Murder Trial Testimony Set in Patty Hull Case
Santa Ana July 14 with nine witnesses under subpoena the state resumes prosecution of Henry Ford McCracken 34 year old musician accused of kidnapping and slaying 10 year old Patty Hull of Buena Park last May 19. Key witnesses include Mrs Bessie Barnes and Mrs Elsie Bouquet among others who will place McCracken at the Buena Park theater and in the cabin where he lived as the case builds a chronological pattern for the jury.
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Santa Ana
Henry Ford McCracken
Patty Hull
Buena Park
Robert Gardner
James L. Pavis
Orange County
Terry Hull
Bessie Barnes
Buena Park Theater
McCracken
Elsie Bouquet
Carrie Wiley
Fourth St. Santa Ana
Patty
Live Oak Canyon
R. J. Reynolds
Downey
Hollis Holland
Long Beach
Pearl Fisher
Red Cross in Japan preparing POW gift packages
In Tokyo on Sunday July 15, American Red Cross officials in Japan are assembling hundreds of special packages for Allied prisoners of war in Korea. They hope ceasefire talks will allow deliveries to reach the camps.
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Tokyo
American Red Cross
Japan
Korea
Destructive Kansas River Floods Amid Rescue Scenes
Witness accounts describe the Kansas River flood washing away homes and trapping residents at 5 am with water over rooftops. A motorboat sank at a submerged intersection while a bystander and volunteers aided refugees. Rescue crews used helicopters in Manhattan and warned of stranded livestock and property losses.
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Kansas
Williams
British Warships Sail for Red Sea
Britain sends four destroyers from the Mediterranean into the Red Sea to protect shipping after an Egyptian corvette stopped and looted the Empire Road in the Red Sea. The move follows a British protest and mirrors tensions with Egypt over Suez Canal guard duties and Arab League alignments.
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London
Britain
Mediterranean
Red Sea
Suez Canal
Admiralty
Herbert Morrison
Commons
Empire Road
Jordan
Aqaba
Jordan Arab Legion
Egypt
Suez
Haifa
Israel
Sudan
Farouk
Polio Claims Third L A Victim This Week
A six year old girl Darleen Leslie Driscoll died from poliomyelitis at General Hospital Los Angeles the third victim this week and the ninth polio death in the city this year. She was the daughter of Eldon and Mrs Driscoll of Van Nuys.
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Los Angeles
Darleen Leslie Driscoll
General Hospital
Eldon Driscoll
van Nuys
Flood Refugees at Municipal Auditorium Collect Belongings
Kansas City witnesses flood aftermath as Red Cross volunteers sort four hour shifts of receipts and inventories. Battered cars and trucks arrive with belongings tagged by owner, while Mrs George Hathaway clings to a whimpering dog in a bundle of clothes. Her husband notes their ninth anniversary as they collect their items.
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Kansas City
Red Cross
George Hathaway
Kansas Missouri Flood Most Costly in U.S. History
Army engineers rate the Kansas and Missouri floods as the costliest in U S history with estimates over 500 million dollars. The Ohio Mississippi flood of 1937 held the previous record at 481 million and 137 deaths. Other large floods include the Mississippi basin 1927 at 400 million and 27 deaths, plus the Ohio 1913 147 million 467 dead.
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Washington
Kansas
Missouri
United States
Army
Lewis A. Pick
Ohio
Mississippi
Ohio River Basin
Columbia River Basin
Susquehanna River
Flood Havoc Hits Kansas City As Waters Rise
Kansas City faces vast flood damage across industrial districts and residential zones. Railroads near the river suffer, water pressure drops, and pumping stations fail, leaving most residents with limited supply while hundreds evacuate. Losses run into millions across hides, soap, lumber, oil, chemicals, grain, and stockyards.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Armourdale
Argentine
Central
Livestock Exchange
Southwest Blvd
Leity
Child Swallows Apricot Seed Prompting Hospitalization
Ellen Sherman, age 3, of 1665 Gun Dry Ave, was treated at Seaside Hospital yesterday afternoon after ingesting an apricot seed. No further details released.
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Ellen Sherman
Gundry Ave
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Fairfax
Fairfax Airport
Associated Press
Robert Q. Sutherland
Manhattan
G.g
Harold French
Julian White
French
White
Missouri National Guard
C. Shock
Kan
Polio
L. A
By Margaret Richards
Kansas-Missouri
Roy A, Roberts
The
Kansas City Star
iChild
Newark
Calif
Morton Salt Co
the Bly
Pacific
Triesmatic
Barker Bros
Broadway
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