FBI And Police Trap Local Man In Extortion Plot
Everett Willis Lee, 31, of 602 Fisher Street, was arrested after he picked up $3,000 planted at the base of an elm tree near Hutchens Greenwood Avenue in a bid to extort money from George Hutchens. FBI agents and local officers executed a six hour stakeout in steady rain, coordinating via walkie talkies as Lee was nabbed for violating the federal extortion statute.
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Wint Capel Enterprise
George E. Hutchens
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hutchens
Everett Willis Lee
Fisher Street
Heritage Furniture Company
Hutens
Charles W. Brown
Charlotte Field
FBI
Lee
Brown
High Point
Greenwood Avenue
C. C. Stoker
Fbir
U. S
Sheriff's Office
Old Homestead
General Draper Quits Post In Private Life Return
Major General William H. Draper Jr. resigns as undersecretary of the army effective Feb 28 after guiding occupation policy for Germany and Japan. A Republican and former vice president at Dillon Read, he returns to private life at official request.
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Washington
William H. Draper, Jr
Army
Germany
Japan
White House
Dillon, Read and Company
Wall Soarcet
Truman
Draper
U. S
Civil Administration Division
Special Army
Sacks
Lucius D. Clay
Wendell Berge
Starving Baby Found in East Side Rooming House
In Cleveland a 11 month old infant named Clarence Robert Yeats was found in a bureau drawer in a rooming house. He is in serious condition from malnutrition and anemia. Parents Irvine Yeats and Edith Smith are jailed on neglect charges after an anonymous tip.
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Cleveland
East Side
Clarence Robert Yeats
City Hospital
Irvine Yeats
Edith Smith
Cecelia Rodgers
East Twentieth Street
Yeats
Miss Smith
Rodgers
Floyd
Forced Settlement of Transit Strike Demanded
A court action seeks government forced settlement of Philadelphia’s nine day transit strike. Three temporary PTS receivers may be appointed to end the walkout. Wage talks between TWU and PTC linger over a seven to thirteen cent gap as 11 000 workers stay idle.
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Philadelphia
Joseph Sharfsin
Philadelphia Transportation Company
PTC
PTS
CIO Transport
Bernard Samuel
TWU
Chamber of Commerce
TWU International
Michael J. Quill
Quill
Snow Driven By Icy Winds Across Storm Areas
A new storm brings snow and cold to western mountains and plains states. Flooding develops in southeastern Nebraska from Nemaha river and nearby creeks. Sub-zero readings hit Montana to Minnesota as the Missouri River area nears flood stage, while army crews work to reopen snowbound roads.
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Associated Press
Western Mountains Plains
Nebraska
Nemaha River
Muddy Creek
Pony Creek
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Rule
Neb
St. Joseph
Montana
North Dakota
Minnesota
Canadian
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Idaho
Wyoming
Dakotas
Plains
Lewis A. Pack
Two Arrested In French Wreck That Killed 35
Police in Port d Atelier France arrested engineer Guillaume Schaff aged 40 and his apprentice William Faivre aged 26 after a derailment on the Metz Nancy Dijon line killed at least 35 people. Faivre said he attempted to brake too late as wooden coaches contributed to high fatalities. Rescue teams recovered 27 bodies with seven or eight more believed buried.
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Port D'Atelier
France
Smas
Metz
REA Ideas Extend to Rural Phones and Housing
Proposals to extend REA financing to rural telephone service and to establish a housing agency patterned after REA gain support in the House. Rep Poage leads hearings on a bill to connect rural phone service to REA style funding, backed by farm groups but opposed by major telephone companies citing existing lines and postwar progress.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Uhe
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
Poage
D.-Tex
House
Agriculture Department
Bell System
Fog Delays Berlin Airlift as Heavy Fog Falls
Berlin reports a thick fog halting the allied airlift for a day and delaying the 1,000,000th ton milestone. Weather says lift may resume tomorrow. Soviet police set danger zones and warn pedestrians as tensions rise amid shortages and black market changes.
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Berlin
York
Norway backs Atlantic pact move amid talks and votes
Norway’s Labor party backed government steps toward joining the Western alliance. A 330 to 35 vote at a party convention approved pursuing the Atlantic pact terms after foreign talks with the United States and Britain. Parliament approval of Lange’s political line is expected next week amid Soviet notes warning Oslo.
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Olso
Norway
Labor Party
Halvard M. Lange
Lange
Washington
London
U. S
State Acheson
Bevin
Europe
United States
Canada
West
Ussr
Denmark
All-State High School Band Performs In Salisbury Concert
The all-state high school band of 94 musicians selected from 30 organizations performed in Salisbury under James C. Pfohl of Davidson College. The two day clinic, last held in 1946, rotates among Salisbury Winston Salem and High Point with representatives from Albemarle Asheboro Belmont Canton Charlotte Central Charlotte Tech Cherryville Concord Gastonia Hickory High Point Kannapolis Lexington Lincolnton Marion Marshville Monroe Mooresville Mt. Airy North Wilkesboro Shelby Thomasville Mills Home Thomasville Valdese Waynesville Winston Salem Statesville and Landis.
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Salisbury
James C. Pfohl
Davidson College
Winston-Salem
High Point
Albemarle
Asheboro
Belmont
Canton
Charlotte Central
Charlotte Tech
Cherryville
Concord
Gastonia
Hickory
Kannapolis
King Mountain
Lexington
Lincolnton
Marion
Marshville
Monroe
Mooresville
Mt. Airy
North Wilkesboro
Shelby
Thomasville
Mills
Valdese
Waynesville
Gray, Hanes and
Reynolds
Statesville
Landis
Survey Shows Little Change in Restaurant Prices
A nationwide AP survey across 13 cities finds restaurant prices largely stable with small hikes in some venues. While wholesale food costs fall, overhead keeps menus steady. some cities report modest increases for certain items and premium dishes.
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New York
Associated Press
Dun & Bradstreet
Hungarian Bishops Reserve on Mindszenty Letter
Hungarian bishops have received Mindszenty letters and reserved judgment on an appeal for an agreement with the communist government. A Vatican source says negotiations will not proceed until the cardinal is freed and church freedom is guaranteed.
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Associated Press
Hungary
Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
Budapest
Vatican
Holy See
Cardinal Mindszenty
Remains Found as Fire of Hotel Orton Is Probed
Coroner Gordon Doran announced today in Wilmington that a skull and muscle tissue were found in the Orton Hotel ruins after the January 20 blaze. He is checking two possible deaths, identifying one as William Carson Stephens, 25, a tugboat hand, and another as an unidentified Camp Lejeune Marine. J R Mallard, 67, of Charlotte, was recovered from the debris last week. Stephens had been missing since entering the hotel the night of the fire.
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Wilmington
Gordon Doran
Orton
William Carson Stephens
Camp Lejeune Marine
J. R. Mallard
Charlotte
Doran
Stephens
Pittsfield Records 59 Degree Winter Warmth
Pittsfield Massachusetts reports a record high of 59 degrees as shirt sleeve golfers play at the country club while skiers slide on sparse snow nearby. The reading marks the warmest February date since the local weather station opened.
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Pittsfield
Mass
Truman Reinstates USO to Sustain Home Ties for Draftees
President Truman ordered the United Service Organizations back on active duty to maintain a strong link with homes from which teenage draftees and volunteers come. He noted most defense forces recruits are under 20 and urged continuous home contact through USO programs.
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Washington
Truman
United Service Organizations
USO
Hollywood
Freighter Radio Operator Falls Unstable Aboard William Phips
At Gibraltar on February 19 a U S freighter crew reported a radio officer on the vessel William Phips suffered a nervous breakdown after mysterious shortwave messages from the ship. A U S destroyer rushed to investigate as the ship, en route from Naples to Galveston, arrived and the operator disembarked.
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Gibraltar
William Phips
Britain
Pierce
U. S.S
Atlantic
Naples
Galveston
Tex
U. S. Maritime Commission
Washington negotiators push for Western Europe security pact progress
In Washington on February 1 negotiators and Secretary of State Acheson pursued an Atlantic security treaty to reassure Western Europe of real U S military backing. Senators such as Vandenberg signaled progress in the Foreign Relations Committee toward a draft likely to gain two thirds, with talks among the United States Canada Britain France Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg continuing.
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Washington
Western
Europe
Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Vandenberg
R-Mich
U. S
Canada
Britain
France
Belgium
Holland
Luxembourg
Achesons
Olver Franks
Senate
Would Protect Mine Unions From Reds
Washington Feb 19 A mining industry executive urged Congress to stop communism from infiltrating labor unions He Howard I Young president of the American Mining Congress spoke to the Senate labor committee saying the view is common sense in light of U S spending abroad Feinsinger of the old War Labor Board urged repealing the Taft Hartley act and re enacting the Wagner act with additions The committee studies a Truman administration bill proposing those changes
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Washington
Congress
Howard I. Young
American Mining Congress
Pepper
D-Fla
Young
Senate Labor Committee
CIO
Mmine, Mill and Selter
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Old War Labor Board
Feinsinger
University of Wisconsin
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Police
Gen. Draper
Fifth Army
New Deal Agency
New Alliance
MR. Truman
President Truman
Air Force
Andrews Air Force Base
Maryland
New York State Restaurant Association
American Meat Institute
Louis Shaffer
Detroit
Paul Shank
Colorado Restaurant Association
Denver
Washington, D. C
Los Angeles
Atlanta
California
Florida
Boston Restaurateurs
New Orleans
Antoine
Galatoire
Dallas
Mindszenty
Sofia
Bulgaria
World Council of Churches
Geneva
Switzerland
Communist Party
Hamburg
General Confederation of Labor
United Nations
Rhodes
Egypt
Israel
Palestine
U. N
Coventry
Eng
Royal Air- Force
Chiang Kai-shek
Orton Hotel
Reds
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