Abductor Held After High Speed Mojave Chase
Robert Parrotte, 24, was captured near Amboy after a desert pursuit across the Mojave. Ruth Joan Radwanski, 22, says he forced her into a car, bound her, and led deputies on a 90 mph manhunt from Glendale to San Bernardino before the vehicle was abandoned and Parrotte surrendered at a miner's shack.
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AN Bernardino
Robert Parrotte
Mojave
Ruth Joan Radwanski
Glendale
Parrotte
Greenville
Miss
Barstow
W. E. Hegi
Radwanski
Central Methodist Church
San Bernardino
Victorville
Amboy
Ruth Radwanski
Vern Rasmussen
Associated Press
Allies Seize 682 German Factories
Berlin reports that British American authorities will dismantle 682 German industrial and war plants in the western zones for reparations. Of these, 380 are metal chemical electric shipbuilding or power plants, with others from war industry. The move targets quick European recovery and follows the new industry plan.
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Berlin
Inter-Allied
Soviet Union
Poland
Germany
Lucius D. Clay
Sholto Douglas
U. S
Jerusalem Court Imposes Two Life Terms
A Jerusalem military court sentenced two young Jewish workers to life imprisonment for illegal arms possession. The sentence is subject to review by the Palestine High Commissioner.
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Jerusalem
Palestine High Commissioner
Ruhr plant dismantling sparks union threat of strikes
Policy seen as a blow to German economic revival and employment. Trade unionists threaten non-cooperation in dismantling plants with possible sit-down strikes and demonstrations after the list's publication. Dispatches from the Ruhr forecast protests in the near future.
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Nonco-Operation
Ruhr
Freight Overcharges on Wartime Tents Declared
Attorney General Clark announced a complaint to the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging 718 railroads overcharged the government for wartime shipments of tents and tarpaulins. Rates and classifications from 1942 to 1946 on thousands of carloads were deemed unjust and unreasonable as part of a DOJ wartime freight-rate probe.
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Washington
Clark
Interstate Commerce Commission
Justice Department
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O’keefe
Merritt
Pine Ave
Schick
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de Luxe
Jerusalem Court
Oul
Eliell
Dsoiutoi Ees
Jean
Otter
Pia Aere
New York
Mallory
Columbia First
Rainwear
Columbia
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