Negro Bell found guilty in KC police slayings
George Bell 34 was convicted of murder in the September 20 gun attack that killed four patrolmen and two others in Kansas City. The verdict followed a trial before Judge Dewey P. Thatch, with Neaves among those slain. Wells Perrine Washington and Burrus among the wounded.
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Kansas City
George Bell
William
Charles Neaves
Kansas City Golden Gloves
William Bell
Edwin B. Warren
William Wells
Neaves
Wells
Charles Perrine
Sandy Washington
Dewey P. Thatch
Bell Brothers
Eastland Cisco Go Back in Oil Business
Eastland and Cisco municipal oil ventures announced sites for wildcat tests. Eastland plans No. 1 City of Eastland Mississippian test on city land north of town. Cisco plans No. 1 City of Crisewell on Cisco Airport property, aiming Ellenberger formation unless early production improves.
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Eastland
Cisco
Eastland County
C. P. Porter
Crisewell
George F. McQueen
Hi Y Delegates Arrive for Texas Model Legislature Meet
About 160 Hi Y delegates from 30 Texas towns travel to Austin for the second annual Hi Y Model Legislature. They will study and draft bills with state officials, convene Friday in the House with Chief Justice Hickman administering oaths, and plan dinners and events through Saturday.
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Texas
House of Representatives
J. E. Hickman
W. O. Reed
House
Allan Shivers
Senate
University Presbyterian Church
Central Christian Church
Baylor University
Buacky Barsh
Houston
Nancy Tarlton
Corpus Christi
Jerry Wilson
Abilene
Hughes Brown
Gladewater
Joe Enochs
Tyler
John Samuels
Galveston
Bettie Dickens
Norman Darras
Bill Plumlee
Chapain
Charlie Thompson
Amarillo
Dick Self
San Antonio
Reading
Cleck
Leslie Smith
Bill Vickery
Utah Landlord jailed over rent control dispute
John Anderton a 55 year old Utah landlord was jailed for defying a federal court order to charge a maximum rent of 35 dollars to a Salt Lake City widow and her three children. He proclaimed the property his and rejected government limits. The widow Sally Miller complained after threats to cut heat followed by him moving in with a cat. Judge Tillman D. Johnson ordered him held until he allows the tenant to stay at the legal rent.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
John Anderton
Anderton
Ellen Miller
Two Held in Los Angeles Plate Glass Thefts
ST. LOUIS December 8 Two men arrested in connection with a burglary gang alleged to have stolen between fifty thousand and one hundred thousand dollars worth of plate glass from Tyre Brothers Glass & Paint Company of Los Angeles. Suspects Victor Ideau and Elbert Levitt identified by Los Angeles police with fifty two burglaries charged in warrants.
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ST. Louis
INS
Los Angeles
Tyre Brothers Glass & Paint Company
Wainwright Warns US Defenses Down Again
General Jonathan M. Wainwright warned CBS listeners that U S defenses are down once more on the seventh anniversary of Pearl Harbor. He urged rebuilding strength to deter aggressors and prevent future world wars.
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New York
Jonathan M. Wainwright
Corregidor
United States
Pearl Harbor
CBS
Wainwright
Berlin airlift graduates wing of Montana base
The latest class of World War II veterans recalled from civilian life to reinforce the Berlin airlift graduated at Great Falls Air Base on December 8. After a three week course these crews will four days hence carry groceries to Berlin, with four graduates highlighted among the group.
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Great Falls Air Force Base
Mont
Berlin
Montana
John S. Chennault
Claire Chennault
The
Fliving Tigers
Great Falls
Western Zone
Railroads Press Rapid Freight Rate Increase Plan
The Interstate Commerce Commission faces testimony from rail executives led by New York Central VP Jacob Aronson arguing for a 13 percent long term freight rate rise with 8 percent immediate. Shippers and the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners oppose urging hearings before any new increases. F. G. Hamley calls for rejection of urgent action citing no emergency.
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Jacob Aronson
New York Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Association of State Railroad and Utilities Commissioners
F. G. Hamley
The
National Association
ICC
Hamley
36 Schoolboy Bands In Tyler Competition
At least 36 high school bands from East Texas will compete Thursday in the Interscholastic League marching contest. The bands span Classes AA through D and are expected to draw about 4,000 spectators. Judges include Lyle Skinner of Waco Irving Dreibrodt Pat Arsers of San Antonio and Vergne Adams of College Station.
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Tyler
East Texas
Lyle Skinner
Waco
Irving Dreibrodt
Pat Arsers
San Antonio
Vergne Adams
College Station
Oil Worker Killed in Pecos Train Collision
Charles Allen Wadsworth, 59, a Midland oil field worker, died Tuesday night when his car collided with a Pecos Valley Southern Railroad train at Hoban on Highway 17. He was alone in the vehicle.
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Pecos
Charles Allen Wadsworth
Midland Oil Field
Pecos Valley Southern Railroad
Hoban
Here
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M. C. Hudson
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Woodmen of the World
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