Wallace Beery Dies At 60 In Beverly Hills
Wallace Beery, 60, renowned for his good humored hard boiled characters, died last night at his Beverly Hills home from a heart ailment. Beery, in pictures 36 years, was conscious to the end and his estranged wife Rita Beery, brother Will Beery, adopted daughter Carol Ann, and nephew Noah Beery Jr. were with him. He survived a heart strain last summer and underwent hospital care on November 19. Born in Kansas City, he joined a circus at 16 and later became a successful stage and screen performer. His long film career began in 1913 and he emerged as a top money making star in the 1930s and 1940s with credits including Tugboat Annie and The Honest Thief.
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Police hunt for Bronx boy slayer after grisly murder
Eight year old Jack Goldsmith was found dead in an abandoned Bronx amusement park recess with a belt around his neck and a handkerchief in his mouth. Police inspector Sasseider said detectives hunt the killer described as a 40 year old man seen with the boy earlier while fourteen children identified a suspect matching the description. The district attorney said no new progress was made hours after the discovery.
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Young Farmer Confesses In Slaying Case
Dover Delaware AP report says a 16 year old farmer confessed that he and his mother murdered 70 year old Wade Woodridge of Bedford Virginia. The two were charged with homicide and disposal of the body after an October 10 slaying. Robert Vernon Brennan Inez Gertrude Brennan and Robert's half brother Raymond were detained as suspects. The body was burned and dumped at Dover City dump after temporary burial in a pig pen.
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Herbert Barnes
Delaware
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Robert
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Brewery Workers Accept Contract for Cincinnati Area
About 2,200 brewery workers across nine Cincinnati area plants approved a new contract. It provides election day as a holiday and wage boosts for night shifts: five cents extra per hour for second shift, ten cents for third shift. Retroactive to March 15, the agreement was approved by locals 175, 199 and 12 of the International Union of the United Brewery Workers CIO.
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Cincinnati
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Independent
Three-Man Gang Member Admits Bank Thefts in Baltimore
West Virginia troopers report Roy Mann 38 a former military policeman confessed to taking part in two Baltimore daylight robberies netting about 3 000 and 33 000 He said his two accomplices were his brothers in law James Burnett and Carl Close Both men were sought in Pennsylvania for a grocery holdup Police link the trio to three lesser robberies in Pennsylvania and a bank heist at Follansbee West Virginia Union Trust Walbrook branch and Occidental Savings in Belmore were also connected with about 30 000 recovered The gang abducted two Weirton officers after the Follansbee raid and a rookie witness questioned Mann in Belmore remarks
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Ligonier
Follansbee
Weirton
Follawsbee Bank
Republicans push full discussion on Atlantic Pact
Senate Republicans vow a full discussion of the North Atlantic Security Pact in response to charges of delaying Truman programs. Taft says the nation demands thorough debate on the treaty and arms policy. Witness hearings may begin April 27, run a month or six weeks, with about 100 witnesses planned.
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Free Ireland Proclamation Will Be Read
In Dublin the Free Republic of Ireland will be proclaimed on Easter Monday at the GPO on O Connell Street marking the end of British rule. Prime Minister Costello designates Independence Day and cites tributes to Easter Week rebels of 1916 with the tricolor to be raised and saluted by troops loyal to Ireland.
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Two Persons Die in Cincinnati Auto Collision
In Plainville, Cincinnati, two people died when ejected from their car in a two car crash last night. Identified by papers as Robert Blust 27 and Violet Berger 22 both residents of Cincinnati. Both suffered skull fractures.
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State approves 81270 to finish Columbus conservation building
The State Conservation Commission approved spending 81270 yesterday to complete a conservation division building in Columbus. The facility will house a wood working shop a automotive equipment shop storage space a motor pool and some office space.
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Salmon Beach Threatened by Cliff Collapse Panic
Tacoma, Wash. A massive cliff slide into Puget Sound near Salmon Beach sparked panic as residents fled to the shore after a loud roar and tidal surge. Coast Guard investigated. reports say up to a third of a mile of cliff may have toppled, demolishing a private dock. Salmon Beach, two miles north of Point Defiance, housed about 300 people who feared an earthquake.
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Youth Slays Man and Holds Off Police on Long Island
Dewitt Combs, 22, of Wantagh New York, killed Francis Fay 58 and wounded his wife and daughter in a dawn attack in Merrick. After a one hour standoff using a pistol he surrendered following tear gas. Police said Combs was in love with one of the Fay daughters but the parents objected.
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Leading Republicans Doubtful Drive To Cut Spending Will Get Far
In Sofia Bulgaria Foreign Minister Vassily Kolarov is a likely successor to ill Premier Georgi Dimitrov, with government statements pending on his trip to Russia. In Washington several top Republicans doubt any government spending cuts will go far this year. Taft says he is hopeful but not optimistic. The Senate weighs larger appropriations while Truman presses for new taxes to cover deficits. This fiscal clash follows House approval of over 30 billion in measures and continuing questions over Marshall Plan funding.
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Ex-banker’s $883400 missing funds nearly recovered
FBI efforts to recover nearly a million dollars stolen from National City Bank progress with $6620 found in ex-banker Richard Crowe’s Staten Island home by his wife Honora. Remaining $650 unaccounted for. Crowe faces four embezzlement indictments. pre-trial tests ordered. Victories include cash, bonds, and other funds located across attic, parents’ home, creditors, and even a grave. Local authorities tracked money from Florida to ocean despite Crowe’s claims.
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Four Killed in West Toledo Car Crash
Four people died and three were seriously injured in a head on crash about ten miles west of Toledo. The deceased include Georgia Stevenson of Detroit fifty three? No, thirty three, and William J Nichols fifty five? Not definite. Eston J Nichols forty eight, of Barre Vermont. A fourth person was tentatively identified as Nichols wife. Injured are Mrs Stevenson’s husband Jess thirty five and two daughters Sandra six and Janet three. Eston Nichol’s eastbound car skidded on wet pavement and collided with Stevenson’s westbound vehicle.
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Outdoor Easter Dawn Services Planned Across Nation
Associated Press reports millions will gather at outdoor Easter dawn services from the Wichita mountains near Lawton Oklahoma to Pasadena Chicago Miami and Washington. Large crowds include 200000 expected in Oklahoma and 75000 in D C with broadcasts NBC and overseas links.
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Fair Weather Predicted for Easter Sunday
The sun will shine over most of the nation Easter Sunday with cool morning temperatures in the thirties to forties along the East, Great Lakes, and interior New England. Showers possible on the lower east coast of Florida and scattered showers from North Dakota through Montana.
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Defies Judge and Survives Golden Gate Plunge
Red bearded Robert L Niles a 22 year old Oakland stunt man defied a judge s warning and survived a 243 foot jump from the Golden Gate Bridge. He used a parachute and rope tied to the railing to slide down and open the chute at 200 feet witnesses said he surfaced about a foot and a half underwater police arrested him for disturbing the peace and public nuisance and jailed him before bail was posted and he was released five hours later.
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Authorities Continue Hunt For Little Girl
Springfield Ohio authorities intensify search for Sandy Robison missing from a farm yard west of the city. Sheriff J Arthur Shuman notes many clues checked with no results and flags a possible link to her missing father William Robison, 33, who has been absent about three weeks. A connected theory involves a kidnap by a motorist. An escaped convict, Clovis Lee Williams, 22, was arrested nearby after Sandy vanished.
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