Killer Caught on Streetcar in Chicago
Chicago August 17 AP. Harry Williams the husky killer who beat a guard to death and escaped from Cook County jail was captured on a streetcar without a struggle last night. Williams a 20 year old Negro was identified after police boarded the car while he read a Bible. He surrendered meekly insisting his name was Billy Lilly and was fingerprinted to establish identity. Williams had removed a steel plate from his cell on death row Tuesday night a month before his scheduled execution for murdering a Negro woman in a purse snatching attempt. Sheriff Babb offered a $1000 reward and four homes were guarded as police hunted him. An investigation of jail laxity is under way.
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Draft, Too Three Services Bid for Youth
Robert Lutz, a 19 year old from Los Angeles, sought multiple service schools after an entrance exam. Congressman Paulson arranged West Point appointment, followed by notices for Naval Academy and Coast Guard Academy, then California Maritime Academy. His draft number eventually came up for West Point.
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Fancy bookkeeping bill from South Korea seeks US debt
Washington officials rejected South Korea’s demand for 100 million dollars saying the claim stems from a wartime accounting that misinterprets an agreement. Seoul’s ambassador handed over a 160 million dollar bill but the US may pay only a fraction for non-South Korean currency used by American troops.
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United States Charters Large Korean Relief Gifts
The United Nations says the Republic of Korea has received 356 million in relief supplies and services since the war began, with 350 million from the United States. An additional 150 million is planned for the current fiscal year. Yang told reporters the U S owes for South Korean currency turned over to American forces and used for labor, supplies, and rent. American officials dispute the debt and Korea’s exchange-rate bookkeeping.
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Ryukyus Trading With Reds Bared
Hong Kong dispatch notes Sing Tao Jih Pao report about Red China trading with Ryukyus. More than ten motor junks blown into Pearl River entrance were seized by Red river patrols and sent to Whampoa Canton. Junk masters admitted being driven off course while seeking buyers from Communist China in Macao.
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Defense to Tap Copper Stockpile for Defense Needs
Washington Aug 17 AP The emergency stockpile of copper is tapped for 25 000 tons to meet defense production needs. Mobilization Chief Charles 3 Wilson said President Truman authorized loans of strategic metal to private industry amid a copper shortage. About 10 000 tons of the 25 000 have already been released, with losses from a Garfield Utah plant strike worsening supply. The Munitions Board directs stockpile copper to the General Services Administration for sale, to be restored by June 30 1952 unless defense needs dictate otherwise.
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Charles 3. Wilson
Truman
Pyerepine Derenae Industries
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Garfield
National Production Authority
Defense Fund Boost Asked on Russ Tipoff
Civil Defense Chief Millard Caldwell told the House Appropriations Committee that new intelligence on Soviet capabilities requires an upward revision of the United States civil defense budget. He said the agency’s $535 million appropriation has been sent to Congress and that crucial new information came from the CIA, though he did not detail it.
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British Threatening to Boycott Iran Oil
Tehran August 17 AP Chief British negotiator Richard R Stokes said the Anglo Iranian Oil Company will buy oil elsewhere if Iran rejects the latest British settlement plan to end the nationalization dispute. The proposal backed by W Averell Harriman offers a 50 50 profits share while recognizing nationalization. Stokes said the offer is the best possible and Iran must accept to avoid supply cuts as Kuwait crude flows rise.
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Mossadegh
Iranian National Oil Company
French Actor Dies at 63 in Paris
Paris, Aug. 1 Louis Douvet, a leading French stage star aged 63, died last night after returning from an American tour. The well known actor had just completed a continental run and was widely mourned in Paris theater circles.
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