Marker honors Will Pickett first cow boy performer
On September 6 1936 Cherokee Strip Cowboy Association members erected a stone marker at the grave of Will Pickett the Negro daredevil credited as the first bull dogger. Pickett rodeos began in West Texas starred in Canadian Pecos later joined 101 Ranch Wild West Circus and died in 1932 at age 72 from a roping accident.
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Reds Riot Near Milan Leaves Dozens Injured
In Milan area near Sesto San Giovanni on September 5 fighting erupted between protesting workers and police during a march for bonus payments. At least 20 injured including five by gunfire, with unconfirmed reports of two deaths. Three policemen wounded. police arrested about 15.
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Soviet Push for Quick Overthrow of Tito Regime
Moscow urged a new Communist party to rise in Yugoslavia and swiftly topple Premier Marshal Tito. The Cominform call denounces Tito as a fascist bandit and aims to replace his party with a renewed organization. Observers see this as a step in Kremlin warfare and possible underground action against Tito.
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Dario Castillo Chilean Author and Diplomat Dies at 65
Dario Ovallo Castillo 65, noted Chilean author and diplomat and newspaperman, died Sunday in Santiago. The obituary recalls his literary and diplomatic career and long public service.
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Communists Push Canton Rail Drive
Chinese Nationalist Defense Ministry says Communist forces under Liu Po Cheng attack from Jucheng toward the Canton railway about 170 miles north of the provisional capital. Loyal Nationalist 26th Army sits at Kaiyuan as revolts in Kunming threaten to ignite a civil war within a civil war.
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Americans Deny Brutality in Malmedy Mock Trials
Four Americans who helped convict 73 SS troopers at Malmedy testified before a Senate subcommittee. They admitted mock trials and using scare tactics to obtain confessions but denied any brutality. Six Americans remain on death row for the killings near Malmedy, Belgium, in 1944.
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Bolivian Army Chases Rebels After Sucre Potosi Recapture
Bolivian Army patrols pursue rebel columns fleeing toward Camiri and Cotagaita after recapturing Sucre and Potosí. Communique reports air bombardment and machine gun fire on the run. Prisoners include former Majors Paravicin and Tovar Villa, and MNR leader Torres.
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Demo Party Heads Plan West Parley
The Democratic national committee promotes a Western States conference in San Francisco on Sept. 18-19 with Secretary of the Navy Francis P. Matthews and Leon H. Keyserling among participants. Keyserling will join a forum on jobs and speak to West Coast economists. Matthews schedule not yet fixed.
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Polio Mother Dies But Her Baby Lives
Spokane report says Bertha Johnson age 20, known as the iron lung mother, died after a polio illness. Her son Patrick William Johnson, born Aug 20 in a respirator, is healthy and with father William B Johnson and grandparents. Another son Michael Allen Johnson, age 2, is in quarantine as a suspected polio patient. Grandmother says he is all right and expected home Wednesday.
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European Group Approves Plans For Unification
The European Consultative Assembly backed a plan for a federal Europe with limited powers and formed a 28 member steering body under Paul Henri Spaak to run its year round work. The vote, 80 to 2, also endorsed an economic union and a tariff preference area extending to the 12 nations and their empire.
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Coast Guard Rescues 5 423 Persons In Fiscal Year
The Coast Guard rescued 5 423 people in the year ending June 30 and logged 9 594 assistance cases with cargoes valued at 199 586 895 dollars. Admiral Farley cited many major efforts including rescues and tows and projected about 6 000 lives saved this year.
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Bermuda Warned of 120 MPH Hurricane's Path to Islands
Bermuda’s Honeymoon Isles faced a hurricane packing up to 120 miles per hour as it drifted slowly toward the islands. The storm centered about 450 miles south-southwest, with gales extending over 100 miles in multiple directions. Military authorities prepared bases in Hamilton as planes evacuated and personnel were recalled. A Navy hurricane hunter plane damaged by winds failed to enter the eye, reporting the storm’s weak side and radar loss.
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Baltic Refugees Booed Soviet Official in Copenhagen
Refugees from Latvia Lithuania and Estonia booed and threatened to attack a Russian official visiting a displaced persons camp near Copenhagen. The Russian urged a return to their Soviet homelands while refugees tore up pamphlets. Danish police intervened guiding him to the Soviet Embassy.
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Amarillo Woman Mary Hatch Dies After Long Illness
Amarillo sept 5 Mrs Mary Hatch wife of Harry Hatch former superintendent of the Northwest Texas Hospital died at her home after a several years long illness She had lived in Amarillo 29 years
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