Key Witness Transfer in Wanger Lang Shooting Case
Santa Monica February 7 AP A key witness in the Walter Wanger Jennings Lang shooting case has been permanently transferred to New York by the agency he works for. Wanger’s attorney protested the move, saying he wanted the witness here for trial. The transfer was reported in a Hollywood trade paper and cited as by the Music Corporation of America. The witness previously involved with Joan Bennett and Jennings Lang meetings is said to be crucial to investigators’ reports on the case. The shooting occurred December 13 in a Beverly Hills parking lot as Lang spoke with Miss Bennett.
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Walter Wanger
Jennings Lang
New York
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Lor
Supening @ comi
Hollywood
Harry Borde
Dio
Giesler
Hollywood Reporter
Ay Kantor
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Lang
Clien Bennett
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Weather outlook with increasing clouds and showers
Increasing high clouds to night and tomorrow with scattered light showers likely tomorrow. Slightly cool after noon tomorrow with south to southeast winds 10 to 18 mph.
Shotgun Slaying Shocks Chicago Ward Politics
CHICAGO, Feb 7 AP. Charles Gross 56 a Republican ward official and foe of gang influence was shot in Humboldt Park. Two gunmen fired from a car, hitting him with 125 pellets as he left a church area. His death follows threats to another ward committeeman and raises fears of hoodlum encroachment in city wards. Gross owned a soft drink firm and had led the 31st Ward since June, with opponent James Mesi calling the incident shocking and unthinkable.
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Chicago
Charles Gross
Edwin T. Kolski
Land Ward
Charlie Gross
Hummboldt Park
Gross
IlHnvis National Guard
Northwest Armory
Ethel
James Mesi
Kennan Named U S Envoy to Russia as Kirk Resigns
President Truman formally nominates George F. Kennan as the United States ambassador to Russia, replacing Admiral Alan C. Kirk who has resigned. Kennan, a career diplomat linked to the Princeton Institute of Advanced Study, is “Mr X” credited with shaping the containment policy. Kirk’s resignation follows prior praise and Moscow’s acceptance of Kennan’s selection.
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Truman
George F. Kennan
U.S
Russia
Alan C. Kirk
Kennan
State Department
Rumow
Princeton Institute of Advanced
Statui
Kirk
Navy
Jean- Tr Wior
Alion
Angers
White House
Moscow
Kenman
Senate
Defense Worker Admits Slayings
New York February report states John Kerringer a 30 year old defense plant worker from Manhattan admitted killing two women found slain in a blood scented Bronx apartment. Bronx District Attorney Berge De Luca said Kerringer confessed during all night questioning and claimed Mitchell attacked him after a party.
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New York
Kerringer
Genevieve
Mitchell
Frances Castello
Mitchel
Parkchester
de Luca
Eleven Airmen Die in B-29 Crash Near Tokyo
TOKYO February 8 At least eleven airmen died when four B 29 bombers crashed and exploded after takeoff from Yokota Air Base near Tokyo None of the crew survived The crash happened at 11 05 p m in a blinding snowstorm The Pentagon reported a second incident near Washington where ten houses were destroyed in a separate explosion involving bombs from the same aircraft program
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Yokota
Air Force
Japanese Kyodo Agency
Eagle Scouts
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Capitol
Washington
Phi
Kaneko
Heart of Tokyo
Scout
Truman
Dolphin
United
Elizabeth II Returns Home to Lead Nation in Mourning
Britain's young queen Elizabeth II, pale and strained, arrived at Clarence House after a 4000 mile flight from Africa. She prepares to take the oath as the United Kingdom’s first woman ruler in 51 years and must approve the funeral plans for King George VI, with a Monday service anticipated.
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London
Britain
Elizabeth
Africa
Clarence House
George VI
Kenya
United Kingdom
Dominions
Death of King George VI Reported by Soviet Press
Moscow reports the death of King George VI in a ten word dispatch without photos or comment. The same outlet carries a 24 word note on Queen Elizabeth II, noting a distinct Soviet approach to royalty news.
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Moscow
George VI
Elizabeth II
Gustav
Sweden
Britain
George Vv
Where to Find It Ready Combing and More
A clipped newspaper navigation item lists sections and page numbers for various features. It mentions Ready Combing on Page C-1, bridge on Page A-15, obituaries on Page C7, sports on Pages C-3 to C-5, theaters on Page A-12, and temperatures on Page C-7 among others.
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Hoyle
Hedio and Television
Prayer in Battle Against Virginia Highway Deaths
Prayer fights Virginia highway toll with ten thousand copies of the Motorists' Prayer distributed by the State Daughters of the American Revolution to state police. The visor card prayer asks for a steady hand and care for others, aiming to reduce deaths as Virginia's 1951 toll reached one thousand.
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Richmond
Virginia
State Daughters of the American Revolution
Church Times
London
Kim Il Sung Calls For Decisive Fighting
North Korea's Gen Kim Il Sung marks the armed forces fourth anniversary by urging officers and troops to prepare for decisive fighting with the enemy. He orders close cooperation with Chinese volunteers and urges guerrillas behind Allied lines to intensify raids and rally all people under the Red banner. The Pyongyang radio broadcast the order, replacing the regular communique.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Kim Il Sung
Kim
Pyongyang
Agreement Closer As U N Red Concede Truce Points
PANMUNJOM Korea Feb 7 The United Nations and Communist negotiators made concessions on prisoner exchange and troop rotation bringing talks closer to a settlement. The Allies dropped a demand to trade more than 200,000 captured communists for civilians wanting to return, while insisting prisoners choose whether to stay with captors. The Reds offered assurances that displaced civilians will be allowed to return home, and discussed a working draft for the exchange agreement that could be amended by either side. The 25,000 monthly turnover cap the Reds favored contrasted with the U N demand for 40,000.
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Korea
United Nations
U. N
South Korea
Pris
Reds
U.N
Red Cross
Sabre Jet Pilot Riddles 2 MiGs in Korea Sky Battle
An American Sabre jet pilot Lt. William C. Shofner from Wayne Oklahoma riddled two Red MIG jets during a three minute air battle over snow bound North Korea. Seventeen Sabres escorted Allied bombers as snow fell and rail lines were cut at 71 points while U.N. raiders hit Reds west of Chorwon in cold conditions.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
William C. Shofner
Wayne
Okla
Shofner
Yalu
Manchuria
Picots
U. N
Chorwon
Siron Triangle
Fleeting Killer Reported in Car With Man
In Las Cruces a woman named Mrs. MacDonald said she saw Winnie Ruth Judd, the trunk murderess who escaped from the Arizona State Hospital, in a late model automobile with a male companion bearing Missouri plates on South Main. State police set roadblocks at Anthony and alerted El Paso, with checks on main roads from Las Cruces.
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Las Cruces
N. M
Winnie
Ruth Judd
Arizone
MacDonald
Judd
Anthony
el Paso
Texas
18 on Disabled Ship Rescued in Panama
A weeklong rescue of 18 aboard the Colombian schooner Gloria ends with U S Air Force planes and Navy patrol boats locating and救援 all survivors. The 87 foot vessel was dismasted after a Jan 30 storm. fuel and provisions failed. Four survivors were earlier rescued by the Navy ship John F Thorson, with the rest picked up by patrol boats and taken to Cristobal Canal Zone and handed to the Colombian consulate.
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Feb. T
Gloria
U. S. Air Force
U. S. Navy
John F. Thorson
Cristobal
Canal Zone
Family of 14 Us arrives in New York from DP camp
Peregrin Us 51 arrives with wife and 12 others, the largest displaced family to reach the United States. Four daughters already married, grandmother Aloizia Us among the 14. They came from a British-zone Austria DP camp after five years there. Sponsor Rev. Andrew Farkas will house them in Bridgeport Connecticut eight room. Maria Us speaks of their large, cooperative clan. Priest Innocente Serjan notes altered plans for Greaney Minnesota. Ages of children range 3 to 24.
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Peregrin Us
Aloizia Us
Austria
Bridgeport
Conn
Andrew Farkas
Maria
Innocente Serjan
Yugoslavia
Greaney
Minn
Gérmana
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