Defense Ready to Introduce Its Witnesses in Gollum Overell Case
A California defense team led by William Beirne prepared to present witnesses in the murder case against George Bud Gollum and Beulah Louise Overell. Judge Kenneth Morrison would hear first defense testimony after 2 p.m. as the court read back stricken statements, including Gollum's dynamite and wire remarks, and Beulah Overell's post explosion accounts.
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Ferre Cesercam
Gollum
James Musick
James L. Davis
Musick
Beulah
Musick and Davis
Qverelig
Louise
Walter BE. Overell
Bud
Pote
Overells
Mary E
Flintridge
Train Hits Auto Kill 10 in Colorado Crossing Crash
A Kansas couple their seven children and a relative died when a speeding train crashed into their car at a grade crossing in Arapahoe County Colorado. Coroner Ivan Joss said the train dragged for three quarters of a mile scattering remains. Engineer C E B Roper of Trinidad stopped the train after the impact. Names identified include Herold Rathbun 40 Nellie Rathbun 40 Earl Strange 42 and seven Rathbun children Amarylis Ann William Albert Modine Loyer Bonn Beth Murro and Harold Kent Rathbun.
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Denver
Kansas
Colorado
Arapahoe
Ivan J. Joss
C. EB. Roper
Trinidad
Colo
Joss
Bartlett Bangston
Ay Herold E. Rathbun
Vesper
Kian
Nellie
Earl Strange
Lincoln
Kaw
Rathbun
Amarylis Ann
Willam Albert
Modine
Loyer
Bonn Beth
Murro
Harold Kent Rathbun
Hero loses $30 he saves boys but purse stolen
CHICAGO Aug 25 A former Navy sea bee David Solomon 34 saved two youngsters from drowning after a canoe capsized near Pershing Ray beach. He removed his coat and gear to swim, but someone stole his wallet and $30 from his coat pocket despite the crowd’s applause. He nonchalantly said it was worth the effort to save them.
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Chicago
David Solomon
Pershing Ray Beach
Solomon
Olomon
Miller
Ind
Fantastic Army Says Of Reported Atom Bomb Caverns
In Albuquerque on August 25 AP report rumors swirl about a $10,000,000 super secret project on a mesa near Albuquerque city between the Sandia and Manzano mountains. Army sources call the tale fantastic while officials defer comment. Groves at Sandia leads the special weapons unit with Montague as commander.
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Esquerque
N. M
Alba
Cuerque
Sandia
Manzano
Rio Grande Valley
Kirtland Army
Navy
Io Proximity
Albu
Los Alamos
Trinity
Proving Ground
Alamogordo, Air Base
Roswell Air
Hele
War Department
Armed Forces Special Weapons
Leslie R. Groves
Manhattan
Robert M. Montague
Homry F. Hannis
Albuquerque
The
U. S
Tropical Storm Hits Galveston and Houston Areas
The tropical storm formed off Texas coast, struck Galveston and Texas City, then moved inland toward Houston with 70 mph winds. Casualties and property damage reported. a fishing boat Linda K. missing with three crew. Coast Guard searched as Weather Bureau noted inland progression and diminishing winds.
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Galveston
Texas
Texas City
Houston
Mexico
Joseph M. Tabor
St. Mary’s ‘Hospital
Coast, Guard
Weather Bureau of
Hous ‘Ton
Temple
Weather Bureau
J. P. Naughton
Austin
The
S.weather Bureau
Wit Saves All in Housing Fire
In Oakland a quick actions story unfolds as Edward and Lawrence Dennis ages 19 and 12 warning family members during a second story apartment fire in a housing project. They drop two baby sisters and direct the rest of the family to jump while Edward follows, then Lawrence escapes by kicking a stairway door.
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Oakland
Edward
Lawrence Dennis
Lawrence
Five of 41 Escaped Convicts Rounded Up
Five of 41 Negro convicts who escaped from a state prison farm near here last night and early today were retaken by authorities. More than 55 law officers scoured Brazoria County for the others, hampered by mud from last night’s rain as tracking dogs faced difficult terrain.
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Huusvon
Cne
Brazoria
Annoyed Woman Leaps to Escape Unwelcome Advances
Mirguorlia Hans col, 26, of Randolph Field, died after leaping from an automobile to flee unwanted advances. Deputy sheriff reports she was found on a highway south of San Antonio at 9 p.m. Sunday and died shortly after midnight. The incident occurred near Concord Galll, Texas.
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San Antonio
Texas
Sherris
Concord
Galll
Randolph
Tehte
Mirguorlia
Hans Col
Here
Forest Fire Near Yosemite Spreads
SONORA August 25 A forest fire in Stanislaus National Forest near Yosemite National Park spread since Thursday. Dozers cut roads and about 250 men worked to control the blaze which has burned over 4100 acres in an area fifteen miles east of Tuolumne and about three miles west of Lake Eleanor.
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Sonora
Stanislaus National Forest
Yosemite’ National Park
Pho Hee
Tuolumne
Lake Eleanor
Yosomlic
Midwest Heat Broken but East Broiling
The Weather Bureau reported cooler relief in the Midwest from a week long heat wave while the eastern half of the continent sweltered. Boston reached 90 and New York 88 as rain offered limited respite and farm experts warned rainfall arrived too late to halt crop deterioration. Forecasters predicted widespread showers across central states including Iowa Missouri and Illinois with warm highs returning to the seaboard in the upper 80s to 90s.
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Canada
Midwest
Boston
New York
Corr
Rai
Chicago
Iowa
Nebraska
Missouri
Tlinois
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Massachusetts
Vermont
War Contracts Due Public Airing
Washington August 25 Public airing on Capitol Hill will expose alleged fraud and unexplained overpayments in war contracts. House expenditures subcommittee chairman Bender Ohio notes 93 cases referred to the Justice Department have not been prosecuted, with millions involved.
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Washington
Capitol
Bender
Ohio
House
Justice Department
Honeymoon Fire Burns Out 58 Families In Flats
A fire swept through a block of flat houses yesterday injuring six men and causing the displacement of 58 families. Gasoline used to light brushes spilled on a stove starting the blaze, as Taft prepared for his honeymoon.
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Taft
Pan American Union to act as liaison in Mutual Defense
The Pan American Union board unanimously designated a liaison body to coordinate in the Inter American system regarding the Mutual Defense Treaty. A five nation subcommittee, chaired by Ricardo Alfaro of Panama, continued closed talks to conciliate views on aggression and collective response.
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Quitandinha
Brazil
Pan-American Union
Inter-American
Pan‘American ’ Union
Committee On
Washington
Ricardo’ Alfaro
Banama’s
Forelen
Big
Hurdia
Indonesian Premier Sjahrir Seeks UN Action Over Hostilities
Lake Succiess Aug 25 reports Sutan Sjahrir former Indonesian premier appealing to the United Nations Security Council for action on the Dutch-Indonesian conflict. He spoke briefly as delegates weighed proposals for council oversight, with Indonesian spokesman Baldhe ready to accept impartial observation provided the Security Council is not bypassed.
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Lake Succiess
Sutan
Sjahrir
Representin
United, ‘Nations Security ‘Council
Te Gheck
Baldhe
Three US soldiers freed after 13 days in Soviet hands
Three American soldiers, Thomas F. Pugsley, John D. Hopfe, and Gerald J. Geffen, were released after 13 days detained by Russians near the Soviet American border. A dropped camera along a road apparently triggered the capture, and they were returned at the border by a Korean intermediary. The men, unharmed, awaited Army actions at home.
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Neoul
U.P
North T Keérea
Thomas F. Pugsley
Ee Wash
Pic
John D. Hopfe
Seattle
Wash
Gerald
Geffen
Port ‘Chester
Hopfe
Hopte
Fugsiey
Getfen
Greek Liberals Spurn U S Plea to Join Cabinet
In Athens on August 25 Sophoulis the 86 year old former premier led the Liberal party in refusing to join a new Tsaldaris government after a two hour conference co leader Venizelos announced the decision. The United States had urged Liberal participation with a Truman plan aid package of 300 million dollars for Greece.
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Athens
Liberal Party
Themistokles Sophoulis
Constansia Tsaldaris
Sophocles Venizelos
United States
Greece
Tsaldaris
Demetrios Maximos
U. S
Sophoulis
Constantine Rentis
British Cabinet Called to Assess Financial Status
London reports Prime Minister Attlee and the cabinet returned for a second special meeting to review the dollar position amid suspended sterling convertibility. Sir Wilfred Hand arrived in London to discuss Washington talks, indicating potential U.S. help to steady the crisis.
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London
Attlee
Wilfred Hady
Washington
Great Britain
Adm. King Improves and Is Up at Bethesda
Navy reports Fleet Admiral Ernest W. King has improved and is up in his room at Bethesda Naval Hospital after ten days of hospitalization for hardened arteries and signs of a mild stroke without paralysis.
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Washington
Navy
Ernest W. King
Bethesda Naval Hospital
Entrenchment Charged With Police Forces
A.P. report from Washington notes Sen Downey accusing gangsters of entrenching with state police in California. Attorney General Howser demands evidence, Gov. Warren supports crime commissions to study crime, parole, and juvenile delinquency. Downey warns of gangster warfare linked to Hollywood wealth and oil. The governor plans to appoint five crime commissions when empowered.
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Washington
A.P
California
Sen. Downey
Fred N. Howser Hally
Ben (Bugsy) Siegel
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Howser
Sen
Downey
Warren
Santa Monica
Sen Downey
Fliers Headed for South America Killed in Crash
In fog shrouded Deer Canyon California a pilot Harry D. Treadway 32 Los Angeles and flight mechanic Ivan Angeloff 26 also of Los Angeles were killed when their converted A-26 bomber owned by Farehlla Aerial Surveys crashed minutes after tire off while en route to a mapping expedition in Colombia South America. Their return trip was from a South American assignment and they planned a stop at Pittsburgh.
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Burbank
Colombia
South America
Deer Canyon
Harry D. Treadway
Los Angeles
Ivan Angeloff
Falrehlla
Pilisburgh
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