Pistol Rampage Kills Two in Mendon Cafe Shootout
In Mendon Massachusetts a liquor fueled gunman Harold Ward shot and killed Mendon police chief Matthew Mantoni and Katherine Brady of Uxbridge after robbing the Red Rooster Cafe. Ward also wounded two patrons before being subdued by Officer Clarence Grant. Brady’s escort Lawrence Griffin was also wounded. Ward’s condition is not critical.
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Mendon
Mass
Red Rooster
Matthew Mantoni
Katherine Brady
Uxbridge
Harold Ward
London
Aubrey Hensel
Mantoni
Clarence Grant
Ward
Brady Girl
Milford Hospital
Grant
Jows
Laurence Griffin
West Upton
Josephine Pitasi
Route 16
Worcester
Pitasi
Griffin
Catherine Brady
Assoc
Jealous Sailor Blows Bar In San Diego Incident
A jealous sailor, Franklin Bolan of the U S destroyer Buck, threw a small naval explosive into a San Diego cafe injuring no one. He fled but was tackled by a police officer. The blast wrecked the bar area and shattered windows as five patrons were inside.
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San Diego
Franklin Bolan
U. S
Buck
Navy
Harold Keller
Hef
Keller
Bolan
Sheriff's Office
High Lights From Teletype Broadcast Summary
Parents held on murder charges after alleged starvation death. Election news sets Feb 23. Beach finds and Boyle noted. Bridge and classified sections listed across pages. Editorial and crossword featured. Sports on A15-17. Tides and temps on A2. Women’s activities on B2-3. Financials on 8-8. Obituaries on B-10.
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Boyle
Storm Passes Inland After Raking Coast
Northern California experienced a waning but still severe storm with heavy rain, snow, and 55 mph winds. San Francisco recorded 1.68 inches of rain, Donner Summit logged 83 inches of snow, and four highway deaths were blamed on poor visibility. Snowplows cleared routes as power lines and communications were restored in affected areas.
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Santa Rosa
Eureka
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Salinas
Oakland
Red Bluff
Donner Summit
Rockies
Fort Bragg
Calif
Washington
Oregon
Nevada
Sanitiam Pass
Califfornia
Port Townsend
Olympic Peninsula
Train Ends Life of Self Proclaimed 120 Year Old Moses Blinks
Moses Blinks, a Black man who claimed to be 120 and fathered 83 children by 11 wives, was struck and killed by a Southern Pacific passenger train near Croceton while four miles from home. Eyewitness Ray Smith said the object on the track could not be identified in rain. Blinks, who said he was born September 5, 1829 in Clayborne Parish, La, had lived with his daughter since 1941 and reportedly sought wife number 12 last September.
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Croceton
Moses Blinks
Blinks
Ius
Ray Smith
Tracy
Southern Pacific
Smith
Clayborne Parish
Isara Hart
Hart
Magnolia
Ark
McCloy Rejects General Amnesty for War Felons
Frankfurt dispatch reports U.S. High Commissioner John J. McCloy ruling out any broad amnesty for German war criminals. He said trials remain valid and that world opinion would likely not accept the idea of atonement in the form of forgetting the crimes.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
John J. McCloy
Showers Continue in Long Beach Area
Long Beach area sees ongoing showers with a moist sky and Easterly breezes. Weather officials warn of light showers tonight and tomorrow with 20 to 30 mph winds diminishing later. mountain snow and ice on highways prompt chain requirements above 3500 feet. Riverside Ridge Route reported open amid rain. seasonal totals rise to 5.22 inches.
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Long Beach
Weather Bureau
Highway Patrol
Mercury
British May Close Bermuda Navy Base
London reports Britain considers closing its large Bermuda naval base to save costs. Officials say the move would affect regional security and require adjustments with allied fleets. No final decision has been announced.
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Bermuda
London
Britain
Mme Chiang Hops Off for Manila to Back Husband
In San Francisco on January 11, Mme Chiang Kai shek, somber in black after 13 months of futile efforts to enlist aid, leaves for Manila aboard a Pan American plane. She plans to reach Manila Friday morning and then proceed to Formosa, accompanied by secretary K. W. Yu and ambassador Yu Tsungchi.
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Mme
Chiang Kai- Shek
China
Irways
Manila
Chiang
Formosa
Father Testifies Son Stole Wife's Love in Cleveland
In Cleveland on January 11 a displaced Polish father testified his son Chester, 36, wooed his wife, leading to an uncontested divorce for Theodore Borkowski from Mrs. Josephine Borkowski, 44. The elder man recounted parties, embraces, a fight when police were called, and a court-ordered departure for the son. Bernice Malak, 39, sister of the wife, described ongoing love trysts between stepmother and stepson. Mrs. Borkowski, absent from court, said she planned to marry Chester after a divorce and claimed a share of property was due.
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Cleveland
Poland
Theodore Borkowski
Josephine Borkowski
Chester
Borkowski
Bernice Malak
Video to Be Used in Hunt for Girl
Police in Yonkers New York broadened their six day search for 12 year old Josephine H to a TV appeal. They will telecast a single photograph and a mother seeking a look alike to help locate the girl who was last seen Thursday night near her home. The scene is near where a local man molested a 7 year old several weeks earlier.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Josephine
Crash Near Eureka Takes Three Lives
Three people died in a highway collision south of Eureka on Highway 101. Victims were Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Binns and Albert Carner, all of Sy Hats lB. One occupant of the other vehicle, H. K. Andr o, was not injured.
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Eureka
Jan
Highway 101
Rere
L. A. Binns
Albert Carner
Sy Hats Lb . of
Andro
Lewis Orders Coal Miners to Resume 3-day Week
AP report from Washington notes John L. Lewis ordered 66,000 coal miners who had quit to return to a three day work week starting Monday, while other miners continued intermittent strikes. The piece details state-by-state walkouts, a Republican Senate resolution urging use of Taft-Hartley to restore production, and messages to union district presidents directing resumptions.
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Jashington
John L. Lewis
Wyoming
Senate
Congress
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Ferguson
Sen
Michigan
Taft
Ohio
Wiley
Wis
Donnell
Jenner
Ind
Martin Pa
House
White House
Senate Labor Committee
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Alabama
Kentucky
Utah
Virginia
Illinois
Judge Pops Bubble Gum Trust Fund
Winchester Virginia January judge rules against bequest to John Kerr School pupils who would receive about 100000 from Charles B Henry estate. Relatives Agnes Roberts Jesse Roberts and Bessie Singer contested the will. Judge Elliott Marshall says the gift is not charitable and cannot be enacted under Virginia law.
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Winchester
John Kerr School
Elliott Marshall
Charles B. Henry
Agnes Roberts
Jesse Warren Roberts
Washington, D. C
Bessie S. Singer
Baltimore
Henry
John Kerr
Marshall
Virginia
Bandits Hold Up Two Women for Cash in Tavern
Three masked bandits armed with a submachine gun robbed two women, Mrs. Helen Zabik and her daughter, Mrs. Helen Girhing, at a Hazelwood tavern in the early hours, escaping with $15,000 in cash from Mrs. Zabik and her daughter.
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Pittsburgh
Hazelwood Tavern
Helen Zabik
Helen Girhing
Homestead
Two Arrested in $600000 Stamp Theft
New York police disclosed the recovery of about $600000 in stamps and the arrest of two men on charges of criminally receiving stolen property. The suspects held stamps stolen December 14 from Bruno Lisker Stamp Collector's Shop at 240 Broadway.
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New York
Bruno Lisker
Broadway
Taft accuses State Dept left wing of China policy
Senator Taft, Republican of Ohio, charged the State Department with following a left wing policy in China and Formosa and criticized moves he said would yield to Communist control. He denied advocating occupation or troop crossings, insisting only clear Navy readiness could deter any crossing. Acheson briefed House committee on Far East policy while Democrats accused Republicans of election-year politics.
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Washington
Sen
Taft
Ohio
State Department
Congress
China
Formosa
Senate
United States
Russia
iChina
Chiang Kaishek
Acheson
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
House Committee
Lawrence H. Smith
R.-Wis
Truman Aids Kept in Dark on Tax Plans
Washington January 11 The White House said President Truman aims to have his special tax message ready for Congress next week He plans a moderate tax increase while Capitol Hill aides remain uninformed about specifics Some lawmakers oppose a tax rise in an election year The president is expected to seek cuts in wartime excise taxes on items like jewelry and luggage offset by rises in other levies to net higher revenues
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White House
Truman
Congress
Capitol Hill
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Judge Pops Bubble Gum Trust Fund
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Solon
Chiang Kai-shek
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