Truman Vacations Under Heavy Guard
President Truman arrives at Key West for ninth vacation visit. He is greeted by cheering residents as Secret Service details tighten at Boca Chica Airport and the submarine station entrance. He plans swimming at the enlisted men’s beach and sunbath on the sands.
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Harry S. Truman
United States
Key West
Duval
Bara Chica
Washington
Truman
Triman
Secret Service
Blair House
Boca Chics
New York Artist Arrested in Park Avenue Killing
Laslo Pinter, a 40 year old artist born in Hungary, was arrested on charges of stabbing his 27 year old stepson Leonard Allen Fleming to death in his Park Avenue studio amid a family dispute. Fleming and Mrs. Christine Fleming Pinter were injured as Pinter claimed self defense while his wife fled. The incident ended with Fleming collapsing in a building lobby as onlookers watched.
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New York
WEA
Park Ave
Laslo Pinter
Staten
Leonard Allen Fleming
Fiering
Christine Fleming Pinter
Pinter
Fleming
Park Avenue
Navy Clothing Allowances Up
SAN DIEGO March 3. The Navy increases enlisted clothing allowances to offset higher prices. White hats with under three years service get 5.10 monthly up from 3.60, chiefs receive 8.40 up from 6.60. Prices at naval bases rose 11.5 percent on March 1, with the dress blue uniform climbing from 13 to 31 dollars.
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San Diego
Navy
Naval
Wildlife Director Says Dam Projects Outmoded
Milwaukee reports that Carl D. Shoemaker, conservation director of the National Wildlife Federation, told a federation convention that many government dam projects are outmoded and harm wildlife and natural resources. He predicted large scale dams will be replaced by atomic energy and noted valley authorities have been halted for the moment as new developments in river valleys are planned.
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Milwaukee
National Wildlife Federation
Carl D. Shoemaker
Federation
Mein
Professor seeks ghost town for summer retreat in Rockies
University of Michigan professor R L Cartwright looks to buy a abandoned mining town in the Rocky Mountains for a three month summer vacation with his wife and two other faculty families. Colorado attorney general Duke Dunbar says no listings exist. Davis and Wilt from the university agriculture and design department are among the planners.
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Eenver
University of Michigan
Rocky Mountains
R. L. Cartwright
Michigan Philosophy Department
Colorado
Attorneyneval
Duke Dunbar
Cartwright
Dunbar
Phillip Davis
Richard Wit
Davis
Wilt
Ann Arbor
Department of Agriculture and Design
Eight Die In One Day Of Southland Crashes
United Press reports a rash of Southern California accidents claiming eight lives in one day. Fatal incidents occur around Los Angeles and coastal towns including Carpinteria and Fismo Beach. Victims include pedestrians, soldiers’ wives, and young drivers. multiple crashes involve trucks and high speeds.
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California
Hiteran
Los Angeles
Fismo Beach
Jean Colbert
Sierra Madre
Camp Cooke
Carpinteria
Sheila Mariotti
Margaret la Lone
Alhambra
Roland Edgar Carter
Palm Springs
Minnie Shea
Ventura Blvd
Clarence H. Whitman
David Watts
Richard O. Smith
George L. Gilham
South Gate
Robert O. Gonzales
East Los Angeles
Lucille Williams
Elveta Willams
Loretta Cross
Santa Maria
Howard Pfeffer
North Hollywood
Parents Unable to Save 3 Tots in Detroit Ditch
In Detroit on March 3 a cave-in buried three brothers, Robert Murphy 5, Darryl Wertz 4, and Jimmy Tucker 3, in a freshly-dug sewer. Parents Etta Wertz and Dorothy Tucker dug with their hands as workmen and firemen labored to free them. Robert and Darryl were recovered quickly, but Jimmy died an hour later despite artificial respiration.
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Detroit
Frantie
Robert Murphy
Darryl Wertz
Jimmy Tucker
Etta Wertz
Dorothy Tucker
Robert
Darryl
Jimmy
Real estate man claims kidnap hoax after $1600 loss
Charles Smith a 48 year old real estate man said he covered his nude body with syrup and feathers and lied he had been kidnapped to hide $1600 in losses from deposits and outside deals. He appeared at his employer's office after a three day disappearance and confessed the hoax. He blamed sedatives for hazy memory and said he gambled away the money at local poker parlors. No prosecution unless affected parties file complaints. investigators do not expect such action.
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OS Angeles
Charles 5. Smith
Smith
Sheriff
Sid Jolivette
Jolivette
Los Angeles
Sen. Estes . Kefauver
Senate
Blood Clot Kills Kidney Patient.health tragedy in Los Angeles
A woman with a transplanted kidney died four days after surgery from a blood clot. Surgeon Dr. Howard N. Merrill reported the post mortem showed clot caused death while the other kidney had initially resumed function. The donated kidney from an Alhambra man was connected to her arm.
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Los Angeles
Howard N. Merrill
Monte Sano Hospital
Merrill
Robber Loots Bank Vending Machines in Seattle
Police search for burglar who entered the Pacific National Bank of Seattle and looted candy machines. No money was stolen. Authorities suggest the suspect may need a psychiatrist. The incident occurred on March 2 in Seattle.
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Seattle
Wash
Pacific National Bank of Seattle
Cizaret
Eccles Supports Hoover Position on War Policy and Spending
Marriner Eccles, a Federal Reserve Board member, praised Hoover and Taft on foreign policy and warned the US cannot defeat Russia by land alone. He urged overwhelming air and sea control with allies and proposed defense and foreign aid spending cap of 50 billion dollars yearly.
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Chicago
Hoover
Europe
Marriner
Eccles
Federal, Reserve Board
Taft
Russia
Executives Club of
United States
Deaths Total 16 in Iowa DC-3 Plane Crash
Sioux City reports the worst Iowa aviation disaster as a Mid-Continent Airlines DC-3 crash leaves 16 dead and nine survivors after a snowstorm. Inspectors from Civil Aeronautics Authority investigate while witnesses recount heroic efforts to pull survivors and deceased pilots from the burning wreckage near the airport.
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Sioux
City
Iowa
Air National
Camp Polk
Olson
Air Force to Buy Canadian DHC Beaver Planes
The Air Force announced negotiations with Dehavilland Aircraft Canada Ltd of Toronto for delivery of an undisclosed number of DHC 2 Beaver liaison planes. The Canadian plane, designed for Arctic use, was chosen over eight U S built utility types in tests at Wright Patterson base Dayton Ohio.
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Washington
Air Force
Dehavilland Aircraft Canada Ltd
Toronto
Arctic
U. S
Wright-Patterson Base
Dayton
Ohio
Libel Suit Says McCarthy Pegler And Others Attacked Pearson
Columnist Drew Pearson sues Senator McCarthy Washington Times Herald Pegler and Fulton Lewis Jr plus others for 5.1 million dollars alleging false statements and a coordinated plan to injure Pearson harming his business and sponsors. Pearson seeks treble damages and says truth is defense while McCarthy defends truth.
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Maren 3
Drew Pearson
Sen
McCarthy
R.wis
Washington
Bainbins
Athesult
U. S. District Court
Pearson
Senate
The
Washington Times-Herald
Westbrook Pegler
Fulton Lewis Jr
Edward K. Neller
Foe
George 2
Metaurine
Morris A. Beaile
J. B
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House un-American Activities Committee
Frank Waldrop
Times Herald
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
First U. S. Planes Reach Belgium Under Aid Program
ANSWEHP Belgium March 3 The Belgian air force received its first shipment of American made fighter planes under mutual defense aid Twenty F S 4E Thunder jets arrived aboard the Belgian motorship Houffalize
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Belgium
Houffalize
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