Steward Thrown From Pan American Clipper Door
A Pan American Airways Clipper Mayflower over Idlewild bound for New York City loses a steward John Harris 28 after a gust forces the cabin door open at 1 48 am he is sucked out at 10 000 feet over Long Island Sound and is presumed dead Witness Anna Krajicek describes the moment crew and a stewardess try unsuccessfully to shut the door The plane lands safely with 22 passengers and 10 other crew members continuing the flight Police search for Harris body as authorities note a similar fatal door suction incident in 1947
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Pan American Airways
John Harris
Idlewild
Anna Krajicek
St. James
N. Y
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Long Island
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Long Island Sound
George Hart
Jtrans World Airlines
Atlantic
Gander, Nild
PAN American
Harris
Katherine
Lafayette
Ind
Chrisso Harris
John T. Nolart
Huntington
Krajicek
Flier Clings Outside Plane Lands Safely in Tampa Bay
A Eastern Air Lines crewman, flight attendant Marc Fisher-Galati, was swept from a DC-3 at 2000 feet over Tampa Bay. He gripped a door post and survived until the plane landed at Municipal Airport. The 28 year old wartime paratrooper was treated for shock and resumed the flight to Chicago. Co Pilot J S W Davis held one leg as the man clung to the door. Pilot H L Alford landed the craft eight to ten minutes later. The DC-3 was en route from Miami to Chicago.
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Marc Fisher-Galati
Fisher-Galati
J. S. W. Davis
H. L. Alford
Miami
Chicago
Lone Gunmen Rob Two More Phoenix Businesses
Two downtown Phoenix firms were robbed within an hour around midnight by armed gunmen. One crook escaped with $4 from a Drive-In Liquor Store and the other with $7719 from a separate outfit. This marked the fourth and fifth armed robberies in the valley since Wednesday morning, after The Bank of Douglas yielded $116,250 in a prior heist. Police logged additional street thefts including $600 reported stolen from Golden Meat Packing Company nearby.
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Golden Meat Packing Company
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Charles C. Cogan
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Latham Street
North First Street
Cogan
Four held for questioning in Douglas bank robbery case
Four Phoenix African Americans were arrested in Los Angeles for questioning in connection with the $116,250 Bank of Douglas holdup. A .45 auto was found in the car at a roadblock and FBI warned Fox Leaders and Rangers for a possible $1,000 reward. Investigators noted a galvanized mop pail used to carry loot was missing from the bank.
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United Press
Arizona
Steven L. Willis
Ezekiel
Stevens
Leela
Juanita O'Neill
Staff Chiefs Preview Grand Story On Pacific Unification
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson said the joint chiefs will disclose on Monday a grand story on unification of American defense in the Pacific. He noted savings of 6 to 10 million dollars from on the spot actions consolidating island installations during a 10 day Pacific tour. The chiefs reported to President Truman after touring Japan Okinawa Guam and Hawaii and later briefed Johnson at the White House. A news conference is planned with much of the report kept confidential.
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Louis Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pacific
Johnson
Joint Chiefs
Defense
White House
Truman
Moderate Bolivia centered quake rattles region
An International News Service report notes a moderate earthquake recorded today probably centering in Bolivia. In Kansas City a former aide of Gen. Mark Clark, Maj. John J. Luther Jr., was found shot to death in his car in the Fairfax District under mysterious circumstances. Hong Kong papers report large Chinese Communist forces massed for an invasion of Hainan. Dartmouth denies readmittance to eight students suspended after a dormitory brawl linked to the March death of Raymond Cirrotta of Linden, N. J.
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Bolivia
Mark Clark
Australia
Fairfax
Kansas City
Kaw
Maj
John J. Luther, Jr
Dartmouth College
Raymond J. Cirrotta
Linden
N. J
Markets At A Glance Steady Stocks And Commodities
New York stocks show steady trading with radio and TV shares inclining. Bonds ease with rail issues in ample supply. Cotton firm on general buying. Chicago wheat weak due to moisture in the winter belt. Oats soft as heavy offerings press cash grain. Soybeans relatively steady with light trading. Corn easier with softer cash market.
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New York
Chicago
Temperatures Today at Sky Harbor Station Readings
A sequence of early morning to afternoon temperatures from Sky Harbor Station lists readings from 12:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. with values ranging from 51 to 58 degrees. The page also shows guide sections and page numbers for classifieds, Hollywood, comics, radio, crosswords, sports, editorials, Turnbow, financials, and the woman’s page.
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Hollywood
Detonator Found In Suitcase At Los Angeles Airport
A police crime lab expert said a detonator was detected in a suitcase found at Los Angeles Airport. Investigators and reporters fled as the valise, labeled Virginia Smith, 2nd Lt. N., was moved to a secure area for further tests.
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Russell Camp
William Penprose
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Penprose
Virginia Smith
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Weather Forecast Foresees Cloudy Skies No Rain Tomorrow
Valley events stay outdoors as clouds linger but no rain interrupts plans. Phoenix weather station notes trace downtown rainfall with a few hundredths elsewhere while a broader cold front brings wintry pockets to the north and east, including subzero readings in parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota.
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Payson
Grand Canyon
Tennessee
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Nashville
Middle Tennessee
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Minnesota
Maine
Pembina
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Minn
Caribou
Sunday Schedule Highlights From Local Clubs And Events
Phoenix Dons Club tours Williams AFB travel plans listed. Chihuahua Club dog show Encanto Park 1 p m. Six clubs train owners for Arizona Dog Week shows starting Mar 7. Encyclopaedia Britannica exhibit at State Fairground 10 am to 10 pm. North Dakota and South Dakota picnics at Mesa Rendezvous Park and South Mountain Park. Swedish American Club at Camelback Woman's Club 4 pm. Tennessee Club Valentine party Odd Fellows Hall 2 30 pm. Model Airplane Club meet at North Phoenix Airport 9 am. Scottsdale Rodeo 10 am. Octave Mine visit from Wickenburg Frontier Street 9:30 am. Style show Rancho de Los Caballeros 3 pm. Silver Spur Rodeo Yuma. Thoroughbred races State Fairground 1 30 pm. Jalopy races South Mountain Speedway 12:45 pm trials 2:15 pm. Skeet at Phoenix Trap and Skeet Park 10 am. Greyhound racing 7 45 pm. Exhibition tennis Paradise Inn 3 pm. Sombrero Playhouse Dream Girl 8 30 pm. First run theaters. See schedule on Page 11.
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Gazette
Republic
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Chihuahua Club of Arizona
Encanto Park Club
Encanto Park
Arizona
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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South Dakota
Mesa Rendezvous Park
North Dakota
Ramada
South Mountain Park
Camelback Woman’s Club House
38Th Street
Indian School Road
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North Third Avenue
Phoenix
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Scottsdale
Rancho de Los Caballeros
Wickenburg
Yuma
South Mountain Speedway
Papago Park
17Th Avenue
Roosevelt Street
Paradise Inn
Sombrero Playhouse
North Seventh Street
Joan Caulfield
Hollywood Star
Noted Leaders Comment On UN Peace Efforts And Berlin
United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie says the UN is a stronger peace influence than some think if friends speak up. John J. McCloy states West Berlin will endure despite a potential Communist march on May 28. Ingrid Bergman quips that her mailorder divorce from Mexico is better late than never.
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United Nations
Trygve Lie
Berlin
United States
John J. McCloy
West Berlin
Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Democrats Open Arizona Fund Drive
The Democratic State Central Committee launched a $10,000 fund-raising drive sending letters to 4,500 Arizonans asking for contributions by March 1. Steve Langmade of Phoenix, chairman, said funds support general party needs and a broad effort to win Arizona from the Republican column amid active party campaigning.
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Democratic State Central Committee
Democratic Party
Arizona
Langmade
Mao Tze-tung reportedly ill in Russian clinic
The London Daily Graphic in a special inside information story says Chinese Communist Leader Mao Tze-tung is under treatment in a Russian clinic. It notes Mao has been conferring with Premier Stalin for the past two months on Sino Soviet agreements.
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INS
London Daily Graphic
Mao Tze-tung
Stalin
Arizona Host To Two GOP U.S. Senators
Republicans convene for Lincoln Day in Phoenix as U S Senator Harry Cain of Washington and Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska headline the largest Arizona GOP gathering. Cain to speak in Florence and Butler in Tucson, with pushes across the state to energize the 1950 campaign.
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United States
Hugh Butler
Nebraska
Harry Cain
Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Eugene C. Pulliam
Phoenix Newspapers, Inc
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Winslow
Tucson
Cain
Florence
Democrats Lead Nation Into Socialism Claim
Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska inspected the Navajo Reservation from the air before leaving Winslow for Phoenix after speaking at a Lincoln Day gathering in Arizona. The event drew more than 200 attendees as the GOP report continues on page 2.
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Hugh Butler
Nebraska
Navajo Indian Reservation
Phoenix
Arizona
Union Told To Drop Four Illegal Demands
Federal Judge Keech ordered John L. Lewis to return 400,000 striking coal miners to work and issued a 10 day restraining order while a Feb 20 hearing considers an 80 day Taft-Hartley injunction. He also ordered abandonment of four major contract demands deemed illegal, including union shop without election, able and willing clause, and a welfare fund for members only. Coal stocks had fallen to low levels.
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Keech
Supreme Court
Truman
Taft-Hartley Factfinding Board
National Health and Safety
Washington
Richmond B. Keech
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Union Leader Dismisses Court Order on Coal Strike
Cecil Urbaniak president of UMW District 31 at Fairmont said in Pittsburgh that workers will defy the federal court to end the nationwide soft coal strike. He warned the men may not work under injunctive conditions and echoed a readiness to fight the injunction.
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United Mine Workers
West Virginia
Cecil Urbaniak
UMW
Fairmont
Trains Collide in Southern France Killing Twenty
Paris data show two Diesel trains, Toulouse to Cap de Nac and Carmaux to Toulouse, collided head on at Lisle Sur Tarn near Gaillac. Twenty dead, 38 seriously injured as workers packed both trains. Rescue teams from Toulouse and local homes turned into first aid posts.
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Cap de Nac
Carmaux
Lisle-Sur-Tarn
Gaillac
Yard Denies Intelligence Chief Attack
London reports say Admiral Eric Longley-Cook testified two bullets struck his windshield while he chased the car outside London. Scotland Yard sharply denied any bullet holes, suggesting a stone may have cracked the glass. The incident ties to a broader atomic espionage probe linked to Klaus Fuchs. Police and MI5 investigate all leads as security forces tighten controls near Harwell.
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British Naval Intelligence
Scotland Yard
Adml
Eric Longley-Cook
Klaus Fuchs
Longley-Cook
Criminal Investigation Department
Uxbridge
Rers
Langley-Cook
Fuchs
Russia
Attlee
Naval Intelligence
MI5
Harwell
Lord MoynIhan
Britain
Liberal Party
Dad Dies In Flames While Rescuing Daughters
Fort Worth February 11 AP A father police officer James Warren 48 perished in a pre dawn fire while saving his two daughters Jimmie 12 and Nancy 9 from their burning home. He entered through flames to reach them and all three died later in hospital. His wife and Grace 16 escaped outside after fearing the others had fled. Warren served as a city policeman since 1927.
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Nancy Warren
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