Hunt Man In Bizarre Shotgun-Camera Case
The hunt for Al Ruocco in connection with the shotgun camera shooting of Olga Trapani continues across nine states. Police doubt the latest death theory as clothes on Brighton Beach cannot be identified as Ruocco’s and guard protection remains at Roosevelt Hospital for Trapani.
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Miss Pearl Lusk
New York City
Olga Ruocco
Miss Lusk
Ruocco
New York
INS
al Ruocco
Olga Trapani
Brighton Beach
Coney Island
Roosevelt Hospital
Daily Weather Report Summary of US Weather Stats
The report shows 24 hour period ending 9 am with a maximum of 35 and minimum 28 degrees, precipitation 0.46 inches, and river stage 3.7 feet. A separate period at 9 o clock Wednesday records a 27 degree high, 20 degree low, and trace precipitation including snow.
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United States
Ernest Irwin Dies From Burns After Smoking Accident
Ernest Irwin aged 53 of 377 Neshannock avenue died in New Castle hospital after burns from his pajamas catching fire while he slept with a cigarette lit. A former B and O machinist, he had suffered a stroke weeks earlier and leaves a widow Margaret Conn Irwin, a son William R. Irwin, a sister Catherine Gaston, brothers Alex B. and Lynn Irwin, and a granddaughter Judy Ann Irwin. Funeral arrangements are pending at Howard L. Reynolds funeral home.
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Ernest Irwin
Neshannock Avenue
Grocer
New Castle Hospital
Mr. Irwin
B. and O. Railroad
T. F. Nugent
Charles P
Josephine Kerr Irwin
New Castle
International Association of Machinists
Margaret Conn Irwin
Oxford Furniture Plant Fire Devastates Factory
Fire destroyed the Oxford Furniture company plant in Oxford Pa causing an estimated 250000 in damage. Firemen from five communities battled the blaze including Rising Sun Md as flames fed by exploding oil drums and paint consumed machinery furniture and 825000 worth of chromium just delivered.
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Oxford
Oxford Furniture Company
Rising Sun
Winter Snow Sweeps Texas and South States
A cold wave blankets the southern half of the nation with freezing rain sleet and snow. Texas endures renewed snow and travel disruptions from Corpus Christi to the Panhandle while the Rio Grande valley citrus belt and winter vegetable area feel icy effects.
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Arizona
South Atlantic Coast
Texas
Corpus Christi Sea Wall
Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
Charge Bungling In Disposal Of Surplus Goods
A congressional committee finds the governments handling of wartime surplus assets bungled with inefficiency graft and chaos. It warns the program may post a net loss and urges a new committee to continue investigations despite praising War Assets Administrator Littlejohns improvements since last July.
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Washington
Jan
INS
House
Rep
Slaughter
80Th Congress
Littlejohn
WAA
Safeguard Any A-Bomb Secrets From Russia
Two Carnegie Tech physicists Frederick Seitz and Edward Creutz warned that the United States should not share atomic bomb secrets with the USSR while Russia retains a veto in the UN Security Council. They urged offering the bomb only after robust international controls and guaranteed inspections are in place to ensure proper administration.
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Pittsburgh
INS
United States
Ussr
UN Security Council
Carnegie Tech
Frederick Seitz
Department of Physics
Edward C. Creutz
Russia
Few Accidents in Local Traffic Despite Weather
State police reported only a few minor accidents despite hazardous conditions. One alleged injury occurred on the Ellwood City subway area just outside the city, but the injured person had not been located. Police conducted an 11 night patrol December 31 and January 1.
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Ellwood City
State Police
Condu
Cancel Flights Out Of Detroit Due To Freezing Rain
Freezing rain and low clouds halted all scheduled commercial flights into and out of Detroit today. Willow Run reports flights were cancelled into mid afternoon and no prediction on when schedules can resume.
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Detroit
Willow Run
Pastor Of Third Church To Arrive Here January 7
Dr J Paul Graham of Cleveland Heights Ohio has accepted the call of the Third U P church on East Washington at Adams street He will arrive Tuesday January 7 to participate in a week of preparatory services planned by the United Presbyterian churches of the city He will officially begin duties January 12 and will preach in three U P churches of the city
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J. Paul Graham
Third U. P. Church
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
U. P
East Washington
Adams Street
United Presbyterian Churches
Graham
Snow and Sleet Cause Icy Roads Across New Year
Driving conditions were treacherous as snow began on New Year and quickly turned to ice on main roads. Side streets remained hazardous with motorists urged to proceed with great caution to avoid accidents.
Dirksen Withdraws From House Fight
Congressman Dirksen of Illinois withdraws from the race for Republican majority leader urging party harmony. He is the second of four GOP candidates to bow out, leaving Halleck of Indiana and Jenkins of Ohio as the remaining contenders amid expectations Halleck holds needed votes to clinch the post in the 80th Congress.
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Washington
Rep
Dirksen
Illinois
Halleck
Indiana
Jenkins
Ohio
House
Brown
Canton Soldier Fatally Injured
Pvt. Thomas Halter 18 of Canton Ohio died from injuries after a motorist crashed into a Market Street crowd in San Francisco on New Year’s Eve. The accident, which involved 19 injured people, saw the car smash through a storefront before stopping.
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San Francisco
Thomas Halter
Canton
Market Street
Halter
Loss of Senate Seat Is Probable for Bilbo
Senator Theodore Bilbo of Mississippi faces a major test as the Senate War Investigating Committee accuses him of improper use of his office for personal gain from war contractors. The report opens paths to possible loss of his seat by Republican-controlled Senate action and possible Justice Department prosecution if federal law was violated by accepting costly gifts.
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Washington
Theodore G. Bilbo
Miss
Senate
Senate War Investigating Committee
Bilbo
Mississippi
Justice Department
Taft
Ohio
Pace Two
Hallucinations Blamed in Double Crime Tragedy
Little Rock Arkansas January 2 Hallucinations that he was framed were blamed today for the machine gun slaying of Police Lieutenant Jack Deubler 45 by his superior Chief of Detectives O N Martin who then killed himself Friends say Martin had feared gamblers crooked politicians and even fellow officers were trying to railroad him The shootings occurred yesterday in thick woods seven miles north of Little Rock The coroner ruled murder and death by own action Acting Chief of Police Jack Steed supported the verdict
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Little Rock
Ark
Jack Deubler
O. N. Martin
Martin
Pulaski County
Jack Steed
Weather and Traffic Woes Hit Western Pennsylvania
Fog slush rain and ice slow travel across the tri state area with buses delayed up to 50 minutes and highways wet or icy. Skies predict more snow and continuing rain while cars face ice near Butler New Castle and the Mercer region. Police advise reduced travel and caution on pike east of Donegal.
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Automobile Club
Pittsburgh
Mercer
Eisenhower Denies Presidential Ambitions Amid Boom
Friends of Gen Dwight D Eisenhower say he will soon issue a statement disavowing any political ambitions and confirming his full-term Navy chief duties through fall 1949. They say he is upset by continued 1948 presidential boom speculation and will clarify he is not seeking any office.
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Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army Chief of Staff
Eisenhower
Army
Europe
Messersmith in Conference With Secretary Byrnes
Secretary of State James Byrnes spent New Year’s Day studying the Western Hemisphere situation in a long talk with Ambassador George S. Messersmith of Argentina. The session aimed to ease speculation that Messersmith's recall related to a dispute with Spruille Braden over Argentina policy. Messersmith said he would return to his post by mid January but would not discuss details.
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Washington
INS
James E. Byrnes
Juan Peron
Argentina
Byrnes
Messersmith
Death notices list locals in 1947 obituary column
Death record dated January 2 1947 lists Ernest Irwin 53 of 377 Neshannock Ave. John Hofmeister 6 percent Edenburg. Sara Evans Green 82 of R D. Mrs Alec Routman 53 of 655 East Washington St. Joseph Cwynar 62 of 108 Wilder. Sylvia Fair Fern 76 of 1016 Agnew St. Elizabeth F McCaslin 81 of 208 North Ray St.
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Ernest Irwin
Neshannock Avenue
John Franklin Hofmeister
Edenburg
Sara Evans Green
R. D
Alec Routman
East Washington Street
Joseph Cwynar
Wilder Avenue
Sylvia Fair Fern
Agnew Street
Elizabeth F. McCaslin
North Ray Street
Dewey Pledges Free Society During New York Inauguration
Gov. Dewey began his second term in Albany with an inaugural address aimed at national and international audiences. The 44 year old Republican warned that actions would build either a free constitutional society or a growingly regimented one, while signaling a likely bid for the 1948 presidency.
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Albany
Dewey
New York State
Three Japanese Officers Executed For War Crimes
Paris dispatch reports from Saigon that two junior lieutenants and a sergeant were executed for killing two civilians and an Indo Chinese officer in Laos during the Japanese retreat. Witnesses included Allied Control Council representatives and Japanese army officers.
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Paris
INS
Saigon
Laos
Allied Control Council
Boy Shot by BB Gun Loses Eye in Hospital Operation
John Anderson aged 13 of 102 North Walnut street underwent eye removal at Jameson Memorial hospital after a pellet from a Christmas present BB gun fired by an eight year old companion lodged in his left eye Tuesday afternoon. The incident left the boy without his left eye.
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John Anderson
James Anderson
North Walnut Street
Jameson Memorial Hospital
John
Resignation nets Bell Pennsylvania governor interim term
Lt. Gov John C Bell will take oath as Pennsylvania's 33rd governor in a 3 30 p m ceremony in Harrisburg after Gov Edward Martin resigns to assume U S Senate duties He will serve a 29 day interim term ending with James H Duff's inauguration Martin departs January 2 to begin senate tenure and preserve seniority Bell rules out staff changes and will defer commission vacancies during the transition.
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Martin
Senate
John C. Bell
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Edward Martin
U. S
House of Representatives
State Supreme Court
George W. Maxey
Scranton
Bell
James H. Duff Jan- Uary On. Martin
U.S. Senate
Francis Rawn Shank
Duff
Sara A. Baker Bell
Philadelphia
Capeitol
Plum Decrees Price Decrease In France
Paris January 2 Premier Leon Blum orders a five percent price cut across consumer goods as part of a broad price lowering program. The decree, promulgated today, has broad political support yet prompts cautious skepticism from the press.
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Premier of
France
Paris
INS
Leon Blum
Blum
New Year Encouragement From Arthur Mometer Toys
Arthur Mometer urges customers to push through post holiday lull as the new year begins. He notes fallbacks are possible but stresses continued effort, resilience, and hope, marking today as a fresh forty five degree reminder to keep working and stay positive.
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