Bierce Found Sane and Guilty in Wife Slaying
Edward Bierce a 46 year old salesman was found sane and guilty of second degree murder in his wife Florence Bierce's killing Jan 3 4 in her hotel room. Superior Court Judge Fred Miller delivered the verdict without a jury ending a six week trial. Probation is not available for second degree murder though probation officers findings may aid the court.
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Edward Bierce
Florence
Fred Miller
Bierce
San Quentin
TH. Leslie Wildey
Philip EB. Poppler
Department 8
Superior Court
Miller
Fred N. Whichello
Whichello
Twalice
Blerce
Elsie Carr
Flood receding leaves Kansas City in ruin
Kansas City area begins massive cleanup as Missouri River floods push westward. Damage across Kansas and Missouri rises to 750 million dollars, with 17 deaths and over 70,000 evacuated. President Truman to survey the disaster area from Independence, Missouri.
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Kansas City
Associated Press
Kansas
Missouri
Lexington
Wellington
Norborne
Hardin
Oklahoma
Miami
Truman
Missouri-Kansas
Independence
Washington
Kan
Belmont Shore One Way Streets OKd by City Council
The City Council approved an ordinance to set one-way streets in Belmont Shore after a favorable vote by business and civic groups. North-south streets from Quincy to Claremont will be converted except Granada and Bay Shore avenues. Southbound routes include Quincy Park Arbonne Nieto Covina Glendora and Santa Ana avenues.
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City Council
Belmont Shore
Quincy
Claremont Avenues
Granada
Bay Shore
Police Department
Ocean Blvd
Livingston Dr
Weather Outlook With Scattered Clouds Cleared
Scattered high clouds and fog patches tonight and tomorrow morning give way to mostly sunny conditions by Wednesday. Temperature is expected to hold with little change into tomorrow.
New Law Protects Base Coins From Penny and Nickel Defacement
President Truman signed a law making penny and nickel abuse a crime with penalties up to five years in prison and a $2000 fine. It bans defacing or altering coins to deceive vending machines and coin boxes while allowing non deceptive illustrations of coins in books and magazines.
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Washington
Truman
Unites States
U. S
Senate approves 25 million flood relief for Kansas Missouri
The Senate passed a 25 million emergency flood aid measure for Kansas and Missouri and sent it to President Truman who will sign it after his inspection flight. The House had approved the same amount, overriding a committee recommendation to cap at 15 million.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Kansas
Missouri
Truman
Appropriations Committee
Budget Bureau
House
Thomas C. Hennings
D.mo
Frank Carlson
Bkan
Margaret
Independence
Lewis A. Pick
Army Engineers
Senate Appropriations Committee
Yawl Sailor Crosses Atlantic Solo With Stowaway Poetess
Plymouth report: Edward Alleard, 35, completes his second solo Atlantic crossing in a 34-foot yawl Temptress. A 23-year-old Portuguese poetess joined briefly as a stowaway between the Azores and Lisbon. He landed in England after 12 months at sea. He previously crossed Gibraltar to New York in 1949, alone. He declined romance rumors but says she will feature in his voyage book.
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Plymouth
England
Edward Alleard
Atlantic
Azores
Lisbon
Alleard
London
New York
Gibraltar
Otilio Frayao
Squatter A Red Chinese Joins GIs Training
In Tokyo on July 17, a front-line training class paused as a single squatter remained seated. Sgt. Robert McCarthy of Charleston Mass. alerted the group and confirmed the man was Chinese, explaining he joined to fire himself up and waited for the right moment.
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Tokyo
Robert McCarthy
Charleston
Mass
Wire Wizardry Pair Jailed for Job They Did Not Do
In Los Angeles two radio repairmen, Richard Thomas and Kazou Saika, were fined 500 dollars, jailed 30 days each, and placed on two years probation for substituting old tubes and charging for unperformed work. The judge labeled the act gyp, and ordered jail terms to be served separately to avoid closing their business, Perfect Radio & TV Service.
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Los Angeles
Richard Thomas
Kazou Saika
Thomas
Saika
Leroy Dawson
Radio & TV
Long Beach Sea Breeze Stirs Temps Across SoCal
Long Beach area sees a sea breeze with downtown hitting 78 at 9:30 am and 80 at the municipal airport before ocean winds. Local low stands at 66, a high for the year, while desert zones top 100 and LA forecasts call for continued warmth. In Newhall, lightning sparked 15 forest and brush fires, quenched by over an inch of rain within an hour.
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Long Beach
California
Los Angeles
Newhall
Youth, 10, Tips Scales at 267
Herman James Mason, a ten year old boy from Springfield Colorado, weighs 267 pounds with a 50 inch waist and shoe size 12 EEE. His meals are enormous, averaging six eggs and a pound of bacon for breakfast, milk and large other meals, with a weekly food bill around 550. His mother notes his appetite remains large and attempts to slim down make him ill.
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Springfield
Colo
Herman James Mason
Carl Mason
Herman
Slashers Raid Car Woman In Night Assault
A 25 year old Long Beach housewife told police she was driven to a country road, slashed with a razor, and raped by two men after they forced her into her car near the W Ocean Blvd bridge. She received six stitches, cuts on both arms, and was treated for shock at Seaside Hospital. The suspects described as a 55 year old gray haired man about six feet one, and a 20 year old man about five eight and 170 pounds, with the younger calling the older “Dad.”
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Long Beach
Seaside Hospital
W. Ocean Blvd
Gunman Kills Chicago Businessman at West Side Office
Charles Crane 38 as vice president of Thomas Paper Stock Company was shot in the head at close range as he arrived at his office. Witnesses describe the assassin in a bright green shirt fleeing in a car with an orange shirt driver. Crane, married with two children, had no immediate disclosed motive.
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Chicago
Paper Company
West Side
Charles Crane
Thomas Paper Stock Company
Crane
Andrew Aikens
Moonshiners Busted Near Washington
A Treasury Department raid in Prince Georges County Maryland led to the arrest of Isaac Redding of Kinston North Carolina for illicit distilling. Authorities seized two 180 gallon stills 2500 gallons of mash and 40 gallons of finished whisky.
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Washington
Treasury Department
Prince Georges County
Everette Lunsford
Treasury
Lunsford
Panty Chain Via U S Mail Halted in Dallas Texas
Federal agents moved in at Dallas to halt a panty club chain letter that urged recipients to mail underwear instead of money. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lester L. May said the volume of panty mailing was unbelievable and postal regulations forbid the chain letter. Officials aim to intercept letters and packages to prevent disruption of mail.
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Dallas
Federals
U.S
Lester L. May
May
Field 13 Reds Ordered Returned To Jail
NEW YORK July 17 VF Frederick Vanderbilt Field millionaire angel of leftist causes was ordered back to jail today when his temporary 10000 bail and contempt of court findings were revoked. Chief Judge Thomas W Swan of the US Court of Appeals revoked the release orders after Judge Alexander Holtzoff ordered 13 Communist second team leaders jailed for failing to post 135000 bail. Hammett Hunton and Field trustees of the Civil Rights Congress bail fund were jailed for contempt for refusing to identify contributors. Ryan barred the fund from posting bail. trustees cited lack of title to posted securities and untrustworthiness. Five more defendants faced bail decisions as a heat brought by a 10 day vacation. Flynn bailed after Miss Grace Hutchins offered bond.
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New York
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Angel
Thomas W. Swan
U. S. Court of Appeals
Alexander .Holtzoff
Swan
Learned Hand
Dashiell Hammett
W. Alphaeus Hunton
Field
Civil Rights Congress
Sylvester J. Ryar
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbit
Hammett
Hunten
Ryan
Civil Rights Congress Bail Fund
Holtzoff
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Grace Hutchins
Miss Hutchins
Miss Flynn
Government Lifts Ban on Spares
The government lifted a three month ban on fitting a spare tire to new autos at the factory. The policy was set in April to save rubber for heavy duty tires for trucks tractors and farm equipment. The National Production Authority said the current one fifth output cutback removes the need to restrict cars to four tires each.
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Washington
National Production Authority
U N Delegates Unshaken By New Cease Fire Point
Allied spokesmen said a new point was raised in Korean war cease fire talks at Kaesong but it surprised no one. The day marked progress on the agenda as Nam and Turner Joy led discussions for the United Nations with potential expansion of the U N delegation after an agreed agenda.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
James A. Norell
Mountain Home
Ida
James A. van Fleet
U. S
Long Beach
Norell
Pyongyang
Allied View
Nam
U. S. 8Th Army
Turner Joy
Where to Find It Beach Combing Across Pages
A brief index lists where to locate features in the paper. It includes Beach Combing on Page B-1, Boyle on Page A-9, Bridge on Page A-9, Classified Ads from Pages 8 through B-11, Comics on Page 8-4, Crossword on Page A-6, Editorial on Page A-&, Financial pages 6-6 and 7, Obituaries on Page B-8, Radio and Television on Page A-6, Shipping Table on Page 8-7, Sports on Pages A-10 and A-11, Theaters on Page B-5, plus tides and temperatures on Page B-7 and Women’s Activities on Pages B-2 and B-3. It serves as a reader guide to the issue.
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Boyle
Financia
Truman's Picks for Illinois Judges Spark Debate
Senator Douglas criticized President Truman's selections for two Illinois federal judgeships, saying he would survey the Chicago Bar Association to weigh whether Truman or Douglas is right. Douglas favored William H. King Jr and Benjamin P. Epstein, while Truman named Joseph Jerome Drucker and Cornelius J. Harrington, signaling tension between the two leaders.
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Washington
Sen
Douglas
D.sil
Chicago Bar Association
President Truman
Truman
William H. King Jr
Benjamin P. Epstein
Cook
Chicago
Joseph Jerome Drucker
Cornelius J. Harrington
Drucker
Adolph Sabath
House
Harrington
Congressional
Illinois
Boy Reader Becomes Army Hospital’s Youngest Volunteer
An 11 year old from Paoli Eddie Dworciek rode a Army carryall to Valley Forge Army Hospital to offer reading to blind veterans He presented Biographies of Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio as his chosen books Col Welch the hospital commander welcomed the gesture and signed him as the youngest volunteer to register at the facility
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Phoenixville
Valley Forge Army Hospital
Eddie S. Dworciek
John M. Welch
Eddie
Paoli
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U.N
Foe
Sam Summerlin
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