Navy Admits Hold Up On Carrier Midway
The U S Navy acknowledged armed hooded sailors conducted a dice game heist on the carrier Midway in GOLFE DE JUAN France. 18 crewmen were held at gunpoint while the $3 000 pot vanished and the bandits fled.
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U.S. Navy
Mien Midway
Eea Ee
Doyle
le Penne Dividen
Mediterranean
Ing
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Liberty
Midway
Robert Fuller
High Seas
Court Sets Parking Meter Case Before State Supreme Court
The North Carolina Supreme Court docketed two cases challenging parking meter legality filed by William G. Scoggins. Atty. Gen. McMullan represents the state as meters in small towns yielded 1,480,630 dollars in the last fiscal year, with questions on whether absent owners can be ticketed.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
William G. Scoggins
Atty
Steines
Sabu to Face New Trial Over Child Fatherhood Claim
Hollywood case: elephant boy Sabu Das tagir must stand trial again after the California District Court of Appeals granted actress Brena Marian Juleir a new trial. The appeal faults a 1950 judgment and alleged defense questions undermining the jurors.
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Hollywood
Sabu Dastagir
Brena Marian Juleir
District Court of Appeals
Philip H. Richards
Sabu
Cab Calloway Faces Trial In Loudoun County
Cab Calloway faces trial in Leesburg Virginia on speeding and bribery charges. State Trooper Roy S. Smith arrested the 45 year old bandleader on Route 7 east of Leesburg after he allegedly drove 65 mph and offered $10 to influence the arrest decision. Calloway gave Lydo Beach New York as his address and said he hoped to reach Charles Town West Virginia for the second race.
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Leesburg
Cab Calloway
Loudoun County Trial
Swallows Return On Schedule At Capistrano
Swallows arrive at Capistrano on St. Joseph's Day, arriving a few hours late due to Leap Year. The article notes the return as punctual despite the extra day. The Orinoco plains of Venezuela are described with wiry grass and scattered scrubby trees.
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San Juan Capistrano
Calif
Capistrano
St. Joseph's Day
Orinoco Plains
Venezuela
West Choked Under Worst Winterlong Snow In 60 Years
Severe storms strand residents from Colorado to Nevada as heavy snow disrupts highways stalls Denver bus service and threatens floods. Rescue crews reach marooned communities while repairs and air drops deliver food and fuel to isolated households and ranches.
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West
Colorado
Wyoming
Denver
Sierra Mountains
Nevada
Charles Russell
Truman
California
Sierra
Sawyer Pleads Guilty To Second Degree Murder
Walter Sawyer pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the slaying of U. S. Page in Bladen County North Carolina. He received a 20 to 25 year sentence announced by Superior Court Judge Walter J. Bone after a conference between lawyers and Solicitor Malcolm B. Seawell. Page known as the Bladen Bombshell was shot 11 times in his store on December 29, leaving the death weapon unfound.
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Elizabethtown
N. C
Walter ‘Sawyer
U. S. Page
Sawyer
Page
Bladen County
Malcolm B. Seawell
Superior Court
Walter J. Bone
Seawell
Eee
Bladen
General Assembly
Page's Lake
James R. Nance
Trial continues in Mills assault case in Kinston hotel
William F Mills, 22, an air cadet at Kinston Air Base, faces trial for an alleged incident with Madge McDuffy in a hotel room after a dance. McDuffy testified of injuries but a doctor found no evidence of forcible penetration.
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Mills
Cecil Wooten
MacDuffy
Famous Cars Up For Trade
CHICAGO UP An armored Mercedes Benz once owned by Adolph Hitler was offered for trade for a 1939 Packard once used by Franklin D Roosevelt. Chicago importer Chris Janus, who previously traded ball bearings for Hitler’s car, said the exchange would take place in New York. The Packard reportedly belongs to the owner of a Long Island museum.
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Chicago
Adolph Hitler
Roosevelt
Chris Janus
Hitler
New York
Long Island
N.Y
Janus
Jury Expected To Get Lee Case Today
In Hillsboro North Carolina a Superior Court jury began deliberations on Hobart Lee charged with murder in the death of 71 year old Rachel Crook a Chapel Hill spinster and former UNC student. Witnesses tied a green pickup truck and tire marks to the scene and Lee denied memory of the events.
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Hillsboro
N. C
Hobart Lee
Chapel Hill
Rachel Crook
University of North Carolina
Lee
Orange County
Miss Crook
Sam Latta
Latta
Robert M. Gantt
Never Get Used To It Never Get Used To It
Mrs Blanche Sullivan 53 bids farewell to son Kenneth 20 as he enters Marine training in Indianapolis. Kenneth is her eighth child to join military service while two other sons serve in the Air Force Army and Navy. two veterans are disabled and Mildred Sullivan also served.
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Indianapolis
Blanche Sullivan
Kenneth
Military
San 0
Air Force
Army
Navy
Mildred
Aves
Relief Supplies Trail to Leevinging After Bakersfield Quake
At Piute Lookout east of Bakersfield a convoy carrying fuel food and medical aid heads toward the hard hit community of Leevinging. The supply load was due to arrive today as crews assess damage and assist residents.
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Piute Lookout
Bakersfield
Calif
Leevinging
Bogart Keeps View on Oscars After Upset Win
Bogart says Oscars do not prove he was the year’s best, despite winning for The African Queen. Vivien Leigh earns a second Oscar for A Streetcar Named Desire as Brando loses to Bogart in a surprise best actor outcome.
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Aline Mosby
Hollywood
Bogart
Vivien Leigh
Desire
Kim Hunter
Karl Malden
Marlon Brando
Tough Guy
Bogie
Paris
Honorary
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy
Gene Kelly
Arthur Feed
Irving Thalberg
Miss Leigh
Cleopatra
Pantages Theater
Hollywood Boulevard
Greer Garson
Belgian Congo
Pantages
Brando
Lauren
Cat loved by Pedersons dies at twenty five
villagers recall a cat owned by Mr. and Mrs. P. N. Pederson that lived to age 25. Be greydon Bolly and others gaped as news spread in Meota Saskatchewan.
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Meota
Gredon Bolly & Gape
P. N. Pederson
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