davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16

THERE'S A LOT OF CHEERI\G bcn. done
by Congressional cIlquer> over the achievement Of
reducing the number of standing committees. This
is expected improve efficiency and save the 5}l
members of the TWO Houses of Congress 4 lot OF time
in holding hearings.
The new legislation transfers large part OF the
t-of- office leg-work of Congre>>men to an in
creased army of clerks secretaries and EMPLOYEES.
Most important, the Members of Congress have
boosted their pay that the statesmen viii NOT
suffer by reason of the increased high cost OF living
The next Vice Pdesident will get >2}I}o and the
Speaker of the House will receive SCOOPS annually.
Each Senator, Representative in Congress- and dele
gates and commissioners from territories being
supplied an administrative assistant who WlI re-
Ceive compensation Al the rate OF $4,000 wear h>
should be favorable
Thus, on January !, 1917, the annual sllAric,
of the elected officers of the Senate and House OF
Representatives shall be increased bv 50 per cen
The clerical staffs throughout the legislative
branch of the Government will be increased in mum
Der and new flock of assistants will engage in
every activity of Congress
Reorganization measure promises reductions
in appropriations and pretty litte recipe for CO.
operation with the President of the United States
appears in the bill The chances are 9-to- thar there
will be bigger appropriations. Another belutit al
dream provides tor JOINT legNlauve-eAecutlNt I
council TO promote mutual understanding and hlr
mony between legislative and executive branches
of the Government" Lobbying is to be regulated
Every individual who receives contribution OF
$500 or more TO help do something, DO Uncle Sam
put political program will have to report
it the Government. Congressmen like May and
handymen like the Carson grabbers are to be scared
away, hereafter.
There SO printed pages in the Senate bh
introduced BY Chairman LlloIlettc for the rcorglni
zation OF Congress
The whole performance supports President rru
mans oft-repeated complaint that the salaries OF
high operating officials of the Government must
be increased.
As matter of fact nearly all of these Official
and brass hats working under the Administration
already overPad.
The Federal machine IS employing miIIo;
people and Senator Byrd in favor of d>mi>>n.
couple million from the Federal payroS
AT the going in Washington, an,
saving the World. and paying most OF the costs
it would not be surprising find 4 movemen
within short time in behalf of rcoryanilinp In
Government downward
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16

"A program clearly defined and
falr to both labor and manage.
ment will set the wheels of prog
ress going at tremendous rate"
Pres. b. FairlesS, L. s. Steel
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16

THE resuscitated OPA Ia a
monument to the bipartisan re.
luctance of Washington office.
holders to face realities."-M. s.
Rukegser, economist.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16

Come back next time for a pic.
ture of the kids" Mrs. MarY
y ilson, SO, Nation, Ill.,. to pho
togrdphers after her marriage to
Luther Wilson, rs.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16

1T Just wasn't bringing me any
happiness" &C. A. Locke. Pitts.
o"rgh taWyer, after donotino his
sar"gs Of S300,0O0 to chqritv.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16

We know there can be no
security in isolation" ."-Secy. Of
State Byrnes. of for peace con-
ference.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16

one good thing abont these wood
on toys that have replaced the
steel and east iron ones of yester-
year is the fact that they are a
trillc easier on the polished floor,
when Junior drags them around.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16

THE EXECUTIVE BOARD of {. l. GO. has
asked the President of the Unitd States to call 4
conference of labor and industry leaders to consider
immediate wage increases. That same thing was pulled
off several months ago. The result was flop Boss
Phil Murray still cries out loud for wage increases
TO offset advanced living costs. OF cuor>e. the
workers have suffered enough serious losses of in
come as result of strikes BUT these same workers
are getting top wages while the employers through
out the country not getting comparable IN
in prices for their products. The plants dc
receive enough materials TO keep the factorie,
running full time
Now, all those monkey shines prior to the up
that overlook the automobile, coal, steel an,
railroad organizations didn't help the nationa
economy. There plenty of Official and un
official conferences of labor and industry repre-
sentatives They failures.
Just because there is continued confusion in th
Government is no reason to multiply the numbe
of cock-eyed schemes-or apologize for price
while the OPA plays the game of heads win an,
tails you lose" If the illogical requests of labor leade
Murray approved by President Truman th
whole economic system of the country will h
damaged Then why should the C. l. O. try NOR
of its racketS?
What this country needs is TO yet back {
normal
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16

Although only per cent of the
of the United States Is
ever IS Years of age. "a per cent OF
the victims of falls are in this age
group. according to the National
Safety OunCil.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16

THE SEEDS OF ANOTHER worldwide arma
ment among the great powers are being planted
now-less than year after the end of the most des
tructive war in history.
All of the major nations are carrying on exten-
sive experiments with bigger and better" tools OF
slaughter. Pilotless airplanes-rockets which
Improvement" on the horribly destructive German
w type-guns which fire streams of molten lead
instead of bullets electrically guided bombs of
unma gnabe force-these are but few of the hid
eous weapons now in the laboratories or the proving
grounds.
Topping them all, of course, is the atom bomb
According TO authorities, the bombs so far exploded
have developed only microscopic percentage of
their potential destructive force Compared TO the
bombs of tomorrow, they are like firecracker be-
side stick of INT. And scientist believes that
atomic bomb construction and development can long
remain the secret of country. No nation has a
monopoly on scientific knowledge and intelligence
Here is the greatest of all arguments for inter
national Understandings, international tolerance fair
international give and take in the interest of per
manent peace. So long mistrust runs rampant
through the world, all the great powers will seek new
and even more terrible weapons. And every arms
race in history has ended in war
The issue is a simple one-we will have life or
we will have DEATH We will build better world OF
will destroy il utterly. We will have peace between
nations will have no nations at ALL Today al
mankind faces the greatest problem il has ever
known.
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16
Initiation Can Be
Stopped, NAM
President Asserts
More Than Simple Request
Needed

Initiation can be Nluppcd Robert
X. WaSun president ut the Ma
uunal Association ul Manufacture
trs. asserted last week. adding
that III requires budget in bal
ancc, III" removal OF OPA controls.
the production OF goods. and n la
bor policy 10 be- developed in the
interest OF all people.
Scoring deficit spending as Il
prime factor in initiation. the NAM
spokesman pointed ont that III
after 1T years OF spending more
tLan We earn. This nation began
now to think of paying as We 60.
the budget can be balanced and the
drht reduced
More Than Asking
But. he added Significantly.
III will require more than sim
pie request 10 obtain those re-
suits"
When the OPA died. Mr.. Wasom
Recalled. black markets began tu
fade but subsidies hidden by
OPA appeared on the price tags
OF goods. These were not new price
incr asses. bnt prices the consumer
paid all The time"
Hidden Prices
It 'ndrr the nrw OPA. ne con
tmurd, prices are again rising
increasingly the nation becomes
aware that OPA did NOT control
inflation It only hid it,
I'll OrA officers continue to Try
to =, around the clear principles
OF adcquat" prices, written by Con
freSS into the new act. if they dea
with prices as they did under the
old OPA then production viii
continue To he curtailed. blach
markets again will rise. and tn,
economy will not be able TO turI
out the goods which the public has
the right To expect and which alun,
can stifle initiation"
Milford chronicle., 1946-08-16
Hidden Prices

Classified Ads get results
Evening star., 1946-05-03
Acid Indigestion
NeIieved in 5 minutes or
double your money hack

When excess stomach acid causes painful suHoeat.
Ing gas sour stomach and heartburn doctors usually
prescribe the fastest acting medicines known for
aymptomatc relisf-msdicines like those Bell
Tablets No laxative. Bell-ans brings comfort In .
ttny or double your money back return of bottle
% ". 2sc At al drsggistA
Evening star., 1946-05-03
Alcutruz
Continued From First Page }

1OtIl IL 81 >
United States marshal at Tacoma,
where. he was on trial for escape
from Mcneil.
Miriam Edgar Thompson, 20, serv-
ing 80 years for kidnapping and life
for murder of police officer in
Amarillo, Tex, sent to Alcatraz from
Leavenworth in October, 1945, with
a record of eight escapes.
Sam Shockley, 36, serving life for
kidnapping and bank robbery in
Muskogee, Okla. sent to Alcatraz
from Leavenworth May, 1898.
Marvin Franklin Hubbard, a.,
serving 30 years for stolen firearms,
kidnapping and transporting a kid
naped person from Chattanooga.
Tenn, sent to Alcatraz from At
lanta December, 1914. He had a
record of three escapes and par
ticipating in a mutiny at Atlanta.
One Is Only 10.
Clarence Carnes, 10, serving 80
years for kidnapping, holdup, murder
and escape. Escaped from Granite,
Okla, and from United States mar
shal, Oklahoma City, sent to Alca-
traz from Leavenworth July, 1945.
When the alarm signaled the
uprising, other convicts we're herded
into the prison yard, and Marines
landed to guard them while the
prison officers pressed the battle
against the criminals trying to blast
their way to freedom.
The warden named the following
rescued guards: 1t. Joseph Simpson,
shot several times in the stomach,
condition critical; R. R. Baker, seri-
GUS leg wounds; Capt. Henry H.
Weinhold, condition critical. wounds
unlisted; Cecil D. Corwin, condition
critical, wounds unlisted; Mr.. Miller,
Joseph Burdett, E. L. Lageson, Rob-
ert G. Bristow and Fred S. Roberts,
slight wounds, and Carl w. Sund-
Strom.
Guards injured in the hail of gun
fire included Herschel r. Oldham
Elmus Besk, Harry Cochrane, Fred
j. Richberger and Robert Sutter.
Wounded guards who had been
held as hostages said Cretzer took
over leadership of the uprising after
Coy started it.
Four of the wounded men. Capt.
Weinhold, 1t. Simpson, Mr.. Corwin
and Mr.. Miller. made statements in
which each said, "Cretzer shot me-
Mr.. Sites, one of the slain guards,
almost singlehandedly halted an at
tempted break on THE Rock" May
Evening star., 1946-05-03
Eyewitness in Boot Describes
Battle of Convicts and Guards

The foliotDing eyewitness ac-
count OF ,Dhat could be seen last
night at the Alcatraz escape riot
from boat lying off the peni-
tentiary island in San Francisco
Bay Was written for the Asso-
ciated Press by Chronicle re-
porter who approached as closely
as he could during the desperate
battle.
Evening star., 1946-05-03
Coy Once Told u. S. Judge
He Was Hardened to Crime

LOUISVILLE, KY, May 3 (P).-
Bernard Paul Coy, identified as one
OF the prisoners involved in the
attempted break from Alcatraz yes
terday. was sentenced here June 3,
1887, for his part in the s2,175 rob-
berry of the Bank of New Haven,
KY, three months earlier.
Coy was identified by CashierA. E.
Kirkpatrick as the man who walked
up to the bank cage, drew a sawed
off shotgun and said, "All right, put
'em up" A companion, armed with
a pistol, scooped up the money.
At his trial. Coy told Federal Judge
Elwood Hamilton it was his lack of
education, I guess, judge" that
started Coy on a career of crime.
DO you get thrill out of criminal
activities?" Judge Hamilton asked.
mo, I'm just hardened to it," Coy
said
Coy and Delbert Lee Stiles were
convicted and sentenced on the bank
robbery charges.
Evening star., 1946-05-03
Quinn Gets 3 Months
For Jail Escape

Michael J. Quinn, SO, convicted
robber, today was sentenced by Chief
Justice Bolitha J. Laws of District
Court to serve from eight months to
two years for escaping from District
Jail last November.
Quinn was found guilty of the es-
cape charge in trial before Justice
Laws last month. Justice Laws or
dered the jailbreak sentence to be-
gin after Quinn has completed an
8-to-25-year sentence for robbing
two bank tellers of more than S24 900
while they were en- route to Kann's
department store in March 1945.
Although he is in Jail, Quinn has
not officially begun serving time on
the robbery sentence because of an
appeal.
Quinn appeared in court this
Evening star., 1946-05-03
Cornes Entered AIcotroz
When He Was Onjy 18

OKLAHOMA CITY. May (P.-
Youthful Clarence Carnes-one of
two Oklahomans named as ring
leaders in a desperate attempt to
break out of Alcatraz Prison-was
sent to "the Rock" last year at the
age of IS.
The McAlester youths first break
from Jail came in August, 1943, while
he was being held at the Atoka
County Jail as murder suspect.
He was captured later the same day
Evening star., 1946-05-03
By PouI Droper
Son francisco Chronicle Reporter
By the Aesocioted Press

OFF ALCATRAZ, May 81 am
sitting on a small boat so yards
from the fight.
we moved In close in order to see
better and because we knew the
men holding. the first floor of the
main cell block towering above us
were using thort range automatic
arms.
Just above me, it seems, guards
are lying on their stomachs firing
rifles. I watched them hit the
dirt-Army style-firing, advancing,
taking cover.
The slow, deliberate rifle fire of
the guards is being answered by
gun bursts of the convicts.
The convicts can't quite reach
US, but they can sweep the guards
Apparently they have plenty of
ammunition. They are throwing
five shots for every one they take
One of the kids running the
boat is keeping his eyes on one
guard trying to creep in close.
I'm just waiting for him to get
it," he says.
am watching a huddle of guards
and plain clothesmen hiding around
the south corner of the building.
We can see them but the convicts
can't.
Some kind of attack is about to
take place On the roof of another
building nor of the old cell block
we catch a glimpse of two guards,
their heads bobbing above the roof
wall.
Watch those guys" I say, and
just then the two figures stand up
and pump three or four rifle shots
down into the north end windows
Of the cell block.
Now the guards huddled at the
south end of the building are start
ing to move. They are hugging the
wall, crouching low and from the
way they are scurrying along we
think they are probably scared stiff.
Fire from the windows steps up.
The angle is wrong. The convicts
can't get in shot as long as the
guards hug the wall
They hit the ground Then they
are moving again.
One of the guards raises up. He
stands on tiptoe, stretches his hand
up full length. fumbles for the win
dow ledge. He is feeling for hole
in the glass
He crouches down. pulls some
thing out of his pocket, then throws
a tear gas bomb inside. In a sec
Evening star., 1946-05-03
Singer Bartlett to Aid
Purple Heurt Compoiqn

Michael Bartlett, singer. and the
72-piece Jersey City Philharmonic
Symphony Orchestra will present a
concert in Constitution Hall May 13
to high light Military Order OF
the Purple Heart campaign to raise
100000 for assistance to men
wounded in World War II.
Israel kaufman, local commander
said three chapters of the order in
the Washington area have. pledged
their cooperation in the Nation
wide drive. Mr. Bartlett, a former
Marine Corps captain, will sing in
40 concerts to help the fund drive.
Tickets for the concert here are on
sale at the Snow Concert Bureau.
llO8 G. street ny w
Evening star., 1946-05-03

Mcneil Island Penitentiary in
Washington.
He escaped from Mcneil in 1910
but was recaptured quickly.
While being tried at Tacoma
Wash, for the escape, he unsuccess-
fully made a try for freedom. Fed
eral Marshal A. j. Chitty died of a
heart attack brought on by his
scuff1e with Cretzer. and the felon
was subsequently convicted of Mr.
Chitty's murder.
Confined to Alcatraz, Cretzer tried
to escape on May 81, l94l. but was
apprehended before getting away
from the main prison. With him at
the time were Sam R. Shockley,
bank robber and kidnaper, also in
volved in the present riot, and two
other conyictS.
Evening star., 1946-05-03

and sentenced to life in Granite
Reformatory for murder.
In 1945 ne escaped from Granite
kidnapped a Granite farmer and
forced him to drive to Shamrock,
Tex, where the farmer was released
On March 10, 1945, Federal Judge
Edgar S. Vaught sentenced Carnes
to 80 years for kidnapping the farmer
He was sent to Leavenworth prison
and transferred to Alcatraz in July
of last year.
Sam Shockley, &c. the other Okla
homan named as a ringleader, was
serving life for kidnapping D. P
Pendley, president of the Bank of
Paoli, Okla, and Pendley's wife, the
assistant cashier, as hostages after
robbing the bank of s947.38, March
IS, 1898.
Evening star., 1946-05-03

morning with his attorney, James
K. Hughes.
In another District Court sentence
today Justice David A. Pine gave
James F. OLeary, about Al, Of
Falls Church, Va, from two to seven
years on charge of attempting
to commit statutory of1ense
against a 10-year old colored girl.
OLeary had been found guilty in
March.
Formerly an athletic coach at a
private school, OLeary recently has
been engaged in landscape work, it
was said
Evening star., 1946-05-03

ond it comes bouncing out again
like red-hot rock.
The grenade bounces off the
guard and lands smoking in the
purple flowers. Other guards are
now reaching up and throwing gre
nades in the broken windows. Two
OF them shoot revolvers inside.
Another grenade sizzles out of one
of the windows.
We think one of the guards has
been hit in the hand He is grab
bing his wrist.
The tear gas hasn't worked. May
be they are dug in for the night.
Nobody's won this little war yet.
Evening star., 1946-05-03

WRIST WATCH, small, pink gold, Bulova
brown band: lost in vicinity of Broadmoor
SAT, evening. Reward. CHI. 1857. -5
Evening star., 1946-05-03
AIcatraz Riot Leader
Noted for Escapes
BY the Assoeioted Press

SAN FRANCISCO, May 3.-Jos-
eph Paul Cretzer, the convict named
W Alcatraz prison guards as the
man who shot and critically
wounded them yesterday, has long
record of prison escapes and at
tempted escapes.
Arrested in Chicago in 1889 by
Federal Bureau of Investigation
agents who termed him the No.
bank robber," Cretzer was sent to
Evening star., 1946-05-03

%, 1898, when bullets from his pistol
and rifle killed Thomas r. Limerick,
36, South Dakota robber and kid
naper, and wounded Rufus Frank
lin, "a, Alabama bank robber, and
James c. Lucas, 26, Texas robber.
The thre were shot down by Mr..
Sites when they charged his guard
tower, after they had beaten Royal
c. Cline, 36, senior custodial officer
to death with a hammer. Mr.. Cline
had attempted to sound the alarm
when the three convicts started
their break in the prison carpenter
shop. Franklin and Lucas received
life sentences for Staying Mr.. Cline.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-10-17

The above photo shows part Of the services benedon
sacrament which clmaXed the
held @ IN Caldwell last Sunday The exposition of the blessed
nent shown with Rev. Stephen A.
also shows number of the attending Monsignor
Nloert Mehler Woodseld to the left of the ceebran
With weather conditions
held Sunday the espanade of the house.
much larger numbers than originally anticipated Large
from the various Catholic churches and missions Guernsey
Noble
vile diocese aided making the rally held Caldwell of the
outstanding rallies held throughout the diocese
1t estimated that approximately 500 Catholic aymen participated
assembled PhOmenas
street and then proceeded to the epanade where the services
held Another
of the pledge the Holy Name Jesus and also take the
followed.
Connen Q. P, of Columbus delivered the
the spoke the principles of Christian life
relation the holy the Jesus
the theme of the rally
The the pledge made by the Very Rev. B. j.
of Fuda, with the entire assembled
OF
the Stephen
Donaldson
Bukha and subdeacon respectively
Mher WOOdsfield deanery
Director Rev John Jackson
satisfaction
the success sott outstanding Holy Name rally.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-10-17
Herbert r Blackburn
To Head Home Council

A meeting of the Noble county
extension council was held Friday
evening in the county extension Of
flee.
Floyd Henderson, county eXten-
sion agent, and Mrs. Margaret T.
Donohoo, home demonstration agent,
presented a summary of the activ-
tiles during 1916.
The members of the council dis
cussed the work as completed and
made recommendations for 1947 ac-
tivities.
Officers were elected for the COM
ing year. Herbert r. Blackburn was
named chairman and Mrs. David
Beckett, secretary. The retiring off
icers are L. E. Hedge, chairman, and
Mrs. Luther Schramm, secretary.
Council members present at the
meeting were: Mr.. and Mrs. David
Beckett, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rob-
inson, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Pierce,
MI and Mrs. Luther Schramm, Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Ramsey, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lewis Hedge, Mr.. and Mrs.
Erwin Newton and son, Mrs. Otto
Miller, Elaine and Brady Archer and
H. r. Blackburn
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-10-17
Feeder Calf Sale Is
Slated This Month

Final plans have been completed
by the committee members of the
Guernsey-Noble county feeder calf
association for their annual sale,
which will be held Thursday, Oct
cher 81, at the Guernsey county
livestock yards in Cambridge.
A final meeting of this committee
before the sale was held Tuesday
evening of this week in Cambridge
The committe now has all listings
Of the calves and yearlingS to be
sold and indications point to a sale
twice as large as last year when 285
head were sold.
Members of the committee this
year include John Craig of Cam
bridge route, Brady Archer, Sum-
merfield route, Norval Miley, Lore
City, Alva Watson, Sarahsville and
Harry Singer of Cumberland.
Buyers from northern and west
crn Ohio have indicated an interest
in this sale and it should be success
full from every angle.
The local committee has been
working in conjunction with county
agent Floyd Henderson.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1946-10-17
First Carload OF Panel Boxes
Shipped This Week By Local
Cozier Wood Container Company
Mayor Secrest Had A
Very Busy Weekend

Mayor S. M. SecreSt and the state
highway patrolmen were busy over
the weekend, six arrests being made
when motorists crossed the freshly
painted center line on state route
2l and one for intoXication.
Those who were fined $40 and
costs by Mayor Secrest for violat-
ing traffic laws were Charles Jeff
rcy, Dexter City community, Max E.
Hood, Faulson, w. Va, Bert Wand
Veerd, w. Va, Jessie L. Young,
West Virginia, Lindal D. Glagnauex,
Cambridge and Elmer K. Green,
Cleveland. All paid their fines and
were released.
John Palmer of near GAINESVILLE
received a fine of SIS and costs when
he pleaded guilty to a charge of in
toXicatiOn. He was released on par
ole.
Three additional arrests were
made Tuesday by state patrolmen,
bringing the total to nine for the
same offense. David Paul Shilliday,
Oliver Paul Jenkins and Charles M.
Fairchild, all from the northern part
of Ohio, paid fines of $40 and costs
for crossing the freshly painted
lines.