Gangster Fleisher Sentenced to Five Years in Federal Prison
Harry Fleisher once Detroit Purple Gang leader receives a maximum five year federal term for fleeing Michigan to avoid state terms for robbery and murder conspiracy. He will serve the federal sentence before state terms totaling 25 to 80 years for a Pontiac casino robbery and 2.5 to 4 years for murder conspiracy, with state terms to run concurrently. Fleisher fled on a $40 000 bond in 1948 after Michigan Supreme Court upheld his 1944 Aristocrat Club robbery conviction and was captured weeks later.
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Warren G. Mooper
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Oil Industry Forms Group to Oppose Depletion Tax Cut
Washington January 30 The oil industry plans to revive a national committee to oppose elimination of the oil depletion clause in the income tax law. The 27 percent depletion deduction is challenged by President Truman. An IPAA led executive committee is to convene February 15 to organize the revival aimed at sustaining exploration funding.
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Dog's Love for Car Restores Pups Health in Baird
In Baird Texas, a collie named Tip adored his owner's 1938 Dodge. When the car changed hands to L. B. Lewis and then Frank Payne, Tip separated and stopped eating. After Lewis urged Payne to bring the Dodge to town, Tip found it again, recovered, and resumed eating.
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Convict-Helper Detec tive Targeted by Prison Case Partner
In Los Angeles on January 4 private detective Raymond Schindler famed for aiding unjustly convicted prisoners was burglarized by a Youth who robbed him at gunpoint after he and his wife returned from a movie. The assailant took eighty dollars and left the detective unharmed. Schindler collaborates with writer Erle Stanley Gardner on evidentiary work.
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Raymond Schindler
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Llano Red Cross Quota Raised 50 Percent in 1950 Drive
Llano County Red Cross quota increased about 80 percent over 1949, county chairman Jim Watkins reports. The March 1950 drive targets 1,028 dollars, up from 637 last year, with a large share for the Llano County chapter. This year local needs total 250 dollars, whereas none were required previously.
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Jim Watkins
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Two Officials Fined In Peonage Case In Texas
US District Judge T Whitfield Davis on Monday fined two Rockwall County men after guilty pleas to a misdemeanor peonage charge dating to 1946. Jack Pullen former Rockwall Sheriff received 750 dollars and one year in jail with sentence probated. Luther Hunter ex Jailer was fined 250 dollars with probation. Earlier fines were levied on W J Price former sheriff and William Frazier farmer in the same case involving a Negro prisoner R D Andrews forced to work to satisfy a debt.
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R. D. Andrews
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Gonzales Escapee Captured in Kansas
George Albert Mills 18 of Boston Mass an escapee from Gonzales County jail Jan 16 was captured in Dodge City Kansas Patrolman J P Davis said Mills partner William Meadows 23 of San Antonio surrendered Jan 17 after hiding all day in the Guadalupe River bottom lands Mills had escaped a dragnet after hitchhiking to Cuero He was under indictment for armed robbery assault with intent to murder and auto theft in a Port Neches robbery case near Waelder Mills was recaptured within an hour after attempting to hitchhike
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Refrigerating Machinery Invention Noted In 1880 Vent
A historical note records that refrigerating machinery was vented in 1880, highlighting early innovations in cooling technology and suggesting practical applications and industrial interest at the time.
St Louis School Segregation Ends In East St Louis
An 85 year old practice of racial segregation in East St Louis public schools ended without incident as the new semester began. Over 100 Negro students enrolled in six formerly white schools and one white pupil transfer occurred. Police reported routine extra precautions but no trouble.
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Appey
Auction Report: 225 Cattle and 50 Hogs Sold at Adams Livestock
Lockhart Jan 30. Adams Livestock Commission sold 225 cattle and 25 hogs last week. Top items included Dale Burditt 190 pounds at 16.10, J Ohlendorf 260 pounds at 16.10, Sam Leehin two steers 570 and 490 pounds at 23.70 and 23.50, and Moore Brothers cow and calf with 445 and 495 pound heifers at 23.50 and 24.00 per hundred. Multiple Lockhart sellers and weights ranging from 170 to 730 pounds represented the sale.
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Bible Class Denounces Bishops Over Racial Stand
In Charleston South Carolina a men s Bible class of 30 members denounced Methodist bishops for backing racial segregation and adopted a resolution saying the bishops do not reflect the wishes of many lay Methodists The class cited the bishops role in the Federal Council of Churches for Christ in America which has called segregation unnecessary and undesirable
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Two Sailors Freed After Catnip Probe
Two Massachusetts sailors were freed after tests showed the box contained catnip, not marihuana. Police had suspected marijuana and said the men claimed they bought it to brew tea. The incident occurred in Fort Worth on January 30.
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Beer Tax Slump Drains Britain's Treasury by 20 Million Pounds
London reports a steep fall in beer sales in 1949 with 11 months totaling 23,924,546 barrels, down 1.5 million from 1948. A. J. Dyer, head of the Victuallers Central Protection Society, cites high taxes as the cause and calls for a fourpence tax cut for the new fiscal year starting April 1.
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Dallas Case Killing Trial Postponed in Dallas
The murder trial of Raymond Alexander Poteet, tavern operator, for the December 12 shooting of Lee Bowen at the Golden Eagle Cafe near Dallas was postponed. Judge Robert Hall listed it passed for the defendant with no reason given and no new date set. Bowen, 31, of Waxahachie, died at an emergency hospital after a scuffle over service.
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Assault Case Dropped Against J. Dorsey
Richmond Virginia police court dismissed the assault charge against band leader Jimmy Dorsey after William G. Toney Jr. accused him of hitting him with a clarinet at a November 9 dance. Toney said he asked if Jimmy was Tommy Dorsey’s brother. they are brothers.
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Livestock Sales Open Fifth Day At Southwestern Show
The opening of a series of livestock auctions Tuesday marks the fifth day of activity at the 14th Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth. Herefords and Shorthorns go on the block at 2 p.m under the American Hereford Association. The intercollegiate meat judging contest starts at 8 a.m. with events in Aberdeen Angus, Hereford, swine, Hampshire and Southdown sheep.
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American Hereford Association
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Southdown
Truman May Visit Chile Next Winter
President Truman and the Chilean president are expected to exchange state visits this year. Chilean leader may visit Washington on April 12 for four days while Truman is tentatively set to visit Chile next winter. White House says plans are not definite.
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Search Expands as Weather Fails to Halt Yukon C-54 Hunt
Battling sub zero snows and terrain, U S and Canadian forces intensify a 200 mile wide by 1,300 mile long search for four missing crew and passengers of a MATS C 54. Over 7,000 men and 100+ planes join the effort near Great Falls Montana and the Yukon wilderness. Texans Lt Kyle K E McMichael Sargeant Jack Faris Noel B Jones Albie Baughman and William Cranor are named among those aboard the missing flight from Anchorage to Great Falls. The rescue aims to reach any survivors despite harsh cold and winter conditions.
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