Drugged Leopard Returns To Zoo After 60 Hours
Oklahoma City staff and volunteers hunted a wandering leopard for two days after it left Lincoln Park Zoo. The drugged animal was lured back to the service tunnel with horsemeat laced with chloral hydrate and captured by zoo director Julian Frazier with a lariat. The leopard was confined in a wooden crate and the zoo reopened at noon.
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Oklahoma City
Lincoln Park Zoo
R. R. Murphy
Zoo
Murphy
Julian Frazier
Frazier
Deep Fork Creek
Colorado
Quake Jars Northern Japan Shakes Honshu Coast
A sharp earthquake was felt across a wide area of Northern Japan with the epicenter on the northern coast of Honshu. The Central Meteorological Observatory reported no damage immediately.
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Tokyo
Japan
Central Meteorological Observatory
Honshu
Noted figures speak on economy and politics
International News Service reports, At lanta former Postmaster General James A Farley urges a larger export business for thriving economy. Washington Senator H Lehman says Kremlin hopes in Middle East tied to trouble and war. Delaware Ohio Republican Guy Gabrielson cites liberal concept valuing individual soul and personality.
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International News Service
Atlanta
James A. Farley
Washington
H. Lehman
New York
Kremlin
Middle East
Delaware
Ohio
Guy Gabrielson
City Metro Bus Merger Considered
City council weighs unifying the city's two bus systems under one owner. Metropolitan Lines head Charles F. Koors proposes a joint route study to streamline service and reduce fleet to about 100 buses at peak, preserving a 10 cent fare while reinvesting savings in better service. If sale to Metropolitan occurs a public vote may be required.
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Charles F. Koors
Metropolitan Lines, Inc
Metropolitan
Koors
Jack Choisser
Truman Gives Talk Tonight
President Truman will address the nation from the White House for about five minutes at 8 54 p m in support of the American Red Cross annual fund drive Gen George C Marshall national chairman of the Red Cross will speak KOOL and KPHO Phoenix stations will carry the program beginning at 8 30 p m local time The telecast follows the Red Cross program with Marshall sharing the stage
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Washington
Truman
American Red Cross
White House
Phoenix
George C. Marshall
Red Cross
KOOL
KPHO
New-Look Giants Open Spring Training Here Tomorrow
The New York Giants begin their fourth annual Spring training at Phoenix Municipal Stadium at 10 am with manager Leo Durocher ordering the full squad to attend. The session signals a revamped roster aimed at speed and deception after trades that sent Gordon, Marshall, Kerr, and Webb for Dark and Stanky.
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Giants
New York Giants
Phoenix Municipal Stadium
Leo Durocher
Sid Gordon
Willard Marshall
Buddy Kerr
Sam Webb
Alvin Dark
Eddie Stanky
New
Durocher
Leo
Johnny Mize
Yankees
Polo Grounds
Jack Harshman
Minneapolis
Stanky
Dark
Hank Thompson
Arizona Supreme Court rules tax on farm processor sales
The Arizona Supreme Court held that producer processors must pay state sales taxes up to 2 percent on processed produce, reversing a lower court ruling. The decision affects dairies date growers and citrus ranchers, while small casual operations remain exempt. The ruling broadens tax applicability to manufacturing and processing activities tied to agricultural goods.
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Arizona Supreme Court
Maricopa County
Dudley W. Windes
High Court
Arizona
Dairies
Salt River Valley
Consumers Co-operative Association
Grand Avenue
Arizona Tax Commission
Windes
Co-Operative
Supreme Court
M. T. Phelps
Tax Commission
Fred O. Wilson
Edward Jacobson
Fire destroys half a block in Wheeling blaze
Fire swept a six story Phillips Building and spread to adjacent Arlington Hotel and a four story complex housing a sporting goods store auto supply and Colonial Hotel. At least five hurt many rescued including a 3 month old boy and 83 year old Alvah Beardsley. Firemen from nearby towns aided in 28 degree weather as spectators watched.
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Wheeling
W. Va
West Virginia
Ohio
Danny Phillips
Ames
Phillips
Arlington
Sporting Goods
Auto Supply
Colonial
Alvah P. Beardsley
Lillian Nicewarner
All-City Cagers Due Tomorrow
The first annual All-City high school basketball team will be announced in tomorrow's editions. Balloting included six head coaches from Phoenix Union North Phoenix St Marys Phoenix Tech Carver and West Phoenix plus editors officials and press members. First and second team selections will be shown on sports pages.
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Phoenix Gazette
Phoenix Union
North Phoenix
St. Mary’s
Phoenix Tech
Carver
West Phoenix
Phoenix Press Box Association
Chiang Again To Command Nationalists
Chiang Kai-shek announced he would resume the presidency of Nationalist China and take command of all Nationalist forces starting March 1. Li Tsung-jen has been acting president and is recuperating in New York. Chiang cited changes after the Mao Zedong Stalin Pact as a reason to return to office.
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Taipei
Chiang Kai-shek
China
Nanking
Li Tsung-jen
New York
Chiang
U. S
Red China
Russia
Queen And Baron Meet Tomorrow At Orpheum
A baron will meet a Western queen tomorrow at the Orpheum Theater for the world premiere of The Baron of Arizona. Vincent Price stars with Ellen Drew. a Phoenix junior chamber queen will be crowned after a 2 15 p.m. judging. The film, about James Addison Reavis, features a large cast and Lippert Productions backing from Hollywood.
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Phoenix
Gene Autry
Jane Percy
Westward Ho
Sue England
Coolidge
Coolidge Junior Chamber of Commerce
Joyce Nix
Buckeye Road
Adams Laundry
Betty Jean Lee
East Washington Street
Fred Wilson
Trading Post
Diane Stallcup
Palmcroft Way
N. W
Porter
Vincent Price
Arizona
Ee Ate
Mt Ane
Commerce
Nogeo WuUecen
Price
Ellen Drew
Orpheum Theater
Second Avenue
Adams Street
Miss Drew
Donald O’connor
Gwen O’connor
Jackie Coogan
Anne Coogan
Hal Derwin
Reed Hadley
Lippert Productions
Hollywood
James Addison Reavis
Samuel Fuller
Carl K. Hittleman
School Bus and Train Crash Kills Three in Maine
A Monticello school bus carrying nearly 30 children collided with a freight train at Sharp's Siding in Aroostook County near the New Brunswick border. Three children died and nine were injured as the bus struck a snow plow ahead of the engine. Driver Weldon Parent, 32, was shaken but uninjured.
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Monticello
Weldon Parent
Sharp's Siding
Aroostook
New Brunswick
Bangor
Five Hurt In Oil Fire At Indiana Refinery
An explosion and ensuing fire at the Standard Oil Company of Indiana refinery in Whiting injures five employees, one seriously, as responders battle the blaze on February 28.
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Whiting, Ind
Standard Oil Company of Indiana
Borroto praises doctor amid murder trial testimony
Reginald Borroto testified that his dying wife Abbie Borroto was treated like a mother by Dr. Hermann N. Sander. The doctor faces a first degree murder charge for allegedly ending her cancer suffering with an air injection, while Borroto described Sander’s visits, gifts, and late hours as he recalled the last illness.
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Manchester
N. H
Abbie Borroto
Hermann N. Sander
Dr. Sander
Reginald Borroto
Borroto
Temperatures Today at Sky Harbor Station Readings
Today’s Sky Harbor readings show daily temperature changes with highs and lows across periods. The report lists sensor data from the Sky Harbor station, noting record heat or cooling patterns and any notable deviations from prior days.
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Sky Harbor Station
Brown Takes Blame For Missouri Grounding Inquiry
Norfolk, Feb 28 AP Captain William D Brown commanding officer of the battleship Missouri said he alone bears responsibility for her grounding in Chesapeake Bay on Jan 17. He admitted not keeping the ship safe and secure and blamed himself while praising Commander Millett and Lt Commander Morris for their efforts during salvage.
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Norfolk
William D. Brown
Naval Court of
Brown
Chesapeake Bay
Missouri
Norfolk Naval
John R
Millett
Frank G
Morris
Jean
U S Refuses To Admit Prince From Mexico
In Nogales border clash a German pretender named Otto Hohenzollern was denied U S citizenship claims. He arrived from Mexico aboard an Aeronaves de Mexico craft and was jailed in Nogales Sonora after U S officials rejected his title as phony. The case echoes a prior incident involving Otto Tancous linked to a vanished art theft and a marriage to a New Orleans debutante.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Nogales
Ariz
Otto Hohenzollern
Kaiser Wilhelm
United States Justice Department
Otto
Aeronaves de Mexico
U. S
U. S. Army
Otto Tancous
Sonora
Washington
U. S. Justice Department
Tancous
Sumner Welels
New Orleans
Justice Department
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