Boots Offer Clue in Guam Jade Shop Slaying
Ruth Farnsworth, 27, a U. S. Navy civilian employee, was found slain near the jade shop where she worked on Guam. A pair of paratrooper boots stained with possible blood and a torn sandal from her foot were recovered nearby, with investigators offering a $1,000 reward for clues and detailing a struggle that left her head battered and body found 200 yards from the shop.
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Agana
Guam
U.P
Ruth Farnsworth
U. S. Navy
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Miss Farnsworth
Army
Navy
Air Force
Carl Wall
Naval Government of
Guam News
Farnsworth
San Francisco
Comdr
James P. Hackett
Guam Police
Wac
Sterling McGinnis
Lawrence
Mexico
Mormon Church
Remains of Cpl Andrew Juga Enroute for Interment
The body of 26 year old Cpl Andrew Juga of Kenosha, killed in France while with the 14th armored division, will arrive Wednesday from the Chicago Graves Distribution Center for final burial. He was born August 28, 1918 in Lorraine Ohio and survived by his parents, a wife, two children, three brothers, and a sister.
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Cpl
Andrew Juga
Kenosha
France
Armored Division
Chicago Graves Distribution Center
Cpl. Juga
Lorraine
Anton Juga
34Th Ave
Grant, Washington
Juga
Macwhyte Co
14Th Armored Division
Germany
Larry
Sharon Lee
Stephen
Walter
Mitchel
Sturtevant
Christina Juga
Defense Set Up For Costa Rica Invasion
Costa Rican citizen army has formed a defensive line in Guanacaste Province northwestern Costa Rica to contain Nicaraguan invasion forces four days after crossing the frontier. Scouts report the invaders have not moved beyond the village of La Cruz, five miles inside Costa Rica.
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San Jose
C. R
U.P
Nicaragua
la Cruz
Costa Rica
Guanacaste
Simmons Honors 66 Employees at Gold Watch Dinner
Simmons company honored 66 employees at its annual gold watch dinner at the Elks club. Sixty three received gold watches for 20 years of service and two were given monetary recognition for 50 years. Alfred Terrell, senior vice president, will retire in January after 50 years with the firm and spoke at the event.
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Simmons Company
Elks Club
Alfred Terrell
New York
Terrell
Joseph V. Quarles
Simmons Central Division
Zalmon G. Simmons II
O. C. Martin
Quarles
Kenosha
Kenneth L. Terrell
George Hensel
August Wegner
Simmons
J. H. Smith
Chicago
L. L. Partridge
William Haubrich
R. C. Wilde
Elmer W. Hanak
Four Prisoners Escape Disciplinary Barracks
Milwaukee reports four prisoners escaped the United States disciplinary barracks last night by sawing two iron bars in a basement mail room. The escapees are Thomas Lane 24 Bryan Texas James Lewellyn 25 Dyersburg Texas Clifford Fraizer 24 Chattanooga Tennessee and George Perry 24 Providence Rhode Island. A civilian employee’s car used in the escape is missing.
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Milwaukee
United States
Col
J. J. France
Thomas Lane
Bryan
Tex
James Lewellying
Dyersberg
Clifford Fraizer
Chattanooga
Tenn
George Perry
Providence
R. I
France
Two Eccentric Chicago Recluses Die in Mansion Fire
A brother and sister, known as elderly recluses, burned to death when their ornate Victorian home near the University of Chicago campus on the south side was destroyed by fire. A sister was rescued by firemen as she ran from the two story frame building.
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Chicago
O.P
University of Chicago
Jeanette
Capitol Hotel
Victoria Hotel
Pratt
Nanking Peace Rumors Mark Chinese Civil War Drift
Firemen say Miss Celesta Pratt 62 died saving her brother Richard 70 in a two floor blaze that trapped them. The Pratt family, once wealthy, kept a South Side Chicago home in constant repair as rumors of peace or coalition government swirl around Nanking amid rising Communist gains.
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Celesta Pratt
Richard
Nanking
China
Chiang Kai- Shek
Chiang Kai-Shek
Hong Kong
Jeanette
George
Celesta
Oshkosh
Wis
South Side
Pratts
Rate Hike Okayed for Farmers Mutual Phone Co
The Public Service Commission approved a 1624 dollar yearly rate increase for Farmers Mutual Telephone Co. of Baraboo. Most subscribers will pay an extra dollar per quarter. The company serves about 390 customers between Baraboo and North Freedom.
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Madison
Wis
U.P
Public Service Commission
Farmers Mutual Telephone Co
Baraboo
North Freedom
Longer Fishing Season In Wisconsin On Mississippi
The Wisconsin Conservation Commission approved a longer Mississippi fishing season with reduced bag limits. Following Dr. Edward Schneberger's recommendations, the season will run May 1, 1949 to March 1, 1950, expanding open dates from June 20 to December 1 and including Lake Pepin in Pepin and Pierce counties.
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Madison
Wis
Wisconsin
Mississippi River
State Conservation Commission
Edward Schneberger
Lake Pepin
Pepin
Pierce
Amorous Advances Shake Japanese Diet Mock Trial Demands
Tokyo reports say Premier Shigeru Yoshida faced a demand for resignation as Finance Minister Sanroku Izumiyama quit after accusations of drunken advances to two women in the Diet restaurant. Hatsuye Yamashita described being pulled aside and kissed, with another accuser named Toshi Matsuo. A Diet committee moved to oust him amid opposition complaints of scandal.
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Tokyo
A.P
Shigeru Yoshida
Sanroku Izumiyama
Diet
Hatsuye Yamashita
Izumiyama
Toshi Matsuo
Farmer Loses Money After Pig Eats Billfold
Winnipeg farmer Peter Smud became $65 poorer after his pig chewed and ate his billfold. He retrieved a tattered wallet from the pigpen and later learned the money was worthless at the bank. To offset the loss he sold the hog.
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Winnipeg
Man
Peter Smud
Smud
Petrillo Ends Recording Ban With Contract
The American Federation of Musicians led by James Petrillo set to end the 1944 recording ban as a five year contract with major record companies is signed. The Taft Hartley legalizes a union welfare fund financed by royalties and overseen by an impartial trustee. RCA Victor Columbia Capitol Decca plan quick starts. concerns linger about Christmas shelf availability and unreleased pre ban records.
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Washington
James C. Petrillo
American Federation of Musicians
Phonograph
AFL
Tom C. Clark
William S. Tyson
Labor Department
Samuel R. Rosenbaum
Rca-Victor
Columbia
Capitol
Decca
Musicians Union
Petrillo
Welfare
Truman weighs speedup for reforms after election win
President Truman is expected to signal a legislative speedup when he reports to Congress on the state of the union early January. Democratic leaders plan to push a program including repeal of Taft Hartley act, higher minimum wage, social security expansion, health care and education aid before the new term. Senate Democrats to set organizational lines as the 80th Congress adjourns.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
State of the Union
White House
Senate Democrats
Farmers hailed for record crops at 30th Farm Bureau meeting
President Truman praised agriculture as a strength and noted farmers and families achieved a record harvest in 1948. Speaking through Allen B. Kline, he urged confidence in markets and farm programs while warning price controls cannot prevent a new boom and bust cycle.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Truman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Allen B. Kline
Farm Bureau
Kline
Blaze destroys coach house at Val Lo Will poultry farm
Lake Geneva fire destroys a large coach house at the Val Lo Will poultry farm owned by W. G. Grunow five miles south of Lake Geneva. Fire Chief C. A. Foster said the origin is undetermined and the 50,000 gallon tank helped confine the blaze to the 25 by 100 foot structure. The wing housing workers was damaged slightly and several autos were moved. A cedar-lined vault with clothing and furnishings valued at about 5,000 was emptied before flames reached it.
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Lake Geneva
Wis
Val-Lo-Will
W. G. Grunow
C. A. Foster
Foster
Marshall Plan funds exhausted after first year appropriation
Washington reports the Marshall Plan has hit the bottom of its foreign aid barrel after earmarking 536.6 million dollars for European recovery in the first quarter of next year. The Economic Cooperation Administration says it has used up the 5.055 billion dollar first year appropriation from Congress.
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Washington
Marshall Plan
Economic Cooperation Administration
Congress
Hoover Urges Higher Pay for President and Officials
Former President Herbert Hoover told the Senate that Congress should study increasing the president’s salary and expenses, saying running the White House costs 25 000 to 30 000 dollars annually and officials should be paid more. He added the vice president has long been underpaid and entertaining costs should be covered, noting possible broader raises for lawmakers.
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Washington
U.P
Herbert Hoover
Congress
United States
White House
Ralph E. Flanders
Hoover
Rennebohm Attends Park Conference in Florida
Governor Rennebohm departed for Sebring Florida to attend a three day national conference on state parks. He will stay in Florida for a week long vacation after the meeting.
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Madison
Rennebohm
Sebring
Fla
Florida
Rankin Deduced Wartime Theft Of Secrets Up To 1943
Rep. John E. Rankin says top secret government documents were stolen at least until 1943 while the U S was at war based on Henry J. Wadleigh testimony. He notes no documents after Pearl Harbor are in committee possession.
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Washington
U.P
John E. Rankin
Miss
United States
Rankin
House Un-American Activities Committee
Pearl Harbor
Karl E. Mundt
S. D
Henry J. Wadleigh
Wadleigh
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Chambers
Edward Hebert
Chambers claims 1938 threat by Bryn Mawr graduate
Whittaker Chambers testifies that a gray-haired Bryn Mawr graduate, described as a handsome woman in her fifties, warned of danger to his wife and children if his brother in law Rubin Shemitz turned him over to the Communist party. He said the threat came while he was in hiding near Baltimore and acted on Communist instructions.
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Rankin
Bachrach
New York City
John Abt
Abt
Star Witness
Whittaker Chambers
New York
U.P
Communist Party
Chambers
Bryn Mawr College
Baltimore
Rubin Shemitz
Baby christened Prince Charles Philip Arthur George
Buckingham Palace announced Princess Elizabeth's baby will be christened Prince Charles Philip Arthur George of Edinburgh. The christening is set for 3 30 p.m. tomorrow at the palace.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
Prince Charles Philip Arthur George of
Edinburg
The
Palace
Browns Reject Tigers Offer for Priddy in Trade Talk
Secretary Bill DeWitt of the St. Louis Browns said Detroit offered 100000 dollars and two players for infielder Gerald Priddy, but the bid was rejected. DeWitt planned a late meeting with Tigers GM Billy Evans to discuss the same deal.
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Chicago
Bill DeWitt
St. Louis Browns
Detroit Tigers
Gerald Priddy
DeWitt
Billy Evans
Tigers
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John F. Breiling
Lloyd J. Bunda
George G. Carter
Louis Cespaglio
Enrico Cipolla
Charles FE. Clark
Michael de Bartelo
Joseph de Simone
Ray V. Dunn
Carol J. Fiori
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Joe Gatti
Frank Gorski
Carl N. Gross
W. L. Hawkins
Victor A. Hielsberg
Ralph B. Howard
Leo H. Jensen
Carl A. Johnson
Joe Johnson
Guy J. Ragliotti
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George N. Kleist
Harold E. Kraas
Albert J. Landini
Warren C. Langley Taras Lapotka
George Larson
Mary J
Frank F. Pofahl
G. N. Ruffolo
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Edward J. Schmitz
Homer B. Shelby
Samuel E. Thomas
Richard Thorman
Charles C. Tracy
George Wegmann Sr
John L. Willems
Tom
National Turkey Federation
Virginia State Turkey Association
Independence
Peiping
Suchow
Chiang
Tientsin
Pengpu
Yangtze
Mississippi
Yoshida
Eleanor Nelson
Truman Lands Farmers
Marshall Foreign Aid
Senate
LaCrosse
Blance Jenkins Chamberlain
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