Jealous Mount Vernon Principal Kills Ex Wife and Pilot
John W. Trout a 32 year old Mt Vernon area elementary principal shot and killed his ex wife Betty Trout 27 and William O Loane 24 a local flying instructor before fatally shooting himself. Their three year old son Terry was unharmed. Police say motive was jealousy and that Trout used his revolver after visiting a priest seeking reconciliation.
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MT. Vernon
Wash
John W. Trout
Rockport
Betty Trout
William O’loane
Don J. Landreth
Landreth
Trout
Buchanan
Girl Killed and Companion Wounded in Mexia Shooting
A 19 year old Mexia girl Annie McDonald died from three bullet wounds in front of her home while her male companion Melvin Dempsey was wounded. Six hours later John L. Rudasill, 26, called City Marshal and confessed. He was brought from Fairfield and charged with murder assault to murder and auto theft.
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Mexia
Tex
Raymond David
Teague
Fairfield
John L. Rudasill
Annie McDonald
Melvin Dempsey
Two Traffic Deaths Reported In State Accidents
Two more traffic deaths were reported today pushing the 1949 highway toll toward 257. A 37 year old fireman Howard L Hess of 2042 East Moreland Street died after a scooter collision on Roosevelt Street near Patricia Street. L L Gilliam 48 from Wickenburg died en route to St Monica s Hospital after an accident on U S Highway 60 70 near Peoria. Five others were injured in two crashes at Highway 80 near Arlington, one seriously, as cars and a cattle truck collided following a separate incident.
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Howard L. Hess
Moreland Street
Roosevelt Street
Patricia Street
L. L. Gilliam
Wickenburg
St. Monica's Hospital
el Mirage
U. S
Peoria
Hess
Southern Pacific Railroad
Earl Cooke
South Third Avenue
Arizona State Vocational School
St. Monica’s Hospital
Gilliam
Claude Warren
Noted People Are Saying From International News Service
New York Commerce Secretary Sawyer projects national production surpassing one trillion dollars by 2000 if growth averages 3 percent in the next fifty years. Rome Pope Pius XII notes Christian teaching appeared revolutionary to Nero and despotism yet repaired humanity. Paris Belgian Defense Minister Albert Devere says Western Europe will standardize arms and share industrial assets for common defense quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International News Service
NEW York — Commerce
Sawyer
Rome
Pope Pius XII
Nero
Paris
Albert Devere
Adopt a Family brings Christmas hope to Phoenix families
A Phoenix newspaper appeal describes Family No. 34 lacking basics with a mother raising eight children after the father’s death. Donations via the Adopt-a-Family drive would fund a proper Christmas dinner and clothing, with a $15 check benefiting the family through The Phoenix Gazette and Phoenix Community Council. Family No. 35 faces chronic hunger, with state aid covering only part of needs and three meals a day a luxury. readers are invited to donate to brighten their Christmas.
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Lucy Krug
Phoenix Gazette Public Relations Department
Phoenix Community Council
Phoenix
Serna death reprieve sought for January execution
Warden Lon E. Walters Jr asked the Arizona Board of Pardons to delay Angel Rocky Serna’s Jan 21 execution until mid April because the current lethal gas chamber is inadequate and the new chamber won’t be ready until spring. Governor Garvey signed a contract for a new chamber with Eaton Metal Co. Serna was convicted of first degree murder in Pinal County for the 1947 slaying of Katherine Gohn near Apache Junction.
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Phoenix Gazette
Florence
Lon E. Walters, Jr
Arizona Board of Pardons and Paroles
Angel
Rocky) Serna
Senna
Walters
Phoenix
Dan E. Garvey
Eaton Metal Company
Denver
West Moreland Street
Arizona
Serna
Pinal County
Katherine Gohn
Desert
Apache Junction
L. Alton Riggs
Tempe
Arizona State Board of Pardons
Pardons Board
Appointment To Lilienthal Post Delayed
President Truman will not appoint Lilienthal successor as Atomic Energy Commission chair until Congress convenes. Lilienthal, after 20 years in government service, resigned last month to enter private business and may stay on until a successor is named. White House aides arrive to discuss policy drafts for next month’s messages to Congress.
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U. S. Sub Base
Key West
Fla
INS
Truman
David E. Lilienthal
Atomic Energy Committee
Congress
White House
Charles G. Ross
Ross
Lilienthal
Brain Trust
Washington
John R. Steelman
Charles Murphy
Clark Clifford
Clifford
George Elsey
Donald Dawson
David Bell
David Lloyd
Murphy
Steve Lingara
Phil McGuire
Steelman
David K. Niles
David Stowe
Big Names Pile Up In War AID Probe
The House Un-American Activities Committee revisits wartime uranium shipments to Russia naming Henry A Wallace and Harry S Hopkins. Gen Leslie Groves to be questioned. 40 to 50 witnesses expected as the probe expands.
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Washington
House Un-American Activities Committee
Henry A. Wallace
Russia
Wallace
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John S. Wood
Georgia
Wood
Great Falls
Mont
Alaskan
Truman
Harry S. Hopkins
Roosevelt
Leslie Groves
Luke Becomes Jet Base For Gunnery
The United States Air Force activated a jet gunnery detachment at Luke Air Force Base. Four F-86 Sabres from Kirtland AFB joined a 60‑man unit led by Lt. Roy E. Pryor Jr. The detachment will use wartime ranges in the Gila Bend area and could expand to 200 men and about 12 Sabres if successful.
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United States Air Force
Luke Air Force Base
Air Force
Kirtland Air Force Base
Albuquerque
81St Fighter Group
Roy E. Pryor, Jr
Kirtland
Gila Bend
List
Hawaii
Seventh Air Force
Pacific
Iwo Jima
Okio Nawa
Luke
Arizona
Employment up 518,000 in November
Washington reports civilian employment rose by 518,000 in November erasing October losses from coal and steel strikes. Commerce Secretary Charles Sawyer called November’s job picture perhaps the year’s strongest. Steel mills are nearing 92 percent capacity, the highest since late May. Sawyer urged a new liberalism balancing all economic groups to secure a high standard of living over the next 50 years.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Commerce
Charles Sawyer
American Iron and Steel Institute
Sawyer
New York
The
Public Relations Society of America
U. S
Soviet push for Eastern bloc arms alliance near Atlantic Pact
Soviet sources report a Prague conference of Iron Curtain states ordering a vast Eastern European military expansion. Satellites would raise 3 to 4 million troops by 1950, boost arms production, and place air fields bases and radar under joint control while the Soviet Union retains atom weapon rights. Timoshenko named to lead the bloc. Rokossovsky Chuikov and Malinovsky linked to defense leadership roles. Prague and Czech capital cited as provisional headquarters.
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Berlin
Russia
Prague
K. K. Rokossovsky
Poland
Vassili Chuikov
East Germany
Seymon K. Timoshenko
Timoshenko
Stockholm
Rodion Malinovsky
Red Army
Romania
Bulgaria
Czech
Soviet Union
Union
Dallas Hunts Missing Girl
Dallas police and more than a hundred neighbors searched the Lisbon area south of Dallas for 2 1/2 year old Becky McClung who has been missing since yesterday noon. Sixteen officers worked through the night directing the search in the neighborhood.
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Dallas
Lisbon
Becky McClung
Germans accuse West power of reviving militarism
West German newspapers charged the Western powers with plans for a German cannon fodder army of mercenaries to serve as a bulwark against Russia. The dispatch from Frankfurt notes headlines accusing Berlin and allies of reviving military forces and creating a trusted force for foreign policy.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Air Ace Meets Yamamoto Widow in Tokyo Stopover
Air ace Thomas Lanphier Jr met the widow of Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in a Tokyo hotel during a stopover while pursuing a round the world airline record. The meeting included Lanphier describing the battle in which Yamamoto was shot down and him handing flowers to Mrs Yamamoto. He promised to help her son study in the United States.
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Tokyo
Thomas Lanphier Jr
Admi Isoroku Yamamoto
Lanphier
Japan
Solomon Islands
Admiral Yamamoto
Yamamoto
Mainichi Shimbun
Admiral Yama
Moto
Honolulu
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Ronald Bryant
Muncie
Ind
Alexandria
Anderson
Arlington
G. Racey Jordan
Panama Canal
National Guard
G. E. Pinkston
Arlie J. Blood
John A. Akin
T. S. Skladzien
Atlantic Pact
Iron Curtain
Richard
Weil
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