Floggings at Arizona reform school draw probe
Phoenix AP reports inquiry into alleged punishments at Arizona Industrial School for Boys at Fort Grant. 12 inmates allege flogging with belts and tires, barefoot desert marches of 25 to 30 miles, and other abuses. Superintendent Ridgeway admits some acts, while critic Bernstein convenes three-judge review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Arizona Industrial School For
Charles Bernstein
Bernstein
Fort Grant Ariz
George R. Ridgeway
Kdnewey
Associated Press
Willcox
Ridgeway
Red Plot Threats Fail to Harm U S Envoy Griffis
U S Ambassador Griffis told reporters that Communists threatened his safety while visiting American warships in Valencia. Spanish civil guards and federal police guarded the Madrid Valencia highway and provided 24 hour protection during his stay, with Griffis noting no life danger and declining to detail the threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
U. S
Stanton Grittis
Valencia
Griffis
British Tanks Engage Egyptian Guerrilla Near Suez Railyard
British Centurion tanks joined two Coldstream Guards companies at Tel-el Kebir in the Suez Canal Zone after a mine killed one Cameron Highlander and wounded three. A heavy gun-battle followed as fighting continued into the afternoon with two Egyptians reported captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ismailia
Egypt
Tel-el Kebir
Suez Canal Zone
Coldstream” Guards
Weather Outlook With Rain and Cooler Temps
Rain continues moderate to heavy today and tonight with winds up to 30 mph. Drier tomorrow with decreasing winds and slightly cooler air. Minimum temperature last night was 48 degrees. Snow may dip to around 3500 feet in the mountains tonight.
Fire Victims Father Jailed
In Bunker Missouri early today three young children died in a one room cabin fire. Their 24 year old father Jesse Willard Hill was arrested at the scene for questioning after authorities learned of a quarrel with his wife Georgia Marie Hill hours earlier. Victims Wanda Sue 5 Alfred Willard 4 and Charles Ray 2. Neighbor Cleve Street sheltered Mrs Hill and the children after the quarrel. Police report the husband was seen at the scene as the blaze started.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bunker
F. A. Findley
Jesse Willard Hill
Georgia Marie
Wanda Sue
Alfred Willard
Charles Ray
Cleve’ Street
Hills
Findley
Armistice Talks Deadlocked Over Airfields and Repatriation
At Panmunjom Korea on January 12 the armistice negotiations stalled over two main issues. The United Nations demands a ban on military airfields in North Korea and the voluntary repatriation of prisoners, while the Communists refuse the airfield ban and hedge on their plans. Chinese Maj. Gen. Hsieh Fang warned that insisting on the airfield obstacle delays the talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panmunjom
Korea
United Nations
North Korea
Hsieh Fang
U. N
Classifieds and sections listed for newspaper pages
The notice outlines where to find sections including Churches on A-6 and A-7, Classified Ads on B-5 to B-4, Comics on A-8, Crossword on B-5, Financial on A-4, Obituaries on B-5, Radio and Television on B-4, Shipping on A-4, Sports on pages 8-2 and 8-3, Tides and Weather on A-3, and Theaters on A-2.
Worst Snow in 15 Years Ties Up Reno
San Francisco dispatch reports violent rains in the low lands and towering Sierra snowstorms paralyzing central California. Contra Costa families evacuated from flood homes while highways sideroads and rail lines were blocked by slides and floods. Reno logged 18 inches of fresh snow as power failures closed casinos and flights were canceled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
California
Bay
Contra Costa County
Western Pacific Railroad
Belden
Feather River
Zephyr
Oakland
Winnemucca
Pebble Beach
Sierra
Nevada
Reno
Weather Bureau
Stalin Heart Surgery Report in Amsterdam Telegraph
Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant reports Prime Minister Stalin of Russia had heart surgery on December 19 before his 72nd birthday. Health said to be failing, with Stalin in a sanatorium near Gori and Politburo members traveling there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant
Stalin
Russia
Berlin
Gori
Georgia
Politburo
Soviet Proposal Seeks Simultaneous Atomic Ban and Control
In Paris on January 12, Andrei Vishinsky urged the U N General Assembly to adopt a simultaneous ban on atomic weapons and international control on a continuing basis. He pressed for Korea cease fire within ten days, withdrawal of foreign forces in three months, and urged a world disarmament conference to be moved to July 15 1952. US Ambassador Gross said Washington would study the proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
AP Rusisia
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Korea
U. N. General Assembly
U. N
Ernest A. Gross
United States
Soviet Union
U. N. Assembly
Churchill Calls for Full Harmony in Commonwealth
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill planned a luncheon with high commissioners from Australia New Zealand India Pakistan and South Africa to urge closer Britain and United States policies in the Middle and Far East. He would brief Commonwealth representatives on his Washington conference with President Truman during a 34 day Canadian visit with Louis St Laurent and other leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Winston Churchill
Britain
United States
Middle
Far East
Australia
New Zealand
India
Pakistan
South Africa
Churchill
Truman
Washington
New York
Louis St. Laurent
Bonanza in Dixie as $4000 Tossed From Cab
In Jackson Mississippi a cab driver reports a passenger tossed $4000 in cash from the taxi en route to Arkansas. Police recovered most of the bills as a crowd searched the 600 block of S Capitol Street for the greenbacks amid the ongoing inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Miss
Arkansas
Crisp
Junior Clark
S. Capitol St
O. H. Wellborn
Waynesboro
Wellborn
Hot Springs
Ark
Clark
Youth suspect tied to 10 Southland robberies
James Ralph Summerford alias Ralph Everett Donahue, 23, was arrested by detectives after Long Beach robbing spree. He allegedly confessed, admitting solo crimes except earlier drugstore and service station holdups. Nazard Belisle Jr. was arrested. Summerford’s capture followed a drugstore robbery at Airline, 1310 E Artesia St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southland
Long Beach
Bell
James Ralph Summerford
Summerford
Ralph Everett Donahue
W. F. Greeley
W. L. Higley
Garrison Wilson
E. Artesia St
Nazard A. Belisle Jr
Prospect Ave
Bellflower
Fan
Search Narrows For 46 Aboard Pennsylvania Freighter
Eleven planes and five ships pressed the hunt for the 46 crewmen of the abandoned freighter Pennsylvania as a new gale approached the North Pacific. Debris sighted could be from the ship, but no lifeboats were found. Coast Guard officials said the vessel likely sank, while a Canadian weather ship reported hopeful notes from the Stonetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
North Pacific
Pennsylvania
Stonetown
Point Grey
British Columbia
Coast Guard
Maurice Skaret
Coast Guard Public Information Office
Gulf of Alaska
Coast
Comdr
F. H. Salmela
Seattle Coast
Salmela
Klarmath
Mason Shoves Writer Over Talking Spree in Theater
Hollywood January 12 James Mason angered by William Saroyan constant chatter in a Beverly Hills theater shoved the writer who was seated nearby Mason and his wife attended a screening of The Red Badge of Courage Mason told Saroyan to be quiet Saroyan stood up Mason pushed him back to his seat and then returned to his own seat without apologizing Saroyan offered no comment on the incident
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
James Mason
William Saroyan
Beverly Hills
Mason
Saroyan
Carl Laemmie Jr
Hero Captain Spurns Film Glamour and Riches
Falmouth England January 12 Captain Kurt Carlson, a 37 year old sea hero who turned down film offers and Hollywood wealth, returned home to settle his life at sea after guiding his freighter Flying Enterprise to a perilous sink. A crowd of about 300 admirers met his shore return as he met with agents and lawyers over the sinking story amid plans for possible rights deals. Carlson, exhausted from the ordeal, remains uninterested in offers totaling 30 000 to 40 000 pounds for film or book rights and will travel to New York after completing official business in London, with no intent to abandon the sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Falmouth
Eng
Hollywood
Kurt Carlson
Atlantic
Carlson
Philip Fox
Fox
Newsmen
Carlsen
New York
London
Also Mentioned on This Page
S.F
Hunt
Vallejo
al Trombetta
Lew Steffens
Trombetta
Reform School
Arizona
U.S
U.N
New Korea
General Assembly
L. B. Police
Nnd
Theola Banton
Antioch
Calif
Amos Barton
Theola
Yates Hamm
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!