Tornado Toll Rises Across Several States
A weekend tornado spree killed at least nine in Hurricane Hill Tennessee and left 35 dead across Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas. Shreveport reports 26 dead in Louisiana and nine in Texas, with 58 presences at the scene and hundreds injured. Damaging winds destroyed homes from La Porte to Grand Cane and everywhere in between. The death toll in Texas and Louisiana was revised downward from 42 as duplications were removed.
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Ripley
Tenn
Little Farm
Hurricane Hill
Garner Funeral Home
Wilson Carroll
West Tennessee
Memphis
Shreveport
Louisiana
Texas
Arkansas
Bossier City
Lower
la Porte
Tex
Alvin
Chapel Hill
Bremond
Baileyville
Corley
Groesbeck
Jericho
Fellowship
Haslam
Gill
Salem
Hughes Springs
Roytown
Castor
Sligo
Grand Cane
Shreveport Times
Slack Air Force Depot
Hood's
Cane
Parolee nabbed in Phoenix burglary tied to Tatum brothers
Charles Stephens a 27 year old parolee from Arizona State Prison was arrested by Patrolman John Wolf inside the A and A Diner on North 16th Street after a car was spotted and a broken window observed. Stephens admitted two burglaries that night including a fish and chips stand and theft of tires and wheels. He spoke of growing up with Jack Tatum and his brothers, noting the jailbreak history and his own prior escape context.
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Tatum Brothers
Phoenix
Charles Stephens
Arizona State Prison
A. and A
North 16Th Street
John Wolf
Stephens
Wolf
West
van Buren Street
North Sixth Avenue
Jack Tatum
Jack
Novelist Sabatini Dies At 75 In Switzerland
Rafael Sabatini, 75, famed novelist and dramatist of swashbuckling tales, died at a hotel in Adleboden Switzerland after years of illness from stomach ulcers. He began writing on a Liverpool newspaper staff and wrote over twenty novels including The Sea Hawk The Black Swan Chivalry and The Sword of Islam.
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Adelboden
Switzerland
Rafael Sabatini
Sabatini
Captain Blood
Liverpool
Temperatures Today at Sky Harbor by Time
Readings show early morning temperatures from around 37 to 49 degrees at Sky Harbor with several intervals listed between 12:30 a.m. and 8:20 a.m. including 49 44 37 43 40 degree marks, indicating a cool to mild start.
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Sky Harbor Ee Betries
Air Search Enlarged For Holbrook Fliers
A major air search is under way in Arizona for two men missing since Saturday after a flight from Yuma to Holbrook. Arthur Austin and Lessor Williamson Gardner are overdue. 25 local planes and units from Williams AFB, Chandler, and Litchfield Naval Air Facility join the hunt around the Mogollon Rim amid bad weather and high winds.
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Arizona
Yuma
Holbrook
Arthur Austin
Holbrook Bottling Plant
Leso Withman
Aeerma Alawik Ratharaaf
Apeluptl
CVI
Holbrook Chamber of Commerce
CAP
Thomas E. Moore
Williams Air Force Base
Chandler
Naval Air Facility
Litchfield
Moore
Mogollon Rim
Austin
Gardner
Truman names Key ambassador to Burma
President Truman selected David McK. Key as ambassador to Burma. Key a State Department career officer with 25 years of service is 50 years old.
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Washington
Truman
David McK. Key
Burma
Key
State Department
Slaying of Wealthy Matron Confessed in Robbery Dispute
In Buffalo on February 13 a 19 year old Indian half breed Harley LaMarr confessed to fatally shooting Marion B Frisbee wife of a beverage company executive. He claimed the rifle fired accidentally during an attempted robbery after seizing her purse. He is to be charged with first degree murder.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Marion B. Frisbee
Harley LaMarr
Lamarr
Amelia Paliwodzinski
Frisbee
Mrs. Frisbee
Willard J. Frisbee
Glendale Lions Hold Roundup Week Schedule
Glendale prepares for Western Roundup Week highlighted by the Glendale Lions Club fourth annual World’s Championship Rodeo. Governor Dan Garvey to preside with a queen selection from eight candidates. Daily events at Glendale City Park feature music by Sheldon Gibbs band or Glendale High School Band, with weekend parade 10:30 a.m. and rodeo at 2 p.m. each day.
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Phoenix Gazette
Glendale
Glendale Lions Club
Dan E. Garvey
Glendale City Park
Garvey
Tommy Chisholm
Midge Smith
Betty Walker
Florence Smail
Phyllis Samis
Lula Long
Peggy Schaffer
Sheldon Gibbs
Glendale High School
Western Saddle Club
Nancy Shephard
Dick and
Pauline Pickard
Benny Bender
Weather mix brings rain hail snow across central Arizona
The United States Weather Bureau reports a weekend storm dropping rain hail and snow from northern to southern Arizona. Grand Canyon received eight inches of snow while Flagstaff had three. Phoenix and the Valley enjoyed sun with cooling nights. Roads were hazardous in northern Arizona and moisture totals ranged from 0.37 to 0.62 inches.
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United States Weather Bureau
Grand Canyon
Flagstaff
Arizona
Phoenix
Valley of the Sun
Weather Bureau
Glendale
Sunnyslope
Scottsdale
Mazatzal Range
All Exchanges Closed Today on Lincoln Birthday Holiday
Domestic security and commodity exchanges were closed today in observance of Lincoln's Birthday. Livestock reports were issued as usual by the Department of Agriculture. The London Stock Exchange remained open. On Wednesday February 23, similar closing schedules will follow for Washington's Birthday.
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New York
Department of Agriculture
London Stock Exchange
Washington
Red Cross Plans February Drive For County Funds
The Maricopa County Chapter of the American Red Cross launches a $207,029 drive on February 27 led by chairman John B. Mills. He notes $170,000 will stay in the county to meet local needs while the rest supports the National Red Cross, which spent $43,000 locally last year. The chapter highlights economies and more volunteers enabling lower per-worker costs. County chair Henry B. Sargent adds the county share rises as reserves fall.
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Maricopa County
American Red Cross
John B. Mills
National Red Cross
Mills
Red Cross
Henry B. Sargent
Red Cross Fund
Angry Soft Coal Miners Defy Court Injunction Fight For Contracts
Angry soft coal miners nationwide press on with the no contract no work strike defying John L. Lewis and a federal court injunction. Locals report strong, widespread idle mines across Pennsylvania Indiana Ohio West Virginia Illinois Alabama and beyond with some workers delaying obedience due to late notices and Lewis's birthday.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Indiana
Illinois
Alabama
Ohio
Lewis
Dave Fowler
UMW District 21
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Tare Court
UMW
Louis Austin
UMW District 11
Russellton
Republic Steel Corporation
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Harmarville
Seven Montana State College students killed in auto plunge
Seven Montana State College students were killed when their car plunged off a mountain bluff near Bozeman last night. An eighth occupant was critically injured. The victims include two women and five Sigma Chi fraternity basketball players, with one driver among the dead. The crash occurred near Chestnut at a sharp curve on U S Highway 10. a freight train crew spotted the wreckage and notified authorities. The car had been returning from Absarokee. two Sigma Chi teams had played in Absarokee earlier.
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Bozeman
Mont
Montana State College
Here
Sigma Chi
Charles E. Rice
U. S. Highway 10
Northern Pacific Railway
G. M. Randall
A. W. Benson
Livingston
Rice
Chestnut
Absarokee
Montana
Truck Overturns In Ditch Drowns Four In Missouri
Four Chaffee residents drowned when a truck overturned in a 10 foot ditch filled with water on the eastern approach to the Mississippi River bridge in Cape Girardeau Missouri. Four others escaped the icy water.
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Cape Girardeau
Chaffee, Mo
Mississippi River
Republicans To Open 1950 Drive Tonight
The Republican Party opens its 1950 campaign here tonight with a dinner and speech by United States Senator Harry Cain of Washington at Sciot's Auditorium. Charles Garland of Phoenix, chairman of the Maricopa County GOP, announces about 700 reservations for a 7 p.m. dinner honoring Lincoln's 141st birthday. Cain will address Florence and Tucson events tomorrow, with box supper prior, and will meet local GOP leaders. Cain, a 44 year old former Tacoma mayor, arrived yesterday for a series of appearances and survey visits in Verde and Salt River valleys.
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United States
Harry Cain
Washington
Sciot’s
North Central Avenue
Charles H. Garland
Phoenix
Maricopa County
Republican Committee
Abraham Lincoln
Arizona
Cain
Filorence Woman’s Club
Florence
Republican Party
Tucson
Hugh Butler
Nebraska
Senator Cain
J. J. Cosgrove
West Clarendon Avenue
Central Arizona Project Association
Verde
Salt River
Tacoma
Wash
Clarence Turn
Gop
Scientists Rescued From Isle After Two Year Stranding
The Colonial Office reports 11 British scientists rescued from an icy Antarctic island after more than two years. A 1,200-ton supply ship John Biscoe and ski planes aided in the operation, with the group now en route to Argentine islands 250 miles north, after a long isolation since 1948.
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London
Colonial Office
Antarctic
John Biscoe
Stonington Island
Argentine Islands
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