Triple killing shocks Alhambra family in murder suicide
A stepfather shot dead three people including his wife Dorothy Fay White and mother Florence Morgan and then killed himself in front of Diane Hawthorne’s home in Alhambra. White’s divorce suit against John T. White preceded the tragedy as investigators piece together a night of violence.
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Broo Young
Alhambra
Diane Hawthornedy
Wieht
Dorothy Fay White
John T. White
Florence Morgan
White
Morgan
St. Monica's Hospital
Charles Morgan
Sheriff's Deputies
Grand Avenue
Mrs. White
Senator Owens Brewster calls for Acheson resignation in Colorado
Senator Owen Brewster of Maine urged President Truman to demand the resignation of State Secretary Dean Acheson at a El Paso County Young Republican Club meeting in Colorado Springs. He also advocated the U S be first to use the Hydrogen Bomb when the proper time comes and criticized threats of retaliation. He noted Alger Hiss’s perjury conviction and offered no further explanation on timing.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
INS
United States
Owen Brewster
Maine
Dean Acheson
U. S
el Paso County
Young Republican Club
Alger Hiss
State Department
New York
Truman
Acheson
Auto Union Chrysler Extend Talks on Chrysler Strike
Detroit February 18 AP reports both sides agreed to longer daily talks to end a 23 day strike that idles about 130000 auto workers. UAW seeks either a 10 cent hourly raise or a funded pension plan with voice in administration. Union says forced walkout ended its contract with Chrysler and 192 new demands issued. Chrysler offers $100 monthly company pensions with Social Security for retirees after 25 years at age 65.
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Detroit
Chrysler
E. Marvin Sconyers
Chrysler Corporation
Congress of Industrial Organization
United Auto Workers
UAW
Fire Destroys Stockyards Building Killing Mules
Atlanta February 18 AP about 350 to 400 mules burned to death when a fire gutted the National Stockyards Commission Company building. Courtney Hall, owner, valued the animals at about 8000 dollars and the loss at 160000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
National Stockyards Commission Company
Courtney Hall
Lead cable theft and assorted Phoenix items headline
Police seek a 100-foot lead cable weighing 300 pounds valued at over 300 dollars stolen from American Telephone and Telegraph near 15th Avenue and Harrison Street. A photographer reports a camera and film worth 1 500 dollars stolen from her Phoenix house trailer. multiple local events and notices follow including meetings, appointments, club activities, a self inflicted hand injury, and upcoming hardware show in Phoenix.
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American Telephone and Telegraph Company
15Th Avenue
Harrison Street
Ella Mae Thompson
San Francisco
Phoenix
Nogales Bandit Shot In Attempted Flight
A holdup man was wounded and another captured after a failed robbery at a Nogales money exchange. U S customs guard Charles Jones exchanged fire with the bandits as they fled toward Mexico. Francisco Gastellin Garcia, a U S citizen, was shot in the abdomen. Alejandro Romero Anaya was captured by Mexican officers.
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Nogales
United States
Charles Jones
U. S
Sonora
Jesus Pina Hernandez
James E. McDonald
Francisco Gastelln Garcia
Alejandro Romero Anaya
Santa Rita
Calif
Delia Genardini
Espinosa
Garcia
Hernandez
Anaya
Mystery Death At Jefferson Hotel Ruled External Violence
Coroner's jury ruled Lyle Farris 35 died from external violence by unknown person(s) after a garroting in a Steuben Wisconsin laborer's hotel room. Police Chief O'Clair emphasized death by own action, but autopsy and evidence described a garrote scenario and a bed with broken coat hanger fragments and glass. Detective investigation continues as family in Wisconsin arranges shipment of the body.
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Earl O’clair
Lyle Joseph Farris
Steuben, Wiss
O’clair
Farris
East Phoenix
Rosenthal
Adam
Selby
Arizona
Thomas Farris, Jr
Madison
Wis
Steuben
Jefferson Hotel
Chinese Hold British Ship Caduceus in Formosa Detention
In Taipei on February 18, Chinese Nationalist naval authorities detained the British freighter Caduceus at sea. No official reason was given, though past trading with Communist ports is suspected but not confirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Formosa
Argentinian Jailed For Peron Insult
In Buenos Aires on February 18 an Argentine court convicted Felipe Salto for insulting President Juan Peron and Mrs. Peron. He received a year in prison, the first sentence under the revised law banning criticism of public officials. Judge Raul Affranchini Rumi sentenced the Presidente Roque Saenz resident.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Global Lightning Storm Frequency Report
A scientific estimate places annual worldwide lightning activity at roughly 16 million storm events, highlighting the planet's persistent atmospheric electrical phenomena and distribution across continents and oceans.
Navy Orders 700 Planes for Jet Fighters and Submarine Work
The Navy plans to buy more than 700 aircraft including 242 Grumman F9F Panthers and 72 propeller powered anti submarine attack planes. Purchases come without official fiscal year funding announcements. details appeared in American Aviation Daily. The article notes the human body composition in oxygen and elements, but this detail is unrelated to the military procurement.
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Washington
Navy
Grumman Aircraft of Corporation
Bethpage
Air Force
American Aviation Daily
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Yuma
Gazette
Diane Hawthorne
Lydia Myers
Feigeorf
Army
Hedge Shears
U. S. Navy
N. 7Th St
W. van Buren
Auto Union
June Stadmiller
East Weldon Street
Ernest M. Pafford
Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
John R. Moseley
Palo Alto
Alfred K. Nippert
Cincinnati
Ohio
Arizona Club
Saguaro Post Card Club
Encanto Club
Vivian Erma Davies
Elaine Middleton
Infants and Children’s Department of Diamonds
Second
Washington Streets
Middleton
Los Angeles
West Coast
Clyde Roberts
Walter Haake
Harold Luedtke
Hal Hunter
Earl R. Nottingham
West Portland Street
Nottingham
Palmer Manufacuring Corporation
Sol Desman
Cub Scouts
Pack 120
Wilson School
Marve Belin
Greenskeeping
Joe Saunders
Wickenburg Golf Course
Preston E. Childers
Encanto Golf Course
Wickenburg Country Club
American Federation of Musicians
Veterans Hospital
Papago Park
Cecil Armstrong
Ginny Greer
AFM
Unionmade
Phoenix Hardware Company
North 21St Avenue
Philip Katzke
Mrs. Middleton
Old Joe Gasper
Joe
Old Joe
Ludvig von Beethoven
Pecan Emporium
iSecond Ave
West van Buren
West Northern Avenue
Decker
Milton P. Smith
E. van Buren
Johns-Manville
Engineering & Supply
W. Fillmore Phoenix
Philadelphia
Phoenix Association OF Insurance Agents
Heard, D. B., Investment Co
Heard Bidu
Johnson, Connor & Associates Luhrs
Leith & Lane Ins
West Adams
Luhrs Insurance Agency
South Central
Miller Insurance Agency
Luhrs
James A. Murphy Insurance Co
No. & Luhrs
National Insurance Agency
Phoenix National Bank
Pray Insurance Agency
Luhre
Raisin
Douglas A
North Central
Robbs
A. B
West Jefferson
Kenneth A. Sadickins
Agg
Sandige Insurance Agency
Title & Trust
Simis Insurance Agency Lahrs
Standard Insurance Agency
Suggs Insurance Agency
Valley National Company
East Monroe
Warbasse Insurance Agency
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