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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1952
Page
2
Dallas police arrest a 41 year old surgeon after he used a female disguise to purchase barbiturates. An alleged shopping companion, a Dallas woman, aided the ruse before the disguise was uncovered and the doctor was jailed on an open charge before release on habeas corpus.
Coast Guardsmen battled a storm to rescue crew of the 250 foot motor ship Miget driven aground near a North Carolina Outer Banks island. The cyclone swept from the Caribbean, with hurricane like conditions, as ships fought mountainous seas and strong winds. The Miget’s Panamanian crew were reached by cutters surf boat and beach party after the ship struck a sand bank about 100 yards offshore.
Six youths tied to Eastside gangs faced murder suspicions after a knife and gun battle left one man dead and two others badly hurt. Victim James Murrietta, 23, died. Henry and Arthur Ballesteros, ages 18 and 21, and John M. Chanes, 19, admitted involvement but denied firearm use. Two .22 rifles were found at the Ballesteros home. several others were taken to hospital in serious condition.
An 18 year old American girl Mamie Shelton was found safe by military police near Dornfelden eight miles northeast of Frankfurt. Officers pursued a soldier hitchhiker alleged to have abducted her from two GI escorts as a nationwide alert circulated. the suspect drew a pistol when approached.
In Pawtucket Rhode Island four masked men sought a $12 000 jewel theft at Edgar E Johnson's home showroom. A barking dog drew their attention and one thief grabbed a leg of lamb from the kitchen refrigerator before the heist collapsed.
Northern Burma turmoil has become an international issue as United Nations discussions in Paris reveal tension over Nationalist 10,000 troops in Yunnan and Red China ties. The Burmese border remains poorly mapped with wild areas and headhunters, while regional powers weigh involvement and risks of wider conflict.
West Point alumni magazine Assembly reports 90 cadets ousted for cheating last summer would quit in protest if any allowed to remain. Statement, obtained from a student poll, notes some cadets compare the case to the 1919 Chicago White Sox scandal while others call the dismissed students martyrs to an unjust system.
Census figures show Vermont farmers own 23 724 horses now, one quarter of 1918 totals. Tractors increased by 70 percent over the past five years signaling a shift from horse power to mechanization across the state.
Chicago authorities plan lie detector tests in the Barbara Girvin death in which the 14 year old shot herself after a visit by two teen boyfriends in her living room. Barbara reportedly danced and sang before the fatal act, with neighbors and the coroner’s inquest to follow.
Philadelphia zoo officials amended their annual census after discovering a baby Bennett's Wallaby kangaroo had gone undetected. The joey, born tiny and hidden in its mother's pouch, was found after staff observed an evasive look in the mother’s eyes.
A. L. Vieth found his cat riding in comfort under the hood on the way to work in Alton Illinois. The cat was unhurt and wedged between the engine fan and the battery case after he lifted the hood.
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