Pal Of Slayer Facing Arraignment In Case
In Granite Oklahoma three unarmed guards were injured and two prisoners wounded during a 30 minute riot at the state reform school. Warden Claude Moore said the disturbance appeared planned and used improvised weapons. Guard O W Blackburn was in critical condition.
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Claude F. Moore
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J. D. Woods
S. M. Ledgewood
Illness Postpones Hearing Of Writer Strong
Anna Louise Strong, 64, writer expelled from Russia on espionage charges, was excused from appearing today before a federal grand jury probing subversive activities due to illness. The Justice Department granted a delay at her lawyer’s request after she testified last Friday following arrival from Russia.
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Anna Louise Strong
Russia
Justice Department
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Two trolley cars collide injuring sixty four in downtown Los Angeles
A head on crash between two trolley cars in downtown Los Angeles injuries sixty four passengers, none seriously hurt. Police and emergency crews responded to the scene last night, diverting traffic as investigators began documenting the collision.
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Los Angeles
Cleveland Woman Sues Railroad for 10000 Damages
Agnes Gunning of Cleveland files a $10,000 negligence suit against the New York New Haven and Hartford Railroad alleging a train conductor tolerated rowdy behavior that left her with a leg cut by a bottle.
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Russians Welcome Price Cuts Across Food and Goods
The decree signed by Prime Minister Stalin and G M Malenkov cuts prices on 45 food clothing and other items with bread butter fish and canned goods down 10 percent cheese 20 percent and many garments 12 to 20 percent The measure aimed to boost living standards and spur production amid favorable Soviet press coverage and public reactions nationwide.
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G. M. Malenkov
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Pravda
Russian Mission Ordered Out of U S Zone in Frankfurt
U S Army said a Russian mission handling Soviet repatriation must leave the American zone of Germany by midnight or be escorted to the border. Gen Lucius Clay had ordered removal, with the mission no longer accredited effective March 1, amid warnings to avoid desertion claims.
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U. S
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Vassily D. Sokolovsky
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Clay
Greystone
New Rail Wage Dispute Proposals Aimed to End Strike
Chicago report says railroad carriers and 16 unions drafted fresh proposals to end a wage and hour dispute that could trigger a strike of 1,000,000 non operating employees. They near agreement on enacted 40 hour five day work week terms and plan to compare proposals in a later meeting. The presidential fact finding board had recommended the 40 hour week and issued a clarifying statement stressing a Monday through Friday schedule with weekends off as far as operational needs allow.
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Chicago
Bell Telephone to Expand Video Network to 13 Cities
The Bell System plans a major expansion of its television network this year adding 13 eastern and midwestern cities. The network will cover 2,850 miles linking 27 cities, with Providence and Wilmington joining by summer and Lancaster Erie Rochester Dayton and Cincinnati by fall. By year end the New York Albany co axial line will carry television and a radio relay will extend to Syracuse and neighboring cities.
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Bell Telephone System
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Erie
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Dayton
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German Ship Building Plan Stirs Dispute
Washington dispatch reports American agencies divided over Gen. Clay’s proposal allowing western Germany to build and run ocean going ships, a plan raising Potsdam era tensions with Britain France and the Soviet Union. Odds and objections from ship operators unions and Navy policy makers cloud decision to President Truman. Executive dies Cleveland AP Glenn A. Toaz 64 president of Howe Manufacturing dies at Bedford home.
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Bedford
Jury Convicts Girl Of Assault Battery In Cincinnati
In Hamilton County, 23-year-old Louise Sharpe was found guilty of assault and battery for shooting her druggist boyfriend Paul Streicher after he refused to marry her. The shooting on September 30, 1947 left Streicher paralyzed. Judge Louis J. Schneider will set sentence. maximum penalty six months and $200 fine.
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Louise Sharpe
Hamilton County
Paul Streicher
Streicher
Miss Sharpe
Louis J. Schneider
Schneider
William F. Hopkins
Fire destroys Lima theater in downtown square
In Lima Ohio a Sigma theater blaze on the downtown square caused an estimated 200000 fire loss. Patrolman George Wilson found the fire and firemen fought it for over three hours. A general alarm brought all off duty firefighters. No injuries. Only walls remained. Neighboring Nesbitt candy store and apartments damaged by smoke and water. Fire officials said the fire began in the women's lounge. cause undetermined.
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Lima
George Wilson
Nesbitt
Thousands Celebrate In Annual Mardi Gras
New Orleans woke to a citywide holiday as Mardi Gras parades and masking filled the day. Rex the king, Lester F. Alexander, and his queen Dolly Ann Souchon led a carnivalesque rite of passage with mule drawn floats and champagne toasts, while tens of thousands joined the revelry downtown and along Canal Street.
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Lester F. Alexander
Dolly Ann Souchon
Edmond Souchon
Naide
Boston Club
Canal Street
Axis Sally Nearing End Of Testimony
Washington AP The Axis Sally case nears its end as Mildred Gillars closes her testimony in a treason trial. Defense and prosecution leaders say only hours remain of questioning. Gillars has resisted yes or no answers, often detailing unrelated matters such as her attire from prior days.
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Mildred F
Axis Sally) Gillars
John M. Kelley, Jr
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Frigid Weather Hits South and Northeast Across Dixie Belt
Freezing weather threatens Georgia and South Carolina peach crops while a winter blast blankets Alabama Mississippi Tennessee and North Carolina. The Northeast digs out from heavy snowfall with 12 inch parts of western Massachusetts and 10 inches in New York City and Rhode Island. Travel is hindered by snow and ice as temperatures plunge below freezing and more frigid conditions are forecast for northern and central Georgia.
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Marines Halt Enlistments In March Under Tight Quota
The Marine Corps suspended March enlistments except for 18 year olds and a limited number of women. The halt came as reenlistments rose and overall strength was cut. Reenlistments climbed from 429 in December to about 600 in January, with the March quota for 18 year olds set at 500. About 3,800 of these one year men are already in the Marines.
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Marine Corps
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Marines
King Louis Resigns His Heavyweight Title
Miami Beach AP Joe Louis formally resigns as heavyweight champion of the world. The resignation letter was presented by publicity agent Harry Mendel. Louis did not attend the meeting called by Greene, where Flamen Adae, president of the NBA, joined to announce the move and seek sponsorship for a fight.
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Harry Mendel
Greene
Flamen B. Adae
National Boxing Association
GOP Aid Called in Controversy on Filibuster
Senator Lucas of Illinois urged Republicans to join Democrats in a push to limit debate by requiring a two thirds vote to end filibusters. The move aims to set a rules change to curb Southern opposition to civil rights measures, with a decision by Vice President Barkley looming.
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Cincinnati Pharmacy Holdup Nets Men $386
Two men held up Nadler's pharmacy in Cincinnati's west end stealing 386 dollars from a secret cash drawer in the prescription room. Fred A. Nadler the owner aged 6 reported the robbery to police.
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Cincinnati
Nadler
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Fred A. Nadler
Solomons seeks world heavyweight title shot in Europe
London promoter Jack Solomons claimed the right to fill the world heavyweight title left by Joe Louis. He has Lee Savold under contract and plans a Britain bout for the crown, likely in September, with a British challenger emerging from the June 2 London bout between Freddie Mills and Bruce Woodcock.
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London Impressario
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Paterson
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Bruce Woodcock
Louis resigns NBA post and unveils boxing club plan
Louis submits formal resignation to NBA commissioner Abe J Green and president Flamen B Adae as Harry Mendel presents the letter. He says he formed the International Boxing Club with Arthur M Wirtz and James D Norris to stage the new heavyweight title bout between Ezzard Charles and Jersey Joe Walcott in Chicago in June and that both fighters agreed to defend their crowns within 90 days after the June match.
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Jersey Joe Walcott
Chicago
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NBA
Abe J. Green
Flamen B. Adae
Harry Mendel
Brown
Arthur M. Wirtz
James D. Norris
International Boxing Club
New York
Walcott
Charles
Missing Plane Sought After C-47 Flight
The Air Force hunted a missing C-47 in sparse west Texas with nine aboard. Rescue planes and a helicopter from Biggs Field, El Paso, joined the search, fearing the craft may have gone down in Kerrville Junction or San Angelo prairie. The aircraft was en route from Biggs to Kelly Air Base and remained unidentified by officials.
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Texas
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el Paso
Kelly Air Base
Kerrville Junction
Lonesome Prairies
San Angelo
Hamilton Field
Truman Home Relief Plan Faces Rough Political Scrutiny
Washington lawmakers sharply questioned the cost and scope of President Truman’s proposed home relief program as part of a broad social security expansion. Doughton pressed for study before a stance, Altmeyer cited no vast new system, and Reed warned the plan could barge open the treasury while seeking state matching funds for aid to aged, blind, and dependent people.
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Truman
Doughton
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Ways and Means Committee
Arthur J. Altmeyer
Social Security
Coughton
Reed
New York
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Treasury
Altmeyer
Rele
Strike Postponed in Cincinnati After 1-Day Extension
A midnight strike by 110 AFL Bus Drivers and Capital Greyhound Lines was postponed for 24 hours after a federal conciliator, J. E. Addicks, led talks. Drivers sought higher wages and better working conditions while negotiations were set to continue today.
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AFL
Capital Greyhound Lines Inc
J. E. Addicks
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