Two Chinese Men Buy Man A Car After Collision
Casey Illinois police report two Chinese men who had never met bought a 1941 model used car for Fred Collins after his auto was damaged in a collision on a rural road west of Casey. No charges were filed as officers found the incident amicable. Collins said the new car would be better than his old one. The drivers reportedly approached the scene at about 35 miles per hour and assisted Collins.
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Casey
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Fred Collins
Elitie
Aces Ae Geer
West Lafayette
Ind
Collins
Fortified Sears worker admits stealing from warehouse
Kenneth Dobler, a forklift operator at Sears, Roebuck & Co. in St. Louis, admitted lifting about 6000 dollars worth of goods since 1949. Detective Sgt. Emmett Hahn identified items including furnace, water heater, septic tank, electric range, copper tubing, pipe, bricks, cabinets, and asphalt shingles. Dobler recently completed a new house and took home a power mower, for which he was charged with theft of 59 dollars.
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Kenneth Dobler
Emmett Hahn
Dobler
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Sgt. Hahn
Sgt
Hahn
Stalin's Police Used Clubs In Purge Confessions
Washington report summarizes Khrushchev's claim that Stalin ordered brutal beatings in the 1930s purges to extract false confessions from Old Bolsheviks. The piece contrasts Western fantasies of coerced, hypnotic confession with Khrushchev’s account of torture and forced accusations spreading through the party.
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Khrushchev
Central Committee
Polce
Stalin
Moscow
Stassen Optimistic On Peace Chances
Harold Stassen told Rotary speakers in Philadelphia that an Eisenhower doctrine for peace may ease East West tension in the hydrogen bomb era. He cited talks with Gen. Nathan Twining and predicted gradual openness could mirror progress not seen a year ago at Geneva. Officials also announced the Agriculture Department aims to announce tobacco grower loan rates this week or next.
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Philadelphia
Harold x. Stassen
Stassen
Eisenhower
Rotary International
Russia
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Slat
Geneva
Stossen
State Dulles
Stassen Ids
Partridge outlines missile race and defense fears in testimony
General Partridge, chief of Continental Defense Command, warns in secret testimony before a subcommittee that both the United States and the Soviet Union are racing to develop missiles and defense systems. He notes uncertainties about weapon readiness, cites the need to balance effort between countermeasures and offensive capability, and discusses potential timelines and risks of a hydrogen bomb threat.
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Washington
Continental Defense Ommand
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