Hughes Selling Syndicate to Buy RKO Studio
A Chicago salesman announces a syndicate led by Relpn E Stolkin will buy Howard Hughes interests in RKO Pictures Inc. for 7.25 million dollars. The deal covers about 30 percent of RKO stock with Stolkin to become chairman, assisted by Edward Burk, Robert Hayes, Ray Ryan, and others.
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Howard Hughes
Risc Pictures
Int
Los Angeles
Relpn E. Stolkin
RKO
Hughes
Industralist
Jean Harlow
Jane Russell
Screen
Stotkin
Stolkin
Empires Industries
Stolin
National Video Corp
Texas
Stollin
Edward Burk
Robert Hayes
San Antonio
Ray
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with sprinkles
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with occasional sprinkles or light showers, mostly in the early mornings. Little change in temperature.
Youths Shot in Venice Liquor Store Stakeout Ends in Death
In Venice a 17 year old, William Kinney, was killed by a shotgun blast during a stakeout by detectives in a liquor store. His 20 year old companion, Ronnie Van House, was critically wounded as they demanded money from owner Ed Hagen. Police said Kinney carried a shotgun and officers opened fire when the youths spotted them.
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Ronnie van House
Venice
Associated Press
William Kinney
San Diego
Fred Whiteford
Robert Niece
Ed Hagen
Kinney
Whiteford
Son Vanishes and Newborn Daughter Died Father Dies
In Michigan City Thad P Lyons aged 42 fell dead at a restaurant a day after his wife gave birth to a daughter in the same hospital where their son Lawrence vanished last Oct 13. The missing boy remains unsolved as a nationwide search continues while the newborn girl weighs 7 pounds 12 ounces and is reported doing well.
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Michigan City
Thad
James Lyons
Lyons
Lawrence
Man Taken From Gassed Car After Hose Theft Attempt
Police found William Earl Barr, 24, a Los Angeles truck driver, in a car under the freeway bridge with exhaust hose lengths plugged into a rear window. Barr, who was dazed from the fumes, claimed he had picked up the hoses and blamed family troubles for the act. he also faced traffic warrants with a $95 bail added to his booking. Officers Goforth and Krogh reported the incident occurred on the Pacific Coast Highway near the Los Angeles River area.
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William Earl Barr
Los Angeles
Barr
Paul Goforth
R. E. Krogh
Pacific Coast Hwy
Los Angeles River
Grim setback as enemy storm Kelly Hill in Korea fight
Western front battle near the Imjin River sees fanatical Chinese Communists push to seize Kelly Hill with heavy artillery and a brutal four hour assault. Allied air power counters with 33 B 29 Superfortresses dropping 297 tons of incendiaries near Hamhung. Only a handful of US soldiers survive or are captured.
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Seoul
Noren
United Nations
U. N
Kelly Hill
Imjin River
Old Baldy
Japan
Okinawa
30-SECOND JOB Bank Robbery in South Bend
Three masked gunmen roared into a South Bend bank and fired at teller George Lorence before grabbing 530,000 cash. They escaped within 30 seconds as police set roadblocks across northern Indiana hours later, with Lorence’s left arm shattered.
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South Bend
Ind
Indiana
George Lorence
Lorence
Mien
Record Living Costs Hit New High As Inflation Rises
Government data show mid August living costs at 191.1 per cent of the 1935 average, the third straight monthly record. Food and other major items rose, apparel slipped, and home furnishings held steady. The old series fell slightly but failed to erase June and July gains, prompting wage adjustments for about 1.5 million workers including 144 million railroad workers.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Icontracus
Gene Markey plans wedding in New York
Film writer and producer Gene Markey says he will travel to New York Tuesday to marry Mrs. Warren Wright owner of Calumet Farms and widow of a baking powder magnate. The marriage ties Markey to the racing stable owner and noted social figure.
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Hollyvigud
Gene Markey
New York
Warren Wright
Calumet Farms
Byrnes Backs Eisenhower for President in Break with Democrats
South Carolina Governor James F. Byrnes, after six decades in Democratic ranks, said he will support General Dwight D. Eisenhower for president. He cited Eisenhower as best able to clean up Washington and avert war, stressing loyalty to country over party. He will vote for Eisenhower electors rather than the state GOP ticket.
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Columbia, & C
James F. Byrnes
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Washington
Byrnes
Lyynes
Omaha
Games Hagerty
Walls Fall Kill L A Man at Los Angeles Byproducts
A series of concrete partition walls collapsed during excavation at the Los Angeles Byproducts Company. One worker was killed and several others believed trapped or buried. Eight or nine men were in the trench when the end wall gave way after rain-softened ground. The walls toppled sequentially, resembling a house of cards. Workers were employed by William P Neil Construction Co for the Byproducts firm.
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Los Angeles
Sexton
William P. Neil Construction Co
Newspaper page index list with sections and pages
A dense index listing sections and page numbers for various newspaper content including obituaries sports and classifieds. It enumerates sections such as Beach Combing Bridge Classified Comics Editorial Lockout Financial Nearby Cities Obituaries Radio and Television Shipping Sports Theaters and Weather with page references.
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Boyle
Four Children Die in Indian Firecracker Factory Blast
Four children aged seven to one were killed in an explosion at an illegal firecrackers factory in Kath Bazaar New Delhi. The blast wrecked a tenement as workers produced explosives for an upcoming Hindu festival. Two boys and two girls were among the victims.
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New Delhi
India
Kath Bazaar
Nixon Defends Honest Man Charge On Expense Fund
Aboard the Eisenhower special in California Gen Dwight D Eisenhower backed Senator Richard Nixon stating he is an honest man amid a probe into Nixon's nonofficial California expense account. Nixon angrily defended using a $16,000 political fund to cover campaign costs and vowed to expose his attackers as he campaign through California, promising to place all facts before the American people.
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Eisenhower Special
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
James Hagerty
Eisenhower
Nebraska City
Sen. Nixon
Dick Nixon
Hagerty
Kansas City
Hower
Plattsmouth
Neb
Nebraska
San
Richard Nixon
Marysville
Six Senators to Get About Seventy Five Thousand Dollar Pay
Washington reports six Senators including Richard Nixon will exceed 75000 this year in salary and expense pay. Details of Nixon payroll are not public but total incomes and allowances are confirmed. Senators from California Pennsylvania New York top the list due to larger state populations.
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Washington
Senate
Richard Nixon
California
Nixon
Leslie Biffie
Pennsylvania
New York
Slack in Nashville and Milwaukee trips tied to tax probes
Testimony by T. Lemar Caudle before a House judiciary subcommittee linked Ellis N. Slack to efforts to influence indictments in tax cases. Caudle said Slack visited Nashville to review cases and press for dismissals, and traveled to Milwaukee for a big tax matter involving ex-Sergeant Scott Lucas as defense attorney. He noted the Nashville episode occurred before the St. Louis grand jury case earlier in the year.
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Washington
T. Lemar Caudie
Ellis N. Slack
St. Louis
Scane Dais
Nashville
Slack
Milwaukee
Scott Lucas
Illlnois
Lucas
J. Howard McGrath
Caudle
Truman
House Judiciary
Justice Department
Justce Department
Pat Sutton
W. M.massey
Sleck
Keating
Adlai Lauds Truman for Foreign Policy in Springfield
Gov Adlai Stevenson praised President Truman as responsible for the vision and courage of U S foreign policy while campaigning in New England. He mocked Republicans as lacking issues, noted the rain interrupted the rally, and urged moving the meeting indoors as he spoke on politics and foreign policy before more than 6000 at Springfield City Hall.
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Springfield
Mass
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
New England
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