Torture Claim Tied to Japanese in Shanghai Seeks Navy Secrets
Laurence G Gallagher, a U S naval reserve lieutenant and Algonquin second mate, told San Francisco naval authorities that Japanese in Shanghai tortured him to extract presumed U S navy secrets. He described being bound, restrained, and taken before a firing squad with blank cartridges, then released to rejoin his ship. Washington would receive the report for possible investigation.
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Shanghai
United States Navy
Laurence G. Gallagher
United States Naval Reserve
Algonquin
Gallagher
Washington
Largest US salt water pool collapses at Midland Beach
A $63,000 salt water pool, touted as the largest in the United States, collapsed during filling at Midland Beach Amusement Resort on Staten Island. No swimmers were present as 1,300,000 gallons of water flooded the area. The incident occurred on July 4 in New York.
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Test
New York
United States
Midland Beach
Staten Island
Force man to take poison in Birmingham attack
James Roff of Fairfield reports he was abducted by a gang who bound him with wire and forced a liquid to be drunk, doctors call it poison. Police say the incident may cap months of threatening letters, an emblem ring torn from his hand as he was stripped. Hospital staff saved his life.
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James Roff
Fairfield
Frompe
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