Witness Identifies Milam and Bryant in Till Abduction
Mose Wright testified that he identified J. W. Milam and Bryant as the two men who abducted Emmett Till from his shack early August 28. He described the porch confrontation and the car ride, saying he watched the vehicle depart with the boy and never believed he would see him alive again.
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Sumner
Miss
Mose Wright
Oy Bryant
Milam
Wright
Emmett Till
Bryant
Chicago
Gerald Chatham
Chatham
Tit
Tallahatchie
Chetham
Weight
Mr. Bryant
Mose
Mr. Milans
Milaro
Catcaga
Anal Wheeler Parker
Thare
Til
Parker
Cattonfield Shack
Ane
No Word Yet on New Streamliner Train Schedules
Reports indicate a major reroute of Union Parade through trains via the Milwaukee railroad. Milwaukee officials and patrons study service impacts while Marion undertakes depot remodeling plans and platform assessments.
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Streamliner
Gellar Kaplain Kero
Union
Milwaukee Railroad
Milwaukee
Tostal
Milwaukere
North Western
Marian
Woman waits 41 years to seek divorce in Los Angeles
Emma R. Niccum, 82, sought a divorce from a man who deserted her 41 years ago. Judge Samuel R. Blake questioned the long delay and she replied she waited to accumulate enough money to file for divorce.
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Los Angeles
Emma, R. Niccum
Samuel R. Blake
Toll toll from Mexican storm flood reaches 166
AP reports unofficial toll from the Wurritene Hilda and Mlosding Fanuco floods in central and northeast Mexico climbs to 166 with about 100 missing and at least 1,000 injured. Tampico, Villa Cuauhte jee, Ciudad Madera and other locations tally deaths as flooding and epidemics spread. Authorities warn the final count may rise amid widespread destruction and isolation.
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Jack Ruttedre
Mexico City
Mexico
Hilda
Fanuco
Gulf
Tampico
Hoegh Defends Iowa Highway Widening Plan Amid Criticism
Des Moines reports Gov. Lap Hoegh defends Iowa’s highway widening program as officials of the Iowa Highway Commission and Associated General Contractors push for rapid expansion. The plan aims to widen 800 miles of rural interstates this year, with hundreds more bridges targeted, while critics cite drainage, shoulder work, and safety concerns. Rain in southwest Iowa disrupts progress, and officials acknowledge grading and pavement challenges on several widening sites.
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Des Moines
Lap Hoegh
Istate
Ian Jowe
Hoegh
Mough
Irving Jensen
Sioux City
Jetsen
Christ Acm
Commission
Ratne
Lundy
City Hall To Close Thursday Noon for Rites
Cedar Rapids officials announce city hall will close at noon Thursday for the funeral of Mayor Milo Sedlacek. Acting Mayor Stewart Shank will oversee duties from the finance office until election day. The First Presbyterian Church service is set for 3:30 p.m. Thursday with Masonic rites at Mizpah Lodge. Burial at Cedar Memorial Cemetery.
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Cedar Rapids
Stewart Shank
Milo Sedlacek
Presbytes
I “Irian
Theodore Lilley Andi
Mizpah Lodge
A. F
Miles P. Sutera
Board of Supervisors
Eight Perish In N Y Fire Near Coney Island
Winds drove flames through four frame rooming houses near Coney Island Amusement area early Wednesday. Eight people died and fifteen others injured as firemen fought the blaze two hours after a bathhouse fire on the boardwalk. The residential area houses many Tallahassee- extraction residents. Evacuations occurred as firefighting became difficult after Hurricane Lone's offshore passage.
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New York
Coney ‘Lind Amusement Peo
Wesnesday
Coney Island
Lone
Minsk
Bohlen Blasts Adenauer Over Secret Charge Report
Abendpost reports U.S. ambassador Bohlen accused West German Chancellor Adenauer of betraying an American secret during Moscow talks. Adenauer denied the charge calling it a temperamental misreading amid exchanges with Bulganin and Blankenhorn.
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Bonnap
Abendpost
U. S
Russia
Bohlen
Adenauer
Moscow
Ronni
NATO
Herbert Blankenhart
Mageow
America
Carr J Palan
Hussia
Bulganin
Claimed
Landes
Ameri
West Germany
Akendpost
Cleveland
Gutsink
Itivide
Communist Party
Rosa Khrushcchev
Bellonn
Blankenhorn
Gohden T0
Buganin
Munich
Free Europe Committee
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Hungary
Soviets Contribute to U S Flood Relief Effort
Soviet Charge d Affaires Sergei Striganov presented a 25000 dollar check on behalf of Soviet people for hurricane and flood relief in the Eastern United States. Ellsworth Bunker of the American Red Cross accepted the gift. Striganov said the Soviet executive committees pledged 100000 rubles to the relief fund.
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Hee
INS
Sergei Striganov
Ellsworth Bunker
American Red Cross
J. Strigatiov
Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies
Soviet Union
Ielief Fund
Debt Ties To Tragic Double Suicide In Chicago
Investigators link the deaths of Gramimir Spasi and Ulrusa Kister to mounting installment debts. The 48 and 47 year olds, Czech and German immigrants, killed each other after accumulating dozens of purchases with payments of 40 to 78 dollars monthly. Their income totaled about 616 dollars, with overdue notes and empty savings bonds envelopes found in a strongbox.
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Robert Gordes
Chisago
Hey
Duxiey
U.S
Gramimir Spasi
Qiga
Europe
Saliv
Hpasie
Chile
Chicago
Wey
America Basket
Spasie
America
Spasse
Tao
Ursula
U. S
Peron Exit On Gunboat Headed Off
Argentine rebels demanded the surrender of President Peron as they seized control in Buenos Aires. A provisional government formed led by Lonardi was named to run the state, with a nationwide power shift and heavy harbor guard as rebel ships blockaded exits from the river harbor.
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Peron
G. W. IL McCall
Buenos Atrrs
Jean Peron
Eduard Lonard
Keny
Rario
Tenderi
Pern
Paraguay
Buenos Aires
Warehipa
Lonardt
Isares Rojas
River Plate
Leon Bengoa
Audeling Bereenko
Bergallo
Ddaman
Peron Menday
Dumia
Muenos Aires
Turkeys Attack Farmer Pinning Him Under Tractor
Juwi City route 4 resident Ivy Moses Nissley, age 52, suffered serious injuries Tuesday afternoon when a yard tractor toppled and pinned him amid a flock of attacking turkeys. He was rescued, then taken to Mercy Hospital where his condition was listed as serious.
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Peelst
Gerptye
Towa
Moses Nissley
Juwi
Nissley
Nisaley
Nisssley
Nisley
Mercy Hospital
Cripple Rescues Man from Blaze in Chicago
A 65 year old disabled woman abandoned her cane to enter a blazing two story building and rescue 70 year old Walter Michalski from an first floor apartment. She did not realize she had no cane until after the rescue.
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Chicago
INS
Rose Wachnski
Walter Michalski
Lyt J
Therepr
Michalski
Ashe
Sai
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