Peron Regime Takes Over La Prensa
A congressional committee dominated by Peron supporters seized La Prensa after a fast two-house vote. The paper, once the Spanish speaking world’s largest, faces closure as government unions boycott and strike. About 1800 employees await fate, editor Alberto Galaza Paz unreachable amid charges of violating state security.
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Aenos Aires
la Prensa
Juan D. Peron
Senate
House
Peron
Alberto Galaza Paz
Galaza Paz
Surplus graft link to Maragon sought in Europe
In Frankfurt today U S officials investigated sales of Army surplus equipment as European operators were said to reap large profits. In Washington the House committee focused on George Dawson accused of a $100 million resale scheme. Investigators seek if Dawson ties to John Maragon and to Vaughan. West Germany froze STEG assets. a raid seized records of a Frankfurt firm tied to Dawson. Subpoenas target Poletti and Griffith connected to resale firms. Klein and others abroad pursue damage claims after a new Army freeze on scarce surplus gear.
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George Daw
Harry Vaughan
John Maragon
White House
Maragon
Senate
U. S
STEG
Frankfurt
U.S. District Court
W. Fred, Johnson
St. Louis
Dawson
Johnson
U. S. District Court
Vaughan
Clyde Hussong
Europe
George Dawson and Co
Foreign Lquidation Service
Rep. Bonner
D-N. C
House Group
Charles Paletti
Italy
New York
Paul Griffith
Poletti
Griffith
Banner
Morris Klein
Oakland Truck Sales Co
Pittsburgh
Boen‘ner
Klein
Dutch Favor Guns Over Butter Policy Unveiled
Premier Willem Drees presented a cabinet program in the Hague aimed at heavier military spending and tighter austerity. The plan foresees subsidy reductions and price increases on sugar, cereals, bread, fats, and other commodities affecting about 10 million Dutch citizens.
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The
Hague
Willem Drees
18 More Casualties In Korea Reported
The Defense Department identified 18 additional U S casualties in Korea. List 252 reports one combat death three wounded 15 missing and one death from accidental injuries.
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Washington
Defense Department
U.S
Korea
No Sex Appeal in Duel Says Cugat's Agent
Barranquilla dispatch reports Xavier Cugat’s spokesman dismissing a planned duel with a newspaperman as without seriousness and lacking sex appeal. The incident ended with Cugat not appearing and the maestra calling it closed.
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Cugat
Barranquilla
Colombia
Xavier Cugat
Herman
Mateus Becerra
Maestra
Fiesta day in Tijuana blends Irish pride and Mexican welcome
In Tijuana on March 17 the Fiesta de la Irish celebrates St Patrick with a green tequila gimmick at the O Cucaracha Cantina and a planned St Patrick’s Day parade down Avenida de Revolucion featuring Irish and Mexican participants. The Agua Caliente racetrack hosts its first Saturday races with the Shamrock Handicap named for the day. Local officials and residents embrace the cross national celebration as a festive welcome to Irish and Mexican traditions.
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O'Karquez
Chamber of Commerce
Jorge D. O’soler
Mexico
Phil Regan
Avenida de Revolucion
Ireland
Pan American World Airways
Agua Caliente
San Diego
Mal Donnelley
LavorAy
Inés
Pedro O“Martinez
Cohen Seeks Clean Tax Record In Secret Grand Jury
In Los Angeles on March 17 a special federal grand jury began reviewing Mickey Cohen income tax returns. Assistant U. S. Attorney Ray Kinnison said it will likely take at least two weeks before voting on indictment for tax evasion. Cohen testified he fears the Sicilian mafia and blamed the secret Black Hand for threats. He discussed Washington Confidential and alleged political-underground ties. U.S. Attorney Ernest Tolin planned to seek indictments against Cohen and his wife La Venne for joint returns.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Hound
U. S
Ray Kinnison
Cohen
Kinnison
California
Sileilian
Black Hand
Washington
U.S
Ernest Tolin
la Venne
Actress in Kidnap Case May Be Freed
San Francisco reports film actress Madge Meredith may be freed after two years in Tehachapi prison for plotting to kidnap and assault Nick Gianaclis and another man. The California Adult Authority recommended commutation to time served, noting no innocence claim, as Gianaclis now seeks marriage. Gov. Warren will consider the board’s request.
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San Francisco
TRY
Madge Meredith
Miss Meredith
California Adult Authority Board
Tehach
API
Nick “Gianaclis
Walter 4. Gordon
Gianeclii
Verne Vinson
Laurel
Gianaelli
Davis
Gianaclis
Meredith
Midwest Winter Weather Grips Nation With Snow and Cold
The Associated Press reports wintry conditions across the United States with snow sleet and sub freezing temperatures. The Midwest records the coldest spell with near zero readings in Michigan Wisconsin and the Dakotas while snow falls in Pennsylvania New York northern New England Montana and Colorado.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Pennsylvania
New York
New England
Montana
Colorado
Michigan
Wisconsin
Monite
Minnesota
Dakotas
St Patrick Fete Ends in Riot in New Westminster
In New Westminster on March 17 the St Patrick Day parade staged a day early by Duke of Connaught and Trapp Technical high schools sparked a riot. Rivalry drew over 500 students into vandalism and fights, with windows smashed and doors kicked. Four ringleaders were detained by police as teachers moved to end the annual event.
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New Westminster
B. C
Duke of Connaught
Trapp Technical High
Toom
St. Fatrick’s Day
Armed Forces Day Rites Planned Nationwide
The Department of Defense announced a memorial service on Armed Forces Day May 15 to honor those who died and to remind the public of sacrifice by active service members. The chaplains board prepared a special prayer and an interchange program will have civilian clergy lead locally while military chaplains take civilian pulpits.
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Washington
Department of Defense
Armed Forces
Department
Armed Forces’ Chaplains’ Board
Warren's Aid Sought in San Diego Transit Strike
Striking bus drivers and company officials halted negotiations and union reps telegraphed Gov. Warren asking help to end a six day-old San Diego transit strike. The union demanded the company pay cents per man hour into a health and welfare fund after drivers rejected a paid health and hospital insurance offer.
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San Dinu
Barl Warren
San Diego
AC Strike Ends in Pittsburgh Wage Increase Agreement
A five day strike by 1800 workers at four Allis Chalmers plants in Pittsburgh ended with a new agreement. The accord provides an average 14 cent hourly wage increase.
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Pittsburgh
Allis‘Chalmers Co
Judge seeks revocation of pension for killer ex-GI
In New York on March 17 an angry judge said he will seek to revoke the pension of ex-GI John C. Casey who can collect at least $20,000 from the government while imprisoned in Sing Sing. Casey, 20, was sentenced to 10 to 20 years for manslaughter after beating Peter J. OConnor in a Brooklyn lumber yard last October. He already drew a life pension of $199 a month for loss of a leg, amputated after an injury in Japan during a previous escape attempt. Judge Samuel Leibowitz called the arrangement “outrageous” and said he will push for the maximum sentence and pension revocation.
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York
Sing Sing
John C. Casey
Peter J. O'Connor
Brooklyn
Casey
Japan
Samuel Leibowitz
Kings County Court
Tokyo
Leibowitz
Gunners Keep 24 Hour Watch At Zoo For Gorilla
In St Louis a 400-pound gorilla named Phil is shot with a BB gun whenever he scratches his itching left heel. Zoo director says it’s for Phil’s own good and attendants patrol 24 hours to prevent wounds. Phil resists at first but ducks his head to avoid the sting. The gun watch began yesterday.
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T. Louis, Mo
Phil
Zoo
George
Vierheller
Seal Beach Group Votes Down Move to Buck Marina
Seal Beach residents at a chamber meeting voted against opposing the Alamitos Bay marina plan. The 13 to 13 tally left the motion in doubt as the Army Corps of Engineers planned a hearing in Long Beach City Hall.
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Seal Beach
Buck Marina
Chamber of Commerce
Alamitos Bay
U. S Army Corps of Engineers
Long Beach
Fred Sykes
Long Beach Chamber of Commerce
Dick Laynes
W. L. Robertson
Louis Reese
Belmont Shore Businessmen's Association
Marina
Ocean Blvd
Spain Receives Five Million Wheat Credit From U S Bank
The Import-Export Bank granted Spain a 5.9 million dollar credit to buy wheat. Part of an 862.5 million dollar U S loan in Spain, the credit will be used to purchase grain in the United States and ease a temporary shortage in Spain before the harvest.
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Washington
Spain
U.S
Britain Buys Mexican Canned Meat for Ration Support
London report states Britain has purchased 3,500,000 pounds of canned Mexican meat from the United States to bolster meager rations. A Food Ministry spokesman did not disclose the price and said no similar purchases are expected to follow regularly.
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Britain
U. S
London
Ain
United States
Food Ministry
Woman to Die for Plane Blast Takes 23 Lives
Quebec reports Mrs. Arthur Fitre sentenced to hang for complicity in the Sept. 9, 1949 Canadian Pacific Airlines bombing that killed 23. She is to be executed July 20 as the third person tied to the air disaster, alongside mastermind J. Albert Guay and accomplice Genereux Ruest.
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Quebec
Arthur Fitre
Fitre
Canadian Pacific Airlines
J. Albert Guay
Pit
Man Awaits Fate in Nightgown Killing
Samuel B. Sampson, 39, was found guilty of second degree murder after a seven and a half hour jury deliberation. He faces possible life imprisonment after a psychiatric and probation report is reviewed by Recorder Gerald W. Groat before sentencing on March 23. The defense claimed insanity.
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Delkuit
Maren
Samuel B. Sampson
Sampson
Gerald W. Groat
Vivian Stanley
Spreckels’ Fourth Wife Files Divorce Suit
Margaret Lee Spreckels, fourth wife of sugar heir John D. Spreckels II, sues for divorce in Los Angeles saying she fears for her life. She seeks custody of their two‑month‑old son John IV and alimony, noting their Nov 1949 marriage in Yerrington and listing previous wives’ settlements and monthly payments.
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Los Angeles
John D. Spreckels
Margaret Lee Spreckels
John IV
Yerrington
Spreckels
Roxana Brown Spreckels
Mary Lavinia Spreckels
Lou Dell Sprec_kels
Senate Studies Oil Reserves
Sen Hunt named chairman of a Senate armed services subcommittee to study naval petroleum reserves at Elk Hills Buena Vista Hills Teapot Dome Casper and Northern Alaska. The reserves would be produced only after Congress authorizes.
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Washington
Hunt
D-Wyo
Senate, Armed Service
Russell
D.-Ga
Lyndon Johnson
D.-Tex
Knowland
R.calif
Elk Fillls
Calif
Buena Vista Hills
Teapot Dome
Casper
Wyo
Alaska
Congress
Building collapse kills four in Rome housing war families
A former school building housing bombed-out World War II families in Rome collapsed today, killing four and injuring nine. Authorities said about 20 families were living there and feared more victims could be found in the rubble.
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Rome
Two Pierce College Students Plan Colorado Canoe Trip
Two Pierce College students, Jerry Richardson aged 21 and Dick Morgan 19, departed from Needles California to descend the Colorado River to Yuma Arizona. They will portage around Parker and Laguna dams and expect to return late next week.
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Los Angeles
Pierce College
Colorado River
Jerry Richardson
Dick Morgan
Needles
Calif
Yuma
Ariz
Parker
Laguna
Irish Gifts Shamrocks Placed at Paris Meeting
Paris March 17 Irish Delegate John O Driscoll placed a shamrock on every desk of the Council of Europe foreign ministers committee member as a St Patrick s Day gesture during the Paris meeting.
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Paris
Council of Europe
Committee of Foreign Ministers
John O’driscoll
Frustrated lover jailed in bank robbery attempt
In San Francisco on March 17, Corporal James Wheelock, a Tucson-based soldier, held up a bank seeking money for marriage. He demanded $5000, used a cashier as a shield, and fled in a seized auto before police intervened. Wheelock was jailed after the botched attempt yielded $2100.
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AN Francisco
James Wheelock
Wheelock
San Francisco
Tucson
Ariz
Iran grants land to peasants in Davudabad ceremony
In Davudabad near Tehran 43 peasants received eight hectares each under Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi's land reform plan. They will pay 2812 rials annually for 25 years. Premier Razmara was assassinated two weeks earlier. Hussein Ala accompanied the Shah amid heightened security.
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Davudabad
Iran
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Massayab Bardahdar
Tehran
Shah
Russia
Ali Razmara
Hussein Ala
Razmara
Barcelona Mayor Removed in Strike
Madrid reports Franco government replaces Barcelona provincial governor Eduardo Baeza Alegria over handling of the general strike and disorders this week. Government meeting dominated by strike and riots as workers protest high living costs.
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Madrid
Spain
Francisco Franco
Barcejona
Eduardo
Baeza Alegria
Barcelona
Heiress Doris Duke Arrives in Honolulu
Honolulu reports tobacco heiress Doris Duke has arrived to spend a short vacation at her Diamond Head home. Her husband, Dominican diplomat Porfirio Rubirosa, has joined her there.
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Honolulu
Doris Duke
Diamond Head
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