Jury Conviction in Espionage Case in Five Minutes
Harry Thomas Thompson was found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage by a jury that deliberated about five minutes in Los Angeles. He faces up to 20 years in prison. The case, described by prosecutors as the first of its kind since World War II, began after a two year inquiry. Janet Ono, a Japanese liaison witness, testified about Thompson’s arrest and contact with the Japanese consul. Indicted alongside Thompson was a second unnamed defendant.
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Los Angeles
Harry Thomas Thompson
United States
Thompson
Leon Yankwich
Navy
Janet Ono
Clyde Thomas
Hori
Janet
Woman Pilot Lands Flaming Airplane at City Airport
Miss Jacqueline Cochran of Los Angeles landed an airplane in flames at high speed at Indianapolis municipal airport and escaped uninjured. She was piloting the Hughes records plane when a loose oil line caused the fire. fire crews quickly doused the blaze with minimal damage to the craft.
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Indianapolis
Jacqueline Cochran
Los Angeles
Cochran
Howard Hughes
Miner Bob Kulinski Jr Dies After Shaft Collapse
SHAMOKIN PA July 3 Bob Kulinski Jr 35 a bootleg coal miner died last night from a broken back and internal injuries after being buried for about 20 hours under mine shaft debris following a collapse.
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Shamokin
Bob Kulinski, Jr
Patient Takes Radium Capsule Valued at 2000 Dollars
Los Angeles July 3 The most prized patient at Los Angeles County General Hospital is Charles L. Jones who swallowed a radium capsule worth 2000 dollars placed in his mouth for an oral treatment. Doctors say he is not endangered if the radium does not stay in one location.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County General Hospital
Charles L. Jones
Jones
Actress Helen Hayes Wins Real Life Court Drama
Helen Hayes faced a Cook County Circuit Court suit claiming she alienated playwright Charles MacArthur from his wife Carol Frink. The $100,000 case was dropped before she defense began, Frink apologizing through her lawyer and Hayes praised for standing firm during the proceedings.
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Chicago
Helen Hayes
Charles MacArthur
Carol Frink
Cook County
Miss Hayes
MacArthur
Charlie
Miss Frink
Miss Fr
Weather Forecast for Amarillo and West Texas Region
Fair Saturday and Sunday with a partly cloudy afternoon on Monday. West Texas west of the 100th meridian mainly fair Saturday. New Mexico also fair Saturday. Temperature details for Amarillo yesterday show morning to afternoon variations and predicted highs and lows, with numeric values partially visible in the data.
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Amarillo
West Texas
100Th Meridian
New Mexico
Sam Sis
Bates
Stricken area plans 10 seek federal help
The Guadalupe River flood devastates Texas communities near Cuero and Victoria with 26 known deaths, 200 homes lost, and about 3.5 million dollars in damage. Rescue crews use boats, tents are provided, and Governor’s officials coordinate aid as the river crests.
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Cuero
Tex
Guadalupe
Victoria
South Texas
National Guard
Red Cross
Jack Mumphord
Wedemier
Suspect Confesses Bludgeon Slayings in Ogden
George Mortensen was arrested today and confessed to killing three persons in Ogden Utah last Tuesday. He was found in a downtown rooming house as police searched the Southwest after his wife Grace accused him of killing his parents in law and injuring Mrs Snyder's 80 year old mother. The victims were bludgeoned to death.
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Los Angeles
George Mortensen
P. N. Erickson
Ogden
Utah
Mortensen
Grace
Yucatan Toll Rises in Political Labor Turmoil
Mexico City July 3 report lists 18 dead in Yucatan with 13 killed in Merida and five in Tizimin amid ongoing political and labor clashes. Many wounded.
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Mexico City
Yucatan
Merida
Capitol
Tizimin
Panhandle Plains Plan Varied Holiday Observances
Dozen Panhandle Plains towns prepare Fourth of July celebrations with rodeos, parades and water events. Clarendon and Floydada mark Independence Day with road dedications, Hereford hosts park anniversary events, Baylor’s region hosts sunrise dances, rodeos in Clayton New Mexico and Texhoma Oklahoma, and carnivals at Pampa Shamrock Estelline and Canyon picnics.
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Panhandle-Plains
U. S. Weather Bureau
Efair
Clarendon
Floydada
Death Suspect Is In Hiding Pioneer Plains Ranchman Dies
W C Baird 74 former Hartley County ranchman dies at his Moore County home near Channing. He will lie in state at N S Griggs and Sons Chapel until Sunday morning and be moved to the ranch home for services likely Sunday afternoon in Channing. Baird came to Texas early and began ranch work with Perry Brothers in Cook County. He later worked on a Perry Brothers ranch near Holbrook Arizona before entering cattle business.
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W. C. Baird
Hartley County
Moore County
Channing
N. S. Griggs and Sons
California
Texas
Kentucky
Mr. Baird
Perry Brothers
Cook County
Tex
Joseph W. Bailey
Baird
Holbrook
Ariz
Axe victim identified as Red Smith dies from acute alcoholism
Oklahoma City July 3 Coroner Carl Traub said the dead man a community camp resident nicknamed Red Smith about 45 who eked out a living picking up coal along a railway right of way died of acute alcoholism. The body found today in a tin shack bore hand ax wounds not fatal according to the coroner.
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Oklahoma City
Carl Traub
Red” Smith
Hide and Seek In Shooting Case In Chicago
Chicago police chase a brunette suspect in the slaying of Audrey Vallette 31. Vallette died of a single breast wound after a diary reveals months of drunken dates. Ruth Freed, nursing a sideline as nightclub hostess, is sought as a key witness. Edward Freed, her husband, is in hiding and linked to the case.
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Chicago
Audrey Vallette
Case Beauty
Near North Side
Ruth Freed
Miss Vallette
Daily Times
On the Job Want Ads Open for Sunday Edition
Today July 4th the Want Ad department announces it will be open for business as usual. Readers may phone their ads to start in tomorrow's Sunday News Globe for RENT SELL BUY and SWAF.
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Big Sunday News Globe
Want
Two Fugitives Back in Walls At Angleton Shootings Halted
Luke Trammell and Forrest Gibson are captured after a 14 day manhunt ending with their return to a Huntsville prison. Brazoria County grand jury indicted both for murder in connection with guard Felix Smith's slaying, with charges kept secret until arrest. They fled with T. B. Atkinson, killing Smith using a guard’s weapon, chased across South and West Texas and into Oklahoma.
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Huntsville
Luke Trammell
Forrest Gibson
Angleton
R. J. Higgins
Brazoria County
Felix Smith
Trammell
Gibson
T. B. Atkinson
Smith
Father Confesses to Killing His Baby Son
Ralph Noll, 30, a Corcoran farm worker, confessed in Hanford California to beating his 11 month old stepson to death with a belt buckle in Delta Colorado four years ago. He cited annoyance at the child’s whining as motive. The arrest ends a four year manhunt.
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Hanford
Calif
Luther P. Louis
Ralph Noll
Corcoran
Delta
Colo
Noll
Kings County
Morgan Improves After Neuritis Attack in New York
J P Morgan continued to show improvement in Glen Cove New York after neuritis forced reductions in his tour to his sister in West Manchester Massachusetts earlier this week.
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Glen Cove
N. Y
J. P. Morgan
West Manchester
Mass
Women mob actor as he quits Flane in Dallas
Robert Taylor, the curly haired movie leading man, was mobbed by a several hundred autograph seekers when he arrived at Love Field Dallas. He was escorted by 20 motorcycle policemen and guarded by SMU football players John and Charles Sprague for his Centennial exposition appearance.
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Dallas
Robert Taylor
Love Field
Taylor
John and
Charles Sprague
Southern Methodist University
Fall From Truck Fatal Near Skellytown
Ben Sublett, 39, died in Pampa after falling from a moving truck near Skellytown. He reportedly leaned from the cab to speak to workers in the bed, slipped onto the road, and was run over by the rear wheels.
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Pampa
Ben Sublett
Skellytown
Mrs Arthur Ware Reported Improved After Illness
Mrs. Arthur Ware, previously seriously ill, was reported improved yesterday. She is at her home, 1614 Van Buren Street.
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Arthur Ware
Ware
van Buren Street
Plane crash in Hollister burns Allen Rising to death
Allen Rising, 23, died when his plane struck a tree and burst into flames in Hollister California. He had moved to the state five years ago from Camas Idaho.
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Hollister
Calif
Allen Rising
California
Camas
Ida
Clarendon Celebrates Highway 5 Completion Launch
Clarendon marks an all day Fourth of July event honoring pioneer citizens of the Plains and Texas Centennial. Pioneers register at 9 and contests begin at 9 30 with a 10 30 parade. Dedication of Highway 5 at 11 30, plus band concerts baseball games and a pioneer dinner in the afternoon. Streets are decorated for the celebration.
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Clarendon
the Plains
Texas
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