Mystery of the Everglades ghost village explored
Two expeditions described a moonshiners hideaway in the Everglades on an island six to eight feet above swamp. Reach required airboat and foot treks guided by game warden Lonie P. Harvey. Evidence points to a centuries old settlement with a Sugar mill and a moonshine operation named Golden dating to 1905.
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Fort Lauderdale
Lanny Harvey Hei
Philip Weidling Jr
Ford Lauderdale Daily News
Marie Crone
Associated. Press
Port Lauderdale
Fla
Everglades
Bigresswamp
Fort Lauderdale Daily News
Mimai Daily News
Maadé
Lonie P. Harvey
Don Petit
Miami Daily News
Fort Lauterdale
Columbus
China Leader Says Russ Broke Pacts
ANTON China Sept 23 Acting President Li Tsongfen of Nationalist China charges Russia with violations of Chinese Soviet treaties and says no decision yet on formal charges at the United Nations. Li cites possible debates as democratic and tyrant nations clash. Chiang Kai-shek returns to Canton to lead a campaign against corruption and Communism, stressing that final victory rests on the invincible spirit of military leaders and the people.
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Anton
China
Li Tsong- Fen
Nationalist
Russia
United Nations
United’ Nations
T. F. Tstang
Ito
U. N
Flushing
Miner Seeks Court Oust Lewis and Pension Trustees
A 54 year old miner filed federal court action in Washington to remove John L. Lewis Ezra Van Horn and Sen Bridges from United Mine Workers pension fund trustees and appoint replacements. The suit accuses improper use of a 10 million dollar a year fund amid claims of ineligible payouts and lack of annual audit. The plaintiff seeks court oversight as Lewis negotiates higher royalty payments to fund the pension.
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Washington
United Mine Porkery Health and ‘Welfare
Ette County
John L. Lewis
Ezra van Horn
Sen. Bridges
R-N
Lewis
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Livengood
U. S. Steps Into East Dock Fight
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service steps into a dock dispute threatening east coast shipping. AFL International Longshoremen and New York Shipping Association seek federal aid. Commissioner Thomas R. Steutel will meet both sides. 65,000 longshoremen from Portland Maine to Hampton Roads Virginia may strike September 30 without agreement.
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New York
Federal Mediation and Concilisation Service
Virginia
A. F. L. International Longshoremen's Association
New York Shipping Association
Thomas R. Steutel
Portland
Hampton Roads
Ford Pension Talks Renewed
Ford and the United Auto Workers renewed bargaining on pensions in Detroit on September 23, with tension eased by postponement of a steel strike. Negotiators discussed pensions and other contract issues until 1 o'clock last night, but no progress report was issued.
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Detroit
U Ford
United Auto Workers
AO Mines
Coun Ms . W
Economists oppose annual balanced federal budget idea
A panel of 13 university economists from the National Planning Association told a Senate House subcommittee that a yearly balanced budget is unsound. They warned that matching spending to income in good and bad years would cause large fluctuations in programs and tax rates, hindering essential services and military spending in boom or recession.
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Washington
Congress
National Planning Association
Senate House
Sen
Douglas
DeIll
Christian Sonne
80Th Cen
Barkey
Barkley
Addressing & Druggists
New York
Defense Ends Battle in U. S. Trial of Reds
New York report on the conspiracy trial of 11 top U.S. Communists. On day 158 the defense challenged the government’s charge while Judge Harold Medina postponed jury action until October 4 and adjourned until September 28 for motions and memoranda. Deliberations were expected about two weeks after the resumption.
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New York
U. S
Harold R. Medina
Medina
U. S&s
Truman Picks Bruce for Foreign Military Aid Post
James Bruce, at 56 a Maryland banker and former ambassador to Argentina, is reported as President Truman’s top choice to direct the Atlantic Pact military aid program. Senate approval came after economic-aimed cuts failed. the plan totals about 1.314 billion dollars with a major focus on Greece, Turkey, the Philippines, Korea, and Iran, plus a 75 million dollar emergency fund. Bruce would oversee weapon allocation and policy, with a salary of 16,000 dollars for a two year term.
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James Bruce
Truman
Senate
House
Western
Europe
Senate House
Bruce
Paul G. Hoffman
Maryannder
Argentina
Congress
Tom Connally
Texas
Homer Ferguson
R.mich
Siguas
Greece
Turkey
Philippines
Korea
Iran
China
Chine
Indictment in Camden Slayings Names Unruh as Suspect
Howard B. Unruh was indicted for the mass slaying of 13 people in a shooting spree on River Road on Sept. 6. Camden County grand jury returned sixteen bills, thirteen for the slain and one for each of three wounded. sixty witnesses testified.
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Camden
W. J
Howard B. Unruh
River Road
Camden County
Unruh
Legislators to Quiz Samish Again in November
San Francisco Sept 23 UPI Assemblymen will grill liquor lobbyist Arthur J H Samish at an interim Los Angeles meeting on November 9. He denies controlling the Legislature and the Assembly committees and the State Board of Equalization while urging tougher unf orceable anti lobby laws. He cited income from the California State Brewers Institute and the Motor Carriers Association and estimated Sacramento HQ costs at 2000 to 3000 dollars a month.
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San Francisco
Arthur JH
Artie
Samish
Los Angeles
Sammish
State Board of Equalization
Semish
Robert T. McCarthy
D.san Francisco
McCarthy
California State Brewers Institute
Motor Carriers’ Association
Sacramento
Assembly
A. I. Stewart
Pasadena
Sarmish
Smish
Eugene Williams
Colliers Magazine
California
Assembly Committee On Public Morals
Blackmer to Plead Guilty in Tax Evasion Case
Justice Department official says Henry M. Blackmer will plead guilty to one count of tax evasion from the early 1920s and have all other indictments dropped. The Denver millionaire, living in Europe for 25 years, would face a possible one year jail term and a $3,500 fine if the deal is completed and accepted.
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Blackmer
Colorado
Europe
Denver
Associated Press
Washington
Justice’ Department
Henry M. Blackmer
France
Harding
Boston
Justice Department
United States
Senate
Teapot Dome
Joseph 5B
Keenan
U. S
Tokyo
Department
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
U C Regents Face Faculty Oath Protest At Regents Meeting
U S region protest grows as 1100 instructors sign a resolution urging optional loyalty oaths for University of California faculty. Faculty from Los Angeles Riverside and Santa Barbara join 700 northern members in supporting a voluntary oath while affirming the university’s policy against hiring members of prejudicial organizations. The oath would pledge loyalty to the U S and California constitutions and duties to the best ability.
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Los Angeles
University of California
Board of Regents
Robert Gordon Sproul
Riverside
Santa Barbara
Academic Senate
California
United, States
Kittens Block Furnace Memoirs At Oak Park Church
In Detroit on September 23 a church faced cold nights as kittens hid in heating ducts delaying heat. Electrician Otto Prochazka freed a white angora named Satan and ensured all kittens were removed. Congregation plans to heat services again tonight.
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Satan
Prochazka
Oak Park Christian Chapel
Detroit
Etroit
James
Shallow
Snowball
Angora
Bonnie Cullins
South
Michigan
Kennett
Otto Prochazka
Didn’t Hold Sack, but He Wore It
Spokane report notes a Fort Wayne radio dispatch ordering two prowling cars to a downtown intersection to investigate a man waiting down the street with a sack over his head. Police overheard the terse instruction during yesterday’s broadcast.
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Spokane
Wash
Fort Wayne
Ind
Girl Affianced in von Lung Dies in Polio Era
EL Jen Jane Blomgren of Peoria Illinois died after polio in a hospital iron lung. She had received an engagement ring earlier and would never wear a wedding ring. Her fiancé John Heck of Galesburg brought the ring on her 17th birthday. Parents Elmer and Mrs Bloomgren from Taylorville provided a cake and candles in the hospital room.
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Peorla
EL Jen Jane Blomgren
John Heck
Galesburg
Elmer Bloomgren
Tylverville
Newsstand Missing in Newark Red Tape
Newsstand operator reports his cart and space gone from a Newark sidewalk after a few days away. Police were contacted and efforts to recover the missing stand involved local authorities and city department officials amid unclear reasons for the disappearance.
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Newark
N. J
Iocal_ newsie
Farmer shot in hand by his dog at Oregon farm
In La Grande Oregon on September 23 192? farmer Floyd Hylton was shot in the hand when his dog jumped up knocked the gun from his grasp and stepped on the trigger as he tried to shoot a chicken hawk circling his farmyard.
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LA Grande
Ore
Floyd Hylton
Hylton
Hen Takes Care of Ten Kittens on Farm
A white hen at Mres Gayle Oldemeyer’s farm tends ten kittens, guiding them to meals and shelter. The brood follows the hen as she spreads her wings to cover them in the chicken house.
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Brush
Cole
Gayle Oldemeyer
Race With Stork All Right in N Y Race With Stork All Right in N Y
New York magistrate rules a prospective father may speed to a birth. Industrial designer Burton M. Sloane faced a traffic ticket on Riverside Drive as his wife Mae was taken to hospital. Officer led the way with siren, then a daughter was born and the charge was dismissed.
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New York
At & Magistrate's Court
Burton M. Sloane
Mae
Hospital
Riverside Drive
Hetrelman Francis McDermott
Sloane
Morris Rothenberg
John
Talmadge Statue to Be Unveiled in Atlanta
The statue of Eugene Talmadge, Georgia governor four times, will be unveiled in Atlanta with 6000 visitors planned on Capitol Lawn. The bronze and stone memorial portrays Talmadge in a rumpled coat, left hand in pocket, right hand outstretched, with unveiling by his grandsons Bobby and Eugene and Herman Talmadge’s sons. About 35,000 Georgians contributed to the fund.
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Atlanta
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Gene
Herman
Talmadge
Capitol Lawn
Bobby
Con
Missile alert disrupts Dallas area traffic and schools
A hazardous material incident in Dallas prompted brief evacuations and school advisories on September 2. Authorities secured the scene and traffic impacted several routes as responders assessed the substance and coordinated cleanup.
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