Storm coverage stains midwest with Czech trials and snow
The report details a Prague trial in which Slansky and nine others, mostly Jews, face death for high treason and espionage amid a wider anti Moscow conspiracy. It links the executions to postwar purges, notes foreign reactions, and records heavy snowfall with multiple state weather impacts across the Midwest.
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Two Stab Youths Steal Car Then Wreck On Coast Highway
Redondo Beach police report two youths who stabbed a boy in East Los Angeles area Wednesday night, stole his car, and wrecked two vehicles on Pacific Coast Highway early today, injuring two people. Silvario Bernal of San Gabriel is in critical condition at Los Angeles General Hospital from knife wounds. A stolen car sideswiped a parked car on Francisca Street then crashed into a Huntington Beach resident’s car. Navy enlisted man Jack Berthard was among those involved.
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H Lloyd D. Wood
Francisca St
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Yorktown St
Huntington Beach
Jack Berthard
Pacific Reserve Fleet
Long Beach
Miss Jane Russell of Sapporo Declared Beauty Queen
The Japan News names 23yearold Yasuko Abe Miss Jane Russell of Sapporo after a contest to select the girl with the most perfect bust. Judges did not disclose measurements.
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Japan News
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Refinery Worker Arrested in Triple Assault Case
A 24 year old oil refinery worker William Baker of Wilmington was arrested after being identified in a police lineup as the suspect in three attacks on San Pedro women within an hour. Det Bright spotted him Tuesday and he was re booked on a felony charge after the victim Sophie Matson, 33, of San Pedro, required hospital treatment for head injuries and a fractured nose.
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C. J. Bright
William Baker
King Ave
Wilmington
Baker
Sophie Matson
10Th St
Santa visits leukemia patient Douglas Stevens in Lindsay
In Lindsay Ontario Santa Claus visited four year old Douglas Stevens a leukemia patient told not to live until Christmas by doctors. The Canadian Legion civic groups and police provided a Christmas tree and gifts for Douglas his sister Sandra Gail 10 and his brother Kenneth 9 while Charles Shum 19 of Inglewood suffered minor injuries from a car incident as two youths fled on foot before police arrived.
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Santa Claus
Douglas Stevens
Douglas
Santa
Canadian Legion
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Kenneth
Charles Shum
Inglewood
14 Patients Killed in Hospital Fire
State Fire Marshal said the building was found inadequate for fire safety after an earlier inspection. Fireproofing funding had been shelved, with bids approved for other state hospitals. Fire trapped children on the top floor as stairways and exits failed, leaving elderly patients and psychotic women scrambling amid smoke and chaos.
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Burdett
Huntington
Associated Press
Inventor Van Arden Dies in Florida Aviation Pioneer
Orlando Florida papers report the death of Frank Van Arden a wealthy inventor pilot and yachtsman after a long illness. His work supported aircraft development including pontoons for amphibian planes and early wind tunnels. His family previously owned the Brookling airplane wing stresses facility and contributed to test methods still used today.
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Florida
Orlando
Portuguese liner captain dies at sea near Cape Verde
Hilarto Felipe Marques aged 55, captain of Portugal's largest liner the Vera Cruz, died aboard the ship as it neared Sao Vincente Cape Verde en route from Brazil to Lisbon. The 21 P750 ton vessel was approaching its destination when the death occurred.
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Hilarto Felipe Marques
Sao Vincente
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