Widow of Mac Ald Sues U S for Damages
Mrs Mariquita Atcheson of San Francisco sues the United States for 250000 in a federal suit claiming negligence led to the death of George Alche rr, an adviser to Gen Douglas MacArthur. Alche rr died Aug 16 when a B17 ran out of gas and crashed into the ocean about 60 miles west of Honolulu while en route from Tokyo to Washington for Jap peace talks.
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George Alcherr
Auglas MacArthur
Mariquita Aitcheson
San Francisco
Atcheson
Hopolulu
Tokyo
Washington
The
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Three Arrests in Hospital Theft Case at Wake General
Indianapolis August 7 Three men were taken into custody in connection with the loss of bedsheets and pillow cases from Camp Atterbury near Indianapolis. Lt John J Ward 49 post engineer at Ft Benjamin Harrison Bernard J Ward 40 of Calumet City and Abraham Levi 67 president of Elwood Iron and Metal Co were arrested. The Eastland Bank Inc said about 6000 sheets and 4000 pillow cases valued at 1619.25 were stolen in April 1948 and sold in Chicago.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Anny
Wakerman Geenral Hospital
Camp Atterbury
John J. Ward
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Bernard J. Ward
Calumet City
Abraham Levi
Elwood Iron and Metal Co
Elwood
Tad
EBI
Chicago
Ball and Chain On Train Foil Wedding Plan
In Grand Rapids Michigan on the eve of his marriage, 23 year old Larry Flaughter stepped from a train with a ball and chain attached to his leg. His fiancée Lucille Hemminger, 19, awaits their wedding in Edmore thirty miles away. Spartan College pranksters had chained him to his ankle during farewells. a key was sent ahead to the bride. A feverish twist aimed to resolve the situation before the ceremony.
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Larry Flaugher
Grand Rapids
Mich
Grand Rapids, Midh
Larry Flaughter
Larry
Lucille Hemminger
Niagara Falls
Edmore
Spartan College of Engineering
Tulsa
Okla
Lucille
Fishing Industry Magazine Started in Texas and Midwest
Victoria reports a new publication titled The Seafoodusiness magazine aimed at boosting Texas commercial fishing and its Midwest market. Edited and published by Ruel Marlei of Pt. La- HCA, the magazine will debut August 10.
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Victoria
Taft
Texas
Midwest
Seafoodusiness
Ruel Marlei
Pt. la- Hca
Cotton Flows Across Border Incident Report
Brownsville reports cotton crossing from Mexico after embargo began last Saturday. In India, band of armed men halted a Hyderabad-bound train at Bezwada, forced off passengers and burned the train.
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Brownsville
Rio Grande
Mexico
Matamoros
Band Burns
Srain
Madras
India
Bezwada
Hyderabad State
Eye Price of Curiosity in Hammond Hoax Incident
In Hammond Indiana a curious incident involves a man named James Stinnell who peered through a hole pecked by a warbling heron and removed a basket covering a yard scene. The event follows an unusual wave of heron migration to the region.
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Hammond
Ind
Indiana
Phil Weinberg
James Stinnell
Poll Fight Toll Mounts In Tennessee County
In Benton Tennessee the county seat remained quiet as national guard and highway patrol guarded against election turmoil. Three people died and four were wounded from a toll of violence during the election. Edwin Shearer, 32, died in an Andrews North Carolina hospital from wounds suffered in an ambush near a Folk County polling place on Thursday's election.
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Benton
Tenn
Aug. T
Tennessee
National Guard
Edwin Shearer
Andrews
N. C
Folk County
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