Plane crash near Midway yields no injuries
Sixty passengers and six crew members escaped unharmed when a DC7 nose dived on an emergency landing at Midway Airport. An engine sputtered on the Los Angeles to New York run before Capt Patterson guided the craft to Chicago. Entertainer Connee Boswell performed from a wheelchair after polio left her unable to walk as the party continued to New York on a later plane.
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Chicago
Connee Boswell
American Air-lines DC7
Midway Airport
Los Angeles
New York
Patterson
Miss Boswell
Boswell
Harry Leedy
Churchill to resign as prime minister within weeks
London observers expect Winston Churchill to step down as prime minister in weeks with Queen Elizabeth II likely to invite Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden to form a new government. Only Churchill’s strongest political foes doubt the move. Kentucky has a town named Texas.
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London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Independent Times
Queen Elizabeth
Anthony Eden
Newborn infant kidnapped by woman who wanted girl
BEAUMONT Texas A woman, Pauline Schulze 30, was jailed after abducting a newborn she claimed she wanted as a girl She admitted to the hospital kidnapping and told officers she had three sons and desired a fourth The infant was found in the Houston home of Schulze and returned to its mother after an ambulance transfer
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Houston
Pauline Schulze
Beaum on mother claims desire for baby girl case
Footprint records name a Beaumont girl as daughter of Mr and Mrs George Wharton of Beaumont. Doctors confirm the 30 year old Mrs Schulze has not given birth recently. She was photographed resisting reporters and threw a shoe. Her father, J M Taylor, says she and her husband had three boys and she wanted a girl. Officers note she was sterilized after prior nervous breakdowns and could not bear a child. The report adds a note on the term lieutenant and a historical line about glass lenses.
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George Wharton
Beaumont
Schulze
J. M. Taylor
Houston
Vicious Dog Held Family At Bay
A deteriorating pet dog bit 10 year old Lawrence Burton when it attacked the boy and held four family members hostage in their Chicago bathroom until police rescued them. Mrs Pernie Weber 35 led the children to safety after the dog, frothing at the mouth, threatened the family.
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Chicago
Lawrence Burton
Lawrence
Katherine
Frances
Pernie Weber
Neighbor Seizes Rabid Dog After Woman’s Cry For Help
A neighbor alerted police when Mrs. Weber cried out, leading to the dog being destroyed. Rabies tests are underway to determine the animal’s status.
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Frigidaire
Kelvinator
Frigidaire Electric
NORGE
Kenmore
Als
M1 Hardware & Appliances
Frigidaire Sales and Service
Kentucky
Texas
Ray Miltond
CBS
Norra
Mack Electric
S. Main
Litwin
Krinke Krepe
Oxfords
Tans
Ralee
Carolyn Sue Wharton
L. A. Toom
Patsy's Grill
America
Edmiston Way
Magnifiers
OK Photo Service
Franklin County
Jmore
Jug
Home Delivery
Skelgas Store
Skelgas Division
Skelly Oil Co
Ottawa
Kansaa
Vicious
Just
John G. Kaiser Drug Store
Rexall
Masonic
Shaw
BABY
Shaw's
Shaw’s
Ottawa, Kansas
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