Downfall Purge Deepens in Czechoslovakia
Rudolf Slansky former boss of the Czechoslovak Communist party and ten others were hanged at Prague’s Pankrac Prison six days after being sentenced. Eight of the executed were Jews in a purge described as a drive against Stalinism and Zionist treason. Three others received life terms. The trial signals an expanding purge among Satellite Communist leaders and possible fear inside the Soviet Union itself, with signs of terror in Ukraine.
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Vienna
Austria
Rudolf Stansky
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Prague
Pankrac
Slansky
Klement Gottwald
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Attack by Taft May Alienate Congress
Washington AP Sen Robert A Taft blasts President-elect Eisenhower over his Labor secretary pick Marin Durst. The remark signals possible insurgent Congress similar to Truman years and foreshadows a Taft Eisenhower clash in the incoming Republican administration.
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Washington
Robert A.yafl
Eisenhower
Congress
Truman
Ohio
Eisenhows
Marin P. Durst
Jaber
Taft
Barge Sinks Carrying 200 Autos on Ohio River
A Commercial Barge Lines tow with about 200 new cars valued at $2000 each sank near Henderson after Tuesday night’s incident on the Ohio River. The barge’s towboat and a second vessel escaped. Reported wreckage included the upper deck visible with four cars seen afloat. causes are unknown. This is the second such loss for the firm in a year, with prior incidents near Goi cova and Dam 48.
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Goicova
Dam
Nothing to fear if loyal State Dept given Dulles reassurance
John Foster Dulles told the State Department that royal servants of the government have nothing to fear from the Eisenhower administration. He pledged Foreign Service protection as a non partisan career group and said many angles would be looked into thoroughly.
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Joan M. Hightower
Washington
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Foreign Service
United States
Dulles
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Pentagon
Defense Lovell
John Alison
Far East
David Bruce
Bruce
U. S
Western Railroads Seek 10 Percent Passenger Fare Hike
Western railroads led by Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific seek a 10 percent passenger fare increase. The plan would raise basic coach fares from 25 cents to 2 cents per mile and sleeping car rates from 16 to 20 cents per mile, plus a jump in minimums from 13 to 20 cents per ticket. The state commerce examiner backed the move, citing deficits since 1946 and noting similar rises elsewhere. The proposed group includes Texas and Pacific, New Orleans, St. Louis Southwestern, Northwestern Pacific, Pacific Electric, and San Diego and Arizona Eastern.
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A. T. Palmer
Gaig
Falimo
Missouri Pacific
Southern Paci
Texas and Pacific Railway Co
Texas Janed New Orleans Railroad Co
Louis South Western Railway
Northwestern Pacific Railroad
Pacific Electric Railway
San Diego and Arizona Eastern Railway
Classified and notices page index excerpt
A concise index lists where to find various sections in the newspaper including beach combing on Page C-1 and Boyle on Page B-11, Bridge on Page 8-4, ads on Pages C-7 to C-1, obituaries on Page 8-5, Radio and Television unspecified, other tables on Page A-8, Citizenship pages on C-2 and C-2, sports on Pages B-7, 8-2 and B-9, theaters on Page B-6, tides and temperatures on Page A-12 and women's activities on Pages B-2 B-3 and B-4.
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Boyle
Paralyzed Jacksonville car salesman shot in field
B E Raines 33 year old used car salesman said a man he showed a car to shot him in the spine and left him in a field near a newly built road. Police report indicate George Turpin admitted shooting and leaving Raines after forcing him to sign a release for a car worth 1830 dollars.
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Jacksonville
Fla
JPA
B. E. Raines
Raines
George Turpin
Statu
William A. Hallowes
Turpin
New Road
Gene Griffin
Staking Son Granny Gun Moll Plans Two More Jobs
FBI received a handwritten note claiming Grandma the gun moll will rob five more banks to fund her soldier son's return from service. The note, authenticating yet unread, says she intends to retire after completing the family set. She has robbed three banks in seven weeks, netting about $4608, and narrowly escaped police after the latest heist.
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Los Angeles
Grandma
Tane More Hanks
Morea
FBI
Skelton Says He Will Ask Divorce From Georgia
New York columnist Earl Wilson reports Red Skelton telephoned from Hollywood to announce he and wife Georgia are divorcing. He moved to the Beverly Hills Hotel to escape trouble saying several people try to stop him from speaking. Georgia, mother of two, is Skelton's second wife. They wed in March 1945 during his Army furlough.
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NEW York
Earl Wilson
New York Post
Red Skelton
Hollywood Today
Georgia
Wilson
Jim
Beverly Hills
Skelton
Edna
Gypsy Family Riot After Hospital Death
A Baltimore AP report recounts a chaotic scene at University Hospital when Milord Johns died at 11.45 bail was posted for his family on disorderly conduct charges. Magistrate Martin Miller, who knows Gypsy culture, calmed the crowd as relatives protested loudly and doctors prepared the morgue. He urged restraint and noted misunderstandings about Gypsies.
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Baltimore
University Hospital
Teday
Milard Johns
Martin K. Miller
Milord Johns
Johns
Wedge
Miller
Ticero
Pete Stevens
Weather Outlook Shows Sunny Today and Thursday
The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies today and Thursday with periods of partly cloudy skies at times. No precipitation expected and temperatures should remain mild.
Defiant Fugitive Dillon Dies After Police Siege
Whittier police surrounded 4175 Bright Ave on Tuesday night to arrest Ralph Dillon 43 on an assault with a deadly weapon warrant tied to his estranged wife Effie. After fear gas bombs failed to compel surrender, Dillon killed himself with a gunshot as officers entered. Effie Dillon had reported threats and a rifle incident during a visit to collect belongings. Dillon’s body remained at Lanier Mortuary Whittier.
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Whittier
Ralph Burdette Dillon
Smith
J. C. Clemments
Bright Ave
Dillion
Effie
Dillon
Hif
Pol
Lanier Morthary
Fire aboard Queen Mary extinguished after 45 minutes
Firefighters battled about 45 minutes to put out a blaze that started in a wardrobe on a C deck cabin aboard the Queen Mary, currently in drydock for annual overhaul. The watchman on the liner first spotted the blaze.
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Queen Mary
Southampton
Eng
Mobilization Chief Says Controls Stay In Force Under Truman
Henry Fowler, the mobilization chief, stated that price, wage, and production controls would remain as long as the Truman administration is in power. He warned against scrapping controls and dismissed rising reports that Truman aimed to decontrol before Congress convenes. Fowler also rejected steel industry calls to ease allocation and end civilian-controllable allotments by April 1.
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Washington
UPI
Henry HH. Fowler
Fowler
Truman
Sen
Maybank
D.S. C
Congress
Dwight DR. Eisenhower
Berlin Reds Halt Autos at Border
Soviet sector police during a snowstorm stopped all traffic across the Berlin border, inspecting every vehicle at crossing points. East German cars could not enter the West, while West Berlin cars faced checks and detentions in dozens of cases, amid tightened security and confusion at the Tron Curtain boundary.
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Berlin
Iday
Tron Curtain
West
West Berlin
West Berli
Uacitars
Gun Battle Near Georgia Tech Leaves One Dead
In Atlanta near the Georgia Tech campus a half hour firefight left Patrolman W M Richards dead and two others badly wounded. Carpenter Homer Marvin Spruill, 50, barricaded in a ramshackle house and fired six times before tear gas drove him out. his condition described as critical. Spruill’s sons, James 14 and Allen 24, were arrested on suspicion of murder after the attack. two other officers were wounded and a deputy paid a neck injury.
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Atlanta
Georgia Tech
Tech
O’keefe
W. M. Richards
Carpenter
Homer Marvin Spruill
Spruill
Glenn Collins
Hin
James
Alien
Palica
Richards
Aimor
C. R. Fleming
J. A. Adams
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Miami
James E. Fairchild
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Stanley Selig
Indianapolis
Wirophats
Communist Party
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