Chinese General in Mexico Amid $25 Million Theft Case
MEXICO CITY Chinese general Lt T Mow and his tall blonde secretary Agnes Kelley were jailed in Cuernavaca after nationalist China accused him of improperly abstracting documents defrauding the government and robbing more than five million dollars. Accomplices include American Oliver Kissich and Mexican Pedro Casar Acha. Emilio Portes Gil, representing the nationalist embassy, said extradition could take years and hinge on Formosa treaty coverage.
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Mexico City
China
Mexico
Lt T. Mow
Washington
Chiang Kaishek
Mow
Department of Justice
Agnes Kelley
Oliver M. Kissich
Pedro Casar Acha
Cuernavaca
U.S
Luis Felipe Canudas
Canudas
Maw
Miss Kelley
Emilio Portes Gil
Manuel Escobedo
Formosa
Japan
U. S
Chih-tsing Feng
Galesville Tercentenary Pageant Marks 1650s Lore
Galesville Maryland plans a weekend tercentenary celebration with a child driven program. Students will perform colonial dances the minuet and Virginia reel and a voice chorus will accompany a pageant reviewing Galesville history from its 1650 settlement and early Quaker connections.
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George Dixon
S2voice Chorus
Galesville
Derby divorce case reveals cruelty by husband
Bessy Chapman testified in Derby that on her wedding day her husband tried to strangle her, slapped her, seized her earnings from the first payday, and threw a knife at her. The court found in her favor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby
England
Bessy Chapman
Utah Eliminates State Property Tax For 1952
Utah abolishes the state property tax for 1952 as record income and corporate tax receipts fund the budget. The 63 mill levy disappears leaving only a 6.44 mill local levy for the minimum school fund, saving $75,000 previously used for collection. Patrick Healy Jr. informs Gov. J Bracken Lee via letter.
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Salt Las
Utah
Utah Tax Commission
Patrick Healy Jr
J. Bracken Lee
Healy
Seattle climber survives five lightning bolts on Mt Stuart
Alan Robert Grant, 19, of Seattle, survived five lightning strikes atop Mt Stuart in the Cascades after his companion Paul Brikoff, 20, was killed. Grant waited three days for rescue before Coast Guard helicopter rescued him to Seattle with burns to his back and leg.
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Seattle
Mt. Stuart
Cascades
Alan Robert Grant
Grant
Paul Brikoff
Coast Guard
Brikhoff
Postal deficit proposals cited at rural carriers convention
Stillwater Oklahoma. Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson outlined three plans to move the post office department out of the red next year. He suggested curtailing service, raising rates, or seeking a larger congressional appropriation. He spoke to about 3,000 rural carriers gathered for the National Rural Mail Carriers association meeting.
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Stillwater
Okla
Jesse M. Donaldson
Post Office Department
Red
Donaldson
National Rural Mail Carriers Association
West Coast
Boy Daredevil Fined for Playing at Whalom Park
Paul J. Fluet a 17 year old from Fitchburg was fined 15 dollars in district court after police testified he and two younger companions repeatedly jumped into a roller coaster car as it neared the top and leaped out before the car plunged downward despite park officials pleas to stop.
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Fitchburg
Mass
Paul J. Fluet
Whalom Park
Fluet
Dow
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Walgreens
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Boyville
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Sears
ABC
Roebucks
Texas
Gabardine Leisure
Boyville, Jr
Goodyear West
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Tucson
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