Eisler escape ship combed by U S agents
The Polish liner Batory returning to New York from Europe was placed under immigration and customs scrutiny by a U S border patrol detachment after Communist agent Gerhart Eisler fled to the United States aboard the vessel. Officials said no seizure was planned and checks would be routine unless evidence emerged. The ship carried 683 passengers and docked at Pier 88 in the Hudson River district.
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Batory
Gerhart Eisler
United States
Europe
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Border Patrol
A. Esperdy
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U.S
Justice Department
Washington
Gerhart Hitler
Eisler
England
Germany
U. S
Pier 88
Hudson River
Gangway
D. T
Immigration and Custom
Gydnia
Poland
Copenhagen
Denmark
Southampton
American Legion Plans 31st National Convention
The American Legion issued the formal call for its 31st national convention in Philadelphia with a tentative schedule for sessions from August 29 to September 1. The plan outlines events across the four days.
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American Legion Plans
Philadelphia
The
American Legion Today
Tidelands Case Takes Mandamus Hearings to Washington
High court action in Washington DC remains under advisement as the mandamus suit against tidelands proceeds. Sheriff Eugene W. Biscailuz is elected president of the Coast Law Enforcement Association.
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High Lights Tidelands Yease
Washington, D. C
Eugene W. Biscailuz
Coast Law Engrgement Association
Page
Convict Risks Life to Save Dying Child in Blood Transfer
A Sing Sing prisoner with no promised reward allowed his blood to flow into a dying leukemia patient girl for four days in five hour intervals. About eighteen quarts were exchanged, aiming to revive the child while keeping the prisoner safe from the disease. Names were not disclosed and the outcome remains undetermined.
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Sing Sing
Charles C, Sweet
Sweet
Six of 14 Escaped Convicts Captured in WV and OH
West Virginia and Ohio State Police reported the capture of six of fourteen convicts who escaped from the state penitentiary. Ables was wounded when he refused to halt. Starcher surrendered after his companion was shot. Four others were caught nearby near Rosbys Rock after a grocery hold up. Captives include Heeney Wurster Ross, all unarmed. Taylor was detained by the store owner before officers arrived.
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Ipsos
W. Va
West Virginia
Ohio
Powhatan Point
Moundsville
Mike Ables
Holly Starcher
Ables
Rosbys Rock
Dennis C. Taylor
Taylor
Jack Heeney
Donald Wurster
Charles P. Ross
Floyd Fritzman
Fritzman
Rifle Point
Orel Skeen
Tolice
A. A. Winter
H. R. Lamnhart
West Berlin Rail Strikers Offer Terms
West Berlin strikers propose a settlement plan for a two week walkout halting rail traffic. They suggest splitting the railroad into east and west sections with different unions. American officials note Western Berlin food and coal supplies are higher than since 1945 despite the strike.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Two Raid Jail Free Prisoner and Arsenal Take
Two men broke into the Benton County jail in Corvallis Oregon and abducted four prisoners and a small arsenal. They released Richard Howard Hall 46 and seized revolvers ammunition sheriff badges leg irons and handcuffs from a courthouse vault. Robert A Twiss tried to raise the alarm but passersby mistook him for drunk.
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Corvallis
Ore
Benton County
Richard Howard Hall
Robert A. Twiss
Couple Burned In Suspected Arson At Seaside Home
A husband Theodore Raymond 46 and wife Myrtle 44 suffered extensive burns when gasoline was hurled into their Seaside bedroom at 4 20 am. A suspect with prior theft and burglary records is being sought for arson and attempted murder. Their son Chester 25 and daughter in law Melba 23 were present. neighbors and firefighters battled the blaze as investigators recovered a small gasoline can near the house for fingerprints.
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Theodore Raymond
Myrtle
W. Lincoln St
Raymond
Jowey
Melba
John
Chester
Flooded flagship towed offshore near Florida coast
The steamship flagship, a Sinclair tanker fleet vessel, reported in distress about 100 miles off the Florida coast. Taken in tow at 10 a.m. by the tug Marion Moran, its engine room flooded from a broken casing. The ship was drawing 40 to 45 feet of water but remained buoyant, with Captain Tibbetts reporting position about 31.08 N 73.16 W, east of Jacksonville.
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Chester
W. W. Perkins
W. Cameron
L. P. Watson
W. Lincoln St
Fat A. Paris
Henry J. Schlecht
Miamy
Fla
Florida
Marion Moran
Norfolk
J. “4. Tibbetts
Sinclair of Co
Jacksonville
Czech agent flees Berlin as winds ease fires linger
Southland winds and brush fires subside today after blistering conditions. In Los Angeles a Czech official Bruegel fled Berlin and resigned, denouncing a corrupt police state and signaling Czech interests lie with Western Germany. Fire threats eased despite extensive damage and multiple alarms.
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Berlin
Los Angeles
California
Bedrich Bruegel
Frantisek
Dastich
von Bruegel
San Fernando
San Gabriel
Arthur London Valleys
Los
Germany
Aares
Brusk
Bruegel
Los An
U. Beles
el Centro
al Blythe
San Bernardino
Riverside
Santa Barbara
San Diego
Teese
Servatre Ageinees
Lancaster
Beloi Lindblawn
Navy Man Killed When Auto Rams Passenger Train
Navy aviation chief Max Andrew Nall, 27, was killed when an automobile rammed a Santa Fe passenger train near Red Hill Road crossing southeast of Tustin. The car, carried more than a half mile, crushed the mail car and delayed braking. Nall, stationed at Santa Ana Marine Corps Air Station, lived with wife Harriett and son Max Andrew Nall Jr. The body was taken to Windigler Mortuary for an inquest.
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Santa Ana
Navy Aviation
Santa Fe
Max Andrew Nall
Red Hill Rd
Tustin
Tustin Ave
Nall
Santa Ana Marine Corps Air Station
Santa Ana Naval Air Station
Harriett
Max Andrew Nall Jr
Windigler Mortuary
Eye for sale by San Diego housewife seeks buyer
A Lemon Grove housewife, whose husband is bedridden with coronary thrombosis for two years, offers to sell her left eye to fund medical and living expenses. She says they moved from Minnesota in 1945, have five sons, and rely on help from the boys while facing rent and medicine bills.
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San Diego
Lemon Grove
New Jersey
England
Texas Collision Claims Six Lives and Injures Two
Six people died and two were critically injured in a head-on collision on the Bryant Heneton Highway near Waller Texas. Among the dead were four men and a Navy or Air Force member. identities were withheld pending notification of next of kin. One victim, Thomas Balyeat of Bristol Indiana, died later at a hospital. A separate report notes a B 26 crash near Balyeat with casualties among Air Force personnel.
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Houston
Texas
Loveland
Colo
Waller
Thomas
Jn Balyeat
Bristol
Ind
Isota
John W. Coppinger
Thej Dallas
Edna McGee Reid
Orange
Madge
Balyent
Ile Air Force Base
South
Officer Doubts Children Shut Themselves In
WALNUT RIDGE Ark June 4 UP A deputy sheriff disclosed today that a man and a teenage boy will be questioned about the icebox deaths of three small children. The children were discovered in an old fashioned icebox in a sharecropper s house yesterday. Two were dead. The third died at a hospital early today. The identities of the man and boy were not disclosed. Coroner has summoned a jury to conduct an inquest. The victims are James Delbert Chastain 2 Joyce Ann Chastain 9 and Shirley Ramsey 6. Police suspect foul play though initially they considered an accidental lock inside.
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Walnut Ridge
Ark
Geen Jin
Elmer Etchison
Bob Higginbotham
James Delbert Chastain
Joyce Ann Chastain
Ed Cha
Etchison
Truman May Name Woman as Treasurer
Washington June 4 President Truman reportedly plans to appoint a woman as treasurer of the United States. Georgia Neese Clark of Richland Kansas is named as the likely choice to succeed William A Julian who died in a car accident last Sunday. The appointment would honor women's role in his election victory and reflect a broader commitment to recognizing their contributions.
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White House
Truman
United States
Georgia Neese Clark
Richland
Kan
National
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Ronald
Joanne
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