Oil sales talk and extortion case in brief
Iran may sell oil to Soviet Russia if forced to, said by an Iranian official amid oil tensions. Separately, 23 year old Gyro Arthur B. Douglas faced arraignment on extortion charges after bakery owner Harold Nelligan accused him of threatening violence to force the theft of his son’s money.
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Russia
Iran
Soviet
Slauncher Nakhal
Ministry of Labor
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Douglas
Harold Nelligan
Nelligan
Slain Dancer Jewel Dragoneve Identified in River Grove
Police name Jewel Dragoneve 22 a dancer and former addict found in a ditch near River Grove. Investigators seek a dozen men listed in her address book as potential contacts. The case follows a series of sensational details about her life and death.
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River Grove
Jewel Dragoneve
Belgian Soldiers Try Draft Walkout Fails
Belgium reports sixty eight soldiers seized five trucks and tried to trigger a two year conscription strike. Lacking reinforcements they surrendered as authorities investigated the incident.
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Brussels
Belgium
Deaths of notable figures span continents and careers
Major General Follett Ley aged 62, retired Air Force officer and Sperry Gyroscope executive, dies in Mineola. Virgil G. Hinshaw, 76, Pasadena, longtime Prohibition Party National Committee chairman, dies in Bakersfield. Join Lopez, 75, magazine and screenwriter, dies in San Francisco. Charles Corrickh, retired Detroit Baptistery official, dies in Phoenix. Maureen Hill, 60, former general manager UK Chamber of Shipping, dies in St Ives. Clara Viebig, 92, German novelist, dies in Berlin.
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Sperry Gyrescot Company
Mineova
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Pasadena
Bakersfield
Calif
Join School Lopez
San Francisco
Charles KR. Corrickh
Detroit
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Phoenix
Art
Philip Maureen Hill
United Kingdom Chamber of Shipping
St. Ives
England
Clara Viebig
Berlin
Gen Van Fleet May Face New Assignment in Korea
News reports indicate General James A. Van Fleet could be reassigned from the Eighth Army in Korea to another four star post within the United Nations Command. Possible candidate General Mark W. Clark may become the only full general in the theater, freeing Van Fleet after 16 months in Korea.
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Korea
U. S
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
United Nations Command
Japan
Washington
Mark W. Clark
FBI adds "Bad Eye" Zalutsky to ten most wanted list
The FBI lists Leonard Joseph Zalutsky 37, a half blind convicted murderer, on the ten most wanted criminals list replacing George A. Heroux. Zalutsky escaped Raiford prison in 1951 after a violent breakout, aided by a pal, and has used multiple aliases including Frank Beck and Leonard Matey.
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FBI Today
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Zalutsky
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Fla
Raiford
George A. Heroux
Heroux
SBE
Gerhard A. Puff
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FBI
Zalutske
FSI
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Hay
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Beck
Frank Becawih
Leonard
Mason
Mavis
Leonard Matey
John Savitsiy
Baruch Deliberates Between Eisenhower and Stevenson
New York financier Bernard Baruch said he will decide whom to back after judging which candidate has the wisdom to beat inflation. He told reporters aboard the liner Queen Elizabeth that both Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai E. Stevenson possess the ability to curb inflation, but words alone won't do. fortitude is required.
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New York
Bernard Baruch
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adllai E. Stevenson
Baruch
Burned toast puzzles Albuquerque scientists
University of New Mexico researchers study a burned toast like sample sent by a Georgia teacher as a possible meteorite fragment. Dr Lincoln La Paz and his wife test the material and weigh the clue that a housewife’s senses may solve the mystery.
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Albuquerque
University of New Mexico
Atay Tomet
Macon
Lincoln la Paz
Institute of Meteoritics
Prodigi 7 Earns Second Radio License in LA
Seven year old prodigy Leonard Ross returned to the FCC offices in Los Angeles and passed the third class commercial radio operator exam after previously earning a novice license. He aims to get the first class license soon and continues to impress officials with his skill and determination.
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Los Angeles
Leonard Ross
FCC
Lernard Ace
Wafd Party Purges 22 Members in Cairo
The I Wafd Party in Cairo purged 22 parliament members as it cleans house before investigations into Avardists. Among the expelled were former premier Hamed Zaki, Latif Mahmoatad, and Hussein El Guindi, each criticized for past actions and ties to the old regime.
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Egypt
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Revershicgest
Aly Maher
Wafd
Senate
Itt
Hesel
Hamed Zaki
Eoororis
Hussein el Guindi
Nilag
Farouk
Mohammed
French Liner Flandre Sailing Delayed for Engine Overhaul
Paris reports the French Line cancelled the August 14 sailing of the new liner Flandre from Le Havre to overhaul its engines. The 20,000-ton luxury ship suffered engine trouble on its maiden voyage to New York and returned to port for repairs.
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Paris
Flandre
le Havre
New York
Tide of World War II Ammunition Reaches Scottish Beach
A holiday resort in Scotland reports more than 200 incendiary bombs and detonators washing ashore from an underwater dump Britain dumped in 1936. Beaches closed as tide-borne ammunition continues to arrive, with no high explosives yet found.
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Uirvan
Scotlanac
Britain
States Nearing Disaster Designation Expansion
Unclear text indicates several states may join a disaster list for emergency drought relief. Regions mentioned include Tennessee Alabama Georgia Kentucky Mississippi South Carolina Maine Massachusetts with counties in Missouri and Arkansas previously labeled disaster areas.
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North’ Carolina
Louisiana
Rhode Island
Tshe
Tennessee
Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Mississippi
South Carolina
Maine
Massachusetts
Missouhi
Arkansas
Pilot Earned Medal After Bomb Run Crash Landing
Marine pilot Edward Shams of Pensacola Florida was lauded for heroism after crashing his jet carrying an unexploded bomb near Chomwor te. He diverted to a makeshift landing. one wheel failed and the plane slid with Shams suffering leg and arm injuries. He remained conscious, guiding the crippled craft to safety as supports reported his actions saved others.
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Pensacola
Pia
Marine Corps
Shamis
Chomworte
Bee Trowton
Errichard
T. Is. Ingman
Lima
Panther
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