POW Escapee Rossmeisl Surrenders After 14 Years
Kurt Rossmeisl finally surrendered to federal authorities in Cincinnati after years on the run from a 1945 POW camp escape. He told of a circuitous path from Berlin language school to Rommel’s Afrika Korps, capture in North Africa, and multiple jobs in Chicago under the alias Frank Ellis. Immigration hearings followed, with officials noting no charge for illegal entry due to POW admission and possible statute limitations on escape prosecution.
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Rossmeisl
Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States
Kurt Rossmeisl
Dutch East Indies
Rossmeis
Berlin
North Africa
Rommel
Afrika Korps
McCain
Miss
Butner
Danville
Chicago
Frank Ellis
End of a Runner's Shadowed Struggle in Cincinnati
The article recounts a long battle with illness and poverty that led the subject to abandon racing in Cincinnati after years of hardship. He cited arthritis and the advice to move west as factors, ending his pursuit of running.
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Erator
Arizona
New Mexico
Cincinnati
Virginia GOP approves plan to boost southern influence
Virginia Beach AP The Virginia GOP endorsed a strategy to unite Southern states into a bloc to influence the national party platform and presidential candidate selection next year. State Chairman J Lee Potter said 12 states would hold 305 of 1 325 delegate votes, boosting Southern clout against Northern and Western factions. Senator Ted Dalton urged a 50 percent show of GOP candidates in November to prove the party strength against Democrats.
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Virginia Gop
J. Lee Potter
Potter
Ted Dalton
Radford
General Assembly
Dalton
Virginia
Nazi read 1941 U S messages and Weygand s dismissal
Washington report notes Nazi Germany read secret 1941 U S state messages amid claims spies accessed them. The 1011 page State Department volume covers U S relations with Europe in 1941 and notes Weygand lost command in North Africa. Robert D Murphy and Sumner Welles figure in the exchange. The source offers two possible explanations but none confirmed. The Pirates 1958 team had 30 wins by no run and 19 by one run.
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U.S
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Weygand
Pittsburgh Pirates
Wife and Children Vanish Amid Racial Tensions in Norwood NJ
AP report from Norwood New Jersey describes Jean Brown a part Negro ship officer blaming fear for his wife and three children disappearing after a history of threatening calls about their mixed marriage. Brown states they saved $4 800 to buy an inn in Mexico City and police issued a 13 state alarm while he hires a private detective and offers a $1 000 reward.
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Louise
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Mexico City
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Wyoming
Shenandoah Valley Shorthorn Sale Tops Averages At $358 Per Head
An average of 358 dollars per head was paid for 75 head at the Shenandoah Valley Polled Shorthorn Breeder's Association sale held at the Farmers' Livestock Exchange. Total receipts reached 26800 dollars with nine bulls selling for 4985 dollars and averages of 553.88 per head. Breeding heifers averaged 396 dollars on 15 head totaling 5940 dollars. Open heifers brought 12430 dollars for 289.07 per head across 43. Eight cows sold for 3445 dollars averaging 436.25. Clarke County FFA judging team topped the contest with 804.5 points and a 12 dollar prize. Gainesboro 4-H Club Green Clover placed second with 803.5 points and 8 dollars. Warrenton FFA third with 742 points.
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Clarke County Ffa
John Haven
White Post
Tommy Kube
Warrenton Ffa
Renton Ffa
Harold Adams
Gainesboro
David Erickson
Henry Shirkey
Edinburg Ffa
Norman Etheridge
Cedar Lee Ffa
Charles Adams
Franklin Plaugher
Strasburg Ffa
Shenandoah Valley
Farmers’ Livestock Exchange
Clarke County
Eddie Fisher Buys $68,000 House for Bride to Be
Las Vegas AP Eddie Fisher buys a $68 000 house for his bride to be Elizabeth Taylor while planning a divorce from Debbie Reynolds. He came to Nevada six weeks ago to establish residence to pursue the California divorce and hopes to wed Miss Taylor in the afternoon after his show ends and the divorce filing Tuesday.
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Eddie Fisher
Elizabeth Taylor
Fisher
Debbie Reynolds
Miss Reynolds
California
Miss Taylor
Local 4-H Show Awards Across Heifers and Ball Classes
In the open heifers class two exhibitors tied weights with slight over/under estimates and each earned $2.50. Bradley Grove of the Hout 4H Club won bred heifers with an estimate of 889 pounds against 887 official, receiving $5. Guy Conner of the Highview 4-H Club topped the ball class with a 1,200 pound estimate to 1,202 official, earning $5.
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Hout
Guy Conner
Highview
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