Unusual car theft ends with sleeping boy found safe
Army Captain Bennett left his sedan by the VFW Hall in Glen Burnie Ma with his seven year old son George asleep in the back seat. Nine hours later the car was found nine miles away with George still asleep. Police traced prowlers and recovered the vehicle after it ran out of gas.
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Army
William B. Bennett
VFW Hall
Glen Burnie
George
George Bennett
Aziz
Elwood Peterson
Bobby" Lynn
American Soil Great Thing Amid anxious arrivals
A fragmented note recalls a passenger named Harry Aril of Yokohama who sought American soil aboard the liner President Wilson during a voyage in Japan, reflecting the era’s immigration hopes and transoceanic travel.
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Harry ¥. Aril
Yokohama
Atvay
Linsr
Wilson
Japan
Meet the man who makes people happy
Aetna Finance Co. promotes quick cash loans with a friendly office at 142 American Ave. The ad promises loans up to 1500 dollars, monthly payments, and extended hours, inviting nearby towns to inquire by phone or visit. Also included are brief, unrelated notes about a jailbreak, an FBI prank, and a pig caused accident in Ohio.
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Aetna Finance Co
American Ave
Aetna
Union Scrap Holds Up GM Moving Gear to Kaiser Willow Run
Detroit dispatch reports a jurisdictional clash halted equipment transfer from GM Livonia transmission plant to Kaiser Motors Willow Run. About 2000 CIO United Auto Workers picketed at Willow Run, delaying trucks from Livonia as unions dispute who should move the gear. Washtenaw deputies stood by. no trouble reported.
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Detroit
General Motors
Livonia
Kaiser Motors
Willow Run
CIO United Automotive
Wiltow Run
AFL Teamsters Union
UAW
Kaiser
Washtenaw County
Senators Seek Help to Uncover Communists in Government
A Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Internal Security urged federal employees to assist in exposing Communist infiltration in government agencies dating back twenty years. Led by Senator Jenner, the panel cited ex Reds like Whittaker Chambers and Elizabeth Bentley and urged immunity for reluctant witnesses to compel testimony, warning that many cases remain undisclosed.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Judiciary
Sen
Jenner
R.-Ind
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Federal Buureau of
Congressional
Whittaker Chambers
Elizabeth Bentley
Louis Budenz
Nathaniel Weyl
Subcommittee
Legion Commander Returns From Europe
American Legion national commander Lewis K. Gough arrives in New York from a European inspection tour. He recently visited the Far East to assess conditions at the fighting front in Korea and plans to report to President Eisenhower on his latest mission.
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Legion
Europe
New York
Lewis K. Gough
American Legion
Gough
Far East
Korea
Eisenhower
Fugitive Admits Killing Priest in Kansas City
William Jack Townsend, 23, a fugitive from Indiana, admitted to shooting Rev. Robert A. Hodges in Kansas City after Hodges allegedly made advances while Townsend was hitchhiking. Townsend said Hodges in non clerical clothes attacked him and they stopped in a secluded area.
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Frank Bennett
Kansas City
William Jack
Townsend
Robert A. Hodges
Bennett
Father Hodges
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