Books Juggling Suspected in $550000 Fraud Case
In Emporia Kansas authorities reveal three to four men helped Herbert J. Kindred swindle his City Finance Co. of 550000 before his death. A District Court hearing on receivership follows the audit that exposed the fraud. Police hold William Gayer who says Kindred offered him 3000 to kill him but he refused.
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Emporia, Kans
Herbert J. Kindred
Jeff Robertson
Kansas Corporation Commission
Robertson
William Gayer
Kindred
Gayer
Kindread
Ile
Iindred
GM Pay Rise to Boost Wages for GM Workers
Government reports show living costs rising to a new high. A three cents per hour raise will affect about 265000 General Motors workers including 31660 in Brown-Lipe-Chapin's Syracuse division. The June market basket for a family of three climbs from 695 to 705 dollars yearly, with index reaching 173.7 on July 15.
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Washington
General Motors
Brown-Lipe-Chapin
Syracuse
Giem
Food Index Drops 13 Cents On Week
Wholesale food prices fell to $6.04 on the Dun and Bradstreet index for the week ended yesterday. Prices in 16 of 31 commodities declined while 11 held steady and 4 rose. The index remains 5.7 percent below the all time peak of $7.36 reached on July 13.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
Story of Stalin interview excerpt noted in Kremlin
Feature on Stalin quotes and biographer Emil Ludwig in a candid Kremlin interview as part of the Story of Stalin series. The page list notes sections such as Comics Crossword Dr Dean Horoscope Mary Haworth and other features across Amusements Financial Classified and Editorials.
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Joseph Stalin
Soviet Russia
Emil Ludwig
Kremlin
Stalin
Dean
Mary Haworth
Ing. Repter
Earthquakes Force Thousands to Flee in Southern Italy
In the south of Italy, many thousands shelter outdoors after daily tremors for two weeks. Foggia, a 64 000 population city, was described from Rome dispatches as deserted as residents refuse to return home.
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Rome
Foggia
United States Accepts Russia Closure of Vladivostok Consulate
Secretary of State Marshall announced that the United States will accept Moscow's demand to close the American consulate in Vladivostok. President Truman canceled credentials of Soviet Consul General Jacob Lomakin, while Moscow also closed consulates in New York and San Francisco and ended the 1947 Leningrad reopening agreement.
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Washington
Marshall
United States
Russia
Vladivostok
Williamsburg
Yorktown
Truman
Jacob Lomakin
Pacific
Moscow
Leningrad
New York City
San Francisco
Amtorg
Hussie
State Department
Oksana Dusenkina
Charles FE. Bohlen
Jacob M. Lomakin
U.S
Lomakin
Kaiser-Fraser Leases 20 Year Blast Furnace Purchase Option
Kaiser-Fraser Corp. exercises option to lease a government owned blast furnace in Cleveland for 20 years with privilege to buy the plant for 15.2 million dollars. Henry J. Kaiser announces the action during a Washington visit tied to congressional inquiries into the $28 million acquisition.
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Washington
Kaiser Corporation
Cleveland
Henry J. Kaiser
Navy urges officers to shed weight and boost fitness
Rear Adm. Hewlett Thebaud led a Navy inspection warning officers to cut excess eating and sedentary habits. A two page report titled Physical Fitness of Officers urged healthier living with regular open air exercise. The Navy is creating diet and exercise pamphlets led by an admiral and two captains.
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Washington
Hewlett Thebaud
Navy
Adm
Louis Denfeld
Naval Operations
Local Draft Board Seeks Aid in Registration Efforts
Draft Board 57 organizes its own plan to register 25 year olds starting Monday. Only three members, Naumann, Shea and Weinheimer, are appointed amid state protests. Principals from multiple Syracuse area schools are being asked to set up registration booths under board supervision at hospitals and schools. Registrations run through September 18.
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Board of Hdtention Otlekits
Salina
Webster
Salem Clyde
Lincoln
Gere
Delaware
Sesanott
Pbedbeevue
Tip Merrick
Danforth
Board of Itducation
Persormy
Syracuse General
Onondaga Ceneral and Peoples Hospitals
Schood
Rankin Wins Primary Test in Mississippi
In Mississippi, 28 year veteran John I Rankin won renomination in the Democratic primary. Fellow incumbents Rep John Bell Williams Rep William M Colmer and Rep Thomas G Abernethy led in incomplete returns as Rankin secured a strong majority in the First Congressional District with 13 928 ballots to 5 579 for Raymond Jarvis and 4 335 for Claude Clayton in unofficial returns from 202 of 224 boxes.
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Jackson
Miss
John I. Rankin
Congress
Mississippi
John Bell Williams
Air Force
William M. Colmer
Thomas G. Abernethy
Rankin
Raymond Jarvis
Claude F. Clayton
Russian Teacher May Talk Today
Hospital officials expect another interview with Mrs. Oksana Kasenkina, the Russian teacher injured in a clash at the Soviet Consulate. She rested well overnight and shows improvement after a previous newsreel interview was halted due to exhaustion.
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New York
Oksana Kasenkina
Roosevelt Hospital
Heat Hits Record 94 As Syracuse Sees Blistering Heat
Syracuse thermometers soared to 94 degrees at 2 P.M., tying the year's high as a heat wave brews. Forecasters warn of another hot night and hot trends into the weekend with slight relief possible later. Across the region, readings reach the 90s and 100s from the Rockies to the Great Lakes.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Rockies
Canadian
Minnesota
Crreat Lakes
Pennsylvania
LaCrosse
Wls
Syracuse
Incumbents Renominated in New York Primaries
Eight House incumbents and several State Senators won renomination with decisive margins amid chaotic primary battles across New York. Notables include Representatives Daniel A. Reed, W Sterling Cole, Katharine St George, and others. several senators also advanced while William Bewley was defeated by Earl W. in Lockport.
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Albany
Todas
New York State
Compressien
House
Chey Whee
Daniel A. Reed
Dunkirk
W. Sterling Cole
Bath
Katharine St. George
Tuxedo Park
John CL. Butler
Auffata
Clarence Wilburn
Malone
Rhepubtles
Willian Bewley
Lockport
Earl W
Bucking Horse Explodes Through Fence Hurts 21 at Pueblo Rodeo
A bucking horse named Bear Cat leaped a fence and charged into the stands at the Colorado State Fair rodeo in Pueblo. Twenty one people were injured, three seriously, after the horse tossed rider Chuck Black of Raton New Mexico and crashed into bleachers.
Three Great Men and the Man Who Invented Interest
A nameless inventor cites a college president declaring Ford Carnegie and Edison as the three greatest men of modern times. A pawnbroker quips that the man who invented interest was no slouch either, drawing a wry contrast between fame and finance.
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Danny Kaye
Henry Ford
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas A. Edison
Mord
Carnegie
Edison
Baby Sitter Courted by Midnight Justice in Ottawa
A spilled Ottawa court scene centers on a babysitter left alone with children prompting a midnight appearance by a police unit. Judge Burke presided over a traffic case as local questions arose about hospitality for a visiting Prime Minister and possible reception plans at Lansdowne Park.
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Aurora GP
Pollee
Burke Ob Burke
Boeto
Burke
Ottawa CP
Ottawa
John AL Costerloden
Grenville Good- Win
Civic Board of Control
Lansdowne Park
Shaw accuses Shaw on vaccination belief rumor
Dr Charles F Pabst of Greenpoint Hospital said he received a letter from Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. Shaw stated he classed believers in vaccination with fanatics and the doctor called Shaw a dermophobe fearing skin scratches.
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New York
Charles F. Pabst
Greenpoint Hospital
George Bernard Shaw
Stalin Proposes Berlin Currency Conference
An informed diplomatic source says Prime Minister Stalin proposed a Berlin conference of Big Four financial experts to agree on control of the city currency. United States Britain and France are weighing the idea with Moscow envoys urging acceptance.
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London
Stalin
Berlin
United States
Britain
France
Moscow
Ex-Aid Wins in Newburgh GOP Primary Clash
Orange County District Attorney Stanley B. Johnson who jailed two Newburgh newspaper men over a gambling probe lost the Republican primary. Clare J. Hayt, Johnson’s former assistant, won the nomination as Hoyt led 71,39 to 2,712 with early returns. The probe and the Clarke Leonard case dominated pre election debate and spurred talk of newsroom source immunity legislation.
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Newburgh
Orange County
Stanley B. Johnson
Clare J. Hayt
Johnson
Hoyt
Douglas V. Clarke
Charles L. Leonard
Newburgh News
Clarke
Leonard
State Law Revision Commission
Kellems Plant Ordered to Move from Westport
Judge John T. Cullinan ruled Vivien Kellems must move her cable grip plant out of Westport, Connecticut by December 1 and pay the town 250 dollars for violating a zoning order. If not obeyed, Miss Kellems, her brother David, and the Kellems Company face a 5000 dollar penalty.
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Bridgeport
Hiss and Chambers face perjury hint in hearings
In Washington the Hiss and Chambers testimonies at congressional hearings drew a statement from committee chair J Parnell Thomas that one witness will be tried for perjury. Hiss admitted knowing Chambers under the name Crosley, while Chambers denied underground links.
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Washington
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Hiss
State Department
Chambers
Time Magazine
Thomas
George Crosley
Cham+bbers
Red Underground
Crosley
Robert E. Stripling
Stripling
Mr. Hiss
George Crossey
Two More Shootings Mark Reich Frontier Tension
German police in Western Berlin report a Russian uniform gunman wounded a German woman at the border between the Western zones and the Soviet zone. Bavarian authorities say a Russian zone shooting killed a German agent allied with the American Army near Fuerth Amsberg, Coburg. The suspects were described as a man with multiple aliases who allegedly worked for U S Army Intelligence.
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Berton
Germany
Pole
Berlin
Fuerth Amsberg
Coburg
Thuringia
U. S. Army Intelligence Service
Two Fatally Injured In Traffic Accidents
Rochester man Edward F. Sullivan 29 died at Onondaga General Hospital after his car left Route 5 west and hit a pole. Syracuse Yacht Club employee Melvin Wayne Bennett 43 was killed in Ithaca when he jumped from a runaway tractor trailer on Mitchell Street. Charles W. Stanton 26 of Onondaga Street drove the tractor trailer en route to Washington, D. C. and leaped from the vehicle.
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Rochester
East Camillus Hill
Ithaca
Edward F. Sullivan
Kronst
Onondaca General Hospital
Mitchell St
Charles W. Stanton
Onondaga St
Washington, D. C
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