Fish Boat SOS Hoax Confessed
The SOS hoax involved the 40 foot Erie Star disaster false distress call from Barnegat to Nassau County. Investigators linked the hoax to William Herivede of Valley Stream New York after the boat lock was broken and the radio set turned on. The event prompted a large coast guard search and potential federal charges.
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FCC
Willan Kalser
Nassau County
Brooklyn
Barnegat
N.S
Blue Star
Coast Guard
Wiliam Herivede Valley
N.Y
St. Joseph
Governor Vetoes 142 Bills Amid 1935 Session Fallout
The governor vetoed 142 bills as part of a late 1935 session summary, with 1,481 bills signed and 142 second votes including pocket vetoes. Notable projects cited include Bolsa Chica Beach in Orange County, Humboldt County bypass land, and historic sites in Los Angeles, Santa Clara, Napa, and San Diego counties.
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Nvm
Allen Smith
Glensdalet
Arthur H. Steed
Oakland
Ernor
Uist
Phu
Legisla
Bolsa Chica
Omnis Beach
Butana Forest
Sar Mateo
Redwood Groves
Humboldt County
Cocoaneh
Sama
Clara County
Benghies
Los Angeles
Bolsa Chica Beach
Orange County
Frank
Contraal Santa
Novi
Lawyers Bid to Free Finns From Springfield Prison
Los Angeles lawyers sought release for George and Charles Fink from Springfield Missouri federal prison. They claim substantial questions of law in their conviction for a citizen arrest. Atty Wirin said he would consult Judge Yankwiei about a new motion to vacate a judgment and bail pending hearing.
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Los Angeles
Los
George
Charles Fink
Springfield
Si Atty
Lanchhlin Waters
Joseph Seall
A. L. Wii
Wirin
Sean R. Yankwiei
France Wins Overwhelming Vote for Tunisia Home Rule
The French National Assembly approved home rule for Tunisia by a 540 to 43 margin. Premier Edgar Faure secured broad support after urgent pleas from Faure and former Premier Pierre Mendes France amid eight months of tense negotiations with Tunisian delegates.
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Paris
France
World Scientists Urge End to War or Face Destruction
Einstein and seven leading scientists issued a public appeal at Caxton Hall London calling for nations to abandon war and pursue peaceful settlement of disputes. The document urged a world conference of scientists to find nonviolent means to resolve conflicts, warning that future weapons would threaten mankind. Signers include Nobel laureates and prominent professors from London, Princeton, Bristol, and Kyoto collecting backing from the United States, Britain, France, and other major powers.
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Jalt
London
Caxton
T Hall
Russell
United States
Soviet Russia
Britain
France
Nada
China
Winsory
Wedlé
Winstein
Rosescl
Princeton
Russia
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Commati
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Shea
Frederic Joliot-Curie
Sige Heture
Lycat
Carnival Ride Flips Five Children In Kentucky Picnic
Independent Kentucky report says a carnival ride named The Whip hurled five children into the air at an American Legion picnic injuring three. Most serious injuries included James Reach seven with a fractured skull Lathan Brinkley twelve with a fractured tibia Alvin Gibson fourteen with a possible shoulder fracture. Two other riders escaped injury. Fire volunteers said a problem in the electric side’s controls caused the incident.
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Independence
American Legion
James Reach
Lathan Brinkley
Alvin Gibson
Beating Polio to Become MD in Spite of Handicap
A polio survivor named Dr Shearer, trained despite paralysis, pursued medicine at Glendale. He entered internship July 1 with limited use of limbs, uses an electric wheelchair and adaptive crutches, aims to specialize in medicine, credits his wife Elizabeth, and continues his studies amid ongoing challenges.
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Calil
Wil
Earle Kynette
Shearer
Los Angeles
Sharon
Joy
Bom
Kynette
Twain
Edward
Robert
Clarence Bitling
Hayward
Frances Wabhlstrom
Oakland
Don L. Vars
Kyinette
Wats
Harry Raymond
San Diego
Traymond
Two Head-on Crashes in Calif Kill 6
Two fatal headon crashes on U S 99 in Tulare County within 24 hours killed six people including five children. In the first crash near Earlimart Hall swerved across the center line into a truck and trailer driven by Harvey Wade. victims include George Sp Vallejo and Joe Tom Barkes. In the second collision south of Kingsburg Ferman Gonzales Ruiz and his son Jesse died, with Dean Helminiak dying later. relatives were hospitalized with injuries.
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Calf
U.S. Hwy
Tulare
Homer
Hall
Vallee
Earlimart
Harvey M. Wade
Santa Cruz
Las George Sp
Ort Vallejo
Joe Tom ‘Barkes
Kingsburg
Ferman Gonzales Ruiz
Jesse
Dean Helminiak
Thomas J.helminiak
St. U1
Manitowoc
Wise
Gertrude
Thamas Jr
Ruiz
Rosa
Russians Return 51 U.S. Naval Vessels to Allies in EL Germany
The second group of lend-lease craft returned to the Soviet Union included 47 PT boats and four submarine chasers. The vessels were part of the aid sent in 1943 and 1944 and were handed back in EL Germany on Friday as the Soviet side completed this portion of the reversal.
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Germany
Wi — TheRussians
Record of U S Airlift C124s Land in Japan in Historic Move
C124s from the 505th Airborne Globemaster wing arrive at ASHIYA AIR BASE Japan carrying paratroopers. The fleet, part of Operation Gyroscope, shuttles about 4 000 troops to Japan and returns around 3 000 within days, meeting brass on arrival. Early reports say the operation is proceeding without a hitch under clear skies.
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Japan
Cpl
Duty Roark
Albuquerque
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Snsports
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Billy Lane
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Roy F. Lindquist
Combeam
Thomas F. Hickey
Army Forces
Pioneer Radio Man Succumbs in San Diego
An arrival pilot reports the Pioneer Radio man Capt. Gregory E Goucks of Oakland died at his San Diego home. The 187th Airborne RCT members will shuttle 3,000 men from 1334 until 1947. A radio and TV editor resigned for health, with the 508th Parachute Infantry readying deployment to Beppu area as others travel by train to Camp Chikamauga.
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Oakland
Cealls
Wake Island
San Diego
Ati
Paul W
White
Pioneer Radio News
Airborne Act
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Japan
Columbia
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Pacific
Ft. Bragg
N.C
Husky
KFMB
Cook
Roark
Chikamauga
Beppu
Nab L A Cafe Manager as Dixie Penal Escapee
Los Angeles police say Frank Michael Beverly 45 escaped Alabama prison eight years ago adopting the name Oscar Fred Swildahl. He was arrested at the Sunset Strip cafe where he works and held on an Alabama warrant for escape from a penal institution. Beverly admitted the alias, detailed his past embezzlement case, and discussed his Southern move, restaurant work in Santa Monica, and life with his wife and young son. His employer Abe Spiegelman stated the cafe job will stay open if the case clears.
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Alabama
Lis
Frank Michael Beverly
Sunset Strip
Beverly
Polce
Oscar Fred Swildahl
Birmingham
Ala
Abe Spiegelman
Bunicve
Michael
Twisdahl
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Spiegelman
Frank
Turncoat Trip Due in Hong Kong Sunday
Three former American soldiers, A. Cowart, Otho G. Bell, and H. Lowis W. Griggs, cleared to be admitted to Hong Kong after transit visa issues, with arrival expected at the Sino British border Sunday afternoon. People once held as POWs during the Korean War protested repatriation delays while British authorities assured Peiping of admission.
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Peiping
Red Cross
Herder St
Reis
Peiping Li
Chinese Red Cross
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Tiong Heng
Lhree
Mm A. Cowart
Dalton
Otho G. Bell
Olympia
Wash
H Lowis
Griggs
Jacksonville
Tex
Smong
Noal
Free With $86,000 Two Ex-Convicts Vanish
LAS VEGAS internal revenue agents sought James Ellsworth and Raymond Wilson who had just retrieved 596,000 believed loot from a major bank robbery. Ellsworth disappeared after release. Wilson was seized in Las Vegas while trying to break large bills into smaller notes. Both face robbery charges and tax questions amid a sprawling case tied to a Chase Manhattan Bank heist. Ellsworth’s attorney claims he left town with the money and will return for hearings. Wilson reportedly saved cash.
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Nev
Ipi
General Bureau of Internal Revenue
Hye
James Ellsworth
Omaha
Ned
Raymond Wilson
Tulsa
Okla
Ellsworth
Wilson
Frank McGlynn Jr
Ant
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Woodside
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Claiborne
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Manda
Arma Hbery
Memphis
Teus
Oklahoma
Tempa
Fila
Russ Attack Victims' Navy Careers Ended
The injuries from the June 23 MIG attack ended the active Navy careers of Thaddeus Maziarz, 34, of Oakland, and Edward Beko, 25, of Chicago, according to officials.
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Oakland
Thaddeus Maziarz
Edward Beko
Chicago
Fragmentary Public Notice From Long Beach California
A damaged OCR fragment reports a public notice dated 1839S referencing Street and Pize Avenue in Lore Beach Sellfomias and a Post Office 2 in Long Beach Galifarmia under an article of Maren J 1819. The readable items indicate a formal action or filing with local officials.
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Sellfomias
Long Beach
Land Fraud Case Hits Texas Veteran Land Bank
Rep. John Z Bell and two associates face indictment in Seguin on charges of conspiring to steal 154 810 from the Texas veterans land program in 1952. The trio allegedly helped execute deals that sold 3 701 4 acres to 24 veterans, as indictments describe. Bell denies guilt, citing legal fees received.
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Cuero
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Bell
J. T. Wolford
McLarty
Hine Cownty
T. J. Menarty
John J. Bell
T. J. Watford
State of Texas
Bastom Giles
Veterans Land Board
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Veterans Land
Thugs Beat and Kidnap Kansas Patrolman
A patrolman named Robert L. Holvom, 32, was assaulted and kidnapped after stopping a vehicle for careless driving. The assailants abandoned the car 55 minutes later and left him locked inside before he escaped. He suffered seven lacerations to the head from a pistol.
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Robert IL J Holvom
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