17 year old girl leads $19000 robbery ring in three weeks
Police captured Margaret Mary McDonald a 17 year old strawberry blonde who allegedly masterminded a string of hold ups netting 19000 dollars in three weeks She directed gunfights at hotels bars and a supermarket while four men carried out the crimes and she held the pistol herself leaving night clerk and guest at Narragansett hotel robbed for 114 dollars and 2500 in jewelry
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New York
Margaret Mary McDonald
Narragansett
Margie
MacArthur Looms On Washington Ballot For GOP
Washington Republicans fear the Gen. Douglas MacArthur ticket from the Christian Nationalist party could siphon Eisenhower votes and tilt Washington’s nine electoral votes. MacArthur and vice president candidate Jack Tenney are Los Angeles operatives placed on the ballot under a 25-signature minority party rule. state officials offer unclear legal options.
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Seattle
Washington
Dwight Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
Gen. MacArthur
Christian Nationalist Party
Los Angeles
Jack Tenney
Earl Coe
MacArthur
Coe
Smith Troy
Mort Frayn
G.O.P
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Truman
Henry Wallace
MacArthur- Tenney
Sparkman Maps Democrats Against Corruption in Toledo
John Sparkman told a Toledo audience that Republicans have talked about corruption but Democrats have acted. He praised Democratic investigations and criticized GOP hypocrisy, arguing the party’s vitality and honesty are shown in past probes. He warned voters newspapers exposing cases reflect Democratic effort.
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Sparkman
John Sparkman
Toledo
Ohio
Boys Plastering Cat Are Caught in South Bend
SOUTH BEND AP The boys ages 10 13 and 15 who plastered a cat in a partly built house have been caught. The half grown cat is recovering with no plaster in its body. An AP wirephoto of the cat's predicament ran in papers nationwide. The boys parents have agreed to cover the veterinarian bill.
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South Bend
Associated Press
Gordon Weist
Mystery as $450000 Vanishes From Airliner Flight
Pan American Grace Airways investigates a $450 000 loss from an El Inter-Americano DC-6 en route from Miami to Lima. A bag with the cash was found ripped open after a stop in Panama and Guayaquil. The money was destined for Banco Creditorio Del Peru via Chase National Bank.
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Miami
Lime
Peru
Pan Americam-Grace Airways
Panama
Guayaquil
el Inter- Americano
Lima
Chase National Bank of New York
Banco Creditor del Peru
U S Defeat Claims in Korea Warned by Soviet Minister
Soviet War Minister A M Vasilevski told a Communist Congress that the United States suffered a historic defeat in Korea due to lack of faith among front line troops. He accused American imperialists of turning the U S into a police state while trying to fortify their hinterland.
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Moscow
A. M. Vasilevski
Communist Party Congress
U. S
Korea
Vasilevski
Eisenhower narrowly escaped flying exhaust pipe
In Los Angeles a piece of exhaust pipe kicked up by a car in front hit the air near General Eisenhower's head as his motorcade traveled from Long Beach to Los Angeles. He ducked slightly while seated in a back seat of a convertible. Observers said the danger was close and could have struck him.
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Los Angeles
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Long Beach
Reluctant draftee shoots self in West Virginia
Relatives said Mike Sams 22 preferred death to service after receiving his induction notice. A cousin found his body near the family farmhouse Wednesday. Coroner Richard Corbitt ruled death by gunshot self-inflicted.
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Parkersbsurg
W. Va
Mike Sams
Mike
Richard Corbitt
Captains Named For Residential Chest Solicitation
Precinct captains for the city wide house to house solicitation in the annual Community Chest campaign were announced Friday by Mrs. Max W. Burrell residential division chairman. Hundreds of volunteer women will begin the fund drive Monday to support 13 Red Feather agencies health welfare and recreation services. General Campaign Chairman M. E. Feiden urged community responsibility noting benefits to all. Advanced solicitation started this week with Mrs. J. W. Albright chairing. City divided into five areas with a major in charge of each area and precinct captains listed by precinct.
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Max W. Burrell
Red Feather
M. E. Feiden
Red Feather Services
J. W. Albright
Local War-Time Club Rosters and Command Assignments
Readable club rosters list Mrs. Louis Walch and Mrs. A. W. Story at positions 10 and 11, with Mrs. Bart Smith and Mrs. J. FP. Galway at 11, plus several others under McKinley and Taylor area divisions. Captains include Mrs. Ted Welch, Mrs. Thomas Heegan, and Mrs. L. W. Van Nostrant among others.
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Louis Walch
A. W. Story
Bart Smith
J. FP. Galway
David Lehti
Charles J. Lynch, Jr
E Harrison Area Major Causes Captains Named
Minor list of titled leaders includes Mrs Paul Miller as major and several captains led by Mrs Gerald Fot stral Mrs Kenneth Elder Mrs Lawrence Rohrbacher Mrs Carl McDonald and Mrs Leslie Hoskin with numbers 19 26 21 22 23 and 23 respectively.
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Paul Miller
Gerald Fotstral
Kenneth Elder
Lawrence Rohrbacher
Carl McDonald
Leslie Hoskin
W. A. Barber
Diner Scene Knife-Fire Shot by Rejected Suitor
In Garden City New York a rejected suitor fired five shots through a dining room window wounding Jane Spaulding 24 as she ate with family. She suffered a shoulder wound with a trajectory to the neck and was listed in fair condition. Four others at the table were unharmed. Police arrested William Pflugfelder 28 a securities analyst on an assault charge. Det Chief Stuyvesant Pinnell noted the suspect had recently failed to reconcile.
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Garden City
Jane Spaulding
Miss Spaulding
William Pflugfelder
San
Stuyvesant Pinnell
Pflugfelder
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Thomas Heegan
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