20 Sep 1951
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Newspaper
Independent Long Beach
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1951
Page
1
Mrs Koches recounts finding a child inside an icebox and freeing her after the door was unlocked by the child’s parent. Deputies then removed the top and the girl was unharmed but exhausted. The incident prompts a warning about dangerous death traps near schools.
Whittier brothers Thomas Bartlett, 17, and Lawrence Bartlett, 14, admitted crafting a ghost gunman story to cover an accidental shooting that wounded Lawrence. Detective Mead reports Thomas confessed to accidentally firing at his brother, with the father Aaron Bartlett to decide discipline. The confession reduces phantom killer cases to three in the district.
Santa Ana reports Henry Ford McCracken, 34, a cafe guitar player, found guilty by a 12 jurors panel of first degree murder in the sex murder of 10 year old Patricia Jean Hull. The verdict carried the automatic death sentence as no leniency was recommended.
Officers patrolled the Idth Street Molina Avec area for over an hour seeking a green pint bottle filled with murine acid. James Osburn of Smith Osburn Sheet Metal Works reported the missing liquid and a label warned it is deadly poison and can cause severe burns.
A leading senator argues that federal income taxes have reached diminishing returns and future revenue must come from a national sales tax. He notes high personal and corporate tax rates reduce incentives to earn more, risking lower incomes and tax intake over time as a metaphorical goose loses its golden eggs. Continued on Page 34-A.
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