davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-01-27
Rusove rozsifuji rozchod kolej.
mic smerem k Labi.

Boston. Bostonsky list
"Christian Science Monitor
prinesl zaj1mavy clanek, We KITE
rem lic1, jak Rusove rozsizujf
svou> zeleznicn1 sit o sirokem
rozchodu ma zapad az k Labi
a k Dunaji. Sovetske 1rady O.
ddvodnujf svGj postup nutnosti
rozslfit obchodnf styk mezi Ru-
skem a vychodn1 ,Evropou. Po-
kud jde O zeleznice, nemohou
totiz sovetske drady pine uta-
jit pred svetem, co Sc dele "a
zeleznou oponou.
Poole listu "Christian Science
Monitor" rozsfrili Rusove .jiz
svou trait z Frankfurt mad O.
drou do Vratislavi a do Kato-
vic v .jizn1m Polsku, dale ma ira
ii do Lipska - cast vedouci az
do Torganu a konecne trait We
doucf do Kosic. Sovety Fanny
Sicily p1vodne tez zmenit re
leznicnf trait vedoucl do Miskol-
&c v Madarsku ma rusky roz-
chod. Ma nekterych linkach
vystaveli tretf kolej, take jez-
di ma Mich vlaky jak O normal
MIN evropskem tax O ruskem
rozchodu.
R~ozsirenf zeleznicnich trait
je zcela novy zjev. Ia carts
tickle vlady Rusko stavelo siro-
ko-kolejne drahy z d1vodd ma
rodn1 bezpecnosti - to jest a.
by znemoznilo zapadnfm arma-
dam postup ma ruske 1zem1
Byla to tudfz strategic obran-
ma. Nemci v roce 1911 81 wy
staveli asi sto lokomotiv, ktere
bylo mono prizp1sobit ma O.
bojf rozchod, ale tyto lokomo-
tivy byly technicky prflis slozi.
te a pri nemecke invasi do Rus
ka Sc celkem neosvedcily. Mem.
ci proto m1sto toho pozdeji "a.
cali prestavovat tis1ce mil rus
kVch drah ma normalni roZchOC
Pr ruskem proti1toku byla pax
Ruda armada nucena, preme.
nit tyto drahy zpet ma sirokJ
rozchod.
Pres to, re Rusove nyni me.
nj ma mnohych mistech We w.
chodnf evrope rozchod kolejf
list "Christian Science Moni
tor" neveff, re by sovetska via.
da mohla vGbec ucinit pokus
premenit celou zeleznicnf sit We
vasalskych statech ma sirokJ
rozchod. Trvaol by to mnoho
let a hlavne bylo by to pr1lis ma.
kladne.
List dale srovnava naklady
podobne pTemeny australasia
zeleznicnf site, ktere Sc odha.
duji ma p1l miliardy dolard, tt
Jest dvacet pet miliard korun
pfi cemz zeleznicni sit Cesko.
slovenska. vychodnfho Nemec
ka a Madarska je dohromady
mnohem delsl nez zeleznicn
sit Australia.
List proto soudi, re jen men.
81 cast zeleznicnf site Ceskoslo.
venska, Polska, Madarska, w.
chodn1ho Nemecka a ~ostatnlcl
tax zvanych "lidovych" demo.
kracif ma byt premenena ma 81
roxy rozchod, jak jej mali Y
Rusku. | to vSak Dude zname.
nat dalsf hospodaTske pTipou
tanf "lidovych" demokracii ne
hospodaTstvi sovetske.
Mimo to, zavedeni zeleznie
o sirokem rozchodu kolejnic da.
lie smerem k zapadu by v pr1
pade valky dalo Rude armade
moznost, dopravit sve delostre.
lectvo, 1tocnou vozbu a pecho.
tn z vnitra Sovetskeho svazu
primo az k Labi a k Dunaji. V
tom lie spatrit oznameni, ze
ISovety opustily starou, tradic-
nj Ruskou strategii obrany q
nahraditi il konceptcf dtocnou
tp1se zaverem list "Christiar
Science Monitor"
Enema p%ostoje Spojenych marc.
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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-01-27
General Motors dosahly
rekordniho zisku.

Detroit. - Automobilove "a
vody General Motors vykazuji
"a uplynuly rok zisk, presahu-
iicf $500, O00,0 900, ie to nejvet-
81, ktery tento podnik kdy do
sahl.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-01-27
Recko zrusilo mimoTadne
zakony.
Ath6nv

Atheny. - Kral Pavel pode-
psal dekret O zruseni mimoTad-
nych zakon1 dosud platnych v
Recku. Tyto zakony byly Wy
hlaseny v r. 1916, kdyz komu-
nisti v Recku zahajili povsta-
leckou valku.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1950-01-27
ctyTi csl. konsularnf urednici
resignovali.

Nizza. - Csl. konsul v Mar
seile Ladislav Hudak prohlasil.
re radeji z1stane We Francii nez
ably Sc vratil do Ceskoslovenska
a dodal, re tTi konsularnf tired
nfci nasledujl jeho pTfkladu.
Konsul Hudak dale sdelil, re
csl. konsul v Alzfru Sc take ne
hodla vratit domd.
Evening star., 1950-06-11

fireplace One evening told about the radio BY short
wave heard all the way from the Polar Sea north of
Greenland in the Arctic to unexpored Palmer Land in the
Antarctic told how side of the fireplace there
places the works of prehistoric On the other side the
lower rows were for the story of from the dim
dawn of history 5000 years ago. Way up at the top
leaving one for the fun of future generations
The only other time it mentioned publicly that
can recall was editorial by the late Mrs William
Brown Meloney, former editor of THIS WEEK Magazine
That brought immediate wndfall - of rocks
After much consultation with both wise and
otherwise selected inscription to the Intel
of the fireplace It's ancient Sanskrit prOverb-
chseled in that language. Translated it reads He who
allows his day pass by without practcng generosity and
enjoying lfes pleasures like blacksmhs bellows he
breathes but does not live Not bad Words To Live By
if you can manage it!
The whole idea of the fireplace caught Letters came
from all the world - from diplomats soldiers mission
aries archaeoogsts omen telling of stones they hoped to
bring from ancient ruin from some recently excavated
forgotten city As this being written box has just arrived
from of MacArhurs top generals Japan containing
part of what remains of Emperor Hohos palace in Tokyo
The first piece to in fragment of limestone
No 20 in diagram Page l2 from the palace of Sargon
about 700 BC) at Khorsabad Mosul on the upper
Tgrs On the face of it fancy atertype cunefom
characters Assyrian Dr. John Wilson, of the University
of Chicago Museum visiting relatives Quaker Hill
when the foundations being laid for the fireplace That's
why got Oft to such an excellent start He recalled
the striking stone from SargOns palace said would Just mt
and that must have it.
He explained however that the expedition that brought
back had signed agreement with the Mesopoaman
ernment that of the collection would be sold
given away He added, though that always
entitled to loan antiquity And that's how to
get the stone has been loaned for period of 1000
years!
Fxom the Oldest City i'm the World
SHORTLY after came brick bearing the stamped inscription
of King shme Dagon of Ur of the Chadees Ur of
is the oldest city the world of which have any definite
historical knowledge For this indebted to the Uni
versty of Pennsylvania Museum. The brick was brought
back by their Joint expedition with scientists from Oxford
1t has place of honor the bottom the rghthand
side along with block of adobe from equally old Smerian
city of which achaeoogss have only the vaguest knowledge
Next it of the large square bricks No. "a i'm dia
gram) from Babylon. of the time of Nebuchadnezzar. 1t
also has strip of cuneorm writing across the middle
Evening star., 1950-06-11

Next from Mount Ararat 32) that son brought
home from the back country of Turkey 1t from the actual
spot where the Ark supposed to have rested In fact
my says Noah bumped aground this particular rock
At any has been able to that he didn't
From this expedition stone from an ancient land
mark seldom visited by Western travellers Lowell r and his
chief Max Weston Thonburg made journey to the extreme
eastern border of Turkey where that country joins Iran
There in Bitls Gorge they palace built by Alex
ander the Great the time when his armies conqrng
the then known world From this massive structure they
brought piece of slab 40 that centuries had tumbed
from its place.
Obtaining stones for structure such our History OF
Civilization Fireplace involves three things: some knowledge
of history an interest archaeology and considerable dpo
macy which includes deep to avoid anything which
might be considered vandalism Almost government
in the world has shut down the removal of antiquities 1t
seldom possible to stone from country without
cutting through considerable red tape and without the Co
operation of the local department of antiquities In some
cases necessary get stamp of approval from cabinet
minister.
Lawxence's Pxsdiction Came True
Bur restoration work constantly going in connection
with almost every ancient ruin of importance This means
that occasionally removed Officials in charge,
however, will cooperate only they themselves approve of
what you intend to do Usually the simplest plan is
work with museums and expeditions, organizations
that permitted bring this country examples
of the discoveries they have made.
On the lower right is group of stones (2 from Ezlon-
Geber. Where is that1 Well Ezion-Geber King Solo
mons seaport the head of the Gulf of Akaba 5000
years ago. visited the site Is years with E. Lawrence
At that time the at the head of the known
Gulf of Akaba looked just like the rest of the desert wilder
But Lawrence thought there city right where
stood He predicted that day archaeoogsts would
prove he right And that what happened few
later expedition led by DR. Nelson Geck of Yale then
head of the American Oriental School of Jerusalem and
Baghdad uncovered EzionGeber There black stones
from of the furnaces where Solomon smeted his
There only in the fireplace that is not connected
with monument of 1t presented by Herbert
Hoover little ceremony where he made of his typical
informal witty speeches. Mr.. Hoover explained that
geologs and mining engineer his interest had always been
in rocks that much older than He scoed at the
youth of all the stones in the fireplace including those used
by Stone Age Man.
Then he say that right Quaker Hill
Continued page 21
Evening star., 1950-12-18

was arrested Friday in North
Hollywood, Calf; Leon Miskin,
%, of the 500 block of Nicholson
street NV, and Nicholas James
Carrigan, %, the. draftee.
Washington police had Miskin
and Carrigan under constant
watch for eight days before the
arrests, Police Supt. Robert j.
Barrett said. They were even
standing by when Carrigan was
sworn into the Army last Wednes-
day. Their arrest was delayed un-
til a positive connection could be
made in the case linking them
with Tassos.
More than 10 witnesses in recent
robberies looked at Carrigan and
Miskin in a special police lineup
yesterday. and from it came posi-
tive" Identification of one of them
with the Hamilton branch bank
robbery. A photo of Tassos also
has been identified.
Link to Payroll Robbery Sought.
Police today also were attempt
ing to- link two of the three
suspects in the S. Kann Sons Co.,
Evening star., 1950-12-18
Divine Cure Seekers
Decimated by Cholera
By the Associated Press

NEW DELHI. Dec. 1s.-The
bodies of hundreds of dead and
dying Indians today were reported
strewn on roads around a village
in Orissa State as cholera ragged
among seekers Of a Divine all
cure" medicine distributed by a
12-year-old cowherd.
Five hundred persons report
edly already are dead in the vii.
lage of Rainfall, in Eastern India
Several hundred more were said
to be in serious condition.
Hundreds of thousands of en-
thusiasts in the past six weeks
have crowded into the little vii
lage to get the herbal medicine,
which the young cowherd. Nepal
Baba, said was given him by d..
vine dispensation.
An official committee after an
investigation said the medicine
was not effective. Nepal Baba has
announced he will not distribute
the medicine for two months, but
the two statements have had little
effect on the mass hysteria.
Cholera broke out among the
pilgrims Friday. Infected persons
travelling home began spreading
the disease in neighboring states.
Evening star., 1950-12-18

Three suspects held in the rob-
berries Of two Washington banks
may have stored part of their
haul in safety deposit boxes OF
other banks.
This possibility was being in
vestigated by authorities today in
the continuing search for more OF
the $4,000 taken by armed
bandits from the Spring Valley
branch Of the National Metropoli-
tan Bank on December 7 and from
the Shepherd Park branch of the
Hamilton National Bank last
February.
Two Washington youths, one of
them a new Fort Meade draftee,
and an ex-convict from California
were arrested last Friday and
Saturday in co-ordinated investi-
cation by Metropolitan police and
the Federal Bureau of Investiga.
ton. The arrests and team work
were roundly praised by FBI Di-
rector j. Edgar Hoover.
Watched for Eight DAYS,
Those held are Christopher Tas-
SOS, "a. the former convict, who
Evening star., 1950-12-18

was represented as anxious for a
conference to show that although
United States interests may ap-
pear to be elsewhere I'VE have our
own hemisphere relations very
much to the fore in our thinking"
Secretary of State Acheson an
nounced Saturday this Govern
ment wants the meeting. United
States Delegate Paul c. Daniels is
expected to submit formal pro-
posal Wednesday to the council
of the Organization of American
States. The other American gov
ernments will be polled, on the
date that would be most conven-
lent. A two-thirds vote Is binding.
Evening star., 1950-12-18

$6,500 payroll robbery last March
2.
In that robbery, two meat ap-
pearing" men blocked a depart
ment store truck carrying the pay
master as it turned into the ware
house driveway and made off with
box containing pay envelopes.
Thus far. police and the FBI
Evening star., 1950-12-18

have refused to say how much
of the haul from the two banks
has been recovered. Some of it,
described as large sum" in the
Justice Departments Saturday
announcement, was found in Mis-
kin's car when he was arrested at
his fathers liquor store in the 2400
block of Good Hope road Sc.
Evening star., 1950-12-18
Civic Group to Hear Talk

The East-Central Civic Associa-
ton will meet at 8 pm. tomorrow
in the Winfield Scott Montgomery
school, dis P street NV. An Of
fetal of the Defense Department
will speak on What to do if an
Atom Bomb Falls"
Evening star., 1950-12-18
Hemisphere Meeting
On Defenses SOUGHT
BY the Associated Press

The United States plans to
press promptly for new meeting
of the 81 American republics to
tighten hemisphere defenses
against threats of Communist ag-
gression.
officials said today it is@hoped
the meeting Of foreign ministers
can be held in Washington by
mid-FebruarY. President Truman
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1950-11-17

RMA JEAN CLARK,
MON JACKSON WED
linon Jackson. p. Chanute
I Force ase airman whose home
in Sal ne. La, and Erma Jean
lark, p, Al Est Bradley avenue
ave been married in cermony
erformed by Justice of the Peace
loe w Somers in his office at l9l
east Washington street
HAN
VIEW CAR
Mr. and Mrs Edward HUGHES Of
Evening star., 1950-07-01
Rigadoon D.. {. Yacht, Purdue, COLGATE Aces
Wins Virginia Cruise In NCAA Golf Final
BY the Associated Press

HAMPTON. Va. July DIR.
George Farrell. District physician,
and his all-Washington crew. pi-
loted Rigadoon to victory in the
Virginia cruise from Annapolis. on
the basis of corrected sailing time.
The Glass B boat made the
125-mile sea chase down Chesa-
peake Bay to Old Point Comfort,
Va, in the corrected time of Is
hours IS minutes and SO seconds.
The time handicap cut down her
elapsed time of % hours 10 min
utes and 27 seconds and enabled
the Rigadoon to place first in
the fleet of 10 yachts.
Carleton Mitchell's Caribee had
docked first at the Hampton
Yacht Club, but sailing from
scratch. was dropped below Far
rell's boat in the official finish.
Mitchell. also from Annapolis,
made the jaunt in the scratch
time of 26 hours A minutes and
43 seconds to win the Glass A
award.
The race started at 2 pm.
Thursday at Annapolis.
The Falcon, owned by o. H.
Williamson OF Annapolis. was
second in the cup competition and
second in Glass B.
Evening star., 1950-07-01
BY the Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex, July
l.-Fred Wampler of Purdue,
three-time winner of the Big Ten
title and twice Indiana Amateur
titlist, is meeting 190-pound Bob
Mccall, defensive football center
for Colgate, today for the National
Collegiate Athletic Association golf
championship.
1t is the second crack at the
collegiate golf title for each. Nc
Call lost in the third round last
year. Wampler was runnerup for
medalist honors in the 1949
tourney.
A field of 165 started the tourna-
ment Monday.
Wampler went into the title
playoff after overcoming an early
advantage of Billy Maxwell of
North Texas and eliminated the
Texan 3 and in the semifinals.
Mccall went into the final by
walloping Wake Forests Ray Har-
ris, 5 and 4.
Evening star., 1950-07-01
BY the Associated Press

PHOENIX, Ariz., July Go
Owner Del Webb denies reports of
panic and dissension in the ranks
of the New York Yankees.
Webb said he talked with top
Yankee officials yesterday and
there appears to be complete har-
mony and cooperation. His
statement was made to counter a
story by Ernest Mehl, baseball
writer for the Kansas City Star, in
which it was charged the Yankees
were losing prestige, were "strik-
ing out blindly." and that panic
has set in"
1--WE are doing what we think
is best for the entire New York
organization, including the farm
clubs" Webb said. when ball
club-especially one such as the
not winning, there are
bound to be stories of trouble
cropping up. That is the natural
follow up for the reverses our team
has suffered on the field. But the
club has not given up on the field
and we are not giving up in the
Office.
I'VE have made some moves
which did not turn out as ex-
pected, but that's all part of this
baseball business.
KANSAS CITY. July 1 P.-
Ernest Mehlm, the Kansas City
Stars baseball writer, said in his
column Yesterday that the New
Evening star., 1950-07-01
'Dissensiion and Panic Laid
Yonks, but Webb Denies All

York Yankees prestige is slip
ping away from them and they
are striking out blindly. Panic
has set in"
Commenting on the Yanks'
latest move in recalling Pitcher
Ed (Whitey) Ford, the Kansas
City Blues most dependable
pitcher, Mehl said:
ut may all be put down to the
fact the Yankees are floundering
And that's a unique experience
for them :"
There are reports that all is
not we'll within the ranks of the
Yanks; that the front Office and
the field haven't been in harmony
with some of the moves made.
Reading between the lines, it
would appear the worlds cham
pions aren't reacting with the
same enthusiasm they displayed
last year.
Ford may help and we hope
he will. He is bright young fel-
low with far better than average
ability. He has made himself a
student of pitching ;"
However. the move is calculated
further to destroy confidence here
in the parent organization.
The Blues are in last place but
Manager Joe Kuhel hasn't given
up. He has been knocked down
so often by the moves made by
the Yank front Office this year it's
surprising he can get back on his
feet"
Evening star., 1950-07-01
;xPace Club Only Games Back Hot National League Race
Griff Teors~Up Noren
Contract, Gives IV
One With Pay Boost

Clark Griffith has taken Of
fetal cognizance of young Irv
Noren's batting feats and all
around brilliance in his first
major league season. The
Mats president tore up Irv's
original contract and replaced
it with one calling for a high
er figure.
1t was learned today that
the Detroit Tigers manage
ment has done the same thing
for Art Houtteman and Ted
Gray, star pitchers who have
won 19 games between them.
Houtteman, big right-hander.
was the first pitcher in either
league to win 10 this season.
Evening star., 1950-07-01
Doris Hart, PAT Todd
Gain Quarter-FinaIs
In Wimbledon Tennis
BY the Assoeioted Press

WIMBLEDON. July Third
seeded Doris Hart of Jacksonville.
Fla. was one of the favorites to
capture the women's singles
crown of the All-England lawn
tennis championships, advanced
to the quarterfinals today by de-
feating Nancy Chaffee of Los
Angeles.
Miss Hart was joined by Mrs.
Pat Todd of Los Angeles. seeded
fourth, who defeated Mrs. Roy
McKelvie of England. 6-1, 6-2.
Doris Disposed of Miss Chaffee.
So, GO.
Aged Queen Mary Joined the
spectators in the jammed center
court, taking her seat in the royal
box near the end of the Hart
Chaffee match.
Miss Hart played a steady game
to eliminate Miss Chaffee, junior
glamor girl of the tournament
Nancy. playing on the center
court for the first time, suffered
a bad case of jitters and her
usually sharp game turned ragged
Doris broke through service
twice in each set to keep ahead
at. all times,
With Americas top doubles
team-Gardner Mulloy and Bill
Talbert-out of the champion
ships today, Australia's S hopes of
winning the Davis Cup scared.
It was the youthful Aussie duo
of Frank Sedgman and Ken Mac
Gregor which dumped Mulloy and
Talbert unceremoniously yester-
day, 8-6, 8-6, SO, 10-8, in
the third round. Sedgman and
MacGregor, % and 20 years of age,
respectively. were unseeded.
Sedgman was seeded No. in
singles, but unless the victory was
somewhat of a f1uke, the United
States is going to have to start
looking for another Davis Cup
tandem. 1t was a case of youth
outlasting age. Both Mulloy and
Talbert are in their thirties.
The test was a three-hour dog
fight that kept the overflow crowd
of $4,000 pinned to their seats.
Defending champion Louise
Brough polished off Mrs. Joy Mot
tram of England, 81, 60: United
States national champion Mrs.
Margaret Osborne dupont elimi-
mated Mrs. Jean Walker Smith
of England, 6-3. 6-3 and Mrs.
Todd tripped Patsy Rogers of
England, 60, 6-1. Shirley Fry
OF Akron, Ohio, put out a fellow
American. Mrs. Rita Anderson of
Hollywood, 6-1. 6-1.
Evening star., 1950-07-01
Bob Matthias Breaks
DecathIon Record in
Third Straight Win
BY the Associated Press

TULARE, Calf, July 1.-Young
Bob Matthias of Tulare has won
the National decathlon champion
ship for the third straight year and
broken the world record in doing
it. Now he plans years holiday
from this gruelling all-round test
of track and field prowess.
Throwing back the determined
but futile challenge of William E.
(BilD Adams of North Carolina.
19-year-old Matthias rounded out
the two-night performance last
night just before midnight with
these achievements:
He captured the crown, the first
man to do it three straight years.
He scored 8.042 points shatter-
ing the record that had stood for
IA years since Glenn Morris aston
ished the world by registering 1900
points for America in the Olympic
Games at Berlin.
Won't Play Football.
Modest Bob, christened Robert
Bruce. then disclosed that he plans
to lay off this competition-after
a coming trip to Iceland this sum-
mer until possibly Olympic time in
1852.
Nor is he going out for the STAN
ford football squad this fall, he
added. He's got to spend his time
preparing for a career in medi-
cine.
Gov. Earl Warren, back for the
second year to see Tulare's favor
ite resident defend his title before
the home folks. put it another
way. The Governor, sitting with
Bob's parents. DR.. and Mrs. c. NJ
Matthias, quipped, "All Bob Math-
las has left to do is whip Bob
Matthias"
His rivals in the decathlon will
be delighted to learn of his with
drawal for at least a year.
AS a kid of II he won the Amer
lean title in 1948. then triumphed
in the Olympics in London and
continued his mastery last year
with 1856 points.
Things looked bad for Bob after
the first nights five events. He
trailed Adams by SO points then
and after last nights first event.
the high hurdles, he dropped be-
hind 210 points.
Bob Finishes Fast.
Then he took command in the
discus by IA points and turned
in the best pole vault Of his life
13 feet "a inch) to move into
convincing 272-point lead.
Only twice did Matthias drop
below 800 points, in the javelin
and the 1,500-meter run. He
scared to 982 in the hurdles with
14.7 mark, very fast for a man
6 feet, inches tall and weighing
100 pounds.
Adams blew his threat in the
discus. He tried to recoup in the
pole vault but missed at II feet
9 inches.
There were 16 others in the
meet but none was a factor. Otey
Scruggs of Santa Barbara College
scored 7,084 points and Wilford
White of Arizona's Tempe had
6,852.