Scotland Yard Probes Murder Mystery In London
Scotland Yard investigators probe the disappearance of Olive Durand-Deacon a 69 year old widow from a South Kensington hotel. In a muddy Crawley Sussex yard they find charred bone fragments and red material amid sulfuric acid containers suggesting a possible mass murder plot linked to elderly missing persons. John George Haigh a friend of the missing woman collaborates with police in the inquiry.
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London
Scotland Yard
Olive Durand-Deacon
South Kensington
Far East
John George Haigh
Navy Trains Men To Give Know How If A Bombs Fall
At Treasure Island base a two year program graduates men equipped to advise crowds during atom bomb emergencies. Captain Roy D. Williams notes lectures cover crowd psychology and anti panic techniques. He says seven to eight miles is a safe distance from a blast.
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Navy
San Francisco
Treasure Island
Roy D. Williams
Seek Liquor Sale In Stoughton Taverns
Petitions circulate to allow Stoughton eleven taverns to sell liquor beyond beer. Liquor would be bought by bottle at the municipal dispensary, in operation 15 years, with opponents arguing it would cost the city about half a million dollars annually in retail business.
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Stoughton
Wis
Small Soviet Headache Expands Across Zones and Leaders
Leon Dennen reports Moscow strains in Czechoslovakia and Romania as Gottwald Pauker face scrutiny and resistance grows. He notes Czech workers strike absenteeism and alleged prison terms, while Anna Pauker’s position weakens and Turkish independence alarms Moscow as Israel rises.
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Gottwald
Pauker
Moscow
Benes
Czechoslovakia
Communist Party
Antonin Zapotcky
Labor Union Council
Zapotcky
Bruenn
Jankovcova
Romania
Kremlin
Anna Pauker
Ice Breaker Could Clear Alaska Waters
Cmdr. Jack E Gibson of the ice breaker Burton Island says mild winter weather could allow a fleet to pass through Alaskan waters. The Burton Island returned to Long Beach after its farthest winter penetration, within 30 miles of the Bering Strait, and could have continued through.
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Long Beach
Calif
Alaskan
Cmdr
Jack E. Gibson
Navy
Burton Island
Gibson
Bering Strait
West German Setup Agreed By Three Western Governors
General Lucius D. Clay announced after a conference with Gen. Pierre Koenig and Gen. Sir Brian Robertson that the three western military governors reached complete agreement on the West German setup. The six power London agreement authorized West Germans to draft a constitution for a federal republic covering the American British and French zones.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Pierre Koenig
Brian Robertson
London
Rules State Health Board Has Right To Supply Sex Information
MADISON Wis The state board of health Atty Gen Fairchild ruled Tuesday has authority to supply sex hygiene information to schools PTA groups and other organizations Dr Carl N Neupert state health officer had asked whether the board could make available a film Human Growth produced by the University of Oregon The board has widest discretion under Wisconsin statutes to disseminate such information
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Madison
Wis
State Board of Health
Fairchild
PTA
Carl N. Neupert
University of Oregon
Wisconsin
Bus driver saves two in icy Milwaukee porch rescue
Francis Le Sage of Stevens Point Wisconsin on a Greyhound route to Minneapolis spotted danger at the Peter Flood home on ice. He halted the bus and alerted flood occupants a basement resident man and his disabled wife in a wheelchair. Fire volunteers said warning prevented a fast spreading blaze.
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Greyhound Milwaukee
Francis le Sage
Stevens Point
Wis
Minneapolis
Peter Flood
Flood
Incumbent Office Ban Bill Sparks Senate Debate
Wisconsin senator Padrutt urges a bill to bar incumbents from running for another office unless they resign. Assembly criticism follows with several lawmakers admitting personal ambition conflicts. The measure could carve out exemptions for part time local officials as Teich backs the proposal for labor groups.
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Madison
Sen
Padrutt
Chippewa Falls
Senate State and Local Government Committee
Padruff
McCarthy
United States Senate
Senate
Te Ition
Rue
Kendzierski
Dmilwaukee
Dzierski
Assemblyman
Schmidt
Milwaukee
Blaska
Marshall
Assembly
Lawrence Teich
State Federation of Labor
Wisconsin Dairy Day Proclaimed by Governor Rennebahn
Gov Rennebahn proclaims March 14 as dairy day urging observation of dairying contributions to Wisconsin’s progress. The 77th annual Wisconsin Dairymen’s association convention to be held in Mauston on that date.
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Madison
Wis
Rennebahn
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Dairymen’s Association
Mauston
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Czech Communist Party
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Ina
Middle East
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U. S
Israel
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David Ben Gurion
Cairo
Beirut
Damascus
Teheran
Khalid Bagdosh
Mustafa el Aris
World Federation of Trade Unions
United States
Washington
Poliburo
Europe
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Aaa
Reds
Alaska
Rules State Health Board
Argue
la Crosse
Hopkins, Hebberd
Ruud
Metorn Druggist
Rock Island, Ill
Harms Hotel
Russell
Darnell
Davenport
Iowa
Orville C. Wells
Lacon
Ill
Edwin P. Scherer
Des Moines
Frances Gilmore
Indianapolis
Ind
Scherer
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