Bullet Hole Found in Skeleton of Body Dug Up in Cow Shed
In Pontiac Michigan authorities found a bullet hole in the skeleton buried under a cow shed. The slain man Stanley James 52 allegedly died on Thanksgiving 1947 after a dispute with his son Marine Sergeant Carson James 27. His family claimed the son killed him. Carson was to report to China Lake March 1.
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Pontiac, Mich
Ruth James
Carson James
Stanley
Clawson
Mich
Clare Hubbel
Clyde Underwood
Marine Corps
China Lake
Calif
Washington
Frank Hockersmith
Hockersmith
Carson
Fourteen Hurt In Fire At Towers Hotel Glens Falls
GLENS FALLS N Y Feb 22 Fourteen people were injured when a four story Towers Hotel fire swept through the building early Wednesday Nine guests were among the injured after leaping from the 200 room hotel in freezing weather Five firefighters were injured fighting the stubborn blaze as crews from Glens Falls and seven nearby communities contained the flames which started on the second floor and spread rapidly through the brick structure
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Glen Falls
N. Y
Towers
Glens Falls
Glenn Falls
Woman Dies From Carbon Monoxide In Bed Incident
In San Antonio on February 22 an inquest returned an accidental death verdict for Bonnie Cartwright 20, of San Antonio, stating carbon monoxide ironing caused her death. Justice of the Peace M D Jones announced the ruling after she was found dead on arrival at a hospital following removal from a burning mattress. Next of kin listed is sister Mrs Anne Reynolds of Corpus Christi.
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San Antonio
Bonnie Cartwright
Justice of the Peace
M. D. Jones
Miss Cartwright
Anne Reynolds
Corpus Christi
Symington Warns Of A Raid Results
Air Force Secretary W Stuart Symington warned that a surprise atomic offensive could deal a mortal wound to any nation. He told Yale alumni that the United States must be geared for instant and sustained devastating retaliation to deter Russia. He noted Soviet arms buildup overshadows Atlantic pact nations and that Russia's ground force exceeds the US and allies combined.
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New Haven
Conn
Air Force
W Stuart Symington
Russia
Symington
Yale University Alumni Association
United States
Love-Mad Clerk Wounds Three In New York
Florida postal clerk John Rhodes 29 shot his way into a Manhattan apartment, wounding Miss Margaret Ray 23 and Mr. and Mrs. Adam Janson 40 and 42 after being spurned. Rhodes, an Air Force veteran, was captured on the roof following a pistol duel with police amid a snowstorm. He faces felonious assault and anti weapons charges.
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New York
Florida
John Rhodes
Coral Gables
Fla
Rhodes
Air Force
Margaret Ray
Manhattan
Miss Ray
Adam Janson
Janson
Mary
Laredo Celebrates Washington’s Birthday with Parade
Laredo held the 53rd Washington’s Birthday celebration with Mardi Gras like streets. A 10 am international reception met at the boundary market on the bridge to Nuevo Laredo. A parade showcased 60 Mexican horsemen, charro queens from Monterrey, San Antonio and Nuevo Laredo, plus floats and bands. Mexican artists performed at Noche Mexicana to close the festival.
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Laredo
New Orleans
Mardi Gras
Washington
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Monterrey
San Antonio
Spy Scot Free Senator Declares
Senator Hickenlooper said an atomic spy is scot free today because a key witness is unavailable. He cited the Canadian atomic spy case and warned the floor that one chief criminal remains at large while the other was convicted. The remark came during debate on alleged Communist infiltration of the State Department.
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Washington
INS
Hickenlooper
Idaho
Senate
Congressional Atomic Committee
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
House Congratulates Rep Isaacks on 81st Birthday
The House Wednesday congratulated Representative S. J. Isaacks of El Paso the dean of the Legislature on reaching his 81st birthday. One elderly legislator was 81 on Feb 18.
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House
S. J. Isaacks
el Paso
Dean
Death Sentence Upheld in Killing at Wichita Falls Hospital
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals upheld the death sentence for T C Saucier a former guard at Wichita Falls State Hospital convicted of murdering patient Thomas Biggons by stomping him to death on March 4 1949 after admission to the hospital The defense argued a witness David Beck who declined immunity could not testify but Beck later convicted was not admissible The court found no other reversible errors and noted Beck’s testimony could not be used Medical evidence cited extensive injuries and a torn stomach as Biggons was preparing to bathe
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Court of Criminal Appeals
T. C. Saucier
Wichita Falls State Hospital
Saucier
David Beck
Trail Court
Beck
High Court
Thomas Houston Biggons
Hopkins County
Gibbons
Six Workers Hurt In Chamblin Refining Blast
Six workers injured in an explosion and fire at Chamblin Refining Company in Enid Oklahoma on February 22. Two injured seriously as butane gas sparked by a hot bulb trapped five men inside a corrugated iron recovery building. Rescue crews freed four others, one escaped unaided. Firefighters controlled the blaze by 10:45 a.m. Damage to compressing equipment estimated at $100000.
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Enid
Okla
Chamblin Refining Company
Tom Kennington
Ozark Cave Owner Seeks RFC Loan for Survive-Era Shelter
Lester Dill proposes Meramec Caverns Missouri as a modern Noah’s Ark or bomb shelter and seeks a one million dollar RFC loan. He plans emergency accommodations for vital scientists and creators if the government urges alternate Washington sites. The five level cave 65 miles from St. Louis carries Lost River with five million gallons daily flow.
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New York
INS
Ozarks
RFC
Erbe Maybruck Associates, Inc
Lester Dill
Washington
Dill
Meramec Caverns
Missouri
St. Louis
Dill Said
Boy Lawyer elected Texarkana Mayor in runoff win
Carroll Shiffer a 30 year old attorney who opened a law practice a year ago will be Texarkana’s next mayor after defeating incumbent Bruce Cunningham by 151 votes. He earned 1319 votes to Cunningham’s 1168 and is a Southern Methodist University law school graduate.
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Texarkana
Carroll Shiffer
Hiffer
Bruce Cunningham
Cunningham
Southern Methodist University
Sailor Drowns After Fall From Cutter Myrtle
Coast Guard reports apprentice seaman William Billie Duey fell overboard from the cutter Myrtle in the Carcasieu River near Lake Charles Louisiana and drowned. Next of kin listed as Mrs Lena Williams of Denton Texas. No relation stated.
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Washington
Coast Guard
William Billie Duey
Myrtle
Carcasieu River
Lake Charles
la Duey
Lena Williams
Denton
Texas
Undercover Agent Links Wallace to Communist Votes
FBI undercover witness Matthew Cvetic testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee that Henry Wallace and campaign manager C. B. Baldwin asked how many votes the American Slav Congress could deliver to the Progressive Party at a 1947 Pittsburgh meeting. Cvetic said Wallace, Baldwin, and Communist leader George Wuchivich were present. He asserted the party used Communist influence in western Pennsylvania to aid Wallace in the 1948 election, noting about 550 Communists in the area and Wallace’s approximate 4,000 votes there. He will be recalled to discuss Earl Browder’s ouster.
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Washington
Matthew Cvetic
FBI
Henry A. Wallace
House un-American Activities Committee
Wallace
C. B. Baldwin
Pittsburgh
American Slav Congress
Baldwin
Cvetic
George Wuchivich
Pennsylvania
Communist Party
Steve Nelson
Nelson
University of California At Berkeley
William Foster
People's Party
William Z. Foster
Progressive Party
Earl Browder
Thornton & Miner Rectal Ointment Guises Piles Relief
Adv promotes Thornton and Miner rectal ointment and suppositories for quick relief from painful piles. Claims doctors' formula from Thornton & Miner Clinic, available at drug stores including Austin and Ransom Drug. Follow label directions for home use.
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Thornton & Miner
Thornton & Minor
Austin
Ransom Drug and Walgreets
Assassin of Spanish Envoy Held for Trial in Mexico City
Gabriel Fleitas Rouco, 38, exiled Spanish anarchist, was moved to a federal prison to await trial on murder charges for killing Jose Gallestra, Spanish minister to Bolivia, in Mexico City. Antonio Benitez, held for questioning, accompanied him but faces no charges. Francisco Franco era amid bitter diplomatic tensions with Spain.
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Mexico City
Jose Gallestra
Federal
Gabriel Fleitas Rouco
Francisco Franco
Mexico
Eduardo MacGregor
Fleitas Rouco
Antonio Benitez
Gallestra
Paseo de la Reforma
Benitez
Franco
Spain
Bolivia
Casino Espanol
Madrid
Jose Gallestra Jr
Fort Worth English Teacher Diagnosed With Diphtheria
Fort Worth records its 15th diphtheria patient of the year as Arlington Heights High School English teacher Martha Jean Dowd, 24, is diagnosed. The number compares with 2 cases by this time last year and 26 for all of 1949.
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Fort Worth
Arlington Heights
Martha Jean Dowd
Mardi Gras Day Ends In New Orleans Carnival Havoc
Thousands staggered through littered streets as Ash Wednesday marked Lent start. Rex and Comus royalty bowed to Edward and Wally Windsor amid celebrations. Two revelers died in accidents during the Mardi Gras day.
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New Orleans
St Louis Cathedral
Duke
Duchess of Windsor
Edward
Wally Windsor
Rex
Misrule
Comus
Reuben H. Brown
Mary Brooke Soule
Creomulsion Promises Fast Relief for Coughs and Chest Colds
Advertisement touts Creomulsion as a safe non narcotic remedy for acute bronchitis and chest colds. It claims 130 years of use with proven ingredients and suitability for children, urging prompt patient directions and druggist consultation.
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Congress
Dr. A. Burstyn
Optometrist
Sealy
Rep
Isaacks
Elizabeth Taylor
Conrad Nicholson Hilton Jr
Hollywood
Miss Taylor
Francis Taylor
Hilton
Conrad Hilton Sr
Ozark Cave
G-Man
Progressive
Armstrongs
Capitol
W. 6Th Ph
Burma
James Mealy
Joseph A. Becker Jr
Galveston
Houston Breweries, Inc., Gelverton, Tega
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