Police Say They Know Nothing Of Lottery In Wichita
A Wichita Beacon report claimed two female aircraft workers ran a sex lottery selling $2 tickets for a weekend party funded by the winnings. Police Chief George Shepherd said he has no proof and would prosecute if proven. Boeing and Cessna executives denied knowledge of such activity.
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Kas
Wichita Beacon
Beacon
George Shepherd
Shepherd
J. E. Schaefer
Boeing Airplane Company
Boeing
Dwane Wallace
Cessna Aircraft Company
Machinery Set Up For Investigation Of Betting on Sports
The federal government today set up machinery for a nationwide investigation of gambling on professional and amateur sports. National Leagues and other bodies will be involved as the effort proceeds. Dana X. Bible and Ned Irish are named in association with the inquiry.
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Philadelphia
Ball
Dana X. Bible
University of Texas
Ned Irish
Direc
Sale Directory Listings From September Weekend
Omnienes Perks offers livest ock and household goods at Maarvin's Chapel four miles northwest of Berryville. Mrs. John Dick schedules valuable real estate at County Court House on September 8 at 11 a.m. Harry L Tennant lists household furniture and appliances on September 8 at 1 p.m. on Perryville Avenue Winchester.
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Omnienes
Berryville
Maarvin's
John Dick
County Court House
Harry L. Tennant
Tie
Roanoke Teen signs Warner Bros Contract in Hollywood
Ginger Crowley, 17, winner of Horace Heidt's Youth Opportunity Show in Roanoke last November, has signed a contract with Warner Bros Studio in Hollywood dated August 15. Her mother says terms are not disclosed. Ginger has been in Hollywood a week and has appeared on Heidi's radio and television programs since graduation from Jefferson High School.
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Roanoke
Ginger Crowley
Horace Heidt
Warner Bros. Studio
Hollywood
D. C. Crowley
Ginger
Heidi
Jefferson High School
Sweltering Weather Persists Across South
Hot conditions continue with 100 plus degree days from the Gulf Coast to Georgia. Oklahoma and Texas towns hit 108 while private thermometers show higher. Cotton farmers face possible 83 million dollar losses. a Georgia minister urged mass prayer for divine aid amid the drought.
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Gulf Coast
McAlster
Okla
Presido
Tex
Magnolia
Ark
Birmingham
Mississippi
Louisiana
Georgia
City Bus Hits Kerlin Car on Piccadilly Street
At 6 p.m. Thursday Raymond H. Kerlin of 210 S. Washington Street turned his 1950 Buick left onto Piccadilly Street from Camer and was struck by a City Bus driven by Walter B. Frye of Greenwall Street. Damages to the Buick were estimated at 90 dollars. the bus sustained no damage. Officer H. M. McFarland found no evidence of a traffic violation by either driver.
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Raymond H. Kerlin
S. Washington Street
Piccadilly Street
Cameron
Walter B. Frye
Greenwall Street
H. M. McFarland
Rita Hayworth Seeks Divorce From Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth filed for divorce from Aly Khan today citing extreme mental cruelty and saying she has suffered great unhappiness. Her attorneys initiated the action. Hayworth did not appear in court.
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Reno
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Miss Hayworth
Smashing Victory for Holland Government in Wellington Vote
Prime Minister Sidney Holland's National Government was returned to power today in a smashing civic victory over the Labor party in Wellington. Police and election officials reported a high turnout as the government secured a decisive win.
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Wellington
N. Z
Sidney Holland
Labor Trouble at Fairgrounds Over Ginger Ale Sales
Tutors sweated in 95 degree heat as AFL and CIO workers clashed over which union could sell ginger ale at 20 fair booths. Union members refused to cross a picket line. The fair canceled its contract with the dispensing company, leaving sales to the AFL women.
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AFL
CIO
Fair Management
Eclipse Slices Across New York Area In Early Morning View
The partial eclipse peaked at 6:01 am EST with observers in New York reporting a crescent sun while some viewers in best areas enjoyed an annular eclipse. The path spanned roughly 95 miles from Dogson NC to Norfolk VA and extended toward the Atlantic to Madagascar, showing the sun framed by the distant moon in a toral form.
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York
New York
Dogson
N. C
Norfolk
Atlantic
Madagascar
Livestock Prices Mixed Across Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Baltimore market reports show slaughter steers weak to 26 lower while cows and bulls drop. heifers steady. Graded calf and stocker activity mixed with prime and choice on heftier weights. Chicago hogs softer with lighter weights down and sows steady. cattle and sheep activity fluctuates with top prices in the 39 range for prime fed steers and lambs selling around 30 to 34 dollars.
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USDA
Prine
Chicago
Jersey
Guernsey
du Roc
Allis Chalmers
John Deere
New Idea
Deering
McCormick-Deering
Oliver
New Hampshire
Ring of light around the moon during eclipse
The description explains that the earth does not cover the sun fully, with the sun centered behind the moon and a bright ring surrounding the moon.
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Earth
Virginia Road Deaths Mark Start of Labor Day Weekend
Four Virginians died in holiday vehicle crashes as roads filled for Labor Day weekend. Names include John Edward Robinson, Virgil D. Rife, O Walter Outten, and Mary Stewart Etheridge, with several other victims reported in the wake of last night’s incidents across the commonwealth.
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Virginia
John Edward Robinson
Richmond
Virgil D. Rife
Columbus
O. Walter Outten
RFD
Norfolk
Mary Stewart Etheridge
Robinson
U.S
Rife
Covington
Camp Pickett
Lewisburg
W. Va
Air Force
Outten
Navy
Portsmouth
Wife of Pirates pitcher tries to take own life
Mrs. Goldie Queen 27 wife of Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Mel Queen attempted suicide saying she was sick of baseball. She was found semi conscious in the living room after Queen called a neighbor from St. Louis to check on things. The three children escaped injury and she is in satisfactory condition at Pittsburghs south side hospital.
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Pittsburgh
Goldie Queen
Mel Queen
Carl Hillenbrand
United Nations Urges Egypt to Lift Suez Canal Restrictions
The Security Council formally calls on Egypt to end restrictions on Suez Canal shipping, urging prompt action to restore free passage and reduce tensions in the region.
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New York
United Nations Security Council
Egypt
Suez Canal
Dispute Over Disinterment of Daniel Morgan Body
The Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society filed a demurrer in Corporation Court contesting the Town of Cowpens and Mrs Josephine Neville Callahan suit to remove Daniel Morgan remains from Mt Hebron Cemetery to establish a Morgan shrine in Morgan memory. The demurrer argues neither the town nor Callahan has legal rights to the body and that proper remedies exist to preserve burial sites without disinterment.
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Acceessuri Historical Society
Josephine Neville Collaces
Corporation
Mt Hebron
Cowpens
Morgan
Winchester
Josephine Neville Callahan
Mt. Hebron Cemetery Company, Incorporated
Wnchester
Frederick County Historical Society, Incorporated
South Carolina
Daniel Morgan
Dani el Morgan
84 Year Old Woman Fleeing After Cashing Check Found Wandering
After a run in with a city policeman Miss Reba May Havelock 84 a retired Brooklyn teacher was found two days later near the Hudson River wandering distraught and sobbing about her church and bank account Bellevue Hospital was asked to observe her The incident began with a check cashing confusion between the National City Bank and a merged Brooklyn Trust Manufacturers Trust Co and a patrolman named Louis de Lucia who arrested her for assault after she slapped him
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New York
Hudson River
Reba May Havelock
Brooklyn
Bellevue Hospital
Miss Havelock
National City Bank
Brooklyn Trust Co
Manufacturers Trust Co
Louis de Lucia
Time limits on federal income tax assessment and collection
There is a three year limitation on the assessment of federal income tax, with exceptions for fraud or omission of more than 25 percent of income, and a six year limitation on the collection of the tax.
Blast Damages House Again In Norfolk County
Norfolk police report a 3 45 am explosion damaged W Carvel Benson's Norview home tearing a corner from the building. Damage estimated at $1000. Benson, a former numbers operator, was in the house with his wife, a relative and his young son but all escaped injury. A similar blast occurred ten days earlier and no arrests were made.
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Norfolk
Carvel Benson
Norview
Norfolk County
Benson
Rosemont Club
Cas
Capehart Gets Free Swinging Letter From HST
President Truman sends a blunt letter to Senator Capehart denouncing amendments to the 1950 price control law as wrong and outside the act. Capehart reads the missive to the Senate and quips about joining immortals for receiving a letter from the President. Truman calls Capehart's own letter politically aimed to offset the amendment.
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Capehart
HST
Washington
Truman
R-Ind
White House
Senate
Explosions Hit Phillips Chemical Plant in Badger Texas
A series of blasts and a spreading fire at a Phillips Chemical Company plant near Badger Texas injured eight workers. The first explosion occurred at 6 a.m. EST, with fires threatening tanks and stills three hours later as smoke darkened the sky.
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Bodger, Tex
Tony
Phillips Chemcal Company
Badger
Company says blast cause and damage extent await control
Company representatives said it would be impossible to investigate the cause of the blast or learn the extent of damages until the fire was brought under control.
Southwest Pacific Defense Treaty to be signed by allied envoys
States and Britain are sponsors and the pact forms the keystone of the security project. Acheson Sir Carl Berendsen New Zealand ambassador to Washington and Australian ambassador Percy C Spender will sign the treaty at 3 30 PDT on the planned ceremony page.
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States
Britain
Acheson
Sir Carl Berendsen
New Zealand
Washington
Percy C. Spender
How's Your I. Q.2 Answers List of Items
Answers to Page 4 quiz questions include Economic Cooperation Agency Cognac brandy and Benedictine liqueur A mouse gnawing a net Summer Maryland Reach for a Lucky instead of a sweet The letter R Malta I can't find the article.
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Malta
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