Special Officer Held in Killing at Artesia Golf Course
Special Officer Ben Rodriguez, 48, of 1009 Monterey Street, held on homicide charges after a Sunday shooting at the Artesia golf course entrance. Victim Van Ness George Wilson, 20, of 1907 Dakota Street, died at Robert B. Green Hospital. Rodriguez, a golf course employee, allegedly fired over an argument about golf balls, wounding Wilson with a .28 caliber revolver. Justice of the Peace M. D. Buck Jones opened an investigation, with statements from caddies Nini Cantu, 17, and Lemmie Brown, 1, among others.
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Linder
van Ness
George Wilson
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Justice of the Peace M. D
Buck” Jones
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Willow Springs
Artesia
Rodriguez
Nini
J. W. King
Wi. H. Williamson
Keng Mathew Cantu
Nalen St
Lemmie Brown
Blue Bermet St
Robert B. Green
Justice of the Peace
M. “Buck” Jones
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Silent Picture Star Returns to Movies
Corinne Griffith, famed silent star and wife of Red Skins owner George Marshall, plans a film comeback in The Fat Man's mystery thriller The Fat Man. She sues TV stations to block airing of her past films, aiming to set a precedent if victorious.
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Mutha Pieture Lalitor Hollywood
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Corinne Griffith
William Goelz
Jack Smart
Corinne
George Marshall
Redskins
Yasu Pitts
Florida Officials Face Probe Over Gambling Syndicate
The Kefauver committee hearings reveal Broward Sheriff Walter R. Clark admitted involvement in a 754,835 bolita lottery from 1945 to 1947 and a gambling operator worked for him in 1943. Gov. Fuller Warren orders investigations of the 5 and 6 syndicate and other Dade County gambling, with findings to the grand jury. 1948 syndicate income estimated at 26,520,045.
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Kefauverenate Crime Investigating Committee
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Subpoenas Issued for City Officials and Officers in Kefauver Probe
More than 25 police officers, politicians and gamblers have been subpoenaed to appear before the Senate crime investigating committee in St. Louis tomorrow. Virtually all major law enforcement officials from nearby St Clair and Madison counties will be questioned, as Sen Kefauver leads the inquiry.
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Jaycee Set to Hear Boysville Official at Plaza Hotel
Jaycee officials appoint Thomas C. Burdelon to advisory board as Boysville gains active support. Lewis Kaylan, Hoysville vice president, will address the jurdar chamber of commerce and members at Tuesday’s Plaza hotel Tuneheon meeting with Ed Sheridan as program director.
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Hoysville
Jurdar Chamber of Commerce
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Jaycee
Ed Sherian
Communists See Outlawing Party in United States Debate
Five residents of Chattanooga and nearby areas were asked if the Communist party should be outlawed in America. Opinions varied from support to opposition, with concerns about underground activity, control, and potential retaliation if lawfully banned.
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Communist Party
America
United States
John Gaas
Chattanooga Town
James A. Baham
W. Magnolia
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Ge. J. McCarty
Rigsby
Boasrd
Marion Fox
Alhambra
George 7. Kennedy
W. Russell
TRL
Russia
Gen Booth Near Death in Hartsdale Home
Gen Evangeline Booth 84 retired chief of the Salvation Army remained near death in a coma at her Hartsdale home over the weekend. Daughter of the army's founder, she has been ill and bedridden for a year, with a Salvation Army officer saying death might come at any time.
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Hartsdale
Evangeline Booth
Sic Salvation Army
Salvation Army
Wool Prices Up at American Woolen Co
New York reports American Woolen Co raised prices on all worsted goods for men and women by 32.12 to 171.2 cents per yard for orders to be delivered in November and later. This marks a second price advance by the firm in two months as it remains the world’s largest producer of woolen and worsted fabrics.
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Robert Nathan
Jane
God of
Disney
New York
Pi— American Woolen Co
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Xise
Solons Approve Negro Nomination to Third Circuit
Washington July 17 The Senate Judiciary Committee approved President Truman's nomination of William H. Hastie a Negro to serve as a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. The nomination marks the highest judicial bench a Negro has reached in the United States.
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Washingylon
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William H. Hasti
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
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Circuit Court
Amvets Seek Charter Revision for Korean War Members
In Cleveland on July 17 the Amvets of World War I decided at a national executive committee meeting to revise their charter to allow enrollment of veterans from the Korean campaign and any future campaigns.
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Amvets
Conuniltés
Hollywood Influence Reaches College Courses
The article imagines Hollywood stars guiding college curricula with figures like Ronald Colman Arthur Godfrey and Al Jolson teaching English business and history. It envisions changes in attendance and even graduation customs with film world affiliations, joking about future courses and popcorn concessions. It speculates on a playful merger of cinema and academia through celebrity-led classes.
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Denver University
U. S
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Arthur Godfrey
al Jolson
Betty Grable
Bonor
Louis
Mayer
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