Widow of Richest Indian Dies Penniless in Los Angeles
Anna Laura Lowe Barnett, widow of Jackson Barnett the so called richest Indian, died penniless in Los Angeles after a court invalidated their marriage and denied her share of his $3,000,000 Oklahoma estate. She faced medical needs and bitter resentment toward the government, with the estate later awarded to Indian groups.
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Los Angeles
Anna Laura Lowe Barnett
Wilshire Blvd
Barnett
Oklahoma
Reynolds and Bride Honeymoon on Isle Reynolds
Tobacco heir Richard J. Reynolds Jr and his 33 year old bride Muriel Greenough are honeymooning tonight on Sapelo Island Georgia after their marriage beside the estate pool. Reynolds was divorced from Marianne O'Brien Reynolds in Miami Thursday and the couple agreed to a 2 million dollar settlement giving her the Miami Beach estate and a New York apartment.
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Sapelo Island
Richard J. Reynolds Jr
Reynolds
Muriel Greenough
Toronto
Gordon C. King
First Methodist Church
Darien
Marianne O’brien Reynolds
Miami
Miami Beach
New York
Allies Pressed on Arms Goals
The North Atlantic Council demanded Britain and France disclose plans for rearmament by August 20. NATO officials fear cutbacks threaten the Lisbon Conference goal of a European military balance before 1954, amid Britain’s stretching of rearmament and France’s hinted reductions.
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Paris
North Atlantic Council
Britain
France
Atlantic Community
NATO
Europe
Council
North Atlantic
Archbishop Sails to Calm US Over Red Dean Rumpus
Archbishop of Canterbury sails to New York with pamphlets to defend his image against the so-called Red Dean Hewlett Johnson. He aims to reassure Americans of his identity during a U S tour that includes a Boston speech and a New England holiday.
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Liverpool
Eng
Archbishop of Canterbury
New York
Canterbury
New England
Bos
Rothwell's Shoppe Moves to 133 E Fourth St
Rothwell's Shoppe opens in a new location at 133 E Fourth St after years at 408 Bine Ave. Founded in 1929 by Mayme Rothwell and Hilda Rothwell, the business expanded with Marion Preede joining in 1938 to head the millinery department at the new store.
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Rothwell
Bine Ave
Mayme Rothwell
Hilda Rothwell
Marion Preede
Author Injured in Auto Accident eight miles south of Louisburg
Betty Smith author of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn suffered severe leg and facial cuts in an automobile accident eight miles south of Louisburg last night. Attaches at a local hospital said 37 stitches were needed for facial wounds and 31 stitches for leg injuries.
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Louisburg
Betty Smith
Brooklyn
Here
U S Violent Weather Toll Tops Records For Year
The Weather Bureau reports a year of disasters from floods to droughts causing over five billion dollars in damage. About 500 deaths occurred in the past year with more than six thousand killed in prior years, while Great Lakes levels rose to record highs endangering homes and industries.
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Weather Bureau
U. S
Jess
Kansas
Inces
Missouri
Housing and Home Finance Agency
I R. Tannehill
National Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Lake Michigan
Huron
Arkansas
Red Cross
Mississippi
South Dakota
Nebraska
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Towa
Texas
Michigan
Dmnois
Oklahoma
Watertown
Oregon
Sierra
Southern Pacific Railroad
Donner Summit
Calif
Nore Gen
Rockies
Southeast
New England
Okahoma
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Nature
Florida
Tannehill
Father of 12 Dies Under Coal Slide in Silo
In Richmond Virginia on August 9 a 41 year old father of 12 Charles A Allen an employee of American Tobacco Co died after being buried by cascading coal in a silo. Firemen with air hammers and axes spent over three hours freeing him but he could not be saved.
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Richmond
Charles A. Allen
Allen
American Tobacco Co
Mme Chiang Enroute to Honolulu Hospital for Treatment
Madame Chiang Kai-shek travels to Honolulu with her husband expected to enter the Army Empire Hospital for treatment of a skin disorder. K W Yu, press adviser to the Chinese Nationalist delegation, says Mrs Chiang will arrive on a Philippine Airlines flight early tomorrow.
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Honolulu
T.H
UPI
Chiang Kai-shek
Army
Empler Hospital
K. W. Yu
United Nation
Philippine Air Lines
Pilot lands crippled twin engine Beechcraft in Omaha
Husky blond pilot Harry Bodenner Jr. of Denver flies four hours with locked left landing gear after takeoff from Moline. He circles airports, trims ballast, and drains fuel to avoid fire as he makes a wheel landing in Omaha at 2:25 p.m. He is unhurt despite one wing and a propeller damaged.
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Omaha
Harry Bodenner Jr
Denver
Moline, Jr
CAA
Moline
Bodenver
Grand Island
Neb
Bodenner
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Wolf
East Seventh
Bride
Isle
Eva Peron
Eva Paron
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Eva -Peron
Juan D. Peron
Ministry of Labor
Labor Ministry
America
Peron
Young & Tender
Peaches
Elberta Freestone
Per Lug
Thompson
Hunt
Jane
Dally and Sundey
Lakewood Center
May CO
Butler Bros
Oscar Mayer
Rothwell’s
Milste Industries
Dept
Michigan Ave
Chicago
Sig
Nome
Adiron
U.S
Charles F. Barrett
Washington
United States
Mme
Chiang
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