New Yorker Testifies Hardy Used Checks in Laurens Robbery
A New York City witness testified that Yancy D. Hardy used stolen travelers checks to pay for two holy medals and a wrist watch, part of the Laurens bank robbery case involving Hardy and Kenneth A. Kitts. Others testified about losses from more than 100 safe deposit boxes and various cash and goods taken during the November burglary.
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Yancy D. Hardy
Laurens
Hyman Steinberg
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Hardy
Kenneth A. Kitts
Omaha
Steinberg
E. J. Strobel
George Coldren
Pasquale
Pat) Belcastro
Kitts and Hardy
MacArthur Visits Front as Allied Push Streaks On
Allied forces press the Korean front with heavy air and naval strikes. Gen MacArthur visits near Hongchon and reports Marines in good shape as UN troops threaten along parallels 38 and toward Manchurian border.
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Korea
Hongchon
Tokyo
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Manchurian
Wonsan
U.S
Manchester
English
Evertsen
Lind
Singi
Pyongyang
Red Capital
Man Fined for Lifesaving Role in Southport
SOUTHPORT England officials fined laborer James Clarkson 54 cents for taking time off to rescue a man near Growning. Clarkson, 35, left his pier post to wade to an endbank and assist the rescue before returning home to wet clothes. Councilors called it a matter of discipline.
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Southport
England
James Clarkson
Composer Grofe Sued for Divorce
Ruth Grofe of Santa Monica filed for divorce from famed composer Ferde Grofe. She seeks $775 monthly temporary support, $375 alimony, and $200 monthly for each of two children, Ferdinand Jr. and Anne, amid claims of mental cruelty since their 1929 marriage.
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Santa Monica
Ruth Grofe
Ferde Grofe
Snow Tonight and Sunday Temperatures Forecast
Snow is expected tonight and Sunday with a low around 25 and a high near 32. Regional temperatures show NW 38, NE 36, SW 37, SE 37 at 2:30 p.m.
Paraplegic Vets Form Company for Defense Work
Fifty World War II paraplegic veterans organize the Paraplegics Manufacturing Company Inc in Franklin Park to produce electronic controls radar and radio gear for the defense program. About 20 are still patients at Hines Hospital. They raised 7000 and pledged 15000 with the Building Trades Council offering free equipment installation.
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Chicago
Paraplegics Manufacturing Company, Inc
Franklin Park
Hines Veterans Hospital
Chicago and
Cook County Building and Construction Trades Council
Reds Halt Three Western Trains
Berlin AUP Russians refused to allow three Western military trains to cross the Soviet zone to Berlin. They set a daily limit of 16 Western military trains via the 110 mile corridor between West Germany and Berlin, restoring a 1945 cap after briefly allowing 19. Western sources say the move aims to affect the Big Four deputies meeting in Paris.
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Berlin
Germany
West Germany
Paris
Raids Smash Narcotic Ring Shocks DC Area
Federal narcotics agents and DC police say they shattered the District’s biggest narcotics ring, arresting 35 and seeking 17 on warrants. Three women and four soldiers were among those charged during raids that covered DC markets and reached Fort Eustis Virginia. James Roberts Jr son of Jim Yellow Roberts was among the soldiers arrested. Francis Sugarfoot Green named as one of the three top ringleaders.
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District of Columbia
Boyd M. Martin
Bureau of Narcotics
Martin
Fort Eustis
Norfolk
James Roberts
Jim Yellow” Roberts
Army
Francis “Sugarfoot” Green
Freezing Rain Snow Move Across Iowa After Big Snow
A new low pressure area brings freezing rain and more snow to Iowa a week after a major storm. Light snow and freezing rain fall in southern Iowa with northeast movement. Cedar Rapids at 2 30 p m shows 36 below or 36 degrees. highs reach 40. Some highways remain slick one way traffic spots in northern and western Iowa. Cities Ottumwa Burlington Council Bluffs report sleet freezing rain as cloud cover persists statewide.
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Iowa
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Ottumwa
Burlington
Council Bluffs
Highway Patrol
Mason City
Charles City
Birmingham Fells Solon 37 to 19 in sub state final
Birmingham earned a state tournament berth by defeating Solon 37 to 19 in the sub state final in Iowa City. The result advances Birmingham to the state competition.
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Birmingham
Solon
Iowa City
Deal of Truman and Ike for 1952 Tussle Reported
Miami AP report cites Merrill Mueller in the Quill claiming a Truman Ike deal to field Ike as a 1952 presidential candidate. Mueller says Truman sought to avoid exiling a potential contender while Ike suggested he would run if drafted by a party.
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Eisenhower
Europe
Truman
Ike
Merrill Mueller
Quill
Sigma Delta Chi
National Journalism Fraternity
Harry Truman
White House
Denver
Washington
Shooting Star and Red Jet Collide Over Korea
An American Shooting Star fighter jet collided with a Communist aircraft over northwest Korea on Saturday and both planes crashed. The pilots were presumed dead.
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U.S. Fifth Air Force
Korea
Northwest
Church Excommunicates Beran Foes and Supporters
The Catholic Church excommunicated all involved in the banishment of Archbishop Josef Beran of Prague and other acts against the church in Czechoslovakia. The Consistorial Congregation named priests and officials appointed by the government, noting bishops impeded and priests jailed or deported, with absolution reserved to the Pope.
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Catholic Church
Josef Beran
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Antonin Stehlik
Beran
Segregation Policy Speech by Byrnes Ision
Governor James F. Byrnes asserted that South Carolina would keep public school segregation or abandon the system if federal courts outlaw it. He told the South Carolina Education Association that if segregation cannot be legally maintained, churches might run the public schools.
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Columbia
S. C
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
South Carolina Education Association
Byrnes
Madge Meredith May Be Released After Accuser Seeks Marriage
California board recommends commutation to time served for actress Madge Meredith who has served two years of a five year to life term for plotting to kidnap and beat Nick Gianaclis and a bodyguard. Gianaclis now seeks her release so they can marry. governor to decide.
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Madge Meredith
Miss Meredith
California Adult Authority Board
Tehachapi
Nick Gianaclis
Walter A. Gordon
Gianaclis
Verne Davis
Laurel Canyon
Hollywood
Warren
Gordon
E. W. Lester
Davis
Albert W. Tucker
Tucker
San Quentin Prison
Marjorie Massow
Iowa Falls
Gromyko accuses West of planning new war at talks
In Paris the Soviet deputy foreign minister Andrei Gromyko accuses the United States Britain and France of deliberately preparing a new war by rearming Germany. He demands fulfillment of Potsdam demilitarization obligations during early talks and any future Foreign Ministers council. US delegate Jessup calls the speech false but agrees to resume Monday.
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Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Britain
France
Gromyko
Germany
Council of Foreign Ministers
Ernest Davies
U. S
Philip C. Jessup
Jessup
Baby Dies After House Fire in Fulton
Six month old Gary Lee Clark died in Jackson county hospital from burns suffered when a kerosene explosion occurred in a small Fulton home. His mother Mrs. William Clark is in critical condition with burns, Geraldine 30 months and Billy 18 months also burned, Linda 5 was away. The boxcar residence burned in about 15 minutes.
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Maquoketa
Gary Lee Clark
William Clark
Fulton
Jackson County
Clark
Billy
Linda
Spain Receives $5 Million Wheat Loan From U S
The Export-Import Bank was directed to disburse a $5,000,000 loan to Spain for wheat to cover a temporary shortage before the Spanish harvest. This loan, added to $12,200,000 granted Feb. 13, comes from a $62,500,000 aid appropriation approved by Congress last year.
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Washington
U S
Spain
Economic Cooperation Administration
Congress
Kefauver seeks contempt citations for Costello Adonis Erickson
The Senate crime investigating committee voted to cite Frank Costello Joe Adonis and Frank Erickson for contempt for refusing to answer questions at New York hearings. The resolutions move to the full Senate for a vote and then to Irving Saypol for possible court action. Contempt of Congress carries up to one year in jail and a $1000 fine per count.
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Washington
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Senate
Frank Costello
Joe Adonis
Frank Erickson
Kefauver
D-Tenn
New York
Irving Saypol
Perjury arrest tied to New York Senate probes and O'Dwyer link
The New York Senate crime inquiry closed a week of dramatic testimony with a former convict witness facing a perjury arrest. Rumors swirled that Governor Dewey might be called to testify alongside former Mayor William O Dwyer, with Hagerty denying plans. Witnesses clashed over Weber’s alleged visits to Moran and connections to O Dwyer, Costello, and Kennedy, amid questions about a Saratoga gambling report.
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USS
Senate
William O’dwyer
Chicago
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Sun-Times
Dewey
O'Dwyer
Saratoga Springs
Upstate
Albany
James C. Hagerty
Rudolph Halley
Senate Committee
Kefauver
D-Tenn
John A. Gaffney
Gaffney
Saratoga
Louis Weber
Oe J. Moran
Ofice
Moran
Weber
Gerard Martin
U. S
Edward W. McDonald
Stassen Begins Four Day Penn Trip From New York
Harold E. Stassen president of the University of Pennsylvania arrived by air from New York on a four day business trip.
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London
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
New York
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