Bank Robber Converts Onstage Warns Youth To Avoid Fate
Al Johnson a 23 year old Topeka bank robber told a Seward Avenue Baptist church audience and radio listeners he hopes to enter the ministry after confessing his role in the Hoyt bank robbery. He said he found God and turned himself in, paid back 315 of his 895 share, and faces possible 10 to 80 years if convicted. Johnson, a Santa Fe shop sheet metal worker, spoke at church and on WREN, and said he would try to convert inmates if jailed.
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Harriman vows strong bid for presidential nomination
Washington May 4 AP W Averell Harriman New York Democrats favorite son said he will wage a strong fight for the nomination The Mutual Security administrator denied his candidacy is a holding operation and called him a serious candidate He told CBS television he expects to fight for the nom and that he will decide whom to back for New Yorks 96 delegate votes if his hopes fade on the way to the convention
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Geographical Battle Emerges in Taft Eisenhower Drives
In Ohio on May 4 AP notes Taft seeks the 56 delegate majority to anchor support across Central and Mountain tiers while Eisenhower needs Texas and Michigan momentum. The map favors Taft in central and mountain states and Eisenhower on coasts, with Indiana and Texas pivotal for June and July conventions.
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Wedemeyer to lead Taft Citizens committee for campaign
Retired Lt. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer will head a national Citizens for Taft group to aid Ohio Senator Taft in the Republican presidential bid. Taft's camp says Wedemeyer will open an office in New York this week and the two will hold a joint news conference tomorrow. Wedemeyer, once U.S. commander in China, praised Taft and noted past missteps in Far East policy.
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Bed Fire Destroys Fairfield Home. Cigarette Suspected
Fire inferno at 5 Rowland Road Fairfield damaged a bedroom in Edward J. Coyne’s home after Mrs Coyne smelled smoke and found the blaze shortly after 2 am. Firemen led by Chief Thomas J. Carroll confined the fire to the bedroom. damage estimated over 800 dollars. Coyne reportedly had left for a walk prior to discovery.
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Faye Emerson Denies Rift With Skitch Henderson
Television star Faye Emerson told reporters in Rome that she and husband Skitch Henderson are a happy couple and denying rumors of trouble. Henderson, an orchestra leader, flew to join Emerson for a vacation tour of Italy amid plans for a joint TV show in the future.
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Deadline U S A dominates theaters with Bogart crusading editor
Humphrey Bogart stars as a fighting editor in Deadline U S A at Loews Poll, exposing citywide corruption and urging a free press as antidote to crime. Ethel Barrymore and Kim Hunter co star. The Big Night features John Barrymore Jr. at Howard Hughes venue.
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Brad Dexter
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Earl Fiton
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Yale Library Receives Ornithological Works Gift
The Yale Library in New Haven received a 1000 volume collection of ornithological studies from William Robertson Coe of New York City. Librarian James T. Babb noted this marks Coe’s third major gift to Yale in recent years, including a western Americana collection and a $500,000 grant to support Yale’s American studies program.
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Majestic and Globe Theater Schedules Fragment
Fragmentary list of showtimes for Theaters Majestic and Globe with incomplete titles and erratic times. Readable items include First Time and Singing in the Rain with partial clock references and stray phrases.
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