Boston Police Quizzing Three Men In Hold Up
Boston police questioned three ex convict men after seizing 1000 rounds of ammunition and a .38 revolver in a north end house used as a possible stash for the Brink’s vault robbery. An anonymous Newark tip led to the raid and claims by a caller named Horrigan about eight gunmen and seven month planning. Investigators pursue leads with FBI chemists and dust for fingerprints as a multi headed probe continues.
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Boston
North End
John D. Ahearn
Newark
N. J
Ahearn
Jackie Horrigan
Horrigan
Newark Pace
Edward W. Fallon
Brink's, Incorporated
FBI
Brink Office
Brink's, Inc
Mass
New England
Senate Approves Repeal of Oleomargarine Tax
The Senate approved to repeal federal taxes on oleomargarine by a 56 to 16 vote, ending the 10 cent a pound tax effective July 1 and removing other levies on retailers and manufacturers. Stricter labeling rules for oleomar garine in public eating places and triangular packaging for yellow margarine would be required. The vote signals broader aims to cut excise taxes, while next the Hatch Act reform moves forward.
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Washington
Senate
House
Truman
Robert A. Taft
Rohio
John W. Bricker
Ohio
Civil Service Commission
Fire destroys planes at Lake Air Field near Celina
Five airplanes burned in a blaze at Lake Air Field five miles south of Celina, Oklahoma, causing an estimated 20000 to 25000 dollars in damage. Firefighters moved twenty planes into the field as flames menaced two other hangars.
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Celina, O
Lake Air Field
Here
Purple Gang Member Arrested In Florida
Harry Fleischer, a Detroit Purple Gang member, was arrested by four FBI agents at Pompano Beach Florida after 14 months on the run. He faced unlawful flight to avoid confinement related to a Michigan armed robbery conviction and was brought to Miami for removal to Michigan. Also arrested with him was Bernice Jackson alias Hines. Fleischer had been sought since November 1, 1948, and was described as the nation’s No 1 fugitive. Myron Selik remains at large.
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Miami
Fla
Harry Fleischer
Detroit
FBI
Fleischer
Michigan
Pompano Beach
Crawford H. Carson
Bernice Jackson
Hines
Marvin Goldwyn
Toledo
Carson
U. S
Myron
Mike) Selik
Pontiac
Mich
Warren Hooper
Albion
Selik
Denfeld Ouster Sparks Senate Battle Over Commission Validity
Washington AP A heated Senate flareup over Adm Louis E Denfeld's removal as Chief of Naval Operations prompted Sen Tydings to promise all the facts while Sen McCarthy attacked Navy Secretary Matthews and questioned the legality of Denfeld's firing McCarthy displayed a photo he said proved the commission signed by Matthews and Truman valid until 1951 Tydings then held back on Sherman nomination Denfeld, speaking from Westboro Mass, said the commission for his second term is in his possession The Times reports Denfeld plans retirement but declined comment pending Naval District report
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Washington
Tydings
D-Md
Senate
Adm
Louis E. Denfeld
Senate Armed Services Committee
McCarthy
R-Wis
Denfeld
Naval Operations
Secretary of the Navy
Matthews
Truman
Wisconsin
Francis P. Matthews
Harry S. Truman
Forrest P. Sherman
Westboro
Mass
New York Times
Navy
First Naval District
Legion Visitors Routed By Fire Near Downtown
In Columbus a three alarm blaze drove six American Legion Post visitors to the street just before midnight. The fire, likely starting in Curtiss-Wright Post No. 249 clubrooms on the third floor, spread to the vacant fourth floor. Fire Lt. Brockmeyer was overcome by smoke and treated at the scene. First floor storerooms a restaurant a book store and a baby shop were damaged by water. Official damage estimated at 15000 dollars.
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Columbus
American Legion Post
Charles Brockmeyer
Curtiss-Wright Post No. 249
American Legion
Miami Professor Granted Two Year Army Leave
Dr. F Alton Wade of Miami University Geology Department received a two year leave of absence to serve as an operations analyst for the Army Air Forces in Japan. Wade, noted for Antarctic expeditions with Admiral Richard E Byrd, will depart Oxford for duty.
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Oxford, QO
F Alton Wade
Miami University
Army Air Forces
Japan
Dr. Wade
Miami
Antarctic
Richard E. Byrd
Experimental H-Bomb Work Goes Ahead
The government moves forward with preliminary experimental work toward producing a hydrogen bomb. Top officials expect a final decision in weeks, with Truman likely to decide. Gen. Omar Bradley will review military aspects privately, while the State Department studies international control options and possible U.N. actions with Russia.
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Washington
Truman
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Senate House Atomic Committee
State Department
Russia
United Nations
Stalin
Moscow
Acheson
Fatal Fire Claims Life of 12 Year Old Edward Di Leonardo
In Mingo Junction, Ohio, Edward Di Leonardo, 12, died after a gasoline spill on his clothing ignited by a furnace flame. His brother William, 8, was hospitalized in critical condition. Older brothers 19 and 18 helped extinguish the blaze as firefighters fought the fire with water drawn from two blocks away.
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Steubenville, O
Edward di Leonardo
Mingo Junction
Ohio Valley Hospital
William
Joseph Grantonic
di Leonardo
Edward
Thomas
Romeo
Driver Facing Charge In Coal Miner's Death
Lawrence S Frank, 20, of Piedmont Ohio, will be arraigned on a traffic charge Monday after his coal truck allegedly drove on the wrong side of the road, killing miner Silvio Dalpiaz at a road blockade near St Clairsville Belmont County officials say several miners set up the blockade in protest of a three day work week.
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ST. Clairsville
Lawrence S. Frank
Piedmont
Silvio Calpiaz
Lafferty
O. Dalpiaz
Belmont County
John L. Lewis
Mine Workers Union
Flushing
Calpiaz
William H. Irwin
Mele Package
Vincent Froblini, Jr
Arnie Jeffers
Bannock
Frank
Bradfield
Grand Jury
Louis Nucci
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Plane Crash in Spain Kills 16 Aboard Near Tobarra
In heavy fog a Spanish transport plane crashed into a mountain peak 30 miles south of Albacete. All 16 aboard were killed, among them two lieutenant colonels and a major of the air force. The craft was en route from Cartagena air school to Madrid and wreckage burned beyond recognition.
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Albacete
Spain
Here
Tarragona
Spanish Airforce
Madrid
Cartagena
Tobara
Release Ordered for Teen in Fatal Shooting Case
Police Prosecutor Joseph Stearns ordered the release of Lillian Derfush, 18, in the fatal shooting of Kenneth Armstrong, 14. Authorities say she believed the pistol she fired was a harmless cap gun.
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Cleverland
Joseph Stearns
Lillian Derfush
Kenneth Armstrong
Burger Joint On A Cold And Frosty Night
A nostalgic verse celebrates a burger joint as a warm haven on a freezing street. The poem describes sizzling burgers, frying onions, fragrant coffee, and the comfort a hungry passerby finds inside, ending with the sheltering glow of the familiar eatery.
Mighty Mo Sall Stuck In Mud At Chesapeake Bay
Norfolk Va API The 45000 ton battleship Missouri will remain stuck in the mud of Chesapeake Bay until tomorrow at least divers ha ve been sent below the water to blow sand from the propellers with high pressure hoses and to check their condition The Navy dredges a trench from the main channel toward the ship s position a half mile north
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Norfolk
API
Chesapeake Bay
Navy
Future Brighter For War Veteran
AKRON, O. AP The future looks brighter today for George W. Sweeney 29 a war veteran paralyzed from the waist down. The Veterans Administration ruled his disability service connected yielding a total disability pension of 395 a month plus about 4000 in back pension money a 1600 automobile for the handicapped and half the cost of a suitable home. The paralysis followed a tropical infection.
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Akron
George W. Sweeney
Veterans Administration
Sweeney
Fan Call dies in collision with train in Marion
Mrs. Fannie Call, 66, was killed when her car drove into the path of an Erie Railroad passenger train in Marion Ohio yesterday. Police said the accident occurred at a crossing and no other injuries were reported.
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Marion, O
Fannie Call
Erie
Flood threat ease amid cold and mine strike tensions
John L. Lewis faces a new injunction bid by General Counsel Hebert Denham of the National Labor Relations Board to halt a three day week and strikes in the coal fields. Floods lessen in parts of the Midwest but freezing weather burdens refugees as the Mississippi and Ohio valleys face rising waters. Thousands evacuated, while UMW and CIO vow to oppose Denham action and press for bargaining.
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NLRB
CIO
UMW
Washington
John L. Lewis
Hebert N. Denham
National Labor Relations Hoard
Associated Press
Midwest
Plains
Texas
Great Lakes
Ohio River
Idaho
Oregon
California
Pacific Northwest
Plinots
Kentucky
Mississippi
Ohio
Wabash
Arkansas
Tennessee
Cairo, I
Big River
Birds Point
New Madrid
Weather Bureau
Army
Missouri
Cairo
Vincennes
Ind
Lewis
Denham Court
Taft
Trueman
Deneham
Canares
Denham
Truman
Lewe Is
Philip Murra
Lewis’ United Mine Workers Union
Truman News Conference Highlights and Policy Uncertainties
President Truman outlined diverse topics at a news conference. Byrnes is free to run for office as he wishes. A hydrogen bomb production decision remains open. Robert Denham acted solo to halt coal strikes. A Vatican ambassador decision is under study. Vaughan will stay as army aide despite calls for dismissal. Tax program submission to Congress is delayed by technical issues.
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Washington
Truman
James F. Byrnes
Robert Denham
Vatican
Harry K. Vaughan
Congress
Student Admits Slaying College Stenographer
Edward Gibbs, a 25 year old married GI student, confessed to killing Marian Louise Baker, 21, a Franklin and Marshall College stenographer, saying I did it. He signed a four page statement and was taken into custody after walking into the college president's office and declaring I’m your man. No charge was filed pending arraignment as investigators pursue leads from the January 10 death found under a summer cottage near Lancaster.
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Lancaster
Marian Louise Baker
Franklin and Marshall College
Fred Gleason
Edward Gibbs
Gibbs
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Purple Gang
Florida
Louis A. Denfield
Legion
Burns
NEA Telephoto
United Mine Workers
Silidio Dalpats
Lawrence Franks
Taylor
Vatican Post
Myron Taylor
Papal State
Mr. Truman
the ‘Burger Joint
By Gordon Martin
Martin
Bulletin
Theodore Distler
Hannum
Distler
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