Overland slayings mark violent gun battle and capture
John Louis Johnson, 26, and his brother in law Arnold Cheeks were linked to a stolen car theft and a deadly confrontation at the Overland police station. Johnson killed Officers Pelham C. Scott and Edward C. Juettemeyer as he fled, then surrendered after a chase into midtown rooms. Cheeks provided arrest details but did not participate in the shootings.
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Edward C._Juttenierer
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Scott
Otto Albrecht
Juettemeyer
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St. Lowis
Serate Clayton
Whitworth
Cheesecake ruled out at Sally Rand hearing
Dallas dispatch reports judge Tedge Blankenship ruled the hearing on Sally Rand public but banned cheesecake from the event. Rand is sued by two showmen Rupert Peck and James Hese of Chicago who claim she owes a percentage of profits and control over her act and midway appearances at the fair.
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Reds warning echoes at Texas oil meeting
OM Industry voices fear of Reds at 3rd annual Mid-Continent Oil Mobilization event. Speaker Bomer Garrisor Jr, director of the Texas-Me, urged vigilance. Meeting details mention Port Sam Houston and Fort Bliss while noting security measures near El Paso and Fort Sam Houston.
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GI Brides Weds By Transatlantic Phone Call
Fort Worth dispatch reports three U S soldiers marry German sweethearts via trans Atlantic telephone ceremony. Corporal William Murphy of New London Connecticut, Billie Judki of Nacogdoches Texas, and Ursule Bones of Germany tied the knot to brides waiting overseas. The ceremony, conducted by Rev B Lightfoot, comes after each groom telephoned his bride one day into their honey moon.
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New York Welfare Committee Protest Over Sex Education Policy
The New York Welfare Committee protested a department film showing alleging it usurps parental prerogatives by disseminating sex education. They claimed the policy should be changed but department officials refused.
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New’ York
Wheat Cotton Tobacco Catted Safe From Crash
Washington reports that other countries devalue their currency which raises costs for those nations to buy U.S. export commodities like wheat cotton and tobacco, easing pressure on dollar prices. The agriculture department notes this effect helps shield U.S. exports from price shocks abroad.
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French Canadians To Duel In Spite Of Law
Montreal reports a French playwright and actor plan to duel with sabres to defend honor against warnings that dueling is illegal. Eloi De Grandmont and Jean Louis Roux reportedly prepared to settle a dispute with swords despite the statute.
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Elizabeth's Mate Off For Navy Duty
Chaos of garbled text from a Dallas dispatch notes Princess Elizabeth's mate leaving for navy duty and hints at political instability. Mentions San Antonio, department stores, and Bank of Dallas with unclear context and broken phrases.
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Yanks Admit Lie About Commie Riot
DULUTE Minn Oct 15 Kenneth R K McKay 18 admitted lying about witnessing a Communist riot in Japan July 9 in which his WAC wife and three soldiers were killed Army officials in Tokyo denied any demonstrations McKay said fellow patients aboard a hospital ship told him the story He plans to go to San Francisco to pursue certury Hallequist McKay 20 alive his discharge under nervous condition his wife's father Charles Heldequist lives in San Antonio Texas
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Texas Runaway Girl 12 Held For Her Father
Twelve-year-old Mary Donna Nelson, who nearly hitchhiked from Texas toward Santa Cruz, waited in juvenile hall in Los Angeles area while police arranged contact with her father. She ran away after a quarrel with her father, climbed out her window, and said she hoped to stay with married couples with Arizona in mind.
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Accused Love Swindler's Wife Returns To Him
New York reports Pauline Langston Engel, the only woman Sigmund Engel married among the cons, returned to his side. She once claimed he swindled her of 50000 dollars but dropped the charge when he professed love. He was freed on a 50000 bond in Chicago and moved to a hotel suite amid plans to continue their relationship.
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Arkansas
Oklahoma Governor Named National Democrats Dinner Chairman
Oklahoma Governor Roy J Turner was appointed chairman of the Governors committee for the December 2 fundraiser in New York City. Turner plans to urge other Democratic governors to attend or send representatives, recalling his role as national president of the Truman Barkley clubs in 1948.
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Cotton farmers face 500 million income cut
Washington October 15. Farmers face an estimated 501 million dollar loss in cash receipts in the coming marketing year as the government proposes a marketing program to reduce plantings by 20 percent. Growers will vote on the proposal December 3 with a two thirds majority required to implement the program.
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Grandmother Tops Wine Taste in Local Contest
A 50-year-old grandmother wowed judges in St. Louis with expert palate testing among 400 wine connoisseurs. Members of the St. Louis Wine Industries Association awarded her the top prize for correct identifications. Classified ads invite further inquiries at phone 2-466.
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Shirley Temple seeks divorce custody over baby
Hollywood. Shirley Temple filed suit to end her marriage to Jack Agar citing extreme cruelty and seeking full custody of their 20 month old daughter Linda Susan. She plans to restore her maiden name and said the separation would hurt the child as Susie adores her father.
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Lucky Stones Offered For A Dollar In Odd Tidewater Scam
In Richmond on October 15 a large African American man known as Master X faced federal court after经营 flying two surplus AT-6 planes to lift rocks into the sky, transforming them into claimed lucky stones sold for one dollar. Police say the suspect, Jose L Boland, hawks the rocks by claiming cosmic ray exposure makes them talismans while using a fleet of airplanes despite expired airworthiness certificates.
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Injured Bail Player Seeks Damages From Carbonic Corp
Columbus plaintiff Donald EB Gilmore 21 seeks 373000 for injuries he says ended his professional baseball career from a July 24 1948 bus truck collision near St Paul Minnesota The suit filed in Franklin County Ohio Common Pleas names Liquid Carbonic Corporation Delaware firm with offices in Columbus Gilmore was a pitcher on option to the Duluth Minnesota Baseball Association He previously signed with the St Louis Cardinals in November 1945 and at the time of the accident was under contract to a Columbus Georgia team Several teammates were reportedly killed in the crash
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Classified Ad Information and Notice Draft
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Notice of Dissolution of Partnership
The partnership lately subsisting between EL MOR ROW and DAVID M. MAXWELL of Bay town Harris County Texas under the firm MORROW & Co was dissolved by mutual consent on September 6 1849. For liquidation all debts owed to the partnership are to be received by DAVID M. MAXWELL and all demands presented to him for payment. EL MORROW David M. Maxwell September 25 1949. Ost 1-8-5
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