Garner Celebrates 81st Birthday at Texas Ranch
Uvalde reports John Nance Garner spent his 81st birthday quietly at his ranch. Friends neighbors and telegrams from well wishers including President Truman arrived as Garner and companion Ross Bromfield planned a hunting trip that morning before canceling.
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Garner
Uvalde
John Nance Garner
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Truman
Arner
Texas
Ross Bromfield
Common Sense
Fdr
Brom
Blood Tests End Four Year Search For Foundling Daughter
Berlin authorities confirmed by blood tests that a foundling child in an orphanage is Maria Kop’s daughter. Frau Kop sought custody and a name change from Barbara Fuerbringer to Helene Ils Kop after the infant, found abandoned near bomb wreckage in May 1945, was raised in an orphanage named Fuerbringer. The orphanage required tests before recognition.
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Berlin
Kaiser Wilhelm Institute
Maria Kop
Frau Kop
Barbara Fuerbringer
Helene Ils Kop
Fuerbringer
35-Cent Purse Brings Bargain Then Jewelry Loss
In London at a United Charities auction a lady’s black handbag sold for 35 cents. The auctioneer later found the bag contained 1400 dollars in gems left by a helper. The incident followed the sale of the purse to a bargain hunter.
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London
United Charities
Kidnaper Denies mistreating Girl Found in Woods
Raymond Dempsey 25 confessed to taking seven year old Vivian Shannon who was found alive after a night in snow covered woods. He denied criminal mistreatment while police report marks on her throat and signs of exposure. Vivian was hospitalized and recovering as investigators plan a viewing for Dempsey.
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Minn
Raymond Dempsey
Vivian Shannon
Emory la Chance
Dempsey
la Chance
U. N. Dale
Dale
Oscar Borgie
Here
Vivian
Minneapolis Bridge Company
Vincent Shannon
Thief River Falls
Lloyd Johnson
Johnson
Telephone in Tavern Becomes Free Juke Box
In Fritz' Tavern Springfield Newfoundland the telephone plays the latest Juke Box hits for free via a crossed wire. Patrons enjoy Mule Train and other tunes without dropping a nickel, while telephone company officials confirm the miswiring.
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Springfield
Liberal sit-down strike protests Colombia election
The Liberal Party called a folded arms strike from Friday through election day against what it calls a dictatorship. The move follows state siege martial law and threats of court martial for unrest. Liberal leaders report arrests as Conservatives deny coercion and seize explosives linked to a suspected terrorist plot.
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Colombia
Liberal Party
Congress
Jorge Zalamea
Mexico
Leon de Creiff
Ministry of Education
Reano Gomez
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