Sabotage Reports Ride In From Dutch East Indies
July updates from Batavia say Republican saboteurs are active in oil fields and infrastructure across Java and Sumatra as Dutch forces struggle to hold territories. Indications point to fires, water cuts, and damaged ports with Dutch losses estimated high and Indonesian resistance advancing.
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Batavia
Jave
Sumatra
Dis
Java
North Java
Standard Qi
Salatiga
Semarang
State Prosecution Seeks to Prove Gollum Bought Dynamite
The state argues Gollum bought dynamite for a purpose in Newport amid a hectic scene as Mary Prosecutor Eup and Migie 1 testify about receipts from dynamite sales. Hill of Trodaw Powder Co. is expected to confirm the sales, while the defense questions the circumstances and intent for blasting.
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Tosarge
Gram
Gollum
Tweiresei
Newport
Sharsedt
Mary
Trodaw Powder Co
Chatsworth
Two Hanged For Double Slaying In Kansas
Two former railroad workers Cecil Tate and George Gurfow were executed by hanging at 12 01 a m CST in Calista Kansas for the May 12 robbery slayings of W. W. McClellan and his son Arnold. Both pleaded guilty and showed composure in the waiting period. The victims were a Herrold grain elevator operator and his son. only $4.50 was taken. Governor Carlson refused clemency after Texas Governor Jester sought more time for mental condition testimony.
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Kansas
Fran Carlson
Beauford Jester
Texas
Tate
Carlson
Truman Attends Simple Forest Hill Funeral for Mother
President Truman flew back to the capital after a one hour visit to his Grandview cottage where his mother Mrs Martha Kieu Truman was buried yesterday in Forest Cemetery Kansas City beside John A. Prue. Kin attended the service with a brief graveside rite and no pomp. Sixteen cars formed the funeral cortege as pallbearers carried the flower laden casket to the grave.
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Pai
F. Com
Truman
Gadview
Martha Kieu Truman
Sey Tarewell
Mary June Trunad
Kansasity
John AL Prue
Grandview
Fie
July Rainfall Boosts County Shaping July Precipitation
Thunderstorms yesterday barely touched Ha- Beretown and nearby areas. Chewsville and west end reservoir totals rose. Hagerstown and Flagerstown saw limited rain. Oswald notes July rainfall well above normal with scattered showers and favorable corn weather despite high humidity. Peanuts for salting are typically cooked in coconut or vegetable oil.
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Ha- Beretown
Hagerstown
Chenaville
D. Paul Oswald
Flagerstown
West End Reservoir
Chewsville
West End
Oswald
Chevasville
Couple, 94 and 73, Plan Quiet Elderly Wedding
A 94 year old man and a 73 year old widow plan a small ceremony after delaying their marriage to secure a waiver of a five day waiting period. Ellen Anderson Brien Janes Davis would like one of her children present. William J. Van Asperen, the groom, has seven children. Both expect to live quietly on their old age pensions and emphasized the urgency of marrying.
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Yearold Ellen Anderson
Brien Janes Davis
Wiliam J. van Asperen
Peren
Mrs. Davis
Refugees Refuse To Leave Vessel At Port Rouge
French agency reports $500 Jewish refugees who arrived aboard three British transports refused to land at Port de Rouge in protest over denied admission to Palestine. Two refugee spokesmen said they will be removed only dead. Prefect’s secretary-general said he would contact Premier Paul Ramadier. dispatch noted plans to land only one passenger woman with lung congestion.
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Port de Rouge
Patestine
M. Caalaveria
Boucher- Du-Rione
I Paul Ramadier
Showdown With U S Russia Near In UN Balkans Stall
July 29 marked a tense UN Security Council session as the United States and Russia faced a possible veto or abstention over a U S watchdog commission for Balkans borders. Earlier, the council tentatively approved small amendments to the American draft clearing a path to a vote.
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Lake Suctess
United States
Russia
Balkan
United Nations Security Council
U. S
Commission
Balkans
Pirates Slain and Nest Seized by Chinese Navy
Canton China July 29 Chinese naval forces killed about 100 pirates in a clash off the Kwantung coast on July 23. The pirates lost their chief of staff and a unit commander. The Kueling landy pirate stronghold, five miles northeast of Hong Kong, is now occupied by Chinese troops after years as a base for sea rovers who terrorized passing junks and coastal villages.
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Canton
China
Kwantung Coast
Navy
Hong Kong
Martinsburg Murder Suspect Arrested as Man Found Dead
Martinsburg police probe a fatal shooting linked to a gambling ring. Charles Taylor, 53, formerly of Hagestown, was found dead near Williamsport after leaving a gambling spot with about $3,500. An automatic pistol was recovered, and Ridenour, a suspect, remained at large while associates report recent car sale and gambling losses. The motive appears robbery.
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Ridenour
Baltimore
Hidtenour
Martinsburg
Martin L. Tr
Leister
Anoete
South Potomac Street
William B. Broadwater
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Ingram
Taylor
Hagerstown
Charles Terzeian
Williamsport Pike
Richard Rubiman
Black Washington Avenue
Lynford Ridenour
Black Spruce Street
Williamsport
Samuel R. Wells
Potomac Street
Lake watchers awaitAnne Straw body in victim search
In Holderness New Hampshire July 29 investigators chase a missing 20 year old heiress Anne Straw believed to have drowned after leaving her father banker H E Straw's summer home on Lake Squani. Rumors persist of sightings none confirmed as Smith College professor Bailou travels to France hoping for a clue.
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N.hs
Anne Straw
Yelty Smith College
New Hampshire
H. Eilis Straw
Manchester
Smith College
France
Anne
Richard B. Ballau
Straw
Bailou
United Nations
New England
Order Restored In Costa Rica Capital Riots
In San Jose July 29 disturbances ended as mobs roamed streets and looted closed shops while unarmed police struggled to disperse them. San Juan de Dios hospital said 20 people were treated for injuries. The Vanguardia Popular Party condemned the rioting and urged abstention by its members.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
San Juan de Dios
Newpapers
Vanguardia Popular Party
Lie Detector Test Ties Farmer to Manslaughter Death
Meadville Pa July 29 A lie detector test given a Spartanshire farmer by police in san a week ago resulted in dispatches of manslaughter in the death of a year old child. District Attorney Kenneth W Rice said Harvey Keilerman admitted striking three year old Harvey Jr shortly before the child collapsed and died in the yard of their home in May 1936. Rice said he was satisfied the six month old Avin Key died accidentally when his head caught in the bars of his crib. Kellerman pleaded innocent to manslaughter and aggravated assault and battery before Alderman Dominick Lemme yesterday. A hearing was set for Friday.
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Meadville
Spartanshire
Insan
Kenneth W. Rice
Harvey Keilerman
Harvey Jr
Rice
Avin Key
Kellerman
Dominick Lemme
Never Too Young in Hollywood Debuts Jessica James
Ten weeks old Jessica James made her camera debut with mother actress Betty Grable. Father Harry James did not appear in the scene. Studio agents rumor talent scouts are watching the infant, weighing 11 pounds 3 ounces.
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Hollywood
Jessica James
Betty Grable
Harry James
Miss James
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