Boy Impersonator Tries To Dupe Widow For Funds
BASIN Wyo FBI held a 16 year old boy who impersonated Harry S Truman to swindle an 83 year old widow out of 200 dollars to “fight communism.” The youth faced federal charges after a failed request grew to 2000 dollars in a later note.
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Basin
Wyo
FBI
Truman
Harry S. Truman
Alaska
George Burton
Denver
U.S. Secret Ranger Service
Burton
Plymouth
Mich
Pres
U. S
United States of America
U S and Britain Offer Iran Oil Peace Plan
The United States and Britain proposed a joint solution to Iran's oil dispute including a $10 million U S grant to Iran, a relaxation of blockades to aid oil sales, and Iran's agreement to take the dispute over payments to the world court in The Hague. Prime Minister Mossadegh appeared likely to reject the plan as Iranian oil workers and officials observe. American oilman W Alton Jones returned from Iran and went into hiding amid secrecy surrounding his visit.
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Tehran
Iran
United States
Britain
Mossadegh
U.S
World Court
Hague
W. Alton Jones
Cities Service Oil Co
U. S
Jones
New York
Cities Service
U N Sabre Pilots Down Five Red Jets Near Suiho Sinuiju
U N Fifth Air Force said fifty five Communist built jets were shot down near Suiho dam and Sinuiju in northwest Korea during a furious air battle. Capt Clifford Jolley and allied pilots damaged several MIGs while the Pyongyang raid drew heavy anti aircraft fire and reduced power.
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Seoul
Korea
U.N
Suiho Dam
Sinuiju
U.S. Fifth Air Force
Manchuria
Pyongyang
Clifford Jolley
Salt Lake City
U.S
Air Force
Red Army
Fifth Air Force
Navy
Changjin Reservoir
Postal Looters Are Run Down in Reno Chase
Two Texas men, Jim Darwood Kennedy 27 and John Edward Watson 26, were captured after a high speed Reno pursuit. Police found about 250 900 dollars in loot from a Tehachapi California post office burglary in their car. Kennedy had been released from a Texas state penitentiary last June and Watson had escaped from prison on August 5. Kennedy’s home is listed as Fairfax Oklahoma. The Tehachapi burglary was disclosed publicly for the first time. The town had been struck by an earthquake on July 21.
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Reno
Nev
Texas
Tehachapi
Calif
Jim Darwood Kennedy
Texas State Penitentiary
Johnny Edward Watson
Big Elm
Tex
Kennedy
Fairfax
Okla
Sunny Labor Day Weekend Forecast For Tucson Area
The forecast shows mostly clear skies over the Old Pueblo through Labor Day weekend with a few scattered mountain thundershowers. Temperatures little changed. Tucson high 102, low 74, Mt Lemmon top 69, Yuma hits 113 for the nation.
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Bureau
Old Pueblo
Tucson
Mt. Lemmon
Yuma
Crew Recounts Sarsi Sinking After Mine Hit
Survivors of the navy tug Sarsi tell how they battled the sea for seven hours after hitting a Communist mine off Hungnam. Two crewmen drowned and three disappeared rather than swim toward capture as 92 survivors were rescued at Sasebo. Chief Bosun Jack Brown said the crew determined never to surrender.
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Tokyo
Hungnam
Navy
Sasebo
Japan
Bosun
Jack Brown
Lemon Grove
Calif
Hurricane Heads Toward East Coast
Immediate emergency precautions were ordered on the Georgia and South Carolina coasts as a dangerous Atlantic hurricane approached the shore. The 11 a.m. advisory placed the storm about 130 miles southeast of Brunswick, moving northwest at 10 mph with winds of 80 to 90 mph near the center. gales extended 200 miles northeast and 75 miles west. Residents along the 250 mile stretch from Fernandina to Georgetown rushed to shelter and boarded up homes.
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Miami
Fla
Georgia
South Carolina
Savannah
Atlantic
Fernandina
Georgetown
S. C
Brunswick
Weather Bureau
Lawyer Henderson Dies in California After Heart Illness
Arthur Henderson 42 prominent Tucson attorney died at Huntington Memorial hospital Pasadena after a three week heart ailment. He practiced in Tucson since 1934 with the firm Knapp Boyle Bilby Thompson and served as assistant city attorney and South Tucson incorporator. He was past president of the Pima County bar and taught at the university. Survived by wife Mary Ewing mother Mrs Andrew T Henderson and sister Ruth Ann Henderson. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Arthur Henderson
Tucson
Henderson
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Pasadena
Calif
Anklam
Brooklyn
N. Y
Knapp, Boyle, Bilby and Thompson
University of Arizona Law School
South Tucson
Pima County Bar Association
U. S. Supreme Court
Mary Ewing
Andrew T. Henderson
Ruth Ann Henderson
Most Wanted Man Martin Captured in St Louis
William Merle Martin, 42, on the FBI list of ten most wanted, was caught in South St Louis after fleeing a car chase. He surrendered unarmed to patrolmen after a brief pursuit and had been hiding in rugged countryside. Police described his arrest came hours after Joseph Bent Jr. was captured in Texas City.
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ST. Louis
William Merle Martin
FBI
South St. Louis
Martin
Texas City
Tex
Joseph Franklin Bent Jr
Jefferson County
St. Louis County
Edward Witt
Francis Boyer
Willard Carver
Olathe
Kas
Carver
Birmingham
Ala
Bent
A. F. ‘Lorton Jr
Lorton
Alaska
Monterrey
Mexico
Alicia Larraga
Houston
Libel defendants ask hearing set in Pima County case
In Tucson, Justice Court heard criminal libel charges against Robert Morrison and William R. Mathews of the Arizona Daily Star. A preliminary hearing was continued to when Judge Howsare returns, with Morrison released on his own recognizance and no bond posted. The State seeks prosecution by the attorney general, Morrison requesting AG to take over.
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Pima County
Robert Morrison
Arizona Daily Star
William R. Mathews
Justice Court Today
Fred O. Wilson
James M. Howsare
Justice
Justice of the Peace
Clark H. Johnson
Howsare
Johnson
Morrison
Mathews
State Consolidated Publishing Co
the Star
A. O. Johnson
Conner and Jones
Harry Ackerman
Wilson
L. L
Pete) Waggoner
Arizona
Phoenix
State of Arizona
Statehouse
Ya Court
Tucson
Molly Mayfield to Solve Problems in Tucson Column
Dear readers in Tucson await Molly Mayfield who will answer questions like whether to lock out a spouse. She will begin her daily column in the Citizen next Monday.
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Molly Mayfield
Molly
Tucson
Solly
The
Citizen
Arizona Desert Trailside Museum Opens Day Early
A day earlier than planned the Arizona Desert Trailside museum in Tucson opens to the public tonight and tomorrow with public previews and dance events. Activities include a 10 a.m. preview, 5 p.m. gate close, 7:30 p.m. square dancing at Old Tucson, and a 8 p.m. baseball game Tucson Cowboys vs Phoenix Solons at Hi Corbett Field.
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W. Orest
Arizona Desert Trailside Museum
Old Tucson
Tucson Mountains
Tucson Cowboys
Phoenix - Solons
Tucson Cowboys Return For Final Home Stand
The Tucson Cowboys prepare for their last home sequence of the baseball season as they look to finish strong. Fans are urged to attend and witness the team’s bid for a win to close out the campaign on a high note.
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Elsa Maxwell
Tucson Cowboys
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