C I O Pushes 1950 Rent Curbs and 15% Boost End
Washington June 24 The C I O proposed a 29 month extension of rent controls and the wiping out of all 15 per cent voluntary increases under the present law. Donald Montgomery cited the program before a Senate banking subcommittee as the current act nears expiration. The A F L urged similar actions and broader protections on evictions and enforcement.
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Ashington
Thas
Donald Montgomery
Washington
Senate
Sen. Caln PR. Wash
C. I
Congress
Officer Kills Ex wife and Friend Then Ends Life
LAS VEGAS Nev Jan 24 Sheriff Glen Jones said deputy William F R Honrath 42 shot and killed his divorced wife Clarice Honrath 40 fatally wounded John Lewis Kirkpatrick 45 at her home then killed himself Kirkpatrick died in Clark County Hospital at 6 30 am Honrath a deputy since 1943 was on duty last night but asked to be relieved at 11 pm He went to his mother's house then to his former wife's residence Confronting Mrs Honrath and Kirkpatrick Honrath allegedly fired at Kirkpatrick and Mrs Honrath then killed himself Sheriff said Mrs Honrath had obtained a divorce 20 days earlier custody of their son Jim 17 and the home Honrath moved to his mother's home He had been under medical care Kirkpatrick a former merchant policeman and friend according to the sheriff
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Las. Vegas
Nev
Glen Jones
William FR. Honrath
Clarlase Honrath
John Lewis Kirkpatrick
Honrath
Kirkpatrick
Casino Special
Jones
CIA Eeb
E Honrath
Jim
Fearful Woman Leaps to Death Near Mancos
Mis. Ethel Norah Stalworth, 56, of Farmington New Mexico, died when she leaped from a car on an icy road as it skidded after an S-curve. The vehicle slid into a 50 foot embankment near Mancos. husband Willard was unhurt. This marked Colorado’s 20th highway fatality this year.
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Mancos
Cole
Ethel Norah Stalworth
Farmington
N. M
Alvin Anderson
Ie Husband
Mra
Stalworth
Colorado
Trans-Arabian Pipeline Proceeds to Construction in 1040 Miles
SAN FRANCISCO Jan 24 The Trans-Arabian Pipe Line Co intends to proceed with construction of a 1040 mile Trans Arabian pipeline and aims to complete it in 1950 as originally planned. Decision by the board to press ahead follows delays caused by disturbances in Patesting announced by company president B E Hull.
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San Francisco
Trans-Arabian Pipe Line Co
B. Eb, Hull
Teenagers Held in $18,000 Theft
Two 16 year old high school students are jailed in Nashville Georgia on burglary warrants after admitting entry to Farmer S King’s home and forcing a safe with an electric drill and an ax. Police report $10,309 recovered from a struck house and a hay barn with $5,100 and $2,000 found respectively. a third youth is sought. The teens spent money freely, including cab fares and a $65 wristwatch. The suspect group is tied to Laneth Rentz and Harry McRanie, sons of local farmers.
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Nashville
N. N. Hughes
Laneth Rentz
Harry McRanie
Berrien
A Hughes
S. King
Hughes
Y . i * McRanie
King's Plantation
Ambassador Dunn Defends U S Aid to Italy in Slur Fight
In Bari Italy US Ambassador James C Dunn denounces a leftist propaganda push against American aid as infamous slander He notes UNRRA program ships have delivered coal grain and medical supplies sustaining bread fuel and work for Italians while press attacks persist aimed at the U S government program of aid.
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Bari
Italy
U.S
James C. Dunn
UNRRA
Dunn
Fiow
Death Kiss Jury to See Life Story
Nevada judge weighs in on Joseph L. Hardy 24 of North Kittery Maine accused of fatally shooting J. W. McLain near Truckee California last July. Trial paused as prose cution can present Hardy s so called life story aut o bi o graphy in which he and his common law wife Lola express remorse.
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Nevada
Icialy
Joseph L. Hardy
North Kittery
Maine
Hardy
J. W.mclain
Burbank
Truckee
Calif
Lola
Jay
Partlo
Lfe
Streamliner Train Proves Successful On 45 Hour Run
The New Golden State, Southern Pacific’s streamliner to Chicago, has exceeded expectations with a 45 hour schedule. Long Beach agent Lannon Overman reported strong demand since its January inauguration, noting the line’s fastest westbound trips sell out and eastbound trains run full. The service introduces several new features for coach passengers.
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Golden State
Southern Pacific
Chicago
Lannon Overman
Long Beach
San
New Golden State
Overman
Michigan Governor Snowbound on Trip
ORANGE Texas Jan 24 The governor of Michigan vacationing in the sunny south was snowbound overnight in this Gulf port Gov and Mrs Kim Sigler and Kenton Templin Michigan state trooper made an emergency landing here during a heavy snow storm at sundown yesterday Unable to get hotel rooms they found accommodations at a tourist court Skies were clear this morning though about four inches of new snow was on the ground
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Orange
Texas
Michigan
Gulf of Mexico
Kim Sigler
Kennet Templin
Tucson
Aviz
Florida
Vet Talls Wishes to Right Santa Claus Visit
VANCOUVER B C Tan 24 bedridden from war injuries over a year hopes for a Christmas visit from his sister via a round trip plane ticket. Hugh Kenney 23 year old war veteran told a visitor at his Pasadena hospital that he would like to see his sister. The visitor was Marlene Dietrich.
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Vancouver
B. C
Tan
Hugh Kenney
Pasadena
Eileen Paulsen
Marlene Dietrich
Amish leader given six months for battering daughter
Jaro Hochstettler, 75, a rural Amish church leader in Goshen Ind, pleaded guilty to assault and battery for chaining and confining his 41 year old daughter Lucy to her room for seven years. Judge Aldo J. Simpson sentenced him to six months in state penal form. Doctors recommended commitment for the daughter’s alleged mental illness after examinations by two courtappointed physicians. neighbors and relatives testified about the long confinement and Amish community involvement.
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Jaro
Samuel’ Hovhstettler
Tor
Sila
Aldo J. Simpson
Hochstetter
Lucy
Simpson
HE. Vander Bogart
Miss
Hochstettler
Naane
H. K. Lemon
C. ‘M. Hoatettler
Sphyalcians
Luther Yoder
Hochatealer
Yoder
Water Plant Contract Awarded for Los Angeles Area
Los Angeles Jan. 24 contract awarded to J E Dixon Company of San Gabriel for the construction of a $4,000,000 Metropolitan Water District softening and filtration plant near La Verne California. The firm bid $252,000 for construction exclusive of equipment and services. The plant will help Southern California use more Colorado River water in 1918, according to Chairman John H Ramboy.
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Los Angeles
Metropolitan’ Water District
la’ Verne
Calif
California
Southern California
Adhip i
John H. Ramboy
J. E. Dixon’ Company
San Gabriel
Water District
Astronomers Report Two New Comets
In San Francisco on June 24, astronomers report two new comets discovered this year. One possibly the faintest ever found was sighted January 17 by C. A. Wirtanen of Lick Observatory. The other was seen the next day by Antonin Mikos, a Czech agronomist, with confirmation reported by Drs. Leland E. Cunningham of the University of California.
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San Francisco
C. A. Wirtanen
Lick Observatory
In Agrophysicisn
Antonin Mi Kos
Czechoslovakia
Leland E. Cunningham
University of Callifornia
BBC chairman Allan Powell dies at 69 in Gerrards Cross
Allan Powell, longtime BBC chairman from 1946 to 1989, died at his Gerrards Cross home at age 69. The former broadcaster led the corporation through postwar expansion and modernization. Powell’s death marks the end of an era for British broadcasting.
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London
Sly Allan Powell
British Broadcasting Corp
Gerrards Cross
Buckinghaovahire
Ignorance and Falsehood in Hides Debates Continue
The speaker challenges claims about trading patterns in government purchases and inside information. He contests assertions that his August 1947 hides trade relied on Anderson’s tips and notes that the government did not buy hides until January 1948. He questions how government employees could provide such information.
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Stassen
Anderson
Adrift in Landing Craft Off Oahu
Two soldiers were adrift in a 50 foot landing craft south of Oahu in stormy seas. Eight planes were prepared to search at dawn, as rain and low visibility hampered yesterday’s efforts. Names of the soldiers were withheld.
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Honolulu
Oahu
Severe winter storm crosses the nation driving deaths and fuel cuts
A broad storm pushed from New Orleans to Georgia and north toward Ohio and West Virginia causing heavy snows and gale winds along the coast. Death toll rose to 107 from fires and exposure while Detroit area plants halted as gas supplies were curtailed to conserve energy.
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R.I
Cape Hatteras
N. C
Seaboard
Detroit Automobile Center
Chicago
Caribbean Sea
Land 'O ‘Lakes
Wisconsin
Cadillac
Mich
Burlington
Wausau
Wis
Utica
N.Y
Automa Wbile
Michigan" Consolidated’ Gas Co
Detroit
Evanaville
Kentucky Natural Gas Company
Building Moved In Tact Across Prairie To Portales
PORTALES New Mexico January 24 a gymnasium building nearly fifty feet long is being trooped across the prairie from Fort Sumner Air Base toward Portales. Eastern New Mexico College obtained the building through the War Assets Administration from Army surplus and will move it intact rather than cut it up. The route avoids highways as much as possible and traverses hills and gullies with two railroad crossings.
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Portales
N. M
Prairies
Fort Sumner Air Base
Easteyn New Mexico College
War Assets Administration
Army Surplus
Teachers Threaten Walkout in Chicago Schools
Chicago teachers threaten a citywide walkout after missing a pay day as 3.5 million dollars in pay was postponed when the city council failed to approve the board of education tax levy. In several schools pupils had unscheduled holidays and large student absences occurred at Tilden and Austin High Schools during protest meetings. The union ordered a vote on striking if pay checks are not issued by Monday.
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Ingnee
Board.of Education
Tilden Technical High School
Austin High School
A. F.-L-Chicago Teachers’ Union
Calonge
Council
Apartment Looted at 403 W Fourth Street
Gordon L. Strathy reported to police that a thief entered his apartment by removing a screen and raising a window and took a pistol and other small articles. He valued the loss at 51 dollars.
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Gordon L. Strathy
Fourth St
Cardinal Frings Says Occupation Mocked by People
In Cologne on January 24 Joseph Cardinal Frings, archbishop, declared the four power occupation of Germany a mockery of democracy. He called the British American zone a spontaneous outburst and urged swift Allied food aid. He warned the situation is desperate and that Germany cannot feed itself without a strong police force. He said people lack confidence in their officials.
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Cologne
Germany
Joseph Cardinal Frings
Third Reiched
British-Amercan
Signals Spur Hunt for Trio on Plane
Signals heard by J. Chester Shimp, Kansas City, a senior airways inspector, prompted a search for a missing C-47 plane. The craft, missing since Wednesday night, carried Prof Fred Snavely of Kansas City, Copilot Warren Lungtrum of Leavenworth, and Ross C. Brown of Denver, with authorities from the Civil Aeronautics Administration coordinating the effort.
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Rocky Mountains
Sieht
J. Chester Shimp
Kansas City
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Fred Snavely
Kansas
City
Warren L. Lung
Trum
Leavenworth
Kun
Ross C. Brown
CAA Aeronautical
Group Will Confer on Marshall Plan
The Dutch foreign ministry said today that representatives of the French and British governments meet February 3 with a delegation from the Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg Customs Union to discuss the Marshall plan.
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the Hague
Sailor Cleared in Jackie Case as Juvenile Probe Extends
In San Francisco a sailor 19 was freed on charges of improper conduct with 15 year old Jackie Horner after a physical found no relation. The case against Miles was joined with preliminary hearings for Seaman Wallace Weiss and Mrs. Costello Miles as juvenile authorities consider protective steps for the minor. The judge urged protection for both children and ordered continued juvenile investigation with Jackie likely remaining under wardship until Thursday.
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San Francisco
Mra
Giorta
Jean Costello Miles
Jacqueline Horner
Hollywood
Wallace Weiss
Suilor
Jackie
Wella
I. L. Harris
Miles
Planiat
Wells
Edith Wilgaen
Wilson
Harris
Sailor
Paul Hill
Los Angeles
California
London Society Leader Succumbs in New York
Mrs. Laura Mae Corrigan, 60, a famed London social teacher after World War I, died in New York on a Thursday. Her death came 20 years after her husband James W. Corrigan, a former Cleveland steel maker. She had arrived from Paris on Christmas Eve to visit sister Mrs. David Armstrong Taylor of San Francisco.
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Laura Mae Corrigan
London
Corrigan
James W. Corrigan
Cleveland
Ohio
Pors
David Armstrong Taylor
San Francisco
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