Davenport Faces Armed Robbery Kidnap Charges
Norman Davenport the 25 year old Oklahoma fugitive who boasted he would not be captured surrendered after a Texas pursuit. He faces arraignment in Granite Oklahoma on charges of kidnapping robbery with firearms and escaping from prison. He and brother Chester are linked to multiple armed robberies and a Clovis New Mexico store heist.
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Southwest
Norman Davenport
Texas
Davenport
New Mexico
Norman
Arlington
Tex
Granite
Oklahoma
Clovis, N.M
Zeno Crosswhite
Clovis
Crosswhite
Granite Reformatory
Chester
Desperado
Lloyd Francisco
Wichita Falls
Toppie
Tobbie
Lightning Threats Highlighted by Illinois Safety Council
The Illinois Rural Safety Council reports lightning causes about 400 deaths and 1,000 injuries yearly, accounts for five percent of national fires, and leads to roughly $20 million in property losses annually.
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Illinois Rural Safety Council
Lawton Community Hotel Seeks Public Name Proposals
Construction at Fourth and E Avenue advances with completion aimed for December 1954. Lawton Community Hotel, Inc. invites public name suggestions via coupon to Chamber of Commerce Lawton Oklahoma.
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Lawton
Fourth and
E Avenue
Lawton Community Hotel, Inc
Chamber of Commerce
Oklo
Tin Magnate Seeks Stop to Eloping Lovers in Edinburgh
Bolivian tin magnate Patino and wife arrived from Paris to locate their 18 year old daughter Maria Isabella and her 20 year old London hotel heir fiancé James Goldsmith in Edinburgh. Goldsmith warned he would not intervene to stop the marriage though he disapproved of the age gap.
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Scotland
Antenor Patino
Maria Isabella
London
Patino
James Goldsmith
Elopers
Mrs. Patino
Paris
Cannes
France
Frank Goldsmith
James
Maria Isabella Patino
Goldsmith
Jimmy
Rescue Team Reaches Wrecked French Plane Peak
A ground rescue team moved toward the crash site on a snow covered Pyrenees peak. Eleven French military men were aboard the transport that disappeared on a test flight from Algiers to France. little hope of survivors.
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Perpignan
France
Pyrenees
Algiers
Attorneys Check On Babs Divorce In Mexico
Two lawyers claiming to represent Barbara Hutton’s fourth husband said they would review Morelos state court records Monday regarding her 1951 Mexican divorce from Prince Igor Troubetzkoy. A Mexican attorney indicated the aim may be to nullify the divorce. records were locked until after the winter holiday.
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Cuernavaca, Mex
Barbara Hutton
Woolworth
Prince Igor Troubetzoy
LeFerbre
Miss Hutton
Troubetzkoy
New York
Porfirio Rubirosa
Dominican Republic
Tribunal of Justice of the
State of Morelos
Italian in Paris Shoots Self After Girlfriend Leaves
In Paris a 24 year old Italian law student Lionel Natoli from Rome attempted suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral after his French girlfriend named only as Gisele left him. He said he had acknowledged a nine month old baby as his own though not the father and claimed deep distress over the breakup.
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Paris
Notre Dame Cathedral
Lionel Natoli
Rome
Natali
Gisele
Deaths At Paris Cathedral Mention Past Tragedies
Police note Natali's death marks the second recorded suicide at the famed cathedral since its 13th century construction. They recall a Mexican girl taking her life there in May 1934, amid reports of a marriage history and existing children.
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Natali
Paris
Africans Escape Nairobi Prison Break Report
Forty Africans awaiting trial on minor charges escaped Nairobi Prison in an organized breakout. Within minutes 19 were recaptured and one was shot dead by prison guards.
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Nairobi
Kenya
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