Shivers Seeks Broad Backing in Duval Battle
In the Duval county political fight Shivers reports wide federal and state help. He cites joint investigations into public funds and income tax probes targeting George Parr, the so called Duke of Duval, as part of a larger campaign against the Parr machine. Officials warn time may run out on legal actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
al Yar
South Texas
Deval County
Paris Polical Machines
San Diego
Tex
Whursdas
Corpus Christ
Duval
Texas
Aweu Nes
San Antonio
Duval County
Publc
Herbert Browned Jr
Washington
Treasury Department
George Parr
Duke of
Treasury
Brownell
John Ben Shepperd
Tidelands
Parr
Public Safety Department
Overdue Soldier Is Fined After Short AWOL
Jersey City soldier Pvt. John H. Reiner was found guilty of AWOL for three days and fined $40 by a six man court martial. He had been listed AWOL for almost a year after missing a ship to Germany when his father fell ill. He reported to Fort Hamilton three days after his leave ended and waited 11 months for orders. He then contacted a New Jersey newspaper to help settle the case and has been in the stockade since December 17.
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FT. Jay
N.Y
Jersey City
N.J
John H. Reiner
Reiner
Germany
Ft. Hamilton
Brooklyn
New Jersey
Weather Forecast Mixture of Fair Skies and Mild Temperatures
The forecast calls for fair and mild conditions through the weekend with a high of 78 today and a low around 40 tonight. Overnight and tomorrow highs are indicated in the mid 70s ranges, with some variability in readings.
Roosevelt Wife Seeks 3500 Month Support in Maintenance Suit
In Pasadena on February 5, Romette Roosevelt testified she earns 200 a month and seeks 3500 for herself and three children. She detailed living costs including 500 for household staff. James Roosevelt denied adultery claims and said he is worth over 2 million. he said his wife used a letter about infidelity to push him abroad and exit a business partner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Cali
James Roosevelt
Imoney
Roosevelt
Romette
Europe
Bricker Proposal Delayed as Senate Diplomacy Proceeds
Senator Bricker faces renewed delays as the Senate shifts focus to midterm matters and Lincoln Day speeches. The Bricker proposal, revised with concessions, remains under debate with important votes expected after next week as the party plans travel and discussions continue.
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Re. Viund
Cate WU
Bricker
Treau
Percy Feo
Senate
Sen. Bricker
R Qhio
Foucht
Eisenhower
Sayan Otmogg
Rew
Bert
Brieser
Saigo
Washington
SMO
Income Tax Case Near Jury Stage
Government near end of case against former Tarrant County Sheriff James Ralph Sullis Montgomery on income tax evasion charges. Ex agent Robert E Baskett testified about unpaid taxes totaling 4,209 and alleged expenditures of 88,009 while reporting 41,665 income for 1948 49 and 50. Cross examination was only remaining as trial opened with a jury expected by Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tarrant County
James Ralph Sullis Montgomery
Robert E. Baskett
Montgomery
Baskett
Burglar Ties Up Officer After Laundry Cornering
In Denver on Thursday a burglar was pursued by a policeman who cornered him in a laundry. The suspect struck the officer, bound him with a silk dress, stole $80 from a locker and fled with the officer’s revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Last Ex-Prisoner Heads For Home
The last repatriated American prisoner leaves for Travis Air Force Base aboard a C-97 plane. Cpl. Donald Wakehouse of Woodbine Iowa, who was freed in Operation Big Switch, carries a plaster cast with Marilyn Monroe’s autograph. Monroe arrived late after beauty parlors but Wakehouse says his wife Louise, 20, looks better to him.
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Tokyo
Marilyn Monroe
Donald Wakehouse
Woodbine
Iowa
Travis Air Force Base
Calif
Miss Monroe
Army
Wakehouse
Louise
Pope Pius XII Slows in Health Decline
Vatican medical bulletin reports Pope Pius XII, age 77, showing weakened condition after gastritis with stomach trouble and slight fever. Doctors note difficulty in nourishment but heart remains strong and hiccups have ceased. Liquid diet continues as tension eases amid rumors of deterioration.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Riccardo Galeazar - Lisi
Osservatore Romano
Vatican
Papal
Pasqualina Lehnert
British Freighter Hits Reef In South China Sea
A 95 000 ton British freighter ran aground on a reef in uncharted waters about 50 miles west of Palawan island and north of Borneo. The 40 man crew abandoned ship in lifeboats as rescue planes and two ships, the Japanese Eiho Maru among them, raced to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
South China Sea
Fernmoor
Globe Wireless
Skip Radio
Palawan Island
Borneo
Imaster
Clark Field
Air Force
Coast Guard
El Paso Bracero Center Ends Contracting Friday
The U.S. government migratory labor center in El Paso will stop contracting Mexican nationals at the end of Friday's business, supervisor L. M. Shelby said. The program was ordered halted Thursday until further notice or until Congress clears it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eagle Pass
Tex
U.S
Migratory Labor Center
L. M. Shelby
Congress
Desperate Convicts Flee From Prison In Alabama
John Hvasta, a 26 year old American who escaped a Czechoslovakian prison and evaded Czech police for 21 months, left Munich by plane for London and then the United States. He will rejoin his Hillside New Jersey family after transfer. He was kept hidden with two U.S. officials until plane time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Germany
John Hvasta
London
United States
Hillside
N. J
Hvasta
Nuernberg
State Department
U.S
Nat King
Frague
John D. Iams
King
Iams
United Press
Harold Melahn
Hrasta
Czechoslovakia
Bratislava
Cechs
Leozpoldev
Prague
Senator McCarthy Launches National Tour in Eight Day Swing
Senator Joseph R. McCarthy opened a cross country tour with a Lincoln Day speech in Charleston inviting loyal Americans to join the Republicans. He plans nine speeches in eight days, including stops in Canton, Madison, Mt. Clemens, Aberdeen, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Francisco, and Dallas as Democrats distribute truth kits to counter his charges.
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Charleston
W. Va
Joseph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin
Canton
Ohio
Democratic National Committee
National Committee
Democratic Digest
McCarthy
Madison
Wis
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Aberdeen
S. C
Los Angeles
Riverside
Calif
San Francisco
Dallas
Tex
Daisy Enstone Wins Cruelty Divorce in London
Mrs Daisy May Enstone was granted a divorce on cruelty grounds in London. The court awarded alimony of one cent per month.
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London
Daisy May Enstone
Electric chair ends Wheeler singing in Hattiesburg
In Hattiesburg Mississippi on a Friday morning Luth er Carlyle Wheeler a 26 year old condemned killer died in Mississippi's portable electric chair while singing Jesus Hold My Hand Justices Black and Frankfurter refused stays Wheeler cried for others to walk closer to God and named Miss Elaine Foreman as witness. Wheeler testified to his innocence and left his belongings to Foreman, who had testified against him in the burglary case that killed Policemen Jesse Everett and M W Vinson Jr Wheeler had delivered a final moral plea before the final jolt ended his life
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Mississippi
Wheeler
U.S. Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Felix Frankfurter
Elaine Foreman
Salt Lake City
Utah
Miss Foreman
Jesse Everett
M. W. Vinson Jr
Jacksonville
Fla
Nine Desperadoes Escape Through Tunnel At Atmore Prison
Nine long term inmates escaped through a tunnel under Atmore Prison near Mobile. An all night chase with bloodhounds followed as authorities hunted five miles south of the facility. Prison officials vowed an investigation into security in the cell block and tunnel access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atmore
Ala
L. A. Strubble
Alabama
Mobile
Strubble
Group Approves Postal Rate Increase Plan
Washington The House Post Office Committee approved a 245 million dollar boost in postal rates. The plan raises air mail letters by one cent, increases second class publication costs, and adds a one cent non local first class letter hike. The bill moves to the House with Republican grumbling over the administration push.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Post Office Committee
Summerfield
Eisenhower
House
Post Office Department
Three Airmen Die In Jet Collision At Waco Base
Two T33 jet trainer planes collided near Connally Air Force Base during approach. Three airmen were killed, including a student and a instructor, with the victims' names withheld pending next of kin notification. A witness said the lead plane peeled off and exploded before the second plane struck it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Connally Air Force Base
Air Force
Bertha Levey
24th Infantry Division To Return To Front Lines
The Eighth Army announced that the 24th Infantry Division, the first American unit in the Korean War, will return to the battleline soon to replace the 45th Division, which is set to go back to the United States in coming weeks.
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Seoul
Korea
Eighth Army
24Th
United States
Berserk Suspect Sets Woman On Fire In Marshall Incident
Zollie House a 40 year old former Rusk hospital inmate caused a fire at Jack Applebaum’s two story frame home in Marshall Texas. She tossed gasoline on Mrs A Bliss the elderly mother in law of Applebaum and fought deputies with a butcher knife before being subdued and jailed. Mrs Bliss escaped serious injury as firefighters contained the blaze.
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Marshall
Tex
Zollie House
Rusk Hospital
Jack Applebaum
A. Bliss
Applebaum
Mrs. Bliss
Jobless figures questioned by three Democrats
Washington February 5 UPI three Democrats challenged the administrations unemployment figures urging scrutiny of methods used. Census Bureau counted 2,359,000 jobless with Sen John Sparkman and Sen Paul Douglas questioning whether only 1,110,000 of 3,630,000 idle workers should be counted unemployed.
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Washington
House _ Senate economic committee
Census Bureau
John J. Sparkman
D-Ala
Paul H. Douglas
D-Il
Dulles Levels Another Blast At Reds Plan
BERLIN February 5. The United States accused Russia of trying to move Germany’s western frontier from the Elbe to the Rhine during the Big Four foreign ministers conference. Molotov rejected free elections and proposed a provisional all German government with troop withdrawal before polls. The West rejected Molotov’s five point plan and said no progress is possible, leaving the conference effectively dead.
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Berlin
United States
Russia
Elbe
Rhine River
Molotov
Germany
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Molotov Thursady
West
Mostotov
Woman Flier Aims Second Attempt At Circle World
Dianna Bixby a 31 year old mother of two and veteran pilot plans a solo nonstop flight aiming to circle the world starting February 24 from San Francisco. The route covers Newark Paris Basra Karachi Calcutta Tokyo Midway and back to San Francisco seeking to beat Bill Odom's 73 hour 5 minute 11 second record set in 1947. Her 1950 attempt with husband Bob in Bixby Airborne Products suffered engine trouble in Calcutta and failed to set the record.
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Burbank
Calif
Dianna Bixby
San Francisco
Bill Odom
Bixby
Newark
N. J
Paris
Basra
Iraq
Karachi
Calcutta
Tokyo
Midway Island
Bob
Bixby Airborne Products
Long Beach
Neighbors Rally After FBI Targeted Fugitive Bryant
About 100 neighbors and business people signed petitions to Gov. Knight urging no extradition for Ed Lawson Bryant once a top FBI fugitive. Bryant, 48, escaped Michigan State Prison in 1952 after a 22 year life sentence for 1929 robberies. His wife Gladys Lawson runs the Las Vegas marriage note. Federal agents arrested him on a Michigan warrant and he awaits extradition hearings.
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Los Angeles
Alex R. Bryant
FBI
Mt.Washington
Bryant
Gladys Lawson
Goodwin J. Knight
Ed Lawson
Gladys
Las ‘Vegas
Nev
Michigan
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Samuel
Shivers
Amiabilus
Chicago
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Fort Worth
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New York
Arthur Schiffermanh
Burty Kauffman
Samuel Picone
Schifferman
el Paso
Yank
Red
Senator
Electric Jolt
Ers
Luther Carlyle Wheeler
24Th Infantry Division
Dulles
Reds
V. M. Molotov
Kremlin
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