Ex shipyard worker jailed after dynamiting attempts
Beverly Hills police hold 51 year old William J Ward on suspicion of attempted murder after four dynamite parcels exploded near officials connected to the California Industrial Accident Commission. Ward, suffering disability in a shipyard fall, was en route to a rehearing for his claim when the blasts damaged H D Hover’s home. Ward carried dynamite and targeted other commission figures, leaving a note about shaking medical racketeers.
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Beverly Hills
Cal
William J. Ward
Ward
H. D. Hover
Ciro’s
David Weller
California Industrial Accident Commission
Weller
Hover
C. H. Anderson
Commission
F. W. Ilfield
General Hospital
Anderson
Acheson Ready for Final Talks on Pact
Secretary of State Acheson nears final talks on the North Atlantic alliance after an encouraging Senate Foreign Relations Committee session. Lawmakers led by Lodge and Connally weigh wording to avoid US war commitments while seeking Western Europe security assurances. Acheson reports progress though no committee agreement. Canada and six nations must accept proposed terms.
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Washington
Acheson
North Atlantic
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Canada
United States
Congress
Lodge
Connally
D-Tex
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Senate
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Philadelphia Transit Strike Costs Rise Rapidly
The nine day strike has cost Philadelphia's business and industry an estimated 60 million dollars, with daily losses around 10 million. Eleven thousand workers lost wages totaling about 650 thousand, and the Philadelphia Transportation Company faces roughly 1.75 million in lost revenue. The CIO Transport Workers Union signals a prolonged walkout without wage concessions, planning to seek national CIO support if the strike continues past Monday. Michael Quill asserts the CIO will back the fight, warning the situation is deteriorating.
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Philadelphia
Chamber of Commerce
America
Philadelphia Transportation Company
Cio-Transport Workers Union
CIO
Michael Quill
CIO Transport Workers Union
S.O.S
Alan Heywood
Quill
Jap Defendants Sentenced to Hang in Philippines Trial
In Manila 14 Japanese defendants, 13 former Imperial Navy officers and one enlisted man, were sentenced to hang after a Philippine Army Commission found them guilty on 20 counts of murder and rape. The crimes involved raping and murdering Filipino and Chinese civilians at Infanta, Luzon in 1945, marking the largest and longest war crimes trial held in the Philippines.
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Manila
Philippines
Philippine Army
Imperial Navy
Infanta
Luzon
Intruder Sought In Springfield
Springfield police hunted an intruder after a beating stabbing and criminal assault on 50 year old widow Maude Needham. The nurse was found in critical condition at City Hospital after being grabbed in her kitchen and dragged to cellar steps during a reported disturbance last night.
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Springfield, O
Springfield
Maude Needham
City Hospital
Rent Controls Blasted By Tulsa Preacher Before Congress
The Rev. Wallace J. Murphy told the House Banking Committee he opposes rent controls calling them ungodly and un-American and said he is quitting the rental housing business. He denied a mass eviction plan but said many landlords support such protests. Lawmakers offered no comment as he spoke.
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Washington
Wallace J. Murphy
Tulsa
Okla
House Banking Committee
Murphy
Landlords Association
Committee
United States
Economic Data Will Be Ready By March 1st
Washington AP report on congressional hearings as lawmakers race to write a diagnostic report by March 1 on economic policy. Inflationary pressures remain, with OMahoney noting possible inflation ahead. Debates center on whether to pursue price and wage controls or a hands off approach, after business leaders opposed controls and labor and farm leaders urged government steps to stabilize the economy.
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Washington
Truman
O'Mahoney
Dwye
Joint Congressional Committee
Congress
O'’Mahoney
Accord Sought On Key Points In Labor Bill
Washington AP Republicans push for agreement on three labor bill issues. Taft cites closed shop national emergency strikes and penalties on secondary boycotts as main obstacles. Ives expects GOP unity and doubts several Democrats will join. Feinsinger testified for the Labor Committee.
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Washington
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Ives
Senate Labor Committee
Three Held on Dope Charge in Cincinnati Area
Three persons including a jazz band drummer were held on $1000 bonds for illegal possession of marijuana. Identified by federal narcotics agent Roy Anderson were William Maddox 23 Cincinnati drummer in a Newport Ky club James Quisenberry 27 Winchester Ky and John Simmons 21 Cincinnati. Hearing set for February 23. Marijuana valued over $1000 was confiscated. Chicago listed as origin, brought from Winchester.
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Cincinnati
Roy Anderson
William Maddox
Newport
Ohio River
James Quisenberry
Winchester
John Simmons
U. S
J. Paul Georghegan
Anderson
Man Is Killed. Officer Shot In Gun Battle
In Mansfield Ohio a police lieutenant and a police officer engaged in a gun battle with Robert Dilgard in his east end home. Dilgard was killed by Patrolman Carl Berry while Lieut. William J. Taylor was wounded three times and listed in fair condition. Dilgard reportedly threatened family members before barricading himself. a tear gas device was sought to aid the assault.
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Mansfield, O
Mansfield
William J. Taylor
Robert Dilgard
East End
Carl F. Berry
Dilgard
Lieut
Taylor
Berry
Hollywood Jewel Thief Targets Film Stars in Plan
New Rochelle AP report says Gerald G. Dennis admitted plans to rob Hollywood stars including Jack Benny Bette Davis Eddie Cantor Edgar Bergen Olivia de Havilland Dorothy Lamour Harold Lloyd Mary Pickford William Powell and others. He aroused in Westchester County on burglary and felonious assault charges and was held for grand jury action after police found a trunk of gems in Beverly Hills. He claimed to have robbed 16 Westchester homes of jewels and furs worth about 140000 while confessing to his criminal career.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Gerald G. Dennis
Hollywood
Canada
George M. Fanelli
Westchester County
Dennis
Jack Benny
Bette Davis
Eddie Cantor
Edgar Bergen
Olivia de Havilland
Dorothy Lamour
Harold Lloyd
Mary Pickford
William Powell
Cleveland
Fanelli
Beverly Hills
Cal
12 Dead In Coventry Plane Collision Over England
A twin engine Dakota and a small plane collided near a hospital in Coventry England killing at least 12. Deputy Fire Chief S J Bossonade said one victim was tentatively identified as American and the Dakota was believed to be operated by British European Airways. A military ID card was found on a body.
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Coventry
England
S. J. Bossonade
Bossonade
British European Airways
Midlands
Reward Offer On Obrist Murder Expires Tonight
A $1,600 reward for solving the murder of Dr. George E. Obrist expires tonight. Two score donors will receive refunds. Detective Chief John G. Smith says the Portsmouth Police Department still knows no more about motive or the killer than after the Aug 1 1947 shooting of the physician and surgeon in his backyard.
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Portsmouth
George E. Obrist
John G. Smith
Cleveland widower killed by dump truck in accident
Henry Betcher a 70 year old widower was struck and killed by a dump truck yesterday in Cleveland authorities said the incident remains under investigation by local police and traffic investigators.
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Cleveland (Ap
Henry Betcher
Delta Queen to sail Mardi Gras river cruise from Cincinnati
The Delta Queen, Green Line's reconditioned inland river packet, will depart Cincinnati harbor late today for a week long Mardi Gras trip down the Ohio and Mississippi rivers with 210 passengers. Stops include Louisville Paducah Memphis and Natchez. The voyage marks the line's 15th Mardi Gras jaunt and the ship's role as a floating hotel in New Orleans. Captain Tom Greene will helm the craft with his 81 year old mother Mary B. Greene, the Ohio Mississippi River system's only licensed woman pilot, starting her 59th year in the role.
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Cincinnati
Green Line
New Orleans
Ohio
Mississippi
Cincinnati Company
Greene Line
United States
Maritime Commission
Panama Canal
Inland Waterways System
Sacramento
San Francisco
Cal
Louisville
Paducah
Memphis
Natchez
Tom Greene
Mary B. Greene
Ohio- Mississippi River System
New Cold Air Strikes West Across Regions
A fresh mass of cold air from Canada sent temperatures plummeting to sub zero levels in the western storm belt. Snow and strong winds accompanied the front across northern Wyoming and the Dakotas and southeastern Nebraska, pushing south into Minnesota Wisconsin Iowa and Kansas. Ice rain snow and floods battered the Pacific northwest with farmland under water from the Mississippi river?
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Associated Press
Canada
Wyoming
Dakotas
Nebraska
North Central States
Mercury
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Iowa
Kansas
Pacific Northwest
Williamette River
Midwest
Middle Atlantic States
Dutch progress in Indonesian policy ahead of Batavia talks
In The Hague a government drive to resolve Indonesia policy gained backing from a parliamentary branch. Cabinet officials will meet with Beel to settle details as questions loom over releasing Indonesian native Republican leaders. Dr Van Maarseveen led overseas affairs reforms amid a cabinet clash with Dr Assasen about the policy.
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The
Hague
Nethe Lands
Louis J. M. Beel
Rich East Indies
Java
Sumatra
United Nations Security Council
J. H. van Maarseveen
Beel
Batavia
Emanuel Asassen
Railroad Sues Camton Trucking Firm Over Derailment
The Pennsylvania Railroad filed a $75,000 lawsuit in Cleveland against a Camton trucking firm and Latavo Brothers Incorporated alleging a truck derailment caused a train crash at a Uhrichsville crossing last October. The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York was named co-defendant.
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Railroad
Cleveland
Pennsylvania Railroad
Camton
Uhrichsville
Latavo
Slaying in Waldo Hotel Room Sparks Pursuit Inquiry
A partly clad woman was found stabbed to death in a 322 North High Street Waldo Hotel room. A bellboy pursued a man described as 45 to 50, navy jacket, bloodied shirt, but the suspect fled after threats. The victim, 30s to 40s, registered with a man, identified as Mr and Mrs A Warren. The case mirrors a previous unsolved murder next door at the Ohio Hotel last March.
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Columbus
Waldo Hotel
N. High St
A. Warren
James Mullins
Coleman Merchant
Robert A. Evans
Mona McBride
Ohio Hotel
Waldo
Miss McBride
Snow in West Will Benefit Crop Report
West's heavy snows have been hard on livestock but may aid this year's crops. Cattle and sheep should find lush foraging as grass and hay thrive with soil moisture from the snows. Wheat and other plains grains face risks from potential long freezes and spring floods.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kansas
Utah
Colorado
California
Parking Meter Rule Ordered With No Exceptions
Sanian California AP reporter describes Police Commissioner Allen Mandy ordering that every parking meter violator be given a ticket with no exceptions. Mandy appeared in police court carrying a parking ticket and a dollar bill. He met Police Chief B A Hershey on exit, each holding a dollar bill and a parking ticket.
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Sanian Ana
Calif
Allen Mandy
Mandy
B. A. Hershey
Rule Of House Backfires On Pension Act
Washington reports that Rep Rankin leading the Dixie Democrats forced a vote on a veterans pension bill despite leadership opposition. The rule aimed to block coalition delays but Rankin pledged March 14 for the measure. President Truman, a VFW member, stressed limits to government finance amid global tensions.
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Washington
Rankin
D-Miss
Rules Committee
Dixie Democrats
House
Truman
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Six Steubenville Men Confess Wire Theft at Hanna Mine
Sheriff Clarence Eberts said six men from Steubenville confessed to stealing a 3400 pound spool of wire from the Hanna Coal Company Mine in Georgetown Ohio. Charges have not yet been filed.
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Steubenille
Clarence Eberts
Jefferson County
Hanna Coal Company
Georgetown
Steubenville
State considers special prosecutor in Gif ford murder case
Gov Lausche may decide today on Athens County grand jury request to appoint a state attorney general or assistant as special prosecutor in the Eleanor Gif ford murder case. The 52 year old Episcopal church worker was found beaten to death January 3 at her home near Athens. Two youths, Harry Dodds Jr. and Grover Rawlings, have been bound over to the grand jury. a third man is sought. Dodds admitted bludgeoning during a burglary and implicated Rawlins. Delegation of Episcopal clergy with Taft handed the governor the request.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Athens County
Eleanor Gifford
Episcopal Church
Athens
Harry Dodds, Jr
New Straitsville
Pvt
Grover E. Rawlings
Ft. Knox
Dodds
Paul
E. Brown
Church of the Good Shepherd
Miss Gifford
Brown
George Bateman
Rawlins
Episcopal
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
Southern Ohio
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