Earthquakes Rattle California Hill Country and South Lands
Widespread tremors centered in the California hill country sent residents fleeing as windows broke and pavements cracked. Reports of two deaths and numerous injuries came from Los Angeles Riverside and surrounding areas, with aftershocks felt near Palm Springs and Victorville.
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Los Angeles
Rollinar
la Iso
Here
Otis
Sun Brenarding
Banning
Moranga Indian Reservation
Fain Springs
Checks Ready For Election Workers
County clerk Claude Bobbitt announces checks for election workers are available at his office. The notices detail the allotment and payment timing for duties during the November 2 general election. Eligible election officials are urged to pick up their checks at the county courthouse.
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Claude Bobbitt
Bobbitts
Taut
Two Prison Sentences Pronounced in Recent Court Actions
Hoyt Driskill, district judge, handed out three sentences in the past week with appeals noted. J G Chaney was found guilty of obtaining money by false pretenses and received a 16 month term with a supersedeas bond set at 1,080 dollars. Tudor and Dorothy Terry also faced prison terms with appeals filed, Tudor getting four years and Terry one year after guilty pleas. Edmonson faces attempted bank robbery charges with a pending sentence and Rutherford was acquitted on manslaughter charges.
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Hoyt Driskill
Criminal Court of Appeal
J G. Chaney
Driskill
Chansy
T .R. Tudor, Jr
Ant
Tudor
Dorothy Terry
Dorothy Warde
Edmonson
Fred Edmonson
Furge Deyskill
Warren S. Rutherford
Billy Emerson
C. M. Miller
Floyd WW. Bonbe
Sulphur Man Describes Extortion Plot Involving Teens
Sulphur Oklahoma county authorities investigated an extortion plot involving three men and a teenage girl held in Sulphur. Sheriff Morton W. Tolland quoted Worley saying he was beaten and threatened during a three hour car ride. County Attorney Lynn Norman filed charges after Worley described the raid and demands for money.
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Sulphur
Okla
Dee
G. Murray
Morton W. Tolland
Gary
Connie Worley
Sciphur
Ant
Worley
Sim
Flo
Ciffers
Lynn W. Norman
Bulahur
Woman Treated After Alleged Poison Dose
Mildred Lancaster of North Blytheville drank about one teaspoon full of something toxic and was taken to Yale View hospital for treatment before returning home. Ruthie Smith, previously treated for poisoning, has been released from hospital and returned home.
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Mildred Lancaster
Bet North Blyif
Yaleley View Hospital
Ruthie Smith
Battle Looms Near Suzhou South of Nanking
Officials monitor an impending clash between major communist and nationalist forces near Suzhou south of Nanking. A decisive engagement could stabilize front lines, with optimistic estimates suggesting a temporary period of 60 to 90 days of respite for the government amid heavy military stress.
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Nanking
Suchow
Charges Her Parents Stole Her Children
Mrs. Bette Ann Helder filed a child stealing warrant against her own parents and others. She claims her ten year old twins were taken and placed with Ken neth Leith of Port Orchard and that he was involved with the capture. County Attorney Clark O. Fletseth noted Helder appeared at the courthouse with her husband and infant to sign the warrant.
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Davenport
Bette Ann Helder
T. Cramer
Hemingway, S. C
Kenneth Leith
Port Orchard Wash
Helder
Pla
Clark O. Flseth
Russia Losing Grip On European Labor
The article analyzes how Western and Eastern blocs spar over labor unions, noting WFTU struggles, split among major U.S. unions, and shifts toward anti-communist policies. It cites exchanges between AFL CIO leaders and European counterparts, the Marshall Plan context, and Kremlin caution as Western unions move to curb communist influence.
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Moscow
Middle East
Far East
WFTU
Federacmi
Marshal Gonersi
Soviek Slune
Bitler Enet Osagal Jas
Marshall Plan
Coosastentey
Comiress
Amenean Congress of Industrie Organizationa
Onmiust
Jazalr
Amprican
Force Ouvries
General Confederation of Labor
Vassell
Kuznetsoff
Ami-Sommunise
Kremlin
Idsa
Wftu H
David Dubinsty
International Ladies Garment Workers Linon
AFL
Europe
Fanifare
Ada Pioneer Gathers Strawberries From Drought-Tough Garden
Ada resident Mrs. Alice West at 218 North Cherry tends her garden plants. She uses everbearing strawberries and water management to keep berries thriving in a dry season. Recent harvest yielded large, richly colored berries despite heat. The article notes satellite light and a cave salamander named proteus in a separate caption.
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Alice West
North Cherry
Tower
Nationalist Forces Seek Breakthrough to Nanking Blockade
Chinese Nationalist government troops and allied forces push to pierce the Communist Red blockade around Nanking. Reports say Suchow forces, numbering about ten thousand, move southwest toward patrol routes while Red forces shift west to stem the advance. Chen Viereny is said to have massed large numbers to meet the effort as Chiang Kai-shek’s government fights to avoid a decisive encirclement.
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Nanking
Chen Viney
el East Ching
Chiang Kai- Shek
6Th Army
Sudan
Amy
Kwet
Fei
Menking
Shanghai
Chen ¥i
Hwat River
Kuchen
Pangpu
Suche
Pacific Coast Reopens After Long Shipping Strike
After 95 days of strike the Pacific coast reopened major shipping operations as five AFL Sailors unions and shipowners secured a written guarantee that the settlement would not intrude on union jurisdiction. About 28 000 members ended the coast’s second strike this month, with 280 ships returning to work and a toll estimated at nearly one billion dollars to cargo and related industries.
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San Francisco
Der
Pacific Coast
AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific
Ciq
APL
Oniyaro
T & Port
Tacoma
Wash
Moin
AFL
Mit- Fe
Mayer Caught In Serio-Comic Chase
UMA December 4 reports Louis Mayer and widow Mrs Lorean Denker wed in a comic chase by pursuing newsmen. The couple refused photos as studio publicists arranged a playful spectacle. They later sped by car toward Palm Springs with echoes of a distant, surreal media scene.
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Uma
Atm
Louis & Mayer
Lorean & Denker
Proctucas
Fim
Caw
Metro-Goldwin-Baylor
Daniel 3. Denker
California
Palm Tomobile Springs
Londoners jailed in king’s trees theft case
Two London men were jailed in Cambridge on December 4 for stealing 2,000 of the king’s trees. Police stopped a truck loaded with timber said to be from a Deepcut forest, amid a case involving confiscated Caustmes specimens.
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Camberery
Eng
Evidence Points To One Person in Documents Case
Washington hearings focus on a single individual tied to prewar communist rings. The House committee says evidence names the person who passed on government secrets and produced microfilmed documents. Robert Els leads the investigation as hearings begin Tuesday at 1 pm EST with subpoenas for additional witnesses and technicians.
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Washington
Bec
House
U Un-Americities
Maryland
Commertys
Robert Els
Res. Mundt
South Dakota
Watakor Ghambess
Coramulist
Sean
State Department
Chambers
Communist Underground
Stripling Sat Chamvhera
Dean Shirley heads Oklahoma science academy
Tulsa December 4 Dean J C Shirley of Baiflips University Enid was elected president of the Oklahoma Academy of Science today succeeding Dean S McLeod of the University of Tulsa Dr S P Massie of Langston University was chosen as secretary treasurer Weese of the University of Home is permanent More than 208 scientists from business industry and education institutions attended the thirty seve nth annual two day meeting
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Tulsa
Olds
J. C Shirley
Baiflips University
Enid
Oklahoma academy_ of suience
McLeod
University of Tulsa
S. PF. Massie
Langston University
Wis
Tronaurer
de Weese
Peramnen
Jonni
Book Circulation Gains At Ada Public Library
Ada Public Library shows higher circulation than year earlier with November totals: 7346 books checked out, 2400 in adult, 3706 in juvenile divisions. Daily average 350, largest day 513 on November 23. Staff added 16 new books, 72 overdue charges, and reserved cars. Exterior and interior renovations noted. World forest data included.
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Ada Public Library
Used highway equipment auction draws bidders across state
The state highway department held a used equipment sale Friday drawing about fifteen bidders who paid around 4000 more than estimates. Items included pickups graders dump trucks and 50 tons of junk metal. The auction brought 94175 dollars and the proceeds will fund new equipment purchases. Earl Anderaan division superintendent oversaw the event.
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Bos
Veterar
Pontotde
State Department
Earl Anderaan
Hens
Auetico
Sheean All Right Not to Remarry Says Ex Wife
Mrs. Sheean, former Digna Forbes Robertson, states Vincent Sheean is a fine man but unsuitable as a husband. The Vienna raised writer and his wife, divorced in Reno two years ago, remain apart as he travels to India after a London stop to renew ties. Their two daughters, Linda and Ellen, live with Mrs. Sheean in Harpstead.
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London
Dee
Vincent Sheehan
Oicry iii
Weiters
Shean
Digna Forbes-Robertson
Gicke-Botting
Vienna
Ty Reno
Sheean
India
Swank Claridge
Seek Grandmother In Kidnap Charge
A kidnapping warrant was issued for Kathleen Kin of Venice California for abducting four grandchildren from Coalinga California. Zool Lynch, the children's father, reports the grandmother took the kids ages six to twelve by plane while they were to be Christmas shopping. Police checked airports for a chartered plane, with possible destinations including Las Vegas Nevada Albuquerque New Mexico and New York City.
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Coalinga
Calif
Dee
Christemas
Thene
Lynch
Santa Monica
Mra Hing
Les Ve~gas
Nevar Albuqquergee
N- Shes
Possibry
New Yorkia
Four Airmen Die In C-47 Crash Near Barstow Desert
MARA California December 4 Four Army airmen were killed when their C 47 transport crashed in desert west of Barstow during heavy rain. The aircraft from MARA Base had flown from Albuquerque New Mexico to Barstow for a routine mission, approached for landing, but vanished after the storm. Wreckage was found southeast of Kramer’s junction in rolling desert country. Investigators saw no engine or mechanical failure and the plane did not burn. Turner Returns Home Waltonton Oklahoma Governor Roy Turner of Oklahoma left for Oklahoma City after six days in the capital due to bad weather delaying his return. he preferred not to fly back today.
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India
Lid
Kergtank
Mtil
Avril
Hese
Phe Tromir
Diequaind
Watertet
Golacada
Los Anftolos
Ontario
Rudy Report
Los Angules
Ad & Shopper
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Victorvill
Long Beach
California
Kearing
Reel Crose Digueter Ynila Sere
Thenieiaut
Mt. Binduchite
San Frantisco
Santa Barbara
el Centro
Moreno Villow
Riveride
Sis
Fauls Hemet
Anya
Ares
Marac
Calif
Army Firmen
Barstow
Albuquereut
Art
Auretc
Kramer's Junction
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