Jury Hearing Offered Union Starts Monday
Washington AP report states Judge Richard B. Keech refused to drop contempt charges against the United Mine Workers and ordered a trial set for Monday. UMW chief attorney Welly K. Hopkins debated requesting a jury trial while government counsel pressed for swift action to restore coal production and workers.
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Washington
Richard B. Keech
Keech
Welly K. Hopkins
UMW
Hopkins
Reech
Intrigue On Orient Express U S Aide Believed Murdered
Vienna reports the mutilated body of Capt Eugene S Karpe naval attache in Bucharest found in an Alpine tunnel near Salzburg. US officials suspect murder on the Orient Express amid espionage hints. Vogeler, imprisoned American businessman, connected to Vogeler family in Vienna shortly before.
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Orient Express
U.S
Vienna
INS
United States
Robert A. Vogeler
Eugene S. Karpe
Legation
Bucharest
Salzburg
U. S
Aus
Tria
Karpe
Vogeler
Navy
Romania
Yugoslavia
Russia
Black Sea
Annapolis
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
Paris
Alaska War Games End in Far North Maneuvers
In Northway Alaska on February 24 AP reports air evacuation of troops from Exercise Sweetbriar began as senior U S and Canadian officers called the 10 day war games a thoroughgoing success A paratroop assault coordinated with a ground assault completed the exercise with a rout of an aggressor force in the Yukon Alaska area Air supremacy was highlighted as crucial to operations in the Far North.
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Northway
Alaska
Yukon-Alaska
Two U S Mormons Freed And Ousted By Czechoslovakia
Two American Mormon missionaries Abbott of Lehi Utah and Johnson of Idaho Falls Idaho were released from Olomouc prison on Jan 28 charges of entering a prohibited area and expelled from Czechoslovakia. They were flown to Zurich Switzerland after officials arranged plane tickets and were seen off by the American embassy and church head Wallace Toronto. Eleven others expelled this week and 17 missionaries have been expelled since last May leaving three in the country to hand over church work to Czech converts.
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Prague
Stanley E. Abbott
Lehi
Utah
C. Alden Johnson
Idaho Falls
Ida
Olomouc
Moravia
Zurich
Switzerland
Abbott
Johnson
Wallace Toronto
Mormon Church
Czechoslovakia
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Toronto
Armour Family Threat Prompts Police Guard at Chicago Home
Philip Armour Jr reported a series of threatening calls demanding the kidnapping of his three children. Police posted heavy guards at the Lake Shore Drive apartment, roving squads searched the area, and Armour, armed with a blue steel revolver, alerted detectives after the third call. FBI agents denied involvement, though they were notified.
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Chicago
Philip D. Armour, Jr
William Touhy
Armour
Lake Shore Drive
Armours
California
Touhy
Thomas Daly
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Temperatures Today From Skywhee Avian Readings
Weather note lists hourly temperatures from a Skywhee avian readings system. Entries show early morning values around 44 to 50 degrees, with a single 57 degree reading later in the morning and a 45 reading near midnight.
What Noted People Are Saying
International News Service reports remarks from Randolph Churchill in London about public will and satisfaction with actions. Senator Millard Tydings comments on how armed intervention threats by Russia could push Western Europe toward favorable terms. Dean Acheson stresses the need for a strong economic base to support security in the North Atlantic.
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Washington
Millard Tydings
Maryland
Russia
Dean Acheson
North Atlantic
Midwest Cold Blast Brings 30 Below Zero Across Region
A Canada spawned cold front drives temperatures to around 30 below in parts of the Midwest with Chicago and the Northern Plains seeing heavy snow and disruptions. Snow covers Indiana Michigan Ohio as the storm heads toward New England, while milder weather appears west of the Rockies.
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Canada
Midwest
New England
Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Iowa
Illinois
Chicago
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
North Dakota
Minnesota
North Central
Dakotas
Montana
Pacific Northwest
Coun
Rockies
Boston
Rich
Prescott Prisoner Tells Slaying Of Father In Family Pact
Prescott, Feb. 24 AP A 27-year-old Marine sergeant Carson W James described killing his father Stanley James 54 at Clawson Michigan in Thanksgiving 1947 after an argument. He said he buried the body after moving it to a cowshed and that his mother and four brothers swore to secrecy. His sister later confessed delaying the arrest.
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Prescott
Carson W. James
Marine Corps
Clawson
Mich
Orville Bozarth
James
Ashfork
Muriel Hockensmith
Pontiac
Bozarth
Stanley James
Nie
Carson
Ex-Wife Recounts Marines Sergeant Plotting “Perfect Crime”
Cynthia Atwood Pike, 31, describes to AP how her former husband, a Marine sergeant charged in his father’s murder, told her he planned to commit a "perfect crime." She cites his intention and statements during their divorce. The interview adds context to the ongoing case as officers investigate motive and opportunity.
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Cambridge
Mass
Cynthia Atwood Pike
Carson
Beer truck crash kills Phoenix man on Ashfork road
Francis W. Schellhase of Phoenix, 38, died at 5:45 am when his beer-laden truck flipped off the Prescott Ashfork highway east of Ashfork. He left Phoenix with a 38,000 pound beer load en route to Flagstaff. The crash raised Arizona highway deaths to 56 for the year.
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Francis W. Schellhase
Phoenix
Ashfork
Schellhase
Arizona Brewing Company
Flagstaff
Arizona
Arizona Highway Patrol
Prescott-Ashfork
U. S. Highway 66
West
Jefferson Street
Ruth
Ronald
Phoenix Superior
Apache Junction
Clarence Brown
Blackfoot
Ida
Maricopa County Hospital
Washington Street
40Th Street
Missing Dancer Sought in Hollywood Disappearance
Hollywood police launched a search for Joyce Taylor a 25 year old dancer who vanished from her hotel last Wednesday Her mother Emma Hackett of Sun Valley voiced fear of possible foul play authorities pursued leads in a case that unsettles the entertainment district with no clear motive or suspects yet identified.
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Hollywood
Joyce Taylor
Emma Hackett
Sun _ Valley
GM Announces $10 to $40 Price Cuts Across Auto Line
General Motors cuts prices on all cars and trucks by 10 to 40 dollars effective immediately. The move aligns with a cost of living allowance adjustment for about 290,000 hourly workers and 72,000 salaried employees, reducing the hourly allowance by two cents and trimming quarterly bonuses by ten dollars. The revision takes effect March 1.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Eastern Railroads Propose Major Freight Rate Cuts
Eastern railroads plan substantial freight rate reductions on iron and steel to counter highway competition. John J. Fitzpatrick of the Traffic Executives Association says the cuts aim to meet unregulated and regulated truck carriers. A Pittsburgh meeting on March 9 will gather input before tariff proposals by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Rates depend on ICC approval and would address recent steel price increases after pension strike settlements. The affected area covers east of the Mississippi and north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers.
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New York
Eastern Railroads
John J. Fitzpatrick
The
Traffic Executives Association of Eastern Railroads
Fitzpatrick
Executives Association
Pittsburgh
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Mississippi
Ohio
Potomac Rivers
Lewis Brother Shot To Death in Illinois
Springfield bulletin reports Thomas A. Lewis aged 67, brother of UMW Chief John L. Lewis, found shot at his home. A deputy coroner ruled the death as an apparent self-inflicted act.
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Springfield
Ill
INS
Thomas A. Lewis
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Courthouse Burns In Manistee Fire Suppresses Jail
A spectacular fire destroyed the 80 year old Manistee County courthouse early today turning it into a total loss. Five prisoners who aided firefighting were released to await new jail quarters. Two other inmates from the burned jail were held for transport to the state penitentiary. Firemen from Manistee and six nearby towns fought windblown embers threatening a nearby home. No injuries reported. Sheriff Holmgren freed prisoners shortly before midnight as flames shot through the second floor. Inmates fought the blaze in subzero weather until help arrived.
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Manistee
Mich
Manistee County
State Penitentiary
Harry Holmgren
Conservative Vote Climbs In Late Count
The British election returns show Labor and Conservative totals neck and neck with 92 districts left. With 80 percent counted, Labor led by 61 seats but late returns reduced the gap as Conservatives and Liberals combined neared Labor. Possible new election looms.
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London
Labor Party
House of Commons
Attlee
Conservatives
Liberals
Britain
Winston Churchill
Laborites
Nurse Says Sander Knew He Broke Law
A hospital records keeper testified that Dr. Hermann Sander admitted knowing he broke the law in the mercy killing death of Abbie Borroto. The line of questioning centered on whether Sander should have changed laws before his actions.
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Sander
Manchester
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Josephine Connor
Hillsboro County Hospital
Abbie Borreto
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H. Graham Morison
Morison
A. V. Wallis
International News Service
Randolph Churchill
Associated Press
Frank Porter
Kingman
Porter
Pup
Kibitzer
Flint
Priscilla Manning
Rochester
N. Y
Arthur Cratsley
Honeoye
Priscilla
Kent McEwen
Coolidge
Arizona State College
Tempe
Brown
McEwen
Grand Avenue
Roosevelt Street
15Th Avenue
Beverly Moore
Glendale
Robert E. Welling
St. Monica’s Hospital
Welling
Betty
Jess Espinosa
Bartola Martinez
Joe Morales
William T. Moore
Lewis
Bulletin
Morgan Phillips
Dr. Sander
Mr. Borroto
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