Funeral Today for Mother of Tommy Cook
Mrs. Bertha Lucille Best 46 died in Sea side Hospital after failing to arrange an 11th hour visit with her imprisoned son Tommy Cook 19 a convicted killer. Funeral at 10 a.m. in Mottell's chapel with survivors Reno Best Des Moines sisters Mary Lawrence Des Moines Ann Van Buren Des Moines and M R Melvy Marquette.
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Bertha Lucille Best
Seaside
Mottell's Chapel
Best
Soledad Prison
Tommy Cook
Waidower
Reno Best
E. 17Th &J
Mary Lawrence
Des Moines
Iowa
Ann van Buren
M. R. Melvy
Marquette, Mich
$70,000 Extorted by Pier Racketeers Says Witness
Witness Gregory Butman testifies to the New York crime commission that longshoremen’s racketeers during a postwar strike extorted $70,000 from importers for unloading two fur shipments valued at $659,000 and $1,50,773. The case links to AFL Local 1235 leaders Giantomasi Ferrone and others as the probe widens.
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Rhaw York
State Crime Commission
New York
Gregory ‘Butman
British- American Fur Corp
Anthony Ciantomasi
AFL International Longshoremen’s Association
Pasquale Ferrone
Giantomasi
Joe the Gent
Ferrone
Butman
Commission
Albert Anastasia
New Jersey U. S
Banetasla
Italy
James P. M McGranery
the Dapp
Peneyea
Fort Lee
N. J
Hudson River
New York City
Crime Commission
Anastasia
Lal
Gerardo
Jerry
Joseph Anastasio
East River
Willard L. Swain
New York Shipping Association, Inc
Steveflores
John W. McGrath Co., Inc
Yorkmar Struggles Freeing On Washington Sandbar
A 7200-ton freighter Yorkmar grounded on a sandbar near Aberdeen Washington faces a gale as crews from a salvage tug and Coast Guard cutters battle 50 mph winds and heavy seas to free her. Captain and 36 crew remain aboard the grounded ship, with rescue plans in place if the situation worsens. The vessel lies close to shore at low tide with no immediate abandonment anticipated. Crewmen, including second mate Edward L. Greenwood, are reported to be safe as efforts continue under Port Angeles control.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Bureau
Torrance
Edward L. Greenwood
Yorkmar
Mavis
Greenwood
New York
Pacific Northwest
Border Ave
Oscar Kullbom
Portsland
Ore
Age Chief
AWOL Airman Held for Hearing on Guns Theft
Richard Lyle Sanders, 19, AWOL from the Air Force, charged with stealing $350 worth of guns and ammunition from two sporting goods stores on 4311 E Carson St last Nov 19. He was remanded to Long Beach Superior Court for a Dec 23 preliminary hearing in Dept. C at 9:30 a.m. Bail set at $2,500. Police note Sanders is on parole from a prior burglary.
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E. Carson St
Richard Lyle Sanders
Air Force
Long Beath Superior Court
Roberta Butzbach
Bell Hower
Sanders
Dept. C
Butzbach
War Secretary rules out excluding communists from British army
London reports that War Secretary Anthony Head told the Commons on Tuesday he would take no steps to bar members of the Communist party from serving in the British army.
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Reds London
Anthony Head
Commons
Communist Party
India Storm Kills 169 in Madras Districts
A cyclone that hit the Tanjore and Tiruchirappally districts in Madras last week has killed 169 people, a government statement said in parliament on Tuesday.
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India
New Delhi
Tanjore
Tiruchirappally
Madras
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