Prominent Russians Named in Soviet Decoration Reversal
A decree published in Moscow lists seventy nine prominent Russians deprived of decorations. Included are high officers such as Diveion Commander Sergeyevs and Air Force Commander Lapin, plus former minister Tatroff and naval figures. The act marks a purge of officials deemed to have committed actions unworthy of order bearers.
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Moscow
Tatroff
Mongolian People's Republic
Diveion
Sergeyefs
Lapin
Vassily Bluecher
Far East
Shevchenko
Ural
Alev
Oras
Washington
Rappainert
Frunze Naval Academy
Bats
Trapped divers freed after 50 minutes in diving bell
Three men Louis Gilpin Folger Simmons and William Arthur became stuck in a diving bell at a Golden Gate exposition concession when power failed. Rescue crews pumped 2000 gallons from a 25 foot tank as spectators gathered. All emerged unharmed with only eye irritation noted.
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San Francisco
Louis Gilpin
Folger B Simmons
William R Arthur
Walnut Creek
Cali
Treasure Island
Gilpin
Dixie Davis to Be Freed Tonight Under Guard
New York July 27 Shielded by four detectives Dixie Davis 34 once a key figure in the Dutch Schultz policy racket will be freed from the Bronx jail shortly after midnight He will vanish to a secret destination with strict precautions from District Attorney Dewey as he begins a new life He must return Monday for a federal grand jury subpoena related to the Manton case showing ongoing legal scrutiny by authorities
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New York
Richard
Dixie) Davis
Dutch Schultz
Bronx
Law
Thomas E. Dewey
Davis
Freedom
Manhattan
Heire
Dixie Davis
United States Circuit Court
Martin T. Manton
Congressmen Long For Home States In Heat Wave Talk
Washington July 27 news notes congressmen wish to adjourn and return home as heat waves grip the nation. Air conditioning keeps the capitol at 75 degrees while states like Louisiana Nebraska and Iowa report August highs near 112 115 degrees. Representatives Mouton Stefan Harrington comment on the heat and prefer home climates.
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Washington
Congress
Capitol
Louisiana
Mouton Democrat
Karl Stefan
Republian
Nebraska
Iowa
Harrington
Scotland Yard Launches Massive Hunt for Terrorists
London July 27 Scotland Yard led a wide scale manhunt for terrorists after five bombings as the House of Commons backed hard measures against the Irish Republican Army. Five men were seized for questioning in London and one in Liverpool. Donald Campbell, Edinburgh university lecturer, was killed at Kings Cross. his wife seriously injured.
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London
Scotland Yard
House of Commons
Home
Samuel Hoare
Liverpool
Kings Cross Station
Donald Campbell
Edinburgh University
Paris
Campbell
Victoria Station
Sweeney Demands Special Session From Governor Long
Lake Charles Senator Sidney W. Sweeney urged Governor Long to call an immediate special session. In a telegram he argued the governor would shirk his duty if he delayed and pressed urgent legislative attention for the conservation department.
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Lake Charles
Long
Sidney W. Sweeney
Sweeney
Conservation Department
Quick ruling urged on medic decision
The Supreme Court may decide if medical practice falls under antitrust laws. The Justice Department seeks an early ruling after Judge James Proctor dismissed an indictment against the American Medical Association and others. The government notes prosecutions of medical boycotts remain unchanged until the high court acts.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Justice Department
American Medical Association
James M. Proctor
Group Health Association, Inc
District of Columbia
End of 1911 Treaty Noted by U S
Secretary Morgenthau said the treasury would study actions to back Hull’s termination of the Japanese commercial freety, including possible duties on cotton cloth imports. The 1911 treaty highlights include travel and business freedom for citizens and mutual protection across borders.
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Washington
Morgenthau
Treasury
Hull
United States
Japan
Velma West To Get Solitary At Reformatory
Velma West and Mary Ellen Richards described their escape from the Marysville womens reformatory and await extradition. They said officers were en route to Dallas to bring them back. Velma West faces confinement in solitary cells with bread and water before transfer to a new assignment.
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Velma West
Reformatory For Women
Marysville
Dallas
Tex
Mary Ellen Richards
Marguerite Reilley
Women’s Reformatory
Marvy Ellen Richards
Mrs. Reilley
Mary Ellen
Citizens Arrive in Alexandria for Special Prosecutor Plea
Citizens from across Louisiana arrive in Alexandria for a meeting sponsored by the Citizens' Volunteer committee to propose three attorneys to Governor Earl K. Long as a special prosecutor in the LSU irregularities investigation. WH Hodges of Elm Grove among early arrivals.
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Alexandria
Citizens’ Volunteer Committee
Louisiana State University
Earl K. Long
Hodges
Elm Grove
Burglar in Display Window Foiled by Police
In Pittsburgh a store burglar posed as a dummy and was found hiding in a display window with $58 in his hand after an hourlong search. In Blacksburg a Virginia Tech professor meme accuses a myth of absentmindedness as a man forgets his car and travels home by train. In Albuquerque police question a man connected to a mass raid at San Felipe De Neri church over conscience concerns.
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Pittsburgh
Blacksbupg
Virginia Tech
Albuquerque, N. M
Senate Edges Toward Passage of Lending Bill
Washington July 27 Senate leadership modified the 2.4909 billion lending bill to speed passage with a Barkley amendment to allow toll-free highway funding and state control of construction and maintenance. House Democrats planned a caucus test to set party policy while anti administration Democrats weighed a boycott to stall business.
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Washington
Senate
House
Barkley
Public Roads Bureau
Party
House Banking Committee
Three Missing Men Found in Minnesota Search
A boy and a man were found safe in the Paul Bunyan forest 175 miles northwest of Minneapolis. Russell Jensen, 6, Albert Lea, had been missing since Monday. Frank C. Lambert, 43, Chicago sanitary district chief, was located at Lake Manitou near the Canadian border. Stanley Booth, Hibbing resident, remained missing after an all day search near the Togo Bear river area with a CCC contingent joining the hunt.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Northwest Woods
Paul Bunyan Forest
Here
Russell Jensen
Albert Lea
Lake Manitou
International Falls
Frank C. Lambert
Chicago
Stanley Booth
Hibbing
Togo Bear River
Booth
CCC
Baptist World Alliance Hears Resolutions On Church State Separation
The sixth congress of the Baptist World Alliance in Atlanta on July 27 debated a resolution opposing church state fusion and defending religious freedom. Other resolutions condemned USSR religious restrictions and criticized Romanian church controls while noting reopening of Baptist churches.
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Atlanta
Sixth Congress of the Baptist World
Russia
Romania
Attica man pleads innocent in murder case
Thomas Allen Boys of Attica pleaded innocent to murder in perpetration of a felony and heard testimony on the alleged rape and slaving of 11 year old Elizabeth DeBruicker. He was bound over to Fountain county grand jury for September 25 and placed in Pendleton State Reformatory for safekeeping. Elizabeth, a farm girl, vanished after a 4-H club meeting and was found buried in a shallow grave.
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Covington
Ind
Thomas Allen Boys
Attica
Elizabeth DeBruicker
Fountain County
Pendleton State Reformatory
Elizabeth
Board reveals dismissal of Louisiana Training Institute superintendent
The Louisiana Training Institute board of commissioners reports that District Attorney Hawthorne was advised by letter July 20 that Dr. Harvey Dillon had been discharged as superintendent and that records and facts about Dillon’s dismissal were offered to the district attorney. A grand jury session was set for next Monday after Senator James A. Noe’s July 25 letter alleging irregularities reached the board. The July 26 Hawthorne letter says the evidence should be laid before the district attorney for possible criminal prosecution if statutes were violated.
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Board of Commissioners of Louisiana Training Institute
Board Today
Frank W. Hawthorne
Harvey Dillon
Dillon
Institute
Grand Jury
David I. Garrett
James A. Noe
Board of Commissioners
Hawthorne
Air corps anniversary flights charted by Barksdale Field
Thirty-one cities in Louisiana Arkansas Tennessee and Mississippi were added to two aerial demonstration squadrons marking the air corps thirtieth anniversary. An 18 plane attack squadron will cover 20 cities and an 18 plane pursuit squadron will cover six. Both flights start at 10 am with Roosevelt signaling schedule. Shreveport listed as origin and terminus.
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Shreveport
Louiisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Mississippi
Barksdale Field
Air Corps
Louisiana
Roosevelt
Texarkana
Hope
Prescott
Gordon
Arkadelphia
Hot Springs
Benton
Little Rock
Lonoke
Brinkley
Forest City
Ark
Memphis
Ex-Governor Leche Subpoenaed. Ellison Finds LSU Board Illegal
Louisiana reports note Attorney General Ellison ruled the governor and another member serve illegally on the LSU board. Leche, seeking to testify, arrived limping with a cane at the federal building for a grand jury session on income tax evasion and hot oil law violations.
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Baton Rouge
David M. Ellison
Smith Hoffpaulr
Louisiana State University Board of Supervisors
New Orleans
Richard W. Leche
Louisiana
Federal
Leche
East Baton Rouge Parish
Louisiana State University
Rene A. Viosca
Wayne G. Borah
Plans to depoliticize LSU pupils movement
Bob Chinn LSU student body president urged September action to depoliticize the university and align with alumni in reducing state government influence. Alumni president Tom Dutton criticized student tactics as echoing political games. Chinn, from New Orleans, praised the Reveille editor's stand on LSU as more than a Cajun country club.
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Alumni Federation
Tom Dutton
Chinn
South Carolina
Cajan Country Club
New Orleans
Miracle baby Helen Stam reaches North America
Five year old Helen Priscilla Stam, saved by a Chinese man who sacrificed his life to save her, arrives in Vancouver en route to New Jersey. Her parents were killed by Chinese bandits in Tsingteh in 1934 and she is welcomed by grandparents Mr and Mrs C B Scott. She is described as the world famous miracle baby aboard the Empress of China.
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Vancouver
B. C
Helen Priscilla Stam
Helen
Orient
C. B. Scott
Frinceton
N. J
Tsingteh
China
John C. Stam
Paterson
N J
Holyoke
Mass
Wuhu Mission Heads
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U. S
Dixie’ Davis
Ington
the Weather Bureau
Mouton
Victoria
Tokyo
America
Velma
Ohio
John L. Lewis
C. 1
Gerner
Lewis
Gomer
Boy
Maine
Donn Fendler
Rye
N. Y
Nelson E. McMearn
Sherman
Donn
S. T. I. Board
Baptists
World Alliance
Rumania
Alliance
Noe
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