C I O plans mop up drive against California Reds
Washington reports that a mop up campaign to purge Communist influence in C I O affairs is expected to start next week in California. Philip Murray predicts victory as leftists are ousted from locals and councils, with Haywood slated to visit Los Angeles to consider administrator appointment.
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Washington
C. I.D
California
Philip Murray
United Electrical Workers
Electrical Workers
T. C
Allan S. Haywood
Murray
Los Angeles
City Industrial Union Council
Haywood
Cleveland
New York
San Francisco
California State Council
Snow Buries Mink Ranch in Idaho Canyon
In Anderson Dam Idaho on February 19 snowslides swept through the 1000 foot canyon burying Floyd Landers sapphire blue mink pens. About 74 mink remain missing with 25 recovered dead. four trailer houses were crushed and residents evacuated. Landers invested $8000 seven years ago and expected a spring harvest at about $7000 per mink lost to the slides.
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Anderson Dam
Idaho
Aise
Floyd Landers
Landers
Aml
Man Begins Year in Car to Win Bet
Ashland Oregon February 19 UP Don Haynes a 38 year old truck driver locked himself in a sealed car vowing not to emerge for a year. The car doors were welded shut and chromium bars over the windows. He wagered $1000 against $25000 with rancher D M Mauldin to prove he can stay inside a year. He plans to tour and visit every major city while meals come from passersby who return with sustenance. His first stop is Chico California and departure was marked by a police escort.
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Ashland
Ore
Don ‘Haynes
D. M. Mauldin
Haynes
Chico
Calif
Woman Slain in Hotel Room in Columbus
A Columbus woman, Esther Leiber, 30, was stabbed 12 times and found in a Waldo Hotel room. Det. Capt. Glenn C. Hoffman said it is very probable the killer is the same person who killed Mona McBride in the adjacent Ohio Hotel last March. Both victims registered with a man and appeared intoxicated.
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Columbus
Ohio
Glenn C. Hoffman
Esther Leiber
Waldo Hotel
Mona McBride
Ohio Hotel
Waldo
Acheson Seeks North Atlantic Defense Pact With Teeth
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told six nations including Canada and five Western European powers that the United States favors a North Atlantic defense pact with teeth and would act against aggression. Senate Foreign Relations Chair Connally said Congress must authorize when to use force and urged rapid progress toward an agreement on the U S draft.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Canada
United States
Acherson
State Department
Tom Connally
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Europe
Connally
Congress
Secretary of State
Acheson
U. S
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Najd
Speed
Foreign Relations Committee
Norway Approves Pact Parley Move By Labor Party
Oslo February 19 The Norwegian labor party backed government support to join the Atlantic alliance talks by a 330 to 35 vote at a convention. Next step is parliament approval of the political line drafted by Foreign Minister Lange ahead of a possible invitation to join Western defense efforts.
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Oslo
Norway
Labor Party
Harvard M.ge
Lange
Washington
London
Princess and Sharman Belles at Scottish Fund Ball
Princess Margaret Rose and Sharman Douglas attended a fund-raising ball for the Scottish Association of Girls' Clubs in Glasgow. They danced with notable peers at Buccleuch Castle weekend host stay and with the Master of Elphinstone, while guests numbers reached seven hundred at the Central Hotel, hailed as a premier social event of the era.
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Princess, Sharman Belles
Scottish Fund Ball
Margaret
Sharman
Ambassdor
London
Central Hotel
Jware
Powder-box Clue From 1912 Bomb Hero Browne
Sam L Browne the 1912 Los Angeles bomb case hero who captured a human bomb at the police station provided a powder box clue. Browne then chief of detectives for the district attorney later led the plan to stop Carl Warr, saving lives and earning a diamond medal. He keeps the trigger, a scar, and a scrapbook from the event.
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Wiliam J. Ward
Sam Lrowne
Browne
W. Ocean Blvd
Los Angeles Times
James B
John L. McNamara
Los Angeles
Memento
Charles Sebastian
Carl Warr
Carl Reidelbsch
Albert Davis
Paul Shoup
Pacific Electric Ca
Warr
Shoup
Polite
Santa Monica
Sebastian
James Hosick
Hosick
Wart
Pacific Electric Co
Board of Supervisors
Long Beach
L. N. Whealton
Short of Eights Son Stymies Pittsburgh Mother
Mrs Marian Dietrich in Pittsburgh searches for a name for her eighth son to match brothers Norbert Albert Robert Hubert Herbert Wilbert Gilbert. Her husband Albert is an international representative for the AFL Teamsters Union and she jokes Filbert might be the remaining fit.
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Pittsburgh
Marian Dietrich
Norbert
Albert
Robert
Hubert
Herbert Wilbert
Gilbert Dietrich
A.F.L. Teamsters Union
Filbert
Egypt Premier urges U.S. Marshall Plan aid to halt communism
In an exclusive interview Premier Ibrahim Abdul Hadi Pasha urged the United States to extend Marshall Plan aid to the Middle East to counter communism before it spreads. He criticized limited U.S. aid despite Egypt's wartime contributions and called Anglo-Egyptian talks cooling, with Britain pressing a new mutual assistance treaty.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ibrahim Abdul Hadi Pasha
United States
Middle East
Turkey
Greece
Europe
Asia
Hadi
Britain
Sonny Wisecarver Reconciles With Wife in Las Vegas
Sonny Wisecarver, 19, reconciles with his wife Betty Zoe Reber in Las Vegas while on probation after 90 days in the California Youth Authority camp. He had eloped twice as a teen, was jailed for escaping custody, and worked 14 hours daily at the camp. He married Reber near St George, Utah two years ago.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Ellsworth
Sonny) Wisecarver
Lothario
California’ Youth Authority
Ione
Sonny
United States
Betty
Zoe Reber
Virgin River
St. George
Utah
California
Man Fatally Crushed Self-Inflicted Car Accident
Daniel P. Williams, 51, of Avenal, died after he jacked up a car, placed his head under the jack, and released the mechanism, the weight crushing him. His body was found in a Pacific Gas and Electric Co. camp garage near Avenal. Coroner J. Larry Smith said Williams had been dead for several hours. Williams was an employee of the P. G. E.
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Avenal
Cal
Daniel P. Williams
Pacific Gag and Electric Co
J. Larry Smith
Wiliams
Sleuths to Grill Superthief Dennis in New Rochelle
New Rochelle detectives will question Gerard G. Dennis, 28, a Canadian arrested on first degree burglary charges. He allegedly looted more than $600,000 in jewels and furs from wealthy homes during a transcontinental crime spree spanning Canada to the East and West Coasts. Police say he confessed to burglaries in Westchester County and has been held without bail pending grand jury action.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Manhattan
Gerard G. Dennis
Dennis
Suave
Canada
New York
Questton Dennis
Upper East Side
Cleveland
Westchester County
Pris |Oner
Crin
Jace
George
Fanelli
Auto Dealers Subject to Taft Hartley Act
Washington February 19 The National Labor Relations Board ruled a franchised new car dealer engaged in interstate commerce falls under the Taft Hartley Act. The decision was unanimous and applies to M L Townsend of Santa Maria California, linked through Hudson Sales Company of Los Angeles. It confirms NLRB action over Hudson Sales Company.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
M. L. Townsend
Santa Maria
Calif
Hudson Sales Company
Angeles
Cadogan Plans California Holiday Visit West Coast
Sir Alexander Cadogan, British UN delegate, will depart next Thursday for San Francisco for a month long holiday in California, an aide said today. The trip follows his duties in the United Nations and signals a rare West Coast breach of duty for the diplomat.
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Lake Success
Alexander Cadogan
United Nations
San Francisco
California
Flying Triangle Plane Disclosed by Air Force
The Air Force disclosed a new jet powered research plane with a triangular Delta wing. The Consolidated Vultee Model 7002 aims for high subsonic speeds above 40 000 feet and carries one pilot as a flying test lab to study stability, control, and aerodynamics of the Delta wing.
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Washington
Air Force
Northrop
Murac
Calif
Air Force Base
Consolidated Vultea Aircraft Corp
A. P. Wirephoto
Parks Plans Office Building Project
Parks announces plans for a $15,000 office building adjacent to the filling station at 325 E Roosevelt Rd. The 34 by 45 foot frame and stucco structure will have a builtup asphalt roof with Harold hh. rarns disclosed last week. Robert L. Nolan is the designer and engineer on the project.
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Harold Hh. Rarns
E. Roosevelt Rd
Robert L. Nolan
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