Phoenician Yacht Hopestill Aground Off California Coast
Heavy fog grounded the 108 foot yacht Hopestill off Point Purisima sixty six miles northwest of Santa Barbara. Three men aboard were heading south from San Francisco when the craft listed on its side in shallow water. A Coast Guard cutter stood by until tugs could refloat the vessel owned by C W Coulter of Phoenix Arizona. A 50 foot fishing boat Velma Kelley also went aground at Point Arguello but skipper Captain John H Kelley said no danger and refloating is planned.
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Long Beach
Calif
Coast Guard
Point Purisima
Santa Barbara
Boa
San Francisco
Hopestill
C. W. Coulter
North Central Avenue
Phoenix
Ariz
Coulter Motor Company
G. C. Gaudin
Salinas
Velma Kelley
Astoria
Ore
Point Arguello
John H
Leaders Seek October Adjournment For Congress
Democratic leaders predicted Congress will quit for the year between October 15 and November 1 after meeting with President Truman. They will meet again to agree on expediting bills, with Barkley guessing October 15 or 20, Rayburn noncommittal, and Lucas aiming for by November 1 as the Senate moves to pass five federal pay bills after the foreign arms measure.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
Barkley
House
Sam Rayburn
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Lucas
Senate
Early Car Tire Repair Suggestion From Winton and Hall
A correspondence printed in Automotive News shows William Hall asking how to repair punctures on his five-eighths inch thick real rubber tires for a horseless carriage. Alexander Winton replies punctures are unlikely and offers to repair by sending the wheel to the Cleveland factory if needed.
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Automotive News
Mr. Winton
William Hall
Mr. Hall
Alexander Winton
W. H
Cleveland
Ohio
Wanger faces trial for wife shooting in car
Charles C. Bernstein reports Bill Wanger, 31, of 610 South 40th Street, appeared in court after being charged with shooting his wife in the head on June 12 in the rear seat of a car in the 4600 block of East Van Buren Street. Witness Caraway described the moments before and after the shot as Wanger argued with his wife about a woman named Jean. the medical examiner testified the wound was from close range and caused death by shock and brain destruction. prosecutors seek the death penalty unless mitigating circumstances appear.
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Charles C. Bernstein
Wanger
South 40Th Street
East van Buren Street
Bessie
Douglas H. Clark
Caraway
van Buren
Washington Streets
60Th Street
Wangers
Clark
Jean
W. L. Hash
Fred’s
East van Buren
Earl's Market
Bill
Warren L. McCarthy
O. C. West
Hash
Virginia Hash
Mother seeks stiff penalty after fatal truck crash
In Atlanta on September 22, 1950, Mrs. Marion A. Cobb pleaded in Superior Court for harsher punishment for W. J. Thompson, found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the Christmas Eve death of her 5-year-old son Michael Cobb. The jury urged mercy, three officers testified Thompson was intoxicated, and Judge Virlyn Moore deferred sentence, with a potential 18 months imprisonment and a $1,000 fine.
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Atlanta
Marion A. Cobb
Virlyn Moore
Mercy
W. J. Thompson
Michael Cobb
Thompson
Moore
Link Found In Burglaries Linked to Phoenix thefts
Jack Tatum, 27, held in the Maricopa County jail after escaping the Minden Nevada jail August 13, is tied to three Phoenix house burglaries with $5,000 in valuables taken. He was arrested Tuesday at Florence Junction by FBI agents. Tatum, brother of Joseph Tatum, 29, in Arizona State Prison, is linked to D A Dykes residence on Adriene Drive, Herbert Tiffany residence on 33 East Pierson Street, and Harry Johnson Home on 726 Encanto Drive Southeast. Stolen goods thought to be cached in Utah.
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Jack Tatum
Maricopa County
Minden
Nev
Phoenix House
Cal Boies
Tatum
Florence Junction
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Joseph Tatum
Arizona State Prison
M. H. Baskin, Jr
Marlin Constantine
D. A. Dykes
Adriene Drive
Herbert Tiffany
Pierson Street
Harry Johnson
Encanto Drive
Utah
Miss America 1949 tours Catalina and Phoenix area
Miss America 1949, fresh from Atlantic City, visits Catalina Island and Phoenix area. She plans to return to Los Angeles around Oct 2 or 3 after modeling swimsuits for Catalina Incorporated and presenting scenes from Romeo and Juliet. She notes travel fatigue yet enjoys Arizona scenery and credits her overall popularity to fitting a group image.
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Phoenix
Ambassador Hotel
Catalina Island
Miss Mercer
New York
America
Atlantic City
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Catalina, Incorporated
Catalina
Trial details unfold in pistol case with extensive witness lists
The incident is described as accidental with the pistol misfiring during handling. Both sides have subpoenaed around a dozen witnesses each. A jury of seven women and five men is sequestered as the trial progresses and prosecution direct testimony is expected to finish late today.
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Ing
Architect’s Reconstructions Highlight Conference Ties
Architect Field completed reconstruction work before his disappearance following attendance at an international architects conference in Italy. His wife Kate and two children remained in London as he continued traveling across the continent, Dean Hunsaker said.
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Italy
Field
Kate
London
Dean Hunsaker
Czech officials say they know nothing of missing American
Prague officials told the American embassy they know nothing about the reported disappearance of Herman Field, a 38 year old Cleveland architect, who was said to have boarded a Warsaw Prague flight but did not arrive in Prague. Embassy spokesmen confirmed Field never arrived.
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Prague
Warsaw
Herman Field
Cleveland
Ohio
Field
Poland Indicates Yank Hasn't Been Imprisoned
WARSAW Sept 22 The U S Embassy said Polish Foreign Office is reasonably certain American architect Hermann H Field 38 director of building plans for Cleveland College was not arrested or held by Polish authorities He was last seen by friends at Warsaw airport Aug 20 with conflicting accounts of the date.
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Warsaw
U. S
Foreign Office
State Department
Washington
Hermann H. Field
Cleveland College
Western Reserve
Cleveland
Ohio
Church Plans Teacher Fete in Safford
The First Methodist Church led by Rev. Don ald S Wogaman will host a reception for Graham County teachers with vespers at 7 30 p m social hour and a get acquainted program in the recreation hall The Rotary Club luncheon features Dr Robert S Flynn AZ Medical Association president speaking on A Brief Glimpse of Britain's Economy at the Safford Inn Willcox chosen for the Southeastern Arizona Woman's Society of Christian Service zone seminar November meeting.
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Safford
First Methodist Church
Donald S. Wogaman
Graham County
Robert S. Flynn
Arizona Medical Association
Rotary Club
Safford Inn
Britain
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Methodist Churches
Arizona
First Methodist
Willcox
Blind Woman Tries to Save Nurse in Blaze
In Fort Smith Arkansas on September 22 AP reports blind Mary Vowell frantically tried to extinguish a nursing colleague's flaming housecoat. Nurse Hazel Hardway 41 died later from third degree burns. Vowell sustained burns on her hands. The attempt ended tragically.
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Fort Smith
Ark
Mary Vowell
Hazel Hardway
Hardway
Miss Yowell
Tragic Fire Leading Nurse Dies in Fort Smith Hospital
Police Lt. Oscar Erke described a deadly incident in which a nurse on duty in the home of bedrid en patient Mrs. O. R. Geren fainted and fell across a stove. Mrs. Geren cried for help. Miss Yowell, from an upstairs apartment, dragged the screaming nurse outside where she died at Fort Smith hospital around noon.
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Oscar Erke
Coal miners strike confrontation halts work in West Virginia
Labor riders forced closure of seven mines between Clarksburg and Hodgeville as state police failed to quell pickets estimated over 1000 strong. At White Sulphur Springs John L. Lewis refused operator demands to resume work and wage talks adjourned to next week. George H. Love said no progress and no talks until Thursday.
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Clarksburg
Hodgeville
W. Va
White Sulphur Springs
John L. Lewis
Northern and Western
Lewis
United Mine Worker
George H. Love
Pilot killed in F-51 crash during storm in Tujungas
National Guard officers identified Lt. William H. Hardwick 31 a Los Angeles firefighter and World War II veteran as the pilot killed when his F-51 Mustang crashed and burned in a rugged mountain area between Big and Little Tujunga canyons after a storm. Arthur Giesen a forestry lookout at Mendenhall Peak heard the crash.
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Tujunga
Calif
INS
National Guard
Big
Little Tujunga Canyons
William H. Hardwick
Los Angeles
Health Board Member Linked To Dope Ring
A Kansas Board of Health member Dr. Hugh A. Hope was accused of selling narcotics to undercover agents at his Hunter drug store. Federal agents arrested him as part of a broader Augment ring investigation tied to Colorado penitentiary contraband. Hope admitted selling drugs and was bound over to the next federal grand jury after waiving a preliminary hearing.
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Junction City
Kan
Kansas Board of Health
Colorado State Penitentiary
Board of Health
Hugh A. Hope
Hunter
Kaw
Hope
Roy Best
Colorado
Terry A. Talent
Federal Bureau of Narcotics
Denver
T. J. Walker
Kansas City
Canyon To Get Nevills Ashes From Plane Crash Victims
The Grand Canyon of Arizona will receive the ashes of Norman Nevills and his wife Doris after their deaths in a plane crash at Mexican Hat Utah. Close friend Preston Walker will scatter the ashes over the canyon from a plane, honoring the river runner's long connection to the site.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Grand Canyon
Arizona
Norman Nevills
Nevills
Doris
Mexican Hat
Utah
Preston Walker
Workers Vote for Bargaining Agent at Reynolds Metals
About 1,350 Reynolds Metals employees were voting by 7 a.m. to choose a collective bargaining representative. Polls at the company auditorium run until 7 p.m. with results expected by 7:30 p.m. United Steelworkers official Jerry Conway and AFL organizer Henry Olsen planned to review challenged ballots during the day.
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Reynolds Metals Company
Jerry Conway
Los Angeles
United Steelworkers of America
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Henry Olsen
Vancouver
Wash
American Federation of Labor
Phoenix Aluminum Council
Envoy Arrives In Egypt Amid New Diplomatic Role
Jefferson Caffery former U S ambassador to France arrived in Alexandria Egypt on September 22 to assume duties as the U S ambassador to Egypt.
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Egypt
Alexandria
Jefferson Caffery
U. S
France
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