Dogs poisoned in North Long Beach spark neighborhood alarm
Four pets died after residents reported poisoned hamburger scattered in yards near the 3100 block of E Thompson Ave. A $100 reward was posted by Bruce Galbraith of the city animal shelter for information leading to the arrest of the poisoner. Police and residents urge vigilance as several owners describe losses including a 14 month old collie and five orphaned puppies.
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Long Beach
E. Thompson Ave
Polive
Bruce Galbraith
City Animal Shelter
Mary E. Ness
E. Thompson Sr
Muriel Sroka
E. Thompson
Bertha Hutchison
70Th St
Lenora B. Green
E. Thompson St
Truman Nominates New Education Chief
President Truman nominated Earl James McGrath of New York to be U S Commissioner of Education. He would succeed John W Studebaker and move to lead the federal education agency.
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Truman
Washington
Earl James McGrath
New York
U. S
John W. Studebaker
Thousands Stranded by Snows and Floods
Weather and flood disaster crippled the western states. Snowbound Wyoming towns face food and fuel shortages as isolated communities await aid. A Port Angeles landslide killed a woman while planes from the coast guard base planned food drops. Interstate trucks stalled by gas shortages. Burke Idaho isolated again by a slide. rails blocked across Wyoming.
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West
Wyoming
Elko
New
Fpysht Valley
Olympic Peninsula
Washington
Pacific Northwest
Burke
Idaho
Port Angeles
Wash
Port Angeles Coast Guard
Dakotas
Nebraska
Union Pacific
Denver
Salt Lake City
Casper
$44 Million Emergency Farm Loan Approved by House Committee
The House agriculture committee backed a $44,000,000 revolving loan fund for storm damaged farmers in the blizzard hit west and southwest. Rep Granger introduced the bill, with Cooley announcing swift House passage. Emergency funds totaling about $950,000 plus authorizations from President Truman are noted.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Cooley
House
Granger
Dutah
Regional Agricultural Credit Corp
Federal Works Agency
Truman
Interior and Defense Departments
White
D-Calif
Barrett
F.wyo
Waiter Sentenced to 20 Years in Spy Case
UNICH Germany Feb 17 The U S Army publicly sentences Frantisek Klecka 31 year old waiter on the Orient Express to 20 years at hard labor The eight man military commission led by Gen Lucius D Clay disclosed the defendant though not the charges or prior testimony The trial concerns a Czechoslovak spy ring arrest of 20 persons last November from various nations The defendant protested his innocence via an interpreter and kept a locket photo in court
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Orient Express
Europe
Balkans
France
Turkey
Kiecka
John L. McKee
Western Berlin Rejects Russian Refusal of Blind Aid
Western Berlin accepted a $1000 bequest from Teresa Noack of Los Angeles to aid the blind. The money, offered to the German Central Welfare Agency for the Blind near Dresden in the Soviet zone, was refused by the Russians. Berlin authorities suggested using the funds in the American sector for weaving supplies for the blind workshop of For Berlin.
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Berlin
Teresa Noack
Los Angeles
German Central Welfare Agency For
Dresden
U.S
West Warned Snow Pack Is Peril
The Agriculture Department warned that this winter s heavy western snows may create devastating floods this spring. Flood risks center on the Columbia Missouri and possibly the Rio Grande Valleys with flash floods possible in North and South Dakota and Nebraska if melting is simultaneous. Officials note plans to move grain from flood paths and to protect loans tied to price support.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
West
Columbia
Missouri
Rio Grande
British Columbia
Plains States
Department
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Walle
George D. Clyde
Logan
Utah
Irrigation and Water Conservation Division
National Emergency Declared in Siam
Bangkok February 17 the government declared a state of national emergency. Premier Phibun Songgram said Siam will not tolerate an influx of communism. He warned the Communist doctrine was sweeping neighboring countries and pledged strong action.
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Bangkok
Phibun Songgram
Siam
News High Lights Vegetopla Markers and Potatoes
A brief page summary notes that vegetopla markers carry many potatoes but lack the top grade. It points readers to Mark Sullivan’s editorial on A-16 for the reason. Other items include summer weather on A-13 and a contract for emergency water storage on A123.
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Mark Sullivan
Weizmann
Israel
Carhop Ferreri Murder Trial Quoted On Slay Claim
LOS ANGELES Feb 17 police testimony places wife Elizabeth Ferreri as saying the slain Jerome Ferreri was not easy to kill. Patrolman Stockley quoted her recounting being dragged into a pantry and beaten. She allegedly told Allen Adron to bring a gun if beatings continued and that someone would kill him.
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Los Angeles
Jerome Ferreri
Elizabeth
George W. Stockley
Ferreri
Stockley
Allen
Aaron
Meat for Launch China Reds Catch Nationalist Fish
Communist forces on the Yangtze north bank used meat as a ruse to lure an armored government launch into open water. The patrol craft stopped at the bank where merchants peddling meat were revealed as decoys. A guerrilla unit disarmed the crew and burned the croft.
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Nanking
Yangtze River
Ban Postal Politics Hoover Report Asks Ban
The Hoover Commission urges removing the Post Office Department from political influence. It says the Postmaster General should not head a national political committee and that postmasters should be career postal workers not Senate confirmed. The report, fourth of over 15 due to Congress by March 13, lists eight criticisms of the post office.
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Ashington
A.P
Hoover Commission
Post Office Department
Senate
Congress
Herbert Hoover
Coneres
Commission
Post Office
Solon seeks halting funds for disobedient nations
Sen. Brewster of Maine urged Congress to cut off recovery money to any European nation that refuses to obey United Nations Security Council orders or requests. He introduced a bill to amend the Economic Cooperation Administration Act, saying such a limit could have helped in Palestine and Indonesia and would be useful against future disobedience. The move aligns with GOP Senators pressing a confrontation over Dutch East Indies military actions.
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Washington
Sen
Brewster
Congress
United Nations Security Council
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Security Council
Netherlands
Dutch East Indies
Police seal streets to close Berlin blockade loopholes
Soviet controlled German police in Berlin began placing barricades to seal off gaps in the blockade of western sectors. The action focused on the border between the Soviet and American zones where traffic controls have been kept for weeks to stop alleged contraband land smuggling into the blockaded west.
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Berlin
Plane Spots Seamen Safe in Skiff Near By
A Coast Guard plane found the 175 foot tuna ship Riena Del Mar ablaze and the crew safe in a skiff a mile away after insurers ordered rescue tug support that was canceled. The vessel, 57 tons, formerly a Navy net tender, left San Diego for Mazatlan when fire broke out. Twelve crew listed, all believed safe, with Louis Knaflich as captain. The ship’s hull is severely damaged but steel tanks may keep the remainder afloat.
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Here
Riena del Mar
Coast Guard
San Diego
John M. Radine
San Pedro
Oliver Russ
Kenneth W. Hall
Wilbert Loverich
Eugene E. Donn
Chula Vista
Boatswaih
Hugh L. McKenzie
Fargo
N. D
Luis Garcia
Ensenada
Pacific Towing & Salvage Co
S F Policemen Pay for Brutality
San Francisco police discharge rookie Charles F. Kelly 23 for brutality against Milly Cunningham 30 who alleged fists and nightstick blows after resisting advances. Two officers Stephen Wynne 30 and John McConville 42 suspended six months for beating seaman Stewart Bringhurst on January 14.
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San Francisco
Charles F. Kelly
Milly Cunningham
Kelley
Stephen Wynne
John McConville
Stewart Bringhurst
Seaman
Business Slump a Burp Not Colic Congress Told
Brookings economist told Congress that the current business slowdown is a temporary burp not a stomach ache, arguing against forceful government intervention. He warned desperate measures could do more harm, noting relief programs preceded the 1938 recession and that production fell 38 percent in 32 months after 1937 peak.
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Washington
UPA
Brookings Institution
Kaplan
Joint Economic Committee
Trustman
Brookings
Sovernment
Civilian Conservation Corps
Civil Works Administration
Public Works Instration
RFC
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China
Hoover Report
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