Motorist Dies After Drinking Poison in Police Stop
In Ambridge Ohio a motorist halted by state patrolmen Williams and Feightner drank poison and died en route to St. Francis Hospital. The deceased, about 55, had Indiana license tags traced to John David Collins of Indianapolis. Two hitchhikers Emmett Sharrer and Lewis Seals said the man claimed to be an Indiana businessman and were picked up in Uniontown Pennsylvania. Papers bore the name Merrick Lemnert Hipson with no address. other names appeared as emergency contacts. Police noted stolen car report and family denials from A M Collins.
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Ambridge
Ohio
C. C. Williams
Fred Feightner
St. Francis Hospital
W. A. Larrick
Emmett Sharrer
Lewis Seals
Zanesville
Uniontown
Indiana
A. M. Collins
Planes Hunting Unhurt Airmen in Arctic Crash
Search planes scoured the Arctic for a U S Air Force C82 Fairchild Packet crash landing 380 miles north of the Magnetic pole. Seven crew reported safe, in radio contact, with supplies. Plane forced down on a 1100 mile flight from Frobisher Bay to Resolute Bay. rescue units in Goose Bay, Labrador, reported no injuries.
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Edmonton
Alta
Arctic
U. S. Air Force
Barrow Strait
Magnetic Pole
Goose Bay
Labrador
Frobisher Bay
Resolute Bay
Fairchild
Grand Jury Delays Cohen Case Probe
Los Angeles reports a grand jury delaying its probe into police scandal connections with Mickey Cohen. The panel heard 10 witnesses as seven alleged Cohen associates are tied to a beating of radio shop owner A. M. Pearson. Cohen, free on bond, faces alleged murder attempt charges while two associates are in custody. two detectives are suspended amid political ramifications before the April 5 mayoral primary.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
District Attorney's
Cohen
Artery
A. M. Pearson
James Rist
Eli Lavin
Phoenix
Rist
Lubin
Carson
Jack Swan
Set
W. S. Wolfe
Ono
Plane passenger slashed by propeller at Hawthorne
Clyde Henderson Brooks, 31, a passenger in a North Hollywood flight piloted by Clyde Benninghouse, was struck by a spinning propeller at Hawthorne Airport. He sustained compound skull fractures and, despite hospital treatment, remained in grave condition.
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Hawthorne
Clyde Henderson Brooks
Clyde Benninghouse
North Hollywood
Hawthorne Airport
Brooks
Hollywood-Leland Hospital
Physician Indicted on Surgery Charges in County Case
Dr. Arthur E. Pike of 1833 American Ave was indicted by the county grand jury on two counts of illegal operations. Dr. Felix Specter of Los Angeles faced one count. Both men denied the accusations and posted bail. arraignment set for next week in Los Angeles Superior Court.
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Arthur E. Pike
American Ave
Felix Specter
Los Angeles
Chinese Reds Pick Delegates
Chinese Communists named peace delegates and set April 1 to start negotiations to end the civil war. Chou En-lai to head the Communist delegation, which will meet the Nanking government at Peiping. The talks aim to conduct negotiations using Mao Zedong's policy statement and eight points as the basis, a move viewed as surrender if fully carried out.
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Wanking
Chou En-lai
Mao Tzetung
Peiping
China
Nanking
Mao
Li Tsungjen
Banquet leads to Cold War talk at Waldorf Astoria
U S agents and theater figures attended a three day conference opening at Carnegie Hall and the Waldorf Astoria. Norman Cousins warned of outside government influence while Lillian Hellman critiqued host talk. Two thousand pickets braved rain outside as Dmitri Shostakovich and Harlow Shapely urged fruitful parley between Russia and the United States.
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Columbia University
U. S
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Norman Cousins
Saturday Review of Literature
Pars Ant
Lillian Hellman
Cousins
Dmitri Shostakovich
Harlow Shapely
Harvard University
Carnegie Hall
Russia
United States
Recreation Board to Get Pier University April 24
The City Council approved an ordinance placing the University by the Sea under the Recreation Commission for three years starting April 24. A recreation department employee will oversee a campus platform to coordinate speech making debating and singing activities. Enlarged platform area and partitions are planned to reduce interference and harmonize university life. The council gave final reading and adoption to the ordinance granting jurisdiction to the commission.
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Pier 'University
University
Recreation Commission
Suervisor
French See Reds Defeat at Polis
Paris voters head to run off local council elections amid Communist gains in the first round. Communists held 17 of 723 seats, with 23.54 percent of the vote. De Gaulle allied forces plan to back anti Communist candidates to thwart Communist advances in many districts.
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Paris
France
Charles ‘de Gaulle
Rally of the French People
Henri Queuille
de Gaulle
A and P Chain Fined for Restraint Monopolizing Trade
A and P chain and its codefendants paid a 175000 dollar fine for conspiracy to restrain and monopolize trade in a 1946 case that lasted 22 weeks. A and P paid 160000, Business Organization Inc. 19000, and Carl Bycis 5000 for counsel.
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Danville
Great Atlantic and Pacific To., Co
Business Organization, Inc
Carl Bycir
France and Italy Sign Economic Treaty to Unite Economies
In Paris on March 26, France and Italy signed a treaty to align their economies by 1955. The plan calls for a customs union to start next year, with Foreign Minister Robert Schuman of France and Count Carlo Sforza of Italy signing at the same table as the 1947 peace treaty.
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Paris
France i
Italy
Robert Schuman
France
Carlo Sforza
Leaders urge peace amid World War III fears
At a meeting, Shapely and Regge warn against provoking a third world war. Regge says Stalin’s peace talk should prompt the United States to seek talks with Truman. He blames Russia for souring wartime alliances and condemns intransigence on all sides as a road to war.
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Shapely
O. John Regge
U. S
Progressive Party
Stalin
Truman
Russia
Rogge
Dean Acheson
Finale Tonight on Ticket Sale
The Long Beach Civic Music Association closes sales for the 2949-50 concert season today at 6 p.m. Admission requires a membership card. President Howard Patrick notes growing new member interest, with cards valid for the April 1 concert by Benne Moiseiwitsch. Cards sold at Cline Music Headquarters Whitaker's Music Co and other outlets listed.
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Long Beach Civic Music Association
Daniel McGreevy
Whittaker
Ann Pierce
Civic Music Association Board
BP. m
Howard Patrick
Benne Moiseiwitsch
Cline Music
Whittaker's Music Co
E. 3Rd St
W. Atkinson
Humphreys, Morey's
Crery’s Music
Miss Etta H. Howell Dies After Fall
Miss Etta H. Howell principal of Longfellow School and longtime Southern California educator died in Good Samaritan Hospital Los Angeles after a fall at her home at 2191 Eucalyptus Ave Long Beach. She was found unconscious in her bathroom and had been hospitalized since Christmas.
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Etta H. Howell
Longfellow
Long Beach
Southern California
Good Samaritan Hospital
Los Angeles
Eucalyptus Ave
Eight Die From Poisonous Drink on Bowery
New York police searched back alleys and lodging houses along the Bowery for possible alcohol poisonings after a wave of eight deaths. At least four victims reportedly died from a drink called smoke, a deadly mixture of wood alcohol and water. Autopsies were to be performed today. It was the largest death toll from such a cause since prohibition days in the Bowery.
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New York
Bowery
Aid to Howser Il Reinstated After Suspension
Los Angeles March 26 Atty. Gen. Fred W. Howser's special representative AR G Ellsworth Wylie who faced suspension over use of a state automobile and gasoline was restored to his job by the State Personnel Board The board upheld Wylie's 60 day suspension but ruled the attorney general went too far in firing and ordered reinstatement with back pay Also in board action six Napa State Hospital renders were fired after an investigation into charges they beat to death patient Donald G Ebert a 21 year old Richmond Navy veteran
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Los Angeles
G. Ellsworth Wylie
Fred WS. Howser
State Personnel Board
Wylie
Shim
Napa State Hospital
Rerus
Donald G. Ebert
Richmond
Plane Lands in Los Angeles River after Engine Failure
A private plane crash landed in the bed of the Los Angeles River near Grendi Central Airport. Pilot Roger Clark, 34, said engine failure forced the landing yesterday. His passenger A. R. Briscoe and Clark escaped unharmed and signaled a passing bus after climbing the riverbank.
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Lcos Angeles
Los Angeles
Roger Clark
Grendi Central Airport
A. R. Briscoe
Clark
Agreement Delay Blemed on British
A Jewish informant said yesterday that British troops at Aqaba are delaying an Israeli Jordan agreement on armed forces reduction. The spokesman said armistice talks have agreed in principle to cut troops in disputed areas, but Israel insists on reducing the transfer of British troops garrisoning Aqaba.
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Rhodes
Aqaba
Israel
Trans-Jordan
Youth Held in Plot to Kill Italy Premier
Rome report states police arrested a youth accused of threatening to kill Premier Alcide De Gasperi. A spokesman said no attempt occurred and De Gasperi appeared unaware of the threat while he was in the Senate.
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Italy
Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
de Gasperi
Senate
Prizes Awarded for His Hobby Club Exhibits
A boy collects everything from autographed baseballs to door knobs and won first prize for a stamp collection at the YMC A boys department hobby show. Prizes also went to salt and pepper shaker collections, wood carvings, and other hobbies. Local merchants funded awards with Mayor Burton W. Chace as judge. The event is part of the Y Leaders Club program supporting interest and hobby shows ahead of a citywide track meet on April 20.
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Hitler
Jack Holloway
Paul Dansby
Terry Ives
Burton W. Chace
Y Leaders Club
Jwide
Two Air Force Men Die in Crash
A Denver crash report says two airmen died when an 2045 twin engine plane struck an Army Engineer warehouse at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal near Denver. The craft was returning from a routine flight to Hill Air Force Base Utah. Names of the victims were withheld pending notification of kin.
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Denver
Air Force
Rocky
Stranded purse seiner Equator freed from wrecked railway
The 102 foot purse seiner Equator was freed this morning after buckled marine railway at United Concrete Pipe Co Shipyard in Long Beach harbor. Long Beach Marine Repair Co has leased the yard and will overhaul the railway before resuming operations. Crew says yard operators were unaware of the faulty condition.
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United Concrete Pipe Co
Inner Harbor
Long Beach Marine Repair Co
Dave Maxwell
Seventh St
Meredith Port and Goddard Separate in Friendly Divorce Talk
Burgess Meredith announces his separation from Paulette Goddard in New York on March 26. He says the split is completely friendly as both focus on work in different coasts. Meredith’s attorney notes no court action or financial settlement discussions have begun.
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New York
Burgess Meredith
Her
Paulette Goddard
Meredith
Hollywood
William Fitelson
Catholic Dress Rules Ban Bare Shoulders at Milwaukee Proms
Milwaukee March 26 Catholic high school dances face new rules from Archbishop Moses E. Kiley banning bare shoulders and strapless gowns. The directive imposes curfews, limits on date expenses, and requires boys to wear business suits while preventing formal attire. Violators risk dismissal from the prom. issued after parental concerns and a school principals’ agreement across 15 archdiocesan schools.
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Ilwaukee
Milwaukee
Moses E. Kiley
Edmund J. Goebel
Archdiocese
Kiley
Improm
Goebel
Test Pilot to Talk Here in Long Beach Forum
William J. Morrisey of Douglas Aircraft will speak at the Long Beach Chamber of Commerce breakfast forum on Wednesday March 30 at the Wilton Hotel. He describes a decade with Douglas flying missions, training pilots, and a record US Australia flight of 23 hours 47 minutes. Vern Hedden will chair the meeting in Millett’s absence.
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William J. Morrisey
Douglas Aircraft Company
Long Beach
United States
Australia
DCA
Morrisey
Middle West
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Chicago
Seattle
Millett
Vern Hedden
Samp sells Held Without Bail In California Murder Case
PHOENIX March 26 Lloyd E Samp sell the so called yacht bandit from the 1920s was held without bond to face murder and robbery charges in California. The 49-year-old surrendered yesterday after stepping from a plane from Los Angeles. FBI listed him among the nations top criminals. Paroled in 1947 after 18 years in prison, Samp sell led a new crime spree highlighted by a 7890 bank robbery in Los Angeles Thursday. He is also wanted for allegedly killing a man during a 1948 San Diego holdup. An alert airline clerk recognized Samp sell when he bought a ticket to Kansas City, six authorities notified. Two Phoenix police aboard the plane spotted him and planned to arrest him upon landing. A cordon of FBI agents and police took Samp sell into custody.
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Phoenix
Lloyd E. Sampsell
California
Los Angeles
FBI
Sampsell
San Diego
Sampesel
Kansas City
FHI
Simpsell
Dime Store Heiress Will Wed April 19
DETROIT March 26 Mrs Anna Kresge Breckenridge a member of the Kresge family has set April 19 for her wedding to John W Waring Jr of Detroit The ceremony will be in Santa Barbara Calif She is the youngest daughter of Sebastian S Kresge founder of the dime store chain and inherited part of her mother's 50 million estate in 1977.
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Detroit
Anna Kresge Breckenridge
Kresge Sand 40 Cent
John W. Waring Jr
Santa Barbara
Calif
Breckenridge
Sebastian 5. Kresge
Bomb Kills Officer as Plane Drops Explodes Group
In Altillo Mexico on March 25 a bomb dropped from a war plane during maneuvers killed a major and wounded two Mexican army lieutenants observing the drill. The incident occurred as observers were gathered for the exercises.
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Altillo
Mexico
Navy Rocket Goes Up 68 Miles From Ship
The first high altitude sounding rocket launched from a ship soared over 68 miles into the upper stratosphere off Peru during a test from the Norton Sound. Capt. Thomas A. Ahroon reported the Aerobee missiles carried transmitters to relay flight data to the task force near Callao. Aimed at the geomagnetic equator, the tests mark the first U.S. missiles fired from outside White Sands and involved destroyers Agerholm and Richard B. Anderson with civilian scientists led by Dr. J. A. Van Allen of Johns Hopkins.
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Lima
Peru
Pacific Ocean
U.S. Navy
Thomas A. Ahroon
U. S. Navy
Callao
Ahroon
Norton Sound
Navy
United States
White Sands
N. M., Proving Grounds
Norton ‘Sound
Park Avenue matron murdered. lover commits suicide
Police described a love triangle ending in murder and suicide. Helen Reinberg 51 was found strangled in a Park Avenue apartment with a necktie around her throat. The suspect, Jose Del Pino 57, a former university Spanish teacher, left a note blaming heartbreak and stating he was crazy before ending his life beneath a subway train.
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New York
Park Ave
Helen Reinberg
Jose del Pino
Stealer of Orphans Fund Sentenced in Swiss Case
Winterthur Switzerland March 26 Edgar Woog a Communist member of the parliament was sentenced to six months in prison for embezzlement from a wet orphans fund. Four other defendants in the case received terms of one to four months.
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Winterthur
Switzerland
Edgar Woog
Pareliament
City approves Banik Sewer Line on Fifth Street
City Council votes to approve construction of a Banik sewer line along Fifth Street between Nimeno and Tresont Aves. City crews will perform the work. Last match cost $1425 with reimbursement to the city from connecters. Immediate reimbursements total $312.
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Counci
Fifth St
Nimeno
Tresont Aves
Howser Linked to Confidence Man in Real Estate Deal
Attorney General Fred N. Howser charged that a confidence man tied his name to underworld figure Mickey Cohen in a real estate scheme. Lawrence Gordon and Michael Galanty allegedly used Howser’s name to pass a 27000 dollar fake check and claimed Howser deposited 40000 dollars. Gordon, arraigned with a 5000 dollar bond, allegedly bought two Plumleigh properties and sought deeds to be made out to Howser and Cohen. He also faced a 1600 dollar commission accusation.
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Ls Angeles
Fred N. Howser
Mickey Cohen
Howser
Washington
Tidelands
Dist. Atty
William E. Simpson
Lawrence
M. Gordon
Michael Galanty
Gordon
T. N. Plumleigh
Monte
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