Nail File Used to Open Doors In Brink's Place
Detectives probing a $1.5 million Brink's vault raid report nail files or penknives opened six doors to the cashier's cage during tests with new locks. Officers witnessed by Police Commissioner Sullivan and Superintendent Fallon called Brink's lax security, while a canteen truck and a caterer owner were cleared. FBI later noted unmarked money wrappers found nearby.
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Brink's Place
Boston
Brink
Arthur Ahern
Ahern
Thomas F. Sullivan
Edward W. Fallon
Sullivan
Fallon
North End
Iun
Charlestown Navy Yard
New York
James V. Crawley
State
James Conniff
Sturtevant
Cambridge
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Autopsy Report Awaited Before Dr Sander Trial
In Manchester New Hampshire Dr Hermann N Sander 40 faces first degree murder in the death of Abbie C Borroto 59 wife of a local oil salesman. An autopsy performed at Hillsborough county hospital was disclosed only to defense and prosecutors with medical experts present. The trial date is pending and Sander remains free on 25000 bail.
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Manchester
N. H
New Hampshire
Hermann N. Sander
Abbie C. Borroto
Hillsborough County Hospital
Wyman
Richard Ford
Legal Medicine
Harvard University
Ford
Massachusetts
Pine Grove Cemetery
Albert Helprin
New York City
Ralph Mellor
Dartmouth College
Borrotosath
Sander
Cerroto
Injunction Hearing On Coal Postponed
A federal district court granted a six day delay in the government bid for an injunction to end the three day soft coal mine hearing. The hearing moved from Thursday to Wednesday February 1, on joint request by United Mine Workers leader John L Lewis and NLRB general counsel Robert N Denham.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Robert N. Denham
General Council
National Labor Relations Board
Record Crowds at Southern Furniture Market Opening Day
A robust opening day at the Southern Furniture and Rug Market drew 1 240 buyers, with 420 remaining to break the day-one record. Market Manager Paul Casey called the hour strong as buyers note low inventories and plan heavy purchases over the two weeks. Prices rose five to ten percent from last July, while modern and semi modern styles gain ground over traditional period pieces.
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Joe Brown
Southern Furniture and Rug Market
Paul Casey
Chicago
P. H. Flora
J. D. Bryant Furniture Company
Martinsville
Exposition Building
Truman Urges Big Tax Cuts With Revenue Offsets
President Truman asked Congress to raise about 1 billion dollars in new tax money while cutting excise taxes on transport, long distance bills, and certain consumer goods. He called for offsetting the cuts by tightening loopholes and raising corporate, estate, and gift taxes to fund the plan.
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Congress
Washington
Truman
Tass denies French report on Soviet Spain grain trade
The Tass news agency denied a Madrid sourced claim that Russia had negotiated a grain trade with Spain. Madrid reports said Spain sought Russian wheat as it faced shortages.
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London
Tass
Today
Russia
Spain
Madrid
Painter Caught Trying To Blast WBT's Tower
Police sought motive after South Carolina painter Chester Lovell 38 of Columbia tried to dynamite the WBT radio tower near Charlotte. He lit five sticks, but the charge failed. an accomplice fled, and Lovell was arrested. Police find no link to the station's labor dispute ongoing with local union.
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Charlotte
South Carolina
WBT
Chester Morgan
Chad) Lovell
Columbia
Frank N. Littlejohn
Lovell
J. P., Swain
Strom
Jefferson Standard Broadcasting Company
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
Greensboro
AFL International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
NLRB
Sterling Hicks
Charles H. Crutchfield
The
Broadcasting Company
Littlejohn
Escape Try Of Four Jailed In Miami Fails
Four prisoners led by George Bertrand attempted an escape at Dade jail in Miami. They overwhelmed guards with improvised weapons, opened several cell doors, and urged about 150 inmates to join. The plan failed on the final door to the elevator after 20 minutes of chaos. Guards Russell Simms and James Gilchrist were badly battered.
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Miami
Fla
Dade County
Bedlam
George Bertrand
Jimmy Sullivan
Sullivan
Clyde Milton John
Russell Simms
James Gilchrist
Simms
Gilchrist
Bertrand
Doctors Stitch Stabbed Heart
18 year old Roland Mancini was stabbed in the chest by a friend and underwent emergency heart stitching at Montgomery Hospital in Norristown. Dr. Donald Headings led the operation successfully, with four stitches placed to seal the wound and save Mancini's life. Police Chief H Mason Osborne attributed the accident to the incident in Plymouth township.
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Norristown
Roland Mancini
Montgomery Hospital
Donald Headings
Mancini
H. Mason Osborne
Plymouth Township
New Cancer Sugar Drug Reported By ACS In 1930s
The American Cancer Society announced a polysaccharide sugar treatment from bacillus prodigiosus that kept a few advanced cancer patients comfortable for years. About 130 patients were treated with modest benefits including tumor shrinkage pain relief and improved appetite. Dr. Hugh J. Creech led the Philadelphia institute study noting potential for a decade of work.
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New York
American Cancer Society Today
Hugh J. Creech
Institute For Cancer Research Philadelphia
Creech
Atom Talks Begin Monday in Washington
London reports that the United States Britain and Belgium will open atomic talks in Washington next Monday to discuss a fresh Congo uranium sharing agreement. The Belgian Congo holds about half the world’s known supply and wartime pledges may expire this year.
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London
United States
Britain
Belgium
Washington
Belgian Congo
Foreign Office
Congo
U. S
Canada
Best Authoritie
North Carolina High School Library Association to Meet in Lumberton
The association will hold its annual meeting in Lumberton on March 24 and 25. The executive board announced the date after a Greensboro meeting Saturday.
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Lumberton
North Carolina High School Library Association
Greensboro
Thousands of miners return to work amid no contract no work stalemate
Thousands of soft coal miners resumed production today as back to work votes enable about 37 000 of last week's 94 000 to return to the pits. In Uniontown area only Colonial mine number three operated with no pickets while roving pickets closed another Frick mine. In western Pittsburgh area a few mines started with no picketing and no incidents reported.
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Pittsburgh
Uniontown
Steel Company
Colonial
United States Steel Corporation
H. C. Frick Coke Company
Frick
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Montour No
GOP House Split Seen As Blow to Souths Coalition
A 64 member Republican defection from the House caucus reveals a rift with southern Democrats and weakens the GOP Senate coalition. Leaders downplay the split, but dissidents say leadership has been captured by Southern Democrats and that civil rights, federal spending, and campaign strategy are at stake.
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GOP
South
Washington
House
Frank Keefel
Wisconsin
Keefe
Truman Pauses Tax Cuts For Revenue Safeguard
President Truman urges tax reform to close loopholes and prevent revenue loss. He cites oil and mining exemptions allowing depletion deductions, advocates moderate corporate rate increases above 50 000 and equalize rates above 25 000 to 50 000. He warns he will veto excise cuts without revenue replacement and highlights film industry loopholes.
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Irene Ghika
Hodge
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