Jewelry and Fur Theft At Two Phoenix Homes
Jewelry, furs, and cash totaling nearly $20,000 were stolen over two days from Phoenix residences of wealthy residents. Victims include Leslie Murray, CPA, and Mrs. Murray, major Rudolph Chevrolet owner, plus Mrs. Lillian Lawrence. Losses exceed $18,000 with items such as a $6,500 mink coat and a diamond pin. Burglars entered by breaking doors or windows, some lights left on, and a pattern ties to other December burglaries. A stamp collection valued at $45,000 was reportedly pilfered from Marvin Sill’s home, with an arrest tied to a nearby drug store burglary.
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Phoenix
Leslie Murray
East Coronado Road
Lillian Lawrence
North Central Avenue
Murray
Rudolph Chevrolet Motor
Lawrence
R. C. Thomas
East Missouri Avenue
J. B. Russell
Russell
Thomas
Marvin Sill
West Apache Street
Cockfighting arena activity near Phoenix photographed evidence
Photos show the Valley sport of cockfighting with a referee and handler watching a cock defeat its exhausted opponent. A man uses a fowl owner as a paper rest to write a bet while another match begins. A wrist slash injury is pictured after a cockfight lasting 45 minutes. Sharp steel gaffs fixed to the birds’ legs enable stabbings in a roughly 100 foot pit.
Cockfighting Season Rolls Along in Arizona
Arizona cockfighting continues despite Humane Association efforts. Sun Valley Game Association, Inc. operates during December to July, with fights in Tempe area barns. A recent match ended with the black breasted Red dead and the Mountain Eagle victorious. Tickets show $1 admission, with small state and federal taxes noted. Records show Sun Valley filings from 1946 and 1947.
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Sun Valley Game Association, Inc
Arizona
Association
Tempe
Florence
State Tax Commission
E. Lee Holt
Treas
Truculent disaster borders on the greatest peacetime loss
Fifty two men feared dead as divers and frogmen tapped Morse on the sunken submarine Truculent in the Thames Estuary after a collision with a Swedish tanker. Of 76 aboard, 58 sailors and 18 dockmen, nine dead and fifteen rescued. a Lancaster rescue plane crash killed five aboard in Scotland.
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Chatham
Eng
Admi
G. B. Middleton
Chatham Navy Yard
Thames
Admiralty
Royal Air Force
Scotland
Barrow Deep
Test
36 Cities Face Coal Shortage, Chamber Reports
The United States Chamber of Commerce reported a critical coal shortage in 36 cities. The finding follows President Truman's denial that the three day mine week created a coal emergency, signaling mounting energy strain nationwide.
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Washington
United States Chamber of Commerce Today
Truman
Noted Leaders Comment On China and Domestic Goals
Secretary of State Acheson urges unity against violations of China's integrity as the Soviet four northern areas prompt concern. President Truman hopes for a post election Democratic majority in Congress. Vice President Barkley jokes about a trend-setting influence extending from his own career to public figures and even a bishop who married him.
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International News Service
Washington
Dean Acheson
Soviet Union
China
Alben Barkley
O’dwyer
Clark Gable
Dick Tracy
Brother Says Eisenhower Not Running
A. B. Eisenhower, Dwight D. Eisenhower’s eldest brother, says Dwight is not seeking the presidential nomination. He notes Dwight is the third of five living brothers, discusses family roles, and mentions a Phoenix TWA board meeting with the Trans World Airlines directors.
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Loyd Clark
A. B. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Phoenix
Trans World Airline Board of Directors
Dwight
A. B
Milton
Flood Peril Grows As Rain Continues To Splash Midwest
Flood dangers mounted across the Midwest as persistent rains drenched the Ohio and Mississippi valleys. Weather officials warned of more rain and potential heavy downpours, with watches across Arkansas to Ohio, and Evensville reporting 1.41 inches in 24 hours as 4,000 residents fled rising rivers in Illinois Indiana Kentucky and Missouri.
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Midwest
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Gulf
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arkansas
Ohio
Oklahoma
Kansas
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
Evansville
Ind
A. W. Walstrom
Cincinnati
Ohio Valley
Missouri
Two Tots Drown As Mother Tries To Save Them In Fire
In Murray Utah coroner reports two infant sisters Diane 10 months and Linda Ann 3 drowned in a tub after their mother Kathryn Wrathal placed them there during a fire caused by a cigaret. Firefighters retrieved the girls as flames charred the rug and crib.
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Murray
Utah
Douglas A. Allen
Kathryn Wrathal
Allen
Diane
Linda Ann
Lioyde Deland
Snow reaches LA suburban foothills on Friday the 13th
Los Angeles and its foothill suburbs Altadena La Crescenta Pasadena and Burbank reported snow yesterday matching a two day storm last year. The weatherman predicted snow down to about 1200 feet with breezes possibly lower. Children enjoyed the sight while citrus growers faced losses.
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Los Angeles
Altadena
la Crescenta
Pasadena
Burbank
Floods Threaten Midwest Rivers Trigger Mass Relocation
Army Red Cross and volunteers assist rescue operations while strengthening weakened levees along the Ohio Wabash and other rivers. Ohio floodwaters inundated Rossclare Illinois main street sending about 60 families from their homes as Cumberland and Green rivers push evacuations in Western Kentucky.
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Army
Red Cross
Ohio
Wabash
Midwest
Rossclare
Ill
Cumberland
Green
Kentucky
Finding Of Brother Ends 50 Year Hunt
Mrs Rosa Person of Butte North Dakota ages 72 located Halvor Teigen aged 74 in the Veterans Administration Center Hospital in West Los Angeles. Teigen a retired first sergeant served in the Spanish American War and World War I and had been missing since 1898. The two siblings learned of their kinship after Mrs Person received a letter from a brother noting Teigen was found. She plans to visit him often while wintering in Phoenix.
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Los Angeles
Rosa Person
Butte
N. D
Person
Halvor Teigen
Veterans’ Administration Center Hospital
West
Phoenix
Teigen
Manila
Veterans’ Administration
Veterans’ Administration Center
Stratford
S. D
Madame Chiang Kai-shek Joins Mate on Formosa
Madame Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Formosa from the United States to join her husband in the Nationalists final stand against the Communists on the island fortress.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
Sabotage Suspected In Chicago Train Damage
Two Northwestern Railroad passenger streamliners the Valley 400 and the Twin Cities 400 were damaged when they struck 500 pounds of steel scrap piled on tracks in Chicago. Officials call it a deliberate wrecking attempt with no injuries among 500 passengers aboard.
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Chicago
Northwestern Railroad
Twin Cities
Valley 400
Green Bay
Wis
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