Move Follows Allied Seizure Of Rail Building
Berlin dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor ordered West Berlin police to vacate the Soviet Reichsbahn Building to avoid provocation of a new blockade. Russians delayed trucks at Marienborn and Helmstedt checkpoints citing rigid document checks amid post blockade tensions. Western airlift resources remain in reserve but could restart if needed.
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Berlin
Maxwell D. Taylor
United States
West Berlin
Russia
George P. Hays
U. S
Frankfurt
Taylor
Marienborn
Germany
Helmstedt
Sonoran Governor to keynote Nogales banquet
Sonora Governor Ignacio Soto accepted an invitation from the Nogales Chamber of Commerce to be the principal speaker at the annual banquet on Washington's Birthday February 22. Governor Dan E. Garvey has also been invited to attend.
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Nogales
Ariz
Ignacio Soto
Sonora
Hiss Jury Again Deliberates in Second Perjury Trial
New York AP report says Alger Hiss and a 12 jurors resume deliberations at 9:20 a m after a night at hotel. The panel, eight women and four men, seeks a verdict in the second perjury trial following a hung jury in July. Hiss arrives with wife Priscilla as Judge Goddard previously sent them to begin deliberations at 3:10 p m after a 33 minute charge.
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New York
United States District Court
Alger Hiss
Henry W. Goddard
Hiss
State Department
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Priscilla
Goddard
Finns Deny Harboring Criminals
Helsinki Jan 21 AP Finland rejects Soviet charges that it aided 300 Soviet war criminals. In a Moscow delivery, Finnish minister Karl Sundstroem said Helsinki fulfills peace treaty duties and friendship pact, and categorically denies supplying forged documents or harboring criminals.
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Helsinki
Finland
Moscow
Karl Sundstroem
Russia
Andrei Gromyko
Sundstroem
Brink's employee held for questioning in million dollar heist
Boston police kept Brink's veteran William E. Manter under questioning as they pursue one angle in the sensational armored car raid. Captain Francis M. Tiernan said Manter, 49, a 22 year Brink's employee, remains in custody while authorities shift focus to a Western Massachusetts city. Ger ard Pfaff also left Brink's after being questioned and cooperated. the case is described as the nation's greatest heist.
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Boston
Brink’s
Francis M. Tiernan
William E. Manter
Brink’s Inc
Tiernan
Massachusetts
Brink
Gerard Pfaff
10 Hour Curfew Enforced in Asmara Quarters
In Asmara Eritrea the British administration begins a 10 hour nightly curfew in the European quarters to curb violence and deaths following recent disturbances. The order aims to limit gatherings and movement during specified hours.
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Asmara
Eritrea
Fugitives Nabbed and Search for Third in Arizona Mountains
In BISBEE ARIZONA AP January 21 a mounted posse and sheriff's deputies hunted the Whetstone Mountains for a suspect in an assault on a highway patrolman near St David. Two men, Nicholas Santini and Richard Chastain of Fresno California, were captured in a Sabine ranch cabin. a third, Bob Smith from Los Angeles, remains at large pursued by lawmen aided by bloodhounds. The trio derailed a patrolman, fled at high speed toward Tombstone and were later found in an abandoned cabin 20 miles west of their earlier location. The seized car carried California plates and five other plates were found.
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Florence
I. V. Pruitt
Cochise County
Bob Smith
Los Angeles
W. A. Jones
Benson
Edward Butler
St. David
Smith
Jones
Santini
Chastain
R. G. Michelena
Michelena
A. L. Holly
Bisbee
Tombstone
Fruitt
Richard Whitlow
Highway Patrol
California
Buffalo Rail Strike Ends After Three-Day Walkout
Buffalo reports a three day strike by 400 South Buffalo Railroad operating employees ends this morning. The walkout idled 11,000 steelworkers and halted rail operations in the area.
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Buffalo
N. Y
South
Soviets and Reds deny Russian expansion in China
The Soviet Union and Communist China rejected US Secretary of State Acheson's claim that Russia is annexing four North China provinces. Vishinsky called the charge a lie, and Hu Chiao-mu of Peiping echoed the denial, amid Chou En-lai and Mao Zedong's Moscow visit. The piece notes Bulgarian tensions with the United States and Churchill's campaign address ahead of Feb. 23 elections.
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Associated Press
Russia
China
United States
Acheson
Moscow
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
North China
Communist New China News Agency
Red China
Hu Chiao-mu
Peiping
State Department
U. S
Vishinsky
Kremlin
Chou En-lai
Communist People’s Republic of China
Chou
Mao Tzetung
Soviet Union
Outer Mongolia
Sinkiang
Tito
Bulgaria
Communist Party
Winston Churchill
Labor
Stroble Lane Must Pay Life For Murder
Los Angeles judge ruled Fred Stroble sane and sentenced to death in the gas chamber for the murder of 6 year old Linda Joyce Glacoft. The jury's first degree murder verdict carried no leniency. Automatic review by the State Supreme Court will follow, with sentencing due next Friday.
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Los Angeles
Fred Stroble
Linda Joyce Glacoft
Charles W. Fricke
California
State Supreme Court
Stroble
Little Linda
Police Kill Gunman and Capture Two in Elizabethtown Raid
Police repelled an attempted grain mill robbery in Elizabethtown and killed Frank Stadler of Baltimore, wounded Ray Weber of Baltimore, and captured Earl Firestone of Lebanon. The three hid among feed sacks at Grubb and Brennan Grain Mills and opened fire when ordered to surrender. Weber was hospitalized, Firestone jailed. no charges filed immediately.
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Elizabethtown
Lebanon City
Lebanon
Frank Stadler
Baltimore
Ray Weber
Earl Firestone
Grubb
Brennan
Pennsylvania
Weber
Good Samaritan Hospital
Firestone
Temperatures Today at Sky Harbor Station Readings
Weather data lists temperatures at Sky Harbor Station from 12:30 a m to 9:30 am with readings around 44 to 49 degrees and a 47 degree average across the observed early hours.
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Sky Harbor Station
Woman Scream Routs Gunman at Drug Store
Mrs. Denver C. Henson of 1550 West Wilshire Drive faced a would be armed robber at Hen son s Drug Store 402 West Van Buren Street. She screamed upon seeing the gun causing the youth described as left handed and about 19 years old to flee.
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Denver C. Henson
West
Wilshire Drive
Henson
West van Buren Street
Mississippi Flood Drives 10000 from Homes in Governor Floods
Floods forced 10,000 people from Tennessee and Arkansas as Mississippi River crested. Army National Guard and Red Cross moved 5,000 to tent cities while 5,000 fled in other areas. Ohio River crest pushed through levees near Dyer and Lauderdale counties, with Black and St Charles rivers threatening more.
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Chicago
Tennessee
Arkansas
Pacific Northwest
Mississippi River
Army
National Guard
Red Cross
Mississippi
Ohio River
Dyer
Lauderdale
St. Charles
Illinois
Indiana
Missouri
Ohio
Wabash
Vincennes
Ind
Old Shawneetown
Record Heat Stays In Valley
Record-breaking high temperatures persisted in the Valley of the Sun with Phoenix forecast to reach 82 degrees, five above the old Jan 21 mark. Yesterday both Phoenix and Tucson hit 84, tying as warmest cities and equaling the January all-time high set in 1923. Low stood at 46 as a warm spell continued with light clouds and another warm day expected tomorrow.
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Valley of the Sun
Phoenix Weather Bureau
Phoenix
Tucson
United States
Norse Ship Heimvard Burns on Mississippi River
The Norwegian motorship Heimvard burned in the Mississippi River at night near New Orleans. Captain H M Hanssen said the 8,000 ton vessel would likely be a total loss after the crew of 21 abandoned ship without injuries. The ship was en route from Colombia to New Orleans to load sulphur for Australia.
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New Orleans
INS
Heimvard
Mississippi
H. M. Hanssen
Colombia
Australia
Rice Institute Mass Murder Try Suspected
A crude bomb packed with TNT exploded in Rice Institute North Wing dormitory at 3 a.m. smashing doors and windows and showering sleeping students with glass. Police say the device could have killed every man in the building. investigators collect fragments to trace the piping.
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Houston
Tex
Rice Institute
East Hall
Edward Mollering
Police Identification Bureau
Oil Stove Fire Kills Mother and 2 Children in York
A porta ble oil stove exploded in a five room frame home in York, Me. early today killing mother Mrs. Thomas McDonald 41 and her sons Arthur 5 and Richard 7. The husband seriously burned and said he had a heart attack and shock while trying to rescue them. Two other children survived.
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York
Thomas McDonald
Arthur
Richard
Thomas, Jr
Sheila
McDonald
South Chile Rocked By Strong Quake
A very strong earthquake shook southern Chile with slight shocks in Santiago and heavier tremors in O H iggins and Valdivia provinces. No damage was reported as tremors were felt in Rancagua San Fernando Curico Temuco Valdivia Talca and Chillan.
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Santiago
Chile
O'Higgins
Valdivia
Rancuga
San Fernando
Curico
Temuco
Talca
Chillan
Sunday events at venues and trips from The Gazette
The Sunday schedule lists church activities and a Phoenix Dons Club visit to Wickenburg guest ranches with meeting point at The Gazette and Republic Building, 120 East Van Buren Street at 9 a.m. Rodeo events include Flying E Ranch in Wickenburg at 2 p.m. horse shows and junior rodeo in Mesa and Apache Junction at 1:30 p.m. Racing at State Fairground and South Mountain Speedway, greyhound racing, trap and skeet shooting, plus theater listings.
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Phoenix Dons Club
Wickenburg
Gazette and Republic
East
van Buren Street
Flying E Ranch
Rancho del Caballo
Lincoln Drive
Camelback Mountain
Mesa
Apache Junction Rodeo Grounds
State Fairground
South Mountain Speedway
Greyhound Park
Phoenix
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