Two Master Thieves Hit New York Area In 575000 Heist
Police and FBI track two famed criminals nicknamed Raffles and Jimmy Valentine after a 48 hour crime spree that netted 575000 in jewels cash and traveler's checks. The largest jewel robbery in New York history targeted Maxine Sanson and a Babylon bank later. Lanson burglary yielded a 25000 diamond brooch among imitations viewed by detectives.
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New York
Raffles
Jimmy Valentine
FBI
Maxine Moore Sanson
Stanton D. Sanson
Babylon
Long Island
Suffolk County Federal Savings & Loan Association
Babylon Bank
Police
AFL Executive Committee Opens Winter Meeting
AFL leaders convened in Miami Beach to map a busy political year for 1950. The executive council planned early strategy for next year’s primaries as the winter meeting opened.
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AFL
Miami Beach
Fla
American Federation of Labor
Labor Organization
No Date Set Yet For Chrysler Talks
Detroit federal and state mediators in informal talks sought to resume negotiations in the Chrysler strike today. No date was set for reopening talks between Chrysler and the CIO United Auto Workers Union. Philip Weiss of the Michigan Labor Mediation board said officials had been contacted separately. The union has ordered a $1 weekly assessment against members not involved in the strike.
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Detroit
Chrysler
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Philip Weiss
Michigan Labor Mediation Board
Kenosha Sees Deep Freeze With Snowfall and Low Temps
The Kenosha area saw temperatures drop by 33 degrees in under 12 hours as steady snowfall created a winter scene. Weekend highs reached 40 degrees, with readings of 14 in Kenosha at noon, while Rhinelander and Eau Claire logged 36 below official lows.
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Kenosha
Mellen
Ashland County
Howard Thompson
Rhinelander
Eau Claire
Indonesian General R. Soedirman Dies in Jakarta Fight for Independence
Lt. Gen. R. Soedirman, commander of the Republican army that led the Indonesian struggle for independence, died Sunday in Jakarta Batavia.
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Jakarta
Batavia
U. S
R. Soedirman
Republican
Navy aims to free battleship Missouri in 72 hours
Norfolk salvage teams report success after two TNT charges loosen sand around the 45,000-ton Missouri stuck at Thimble Shoals. Tide and wind risks remain but officials voice growing optimism, with a potential float on Thursday or even Tuesday morning if conditions hold.
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Norfolk
Hampton Road
Navy
Allan E. Smith
Missouri
Jury Selection Delayed in Christoffel Perjury Case
Jury selection for Harold Christoffel's second perjury trial was postponed after 33 to 50 prospective jurors were excused due to government employment conflicts. Judge F Dickson Letts ordered more jurors as prosecutors seek to prove Christoffel lied about communist ties and that at least 13 committee members heard his 1947 testimony. Christoffel remains free on $5,000 bail.
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Washington
Harold Christoffel
F. Dickson Letts
O. John Rogge
Uaw-Cio Labor Union
Milwaukee
Letts
John S. Pratt
Pratt
Caes
Eugene Dennis
Communist Party
House Committee On un-American Activities
Supreme Court
Dennis
Christoffel
House Labor Committee
Federal District Court
Rogge
Edward Curran
Civil Rights Congress
Lilienthal Says H Bomb Not The Real Issue In Talks
A Reuters summary reports that David E. Lilienthal, head of the atomic energy commission, says the decision to build the hydrogen bomb is not the core issue. Congress and President Truman show broad support for funding, while discussions focus on optimal use of resources, science, and money.
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Washington
U.P
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Commission
Lilienthal
Truman
Congress
President Truman
Mr. Truman
Karl Stefan
Neb
House Appropriations Committee
Senate House Atomic Committee
United States
Nations Open Atomic Talks Behind Sealed Curtain
Washington hosts representatives from the United States Belgium and Britain to discuss atomic energy issues. They consider raising the $200 to $300 per ton price for Belgian Congo uranium and detailed plans for dividing Congo uranium output mainly between the United States and Britain.
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Washington
State Department
United States
Belgium
Britain
Belgian Congo
Congo
Carferry Sainte Marie Stuck in Ice in Straits of Mackinac
The carferry Sainte Marie was reported stuck in heavy wind driven ice in the Straits of Mackinac about a mile from Mackinaw City. Ice up to 15 feet thick was reported as the ferry failed to complete more than two of six scheduled runs today and has been stuck since early morning.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
Carferry Sainte Marie
Straits of
Mackinac
Mackinaw City
Three Traffic Deaths in State
An Associated Press report notes three traffic fatalities over the weekend. Edna Hall, 58, of Milwaukee died after being struck by a car and placed in a ditch before hospital care. Milwaukee resident is held without charge for allegedly striking Hall and taking her to the hospital. Joseph Orr, 30, of Lake Geneva died when his car struck a tree two blocks from home. Walworth Countys fifth fatality of the year involved Harvey Latoma, Carroll College senior and football lineman, whose car skidded into a tree in Watertown.
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Leath
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
Edna Hall
Hall
Joseph Orr
Rt. 2
Lake Geneva
Walworth County
Harvey Latoma
Carroll College
Watertown
Tremors Recorded Far From New York by Fordham Seismograph
The Fordham University seismograph logged two severe tremors at 7 09 05 p m and 7 20 12 p m EST last night. The shocks occurred about 6000 miles from New York in an undetermined direction.
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New York
Fordham University
Woman Admits Shooting Husband in Wisconsin Farm Shack
Grace Parr, 22, confessed to shooting her farmhand husband Francis Parr, 46, in their tar paper shack with a .32 caliber rifle after a pattern of beatings. Sheriff H R Biegel said authorities would seek charges in Tomah Wisconsin.
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Tomah
Wis
H. R. Biegel
Grace Parr
Francis
Three File Suit For N. Shore
Three Nevada residents filing as representatives of the Chicago North Shore and Milwaukee Railway and its stockholders sue 23 defendants in federal court for about 1.245 million dollars. The complaint cites a conspiracy to enrich the group through real estate and bus line deals, naming Traer Fitzgerald Whitney and others as balance and linking all defendants to the three focused figures. Filed in Reno with Judge John P. Barnes presiding, the action targets brokers and related corporations including National City Lines and Shore Line Transit Corporation.
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Chicago
Nevada
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railway Company
John P. Barnes
The
Railway Company
Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad Company
North Shore
Wisconsin
Ralph D. Swanson
Marie A. Swanson
Janet C. Sheaff
Reno
Glenn W. Traer
E. Roy Fitzgerald
Samuel Insull, Jr
Wheelock Whitney
R. A. L. Bogan
Helen A. Bluthenthal
Manford Burleigh
Evelyn B. Coogan
Charles F. Glore
Francis B. Murphy
L. P. Runkel
J. Miles Sherin
A. M. Thompson
Katherine K. Whitney
Marjorie S. Traer
H. C. Bluthenthal
Benjamin S. Warren
Acheson Denies Resignation Move Over Alger Hiss Case
Secretary of State Acheson denied offering to quit or being asked to resign amid calls tied to the Alger Hiss affair. He maintained he would not turn his back on Hiss and stated neither he nor President Truman considered resignation.
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Washington
Acheson
Alger Fuss
Truman
Alger Hiss
State Department
Michael J. McDermott
Mr. Truman
Now They're Convinced It's 62 Below Zero
Ramsey Michigan residents recount a belief about extreme cold after a thermometer at the Eureka mines read 55 below. A group of truck drivers bought a new thermometer to compare readings and woke to a 62 below measurement alongside their purchase.
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Ramsey, Mich
Eureka Mines
Legion Favors Universal Military Training Over Draft
The American Legion urged universal military training instead of extending the draft law. Miles D. Kennedy told the House armed services committee that Selective Service serves as a deterrent no longer and that national security training should be enacted now.
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Washington
American Legion Today
Truman
Legion
House Armed Services Committee
Miles D. Kennedy
National Legislative Commission
Kennedy
Two Nation Search Expands For Missing U S Plane
An immense search operation dubbed Operation Mike intensifies for a missing U S Air Force transport and its 44 occupants over a 1300 mile Arctic corridor from Great Falls to Snag Yukon. Temperatures dip to 28 below zero hindering air units as ground teams pursue a possible crash sight.
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Yukon
Great Falls
Mont
U. S
Wallace Boyd
J. C. Smith
John Robbins
Boyd
Air Force
4Th Rescue Squadron
McChord Field
Wash
Whitehorse
Y. T
U. S. Air Force
Snag
Yukon Territory
Alaska
Mike
Kyle E. McMichael
San Antonio
Texas
Martin Costello
Royal Canadian Air Force
Truman Appeals to Truman on Coal Shortage Crisis
Wisconsin Governor Rennebohm urged President Truman to act to prevent a coal shortage crisis in cities like Appleton Madison Kenosha and Watertown as miners stayed on strike. White House officials warned of possible action if miners do not return to a three day work week. 89 575 miners stayed home nationwide with West Virginia and Pennsylvania hardest hit and relief applications rising.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebohm
Truman
Wisconsin
Appleton
Kenosha
Watertown
Washington
White House
Charles Ross
John L. Lewis
Associated Press
Pittsburg
United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
State Department of Relief
Wreck Blocks Tracks as Rail Links Split
Wrecking crews worked around the clock to clear 22 derailed freight cars on the Rock Island line near Spickard Missouri. Traffic aims to resume Tuesday as crews clear debris and inspect rails.
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Spickard
U.P
Rock Island
Hiawatha Train Rolls Down Hill Without Engineer and Fireman
The Milwaukee Road Olympian Hiawatha carrying nearly 200 passengers rolled backward six miles from Renslow to Kittitas Wash after air brakes failed. Engineer Edward Maxwell and Fireman A R Liberty left to fight a motor fire and could not reboard. The crew halted the runaway by handbrakes with yard workers sidetracking a freight train. no injuries reported.
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Kittitas
Wash
Milwaukee Road
Hiawatha
A. R. Liberty
Maxwell
Renslow
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Indonesia
Vow of Navy
Dennis Case
Doal
United Nations
Tom Connally
Tex
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Carferry
Straits of Mackinac
Hutchinson
Korea
Southeast Asia
N. Shore
Frozen North
Anchorage
Lewis
Liberty
Saddle Mountains
W. B. Hollenbeck
Hollenbeck
Tom Barton
Olympian Hiawatha
A. L. Thor
Thor
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