Armed Bandits Escape After Long Beach Chase
Two armed bandits robbed a service station at 21208 S Alameda Blvd and fled through Long Beach and county streets. A Long Beach police pursuit ended when their car crashed. the men abandoned it and fled on foot along the Pacific Electric tracks as officers searched for them. The getaway car had been stolen in South Gate earlier. The leader was a white man 28 to 30, about 6 feet tall with olive complexion. his partner was white about 23, 5 feet 10 inches tall. Both wore gloves and fled north toward Willowbrook.
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Firestone
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Grace Meany
Los Angeles
Compton
J. M. DeAlba
J. W. Watley
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E. C. Christensen
Long Beach Blvd
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DeAlban
Watley
Alameda Blvd
Spt
de Alba
South Gate
Special Master Named in Submerged Lands Dispute
Appointment of a special master is expected soon to oversee the submerged lands controversy. The move aims to clarify equity and jurisdiction as stakeholders await court action and further procedural steps.
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Long Beach
New Frigid Wave Heads for Midwest and New England
A new cold wave threatens the Midwest and New England after a day of record lows. Minnesota recorded 38 below zero at Big Falls while International Falls and Pembina hit deep subzero temperatures. The U S Weather Bureau warned of single to subzero readings across Minnesota the Dakotas Wisconsin and Iowa with snow or freezing rain in parts of the region and a push into western Illinois Indiana and New England later this week.
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Canada
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Pembina
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Dakotas
Iowa
Missouri
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Kansas
Opposition to Aid Plan Transfers of Ships to Europe
Senate Foreign Relations hearings reveal CIO leaders oppose the Marshall Plan ship transfers arguing they threaten half a million American jobs. Curran urges amendments to require US-flag ships, ban further sales, and screen steel exports to protect U.S. shipbuilding. Demonstrators protest at the State Department urging the plan be scaled back.
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Washington
Josaeph Curran
Co. I. O
Maritime Committee
Sanators
C. I.0
National Maritime Union
Curran
Philp Murray
Urray
United States
U. S
Man Blasts Self With Dynamite
Roanoke Virginia police report William B Straightiff, 31, placed dynamite in his belt and blew himself apart in a snow covered alley near his home. A nearby girl, identified as Williamson, 34, watched and said she pleaded with him not to go through with the act. Police said the blast blew holes in the girl's clothing from the detonator and flashlight batteries.
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Roanoke
William B. Straightiff
Aswell’ Williamson
Straightiff
Warren Hails Power-saving Drive in Grave Water Crisis
Gov. Warren announced Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will launch a voluntary power cut campaign to conserve electricity and water in California. He cited rising demand, dropping underground water tables, and a serious danger of power and water shortages.
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Sacramento
A.P
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Comany
California
Richard Mittel- Staedt
State Public Utilities Commission
James Black
Power Company
Commission
Jews Ask U.N to Curb Arab Foes
The Jewish Agency for Palestine charged the seven Arab League nations with aggression against Palestine and urged the United Nations Security Council to impose economic and political sanctions or use force if needed to uphold the Palestine partition decision. The agency labeled an Arab plot to overthrow the UN partition plan and said Arabs have already aggressed in violation of the UN charter.
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N. Y
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Seven Nations
Arab League
Palestine
Security Council
United Nations Palestine Commission
Council
United Nations Palestine
Barbara Hutton Regaining Health After Illness
Hospital attendants report Barbara Hutton improving rapidly and in good spirits. For the first time in days she enjoyed morning toffee and is expected to leave the hospital in about ten days.
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Pep
Barbara Hutton
Hunger Strike Shuts Down German Occupation Zones
In Stuttgart and across the British and American zones, 2 to 3 million German workers walked out for 24 hours over food shortages. Gen. Lucius D. Clay supported the action but warned it would not yield more food. Industrial life halted as clerks, banks, and shops closed nationwide.
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Germany
Wurttemberg-Baden
Lucius BD. Clay
U. S
America
Clay
Hamburg
Stuttport
Mannheim
Ulma
Heidelberg
Ex-King Leopold II of Belgium Vacationing in Cuba
Exiled Belgium king Leopold II is in Cuba for a vacation arriving with his wife Princess Dorothy and his son Crown Prince Baudouin aboard the Dutch freighter Sommelsdijk in Havana.
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Havana
Leopold Iit
BeGiEay
Sommelsdijk
Dorothy
Baudouin
House Approves Vets Training Benefits Boost
The House passed a bill to raise federal benefits for veterans in on the job training under the GI Bill of Rights. The measure, 369 to 0, sets monthly income ceilings for trainees and keeps current government payments, with single veterans eligible up to 65 dollars a month and those with dependents up to 90 dollars depending on total income.
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Washington
House
Bernard W. Kearney
R Vn
Senate
Kearney
Klansmen to Parade Despite Appeals in Swainsboro
Ku Klux Klansmen plan a Swainsboro parade despite an appeal to Governor M. E. Thompson to halt the demonstration. Georgia grand dragon Dr. Samuel Green said the march would proceed tonight.
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Atlanta
Swainsboro
M. E. Thompson
Samuel Green
Georgia
Subcommittee Vote May Kill Flanders Plan
A Senate banking subcommittee voted three to two against authorizing the Agriculture Department to prepare for meat rationing. Flanders and Sparkman supported the measure while Capehart Buck and Robertson opposed. The action moves to the full banking committee amid broader rent control and price-rationing debates.
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A.P
Senate
Flanders
H.vt
Agriculture Department
Sen
Sparkman
D.-Ala
Capehart
R.-Ind
Buck
R.-Del
Willia Robertson
D.va
Banking Committee
Truman
Congress
Agricultural Department
Con Rien
Consoeetional Leadera Haya
Charles F. Brannan
Wheeler Heads Politics League
Miami February 3 A F and President William Green announced the selection of Burton K Wheeler former Democratic senator from Montana as director of the A F Ls new political league for the coming elections The post will pay 20000 Wheeler will face the 30 member administrative committee here tomorrow and the executive council approval is expected as a formality
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Fla
A. F
William Green Toda
Bue
Ton K. Wheeler
Montana
A. F. Li
Green
Wheeler
League
Hit-and-run driver injures cyclist in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City last night a hit and run driver struck cyclist Dick Ogle as he rode a bike in the dark. Ogle says the bumper snagged his bicycle and the driver sped away, leaving him sore but standing again today.
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Dick Ogle
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