Mailman’s basement stash reveals 10,000 letters thefts
Detroit residents collected four to ten year old mail as postal inspectors uncovered a vast hoard in the basement of 50 year old veteran mailman Roman Kortes. He pleaded guilty to two counts of embezzlement and faced up to 18 years in prison and a 4000 dollar fine.
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Detroit
East Side
Roman Kortes
Kortes
Theodore Levin
Earl Wheeler
Wheeler
Gratiot
Broman Kortes
Associated Press
Private Plane Rams Mountain Four Dead
Four people died when a twin engine military type plane owned by an oil company plunged into a foggy mountainside east of Berryville Virginia during a non stop flight from Lafayette Louisiana to St Louis. The Douglas B 26 registered N67159 carried a pilot co pilot and two company officials C M Finn and Bascom Lang were identified as passengers. The crash disrupted search efforts amid thunderstorms and reduced visibility.
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Berryville
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Washington
St. Louis
CAA
Superior Oil Co
Lafayette
Houston
Texas
Oil Company
C. MM. Finn
Los Angeles
Bascom Lang
Midland
Finn
Lang
Cincinnati
Elkins
W. Va
British to Explode First A‑Weapon in Indian Ocean
Britain warns ships and aircraft to avoid a 30 000 square mile area off northwest Australia as atomic weapon tests are prepared. The admiralty cites dangers from the test and gives no date. Prime Minister Churchill had announced Britain’s atomic capability and plans for large scale production. Testing is to occur on Monte Bello Islands off Australia’s coast.
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London
Britain
Australia
Admiralty
Indian Ocean
Winston Churchill
Monte Bello Islands
Storybook romance climaxes with memory loss survivor
Carolyn Bigham a 20 year old from Charlotte who lost memory after meningitis and relearned schooling, plans to marry Gwyn Daniel a 22 year old Ardmore Oklahoma service station operator after a mail courtship that began in 1950. The couple’s tale drew national attention with letters and a magazine feature.
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Charlotte
N. C
Carolyn Bigham
Gwyn Daniel
Ardmore
Okla
Carolyn
Mabele Smith
Gwyn
Base Bombed Yanks Shoot Down 3 Jets
United Nations jet planes downed three Communist MIG-15s at Sinchon as B 26s hit Red troop concentrations and supply sites. Capt. Cifforé D. Janey of Salt Lake City became the 18th jet ace with his fifth kill in an afternoon duel. Sinchon near Pyongyang was one of 75 targets, with radio warnings to civilians. B 26s struck twice, dropping over 50 bombs, while the day set new aerial records for U S airmen at 44 MiG destructions in August.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Sinchon
Cifforé D. Janey
Salt Lake City
Utah
Pyongyang
U. N
Radio
Jolley
Alu River
Philip M. VanSickle
California's Top Reds Get 5-Year Terms
California's 14 leading Communists including a self styled founding member of the party in Russia receive maximum five year prison terms and $10,000 fines under the Smith Act of 1940 after a six month trial. Federal Judge William C Mathes upheld a guilty verdict and the defendants pledge appeals. Roster includes Russian born Frank Spector who boasted of founding the party and dated entry to 1919.
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Los Angeles
California
Russia
United States
William C. Mathes
Weriet
U. S. Circuit Court
Communist Party
Spector
Nagasaki Marks Seventh Anniversary Of A Bomb
Nagasaki observes the seventh anniversary with church bells and air raid sirens at 11 am local time. The blast killed about 73,900 and injured 76,800, while the city has since recovered to exceed its prewar population as lanterns float on the Yana River for victims' consolation.
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Nagasaki
Japan
Long Beach
Hiroshima
Yana
Postpone Strike on N Y Central
Cleveland Aug 8 Chiefs of three big railroad unions canceled a strike set for Monday on New York Central lines east of Buffalo after accepting a mediation board plea to delay beyond the 1 pm deadline. The chiefs asked reps in New York to slow the strike and defer action in deference to government mediation.
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Cleveland
New York Central
New York
Gore beats McKellar in Tennessee primary runoff
In Nashville August 8 1948 UP Albert Gore pulls ahead of incumbent Senator Kenneth McKellar as results from about 2101 precincts show Gore leading 234867 to 175272 with Shelby County voting tighter than Memphis Crump era. Another ousting ends Gov Gordon Browning term as Frank Clement wins the governorship race.
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Nashville
Tetin
Albert Gore
Kenneth D. McKellar
Gore
McKellar
Shelby County
Memphis
Poltice E. H. Crump
Crump
Frank G. Clement
Gordon Browning
Browning
TVA
Oregon Killer Put to Death in State Gas Chamber
Wayne LeRoy Long, 28, died in the state gas chamber today in Salem Ore for killing a Portland carpenter to seize his truck for a 1950 bank robbery getaway. The execution marks a grim end to a case tied to the 1950 crime and the pursuit of a stolen vehicle used in the robbery.
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Oregon
Salem
Ore
Wayne LeRoy Long
Portland
Botanist Lost Causes Four-Acre Forest Fire Near Bend
Dr Lincoln Constance a University of California botany professor became lost while collecting flora north of Little Lake in central Oregon. He lighted a signal fire to aid his search which spread over four acres before planes spotted it and prompted attention. He will appear in Justice Court to explain why he started a forest fire without a permit.
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Bend
Ore
UPI
University of California
Lincoln Constance
Central
Oregon
Luttle Lake
Constance
Justice Court
Brent
Girl tumbles 170 feet down Palos Verdes cliff
Palos Verdes police say no foul play suspected after 18 year old Darlene Shelby Bogardus fell from a Palos Verdes cliff. Found battered but conscious by two spear fishermen, she was rescued, treated for head injuries, and listed in fair condition. The boyfriend, Don Olson of Whittier, had earlier picked her up. authorities believe a quarrel preceded the fall.
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Palos Verdes
Los Angeles
Darlene Shelby Bogardus
Authoriies
Harbor General Hospital
Torrance
Bill Bowman
Ahn
Hay
Fern Bogardus
Couple Injured by Falling Cow in Denver Crash
Denver residents Milo R. Ewing and his wife Geraldine, both in their twenties, were hurt when a 1300 pound cow fell from an overpass onto their moving car. The accident crushed the top of the vehicle. the cow subsequently died after tumbling off and staggering about 50 feet away.
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Denver
Milo R. Ewing
Geraldine
Ewing
Weather Outlook: Fog and Low Clouds Overnight
Late night into early morning expect low clouds and fog. Then sunny periods develop by afternoon with clearing skies and warmer temperatures.
Red Captive Yankee Hyasta Reported Escaped From Prison
Washington reports 25 year old John Hyasta of Hillside New Jersey a U S captive jailed as a spy in Czechoslovakia has fled from Leopoldov Prison near Bratislava January 2 authorities say Prague recently told the State Department they no longer know his whereabouts Hyasta was serving a ten year term for espionage and U S officials have pressed for his release along with Associated Press correspondent Wilkes N Oatis who was imprisoned on similar charges
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Washington
Czechoslovakia
State Department
John Hyasta
Hillside
N. J
Department
Hyasta
United States
Associated Press
Wiles N.oatis
Hrasta
U. S
London
Free Czechoslovak Information Service
Hvasta
Leopoldov
Bratislava
Czechoslovak Supreme Court
Greeks mass force to defend Gamma Island
Athens reports Greek army massed infantry artillery tanks and planes along the Evros River to deter Bulgarian forces from seizing Gamma Island. Greek officials warned Bulgarians any renewed attempt to occupy Gamma would be met with fire while the UN Peace Commission deliberates ownership. Greek inhabitants near Dikaia evacuated inland as a precaution.
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Athens
Greece
UR Tne
Evros
Gamma
Bulgaria
Dikaia
Beach Combing And Page References In The Paper
The notice lists where to find sections of the newspaper by page. It mentions Beach Combing on B-1, Boyle on A-9, Bridge on B-2, Classified on A-7, Comics and Crossword on B-5, Editorial on A-8, Financial on B-4 and B-5, Lookout on A-5, Obituaries on B-5, Radio and Television on A-6, Shipping on B-5, Sports on A-10 and U1, Theaters on A-4, Tides Temperatures on B-5, and Women’s Activities on 8-2 and 3.
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Boyle
Aste Haat
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Shikoku Island
Tokyo
Philippine Islands
Manila Bay
Trean
Reds
N. Y. Central
Hurt
Parlene Shelby Bogardus
Palos Verdes Hills
Tennessee
James W. Cothran
VFW
U.N
Veterans of Foreign Wars
United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization
Bishopville
5.C
Richmond
Ind
Shieg
Yankee
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