Jets collide at 300 mph over lake. pilots uninjured
Two Selfridge Field jets of the 63rd Fighter Squadron collided during a training flight over Lake St. Clair at about 300 mph. Second Lieutenant Paul J. Fritzinger bailed out and landed on Harsens Island, rescued by a flying boat. Second Lieutenant Carmen T. Feola brought his damaged jet to Selfridge for an emergency landing. cause undetermined.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
INS
Selfridge Field
63Rd
Lake Stair
Paul J. Fritzinger
Peoria
Fritzinger
Harsens Island
Carmen T. Feola
Cleveland
Money Donated to Fight Tuberculosis at Bergstrom AFB
G I money was tossed into the effort against tuberculosis on Wednesday. In 30 orderly rooms at Bergstrom Air Force Base Christmas trees were sold at the end of pay periods.
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Bergstrom Air Force Base
Torrid Letters End Alienation Suit in London Case
The out of court settlement ends a libel and enticement suit by Lady Cunliffe-Owen against dancer Marjorie Daw over torrid letters from Sir Hugo Cunliffe-Owen. No money changed hands. both sides pay own costs. Daw expresses regret for statements and pain caused.
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London
Hugo Cunliffe-Owen
Cunliffe-Owen
Marjorie Daw
Lady Cunliffe-Owen
Miss Daw
Sir Hugo
Stowaway Arthur Biggs Strikes Again Heading to New York
Eleven-year-old Arthur Biggs, who previously stowed away to Hollywood to pursue a singing cowboy dream, tried again by train from Grand Central. He rode to Croton on a New York Central express without a ticket, was removed near the Hudson River, and was sent home with his mother. He claimed no fixed destination and said he wanted to become a movie actor and singer like Roy Rogers.
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Harmon
N. Y
Arthur Biggs
Hollywood
St Louis
Hudson River
New York City
Arthur
Grand Central Station
New York
Croton
Roy Roger
California
Mother Pays 200 Wins Custody Battle Over Child
In Muncie Indiana a mother Mrs Ethel Auls 25 won custody of her five year old daughter Ethel Rose after paying 200 dollars to the foster couple Mr and Mrs Edgar Scott of Noblesville Indiana who had adopted the child. The judge denied the habeas corpus petition but witnesses said the payment was approved by the Hamilton County Department of Public Welfare. Mrs Auls had consented to the adoption June 12 1947 during hardship after her husband's death and has filed to set aside the adoption. The foster parents returned the child to the mother last March.
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Muncie
Ind
Edgar Scott
Noblesville
Ethel Auls
Joseph H. Davis
Delaware Circuit Court
Hamilton County Department of Public Welfare
Auls
Ethel Rose
Nurse court martialed in Mexico for neglect of duty
Mexico City November 30. Army Nurse Sergeant Josefina Elizalde Perez was court martialed the first time in Mexican history and sentenced to three months in prison for alleged neglect of duty in the death of a baby under her care in a military hospital.
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Mexico City
Defense Ministry
Hunter Wounds Bear After Sudden Sinkhole Accent
In L Anse Michigan Edward Homier recounted a bear hunt as his foot sank into soft ground on a ridge. A bear growl led him to shoot and he then retrieved a 250 pound bear from what was described as the animal s den roof and enclosure.
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L'Anse
Mich
Edward Homier
Noble Says He Knows Wife Killer In Policy Wheel Dallas Case
Gambler Herbert Noble told a reporter he knows the man behind his wife Mildred Noble’s bomb death and that the suspect runs a large policy wheel operation in Dallas. He declined to name the killer, saying the man is currently far away but responsible for years of murders and failed attempts on Noble. Noble, who remains in Dallas, planned to stay alive to see his daughter through school and notes a recent asset purchase in Fort Worth.
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Dallas
Herbert Noble
Noble
Mildred
Fort Worth
Donald DeClackner
Tuckahoe, N. Y
Hicks Field
Executive Transport Corporation
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