Escapees From Craig County Jail Face Thanksgiving Punishment
No. 1313 In Crime Doesn't Pay. VINITA Oklahoma November 25. Two prisoners who escaped from the Craig County jail Tuesday earned fast punishment Friday. Robert L Hardy 23 and Robert Howard 25 recaptured Wednesday night at a Ketchum Oklahoma hotel began paying for their escapade at dinner time. Jailer L A Howell who was overpowered by the accused check forgers as they broke out offered them brown beans bread and water for Thanksgiving dinner.
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L. A. Howell
Strikes Near End Across Ports On Two Coasts
Industrial actions in Atlantic and Pacific ports appear close to settlement after unions and employers reached wage and benefits agreements. On the East Coast the ILA accepted terms including a 13 cent hourly rise and work guarantees pending ratification. On the West Coast the ILWU WE A pact offers 16 cent hourly increases with new vacation rules and a three year framework.
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Cops Investigate Dancer's Death in New York
The semi nude body of 23 year old Barbara Ann Vance of Los Angeles was found in a Hotel McAlpin room. Police expect Thursday autopsy to determine cause while noting sleeping tablets were found. No signs of violence reported.
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McAlpin
Barbara Ann Vance
Los Angeles
Frank Murray
Milton Halpern
Broadway Bar Revels Hint at Cause of Actress Death
Police found an empty scotch bottle and several glasses in a hotel room suggesting recent entertaining before the actress died. She was seen in multiple Broadway bars Tuesday night, with unclear details on whether she had an escort.
Two Firemen Overcome In Downtown Blaze
In Scottsbluff Nebraska a $100000 fire gutted a jewelry store and a typewriter company in a one and a half story building. Police Lt Harry Schroeder spotted the blaze and two firemen were overcome by smoke and rescued by volunteers as other units arrived from Mitchell and Gering.
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Dr Albert P Shirkey Named Pastor Of Houston Church
Dr Albert P Shirkey of San Antonio a leading Methodist minister was named pastor of St Pauls Methodist Church Houston by Bishop A Frank Smith of the Texas Methodist Conference He has served ten years at Travis Park Methodist Church San Antonio succeeding Dr Dawson C Bryan who left in October for the National Methodist Board of Evangelism in Nashville Tenn
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Methodist Church
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Texas Methodist Conference
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Travis Park Methodist Church
Dawson C. Bryan
National Methodist Board of Evangelism
Nashville
Tenn
Creditor Seizes Italian Navy Battleship Vittorio Veneto
In La Spezia Italy a creditor seized the 35000 ton Vittorio Veneto battleship as security on a debt owed by the Italian Navy. Italia Construction Company of Leghorn carried out the seizure after winning a suit for several million lire in the nation's highest court.
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Italy
Vittorio Veneto
Italia Construction Company
Leghorn
Briggs Accident Kills UT Student
James A. Cornish Jr. a University of Texas student from Wichita Falls was killed near Briggs when his car left Highway 29 and struck a tree. He was en route to Wichita Falls for Thanksgiving after a Texas game in Austin and was a member of Kappa Alpha. His body lay at Briggs Gam mell Funeral Home in Lampasas awaiting his father’s arrival.
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University of Texas
James A
Buddy) Cornish Jr
Wichita Falls
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Austin
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Briggs-Gammell Funeral Home
Lampas
Houston Firm To Build Longest Pipeline
A Houston engineering firm won a contract to construct the world’s longest gas pipeline from the Texas Rio Grande Valley to New York City. The project for the Trans continental Pipeline Company costs $200,000,000 and will transport natural gas.
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Houston
Texas Rio Grande Valley
New York City
Transcontinental Pipeline Company
France to Take Ruhr Voice Offer
Paris announces France will accept Secretary of State Marshall’s offer for an immediate voice in Ruhr supervision. A government spokesman calls the move a step toward broader French influence in controlling Ruhr steel and coal before the peace treaty is finalized. Britain agrees to France membership in the German coal and steel groups.
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France
Marshall
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Germany
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Ruhr as French political pivot sparks control fears
France worries over returning the Ruhr industrial region to Germany. Officials recall its central role in Germany power in two world wars, stressing the need to stabilize governance and prevent renewed German dominance.
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Ruhr
France
Germany
Fifteen Siamese Cabinet Ministers Resign Post
In Bangkok on November 25, fifteen of the 25 members of Premier Phibun Songgram's cabinet resigned. The move followed a Siamese Parliament push for more efficient governance and a cleanup of corruption among officials.
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Bangkok
Phibun Songgram
Lady Astor’s Home Burglarized for Clock and Nylon Stockings
Burglars broke into Cliveden, home of American-born Lady Astor in Maidenhead England, and took 14 pairs of nylons an ivory clock and a portable radio police reported Thursday.
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