Dragna kin among five rounded up in Cohen gangland case
Police seized rifles and arrested five Dragna associates including his son Frank Paul 26 and Tom Dragna 61 in a probe tied to the Cohen home bombing. The Crime Commission linked Dragna to Sicilian underworld power, noting Southern California gang activity remains volatile as authorities seek further targets.
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Los Angeles
Jack Dragna
Earl Warren
Crime Commission
Mickey Cohen
California
Dragna
Frank Paul
Tom Dragna
Frank
Tom
Louis
Guillermo Adamo
Cohen
Lynn White
Admi
William H. Standley
United States
Russia
Mediation Board Quits Rail Dispute Mediation
The National Mediation Board withdrew from mediating a railroads and two unions dispute. The Order of Railway Conductors and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, with about 250,000 members, had authorized a strike. Arbitration may resume if both sides agree. otherwise a strike date could be set and the President may appoint an emergency fact finding board.
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Chicago
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Francis A. O'Neill
Order of Railway Conductors
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
O'Neill
Washington
Brotherhoods
Admission Day Recalled As Arizona Marks 38th Anniversary
Arizona observes 38 years since statehood with subdued celebrations. Unlike 1912 when Governor Hunt led a parade, today banks and many offices closed, while commerce and tourism grew amid new highways and industries. The piece reflects long transition from frontier challenges to modern growth.
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Dan E. Garvey
George W. P. Hunt
Capitol Building
Wicket
Arizona
Congress
Noted Figures Comment On Gambling, Arms, Policy
Washington senator Homer Ferguson argues federal statute can wipe out big syndicate gambling noting slot machines thrive as tax income but kept secret. Gen Dwight D Eisenhower warns good deeds may do more harm than expected. John D Hickerson says the state department will sympathetically consider proposals to reach agreement and eliminate atomic weapons.
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International News Service
Washington
Homer Ferguson
Michigan
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John D. Hickerson
191 Pct Gain In School Costs In Decade Raises Tax Problem
Education costs in Arizona consume a larger share of tax revenue than a decade ago, rising 191 percent while total tax collections grew 123 percent. In 1948-49 education took half of state, county, and local taxes, with districts contributing a 340 percent increase since 1939-40. The Arizona Education Association urges new revenue sources, possibly an initiative petition.
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Herb Nelson
Arizona
Arizona Education Association
AEA
State Auditor's Office
General County
Defense Plans Completed Says Johnson
Defense Secretary Louis Johnson told district attorneys that detailed plans for America's defense are approved by the President, the joint chiefs, and himself. He said the nation would be ready to act at 5 o'clock in the morning if needed and that the defenses are sufficient for the hour.
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Defense
Louis Johnson
America
Truman
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United States
Johnson
Joint Chiefs
Defense Secretary
Czechs Admitrailing Two Missionaries
Prague reports state police arrested two American Mormon missionaries for allegedly trying to enter a prohibited area. Stanley E. Abbot and C. a Johnson disappeared Jan 28 en route to Moravia near the Polish border. Their location and the exact area remain undisclosed.
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Czechoslovakia
Czech Foreign Office
United States
Moravia
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Mormon
Stanley E. Abbot
Lehi
Utah
C. A Johnson
Idaho Falls
Foreign Office
Olomouc
Prostetov
Interior Aide Plans Trip To Seek Indian Resettling Accord
Assistant Interior Secretary William E. Warne will visit the Colorado River Indian Reservation near Parker and Window Rock to consult with Navajo Hopi leaders on the 1945 resettlement agreement. The ColoRiv tribal council seeks to rescind and renegotiate terms excluding land title for newcomers, while a home-Indian plan would grant land ownership to settlers. The colony numbers about 350 with 100 Navajo Hopi families due by June 30.
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Winifred Nelson
Gall Gazette
Washington
Interior
William E. Warne
Arizona
Colorado River Indian Reservation
Warne
Parker
Window Rock
Tribal Council
Colorado River Reservation
John R. Nichols
The
Indian Bureau
Colorado Reservation
Nichols
Colorado River
Idaho teen given life for sex slay of 7 year old girl
Teenager Neale Butterfield was sentenced to life imprisonment today for the sex murder of a 7-year-old Idaho girl. Separately, Brewery and Distillery Union workers urged Congress to cut excise taxes on liquor, beer and wine by 528 million dollars annually. Stuntman Bob Niles was critically injured in Pasadena during a parachute rehearsal from a 150-foot bridge, after plans for a jump from New York's Empire State Building were discussed.
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Neale Butterfield
Idaho
Congress
Bob Niles
Colorado Street
Pasadena
Calif
Markets At A Glance Stocks Mix In Turbulent Trading
New York markets show stocks lower with TV shares slipping and bond activity subdued. Cotton shows irregular trends as traders eye profits while Chicago wheat remains steady to strong and corn and oats steady to firm amid grain sector activity. Hog futures remain active with price movements near 50.
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New York
Chicago
Temperatures Today Guide for Readers
The page shows a series of time stamps and numeric values likely representing temperatures at different times of day. No clear event or person is identifiable. Readers are directed to the guide for interpretation of the data.
Midwest Flood Danger Rises With New Rainfall
Rain swamped the central Mississippi Valley prompting new flood fears across Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi with higher river levels and evacuations in the New Madrid floodway. Snow ice storms and tornadoes caused widespread damage and power outages from Indiana to New York with heavy snow in Iowa Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan.
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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Mild Weather To Continue In Arizona Forecast
The United States Weather Bureau extends fair and mild conditions across Arizona through Sunday. Phoenix expects sunny skies with a high near 73 and a low around 43. other readings range from 66 to 41 at Phoenix, 67 to 38 at Sky Harbor, Flagstaff 42 to 15 with snow, Grand Canyon 39 to 22 with seven inches on the ground.
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United States Weather Bureau
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Phoenix Weather Bureau
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Grand Canyon
B 36 bomber missing after distress call near Vancouver Island
A crippled six engine B 36 with 17 aboard was believed down in Queen Charlotte Sound 460 miles northwest of Seattle. Search planes and coast guard vessels rushed to the scene as military officials released crew names and the last distress messages from the aircraft on a training flight from Eielson AFB to Carswell AFB.
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Tex
Hobbs
N. M
Kodiak
Ketchikan
Whidby Island
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British Columbia
Coast Guard
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William Pratt
McChord Air Base
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Carswell
Strategic Air Command
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Neb
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Wis
Raymond P. Whitfield, Jr
San Antonio
William M. Phillips
Garber
Okla
Holiel Ascot
Charles G. Pooler
Beloit
Kan
Roy R. Farrah
Martin's Ferry
Ohio
Paul Gerhart
Germantown
Ernest O. Cox
Pampa
Martin B. Stephens
San Francisco
Vitale Trippedi
Brooklyn
James Ford
Holdenville
Elbert W. Pollard
Bowie
Neal A. Straley
Cushing
Dick Thrasher
Chilton
Richard J. Schulley
Miami
Fla
Washington
Wickenburg Area Scoured In hunt for two missing fliers
An aerial search extended to the Wickenburg area sought two men missing since Saturday after a flight from Yuma to Holbrook. Arthur Austin and Les Gardner left Yuma at 1 p m in a yellow Piper Clipper. CAPT Moore of the Civil Air Patrol said ground and air units would press on with refueling and radio linked rescue efforts.
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Holbrook
Wickenburg
Arizona
Arthur Austin
Les Gardner
Thomas E. Moore
Civil Air Patrol
Payson
Prescott
Winslow
Howard Childers
Moore
State Chamber of Commerce
Indian Bend Ranch Sold Near Scottsdale for 100000
The 185 acre Indian Bend Ranch two miles northeast of Scottsdale sold from Harry Lenart NY financier to Walker Brownlee of Phoenix for about 100000. The property includes pasture land a residence and ranch buildings. Brownlee former AiResearch vice president and current Arizona Times receiver will move with his wife and daughter to the ranch. Dan Norton and Company managed the sale.
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Scottsdale
Harry Lenart
New York
Walker Brownlee
Phoenix
Lenart
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Brownlee
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Arizona Times
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Churchill proposes parley with Stalin about atom bomb
In Edinburgh Churchill urged another talk with Soviet Premier Stalin to bridge the gulf between states. He criticized Labour for not building the atom bomb and warned the United States holds a vast nuclear monopoly. He argued atom weapon superiority may be the best guarantee of world peace.
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Scotland
Winston Churchill
Stalin
Churchill
Russia
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Conservative
Texas Opium Supply Seized at Brownsville
Customs agents at Brownsville Texas arrested a man from Mexico City and seized 28 cans containing nearly 200 ounces of smoking opium valued in the underworld at more than 25000 dollars.
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Washington
Customs
Brownsville
Tex
Mexico City
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Bugsy) Siegel
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