Woman Escapes as Arizona Robbers Sought for California Killings
Florence Chisholm, 31, says ex-convicts Billy Ray Gilbert and George Schmid forced her to drive while they killed three people in Needles California. Police chased Gilbert near Phoenix. Schmid was seen near Superstition Mountain. Chisholm described the massacre and their plan to kill others.
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Phoenix Sky Harbor
Billy Ray Gilbert
George Schmid
Arizona
California
Florence Margaret Chisholm
Scottsdale
Chisholm
Miss Chisham
al Frederick
Gilbert
Miss Chisholm
Schmid
Frderick
Schmidt
Ernest Winsted
Needles
Frances
Willis Pugh
Winsted
Bill
Frederick
Weldon Carter
Let your wife be boss says Long Beach man in 65 years of bills
A Long Beach man explains his long marriage with the quip let your wife be boss amid a list of daily topics and page references. The item references wide page A-3 coverage and ties into a humorous personal anecdote about married life.
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Long Beach
Grady the cow freed from silo after 5 day siege in Yukon
UKON Okla February 25 Grady the Hereford cow ends a five day silo captivity staged by Dr L J Crump and farm owners with a winch and sedative. Grady bursts through the door as crowds watch. Plans and responses pour in from newspapers across the country and Canada emphasizing public interest in the unusual rescue.
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Okla
Grady
L. J. Crump
Yukon
Ralph Partridge
Denver Post
Dr. Crump
Bill
Charles Mack
North America
Partridge
Mach Brothers
Bill Mach
Canada
Mach
Bangor
Maine
Bangor Daily Commercial
Toledo
Ohio
Toledo Times
Minneapolis
Atlanta
The
Atlanta Constitution
Togliatti backs Italians aiding Reds against aggressor
Italian Communist leader Palmiro Togliatti stated Italians would have the duty to aid any Russian army to pursue an aggressor onto Italian soil. The remark surpassed Maurice Thorez’s prior stance. French leaders faced condemnation and legal action reports sparked treason fears among some French citizens.
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OME
Italy
Palmiro Togliatti
Togliatti
Maurice Jorez
Chamber of Deputiies
Communist Party
Thorez
Demos Admit Labor Bill Is Bogged Down
Senate leaders abandon plans to push the Truman labor bill by April 1, saying it cannot meet the date. Majority Leader Lucas notes continued priority for the measure but refuses a new deadline. Private discussions hint the bill may not clear both houses before mid May. Green casts doubt on administration passage.
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Senate
Congress
Sen
Lucas
D.-T
Atlantic City
William Green
Togliatti interview cited in right-wing Italian paper
The Giornale della Sera published Togliatti pledging support like Thorez while denying Soviet plans to attack any country. He suggested Italians would aid the Soviet army to stop a Prussian aggressor, asserting peace would be shown to the world. The report notes Washington comments and political tensions in Italy amid rightist protests.
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Giornale Della Sera
France
Italy
Thorez
Soviet Union
Walter Reed Hospital
Thomas
Redondo Beach Battles with 3 Day Rock Hurling Assault
Towering seas battered the Redondo Beach shoreline for three days causing extensive property damage and injuries. Officials seek a $6.5 million appropriation to extend the breakwater while residents evacuate as waters flood streets and homes.
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Redondo Beach
Charles Worsham
Cecil King
South Bay City
H. M. Mulhern
County Lifeguard Service
Santa Monica City
Santa Monica
American Legion
Redondo
U S Embassy Probes Mukden Consul General Ward
Moscow reports the U S embassy is probing the fate of Angus Ward, Mukden consul general, who last contacted the State Department in November. Ward accompanied 10 staff when ties to the United States were severed by Chinese Communist troops. The embassy, citing radio and wire disruptions, has not heard from him in a long time.
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Moscow
U. S
Angus Ward
Mukden
China
State Department
Ward
United States
Washington
Soviet Ministry of Communications
Three Bulgarian Pastors Confess Treason and Spying
In Sofia on February 26 Rev Vassil Georgiev Ziapkov pleaded guilty to treason and espionage as the third defendant in two days. The 48 year old Congregational Church pastor represented United Evangelical Churches and was named principal conspirator with British and American figures. Charges of black market money dealings were added. Earlier witnesses included Rev Yanko Ivanov and Nikola Naumay who testified of spying for Britain and the United States and urged Bulgaria to sever British American contacts. Ivanov declared he no longer fears communism and Naumov cried while saying the time of communism has come.
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Bulgaria
Vassil Georgiev Ziapkov
Ziapkov
United Evangelical Churches
Yanko Ivanov
Ivanov
Nikola Naumay
Smail
Naumov
Methodist
Baptist
Rockefeller
Italian Socialist Quits Cabinet Post
Vice Premier Giuseppe Saragat a right wing Socialist leader resigns from the anti Communist government coalition citing his party’s dissatisfaction. The move marks the first break in the coalition formed by Premier Alcide de Gasperi after last April elections.
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Giuseppe Saragat
Alcide de Gasperi
Apri
Dying Youth Names Two Accomplices
A 16 year old burglar, Eddie Nelson of 361 E. 60th St., was shot and killed by grocery owner John R. Redden at 280 E. 10th St. after an attempted burglary. Two 16 year old accomplices were arrested nearby and turned over to juvenile authorities. Nelson identified his companions before dying two hours after the shooting at Seaside Hospital.
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10Th St
Eddie Nelson
60Th St
Seaside Hospital
Nelson
John R. Redden
Pro Rotor
Newell Nay
Polilce
Russell M. Wadte
Charles O. Bennett
Temple Ave
Tenth St
Charles Tally
Engineer Loses Arm in Frisco Derailment
In Mangua Missouri on February 26 a derailment of the Will Rogers Special injured three crewmen. The locomotive and five baggage cars left the track in a cut west of town. five passenger cars with 57 occupants remained upright. Engineer Frank C. Fulton, 64, of Newburg, suffered the loss of his right arm when the locomotive boiler exploded.
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Frisco
Will Rogers
Frank C. Fulton
Newburg
Midwest flood threats loom as thaw feeds rising rivers
Apsocisteq Press reports rising temperatures and rain threat in the midwest threaten new floods. Nebraska Iowa Missouri see subfreezing nights slowing streams but thousands of acres inundated after thaw. Missouri River choked with ice from Atchison to Omaha rises, with high marks in St. Joseph and Rule. Alerts remain from Leavenworth to Plattsmouth. Forecasts call for 40s in Nebraska and rain in eastern districts. Additional flooding reported on Nemaha near Falls City and Republican River in central Nebraska. Rain also forecast for western Missouri Iowa. today showers hit southwest Kansas western Oklahoma and much of Texas Louisiana.
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Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Missouri River
Atchison
Kan
Omaha
Neb
Nebraska Line
St. Joseph
Rule
Leavenworth
Plattsmouth
Nemaha
Falls City
Republican River
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Louisiana
Dutch Plan Free Indies by July
The Hague reports the Netherlands government maps a mid year grant of sovereignty to a federal regime in the East Indies to settle the conflict. It calls on the Indonesian Republican leadership and the United Nations to attend a round table conference on March 12 and releases imprisoned Republican leaders.
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East Indian Islands
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