Babies Murdered
In Nursery
MASSILLON, O., (/P)—Two in
fant girls were battered to death
in the pediatricts nursery of City
Hospital Friday night by an un
identified assailant whose motive
was unknown, police announced
Saturday.
Although the nursery sometimes
contains as many as 30 children,
the two victims were its sole occu
pants Friday night.
A nurse, Marian Silleck, found
the babies’ bodies by their cr os
last night. The bed clothing on o
third crib was pulled back.
The Stark county coroner, Dr.
Edward Remo, said the infants
died ‘“of injuries caused by blunt
force.”
Police chief Stanley W. Switter,1
who headed an investigating de
tail, said the attacked may have
picked them up and struck them
against the floor. Dirt smudges
were found on the head of one of
the babies.
Police believed the attack was
made between 7:35 and 7:45. Visit
ing to the nursery was restricted
to Friday nights, and patrolmen
made immediate efforts to con
tact any of the few visitors.
Egyptians had spoons of ivory,
slate, flint and wood.
! Commissioner
i Guilty Of Bribes
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SEATTLE, (/P) — Graying, 59
year-old King County commis
sioner Joseph A. Whetstone Sat
urday awaited sentencing on two
j counts of asking and receiving
i bribes.
; A Superior court jury of seven
men and five women convicted
Whetstone on both counts Friday
1 night after deliberating six and
| one-half hours. A previous trial
on the same charges ended in a
hung jury last April 25.
The commissioner, indicted by a
recent county grand jury, was ac
cused of accepting $750 for aid in
obtaining use of a county bridge
by J. Arthur Lind, logging opera
tor, and taking $100 for help in
getting property rezoned so it
could be used as an airport by
Mrs. Irene Havercamp Jones,
Newport.
HANK MILLER RETURNS WITH
NEW PIPER SUPER-CRUISER
Hank Miller, chief mechanic for
the Wien Airlines, has just re
turned from a trip to the, east
where he purchased a Piper Su
per-Cruiser plane and flew it in.
i In Danville, 111, he had the plea
sure of visiting with relatives and
friends whom he hadn’t seen for
30 years.
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i GOP Criticizes
Truman Speech
WASHINGTON, (^ — Republi
cans accused President Truman
today oi trying to “build political
fences” in his Kansas City speech
outlining a broad domestic welfare
program and criticizing the GOP
con trolled Congress for cutting ap
propriations.
I But Democrats took the view
the chief executive simply was re
stating his position on issues con
fronting the nation.
Senator Dworshak (R.-Idaho),
told a reporter he thinks the coun
try’s reclamation program—men
tioned specifically by the Presi
dent—has become involved in pol
itics “by those who are more in
terested in building political
fences than they are in building
reclamation projects.”
“It is unfortunate that tlv Pres
ident, who now wants reclamation
projects built rapidly, should have
seen fit last August to freeze re
clamation development by an ex
ecutive order tying up 60 per cent
or the funds for construction,”
Dworshak declared.
| Senator Baldwin (R.-Conn.) said
he thinks Mr. Truman’s speech,
j delivered Saturday night before
! veterans of the 35th division,
j “sounds like a campaign docu
ment.”
Mr. • Truman called, among
other things, for an increase in
minimum wages, broadening of
social security, decent housing
and equalization of educational
opportunities.
He said “critical shortages” in
electric power must be overcome,
that laws designed to conserve
natural resources are “in grave
danger” of being made ineffective
by Congressional refusal of ap
propriations and that the farm
program may be endangered for
the same reason.
Depicting water control, recla
j mation and power projects as “in
! vestments,” Mr. Truman said he
I hopes that “on careful reflection
and consideration” Congress will
provide money for them.
La Motta Beats
Janiro; Decision
I
NEW YORK, </P) — Middle
weight Jake La Motta, the Bronx
jolter, walloped baby-faced Tony
Janiro, just as everyone expected
he would.
Ranked as the third best mid
dle weight in the world, 9ake
trimmed himself down to 154 Vi
pounds—because it would have
cost him a $15,000 forfeit if he
was over 155—and then proceeded
to* punch the youngster from
Youngstown, Ohip, who is only a
welterweight, into exhaustion, and
gallop to a ten-round decision.
Outweighed by five pounds, Ja
niro got an "A" for effort from
the crowd of 14,105, which ship
ped in a gross gate of $71,874, for
the way he fought bade from the
verge of a knockout from the sixth
I round on. He refused to go down
! until four seconds from the fin
ish, when he collapsed and was
saved by the bell.
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SALEM, Mass., </P)—The sea
worms of Collins Cove are excep
tionally good fishing bait and
bring ten' cents apiece in some
markets. <
In fact they are valued so high
ly that city councilmah James J.
Muse said approval had been!
given for appointment to protect!
these worms from poachers.
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Nationals Bolster
Mukden Defenses
PEIPING, </P) — Five govern
ment armies streamed into Man
churia today to bolster defenses
around the big city of Mukden,
but a nationalist general there ex
pressed doubt that the Commun
ists would attack. Evacuation of
the city was said to have halted.
The independent newspaper
Shih Chieh Jih Pao quoted Gen
Yung Shih-Hui as saying Mukden
was prepared for any Red assault
but*that he believed the Commun
ists had spent their main strength
in recent drives north of Mukden.
Impartial military observers
here expressed the view that the
Red drive toward Mukden was'
another raid to keep nationalist,
armies off balance without any
hope of capturing major cities.
Strengthening of the defenses
at Tiehling, 36 miles northeast of
Mukden, and around the Fushus
coal mines to the east, both possi
ble avenues of attack, lessened
the danger to Mukden, these ob
servers said.
Nugget Acte Bring Quick Results
SCOUT NEWS
(Bill Bouchur. Jr.. Cub Reporter)
Several of the members of the
Boy Scouts Troop ouo, accom
panied by Bob Emmons toox a
trip on their bicycles to Dexter
and spent the night at the Boy
Scout camp.
Mr. MacAllister kindiy took our
bedding and equipment in his sta
tion wagon.
The boys on the trip was Glen
Mazen, Harold Bell, Gary T.ong
ley, Lawrence Okpealik, Bill Bou
cher, Jr., John Hudert and Logan
Dowd.
Although we went fishing, no
fish were caught.
Friday evening we invited Lois
Swanberg, Olga Hay. and Bettey
Blakesley, who were camping at
Hays camp, to our campfire for a
marshmallow roast.
Most of the boys did not go to
sleep until after 2 in the morning.
Camp broke up late Saturday
afternoon when Walter Dowd
picked us up with the Green Hor
net.
We are looking forward to our
next trip.
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