Death Woman In Berth Unsolved Murder on a Train
The body of Martha Virginia Brinson James 21 a Navy bride slain in a tourist sleeper on a San Francisco bound train near Tangent Oregon is under investigation. A dark skinned man about 30 five feet nine to ten inches tall and 170 to 180 pounds is sought by police with a John Doe warrant issued by Linn County DA Harlow Weinrich. Material witnesses Marine sergeant Harold L Wilson and John Funches Oakland waiter questioned as investigators seek suspects.
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Portland
Ore
Martha Virginis Brinson James
Norfolk, Va
Albany
Linn
Harlow L. Weintick
James
Oregon
Vernice Ball
Chester E. Anderson
Regre
Ball
E. W. Tichenor
Harold L. Wilson
San Diego
Calif
John Funches
Oakland
Weinreck
Eugene Norton
Daly City
Maning Ao Nitlany
Norton
Murder on the West Coast Limited Aboard Passenger Train
A murder aboard the West Coast Limited near Tangent Oregon unfolds as the killer forces a dawn escape. Witnesses describe a dark husky man fleeing Lower 13 while a woman screams and Mrs. Sames is found dead after a long pursuit by vigilante and police aboard the speeding train.
Isolationism Gone Bricker Stassen Clash On War Powers
Jan 24 report on governors Harold Stassen of Minnesota and John Bricker of Ohio discussing isolationism and wartime emergency powers. Stassen backs a Minnesota bill for swift war governance while Bricker rejects such a measure, insisting Ohio can handle needs without it.
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Baltimore
Harold BE. Stassen
Minnesota
John W. Bricker
Ohio
General Assembly
Starsen
Navy
Bricker
Stassen
United States
Labor Needs In Wickard's Hands Amid Farm Staffing Shift
Washington reports the War Manpower Commission assigns farm labor recruiting and placement to the Agriculture Department. Secretary Wickard gains operating responsibility for farm labor while WMC retains policy and draft standards. Maj. John Q C Walker leads the new unit. Costa Rica warns of Argentina isolation possibly triggering a boycott.
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Washington
Agricul
Wickard
Paul ¥. McNutt
War Manpower Commission
U.S. Employment Service
Wicklard
WMC
Agriculture Department
Pad Wickard
Department
Food Production Administration
John QC
Walker
James FP. Barnes
Boxcott
Drunken man held on $1009 bond on Market Street
William Haugh de A so of Market street was jailed Sunday in Police Court on a $1009 bond for a hearing. He was arrested Saturday at 12 30 PM at Market and Church streets by Officer Earl Sittig. Police said the car displayed A B and gasoline ration stickers.
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Sloceph
William Haugh
Market Street
Market
Church Streets
Earl Sittig
Calls For War On Bureaucrats in Washington
Governor Herbert R. O Conor of Maryland urged vigorous opposition to centralization of powers in Washington at the sixth general assembly of the Council of State Governments. He urged strict watch on state rights and said federal powers should be temporary during wartime and returned after the emergency.
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Baltimore
Herbert R. O'Conor
Maryland
Council of State Governments
Washington
O'Conor
Federa
Wartime leadership must rise to postwar challenges
The Governor denounces idle talk and warns against encroachment on States' rights while urging faster wartime problem solving. He declares the era of empty platitudes over and calls for executive competence and action from Federal and State officials. The postwar reconstruction presents a chance to serve the nation.
Hit By Car As He Alights From Auto
Murray C. Smith of 239 East Second street was struck on East Patrick street near the Square while alighting from his car. He suffered facial and head lacerations and bruises. driver John T. Rollison of Waterford Virginia took him to a physician and then home. No charges filed. Smith, a night watchman at Frederick County National Bank, rested comfortably at home.
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East Patrick Street
Murray C. Smith
East Second Street
John T. Rollison
Waterford
Mr. Smith
Rollison
Smith
Frederick County National Bank
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Detrick Field
Wilson
Klamath Falls
William van Dyke
No. 13
van Dyke
Upwer 13
Funches
Porg
John Beeman
West Coast Limited
Somes
Richard F. Sames
Seattle
Getsteins
Wegedy
Falls
Army
Marine Air Corps
Civil Aeronautics Authority Program
Frank Abram
Ellsworth
Inset
Associated Press
James E. Hague
Richard O. Lane
Petersburg
Army Air Corps
CAA
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Detrick
CCC
Cyine Bat
ABC
Enlisted Reserve Corps
Air Corps
University of Maryland
University
Winchester
Derriick Field
F. W. H. Schrom
Irule
Dick Lane
Hying
Hagerstown
Mad
Henry W. O'Grady
Richmond
Gettysburg
Adams County Court
Richard A. Brown
Charlies Frederick Tawney
Fannie Sprenkle Tawney
Frederick
Wyoming
State
Carty
C. C. Carty, Inc
Patrick St
Delphey
West Patrick
Beacon
Flannelette Gertrudes
Bennett
O’conor
Hendrickson
Tone
McCall Sewing Corps
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