Woman Found Dead Aboard Derelict Yacht
A drifting sailboat eight miles east of Chicago carried the body of Mrs. Laural Neitzel 22 of Chicago bound to the mast. Four amateur sailors on a holiday outing are missing including her husband Carl 29 and Louis MaQuessan and his wife Clarice. Coast Guard crews recovered the craft and the victim, tied to the jiggle mast with shreds of a life jacket. TheMissing companions remain unaccounted for as weather may have driven the vessel off course.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
Laural Neitzel
Carl
Coast Guards
Louis D. MaQuessan
Clarice
Foster
Coast Guard
Lorelei
Russians Fail To Keep Date For Release Of 2 Americans
Two American youths Warren Oelsner and Peter Sellers held in East Germany since July 30 were postponed indefinitely for release by Russian authorities and failed to meet a border rendezvous with U S troops. U S officials had demanded their release and denounced the detention as outrageous.
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Helmstedt
Germany
Warren Oelsner
Oyster Bay
N. Y
Peter H. Sellers
Philadelphia
Phoenix
U. S
United States
Oessner
Edward G. Oelsner, Sr
U.S
Oelsner
Sellers
London
Paris
Cliff Plunge Kills Boy 11 in Monrovia Calif
Donald Andrew Guerra 11 of El Monte Calif died in Monrovia Hospital from injuries after a 400 foot plunge from a cliff near Monrovia Dam. He was hiking Sunday with friend Frank Guiroz and his parents when a slope gave way and both boys tumbled down the cliff. Guiroz said he held onto a tree and Guerra’s belt but could not stop the fall.
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Monrovia
Calif
Donald Andrew Guerra
el Monte
Monrovia Hospital
Monrovia Dam
Sawpit Falls
Donald
Frank
Guiroz
Guerra
Air Races End In Tragedy Aboard Thompson Flight
The Thompson air race crash killed pilot Leon Odom and three others, including 56-year-old Bernard J. Hoffman who rescued Laird’s grandson from the flames but could not save the infant. Mrs Laird’s body was found under a bathroom sink, Odom’s remains beneath the garage floor. Eyewitness Steve Beville described the fatal dive as Odom lost control after zigzagging through pylons. Civilian Aeronautics officials began wreckage analysis while observers questioned speed flying versus closed course racing.
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Bernard J. Hoffman
Minneapolis
Steve Beville
Hammond
Ind
Thompson
Beville
International News Service
Odom
Plyon No. 3
Civilian Aeronautics
City Charter Campaign Names Still Unclear
The article details the Charter Government Committee and its nominees. It notes delays over candidate announcements by figures like Mrs. Kober and Spencer H. Nitchie, with labor leader Vickers signaling non-ticket support for individual candidates in Phoenix city politics.
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Phoenix
Charles Esser
Charter Government
Ronald Webster, Jr
Webster
Newton Rosenzweig
Laurence H. Whitlow
William C. Eliot
Paul M. Roca
Dix W. Price
Ivan Robinette
Louis J. Taylor
Phoenix Title and Trust Company
Charles B. Stambaugh
Arizona Printers
Gene Doyle
Barry Goldwater
James P. Ryan
Harry North
Alfred Knight
F. A. Barnhill
First Congregational Church
Knight
Title and Trust
Nitchie
Vickers
Labor
D. A. Baldwin
Baldwin
Organized Labor
Destructive spree at public safety incident ends in multiple deaths
Witnesses describe a gunman firing at two women trapped inside a store and then targeting pedestrians. He moved through the street firing on bystanders, including Barber Clark Hoover and Mrs. Madeline Harris and her son Armand, leaving several in critical condition and two children among the dead.
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Page One
Mother
Unruh
Clark Hoover
Hoover
Madeline Harris
Maurice Smith
James J. Hutton
525 Labor Day Fatalities Spark Record Toll
The Associated Press reports 525 Americans died violently over Labor Day weekend, 394 auto deaths, 48 drownings, and 83 from misc accidents. National Safety Council president Ned Dearborn called the toll appalling as officials warn aftereffects may continue for weeks. The count covers 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday, surpassing 428 in 1937 and preceding historic 711 deaths on the 1949 Fourth of July.
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Ned H. Dearborn
The
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Associated Press
Plane Feud Dropped
Washington AP reports Senator Elmer Thomas Democrat of Oklahoma dropped his demand for data on government aircraft use by President Truman and other officials after Undersecretary Stephen Early assured him future use would be restricted to public business. The dispute centered on a Senate group seeking a military plane for a world trip.
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Washington
Elmer Thomas
Oklahoma
Defense Johnson
Truman
Thomas
Stephen Early
Johnson
Senate
Europe
Senators
Barkley
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
Death Toll At Golden Bell Pool In St David Outing
The Associated Press reports Yerger and his wife with two children were part of an outing when a series of auto accidents claim six lives over the weekend in Arizona. Separate crashes include a Red Rock collision with a parked auto, a Clifton air crash killing two couples, a drowning in an irrigation ditch near Phoenix, and multiple injuries across Tucson and surrounding towns. Hospitalized victims and survivors are listed with their affiliations to local firms and residences.
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Lil Abner
Dick Tracy
Gordo
Orphan Annie
Whistler
Golden Bell
St. David
Yerger
Associated Press
Phoenix
Red Rock
Arizona Highway Patrol
Pima County
Tucson
Clifton
Hart
Miss Young
Huntington
Burridge
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Clifton Smelter
Gordon
Phelps Dodge
Thomas Perry, Jr
East Wier Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Eighth Street
Broadway
John Furgal
West
Lincoln Street
Second Avenue
van Buren Street
Furgal
St. Monica’s Hospital
Ray Eickhoff
East Georgia Avenue
Joel Johnson
Most Frequent Capital Letter in English Usage
The text notes that the letter S is often claimed as the most commonly used capital initial in English writing and discussions of typography. It discusses frequency patterns without asserting a firm rule.
Soviets Train German Army Reported in Berlin
West Berlin newspaper Sozial Demokrat reports 560,000 Germans under arms in the eastern zone with many in readiness police units in barracks. Informed sources acknowledge armed training by Russians and the likely inclusion of tanks and heavy equipment.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Sozial Demokrat
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U. S. Coast Guard
Michigan City
Coast Guardsmen
Sian
Packard Phoenix Motor CO
Fourth Avenue
West Washington
Charles Hanze
Cooper Hospital
Goebel Brewing Company
Detroit, Michigan
Jayne
Jayne Co
van Buren First Street
East
van Buren
Madison School District
Camelback Rd
12Th St
Colter
Oregon
Model Home and Tract
31St St
E. Moreland
Lamar Homes, Inc
Haldiman Brothers
Complete Insurance Service
Jefferson ST
Phoenix, Arizona
Os An
Central Avenue
Adams St
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