He is survived by his widow a daughter Mrs Gatt of Akron two brothers three grandchildren and several nieces and nephews Pallbearers were Paul Burke Charles Downing Judge W C Secrest Kenneth Swope Raymond Crovier and Clarke Barbour County offices to close 1 30 to 3 30 PM tomorrow during services Body returned to residence from Mades People funeral home
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Mades, People Funeral Home
Armed Youth Flees Lima State Hospital
Mansfield police search for Chord Smith, a reportedly armed youth who escaped Lima State Hospital. Police Chief vessel Schaap described the escape as violent. Smith has a lengthy juvenile court record including a prior escape from the Boys Industrial School in Lancaster. Clarion, May Haslam, 35, drowned yesterday in Sunfish Creek after slipping from an inner tube.
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Schwab
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Claral
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Sunfish Creek
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Arkansas Oklahoma tornado toll rises with widespread devastation
Storm lashes Arkansas and Oklahoma killing at least 43 with hundreds injured. Pine Bluff area suffers heavy losses as bridges blown and homes destroyed. Leedey Oklahoma reports six dead while towns are largely leveled. National Guard deployed to curb looting.
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Man Slays Three Ends Own Life in Housing Project
Meddletown report says Arthur W. Watson a 44 year old Navy veteran shot his wife Dorothy 32 their four year old son Arthur and guest William McKenzie 44 then killed himself after a drinking party and quarrel at Veterans Village apartment Detec tive Fitzgerald quoted McKenzie wife who heard shots then saw Watson shoot McKenzie before turning the carbine on himself.
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Ohio Weather Brief Amid Cloudy Conditions
The report notes mostly cloudy skies tonight and tomorrow with a high and a low around 30. It mentions a 11:30 p.m. timestamp and indicates today’s weather details are incomplete or garbled.
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