Motorist Critically Hurt by P E Train
A Los Angeles resident, Vincent F. Racioppi, 31, was critically injured when his car collided with a southbound Pacific Electric train at the Spring Street crossing. The train signal operated and witnesses said Racioppi passed stopped cars before striking the train. The motorman Hollis Proper of Willowbrook assisted at Seaside Hospital where a portion of Racioppi’s left ear was recovered and stitched back. Two other crashes killed a Long Beach girl, Marilyn Sykes, 16, who died at Orange County Hospital, and injured several others in separate incidents on Newport Beach’s Coast Highway and at Ninth Street Locust Avenue.
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Vinicent E. Racioppi
Los Angeles
Pacific Electric
Spring St
Hollis
Thomas Welch
Charles Tally
Seaside Hospital
Spring St. Crossing
Vincent F. Racioppi
W. 42Nd Pt
Long Beach
Newport Beach
Marilyn Sykes
Orange County
Racioppi
P. E
Hollis Proper
Willowbrook Ave
Willowbrook
Radopprs
Paul A. Kinrade
Fire Department Receives 3000-GPM Pumpers
Highlights note two new fire department pumpers with a total output of 3000 gallons per minute. Other items include asbestos concrete mains replacing cast iron in Belmont Shore, an open house for East Long Beach Boys Club building, and various pages listed such as Public Forum and Sports.
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Belmont Shore
East Long Beach Boys Club
Page Bar
New Snows Hit Sierra Road Crews and Westbound Trains
A fierce storm pounds the Sierra Nevada as snowplows toil over 12 hours to clear U S Highways 46 50 and the transcontinental route. Nevada stockmen face heavy snow warnings. coastal storm warnings issued from Cape Blanco to Cape Mendocino.
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San Francisco
Sierra
Nevada
California
Cape Blanco
Ore
Cape Mendocino
Calif
Weather Bureau
Western Pacific
American Warehousemen Association
Feather River Canyon
Oroville
Placerville
Reno
Movie Producer Bitten by Mountain Lion at Studio Ranch
Hollywood news reports producer Robert Cohn was bitten and clawed on the chest and arms when a mountain lion, used in a fight scene with a Malemute dog, broke its wire leash at Columbia Studios San Fernando Valley Ranch. The cougar terrorized about 60 people before trainers subdued it.
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Hollywood
Robert Cohn
Columbia
San Fernando Valley
Cohn
Soviet Union seeks nonaggression pact with Norway
Moscow proposed a nonaggression pact with Norway after warning Oslo against joining an Atlantic Pact with the United States and Western Europe. The Soviet note denied any attack threat from the U S but suggested Norway join a pact to end doubts about U S involvement. Dr Halvard Lange left for Washington to discuss Norway's stance and potential Atlantic Pact inclusion.
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London
Russia
Norway
United States
Europe
Halvard Lange
Moscow
Soviet Union
United Nations
Canada
Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Denmark
U. S
Washington
Polio Convalescent Falls 200 Feet in Cliff Car Crash
In Santa Monica a 17 year old polio survivor Helen Buerge plunged 200 feet over a canyon cliff after a car loss of control in Las Flores Canyon. She suffered a skull fracture and is in critical condition. The driver Charles Gaylord, 18, was uninjured.
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Santa Monica
Helen Buerge
Charles Gaylord
Las Flores Canyon
Babies Pawned and Taken Back Reported to Legislature
Los Angeles attorneys exposed a Los Angeles County adoption black market where mothers allegedly pawn out infants and reclaim them later. Officials recounted cases of repeated adoptions, last minute rescissions, and a nurse network acting as touts to obtain birth registrations for would be adopters.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Judiciary Committee
George A. Hooper
Edward McLarty
William Rizzi
Hooper
McLarty
Secretary of State Acheson Bypasses Guard at State Department
In Washington on February 5, Dean Acheson, the U S Secretary of State, faced a guard who asked for a sign in and pass before allowing him through. He replied that he was the secretary and proceeded after confirming his identity.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
State Department
Acheson
Secretary of State
Thieves Laugh at Locksmiths Burglar-Proof Firm Robbed
In Queens burglars smashed a glass panel to raid a firm that makes bullet proof and burglar proof glass. Loot estimated at 155 dollars including tools used in equipment production. President Louis Barkestone lamented the lapse.
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New York
Queens
Louis Barkestone
Cardinal Mindszenty Prays as Court Deliberates Death Sentence
Cardinal Mindszenty stood before a Hungarian people's court in Budapest and prayed for peace as he admitted guilt in principle but maintained innocence of plotting to overthrow the government. The final statement contrasted with his lawyer's plea for a mild sentence amid a high-stakes espionage and sabotage case.
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Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Kalman Kieke
Budapest
Justin Barangay
A. P. Wirephota
Udapest
Hungary
Hapsburg
Mindszenty
Cardinal Mindszenty
Kalman Kiczo
Vatican
Volmes Olti
Peop ‘S Court
Cardinal Spellman to Lead Prayer and Protest
Cardinal Spellman archbishop of New York will ascend St Patrick s Cathedral pulpit to denounce the Mindszenty trial and call a day of prayer and protest throughout the archdiocese tomorrow. He warned he has much to say and will speak from the pulpit.
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New York
Francis
Cardinal Spellman
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Hungary
Senator Loses Temper During Labor Debate
Washington February 5 AP Senate labor committee ended an eight hour session amid clashes over the Taft Hartley Act. Sen Neely accused Sen Taft and by nightfall taft claimed Neely used blackguard language. The clash overshadowed hopes of finishing before the February 10 deadline.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Sen. Neely
D.-W. Va
Sen
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Truman
Amen
R.vt
Muirey
D-Mont
Gerald D. Reilly
Reilly
Sen. Taft
Congress
Neely
Ludwig Teller
New York
Wheelchair Driver Cited After Hill Santa Fe Collision
William Stein, 76, of 2703 W 219th St Lincoln Village, was cited by police after his powered invalid chair collided with Burton Ellsworth’s car at Hill and Santa Fe Ave. Stein suffered minor injuries and was treated at Seaside Hospital. Ellsworth, of 357 Los Cerritos Trailer Court, was involved in the crash as the other driver.
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Dennis JL. Adams
John N. Beretich
Fourth St
Seaside Hospital
Sixth St
California
Alamitos Aves
Julius Adams
California Ave
Donald J. Currans
Orange Ave
Adams
Sealside Hospital
E Eoysaroiu
Lon Geacn
Hill and
Santa Fe Ave
William Stein
219Th St
Lincoln Village
Stein
Burton Ellsworth
Los Cerritos Trailer Court
Stalin Too Feeble to Hop to U S Say Russ Airmen
Two Russian airmen said Premier Stalin is in feeble health and cannot visit President Truman in Washington. Peter Atanesevitch Pirogov and Anatole Porfirovich Barsov spoke after flying on a U S Air Force plane to the United States. They claimed the Russian life is worsening, and only about 5 percent of air force planes are capable of flying due to parts shortages and lend lease limits.
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Inneapolis
Minneapolis Sunday Tribune
Stalin
Truman
Washington
Peter Atanesevitch Pirogov
Anatole Porfirovich Barsov
George Grim
Tribune
United States
Pirogov
Barsov
Linz
Austria
the Tribune
Pirigov
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